What do you need your household registration book for?

"You're asking too many questions."

“You have my family’s household registration booklet, so of course I have the right to ask questions.”

"Buy a house."

Buy a house? You have the money to buy a house?

"Lend me money." The household registration issue after the divorce is really troublesome, changing her name is also troublesome, and her business license might need to be changed as well.

To avoid having to make an extra trip to change the name on the house, Xia Baozhu is now answering all questions.

Whom did you borrow money from?

"friend."

Why didn't you come looking for me?

Xia Baozhu sneered: "I only use my household registration book to buy a house because I don't have to change my name back and forth. If you keep asking so many questions, then you don't need the household registration book at all."

“Okay, here’s your household registration book. You can return it to your home after you’re done using it.” Leng Minghui handed over the household registration book.

Xia Baozhu reached out to take it, only to see the household registration booklet being taken back again.

“I’ll go with you tomorrow.” Leng Minghui wanted to see the address of the house Xia Baozhu bought.

"Okay, I'll wait for you at the Housing Management Bureau tomorrow morning." With that, Xia Baozhu got on her bike and sped away.

If Leng Minghui doesn't come, she'll use her original ID to buy the house; she can just make a few more trips.

Chen Shanlou stood in front of the glass window of the director's office, watching the two people talking downstairs. He could not tell from their body language or expressions that there was any affection between them anymore.

This Xia Zhaodi—no, she's called Xia Baozhu now—is incredibly stubborn.

Would an ordinary woman be willing to leave a man who owns a car?

Would an ordinary woman remain unmoved when pursued by someone like him?

Baozhu, did she really become Baozhu just because she changed her name from Zhaodi to Baozhu?

She divorced while bearing the stigma of being unable to have children. Didn't she consider what others would think of her?

But she changed her name to Baozhu.

Chen Shanlou suddenly thought of a few lines of poetry: "I love the lotus for its purity, rising from the mud unstained, washed by clear ripples without being seductive, hollow inside and straight outside, not sprawling or branching, its fragrance growing more pure as it spreads, standing tall and clean, to be admired from afar but not to be trifled with."

Even if she hadn't gotten married, she would still be worthy of being called Lian in this story.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs".