Qin Zichuan felt a little guilty after hearing Ye Zhaoyu's accusations.

Ye Zhaoyu seemed to be able to see through his heart.

"I can change anything. If you don't like Lin Zhizhi, I'll go back and discuss with her father about sending her away." Qin Zichuan quickly explained, his face full of affection, his eyes clearly saying, "I was wrong."

"You've got it wrong. I don't dislike Lin Zhizhi. It's good that she bravely pursued love, but she loved the wrong person. You deliberately kept her hanging on, used her, and gave her a little bit of hope. You even bullied and supervised me for your own sake. Compared to her, you're more despicable."

"No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense, I don't like her." Qin Zichuan said anxiously.

"You may not like her, but that doesn't stop you from taking advantage of her. And most importantly, marriage requires two people to maintain it. You didn't put your heart into maintaining our marriage and allowed others to destroy it. You are the worst person."

When Lin Zhizhi heard Qin Zichuan say he would send her away, she felt flustered; she couldn't bear to be apart from Qin Zichuan.

Turning her head, she heard Ye Zhaoyu say that she didn't dislike her and admired her courage in pursuing love.

She didn't understand what was coming next. What did he mean by "using" her? Did Brother Zichuan use her? No, she did it willingly.

"I didn't, Zhao Zhao, what do you need to say for me to believe you?" Qin Zichuan tried to grab Ye Zhaoyu's hand, but she dodged it. "I can't just send her away over something so trivial, I..."

"Alright, drugging soldiers is no small matter. It could be an aphrodisiac or poison. Moreover, given your status and family background, if you insist on severely punishing Lin Zhizhi, they will consider increasing the punishment for her."

"Actually, you know everything, but you just let everything go unchecked. When you insisted on marrying me, you must have investigated me thoroughly. There's no point in continuing to talk about these things."

Ye Zhaoyu sat with her arms crossed, leaning back in her chair, her eyes gazing indifferently at the somewhat distraught Qin Zichuan and the dazed Lin Zhizhi.

Lin Zhizhi recalled the scenes of her chasing away love rivals for Qin Zichuan over the past few years.

Every time Qin Zichuan saved someone and she wanted to marry him, she always found out in time. Moreover, Qin Zichuan insisted on returning to the family compound before submitting the application report, and no matter how far away the person was, someone would always deliver the address to her.

There are also people from the performing arts troupe and nurses from the hospital. As long as someone likes Qin Zichuan, they can find out the news immediately without having to investigate her.

It was truly exploitation. Qin Zichuan used her to ward off unwanted suitors and to use her to deal with others.

Lin Zhizhi looked up at Qin Zichuan, "Is what she said true?"

"It's fake, she's talking nonsense, I didn't do it." Qin Zichuan retorted loudly, then turned to accuse Ye Zhaoyu, "As my wife, you have the right to help me stop unwanted advances. If you don't stop them and deal with them, it's clear that you don't love me enough."

"Then you don't love me enough. If you loved me, you would reject all other women who came near you for my sake."

Without a second thought, Ye Zhaoyu retorted, saying that she herself was not clean enough and yet she wanted to use love to blackmail her.

“I’m a man. In other families, the women are the ones who fight to the death to defend their marriages and refuse all other women to get close to their men. Why don’t you learn from them?”

"That's because they depend on men for their lives and are afraid of losing them, so they have no choice but to defend them. Even if the men insult and beat them, they can only endure it because that home is the only option for most women. I'm different. I don't have a marriage, but I still have a job. I don't have a man, but I still have a few good sisters, relatives, and a home."

Ye Zhaoyu said this very calmly.

Qin Zichuan was stunned for a moment. He knew that he could not control Ye Zhaoyu, and he also knew that she did not depend on him and could handle everything on her own. This made him feel frustrated, but it also made him want to conquer her.

Lin Zhizhi was also stunned. From a young age, Lin Zhizhi was taught by her family that a girl's greatest ability was to marry a good man who could help the family and make her life easier.

So, from a young age, she regarded Qin Zichuan as her own possession, and no one else was allowed to touch him.

She never imagined what would happen to her without Qin Zichuan.

No, she's different from Ye Zhaoyu. Ye Zhaoyu is capable; she can take responsibility for her own life. If she can't marry someone who can help her family, she could be abandoned by them at any time.

They are different.

Ye Zhaoyu didn't look down on herself; it was because she didn't value herself. Therefore, she didn't care about what Ye Zhaoyu did.

Haha, how ridiculous.

What you can't have is always the best; what you rush for is not a good deal.

Lin Zhizhi thought about all the things Qin Zichuan had done without her, and felt like a clown, jumping around and putting on a show for everyone.

Qin Zichuan spoke after a long pause, “Men are responsible for external affairs and women for internal affairs. Women should maintain the stability of the family. This is a principle that has been followed for thousands of years, and other families in the compound have also lived this way.”

"So, if a child does something wrong, it's because the mother didn't teach them well; if a child does something good, it's because they inherited it well and the father taught them well. If the parents-in-law are well taken care of, it's the man's achievement; if they aren't, it's the daughter-in-law's fault for being unfilial. The woman suffers the injustice, but the man gets the credit. If a man cheats, it's because the woman isn't gentle and considerate enough."

Ye Zhaoyu's face was full of sarcasm. The things she said had almost all happened in the family compound.

Qin Zichuan felt a little embarrassed. These were indeed things that often happened in the family compound. "I'm different from other men. I don't ask you for these things."

"It's not that you don't ask me for these things, it's just that you know I haven't completely fallen for you yet, so I can't make excessive demands."

Once again, my thoughts were exposed.

Qin Zichuan's ears burned even hotter, not from embarrassment, but from annoyance.

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