Hu Xi's business trips were often long distances, initially by train and later by plane. While he was away, his driver would be idle at home, so he would go to the company to do whatever he could. Zhang Xiaoli was often unhappy about her in-laws' affairs, so she'd go to the bar to drink. After drinking, she'd have trouble walking, let alone driving. Later, the driver became Zhang Xiaoli's personal driver. Hu Xi only spent one or two months a year in Kyoto, and the rest of the time in Guangdong. Zhang Xiaoli and the driver gradually fell in love, and after Zhang Xiaoli got drunk again, they started dating.

Around this time, Hu Xi happened to meet Jiang Huashu and his family online. He was busy helping them with various tasks, traveling all over the country to find teachers, information, and goods. He rarely went home. When he missed his wife and children, he would just video call them. His parents were taken care of by his younger brother, so he didn't have to worry about them.

This went on for one, two, and three years. Later, Hu Xi made more and more money. As he was getting into middle age, he gradually became tired of the intrigues in the business world. So he handed over several companies to professional managers. Except for Jiang Huashu's affairs, he personally arranged all other matters. He returned to Kyoto and lived a happy life with his wife and children.

Constantly indulging in drinking must have taken its toll on his health. More than six months after Hu Xi's return, he gradually began to feel that Zhang Xiaoli wasn't entirely satisfied with his sexual life. The driver was thirty-three, in the prime of life, a non-smoker, non-drinker, and a regular gym-goer. Hu Xi, in his forties, couldn't compare to her in terms of physique.

Zhang Xiaoli persisted for half a year, but she couldn't hold on any longer and resumed her secret date with the driver. During one of the dates, she was seen by Hu Xi's personal secretary, who was also a wonderful person. She told Hu Xi the truth in a very artistic way.

At first, Hu Xi didn't believe it. After all, she was the girl he raised, how could she betray him? But that's how people are. Once they have doubts about something or someone, they will definitely find a way to find out the truth.

One afternoon, Hu Xi saw his wife, who was supposed to be playing cards at a friend's house, and her driver coming out of the elevator of a residential building. He knew that his wife had betrayed him.

Zhang Xiaoli had completely forgotten how he had treated her and her family over the years. Seeing the two people pretending not to know each other as they separated one after another, Hu Xi felt like killing someone.

After sitting in the car for over an hour, Hu Xi drove back to his parents' home. Looking at his elderly parents, Hu Xi suddenly felt like a complete wretch. He hadn't been home much since their first argument over Zhang Xiaoli, and he hadn't given his parents anything other than money.

Hu Xi's mother looked at her eldest son, so happy that she didn't know what to give him to eat. It had been more than a year since they last saw each other. Seeing that her eldest son had white hair on his temples, she was worried and hid her eyes, not daring to let Hu Xi see. The father stuffed a small plate of peeled walnut kernels into Hu Xi's hands. Hu Xi had loved eating walnuts since he was a child. As he grew older and his material conditions improved, he gradually didn't like eating them as much as when he was a child. But the father didn't know that his memory of his son was that he loved eating these, so he had been peeling them since the child came back. This was the only way for a man with a poor tongue to express his affection to his child.