In the afternoon, sunlight shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows and falls on the floor of the Xinyu Group President's office, forming bright spots of light.
Bai Heng held the phone tightly as the messages on the screen kept refreshing. He was extremely anxious and stepped on the accelerator to rush towards Zhou Yanchen's office.
When he pushed open the door, Zhou Yanchen was explaining the work to Chang You in an orderly manner.
Seeing Bai Heng's hurried look, Zhou Yanchen paused for a moment and said to Chang You: "Go ahead and do it, come back to me later."
Chang You nodded and left, and the office door closed gently.
Bai Heng took a deep breath and tried to keep himself calm: "Yan Chen, I just found out that the girl I have always worshipped as a goddess is actually your ex-wife."
"How come you haven't revealed a single word in all these years?" There was a hint of disbelief in his voice.
Zhou Yanchen raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression calm, "This is my business, why should I tell you about it?"
"Oh, we have known each other for so many years, and you actually kept this a secret." Bai Heng said with a hint of grievance, "For so many years, the one in your heart has always been Dr. Shen, right?"
Zhou Yanchen's eyes darkened slightly, and he looked at Bai Heng: "Is your company very idle? Why do you come to ask me this?"
"What do you think? As your brother, I didn't even know that you were married."
Bai Heng sat down on the chair opposite him, leaned forward, and said sincerely, "It's not because of anything else. I really don't understand why you kept it a secret from me."
"I've always considered you a brother, but I just found out about this now."
Zhou Yanchen was silent for a moment, his voice was calm but unquestionable: "The relationship between her and me is not like that of other couples. There are some things I don't know how to explain."
"Okay, I understand your privacy, but I still have a question." Bai Heng's tone softened a little, "When my goddess left Beijing five years ago, did she divorce you?"
"She's such a good girl, how can you bear to let her go?"
Hearing this, Zhou Yanchen's eyes flashed with a barely perceptible pain, and he frowned slightly, as if the softest part of his heart was touched.
Why didn't he want to go back and change that decision?
"Don't get me wrong, I don't want to expose your scars, I just really can't understand it."
Bai Heng noticed Zhou Yanchen's mood change, and his tone became much softer, "She has always been perfect in my heart. I really don't understand what happened between you two."
"It ended up in divorce."
Zhou Yanchen was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "There are some things that I can't explain clearly. Did you come here today just to ask these questions?"
Bai Heng also realized that he might have asked too many questions, and smiled awkwardly: "Actually, I was going to ask, now that the news on the Internet is spreading like wildfire, don't you plan to do something?"
"Also, as your brother, I didn't know this news. Who broke the news?"
Hearing this, Zhou Yanchen's eyes darkened. Apart from her, he could not think of anyone else.
Before Zhou Yanchen could speak, Bai Heng guessed, "Could it be Su Xinyao?"
Zhou Yanchen leaned back in his chair and nodded slightly.
Bai Heng stared at Yan Chen closely, and asked solemnly: "Yan Chen, since Su Xinyao's mother did not save you at the beginning, have you found the one who really saved you?"
Zhou Yanchen nodded, "Found it."
Bai Heng couldn't wait to ask: "Who?"
Zhou Yanchen took a deep breath and slowly uttered a few words: "My mother-in-law."
"What? Your mother-in-law?" Bai Heng was shocked when he heard that. His mouth opened so wide that an egg could almost fit in.
He looked at Yan Chen in disbelief, as if he had heard the most bizarre thing.
After calming down a bit, Bai Heng asked, "Does the goddess know that her mother once saved you?"
An indescribable look of pain flashed across Zhou Yanchen's eyes for a moment, but he quickly concealed it.
He nodded slightly and replied in a slightly low voice: "She has always known about this, but in all these years, she has never mentioned even a word to me."
After hearing this, Bai Heng couldn't help but murmur in his heart, vaguely feeling that there seemed to be some unknown problems hidden here.
He continued to ask tentatively: "Yan Chen, is it true that during the two years you were abroad with Su Xinyao, you left your wife in China?"
Zhou Yanchen lowered his head silently and chose to remain silent.
However, his silence was tantamount to tacitly agreeing with Bai Heng's guess.
Bai Heng's eyes widened when he saw this, and he raised his voice to question, "You actually really abandoned your wife like this and went to accompany that Su Xinyao wholeheartedly?"
"So when you returned to your country, the goddess divorced you?"
At this time, Zhou Yanchen still kept his lips tightly closed and said nothing.
But from his lonely and regretful expression, Bai Heng already knew that everything he had just said was correct.
Bai Heng couldn't help but sigh, and he scolded Yan Chen in a very angry tone: "Yan Chen, Yan Chen, what on earth are you thinking? You leave such a gentle, virtuous, and considerate wife behind and go to accompany a woman who is full of lies..."
"Oh, I really admire you!"
"You, in the business world, can be said to be able to call the shots, run wild and gallop, and make everyone in awe.
However, in front of love, you really seem to know nothing!"
Looking back over the years, Zhou Yanchen had no idea how many nights he had spent drinking to drown his sorrows. His insomnia might have something to do with his goddess.
But what happens in the end?
All this pain and struggle seemed to be in vain.
It was because of this that Bai Heng finally understood why Zhou Yanchen asked that question that night.
The scene at that time was still vivid in his mind. Zhou Yanchen's face was full of pain, his eyes revealed endless confusion and loss. He slowly asked, "Is there any way to win back a heart?"
At this moment, Bai Heng looked at his brother who was once high-spirited but now sad with heartache, and couldn't help but ask softly: "Yan Chen, after the goddess came back, did you take the initiative to look for her?"
Zhou Yanchen nodded slightly and answered in a low voice: "I did look for her, but the result..., her attitude towards me was very cold, and I could even say that she was extremely against me looking for her."
Hearing this, Bai Heng couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart: Based on what you did before, it would be strange if people didn't reject you!
It’s good enough that I didn’t beat you up directly!
Of course, he could only keep these words to himself. After all, Zhou Yanchen was already in enough pain, and he really couldn't bear to rub salt into his wounds.
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