Inside the warm and cozy club, Mu Jinzhi, after soaking in the hot spring, put on a bathrobe and was drying her wet hair with a towel.
The sliding door opened, and Zhong Yunsheng walked in.
"Jinzhi." He had barely called Mu Jinzhi's name when she put down what she was holding, threw herself into his arms, and began to sob and choke back tears.
Mu Jinzhi raised her teary eyes: "I don't want to marry him. The only person I love is you, Yun Sheng. You understand me, don't you?"
In Mu Jinzhi's view, the two were lovers who were forced to separate, and Zhong Yunsheng should be just as miserable as she was.
But in reality... Zhong Yunsheng didn't really have any doubts; he was just a little confused.
During this time, he didn't even dare to go to dance halls or movie theaters. Whenever he ran into acquaintances, they would look at him with those kinds of eyes, thinking that he had picked up a sesame seed and lost a watermelon, actually giving up a woman like Bai Yan.
These past few days, Zhong Yunsheng's mind has been in turmoil; he can't stop thinking about Bai Yan from the banquet.
Jinzhi is outstanding; she can play the piano, write poetry, and discuss good movies with him.
But how can starlight compare to the brilliance of the sun and moon—she is Dr. Bai, the Dr. Bai whom so many people admire!
She can also play the guzheng, and she plays it so beautifully.
That day, when she performed on stage in a cheongsam, Zhong Yunsheng realized that traditional women were not only rigid and dull, but could also be graceful, beautiful, and knowledgeable.
Unlike Jinzhi's impulsiveness, she was like a well-bred young lady from a prominent family.
Thinking about this, Zhong Yunsheng understood his own heart.
So he looked at Mu Jinzhi with a hint of hesitation in his eyes: "Jinzhi, you are already married, and I... I also had a fiancée. I can't make things worse."
“This is not wrong!” Mu Jinzhi shook his head: “There is love between us, and love is not wrong.”
"So what if I get married? As long as we love each other, societal norms may prevent our bodies from being together, but they cannot prevent our souls from being together!"
Zhong Yunsheng's eyes were filled with emotion, but he still shook his head and held Mu Jinzhi's hand affectionately: "Jinzhi, I am very grateful for your feelings for me, but I can no longer reciprocate. My heart is now attracted to another woman."
Mu Jinzhi: ...
"What did you say?"
Zhong Yunsheng earnestly told Mu Jinzhi, "I have fallen in love with my fiancée. Jinzhi, I was still hesitant, but you are right, love is freedom, love is innocent."
Mu Jinzhi's head was throbbing.
"Then what am I supposed to do?" she looked at Zhong Yunsheng. "What am I supposed to do if you fall in love with her?"
She was completely defeated by Bai Yan!
Overwhelmed by despair, Mu Jinzhi refused to admit it, so she grabbed Zhong Yunsheng's hand and pressed it against her cheek: "It's all fake! Have you forgotten the vows we made on the cruise ship?"
"Yun Sheng, we love each other." Mu Jinzhi took off her bathrobe and cupped Zhong Yun Sheng's face in her hands: "Look at me, I don't believe you have no feelings for me at all."
She looked at him with pitiful eyes, and Zhong Yunsheng felt a pang of pity.
Jinzhi has already married a man she doesn't love, so how could he bear to hurt her again... In any case, no man in this world will only be attracted to one woman.
Zhong Yunsheng gently stroked Mu Jinzhi's cheek, and the two kissed.
The atmosphere was just getting intimate when, with a bang, the door was violently kicked open from the outside.
Still caught up in their passion, the two looked up from the sofa. Upon seeing the furious Liao Simin, Mu Jinzhi screamed and hurriedly picked up her bathrobe from the floor to cover herself.
Liao Simin's eyes reddened with anger, and without saying a word, he raised the gun in his hand.
Zhong Yunsheng didn't even have time to put on his clothes before he saw the gun and collapsed onto the sofa...
...
Gunshots rang out at the hot spring resort, and by the afternoon it had caught fire again.
Soon after, people from the Zhong and Mu families arrived one after another, picked them up from the club, and rushed them to the hospital. The very next day, the Liao family published a notice in the newspaper announcing that Liao Simin and Mu Jinzhi's marriage had broken down and they had divorced.
"Yan'er, do you know what happened to that young master Zhong?" This day, Madam Yuan came to the government building to deliver lunch to her daughter and took advantage of her lunch break to talk about the news: "Yesterday's incident was quite a big one. I heard that the entertainment newspaper also published it!"
Bai Yan naturally knew this, but seeing Yuan Shi's enthusiastic expression, she shook her head: "I'm very busy and don't have time to read entertainment newspapers."
Madam Yuan continued, "Zhong Yunsheng and Mu Jinzhi were caught cheating by her husband! One of them had his leg broken and the other had his face burned; both were rushed to the hospital yesterday!"
"I only found out about this because Xiaoqin was in the hospital."
"They've only been married a short time, and he's already out fooling around with other people? Zhong Yunsheng is truly no good. Losing his leg is retribution!" Madam Yuan was extremely grateful that she had left Fancheng and listened to her daughter's advice instead of going to the Zhong family.
Otherwise, who could stand this pair of scoundrels causing such a ruckus every day?
"Yes, karma." Bai Yan smiled gently.
In the old story, the Zhong family had already occupied the top position in the West City. At that time, Liao Simin was not as powerful as others. Even if his wife cheated on him, there was nothing he could do. He had to go with the flow and let them have their way.
But now that the Zhong family is in dire straits, Liao Simin certainly won't play the cuckold as he did in the original storyline.
As for those two, one was disfigured and the other had a broken leg, so Bai Yan couldn't be bothered with them anymore.
Isn't it true love?
Let's see how long their true love can last under these circumstances.
As for her, she has more important things to do now.
...
Liao Simin shot and broke Zhong Yunsheng's leg, and burned Mu Jinzhi's right cheek.
But he was also a victim. The affair between the two at the hot spring resort became common knowledge in Xicheng. The Mu family was in the wrong and dared not cause trouble. After agreeing to the divorce, they took Mu Jinzhi back from the hospital.
Zhong Yunsheng is Zhong Rentao's only son. Zhong Rentao will not ignore his broken leg. He cannot openly cause trouble for the Liao family, but he will secretly sabotage them in every way. Soon they will be fighting like fighting cocks.
Meanwhile, the island nation's invasion war unfolded just as in the original storyline.
Although China now has a presidential palace, it is plagued by warlordism. Forget about uniting against external forces, people often fight amongst themselves in their struggle for power and profit.
The battle lines were in complete disarray, and since Xicheng was already close to the island nation, the defeat was about to spread to this area.
Britain withdrew from the concession in Xicheng, demanding that Xu Shengtian apologize for the wrongful deaths of British citizens and hand over Bai Yan to them, otherwise they would never extend a helping hand to China.
Fearing that the western part of the city would fall, the Presidential Palace kept sending telegrams to Xu Shengtian, demanding that he do as the British asked.
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