Shang Yi knew that Gu Xiyan's appointment was referring to whom. His heart suddenly ignited with anger. He had already humbled himself so much. Couldn't she see his sincerity? "Follow me back."

  Shang Yi Qiang forcefully pulled Gu Xi Yan towards his car, and she hated him for being so overbearing. "Let me go! What right do you have to force me?"

  Shang Yi could hear the disgust in her words, to the point of deep hatred. She had never used such a tone when speaking to him before. Never... had not existed.

  Shang Yiqi was only dazed for a moment. Gu Xiyan quickly escaped his embrace and ran to the side. The warmth in his arms disappeared instantly. Shang Yiqi could no longer hold back the bitterness and pursed his lips.

  Was he so scary to her? Was he so unbearable to her? Why? She could run away like that without any mercy, not even looking back once. Clearly, a while ago, their feelings were still so good; clearly, a while ago, she was still willing to take the initiative to kiss him; clearly, just recently, she was still afraid of being abandoned by him... Was it because she found out that man was better than him? Or was it just that she got used to him always giving in to her, and once he showed a little bit of not being good enough, he would heartlessly abandon himself. If so, then doesn't that mean he really means nothing to her?

  People often say that love can make people blind. Shang Qi didn't know he had already fallen in love with the woman named Gu Xiyan. Nor did he know how unreasonable and self-centered he was being. In his mind, he just wanted his wife to be good only to him, one man. Wasn't this right?

  In the morning, Wei Zhe had some things to attend to at his company. Otherwise, he would not have asked Gu Xiyan to wait for him. The black Audi stopped and from afar, he saw Gu Xiyan running towards him. It seemed like she was escaping from something disastrous.

  Wei Zhe looked back at Gu Xiyan's back and soon caught sight of Shang Yueqi chasing after her. Without thinking too much, Wei Zhe took a few steps forward and shouted towards Gu Xiyan, "Xiyan, over here."

  Gu Xiyan heard Wei Zhe's clear male voice and slightly turned towards him, running in his direction. As she approached Wei Zhe, she didn't even have time to catch her breath before hastily saying: "Let's go quickly." After speaking, Gu Xiyan got into Wei Zhe's car by herself.

  "What about him?" Wei Zhe wanted to ask. But looking at Gu Xiyan's panting appearance, he had no choice but to give up.

  Shang Yi Qi slowed down his pace the moment he saw Wei Zhe, and when Gu Xi Yan got into Wei Zhe's car, his footsteps came to a complete halt, unable to move forward anymore.

  That's her choice, isn't it? She can be ambiguous with another man right in front of him. What else can he do? He didn't catch up. Not because Wei Zhe is better than him or more suitable for Gu Xiyan. But because... he doesn't want to see himself being humiliated again by her in front of another man. This will make him feel that he's really useless, so useless that his own wife doesn't care about him.

  But he watched with his eyes open as the two of them drove away. Where did they end up going? The two of them doing this was no different from slapping him in the face. The pain was secondary. What was most important was that she had made her stance clear. The love she wanted was that man's, and as for himself... Ha ha...

  Enough, enough. The negotiations had exhausted him into laughter. He walked listlessly towards his own car. The silver-white Lamborghini didn't head in the direction of the residence, but instead drove back to the barracks.

  At noon, he didn't eat the rice grains he had bought. He hated his current appearance. But he couldn't control himself from reminding himself in this way how bad that woman was.

  After the afternoon training, Shang Yue didn't have the thought of going home. After many days, he returned to his room in the army where he used to live. A hint of dizziness passed through Shang Yue's eyes. He still remembered that it was here, in this spotless and strict room, that he had pinned her down, looking at her as she became happy and hateful at the same time because of his love. At that time, he felt a great sense of accomplishment in his heart, even though he never said it out loud.

  "Brother, what's wrong with you? You seem out of sorts this afternoon." Xue Fu Xun suddenly walked in from outside and handed Shang Qi a cup of hot milk. Xue Fu Xun couldn't hide his worry.

  To be honest, my training task this afternoon was completed exceptionally well, not falling short of my usual standard. However, as a brother who has known me since childhood, how could he not see that something is wrong with me?

  Shang Yi took over the hot milk and glanced at Xue Fu Xun with a gloomy expression.

  "Brother, you haven't been quite right these past few days. It's rare that there's no training mission tonight. Why don't you head back home? Your wife and little Yan'er are waiting for you." Xue Fu Xun couldn't grasp Shang Qi's thoughts, so he could only advise him to return home early.

  "Hmph, she wouldn't wait for me anyway. How could she wait for me......" Shang Xi couldn't help but mock himself. He was a man, and even in life-or-death situations, he had never admitted defeat. But when it came to emotions, he had also... never won before, right?

  Xue Fu Xun is a thoughtful person. In an instant, he also guessed who Shi Yi Kai was referring to. However, what does this sentence mean?

  "Brother, look at what you're saying. Your sister-in-law wouldn't care about you if it were strange. Brother, as your younger brother, I advise you to hurry back home. We do the same thing. Originally, we are separated from our family and rarely gather together. Therefore, we should cherish the time spent with our family even more." Xue Fu Xun saw that Shang Yi had finished drinking the hot milk in his cup, so he took over his cup.

  "Xunzi, you won't understand. She really doesn't care about me at all... not even a bit." Shang Qi sat down on the bed, his eyes narrowing slightly, exhaustion and heartache evident. "Xunzi, tell me, from now on I'll stop caring about her too. If she wants to leave me, then I'll let her go, okay?"

  "Brother, don't say impulsive words. Brother, you mustn't say this in front of your sister-in-law. Your sister-in-law is also gentle and good to you, and she's beautiful too. Such a lovely wife, are you going to give her up? There are many people waiting for her." Xue Fu Xun furrowed his brow. Brother, wasn't everything fine just the other day? How did another problem arise so quickly? The last time brother went to the bar to get drunk is still fresh in my mind.

  He suddenly closed his eyes, and calmly recounted the events of today in a smooth flow. It was unexpected that he could speak so calmly about his own experiences. Perhaps he really needed to vent properly.

  Xue Fu Xun's face turned pale with shock as he listened to Shang Yi Qi's words, unable to believe that his sister would leave with another man in front of her brother.

  After a moment of silence between the two, Xue Fu Xun suddenly spoke up with a serious expression: "Brother, you say that your wife doesn't care about you, but that's unreasonable. Brother, do you still remember what happened last time you went to the bar? After I sent you home that day, your wife even came out to ask me if you had found a girl at the pub. If she didn't care about you, then you could go find whoever you want and she wouldn't even bother to intervene. Can you still say that she doesn't care about you? Brother, I can see that you love your wife very much, and she's not without feelings for you either. As they say, an outsider's perspective is clear. I'm just a bystander, so I won't lie to you. Brother, it must be that you did something to hurt her feelings, or else why would she act like this? After all, I'm not a woman, so I don't understand the thoughts of women. Why don't I go find Vice-Principal He to ask him?"

  Xue Fu Xun's proposal, Shang Yi Qi was shaking his head at first, after a moment of silence, he still hesitated and nodded. In any case, in this vast special forces team, there is only one woman, He Yun.

  He Jie was surprised when she received Xue Fu's phone call. When she heard it was related to the leader, she agreed to help without hesitation.

  "What's wrong, Master He? I'd like to ask, what do women dislike most about their husbands? Just speak your mind." Xue Fu Xun nodded slightly towards the dusty and weary He Yun after speaking calmly.

  He Yitian saw Shang Yue was also present, and he was obviously waiting for his own answer. So he began to think seriously. Although this didn't fall within her job scope, who made her...

  "I think that any woman would mind two things: one is if her husband cheats or has someone else in his heart, and the other is if her husband doesn't trust her. Probably just these two things." He Yuye didn't seem embarrassed at all. People who grew up in the army weren't bothered by this kind of back-and-forth sparring.

  Off the rails? He himself acknowledged that he had never been involved with any other woman except her. This naturally ruled out. As for trust, was it that he didn't trust her enough? But...he clearly saw...

  "What's wrong, Master? I won't hide it from you either. Brother and sister-in-law have had some disagreements. Do you have any way to make sister-in-law care about brother again? Or do you think how can we tell if sister-in-law still cares about brother?" Xue Fu Xun said.

  "Vice Master Xue, I can only tell you that if a woman loves a man, she will never be willing to see him being intimate with another woman in any way. That's all I can say. If there's nothing else, I'll leave now." He Yiran suddenly felt downhearted. In fact, wasn't she also talking about herself? She had known that the man on her bed already had a wife, and his wife was so beautiful and lovely to him. Yet she still couldn't control her own downfall.

  Ah, love is truly a luxury item. Its luxury lies in the fact that the world of love can only be shared by two people. No matter how much outsiders want to intervene, they cannot enter it.

  But with her pride, she couldn't possibly go and ruin his love affair.

  Isn't there another kind of love called devotion? He loves his wife, so she devotes herself to him, burying her own love deep in her heart. Her love is destined to end without fulfillment.

  At night, Shang Yi returned home to find that Gu Xiyan had not yet returned. The dishes on the table were still there, but they had already gone cold. Those were the meals he had specially prepared for her in advance when he came back home at noon. He had thought of ways to make amends with her. But as it turned out, his thoughts were just that - mere thoughts.

  No waste. Shang Qi warmed up the rice. The dishes were heated in the microwave. Time was almost up. Shang Qi suddenly remembered the little girl left at his parents' house. He felt a bit guilty.

  Drive away. It's also time to pick up the little guy.

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