Yang Chengang was surprised: "You don't live here? Where are you going?"
He also wanted to ask Zuo Ling how she had managed all these years, and there were other questions that lingered in his mind.
Xiao Hao was the one who most wanted to stay. Li Tian was tugging at his sleeve, asking him incessantly where he had gone and why he hadn't come back.
Zuo Ling hesitated, and Pei Nansheng said, "We have some things stored elsewhere, and we need to retrieve them first."
"Oh, then, you should hurry back."
Guo Qi was afraid they would never return, yet he was powerless to stop them from leaving.
Zheng Ming was among the last group to reach the shore. He had been fleeing for his life, and after spending too much time in the sea, he was exhausted both physically and mentally. He and the others found a place to sit down and rest.
He glanced at Zuo Ling from time to time. Zuo Ling had changed so much that he almost didn't recognize her.
"She...is your ex-wife?"
The speaker was a woman with gray hair, sharp eyes, a thin and sallow complexion, and high cheekbones.
While at sea, she heard Zheng Ming call that person Zuo Ling.
Zuo Ling, ah! How could she not remember the woman who demanded 10 million from her and sold her own husband?
She was among the first to disembark, returning in a speedboat piloted by Zuo Ling. From the moment she boarded the boat until she reached the shore, she kept a close eye on Zuo Ling, but he didn't even glance at her.
She hadn't met Zuo Ling in Kyoto, but Zuo Ling gave her a very familiar feeling, as if she had seen her somewhere before.
When she was being chased by speedboats, she was prepared to jump into the sea and commit suicide. She would rather die than fall into enemy hands and never live that kind of dark and hopeless life again.
The woman closed her eyes, a tear rolling down her cheek. She desperately didn't want to remember the days at the American base—the humiliation, the darkness, the helplessness, the hopelessness…
Blood vessels gradually appeared in the woman's eyes, her heart ached, and a suffocating feeling made it hard for her to breathe.
In her most desperate moment, she never expected to be rescued, let alone by her husband's ex-wife.
She used to be proud, even though she lived a life worse than a pig or a dog, she still had a secret pride in her heart.
Anyone can save her, except Zuo Ling, but unfortunately...
Zheng Ming was distracted and didn't notice the woman's change.
After a while, the woman finally calmed down. She stared intently into Zheng Ming's eyes, her nails digging into her flesh.
"You... regret it?"
Zheng Ming was engrossed in his own world and didn't hear the woman's question.
The woman raised her voice, grabbed Zheng Ming's arm, and asked again, "You... regret it?"
She used too much force, and Zheng Ming felt a sharp pain, as if waking from a dream. "What? What did you say?"
The woman said, enunciating each word clearly, "You... regret it?"
"What? What do you mean you regret it?" Zheng Ming asked, bewildered.
"You divorced her and married me, do you regret it?"
The woman emphasized her words.
Zheng Ming smiled wryly and put his arm around the woman. "What are you thinking? You're overthinking it. I... I was just surprised to run into her here."
"Really?" the woman asked, disbelieving.
Zheng Ming met the woman's gaze. "Really, back then I was just a poor boy. It was a great honor for me to marry you. Later, I can only say that I was unlucky. I don't regret it."
Zheng Ming's attitude calmed the woman down, and she became less agitated.
"She... judging from her appearance, she should be living a good life now."
There was a hint of jealousy in the woman's words.
Zheng Ming nodded. "I think so."
Zuo Ling's appearance clearly showed that she was well-off.
What he didn't expect was that Zuo Ling would actually fire a gun, and it was clear that this wasn't her first time killing someone.
It's hard to imagine what a frail woman went through to become like this.
He had thought that Zuo Ling might no longer be alive.
Zuo Ling is an adopted daughter with little familial bond; no one truly protects her.
Even if it's her grandmother, if Zuo Ling has a conflict of interest with her grandmother's descendants, her grandmother might not protect her.
Who can a weak woman like her rely on?
While he was imprisoned in the American base, he even imagined all sorts of tragic endings for Zuo Ling.
Unexpectedly, Zuo Ling not only protected herself well, but also had the ability to save others.
"You dumped her and married me back then. Now I have nothing, and... will you dump me and go back to her?"
The woman, who had just calmed down, became agitated again.
Zheng Ming sighed. He didn't ask what his wife had encountered at the American base.
Even without asking, I know what happened.
At that time, she was tortured to the point of being unrecognizable, and he was very grateful to the person who rescued them from hell.
If it weren't for them, the couple might have already died in that hell.
After being rescued, his wife was in poor health and mental condition. She was always suspicious and paranoid, a far cry from the image of the strong and capable businesswoman she once was.
Gently smoothing his wife's hair, Zheng Ming soothed her softly, "No, don't worry."
The woman was worried.
In order to live a better life, Zheng Ming abandoned Zuo Ling. Who can guarantee that he won't abandon her again in order to change his current predicament?
The woman's eyes hardened, and she grabbed Zheng Ming by the neck, her shrill voice carrying a resolute determination to destroy everything:
"I have nothing left. If you dare to abandon me, I won't have a good life, and neither will you."
Their commotion drew the attention of many people, but no one thought to offer any advice; some even deliberately kept their distance.
Zheng Ming, seemingly used to women's neuroticism, said with a calm expression:
"If you don't believe me, just strangle me."
After saying that, he closed his eyes and awaited the woman's verdict.
The woman's chest heaved violently, the bloodshot in her eyes gradually receding. She pushed Zheng Ming away, deflated like a punctured balloon, and said in a tearful voice:
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