"Are you out of your mind?! Are you out of your mind?! It's broad daylight, and you don't seem to be daydreaming. When did you hear me say I like you?" Ye Zhaoyu was speechless. She wanted to take Huo Jian'an's head apart to see how it was shaped and then sew it back up.

"How could you not like me? For the past five years, you've brought me meals every day, rain or shine, without missing a single day. What else could this be but liking me?" Huo Jian'an pressed.

Ye Zhaoyu's clear eyes remained completely still.

How could there be no fluctuations?

"That was requested by Grandpa and Aunt Li. Since you don't come home, they hope you can get to know me better, so they came up with this excuse."

I couldn't refuse, after all, I was living under someone else's roof, and it would be bad if I were eating soup and meat at the Huo family's house while you had nothing to eat, so I agreed to deliver it.

I just deliver the food after Aunt Liu has prepared and packed it; I'm just a gofer.

"Besides, let me tell you, if it were someone I liked, I would cook for them myself, so you don't need to feel guilty. You can explain to the person you like that I really don't like you." Ye Zhaoyu explained patiently.

Actually, there was another reason: she ate and lived with the Huo family, and didn't have to do any work. Grandpa Huo even gave her pocket money, which made her feel uneasy. She treated it as a running fee, which made her feel much better.

"So, if you don't like me, then why did you marry me? Why did you sleep with me?" Huo Jianan still didn't believe it.

"Stop, stop, stop! What do you mean I climbed into your bed? Five years ago, it was an accident. You were drugged, but I didn't. I knocked you unconscious. It was the dead of winter, and it was cold sleeping on the floor. I still have to live with the Huo family for another five years, so I can't kick you out of bed. What if you get sick?"

Grandpa Huo locked the door from the outside, so we could only share a bed. Actually, nothing happened. That's all there was to it. You're still a virgin, and it has nothing to do with me.

I know you don't like me. I'm just fulfilling the promise your Huo family made to our Ye family. If you don't bring up divorce when the five-year period is up, I will.

Ye Zhaoyu explained everything clearly in one go.

"So, you never liked me?" Huo Jianan asked, staring into Ye Zhaoyu's eyes.

"No! No! No! I swear, if I ever loved Huo Jian'an, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death," Ye Zhaoyu swore.

"Okay, I understand." Huo Jian'an could tell that Ye Zhaoyu really didn't seem to be lying; she genuinely didn't care about him.

"I'm leaving now, it's nothing." Ye Zhaoyu didn't understand what Huo Jian'an meant by his expression of utter despair, like a lunatic chasing after a stranger to see if he liked him or not.

"Hurry up!" Ye Zhaoyu fled as if she were escaping a plague.

Huo Jianan watched as Ye Zhaoyu left as if she were a plague carrier.

Everyone told him that Ye Zhaoyu loved him terribly, and he thought he should comfort Ye Zhaoyu properly after the divorce.

It turns out that the other person never liked him at all; it was all because someone else pressured him.

"Hey, I just saw Ye Zhaoyu. Is she still clinging to you because she can't bear to get a divorce?" Huo Jian'an's good friend Li Jihua asked.

"Don't talk nonsense. Ye Zhaoyu has never liked me. It's all your lies that have made me misunderstand her." Huo Jian'an was extremely embarrassed when he heard Li Jihua's words.

Thinking about the things I said to Ye Zhaoyu today, I felt even more embarrassed, and I don't know how I could have said them.

"That's impossible. She brings you food every few days. How could she not like you? She must be lying to you." Ji Hua didn't believe it. How could any girl not like Huo Jian'an, who was outstanding, virtuous, and devoted?

Huo Jianan wanted to get involved with Li Jihua, who was mentally ill.

After leaving the hospital, Ye Zhaoyu turned and entered a small alley not far from the hospital, until she walked to a door with red lanterns hanging on it.

Bang bang bang.

"They're here." An old man's voice came from inside the house.

The door creaked open.

There was an elderly man, well past sixty, whose face was marked by the passage of time, but who was still in good spirits.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and a kind smile played on his lips. Upon seeing Ye Zhaoyu, he happily called out softly, "Young Miss, you've arrived!"

Looking at the familiar old man before her, Ye Zhaoyu's mood instantly brightened. She quickly walked towards him and asked kindly, "Uncle Ye, I've officially divorced. We're going back to Beijing to reclaim what belongs to us. By the way, have Ye Die and Ye Wu returned?"

Uncle Ye smiled and nodded, saying, "Reporting to Miss, they have returned. They arrived late last night and are still sleeping. Should we wake them?"

Ye Bo is the old steward of the Ye family. Five years ago, Ye Zhaoyu and her daughter fled the capital city after being poisoned and came to the south. Ye Bo followed them all the way and settled here.

Butterfly, Dance, Fly, and Soar—these four are Ye Lingge's four assistants trained for Ye Zhaoyu, and they have lived and eaten with Ye Zhaoyu since childhood.

Ye Zhaoyu gently shook her head and said with a smile, "No need, let them sleep well. We'll talk about it after they wake up. Let's schedule the follow-up appointments for the patients who need them soon and make the necessary arrangements before we head back to Beijing."

In the past few days, in order to make it easier for Huo Jianshe to find her, she has not left the guesthouse for a single day, for fear of delaying the divorce and her return to Beijing to seek revenge.

Now that I've got the divorce certificate, it's time to pack up my things and prepare to return to Beijing.

"Yes, Miss, I'll go arrange it right away." Uncle Ye hurriedly went to make the arrangements.

Ye Zhaoyu learned the Ye family's traditional medical skills from her mother, Ye Lingge, from a young age, and was able to practice medicine independently at the age of 18.

Traditional Chinese medicine relies heavily on experience. In order to improve her medical skills, Ye Zhaoyu secretly treated patients in the courtyard next door in the second month after marrying Huo Jian'an.

Because of her affordable prices and effective treatments, many people secretly come to her, especially after she cured several difficult and complicated cases, which led to even more people coming to her by word of mouth.

He was a highly praised doctor in his small circle, but now that he's passed away, he needs to make arrangements for his clients.

"Sister Zhaoyu, you're here!" When Ye Die got up, she saw Ye Zhaoyu leaning against the window smoking, exuding loneliness, as if she could disappear with the smoke at any moment.

Since the head of the family died of poisoning five years ago, the eldest daughter, Ye Zhaoyu, has become addicted to smoking.

He would smoke particularly hard when he missed the head of the household.

Looking at the cigarette butts in the white ceramic ashtray, Ye Die knew that the young lady missed the head of the family.

"Hmm, you're awake. Don't you need to rest a bit more?" Ye Zhaoyu gently extinguished her cigarette.

"No need, you've rested enough. It's about lunchtime now, I'll go make you some food first." Seeing that it was almost noon, Ye Die quickly went to cook.

Ye Zhaoyu wanted to ask about the situation in the capital.

After hesitating for a moment, he still didn't call out to Ye Die.

Before leaving, her mother gave these five people detailed instructions on every aspect of her life: she must not let her fall into hatred and become obsessed with revenge; she must not eat irregularly and must eat on time...

The conditions were detailed and specific, and as long as she was there, the five people would comply unconditionally.

Ye Zhaoyu kept rubbing the ring on her hand.