"Brother, are you serious? Do you really want me to starve to death?"
Ning Zhen grabbed the window and shouted.
“Isn’t this what you wanted? You wanted to go on a hunger strike, but I was afraid your willpower wasn’t strong enough to do it, so I just gave you a hand.” Ning Hong’s low laughter rang out from outside the door.
"You don't need to thank me. After all, we're brothers, and I should still help you if I need to."
"..."
Do I really need his help with this?
Ning Zhen gritted his teeth. Let him go on a hunger strike then. He knew he wouldn't be the one to regret it.
Ning Zhen thought angrily, "If something really happens to him because of the hunger strike, how will he explain it to his parents?"
Thinking of this, he turned around and lay down on his bed, determined not to be the first to back down.
Ning Zhen always thought he could endure it; however, he overlooked the discomfort of being hungry.
His stomach was cramping in waves, and he had no strength left in his body; his hands and feet felt weak.
He desperately wanted to apologize to his brother, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He could only lie on the bed whimpering, hoping that a clever servant would tell his brother and parents about his situation.
He is in great pain right now, and desperately wants someone to save him.
But for some reason, he was usually surrounded by many people, but these past two days he hadn't seen a single one, not even his personal servant.
He lay there, his face pale, his mind racing with a jumble of thoughts.
I wonder how Bai Chen is doing now. She must be surrounded by many people, after all, she is so outstanding.
Hmm, what if he's working so hard for her here, but she's already forgotten about him? If that's the case, then his hunger strike is completely pointless.
And also—Gu Qingxiu—
Ever since the day he came home and said he wanted a divorce, she hasn't gone near him.
Every time they met, she would stand far away, as if he were a flood or a wild beast.
Ning Zhen closed her eyes, but suddenly the scene of their wedding flashed through her mind.
It's impossible for him to say that he didn't like Gu Qingxiu at all; he was amazed by her from their first meeting.
However, he still couldn't stand the fact that his wife was illiterate. He thought, "She can't read a single word, and her handwriting is so ugly. If I take her out in the future, won't her classmates laugh me to death?"
Therefore, he must get a divorce and marry a woman who is compatible with him and can also add fragrance to his life.
only……
The thought of Gu Qingxiu marrying someone else in the future made him feel uneasy.
It's a little sour and a little astringent.
If she didn't want to leave the Ning family, she could simply stay put.
Why should she marry another man?
Sigh, I can't think about it anymore. The more I think about it, the hungrier I get.
His brother has become absolutely horrible; he has no brotherly love whatsoever.
Before, all I could think about were Bai Chen and Gu Qingxiu, the two women jumping back and forth in my mind, but now all I could think about was food.
He really wanted to eat something, anything at all.
"Why--"
Someone knocked on the window.
"Who?" Ning Zhen asked weakly.
"It's me," Gu Qingxiu said softly, her voice always soft and gentle, each word spoken with exceptional clarity.
What are you doing here? Are you making fun of me?
Upon hearing Gu Qingxiu's voice, Ning Zhen puffed out her cheeks and turned over.
Looking through the crack in the window, you could only see that he was facing away from you, so you couldn't see his expression clearly.
However, this feeling is still unpleasant.
Who would be in a good mood when they're hungry?
She threw a small object into the gap.
The action of throwing the object was very subtle, but because the surroundings were quiet, it seemed quite loud.
Hearing footsteps hurriedly leaving, Ning Zhen turned around and saw an oil paper package lying on the ground.
Is it for eating?
He ran over in a few steps, picked up the oil paper package on the ground. It contained his favorite pastries, but unfortunately, they were all broken when he threw them in.
Ning Zhen didn't mind at all and just stuffed it into his own mouth; he was too hungry.
His older brother is really too ruthless.
Ningzhen ate the entire bag of pastries with some cooled boiled water.
Sigh, Qingxiu is still the best to him. Although his parents love him, they don't dare to utter a sound or secretly bring him food when his older brother gets angry.
My eyes suddenly felt a little sore.
Actually, Qingxiu was really good to him.
In the following days, Gu Qingxiu would bring him food every afternoon.
Sometimes it's fried dough, sometimes it's steamed buns, and sometimes it's pastries.
They would exchange a few words through the crack in the window.
It was only at this moment that Ning Zhen realized his wife was insightful and that chatting with her was a pleasant experience, without the generation gap he had imagined.
"It's such a pity. If you could go to school, you would definitely be an outstanding woman."
She might be more popular than Bai Chen.
after all--
Ning Zhen's gaze fell on Gu Qingxiu's face through the crack in the window frame.
The soft sunlight shone on Gu Qingxiu's delicate face. For the first time, he realized that a woman with her hair styled in a bun could be so beautiful.
Bai Chen did not wear her hair in a bun; instead, she wore two thick, black braids that hung down in front of her chest.
Every time she walks, her braids swing back and forth, exuding youthful energy.
He felt that women should be full of vitality like this.
Gu Qingxiu is so lifeless; she always looks so dull and lifeless.
But now, seeing her so calm, he felt a strange sense of peace wash over him.
Ning Hong, standing behind the artificial hill, raised an eyebrow upon seeing this scene.
Gu Qingxiu is quite resourceful—
After Gu Qingxiu had been gone for a while, Ning Hong slowly walked over.
Ning Zhen was still standing by the window in a daze when he caught a glimpse of a pair of black cloth shoes through the crack. He snorted and turned back to the bed.
He doesn't want to see that heartless older brother right now.
"snort."
"Didn't you look down on Qingxiu for being uneducated and incompetent?"
"——"
"If you don't like her, stay away from her in the future. She's someone who's going to remarry. If she sees her getting too close to her ex-husband, she won't be able to get married again."
"—" It would be better if she couldn't get married; he didn't want her to remarry at all.
"You didn't do this on purpose, did you?"
"What?"
"Are you deliberately trying to keep her from getting married? I'm telling you, you people are so petty. You're always arguing about getting a divorce, but when the girl is about to marry someone else, you're unhappy. Why is it that men can remarry but women can't?"
“Who says you can’t remarry? I have a classmate who personally saw his ex-wife off to her wedding and even gave her a dowry.”
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