Since his clothes were wet, Jiang Siyan took a shower. When he came out of the bathroom, he saw Su Er sitting on the headboard. Although she was holding a script, her head was already drooping towards her chest, looking drowsy.

Jiang Siyan approached and took the script from her hand. Feeling his breath close to her, Su Er naturally rested her head on his shoulder.

Jiang Siyan hugged her and said, "Go to sleep if you're sleepy."

Su Er nuzzled against his neck. "What about you?"

Jiang Siyan adjusted her pillow and kissed her forehead. "I still have some work to do. You go to sleep first, okay?"

"Um."

Jiang Siyan turned off the light in the room, quietly closed the door, returned to his study, and then took out his phone to call back.

"Sir, we've found it." He Wen paused, he had a premonition that this was not the answer Jiang Siyan wanted to hear.

Jiang Siyan gestured for him to speak, "Speak."

"Based on the information we have, the person who broke the news should be related to Ms. Su."

He Wen reported all the information he had received to Jiang Siyan in great detail. Jiang Siyan, recalling Su Er's unusual behavior these days, had no doubt that this matter was related to her.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Siyan didn't go back to his room immediately. He lit a cigarette and, recalling everything that had happened that night, felt a strange sense of loss and unease.

She continued to hug, embrace, and kiss him as always.

But Su Er's eyes were distant and tinged with sorrow.

It seemed that after tonight, he would lose her.

It seems like she could leave at any moment.

But why? Isn't it good for them to be together like this?

He was willing to give her anything she wanted.

Their relationship and feelings were far more solid than the word "marriage," and she was not bound by the title of "Mrs. Jiang."

No one else will ever become Mrs. Jiang; she will always be by his side.

Several cigarettes in a row failed to quell the irritation in Jiang Siyan's heart. He stubbed out the half-burnt cigarette in the ashtray and went straight back to his bedroom.

The door opened and closed, and the dark room, unlike before, was no longer cold and silent; there was another, gentle breathing sound.

Jiang Siyan lifted a corner of the blanket, lay down, and stretched out his arm to pull the person into his embrace.

Soon, a warm, soft body naturally pressed against him, and the sense of emptiness in his heart was gradually filled by the furry head on his chest.

His voice was a little hoarse, "Did I wake you up?"

"No." Su Er hugged him tightly.

The drowsiness I felt earlier vanished the moment the lights went out. Now that the outcome was decided, it was time to say goodbye.

If he brings it up tonight, how should she react?

If he doesn't mention it, then what should she say to him when the time comes, and in what tone?

Various possibilities rehearsed in her mind, and tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

Su Er smelled the strong tobacco scent on him and asked, "You smoke?"

"Hmm, not much, just one."

In order to get her to quit smoking, Jiang Siyan set an example by reducing his own smoking frequency.

Su Er clearly didn't believe it. "Liar."

"I knew I couldn't fool you." Jiang Siyan chuckled and kissed the hair on the top of her head. "Does your foot still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore; it was just a small cut to begin with."

After a moment of silence, Jiang Siyan suddenly asked, "Your birthday is coming up soon, right? What kind of gift do you want?"

Su Er was stumped by the question and didn't know how to answer it for a moment. Would they still be together?

"I don't know." Su Er opened her eyes, looked up at him, and said jokingly, "You'll give me anything I want?"

Jiang Siyan smiled indulgently and asked her, "So what does our Er'er want?"

Doesn't he know?

He Wen should have already told him who broke the news.

Normally, he is the person who understands her best. He can sense all her emotions with just a glance or a gesture.

In secret, her smile was bitter. "I don't know. You can owe me for now. I'll ask you for it when I think of something."

As the night deepened, the changes in the moon's shadow beneath the curtains, which I had never noticed before, were magnified infinitely tonight, presenting the passage of every minute and every second with unparalleled clarity.

Unable to tell whether the person holding her was asleep or not, Su Er's heart pounded. She mustered her courage and whispered his name, "Jiang Siyan."

She tried to finish her sentence in one breath, "We..."

The words "That's enough" were about to be uttered when Jiang Siyan abruptly interrupted him, "It's getting late, go to sleep, Er'er."

He cupped the back of her neck with his hand and hugged her even tighter.

The familiar embrace softened all her strength. Su Er thought that, at least tonight, she no longer had the courage or energy to bring up the word "separation."