The house was rented with the help of Chen Songbai. He knew the address and drove there.

Before Chen Songbai arrived, Miao Yijia turned off the TV, climbed out of the messy bed, and stood in front of the full-length mirror to look at herself. She looked a little slovenly. She scratched her hair, took a shower in the bathroom, and changed into a light green slip dress.

Standing in front of the full-length mirror again, I felt like a different person, young, energetic and beautiful.

Miao Yijiajia was thinking about whether to put on makeup, when something suddenly flashed through her mind. She quickly ran to the wardrobe, opened the door, chose the most ordinary home clothes, and changed out of her eye-catching suspender skirt.

She just missed the point.

She just wanted to show her good side in front of Chen Songbai, but not now.

Rather than winning Chen Songbai's favor, it was more important to gain his sympathy. The more haggard she looked, the deeper Chen Songbai's guilt became. On the contrary, if she appeared in front of him in a glamorous and beautiful manner, he would think she was fine.

Miao Yijiajia ruffled her long hair and sat on the sofa, looking at her phone while waiting.

When the doorbell rang, she jumped up in surprise, but then suppressed her excitement, adjusted her expression in the mirror, slowly walked to the door, and looked through the peephole first. It was indeed Chen Songbai.

He had an expression that made it hard to express his emotions, and he was wearing a simple white T-shirt.

Miao Yijiajia took a deep breath and opened the door.

Chen Songbai raised his eyelids and looked at the innocent face in front of him.

Miao Yijia's heartbeat was a little faster. She held the door handle and stepped aside: "Come in first."

Chen Songbai didn't go in. If possible, he didn't want to see her again. Obviously, escaping couldn't solve the problem, it would only make it more complicated: "You said it to my parents."

Miao Yijiajia looked stunned: "I, I..."

I kept saying "I" for a long time but couldn't explain why.

"Why?" Chen Songbai stared into her panicked eyes. "I know you've been wronged. I apologize to you. If you want any compensation, just ask. Let's talk openly. Why did you want to hurt me?"

"I didn't!" Miao Yijiajia explained anxiously.

"What do you want?" Chen Songbai was exhausted. "Tell me."

Miao Yijia couldn't speak. She blinked and started crying. "I was so helpless and scared when this happened. You didn't care about me, so I didn't dare tell my parents. I accidentally let it slip when I called my aunt that day. Now that you come to me in such a rage, I have to ask you, what do you want to do? Do you really want to force me to death to satisfy you?"

Chen Songbai remained silent.

Miao Yijia cried even harder: "Why do you act like I'm the one who did something wrong? Tell me, what did I do wrong? Can you put yourself in my shoes and think about how I feel?"

Chen Songbai seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, the more he struggled, the deeper he got. He couldn't do anything about his parents, he couldn't do anything about Miao Yijiajia, and he didn't know what to do about Xia Xuan.

He rubbed his hair and said weakly: "I'm asking you one last time, what do I have to do to let you let me go?"

With tears on her face, Miao Yijiajia looked at him through the mist. Chen Songbai's eyes were very straightforward. He looked at her as if he was looking at a piece of chewing gum that was stuck on his body and couldn't be torn off, or a rag that he was eager to throw away.

This is unbearable for Miao Yijiajia.

The atmosphere was heavy. Miao Yijia raised her hand to wipe away her tears. "Let you go? Who will let me go? I also want to ask you, what can you do to make up for the harm you've done to me?"

Entering a vicious circle again, Chen Songbai couldn't find a way out. His chest felt heavy, as if he was trapped in a glass cover without oxygen.

*

Su Jinru was absent-minded while making dinner and almost cut her hand. Xia Xi, who came over to get some water, saw her. Xia Xi pushed her aside and said, "Let me do it."

Xia Xi washed her hands, pressed the lotus root on the chopping board with one hand, held the knife with the other hand, and cut the lotus root into slices.

At this time, Xia Xi's phone rang, and she said to Su Jinru: "Leave it alone, I'll cut it later."

She picked up the phone she had casually placed on the island counter. It was Xu Yanfeng calling. She quickly answered the call. A man's gentle voice came from the phone: "I heard from Aunt Zhang that you came back and went out again. Did you go back to your mother's place?"

"Hmm." Xia Xi pursed her lips and idly scratched the table with her fingers.

Xu Yanfeng: "When will you be back?"

Xia Xi sighed: "Xuanxuan is not in a good mood. I want to stay with her and not go back tonight. Is that okay?"

"What's wrong with that?" Xu Yanfeng said slowly, "Did something happen?"

I heard a few days ago that Xia Xuan's mood had stabilized, but how come she suddenly became unwell again?

"Chen Songbai's parents came over today and made a scene. They said a lot of nasty things and forced Xuanxuan to divorce. Xuanxuan also agreed to the divorce."

"What did Chen Songbai say?"

"Him? He's adamant and refuses to agree, but he can't persuade his parents either."

The two chatted for a while, and Xia Xi saw Su Jinru cutting vegetables out of the corner of his eye. Afraid that she would be distracted and cut her hand, he said something to Xu Yanfeng, hung up the phone, washed his hands again, and took the kitchen knife from Su Jinru's hand.

Su Jinru smiled at her: "I'm fine, you're tired after a day's work, let me cook."

"We're out of vinegar at home. Call my sister and ask her to bring back a bottle of vinegar. I want to eat some mixed cucumbers." Xia Xi pushed her with her elbow.

Xia Yue took Youyou out shopping. Su Jinru called her, briefly explained everything, and put the phone down. She looked at the neatly arranged rows of lotus root slices on the chopping board and sighed, "Dragging it on like this isn't a solution. Why not just let them get divorced? A short pain is worse than a long one."

Xia Xi grabbed the lotus root slices and put them into a basin, filled it with water to soak, and then took out the thawed pork ribs from the plastic bag.

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