When I returned to the villa halfway up the mountain from the hospital, I was still immersed in Jiang Xi's words and couldn't come back to my senses.

I asked Jiang Xi, who did she like between Lawyer Zhang and Assistant Li? Or did she still have feelings for Qiao Shiyao?

She said that she no longer had any feelings for Qiao Shiyao, but as for the other two, she seemed to like them both.

Before leaving, she held me and said meaningfully, "Baby, life is only a few short decades long. If there is anything you want to do, we should do it as soon as possible. Don't be like Chuyuan, who left without even having a wedding dress or a ceremony."

I was staring at Jiang Xi at the time, and it felt like her eyes were looking at me through Yao Zitong.

With deep reluctance and regret.

On the way back, Ji Linting, who had been following me, was also silent.

It seemed that Jiang Xi's words, "I died without ever wearing a wedding dress or holding a wedding," had stimulated her, and even her soul felt ashamed.

I ignored him, checked the time, and started helping the aunt in the kitchen prepare dinner.

Unlike usual, I specially made an extra plate of braised pork trotters that Chenchen likes, and made a portion of lychee meat that Nannan likes.

Finally, I watched the aunt at the table cut the remaining mediocre pork into slices skillfully.

The TV in the living room outside the house was reporting the news that Yao Technology's stock had hit the daily limit today. The stock analyst explained that Xie Group's shares had also fallen by several points.

Listening to the stock analysts on TV analyzing that according to this trend, the Yao family will go bankrupt in just a week, the two of them then mocked Xie Chenyu, the prince of the Xie family, that he might lose his status as the heir of the Xie family if he broke off the engagement. They even hinted that Yao Qingqing had been summoned by the police for investigation. I couldn't help but curl up the corners of my lips.

Even outsiders knew that once Xie Chenyu broke off the engagement, he would be nothing in the Xie family with many children.

Even outsiders can see it, but unfortunately Xie Chenyu is so mysteriously confident that he doesn't realize it at all.

In a few days, the Yao family will face bankruptcy, and those self-righteous Yao family members will understand that without Yao Zitong, their family will be nothing!

When I finished making the last bowl of noodle soup and brought it to the table, I heard the roar of a helicopter outside the house.

Outside the house, the well-trained bodyguards were standing in two rows, on full alert. Assistant Li, who was leading the group, was very nervous as he escorted Nan Nan and Chen Chen inside with big strides. Zhou Bingchen, who was following behind them, had a frown on his face and was talking to someone unknown.

I peeked out the window and saw the commotion outside. Curious, I asked Aunt Liu, who was cooking with me, "Are they usually this nervous? It's like someone's about to attack them?"

Aunt Liu also looked bewildered and shook her head. "No, I don't know what happened today."

Seeing the people outside getting closer, Aunt Liu pushed me from behind and said, "The gentleman is coming in soon, hurry up and get the clothes!"

I was completely confused, and when I turned around I saw Aunt Liu smiling at me and gesturing to cheer me on.

The corner of my lips twitched, and I had to turn around and go out to meet him.

As soon as Chenchen came in, he excitedly rushed into my arms and kept calling "Mommy" coquettishly, while Nannan was still a little restrained and lowered his eyebrows and called me "Mom" softly.

After experiencing many things in two lives, it is only these words of “Mom” that fill my dry heart like a gentle rain.

I hugged my two children and looked at Zhou Bingchen striding towards me not far away. I suddenly remembered that this was the happy scene I imagined when I was a living dead in my previous life.

Zhou Binchen came to the children and touched their heads with gentle eyes.

I stepped forward and took the suit jacket from his hand. I lowered my head, not daring to look at him, and took the children to the kitchen.

Zhou Binchen stood there in a daze, looking at my departing back, lost in thought for a long time.

In the kitchen, Zhou Binchen pulled out a chair and a bowl of hot noodle soup was placed in front of him.

Zhou Binchen looked at the meat and vermicelli soup in front of him, and his hands on the table couldn't help but curl up slightly.

He glanced at the two children who were enjoying their meal tonight, and finally his gaze fell on me, who was sitting next to them picking up some food. He suppressed the inexplicable anger rising in his heart and said in a calm tone, "Come with me to the study!"

After saying this, he turned around and went straight back to the study without touching the meat soup in front of him.

I was a little confused and followed him immediately.

In the study.

Zhou Bingchen sat in front of the office chair, his hands crossed on the table, his eyes as deep as a cold pond staring at me without blinking, as if he wanted to see through me.

I was worried and closed the door timidly.

"Mr. Zhou, what's going on?"

"Take off your clothes!"

The man's voice was deep and contained a strong and overbearing tone that could not be refused.

My whole body froze.

It seemed like when we returned to northern Myanmar, he would tell me to take off my clothes every night with an expressionless face.

Just like back then, an endless feeling of humiliation suddenly surged into my heart.

I stared at the man in front of me who was willing to die for me, my eyes full of disbelief, as if I was meeting him for the first time.

"Why? I'm your sister-in-law. How can you be so worthy of..."

Before I could finish, Zhou Bingchen stood up from his desk and walked over to me, staring intently at my chest heaving violently. "You, do you have forty-eight scars on your body? Did you know that just now, all five of your cellmates from a few years ago were murdered?"

My eyes widened, my body shuddered and I took a step back involuntarily. "You said those five inmates who bullied me are all dead?"