"You have the financial power in the house, but I am responsible for all the housework! You are the capable one, but I am the one who doesn't work! You are the one who earns money, but I am the one who asks for it!"

"Zhu Tingyue, do you want me to be a househusband at home?"

His discussion really shocked Zhu Tingyue, who had never thought there was anything wrong with it.

"Isn't this great? This is how most families in our country divide the work! I just turned it around! What's wrong with that?"

Faced with such a direct and serious question, Shen Yanqiu couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and for a moment he was actually a little at a loss.

He opened his mouth to respond but found that he couldn't seem to find the right words to address the question.

Zhu Tingyue's eyes were so pure and firm that he felt that any answer would be pale and powerless.

His lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but seemed hesitant.

As time passed, the atmosphere around became solemn.

But he still just stammered, his brows tightly furrowed, his eyes staring at the ground, lost in deep thought.

Finally, after a long, long time, so long that one would almost think he had forgotten to speak, he slowly raised his head and in a voice that couldn't be any lower, as if he was afraid of being heard, he gently retorted: "No, this is not right!"

The sound was as thin as a mosquito. If it weren't for the silence around, it would probably be difficult to hear.

"Yes!" Zhu Tingyue's voice was much louder than his. "If I say it's right, it's right! Otherwise, I'll find someone else to be the househusband. You don't want to do that anyway!"

"No!" Shen Yanqiu would not allow this to happen.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Zhu Tingyue threw the question to him.

Chen Yanzhen glared at her fiercely, then quickly turned his head away, refusing to look at her again.

His movements seemed somewhat stiff and decisive, as if he wanted to express his extreme dissatisfaction.

Zhu Tingyue, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but laugh silently when she saw this scene.

Her beautiful eyes were slightly curved, like two crescents, flashing with a cunning light.

She knew very well that Shen Yanqiu would definitely not be willing to do this, but she wanted to see what kind of solution Shen Yanqiu could come up with in the face of such a situation.

"I... I can, but... but you have to promise to love me all your life and never despise me!" This was the answer he gave after thinking it over.

The smile that was originally on Zhu Tingyue's lips suddenly disappeared without a trace in an instant as if blown away by a gust of cold wind.

Her extremely handsome face was replaced by a hint of helplessness, as if she had a thousand words to say but didn't know where to start.

This sense of helplessness was like a thin veil, gently enveloping her, making her look somewhat lonely and desolate.

"Chen Yanqiu, I love you for this, and it will never change while you love me!"

"You don't have to force yourself for me, I will be unhappy!"

Chen Yanqiu disagreed with her statement: "But, you are Zhu Tingyue! You are my Zhu Tingyue!"

Zhu Tingyue shook her head: "I am myself first, and so are you! No one can make you compromise, no one is worth it!"

Chen Yanqiu said firmly: “No, Zhu Tingyue is worth it, you will always be worth it!”

"Chen Yanqiu, you don't have to be like this! I love Chen Yanqiu, but not just Chen Yanqiu!"

"What I love is the pride in Chen Yanqiu's bones, not just the beauty on the surface! What I love is Chen Yanqiu's sobriety and self-control, what I love is Chen Yanqiu's freshness and elegance, not just Chen Yanqiu as a person!"

Her words were like a thunderbolt that split the sky, deafening! The sound seemed to have infinite penetrating power, directly hitting the depths of Shen Yanqiu's heart.

He stood there quietly, listening to these shocking words. For a moment he was at a loss, his heart filled with confusion and bewilderment.

These words were like a key that opened a door he had never set foot in. The world behind the door was mysterious and strange, making him feel curious and fearful.

He tried hard to understand the deeper meaning contained in it, but his thoughts were tangled like a tangled mess and he couldn't make sense of it.

“But I am Shen Yanqiu!”

"You are Chen Yanqiu, but you are more than just Chen Yanqiu! You are just yourself! You can be Chen Yanqiu, or you can be Zhou Qinghui! The name is just a symbol, and the inner self beneath the name is you!"

"So, you were just praising me? I am sober and self-controlled? Fresh and handsome?"

Zhu Tingyue suddenly laughed: "What else?"

Chen Yanqiu lowered his head with a smile: "I'm not that good!"

Zhu Tingyue said seriously: "You don't need other people's evaluation of whether you are good or not, you just need to be yourself! Don't change yourself because of others!"

"But you are not someone else!"

"Chen Yanqiu!" Zhu Tingyue's voice became louder, "Remember, you are yourself, and everyone else is someone else! So am I, and so are the children!"

Her voice lowered and her tone became gentler: "So, don't wrong yourself for us, okay?"

"I'm not wronged! I'm very happy! Yueyue, you love me, and our children will love me too. I'm very happy!" Chen Yanqiu didn't think he should feel wronged.

"Hey! Chen Yanqiu, don't play dumb! You have to love yourself first, then others will love you!"

"If I don't love myself, will you not love me too?"

There was a glimmer of anticipation in Chen Yanqiu's big watery eyes, but at the same time, deep down in his heart he was filled with anxiety and uneasiness.

He longed to hear Zhu Tingyue say an answer that would make him happy, but he was also afraid to hear words from her that would break his heart and make him disappointed.

This conflicting feeling caused him to occasionally look towards Zhu Tingyue, trying to catch the slightest change in her expression;

However, whenever his eyes were about to meet Zhu Tingyue's, he would quickly dodge away like a frightened deer, as if he was afraid that the other party would see through his panic.

"Yes!" Zhu Tingyue answered firmly, "I will!"

Shen Yanqiu stood there quietly, and when he heard the answer, his body trembled slightly, as if he was hit by an invisible force.

He just felt as if his mind was suddenly emptied and became blank in an instant.

At this moment, in this head that should have been filled with all kinds of thoughts and ideas, there was only this simple sentence left, but it hit his heart like a heavy hammer - Zhu Tingyue would not love him! She would never love him!

These words were like a spell, constantly echoing and circling in his mind, making it impossible for him to think about anything else.