Xiang Zhilan now strongly suspects that his injury is fake. His waist is so strong, it doesn't look like he was injured by a hammer. And his hand, wasn't it said that his finger was broken? Why does it look like he's fine at all!
Could she have been tricked? He pretended to be seriously ill even though it wasn't, in order to gain her sympathy and guilt, making her feel embarrassed to resist too much when she thought about how he did it to protect Xiao Kui.
Xiang Zhilan thought about it and suddenly felt that this was very likely. She frowned and looked at Shen Muzhi, who was still hugging and kissing her, and said seriously, "Are you lying to me?"
Shen Muzhi's heart skipped a beat. Had his plan to switch the medicine been exposed so quickly?
Seeing his hesitation, Xiang Zhilan bit her lip: "So all along, your injuries were a lie!"
So that's what happened. Shen Muzhi breathed a sigh of relief, raised his fingers which were in splints, and said in a serious tone, "I didn't lie to you. Otherwise, I would take it off and show you how much Feng Jingxian hates me. How could he possibly cooperate with me to fake it?"
Xiang Zhilan narrowed her eyes suspiciously, thinking that what he said made sense. She had seen it with her own eyes that day, and it was impossible to fake. She could even hear the sound of bones cracking when that iron hammer hit her.
"Then what were you hesitating about just now?" She still felt that something was wrong.
"I was just thinking about which day we should go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to complete the formalities." Shen Muzhi held her hand, stroking her empty ring finger, wanting to put the wedding ring on her finger again.
"Don't you understand what I'm saying? I have no intention of getting back together with you. I won't blame you for what happened last night. We're both adults. It was consensual. This kind of thing is normal. But you can't do this again." Xiang Zhilan pulled her hand away, picked up the bottle of birth control pills on the bedside table, read the instructions, poured out one pill, and swallowed it directly.
“I’m not that kind of person.” Shen Muzhi’s face darkened when he saw her take the ‘birth control pill’ he gave her so readily.
“Yeah, you can be anything when you’re being casual,” Xiang Zhilan replied casually.
Shen Muzhi realized that he couldn't win an argument with her; he would only be driven mad by her.
He didn't want such a beautiful morning to be ruined, so he changed the subject: "Let's take Hengheng and Xiaokui to the zoo on the 19th. They said they want to see lions and pandas."
Xiang Zhilan had no reason to object to this, so she nodded.
Just then, the doorbell rang. Shen Muzhi opened the door. He had just ordered room service, and breakfast and clothes had just been delivered.
Xiang Zhilan put on a new dress and got up to eat.
Last night was a big battle, and this morning was another one. She was starving. After eating something, she felt a little better and didn't find Shen Muzhi so unpleasant.
They left the hotel around 9 a.m. and hailed a taxi to the Shen family's house.
Xiang Zhilan and Shen Muzhi entered the Shen family's courtyard and saw Bai Yutong, Hengheng, and Xiaokui playing with a ball.
The two children were having a great time, circling around Bai Yutong.
When Xiang Zhilan saw this scene, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable. She felt a little jealous, as if her child had become close to another unfamiliar young woman without her knowledge.
"Hengheng, Xiaokui," Shen Muzhi called out.
The two children ran over and called out "Dad" and "Mom" to Shen Muzhi and Xiang Zhilan.
Xiao Kui isn't as awkward now, and she calls Shen Muzhi "Dad" more smoothly.
Xiang Zhilan squatted down and saw that their faces were flushed from playing. She said, "You've been playing for a long time, haven't you? Be careful not to get sweaty and catch a cold. Shall we go inside?"
"I'm sorry, I was so busy playing with them that I didn't notice if they were sweating," Bai Yutong suddenly said apologetically.
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