When Zhou Mingqian returned and heard what Shen Banxia had said, his eyes turned red. "I'm going to find them."

Shen Banxia grabbed him and said, "What are you trying to do? Do you think you can reason with them? Anyway, after what I said today, the Zhou family's reputation in the village won't be good either. The villagers will judge right and wrong. Besides, do you think the villagers are all fools? I'm the only doctor in the village. Even if your father is the brigade leader, they won't completely side with him. That's fine for us."

She was open-minded; she knew she would leave when the college entrance exam resumed, and Zhou Mingqian would go with her.

Shen Banxia already had a general idea of ​​her future plans.

Zhou Mingqian hugged Shen Banxia, ​​his voice muffled, "I'm sorry, my wife, I wasn't by your side when my mother came."

Shen Banxia cupped Zhou Mingqian's face in her hands. "Why are you so downcast? Have you forgotten my abilities? Even though I'm pregnant now, I can still easily handle two adults. Besides, do you think a doctor can only treat people?"

Before regaining her memories of her past life, Shen Banxia was very interested in traditional Chinese medicine, especially the section on poisons.

She found it in the attic when she was about seven years old.

When she was little, she did a lot of experiments. She clearly remembers that when her grandfather found out, his face was as black as soot from the bottom of a pot. Moreover, the first time she was beaten, she was forced to kneel.

From then on, Grandpa never allowed me to touch that book of poison again.

But whether it was because Shen Banxia was particularly interested or for some other reason, she remembered the contents of that book very well.

However, as someone who grew up under the red flag, she still has basic values ​​and beliefs, and she shouldn't easily open Pandora's box of such things.

Shen Banxia was also afraid that if she became too dependent on the things in there, she might grow into someone who disregarded the law and human life.

She dared not gamble, nor did she want to gamble.

Zhou Mingqian was still in low spirits. This incident had been a big blow to him. He had never realized so clearly before that his parents did not love him.

Shen Banxia naturally knew that there were some things that could never be truly understood.

Like her, she only rationally views what Zhou's mother and Zhou Mingjiao do. When they try to morally blackmail her, she can calmly use her hobby (acting) to put herself in the position of a victim, making Zhou's mother's moral blackmail completely futile.

Shen Banxia gently hugged him, offering silent comfort.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment, two passionate hearts pounding in their chests, Zhou Mingqian burying his head in Shen Banxia's neck.

His tall body was bent over.

Time ticked by, and Zhou Mingqian said in a hoarse voice, "Actually, when I was very young, they treated me quite well. However, after my younger siblings were born one by one, they gradually stopped paying attention to me. After my sister came along, all they cared about was her. Whenever my sister and I had a conflict, they would immediately target me."

“At first, I didn’t understand why it was my fault when it wasn’t. It wasn’t until after that drowning incident that I discovered a terrible truth: human life is not even as valuable as my sister’s. After that, I was disappointed and no longer had any expectations for them.”

"Do you know? I actually had the opportunity to go to university, but because of something my sister said, I missed that opportunity."

"There are so many things like this that I can't even count them all. I tell myself that it's always been like this, and they don't care at all."

He paused, then continued, "Until this time, they could watch me, my wife, and my children slowly starve to death. Even after the blunder of the diving incident, their first concern was about work."

Taking a deep breath, I thought I had hardened my heart like iron, but it turns out I've always overestimated myself.

A single, scalding tear fell onto Shen Banxia's neck.

Shen Banxia patted him gently, "You still have me and the child."

Zhou Mingqian's voice came with relief, "Yes, it's good that God let me meet you. Sometimes I can't even imagine what I would be like now if you and the child hadn't come into my life."

"You know what? I'm actually a very selfish person. After I confirmed with them again and again that they didn't love me, do you know what kind of devilish thoughts I had?" Before Shen Banxia could answer, "I wanted to take them all to another world. Tell me, isn't that kind of me terrifying?"

“I don’t even know why I have these thoughts. They clearly don’t love me, so I should just love myself. But I just feel that if you don’t love me, you should just show it completely. Why do I sometimes feel a little bit of that? This ambiguous attitude makes me feel like I’m a madman.”

As if afraid that Shen Banxia would say something unacceptable, Zhou Mingqian did not wait for Shen Banxia's reply, "I have tried to get away from here, but I found that no matter where I escape to, my heart is trapped in this Zhou Family Village."

"And you know what? Sometimes I feel like the world I live in is a fantasy world. Everything is so unreal. I don't know if it's because I have you outside this world or because I'm too independent. I can't stand my parents' unique favoritism towards my younger sister."

"Do you know? My parents have a morbidly obsessive love for Zhou Mingjiao. Everything revolves around her, and her mood determines whether our family is happy or unhappy."

"Sometimes I even wonder if everything would return to normal if Zhou Mingjiao disappeared?"

"Xiaxia, do you think I'm like a madwoman? Sometimes I even hate myself for being like this."

“You—” Zhou Mingqian interrupted directly, “Xiaxia, don’t say anything, okay? Let me deceive myself a little longer. I know that I am not worthy of being with you right now, but I still want to tell you that meeting you is the most beautiful thing in my life.”

"Xiaxia, do you know? Meeting you was actually a scheme of mine. I'm terrifying, aren't I? What should I do? Why was I born into the Zhou family?" Zhou Mingqian's voice was full of exhaustion and disgust.

Shen Banxia's eyes were full of heartache.