Wang Xuechun works at school every day, so it’s not so bad. Her mind is occupied with the children at school. Zhang Ke is much more bored.

But at this age, it’s not very realistic to go out and find a job. He can only make appointments with friends to go out for afternoon tea and come back. He’s not very interested in shopping. The street Zhang Ke has spent the most time on in his life is the vegetable market.

Wang Zhao understood Wang Xuechun’s words. She seemed to not have seen Li Zhenguan beside her and said with a smile, “Then I’ll have Yang Shu send Wenwen over this weekend. He can stay until Sunday evening before being sent back.”

Wang Xuechun’s wife and husband didn’t know that Wang Zhao had already moved out. Hearing this, she nodded. “Okay. There’s no need to trouble you to make another trip. Let Wenwen stay with us for a while longer. Your dad and I will send the child to you when the time comes.”

After saying this, Wang Xuechun looked at Li Zhenguan, asking for his opinion. After all, although her own daughter is easy to talk to, Li Zhenguan, even though he has married into their family, is still an outsider when it comes down to it. If this matter isn’t handled well, she’s afraid it will leave a mark in his heart.

Li Zhenguan glanced at the woman beside him who was still looking down at her book, then smiled and nodded at Wang Xuechun. “There’s no need to trouble Mom and Dad. Just let me know a time, and I’ll come pick him up.”

Wang Xuechun grunted in response.

The three fell silent again. The speed at which Wang Zhao turned the pages of the book in her hand remained unchanged. Li Zhenguan’s presence beside her was too strong. Even without speaking, she could feel his gaze constantly on her. After sitting for a while, Wang Zhao put down the book, stood up from the sofa, and went back to the bedroom alone.

At this point, even Wang Xuechun noticed something was off.

She watched Wang Zhao return to the bedroom, the door closing with a click. She pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose and softly asked Li Zhenguan, who was sitting two to three people away.

“Had a fight?”

This time, Li Zhenguan hesitated for a moment and didn’t shake his head. He grunted in affirmation, barely audible.

No wonder these two came here one after the other today. Compared to Zhang Ke, Wang Xuechun was much more sensitive. When she saw Li Zhenguan appear at the door alone, she was a bit surprised.

“Did Wang Zhao bully you?” If that’s the case, Wang Xuechun would never let her unruly daughter off easily. They had only been married for a few days and were already making a fuss. What happened to the promises made when they wanted to get married, saying she would treat Li Zhenguan well in the future?

Li Zhenguan immediately shook his head.

Wang Xuechun understood then. This young couple probably had a conflict, likely just some small friction in life.

She put down most of her worries. She rarely spoke to Li Zhenguan in a gentle tone, “Wang Zhao’s temper can sometimes be a bit rigid. It may make you feel she’s too cold. This child’s temper has been like this since she was young and has never changed. Sometimes, you two need to learn to accommodate each other. I’ll talk to her later. With her personality, it’s not very suitable for you two as a young couple living together.”

Li Zhenguan’s lips moved a few times. He didn’t look well today, as if he hadn’t slept well in a long time. Hearing Wang Xuechun’s words, he still subconsciously smiled. “Mom, Wang Zhao’s personality is quite good.”

Wang Xuechun laughed at this. She knew what kind of temper her daughter had.

In the past, when relatives came to their home, there was a cousin or something similar who had no sense of propriety. They brought their child into her room. The look on thirteen-year-old Wang Zhao’s face at that time really showed no regard for the cousin’s face. The words she said made the other person’s face turn quite gloomy. After that, the cousin had little contact with them.

Usually, she treats people with cold and gentle courtesy. But if someone truly touches her daughter’s bottom line, she has a stubborn temper.

Refusing to yield to either soft or hard tactics.

But Wang Xuechun still didn’t say much to Li Zhenguan. After all, as a mother-in-law, it wasn’t appropriate for her to say too much. She just thought that in private, she still needed to talk to Wang Zhao about her personality and temper. It’s not good to treat her husband like this after marriage.

Two hours later, the family finished their meal. Wang Zhao helped clean up the mess of cups and plates on the table, then prepared to leave. It was already late, past 8 o’clock. By the time they drove home and washed up, it would probably be past 10 o’clock.

Zhang Ke and Wang Xuechun were about to close the door and send the two downstairs, but Wang Zhao stopped them. It was very cold outside now. The weather today was probably only in the tens of degrees. Even wearing a coat, the cold wind would seep through the gaps.

Wang Zhao and Li Zhenguan went downstairs.

She walked in front, and Li Zhenguan walked alone behind her.

As soon as they left the building, a gust of wind blew over, stinging their faces. It was late now. She couldn’t possibly let Li Zhenguan take a taxi home alone. After getting in the car, Wang Zhao saw the man standing in front, honked the horn, and turned on the headlights.

“Get in. I’ll take you back.”

Only then did Li Zhenguan get in the car. His complexion, blown by the wind, looked even paler, giving off a desolate feeling. But this person has always been good at evoking pity.

Wang Zhao shifted her gaze, letting it fall on the rearview mirror. She started the car, turned the steering wheel, and backed the car out.

After leaving the neighborhood and getting on the main road, Li Zhenguan couldn’t help coughing. He said softly, “Wang Zhao, I was wrong about what happened before. I promise that was the last time. I won’t do anything against your will again in the future.”

Wang Zhao didn’t speak. Her gaze was still fixed on the windshield in front of her, as if she was concentrating on driving.

The road was clear all the way, and they quickly arrived at Golden Avenue. Wang Zhao drove the car to the building but didn’t enter the parking lot.

She said, “We’re here. Get out of the car.”

Li Zhenguan didn’t move. He looked at Wang Zhao and instinctively showed weakness, “Wang Zhao, it’s already late now. Sleep at home tonight. Wenwen has missed you a lot these past few days.”

This time, Wang Zhao turned her head. She looked at Li Zhenguan seriously for a while before saying, “Zhenguan, you apologized to me before, but you never felt that you were wrong in your heart. You were just forcing yourself to say some false words in order to get me back, trying to deceive me.

Zhenguan, you still think you are right now, don’t you?”

Li Zhenguan’s expression didn’t change. He just kept looking at Wang Zhao like that. His face had regained some color from sitting in the car, but his lips still looked dry and pale. He looked somewhat haggard overall.

He kept shaking his head, indicating that he wasn’t like what Wang Zhao said. This time, he cried silently. When the tears fell, they were large and heavy. If Wang Zhao hadn’t glanced over, she wouldn’t have noticed that his face was covered in tears.

“I really know I was wrong,” Li Zhenguan said.

Wang Zhao got straight to the point, trying hard to steel her heart, “But if it happened again, you would still do the same. Set up a trap to lure my father’s friends to introduce a blind date, have someone follow me, take me to a hotel, and deceive about pregnancy.”

From the beginning, it was like a greedy snake, coiling around and around. The whole lie grew bigger and bigger, enveloping their encounter until now. To be honest, when Wang Zhao recalled the past, she would be surprised. Can a person love another person so much?

Li Zhenguan tried to hold Wang Zhao’s hand, to let her touch him. He kept shaking his head and said, looking somewhat devastated, “You liked Chen Fangli so much back then. I had met you many times, but you never remembered me… I could only do this to get to know you…”

To rack my brains and use all kinds of methods like this. Otherwise, we would be like two parallel lines, never intersecting.