"It's okay, Yan'er can just eat." Gu Xiyan didn't expect the little guy to shift the topic to her, so she somewhat awkwardly declined his kindness.

  "No way, Daddy must be good to Mommy. All women like men who are good to themselves. So Daddy has to be very good to Mommy, can't bully her. Otherwise, Mommy will fall in love with another man." The little girl said with a deliberate air of maturity, and then ate several more shrimp.

  The little girl naturally didn't know that her careless words would stir up waves in the hearts of the other two people present.

  "Yan'er, how can you say that?" Shang Ruiqi's hand holding the chopsticks froze. She liked another man. Did Yan'er also sense that her mother didn't like herself? Shang Ruiqi's handsome face suddenly darkened.

  "Dad, you're so silly. That's what they always say in TV dramas. Although Yanyan doesn't like watching TV dramas, but Cangcang has told her about it. Cangcang said that adults are the most annoying. Obviously, you both like each other, but you two just have to torture each other. Dad, don't you think TV dramas are stupid? In TV dramas, they always make the female lead obviously like the male lead, but then because the male lead is too cold or intentionally nice to another woman, the female lead thinks the male lead doesn't love her at all. Then she buries her feelings deep in her heart and doesn't dare say it out loud. This kind of show is so boring! It's not as fun as watching cartoons like Yanyan does." The little girl said excitedly, then started talking about the Pokémon she had been watching recently.

  Xiao Yatou didn't notice that Gu Xiyan's face had a momentary crack in her composure. Shang Qi, however, did notice it. And it was precisely this one glance that ignited a small flame of hope within Shang Qi's heart.

  Is she reluctant to say words that care about herself just because she is good to another woman? If so, isn't it self-defeating?

  After dinner, Xue Fu-xun called to ask about the progress of Shang Qi and Gu Xi-yen. Shang Qi just casually replied that the revolution had not yet succeeded.

  "Brother, guess what my mom said when I got home today." At the end of the conversation, Xue Fu Xun seemed to have thought of something and asked with a smile.

  "What did Auntie say?" Shang Xi actually wasn't very interested, but since his brother mentioned it, he naturally wouldn't ignore his brother's question either.

  "Brother, my mom said that back then, my dad and another man were both pursuing her. But because my dad had a good personality and knew how to be tolerant, no matter what my mom did, he was willing to trust her. So in the end, my mom chose my dad. And the other man was my mom's first love. So you see, brother, women still prefer to choose a good man, just like my dad." Xue Fu Xun's lips curled up slightly, never expecting that his mom had two men pursuing her back then. Now his mom was even plump and prosperous.

  "Really?" Xiang Qi also smiled. In his memory, his carefree aunt actually had such a past.

  "Brother, okay. I won't disturb you and your sister-in-law's emotional cultivation anymore. Brother, remember to trust your sister-in-law and be tolerant." Xue Fu Xun deliberately reminded him again, fearing that Shang Qi would forget.

  "I'll do it." The merchant nodded and put away his abacus.

  After dinner, Gu Xiyan accompanied Xiaoyu downstairs as usual. She first watched Xiaoyu do her homework for a while, and then agreed to let the little guy watch a movie.

  Shang Yiqi had been wanting to speak up several times, but he didn't have a suitable reason to pull Gu Xiuyan away. He could also see that Gu Xiuyan was avoiding him. It wasn't until Xiaotou was about to go to sleep that Shang Yiqi finally had the opportunity to be alone with Gu Xiuyan. After returning to their bedroom, Gu Xiuyan went to take a bath first. Shang Yiqi waited for her to come out and was thinking about how to start the conversation, but Gu Xiuyan beat him to it. "You go wash up, I'll sleep first."

  Shang Yiqi couldn't help but lower his eyes. When he came out of the bathroom, he was only wrapped in a towel. The room had a table lamp on. Shang Yiqi walked to the bedside and didn't turn off the light. He lifted up the quilt and got into bed.

  In the warm quilt, he pulled Gu Xiyan into his arms. "Xi, turn around and talk to me."

  Gu Xiyan's eyes were tightly closed. Her two delicate hands curled up in the quilt, pretending not to have heard.

  Shang Yi knew she wasn't asleep yet. He straightened her body and gently kissed her eyelashes. He chuckled softly, "If you don't wake up now, I won't let you off."

  Gu Xiyan suddenly opened her eyes, and there was still some anger in her beautiful eyes.

  "Sorry, I'm sorry. How could I be so bad to you? Sorry." Shang Qian carefully wrapped one hand around Gu Xiyan's neck from behind, while his other large palm grasped Gu Xiyan's slender right hand and pressed it against his chest.

  His chest beats rhythmically. Thump thump. Soothing.

  Sorry. Originally. He still says these three words? Gu Xiyan turned her head away.

  "Alas, look at me and tell me where I made you unhappy. My crimes, every single one of them, speak out loud. If it's my fault, then I'll change. Can I change?

  Xi Cheng opened his heart sincerely. "Alas, what is stuck to your hand is my heart. I swear with my heart that if I'm wrong this time, I will never make the same mistake again. If I go back on my word...I'll take your surname instead."

  Gu Xiyan was moved by Shang Yi's last words and couldn't help but laugh. But the tears in her eyes still fell. Was it his fault? He had fallen in love with another woman. Was that wrong? Being intimate with another woman, was that wrong too? She wasn't promised anything. If he had someone else in his heart, then she wouldn't stop him.

  "Qi, thank you." Gu Xiyan wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes. Her gaze turned to touch Qi's profile. The resentment and awkwardness in Gu Xiyan's heart instantly disappeared without a trace. She smiled calmly for the first time in a long while, truly smiling at Qi. "Qi, thank you for apologizing to me. But it wasn't your fault. It was mine."

  "Alas, you don't believe me, do you?" Gu Xiyan's words "You're not wrong" made Shang Qi's heart involuntarily skip a beat. Not wrong? Just a short while ago, he had still been ruthless in his pursuit of her. How could he be not wrong? Ignoring her wishes and taking possession of her wasn't wrong. Being unable to bear the sight of her with another man and constantly humiliating her wasn't wrong. What exactly was wrong then?

  "I'm sorry, don't be like this, okay? You say you have something against me, just tell me everything. Is it because I was too bad to you, so you don't even want to talk to me anymore? Sorry, don't be like this. I just...I just didn't want to see you with that man, that's all. Not at all. You know, when I saw you two together, I felt so sad and angry. I thought I had always been good to you, taken care of you, but how could you let him kiss you? And you even gave the scarf I gave you to him! Sorry, I was really furious that time, or else I wouldn't have said those things to you. You know, when you kept going to Yan'er's room to sleep for so many days in a row, I couldn't sleep at all myself. I wanted to hold you and sleep, but my right shoulder was injured at the time, and I was afraid you'd worry if you found out, so I let you sleep alone in Yan'er's room. Sorry, originally I was going to apologize, tell myself to be good to you...but then this afternoon, how could you kiss that man? You know, when I heard people say you went to the airport with Wei Zhe, I was so scared. I was afraid you'd leave with him, and not care about our feelings for each other all these years. But you didn't leave, and I was really happy. I even wanted to go up and hug you, take you home...but then he came back, and you actually kissed him! How could you kiss him?!

  You're my wife, you can only kiss me. That time, I felt so disheartened, that's why I went to find Vice-Principal He for help. I just wanted to try...try if you really didn't care about me at all. But how come you didn't stop me? I would have liked it if you came up and slapped me then. I hoped you'd say something like 'I'm your husband, don't you dare have a relationship with another woman!' But you didn't. You just turned around and walked away quietly. Sorry, I really resent that you don't care about me at all. I never expected you to love me as much as you loved Wei Zhe...I just wanted to keep you by my side forever. Why do you have to resist me like this? Sorry, tell me what I did wrong, and I'll change. Just please, except for letting you go, that's the one thing I won't do."

  The business negotiation had just begun, but Gu Xiyan was already sobbing uncontrollably. Yet, a thorn still lingered in her heart. Was this the entire cause and effect of everything?

  "Get up, I want to get something." Then how do you explain those photos? She analyzed them on the computer and they were all taken recently, not synthesized at all. Is she blind or what?

  "Alas, what do you want to take? I'll help you carry it. Let me help." Xiang Qi took a tissue from the bedside cabinet and wiped away Cui Xiyan's tears before eagerly offering his assistance.

  "Cell phone." Gu Xiyan had just finished speaking. Shang Ruiqi immediately understood and took out her cell phone from the pocket of her coat.

  Shang Yi didn't know why Gu Xiyan suddenly wanted to turn on her phone. His intuition told him it wouldn't be anything good.

  Gu Xiyan didn't cover up either. After opening the information, Gu Xiyan took out those photos one by one and held her phone in front of Shang Siqi's face. "What do you have to say about these?"

  Gu Xiyan didn't even have a hint of questioning in her tone, just calmly accepting Shang Yu's explanation. She couldn't deny it, she had already accepted it in her heart. All that was left was for him to say he had no relationship with that woman.

  Shang Yi recognized the protagonist in the photo at a glance, it was him and He Yu.

  "What a pity. Where did you get these photos from?" Someone was following him, but he didn't notice at all. When he realized the situation, Shang Yue's expression changed slightly, and his beautiful eyes deepened a little.

  After all, who is it that... targeted him?

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