Xu Wan turned her head to look at Jiang Tingzhou, somewhat puzzled by his sudden apology.

Jiang Tingzhou tightened his grip on the steering wheel slightly, and after a few seconds of silence, he finally said the second half of his sentence: "You brought up your sad memories again."

Judging from Xu Wan's words just now, she is dissatisfied with the outcome of that year and with his defense.

Even though he is an idol to many lawyers in Beicheng and even across the country, in the eyes of Xu Wan, the daughter of the client, he is not a good enough lawyer.

If he were to admit his identity now, Xu Wan would likely throw away her wedding ring and leave.

The girl's mother and uncle are both in jail, and Liu Xing's entire family still holds a grudge against her.

If she gets divorced now, her life may become even more difficult.

More importantly...

He couldn't bear to part with it.

Xu Wan was unaware of the many thoughts running through the man's mind. She smiled and said, "It's not a sad thing. So many years have passed, and in my heart, it's an unchangeable fact. I accept it, I face it, and I've long since stopped running away from it."

“When your mother gets out of prison, I’ll go with you to pick her up. If you’re worried about her then, you can have her live with us, or we can buy two apartments across the street from each other,” Jiang Tingzhou said.

"Two houses? We couldn't afford them even if we sold everything we own," Xu Wan said soberly. "We'll see when the time comes. There's always a way out. Thinking too much now will only cause us distress."

In her opinion, even if Jiang Tingzhou earns a lot, it would still be difficult for him to buy a house in Beicheng.

It might be necessary to buy a house in the very suburbs.

The car was parked downstairs in the residential area, and it took Jiang Tingzhou and Xu Wan a while to carry all the gifts from the back seat of the car upstairs at once.

After returning home, Jiang Tingzhou said, "Let's open the gifts and see if we like them."

Just now in the parking lot, when Jiang Tingzhou opened the back door of the car, Xu Wan and Dong Yuanyuan both immediately saw the milk tea-colored teddy bear in the transparent box.

"Then I'll take apart this teddy bear first," Xu Wan said with a smile.

"This little bear wasn't originally packaged like this; I had a colleague change the packaging later," Jiang Tingzhou explained.

This large, milk tea-colored teddy bear is from the famous international teddy bear brand STEIFF.

Even the small size of the teddy bears from this store costs several hundred yuan.

The box contains a limited edition released by the brand for Children's Day, with only 610 pieces available worldwide, each with a unique serial number.

The one in front of us is number 520.

It wasn't that Jiang Tingzhou bought it directly from any store; rather, he bought it from the STEIFF national flagship store in Nancheng, paying dozens of times more for an exhibit.

The reason for changing the packaging was to prevent Xu Wan from checking the brand and blaming him for wasting money.

Xu Wan took the teddy bear out of the box and hugged it to her chest.

The bear's fur is very soft, and it feels great to hug it.

"I love it!" Xu Wan said with a smile, hugging the teddy bear, then asked, "Do I seem childish like this?"

Jiang Tingzhou reached out and touched the teddy bear in the woman's arms, and said gently, "In my eyes, you've always been a child, and I don't mind if you stay this way. I love you no matter what you're like by my side."

Xu Wan's eyes welled up with tears. "Husband, it's so good to have met you."

Besides the teddy bear, another gift was the cell phone that we had agreed on before.

Jiang Tingzhou helped Xu Wan back up all her data and then imported it to her new phone.

-

On Monday, Xu Wan wore the ring to work.

The law firm's opening hours are 9:00 AM.

Xu sat down at her workstation and started working at 8:40 pm.

A month has passed since the first trial of her first case, and the second trial is about to enter the pre-trial mediation stage.

She had arranged to meet with her client today.

At 9:30, Dong Yuanyuan rushed in with her bag on her back.

She glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then looked at Xu Wan, who was working at her desk. Noticing the wedding ring on her left hand, she craned her neck to examine it for a long time before saying, "Is your wedding ring fake?"