Chapter 237: His face remained dark throughout.

As she emerged from the palace, Xia Youxin took a deep breath.

Every time she saw Qi Xuan, she felt as if she was suffocating, but she had to force a smile and pretend that she didn't care about anything.

I've loved him for so many years, how could I just stop caring?

It is probably only in the dead of night that she can reveal that helpless and suffocating side of herself.

When dawn breaks, I have to put on that carefree mask again to disguise myself.

She gazed at the starry sky, her eyes filled with desolation; even the most dazzling night sky could not shake her heart.

It was better when I was a child; at least I didn't have so many worries.

Even if I had just followed him around like a shadow, I wouldn't be in this state now, so badly hurt by him.

Just then, the phone rang.

Xia You was the first to come to her senses, concealing the sadness in her eyes. She picked up her phone and glanced at it; it was a call from Tang Wan'er.

She took a deep breath, trying to make her voice sound no different from usual.

Tang Wan'er is the person who cares about her the most in the world. The two of them have similar experiences; they are both children who have no one to love them.

They just use different methods, but they are keeping each other warm.

She didn't want Tang Wan'er to worry about her, so she answered the phone with a smile.

"Why are you already missing me after just leaving? You called me so soon? You didn't fight with Fu Yanzun again, did you? Let me tell you, I'm not taking you in today, even if you beat me to death. Did you think our house was a shelter?"

Hearing Xia Youxin still teasing her, it seemed like nothing was wrong.

She still remembers that when Xia Youxin had just gotten divorced, she cried almost every day.

Who could imagine that this woman, who now appears so alluring and powerful, was once such a small and adorable girl?

If she hadn't met Qi Xuan, if she hadn't married him, Xia Youxin would probably still be the same obedient and adorable girl she used to be.

Every time Tang Wan'er thought about these things, she felt quite uncomfortable.

Since Xia Youxin was unwilling to reveal her inner pain in front of her, she didn't ask any further questions, lest she touch that sore spot.

Her sensitive nerves only made her feel worse.

"How did you guess? I just missed you! Does that mean I can't go to your house to see you unless I've had a fight with Fu Yanzun? Before I got married, didn't I often stay at your house? We often shared a bed, so you wouldn't have fallen for someone else, would you?"

Fu Yanzun glanced at her sideways; the two women were chatting so blatantly.

Anyone who didn't know better would think she was chatting so intimately with some lover. She's never seemed this close to him before. I wonder who her husband is.

Tang Wan'er and Xia Youxin basically chatted the whole way. These two women always have endless topics to talk about.

Even on topics that sound incredibly boring, the two of them can chat about them enthusiastically and laugh heartily.

The car drove into the underground parking lot of the residential area, and Tang Wan'er didn't realize she had arrived home until the car stopped.

“Yeah, it’s really funny. You don’t know how silly San’er is, how stupid the things he does are. I don’t even want to admit that I’m his boss. Okay, then next time we’ll invite San’er out too, and the rest of us can have a meal together.”