Chapter 82 The Real Reason for the Breakup Five Years Ago
Qi Yanxue pulled Zhu Wendong behind him and looked at him coldly: "Dean Zhu, is there something wrong?"
He could feel her wrist trembling slightly in his palm, which was a sign of fear, fear of Zhu Linbin.
Zhu Linbin smiled calmly and said, "Mr. Qi, this is our family matter, so please don't worry about it."
Qi Yanxue stared at him coldly, without giving in. "Don't worry, she is my wife, and her business is my business."
wife?
Zhu Linbin glanced at Qi Yanxue, then moved to Zhu Wendong behind him, pretending to accuse him, "Wendong, you are really something. You didn't even tell your family that you got married. Remember to bring me back to the Zhu family for dinner when you have time. I'll talk to you next time when I have time."
After he walked away, Zhu Wendong walked up to Qi Yanxue, looked up and asked him in a nonchalant manner, "How did you know I was here?"
Qi Yanxue straightened her slightly messy hair and reached out to take the leash in her hand: "Aunt Qin told me that you were walking Winter Melon in the community."
He shifted his gaze to the figure leaving in the distance, "Are you afraid of him?"
Zhu Wendong paused for a second, lowered his head, and said frankly, "It's not fear, it's physiological fear."
Qi Yanxue held her hand and walked towards home, his eyes dark and unclear, as if he had guessed something, and said lightly: "If you don't want to say it, don't force it."
Zhu Wendong lowered his head and looked at the two people's synchronized footsteps, and said sullenly, "Don't you want to know?"
Qi Yanxue's fingertips stroked the cold wedding ring on her ring finger, and said seriously: "If the premise of speaking is that you reveal your scars, then I would rather not know."
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In the evening, Qi Yanxue could feel that Zhu Wendong was a little clingy tonight, different from his usual clinginess.
She snuggled in his arms, holding him tightly with her hands, her head pressed against his chest, feeling the pounding heartbeat and the scorching heat.
Qi Yanxue let her hold him until late at night, when he woke up and found that the person in his arms was gone.
Qi Yanxue's vision cleared for two seconds. The room was silent, without any trace, only the moonlight pouring into the room through the window.
Without hesitation, he got out of bed, searched the entire house, and finally found her in the study.
The girl sat in front of the computer, concentrating on her work, almost putting her whole body into it, her five fingers constantly tapping on the keyboard, and the sound of "bang bang" kept echoing.
Like countless times in the dark nights of California, she had sat there alone.
There was no light in the study, only a small desk lamp beside her. The dim light made her thin body look even thinner.
Hearing the noise, she looked up, her eyes a little confused, "Why are you awake?"
Qi Yanxue walked over without saying a word, picked her up by the waist and walked towards the bedroom. After she lay back on the bed, he spoke in a tired voice.
"I can't sleep without you."
Zhu Wendong was silent for a long time, his throat a little hoarse, as if he had made up his mind for a long time before he said: "Qi Yanxue, let me tell you about what happened five years ago."
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Five years ago, when Wen Lu was diagnosed with stomach cancer, which was the summer vacation of that year, she ran back and forth between the hospital and home every day.
Everything was normal at first, until one time she went home to help get Wen Lu's things. At that time, Zhu Shouwen and Zhu Linbin's villas were next to each other.
So when she returned home, she unexpectedly ran into Zhu Linbin.
But this time it was not an ordinary encounter. She met Zhu Linbin holding a camera in her room.
It was then that Zhu Wendong realized that Zhu Linbin had installed cameras in her room and that every compartment in her bag was equipped with a locator.
Her every move is being monitored all the time.
When Zhu Linbin learned that the truth had been revealed, he wanted to throw the jar into chaos, but was discovered by Zhu Shouwen who suddenly returned home.
Fortunately, it was stopped in time and nothing happened.
Zhu Wendong couldn't stop shaking all over, and she was filled with fear. From outside the door, she could hear Zhu Shouwen's voice blaming Zhu Linbin.
That was the first time she saw cracks in her gentle stepfather, but the accusations in his words completely chilled her heart.
"Zhu Linbin, are you crazy? I can cover up what happened to you in the hospital time and time again, but Zhu Wendong's last name is Zhu now, you better understand this!"
Zhu Linbin didn't take it seriously: "She just changed her last name to Zhu two years ago. It's no big deal."
Then Zhu Wendong vaguely heard a crisp slap. She came to her senses and took out her cell phone from her pocket with hands shaking like a sieve. The phone fell to the ground several times and she picked it up again.
After a long while, when it was quiet outside, Zhu Wendong regained some strength, opened the door and walked out. His first words were: "I've called the police."
When the police arrived, Zhu Shouwen unexpectedly used the Zhu family's status in Jiangbei to send the police away and destroyed all the evidence.
Zhu Wendong was locked in the house. No matter how she knocked on the doors and windows, no one responded. She ran out of strength until the police left.
Zhu Linbin pushed open the door, his long shadow cast over her. "Just pretend nothing happened. You saw it, calling the police won't do anything to me. And don't forget your mother is still in my hospital."
The next day, Zhu Wendong went to the hospital to see Wen Lu as usual. She wanted to talk, to speak, and to seek help.
But before she could say anything, Wen Lu started accusing her, "Where did you go yesterday? How come you disappeared when I asked you to get something? And now you can't even do this?"
Zhu Wendong closed his mouth, swallowed his saliva, and hid those words in his stomach forever.
And Wen Lu became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Since then, Zhu Wendong began to suffer from insomnia and difficulty controlling her emotions. Sometimes she even had thoughts of giving up on herself. She was even suspicious and felt that someone was following her. Even the gazes of strangers would be regarded by her as invisible cameras.
She knew she was sick.
She had a serious illness, an incurable disease.
After Qiao Shizhu learned everything, she wanted to help her but was unable to do anything because the evidence was destroyed by Zhu Shouwen, so she asked Zhu Wendong to try a different environment.
At that time, Qi Yanxue had just joined the Qi Group and was so busy flying around the world that he even had to send messages due to the time difference.
So Zhu Wendong didn't tell him or mention it to him.
After she lied to him and broke up with him, she resolutely went to California.
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