After speaking, she didn't linger any longer, turned around and walked out of Qin Yaxin's room, closing the door behind her.
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After Qin Yaxin hung up the phone, Zhou Zhiyuan didn't know how he got home.
"Mom, what's wrong with Dad?"
Xiao Zhou Nan noticed that Zhou Zhiyuan was acting strangely and couldn't help but ask her mother, Xia Wei.
"I don't know."
Xia Wei shook her head, her expression calm, revealing no sign of anything amiss.
"Before Dad left, I saw Grandma Wang come to our house. She asked Dad to answer the phone. Mom, Dad didn't look well. Could it be because of that phone call that he's like this?"
Little Zhou Nan's eyes were filled with worry: "Mom, why don't you go to the room and comfort Dad, okay?"
"Your father doesn't need it."
Perhaps she has come to terms with it, Xia Wei is now completely calm and unaffected by Zhou Zhiyuan's emotions.
"Then I'll go see Dad?"
Xiao Zhou Nan consulted her mother, Xia Wei, for her opinion.
"Go."
Xia Wei twitched the corners of her mouth, glanced at the doorway of her and Zhou Zhiyuan's bedroom, and nodded to Xiao Zhou Nan.
"Daddy, Daddy, are you feeling unwell?"
Pushing open the door, Xiao Zhou Nan saw Zhou Zhiyuan lying on the bed. She couldn't help but tiptoe to the bedside, her childish voice full of concern.
"go out!"
Zhou Zhiyuan was lying with his back to the door, while little Zhou Nan was lying on the bed behind him. When she heard her father telling her to leave, little Zhou Nan felt very wronged, and tears welled up in her eyes, but she did not leave. She said in her childish voice, "Daddy, I'll stay here with you!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiyuan remained silent.
Xiao Zhou Nan patted her chest lightly, feeling relieved. She then quietly sat down in the chair in front of her desk, her gaze fixed on Zhou Zhiyuan.
At this moment, Zhou Zhiyuan was in a state of utter confusion and great pain.
He didn't understand why Qin Yaxin suddenly wanted to break up. They clearly loved each other, and they had agreed that after his divorce, he would use his actions to win over her family and get their approval to be together.
Not long after they met at the park at noon, she suddenly called him and said that their relationship was over... Why? Why did she make that decision?
Could it be that her feelings for him were fake, or that she thought his feelings for her were fake?
Zhou Zhiyuan pondered this for a long time but still couldn't figure it out!
Gradually, his eyes started to sting, and the pain in his chest became unbearable.
"Xin Xin! Xin Xin, are you really just going to give up on our relationship like that?"
Zhou Zhiyuan murmured silently, and at the same time, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.
Time passed slowly, and just when Xiao Zhou Nan thought Zhou Zhiyuan had fallen asleep, the man who had been lying on the bed suddenly sat up. He was going to the Qin family to find Qin Yaxin and ask her for an explanation in person.
Otherwise, he won't accept a breakup!
"Dad! Where are you going?"
When Zhou Zhiyuan suddenly sat up, Xiao Zhou Nan was startled. After she came to her senses, she saw Zhou Zhiyuan about to leave the room and couldn't help but ask him a question, but she didn't get a response from him.
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The Qin family.
Second floor.
Sibao patted Qin Yaxin's door with her little hands and called out in her childish voice, "Second Aunt, an uncle is looking for you!"
"Looking for me? An uncle?"
Opening the door, Qin Yaxin looked down at her sweet-smelling little niece standing outside: "Are you sure you're looking for your second aunt? Did he say his name or surname?"
"That uncle didn't say that~"
Sibao blinked her bright black eyes and answered in a cute and adorable way.
"Okay, Auntie understands."
Qin Yaxin replied, "Where is that uncle you mentioned now?"
"Outside our courtyard gate."
Sibao said, "I invited that uncle into our house, but he said it wasn't necessary. He just told me to ask Second Aunt to go see him."
A few minutes earlier, Sibao, her three older brothers, and her uncle Qin Yuhang were playing not far from the gate when they noticed someone loitering outside their gate. The little girl couldn't help but walk over to the person with her short legs. Upon asking, she learned that the person was looking for Qin Yaxin, and she couldn't help but offer to go home and call her aunt Qin Yaxin to the gate.
"Thank you, Sibao!"
Qin Yaxin patted the little girl's head, then went back to her room to get a cotton coat and put it on. She then took the little girl's hand, and the aunt and niece went downstairs.
"It's almost dark, where are you all going?"
Just as Song Lan and Qin Yanzheng placed the food on the table, they saw Qin Yaxin leading Sibao as if she was about to leave the living room. She frowned slightly and asked the two children what was wrong.
"Mommy, I know where Second Aunt and Fourth Baby are going!"
This is Sanbao's voice. He, his two older brothers, and his uncle returned home from outside two minutes ago. The little guy is now sitting on the sofa, swinging his two short legs, and saying in his baby voice, "Mommy, my second aunt is leaving the yard because there's an uncle waiting outside our yard!"
Upon hearing this, Song Lan's gaze fell on Da Bao, Er Bao, and Qin Yuhang, and she saw that the one big and the two little ones nodded in unison.
"How about I go out with you and take a look?"
Qin Yanzheng looked at Song Lan, but Song Lan shook her head: "No need, I believe my second sister can handle it herself."
He shifted his gaze to Qin Yaxin: "Go ahead, don't chat for too long. The food is already on the table, and if it gets cold, we'll have to reheat it, which is a hassle."
"OK."
Qin Yaxin responded and let go of Sibao's hand: "Don't go out, your second aunt will be back soon."
Okay.
Sibao responded happily.
As she walked toward the courtyard gate, Qin Yaxin felt a mix of emotions. In fact, the moment Sibao said that an uncle was looking for her, she already knew who it was—it was none other than Zhou Zhiyuan.
She knew Zhou Zhiyuan's personality; if he suddenly received her breakup call, he would definitely not accept it easily. In other words, he would confront her and ask her directly.
"Xin Xin..."
Outside the courtyard gate, Zhou Zhiyuan heard familiar footsteps. He looked up at the Qin family's courtyard gate and saw Qin Yaxin walking out of the courtyard. He immediately called out to her.
"I know why you've come."
Since it was time to end things completely, Qin Yaxin felt there was no need to hide anything; it was better to be frank. She stopped two steps away from Zhou Zhiyuan and said, "I actually made myself very clear on the phone, so I might as well repeat it to you now."
After a brief pause, Qin Yaxin continued, but before she could speak, Zhou Zhiyuan's voice rang out: "Xinxin, why... why did you say such things?"
“Comrade Zhou, I’m doing this for your own good, and of course, for my own good too. After all, you are married and have a daughter. As a husband and father, you can’t be too selfish and only think about your own happiness and sorrow… Besides, our relationship shouldn’t have ended in the first place, so it’s only reasonable.”
Qin Yaxin and Zhou Zhiyuan locked eyes: "Don't blame me. After all, you were the one who hid your married status from me and started dating me first. I was just concerned about our reputations and didn't want our careers in the industry to be affected by something as trivial as our relationship."
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