After Wei Zhe left, Gu Xiyan was still a bit dazed and confused. As she thought back to Wei's mother, who had been extremely strict with her, Gu Xiyan suddenly realized that after all these years, she had already forgotten what the elder looked like.

  Gu Xiyuan didn't know how long she had been standing at the airport. Similarly, she also didn't notice that someone had been paying attention to her every move. He went from being anxious and worried at first to being cold and indifferent in the end.

  Gu Xiyan returned home at just over three o'clock in the afternoon. The time wasn't late, so she simply went back to her room and fell asleep.

  It was already five or six o'clock when she woke up. Gu Xiyan went downstairs and found that Xiao Yatou was already watching TV in the living room.

  "Yan'er, who brought you back?" Gu Xiyan sat down beside the little girl and wrapped her arms around her.

  "Mommy, of course it was Daddy who brought me back. Daddy thought you weren't home, so he went to the rooftop with Auntie He." The little girl relayed her father's words verbatim to Gu Xiyan.

  "Father and... He Auntie went to the rooftop to do what." Gu Xiyan's heart tightened, her tone laced with hesitation and panic.

  "Look at the view! Father said Aunt He hadn't seen the view from our building before, so he took her up there. Yan'er wanted to watch Pokémon, so she didn't go with them." The little girl said while giggling at the TV show's main character Satoshi getting pranked.

  "Yan'er, Mommy will go upstairs to find your father first. You watch TV here by yourself and don't disturb us, okay?" Gu Xiyuan smiled gently.

  "Okay." The little girl nodded and agreed in one breath.

  Gu Xiyan stared at the stairs leading to the rooftop on the third floor, her heart almost jumping out of her throat. At this moment, she couldn't control the curiosity surging inside her, and she also wanted to find a shred of evidence to convince herself that there was nothing between him and that woman. No, hadn't they already had something?

  Her feet felt a little weak. Gu Xiyan suddenly pursed her lips tightly. Her two hands clenched into fists, trying to hold back her breath. When had she become so timid and withdrawn?

  From the second floor to the third floor. It was just such a short distance. Gu Xiyan, however, felt like she had been walking for a very long time.

  Gu Xiyan arrived at the rooftop. The door to the rooftop was slightly ajar. She pushed it open quietly and stepped out, moving cautiously as if on thin ice. At first glance, she didn't notice the two people's presence. After walking for a distance, she suddenly stopped in her tracks, unable to move forward anymore.

  At this time, the two people standing at the edge of the rooftop were none other than Shang Xi and He Yun.

  Even if there were still a dozen steps away, Gu Xiyan believed she wouldn't be mistaken. At this moment, he was kissing that woman with rare passion and fervor.

  Her vision gradually blurred, her eyes moistened, and Gu Xiyan's heart skipped a few beats. It seemed...a bit uncomfortable. But just for a moment. Gu Xiyan smiled brightly again. This is great, actually. She warned herself. Just right. From now on, she didn't even need to guess anymore. He really liked that woman.

  Now that he really has someone he likes, I should also keep my promise and leave him far away.

  Gu Xiyan turned around, and the tears that had been suspended in her eyes finally jumped out of her eye sockets. Tears without any temperature perfectly interpreted her desperation and silence at this moment. Her steps were very steady when she turned back, and there was no sign of unnaturalness. Until she left the rooftop, she fiercely wiped away her own tears, swallowing all her bitterness to the bottom of her heart.

  Gu Xiyan stepped out onto the rooftop. Shang Yi Kai pushed He Yun away with one hand. Why didn't she come up to scold him? Why? Things had deviated from Shang Yi Kai's expectations. He didn't know what he should do now.

  "Commander, aren't you going to chase after him?" He Yun spoke up at the right moment.

  Wait until Shang Yu ran downstairs with a sword. He Fu stroked his lips, and the bitterness in his eyes increased. Although he knew that he was only trying to test his wife by finding him, why did he still want to give him a kiss like charity? Was he helping or harming him?

  When Shang Yi saw Gu Xiyan, Gu Xiyan had already returned to Xiao Yan's side. Seeing him appear, she slightly raised her head and said: "You're back. I'll go cook now. Yanyan must be hungry too."

  She walked into the kitchen, not as if she was avoiding Shang Qi, but it hurt him even more than if she had been. She clearly saw everything, so why could she still be so indifferent? Wasn't it also proof that she didn't care about him at all?

  After He Yun went downstairs, Shang Yi took her back to the troops. How could He Yun be innocent? Moreover, she was a guest, and he sent her on her way, which is not unreasonable.

  When they arrived at the troops, Shang Xuan suddenly spoke up. "Vice Commander He, I'm very sorry."

  "Commander, we're all part of the same unit. This small favor is nothing. Don't mind it." He Yiran pretended to be strong, but only she herself knew how much her heart rebelled against his four words "I'm very sorry". Because of these four words, it clearly and unmistakably reminded her not to be foolish. There was no relationship between them at all.

  "That's it. Goodbye." was said by He Ruiyi. Shang Zhiqian felt a slight relief in his heart.

  "Director, wishing you and your wife happiness soon." He Qiu opened the car door and said dazedly before turning back to say another sentence.

  "Thank you. I know." Xiang Qi smiled slightly at He Yun.

  Walking back to the bedroom, I couldn't help but think of Shang Qi's subtle and enchanting smile. He Yuxuan's mouth curled up slightly, but his heart was on the verge of death. That warmth, after all, belonged to another woman. What's the use of hoping again?

  Shang Yi hastily rushed back home. As soon as he entered the house, he hurriedly rushed into the living room. "Yan'er, where's your mom?"

  Shang Yi waved his two hands and shook the little guy. This made Xiaoyao feel a bit uncomfortable. "Dad, Yan'er doesn't feel well."

  Having heard the little girl's accusation, Shang Xi slightly regained his composure. However, his tone still couldn't conceal his urgency. "Yan'er, tell Daddy where Mommy is. Is she in the kitchen?"

  Shang Yi completely forgot that he just needed to go and take a look to know. There was no need to ask the little guy at all.

  "Dad, what's wrong? Mom just cooked and went upstairs. Do you have something to ask mom?" Little girl asked puzzledly.

  "It's okay, I'll go up first. Be good, Yan'er, keep watching TV. Daddy will be right back." Shang Qi said and rushed towards the stairs.

  After Shang Yi left the living room, Xiaoyutou tilted her head to one side. Dad and Mom are really strange today. Forget it, I'll just watch TV instead.

  He really saw Gu Xiyan, but Shang Yi suddenly didn't know what to say or where to start. On the contrary, Gu Xiyan seemed to be unaware and took the initiative to ask: "What's wrong?"

  "You..." The calm and collected demeanor of Gao Yin made her feel uneasy and frightened.

  "Uh, something's up." Gu Xiyan hung the clothes she had taken off on the clothes rack in the room. She looked at Shang Qi's handsome face with a puzzled expression. He was still as elegant and refined as ever, but he would never belong to her again. Thinking of this, Gu Xiyan's middle finger twitched slightly. A sense of despair and hopelessness brewed in a small corner of her heart, then spread throughout her body along with the blood flow.

  Shang Yiqi suddenly pulled down her face. Was she pretending to be nonchalant or did she really not care? "You saw it all, didn't you?" Not wanting to let Gu Xiyuan avoid the topic, Shang Yiqi added another sentence. "You saw me..."

  "I see." Gu Xiyan's expression didn't change, but her voice turned colder. "And then?"

  Then. How can she ask him like an outsider? Then, what does she think of herself? Shouldn't she be angry and unhappy? "Aren't you angry?"

  Shang Yi gazed intently at Gu Xi Yan's lips, afraid that she would say something he couldn't accept.

  Are you angry? Gu Xiyan asked herself. Getting angry for a man who has his heart on another woman, is it worth it?

  What to do. Her heart told her. She wasn't angry. She was just very hurt, very hurt. Hurt so much that all the blood in her body seemed to have been drained away. Life was about to wither away.

  "I'm not angry. It's okay." Gu Xiyan took a few steps forward, every cell in her body screaming in pain. It hurt so much.

  "Is what you said true?" Shang Xi Qi's heart shattered into pieces the moment he heard Gu Xiu Yan's answer, perhaps it could never be whole again.

  Suddenly, her body was pinned down. Gu Xiyan was first stunned, then trembled with fear. Because the person holding her had a face as cold as frost and an aura of impending storm. "Tell me, what you just said, is it your true feelings? Even if I fall in love with another woman, you won't be heartbroken, right? Even if I have an affair with another woman, you can just laugh it off, isn't that so? Answer me."

  Shang Yi suddenly let out a loud roar, which made Gu Xiyan feel both pain and fear at the same time. Despite this, she still refused to back down. Her mind flashed with images of the ambiguous photos, him passionately kissing that woman, and that woman's adoration for him.

  "Start. If you've fallen in love with He Shifu, then treat her well. I think the woman who can be loved by you should be very happy. I bless you. Blessing... Ah, until today, she can actually smile and say these two words so lightly? Is it his love for that woman that made her admit defeat, or did she never dare to hope that he would fall in love with her?"

  "And what about you? If I were to be with He Yun, wouldn't you be able to openly go back to that man? Is this your true intention, Gu Xiyan? Are you just waiting for any opportunity to get rid of me? Are you?" Shang Yiqi's voice rose in a frenzy. Bless him. How could she so readily utter those words of blessing? He was only trying to test her sincerity, but it turned out that her heart belonged entirely to that man, without even a shred of leftover feelings for him. How could she be so ruthless towards him?"

  Author's Notes