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I was chosen to be the Pei family's daughter-in-law since childhood.  

When I was twenty years old, I married Pei Suo, who suffers from autism. 

Married for five years, Pei Shu always hated me. 

Not accepting my touch, let alone sharing a room with me.

Later, he met a girl. 

He curbed all his temper in front of her and clumsily behaved.

He wrote her songs and gave her gifts. 

Even the study, which I was never allowed to set foot in, was unreservedly open to that girl.  

I knew that Pei Suo had someone he liked, and I didn't want to take care of him anymore. 

So, I approached Master Pei. 

I told him that I wanted a divorce.

1 

Before I met Pei Xu, my life has not been very good.

My mom was a face control and looked at my dad's face. 

She loved it so much that she rolled into bed with my dad without back adjusting clearly.  

Then, there was me. 

After I was born, my mom realized that my dad was a member of a wealthy family. 

The kind of man who could feed her for the rest of her life with a wave of his hand. 

But the bad news is that my dad is the son-in-law of a rich family. 

In other words, he's a phoenix man, relying on his wife to squeeze into high society.

My mom, on the other hand, is his third child. 

The real wife came to catch the adultery and caught my mom in the act.  

Don't look at my dad in front of my mom, but in front of his wife, he is as humble as a dog. 

My dad immediately cut off contact with my mom. 

He also disowned me.

My mom had a hard time bringing me up by herself. 

She pedaled a tricycle, set up a stall, and was chased for dozens of kilometers by the city police, losing one of her shoes. 

Later, she had enough of this kind of life. 

She said she wanted to make a good way out for me.  

I don't know what my mom used, but she actually took out a paternity test for me and my dad. 

Then she ran to make a scene at my dad's door and insisted that he raise me. 

Mansion was worried about a scandal getting out and agreed to the request. 

From then on, my mom and I were separated. 

On the day she was sent to the Shen family, my mom laughed so hard that she burst into tears: “Ran Ran, you'll never go hungry again.”

But my mom was too naive.

My father regarded me as a stain, and Mrs. Shen hated me.  

The people at the bottom of the family are used to seeing what's going on, so naturally they won't show me any favor. 

As for my half-sisters, they even come up with ways to bully me every day. 

But my mom won't know these things. 

That meeting in front of Shen's house was the last time I saw her in my life.

She had terminal cancer and couldn't afford the medical bills. 

After giving me to my dad, she jumped into the river.

I grew up in the Shen family as an adopted daughter and lived a careful life.  

When I was fifteen, I met a boy in the Shen family. 

He had been cut by a rose thorn, and his arm wound was still bleeding. 

But he was listening to a song in the garden with his headphones on, as if he didn't even realize it. 

I thought about it and brought him iodine to clean the wound and put a band-aid on it. 

Later I realized that this boy's name is Pei Xu.

His grandfather brought him to the Shen family as a guest.

For some unknown reason, Master Pei took a liking to me and wanted me to be his granddaughter-in-law.  

The Pei family is an old family, so my dad naturally agreed with all his heart. 

When my sisters heard the news, they all laughed and taunted me: 

“Do you think you've climbed to the top? If it was really a good marriage, where would you be?

“That Pei Su, who has suffered from autism and bipolar disorder since he was a child, is not a normal person.” 

But because of the marriage contract with Pei Su, Mrs. Shen finally gave me a few good colors. 

My life in the Shen family is quite a bit better, at least they don't bully me anymore.

From time to time, I would think of the thin boy who was quietly listening to a song in the garden when we first met.  

He didn't know that he had helped me a lot, a lot in an invisible way. 

I appreciated him from the bottom of my heart. 

I began to understand his illness and learn how to get along with him in the future.

Then at the age of twenty, under the arrangement of the two families, I married Pei Shu. 

2

I didn't know that Pei Xu was so resistant to the matter of marrying me. 

After marrying in, he didn't give me a good face.  

He didn't allow me to touch him, let alone share a room with me. 

On the night of the wedding, he lost his temper with me in the wedding room. 

“Go away.” 

“Not in my room.”

“Get out. Get out.” 

I hung my head in a sorry state, a wave of embarrassment welling up from my heart.

That day, Master Pei came to me.  

He said that Pei Su had been withdrawn since childhood and didn't like to get in touch with people. 

The aunt who took care of Pei Suo before had just passed away, and Pei Suo's state was particularly bad during this time. 

He asked me to be more tolerant and give Pei Su a little time. 

I nodded my head in agreement. 

Since then, I took on the task of taking care of Pei Su. 

Running both ways between school and Pei's house.

To remind Pei Xu to take his medication on time, to take him to the hospital regularly for follow-ups, and to arrange his recipes and the clothes he wears.  

Good thing Pei Xu is not a wooden head, he gradually responded to me. 

For example, no longer say “out” two words to me. 

For example, see me fall asleep in the sofa, will be twisted to cover me with a quilt.

For example, when I had menstrual cramps, he helped me make a cup of brown sugar water. 

But he never shared a room with me.

The Pei family has a single lineage, and Pei Xu is the only male in this generation. 

Master Pei has always been anxious to hold great-grandchildren, and has urged Ṱù₄ me many times.  

But for this kind of thing, he was unwilling, and there was nothing I could do. 

Finally, in the fifth year, Master Pei was completely unable to sit still. 

Without my knowledge, he drugged Pei Suu.

Then sent Pei Suo to my bed. 

Unlocked the door of the room and trapped us.

That night is still fresh in my mind.

It hurts.  

It really hurt too much. 

He was driven by the drug, his eyes were disoriented, and he acted according to his body's instincts. 

But he was inexperienced and his movements were rough.

I felt the pain as if it was tearing me apart, and tears were falling down my face. 

When it was getting light, I couldn't take it anymore and fainted. 

The next day at noon, I was woken up by the sound of smashing things. 

3  

Pei Xu was in a big temper. 

He smashed my cell phone, smashed the color TV hanging on the wall, and the table and chairs crackled and fell to the side. 

Seeing me wake up, he walked to me, holding a mirror in his hand. 

The mirror reflected my appearance.

At that time, I didn't even have time to wear clothes, covered in red marks and bruises.

He pointed at me in the mirror with undisguised contempt in his eyes: 

“You're so dirty and disgusting.”  

“I hate you.” 

“I don't want to see you again.” 

That day my physical state is particularly poor, walking staggering. 

But when Pei Shu had an attack, he disappeared. 

I had no choice but to go out and look for him.

I couldn't keep up with my meals and searched from noon to midnight.

Almost looked for every place he often went to, walked to the back of the calves are trembling more than.  

But I still did not find him. 

In my despair against the door of the house gasping for breath, one in the morning, Pei Xu finally came back. 

There was also a girl standing beside him.

Smiling with a pear swirl, especially sweet. 

The girl tilted her head and looked at him, “It's the first time I've met someone as like-minded as you.” 

“To be able to know you is the biggest gain of this concert.” 

At this point I realized that Pei Xu went to the concert alone.  

His cell phone was out of battery and he couldn't remember the way home, so the girl sent him back. 

Pei Su's steps were slow, obviously the road back is very short, but he walked for a long time. 

They talked about music together, talking about composers and players that I don t know. 

Pei Xu has loved music since he was a child. 

He studied under famous artists and opened a studio right after graduation, composing many famous songs.

I just stood in front of my house and listened quietly.

They chatted for thirty minutes, but Pei Xu never realized I was there.  

It was the housekeeper who couldn't stand to watch and voiced a reminder: 

“Young master, it's already late, go back to bed.” 

“Madam has been waiting for you.” 

The girl looked at the sound, slightly stunned, and asked Pei Shu: “Is this your wife?”

Embarrassment surfaced on Pei Shu's face, silent for a moment, nodded. 

Then immediately added: “Forced.” 

“Doesn't like her.”  

“Hate her.” 

At that moment, I was frozen in place. 

A sense of shame inexplicably surged up, making me suddenly feel ashamed. 

The girl's name was Xie Shuying.

Xie Shuying tugged on his sleeve and curled her eyes: 

“The time is not early, we will see you next time.”

From that day on, my relationship with Pei Xu dropped to the freezing point again.  

He refused to say a word to me. 

For his birthday, I gave him a new version of headphones. 

I heard that the sound quality is very good, sold out many times, I deliberately booked six months in advance. 

But Pei Xu just brought a lighter and burned the headphones to pieces in front of me. 

“Don't like you.”

“I don't like what you gave me either.”

“Garbage. I don't want it.”  

On his birthday that year, he went out and spent time with Xie Shuying. 

Since that meeting, he and Xie Shuying kept in touch. 

Some time ago, Xie went to his studio for an internship. 

When he came back at night, he was wearing a silver ring. 

It was a birthday gift from Xie Shuying. 

I looked at the headphones full of debris, and endless exhaustion was born in the depths of my heart.

The next day, Master Pei suddenly called and shouted for me to go to the study.  

He asked me to pick up a document and give it to his secretary. 

But I remembered that Pei Xu had never allowed me to enter the study. 

I hesitated.

Master Pei urged me, saying that the document was urgent and the secretary was already waiting at the door. 

After thinking about it, I went to fetch that document. 

Before leaving, restore everything in the study to its original state. 

But the thing that I went into the study was still known by Pei Shu.  

His cell phone was connected to the study monitoring. 

He rushed back from the studio, his brows filled with hostility and gloom. 

“You can't enter, no!”

His emotions were like an invisible storm, spreading unchecked in the room. 

He even had the study cleaned from top to bottom because I had gone there to pick up a document. 

I looked at him blankly and asked the question that was on my mind.

“Why can't I go in?”  

During this period of time, Pei Shu invited Xie Shuying to the house from time to time for a small sit. 

They discussed music in the study and stayed for the whole day. 

Why can Xie Shuying and I can't? 

“Also, I'm not dirty, so why should I call out for someone to clean the study?”

His face grew colder. 

“She's not like you.”

“She understands music, she's a soulmate.”  

“You don't understand. If you go in there, you'll just get dirty.” 

Over the years, I've gotten used to his short expressions and instantly understood what he meant. 

When he was in a mood, I always tried to calm him down first.

But this day, knowing that he was angry, I couldn't coax him as well as usual. 

I closed my eyes, “Pei Xu, you really hurt people when you talk like this.”

At this time, the low blood sugar committed, I stumbled and took a step backward. 

But on the contrary, I was standing in front of the study door.  

The door was not closed, this retreat, accidentally stepped into the study. 

Pei Xu mistakenly thought that I was provoking him. 

His eyes were morose and his veins rippled on his forehead. 

He pointed at me and said a lot of very unpleasant words, which in the end boiled down to three sentences:

“You go away!”

“This is my house, not yours, so get out!” Ṭű̂ₔ

“Don't ever show up in my house again!”  

These words were not the first time I had heard them. 

When I first joined the Shen family, my half-sisters had said this to me. 

At that time, I nestled under the covers and secretly cried.

I thought, in the future, I must have a home of my own, a home that no one else can drive away. 

After I got married, I mistakenly thought that this villa with Pei Xu was my home.

Although it can't shelter me from the wind and rain, but in the end it is my place to return to.

But today, he vociferously told me that the house is in his name, the money is from his family, this is not my home.  

He told me to get the hell out. 

Emotions tumble over me, and the feeling of helplessness almost engulfs me. 

I hung my head and counted the days. 

It has been ten years since I met Pei Xu at the age of fifteen.

At fifteen, because of the marriage contract with him, I lived five years of comfortable days. 

At twenty, I married Pei Xu and took care of him for five years.

Five years against, Pei family's favor I am finished.  

I am tired of this Ṱüₚ kind of days. 

I want to divorce. 

4 

Once the idea of divorce arises, it is like a seed that breaks through the soil and grows wildly.

A week later, I met Master Pei.

I told him that I wanted a divorce. 

Master Pei sat on the sofa in the old mansion and flexed his index finger and tapped the desktop.  

“Why?” 

I told him that Pei Xu had a favorite. 

He would curb his temper and behave awkwardly in front of that person. 

He would write songs for her, give her gifts, and stubbornly make her happy.

With Xie Shuying around, Pei Suo's mood would be much better.

Whether objectively or subjectively, she is more suitable for Pei Su than I am. 

Elder Pei didn't make a sound after hearing this.  

Only after a long time did he clear his cough and ask me with a straight face: 

“Shu Ran, do you know why I chose you as my granddaughter-in-law in the first place?” 

“Because I gave Pei Xu a band-aid?” I asked him.

He shook his head: “No.” 

“I've investigated you and know that you're pure-hearted, and I also know that you have an awkward status and are not well-liked in the Shen family.” 

“You need the engagement. After you have the engagement, for the sake of the Pei family, your life will be much better.”

“That's precisely why you'll regard Pei Su as a lifesaver, grateful to him, tolerant of him and even indulgent.”

“When I learned that you chose to major in psychology in college, I knew I wasn't wrong, you did.”

He sighed, “A child from a background like Pei Su, if he didn't have the disease, he would naturally be hot. But he happened to be suffering from an illness.”

“I only have this one grandson, so naturally I have to plan for him and find him an absolutely loyal wife to take care of him for the rest of his life.”

“That Xie Shuying you are talking about, I don't know what kind of girl she is, I don't feel comfortable handing Pei Shu over to her.”

Saying this, he looked at me and opened up:

“Shu Ran, you grew up in the Shen family, you know clearly what a rich man looks like. Not to mention having one woman outside, even if he has ten, it's not surprising. In comparison, Pei Shu's nature is simple and not as reckless as other men, it's already considered very good.”

“Besides, as long as I'm around, no woman can shake your position as the main wife, what are you not satisfied with?”

I understand what he means, but I don't want to stay at home with an autistic person and live a life that will end at a glance.

“Pei Xu drove me away.” I seriously told Master Pei, “Now my presence will only make him feel bored.”

“During this period of time, his attacks have become more and more frequent.”

Only after hearing these words did Elder Pei's face gradually become grave, rethinking my relationship with Pei Su.

After a long time, he finally loosened up.

“Shu Ran, I'll think about the divorce, you go back first.”

“Also, Pei Shu is your husband after all, this matter, you have to consult him as well.”

I nodded and got up to leave.

How could Pei Su not agree.

He should be eager to sign the divorce agreement.

Today there was a rainy spring rain, and it was very windy outside.

When I went out of the old house, I saw Pei Xu.

He stood by the uncovered door, wearing a white shirt and holding an umbrella.

The tip of the umbrella had accumulated a large puddle of rain.

I don't know how long he had been standing here and how much he had heard.

The moment he saw me, he pursed his lips and blanched.

“You said, you want to divorce me?”

5

After receiving my affirmative reply.

Pei Xu didn't say anything for a while and seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, he asked me, “Then after the divorce, will you still take care of me?”

I froze, dumbfounded, “Pei Shu, divorce means that the two of us are strangers from now on.”

“I am no longer your wife, and I have no obligation to take care of you.”

“Got it.”

The rain gradually got heavier, and the raindrops flew diagonally, wetting half of his shoulders.

Pei Shu looked at me with a straight face and shook his head: “No divorce.”

I really did not think that he would not want to divorce.

“Why?” I asked him.

“Divorce, no one will take care of me.

“Don't you like Xie Shuying? You can let her take care of your clothes, food, living.

But Pei Shu shook his head stubbornly, “No.”

“She is very busy, she has to create.”

“She can't be at home all the time.”

“You're free, you take care of me.”

I hung my head and stared at the stagnant water in the shallow pit, only to feel a chill in my heart.

He thought that Xie Shuying had her own pursuits and couldn't afford to keep her trapped at home.

And I, this uninteresting and vulgar woman in his eyes, was born to surround him.

“Pei Su, if you need someone to take care of you, then you can pay for a nanny. Didn't Zhang Ma take good care of you before I came here?”

I tried to reason with him.

But he was stubborn and insisted that I take care of it.

As he spoke, he clenched his hands into fists and made deep scratches on his palms.

This was a precursor to his attack.

I don't want to argue with him any more, lifting my steps back to the house.

He followed me, saying the words 'no divorce' over and over again.

When I didn't agree, he gouged his hand until it was dripping with blood.

Pei's family is very rich and won't be able to afford a nanny.

I don't understand why Pei Xu is so stubborn.

After asking, he period half a day and said two words:

“Habit.”

“Habits are formed slowly.” I told him: “When I took care of you in the beginning, you are not also not used to it? There is always a process of adaptation, so you will get used to it as you get more used to it.”

He was more stubborn than a donkey.

Seeing that I refused to cooperate, he began to use shouting:

“Don't! Don't leave! You have to listen to me!”

I knew that it was useless to persuade him at such a time.

I simply kept my mouth shut.

He thought that I had promised him, and his tightly locked brows finally gradually loosened.

The moment he saw Xie Shuying in front of his house, his eyes instantly lit up.

The divorce was put behind him.

He entered the study with Xie Shuying.

Before Pei Shu went in, he purposely locked the study.

It was as if he was afraid of someone breaking in.

Not long after, the melodious sound of a piano came from inside.

With the girl's bright laughter, everything seemed vibrant.

When Xie Shuying came out, it was already ten o'clock at night.

It was pouring outside, Pei Shu looked at the rain and called out to her.

“It's raining, you'll get wet if you go out.”

“At night, stay here.”

Xie Shuying blinked and smiled at him, “Idiot, I didn't bring my pajamas, how can I stay?”

Pei Shuyin pointed at me: “She has.”

“Then I have to ask your wife if she agrees with me staying tonight, and if she's willing to lend me her clothes.” Xie Shuying looked at me with a smile.

But without waiting for me to answer, Pei Shuyin jumped ahead.

“Willing.”

A light pear swirl appeared on Xie Shuying's cheeks and she tilted her head to scold him:

“How can you answer in place of others indiscriminately ah?”

Pei Shu pointed at the villa: “This is my home, not hers.”

And pointed to the checkroom: “Clothes, spend my family's money to buy.”

“I'm in charge.”

Then, Xie Shuying said sweetly towards me:

“Mrs. Pei, then I'll be staying tonight.”

“I don't know if it will disturb your couple's life.”

Upon hearing this, Pei Shu's reaction was even greater than mine.

He explained in a hurry and even waved his hand.

“We don't.”

“That kind of thing, disgusting.”

I listened quietly without looking up, quietly flipping through my phone.

Pei Su was right, this is not my home.

I'm going to move out.

6

Finding a suitable apartment wasn't easy.

When I was in the Shen family, I didn't have any pocket money, so I told the housekeeper what I lacked and the housekeeper, and the housekeeper would usually agree to reasonable requests.

After arriving at Pei's house, Master Pei gave me fifty thousand dollars a month for living expenses.

Look is more, but it contains Pei Su's medical expenses, psychological intervention fees, nutritional meals, and villa all the staff's food and drink, wages.

Fine-tuned down, each month probably left a few thousand.

So my savings are not much.

After looking for two days, I found a moderately priced apartment.

When I was organizing my clothes, Pei Xu happened to come home.

After mentioning the divorce last time, his attitude towards me has slightly eased.

Very occasionally, he would take the initiative to talk to me.

For example, now.

He asked me, “Organize these, are you going to throw them away?”

I shook my head, “No.”

He pointed to my pile of clothes, “Throw it away, it doesn't look good.”

“You don't know art, you don't know how to mix and match.”

“These clothes, they're ugly.”

I stopped what I was doing and looked at him, “Then what would look good?”

He thought carefully and answered me, “Shu Ying looks good.”

“You should learn more from her.”

“I have money, I can buy it for you.”

I looked at the white skirt folded at the top and was slightly stunned.

This skirt was still one year ago when Pei Shu and I were shopping, he personally chose it.

I still clearly remember his reaction after I walked out of the fitting room.

He stumbled and said two words over and over again.

“It looks good.”

But the dress was still the same, but he thought it was old-fashioned and outdated.

Is it the clothes that have changed, or is it the people?

I lowered my eyelashes, and the movement of my hands did not stop: “No need, I like my own style.”

Sullenness gradually welled up in the bottom of Pei Xu's eyes.

After dropping 'as you wish', he turned around and left.

Close the door loudly, “bang”, shocked my eardrums hurt.

He didn't walk out of the room again that night.

So he didn't know that I left the villa.

When I first came to Pei's house, I carried a 24 inch suitcase and a blue backpack.

When I left Pei's house, I was still in this outfit.

Pei Shu is right, this is not my home, so the things that belong to me are pitifully small.

I only stayed in the apartment for one day before departing for Spring City.

When I was little, my mom always told me that the days would get better and better.

When she saved enough money, she would take me out for a trip.

After my mom left, I also coaxed myself that life would get better.

When I have saved enough money, I will go out and travel by myself.

But things are not always as they should be, I just jumped from a cage into another fence.

Pei Xu can't leave the house, I can't go out.

I have tried to take him out with me.

But he has lived in this city for a long time, and it is difficult for him to adapt to the change of environment.

Without a sense of security, he was restless on the high speed train.

Even eating became a problem.

I had no choice but to take him off at the next station and go home.

How excited I was when I planned the trip, how frustrated I was the moment I got off the train.

It turns out that saving up enough money doesn't necessarily mean you can travel.

Because there are ties, because there is no time.

But at this moment, I finally stood at the foot of Cangshan Mountain.

The wind wrinkles the water of the Erhai Sea and the shape of the clouds.

I listened to music and pedaled my bicycle, swaying on the path.

Wherever I went, there were wheat fields, wilderness, reflections crushed by waves, and streaming clouds lifted by the Cangshan Mountains.

The rhythm of all the rules and regulations is now crushed in the sound of the waves of the Erhai Sea.

Life became free to sway.

I also became a useless but vivid person.

A large number of tired people gathered here and set up stalls of various kinds.

We sat on the ground and exchanged stories under the nebulae.

There's a girl studying medicine who quit her job and came here to live, bored out of her mind by her work.

Here, she said, her days are finally no longer cut into pieces by vacations.

There is also a patient who is in the process of healing, who says that no one knows what the future holds, but at least he is growing right now.

We met briefly and touched the softest and most secret part of each other's hearts.

Then, like the eighteen streams in the Cangshan Mountains, we each flowed in a different direction.

Later, I went to Longshi Pier alone to watch the sunrise.

The water waves of the Erhai Sea crushed the sunlight into beating silver coins.

I didn't cry when I was struggling to survive in the Shen family.

I didn't cry when I was maligned and kicked out of the house by Pei Shu.

But at this moment, I covered my cheeks and my shoulders trembled.

I had never felt freedom so deeply before.

There was no one timed alarm clock, no tedious reminders in a notepad.

I answered the call of the distant mountains and could laze around all day.

It wasn't until two weeks later that I reinserted my calling card.

When I left Pei's house, I sent a text message to Elder Pei, briefly mentioning this matter.

When I inserted the card today, it was full of various missed calls.

There were calls from my dad, from Elder Pei, and from Pei Su.

I sat in the car on the return trip and dialed Elder Pei's number.

“Shu Ran.” His voice was thick with exhaustion, “Come back soon.”

“Pei Shu ...... He's in a bad state.”

7

I still went back to Pei's house.

After realizing that I had left, Pei Shu was particularly angry.

He didn't know what he should live.

For example, those bottles and jars in the medicine cabinet, he didn't know how many tablets he should take every day.

Once upon a time, it was always me who poured the water and put the medicine in front of him.

He had a launch party that day, but he didn't know where the tie to go with his suit was.

He tried to contact me, but he couldn't.

I heard the housekeeper say that Pei Su was in a huge temper.

The cups and bowls were all broken by him, the vertical air conditioner was pushed to the ground by him, and even the coffee table and dining cabinet were overturned.

The house was a mess.

Master Pei had to find him a new nanny.

But the new nanny does not understand him, a time at a loss.

When I went back, Pei Su lost a lot of weight, and his chin became sharp.

When he saw me, he sank his eyebrows and turned his head away coldly.

“Hmph, what are you still coming back for?”

“Aren't you leaving?”

“Hate you, liar.”

While I was traveling, Master Pei found the landlord of the rented room.

I don't know what was said, but the landlord refused to rent that apartment to me again.

So, I carried my luggage back again.

Pei Shu looked at the suitcase in my hand and gave a low hum.

“The Shen family doesn't want you.”

“You have no place to live.”

“Still have to come back?”

I didn't explain and carried the luggage back to my room in silence.

At the moment I turned my back, Pei Su behind me slightly raised the corner of his lips.

The mood seemed to be somewhat pleasant.

He didn't know the real reason I came back.

The apartment was returned, I could rent it again.

I can even leave the city and go live in a new place.

I talked a lot with Master Pei on the phone.

I told him that I looked up the marriage law.

I can sue for divorce first, and it's okay if I fail the first time.

I will live apart from Pei Suo and sue for divorce again after one year.

According to the law, the second time I will win.

He asked me why I insisted on divorce, divorce I can not share any money.

He asked me why I insisted on divorce, I can't get any money from divorce.

Master Pei is very shrewd.

Before we got married, he let me and Pei Su signed a prenuptial property agreement.

All of Pei Suo's assets belonged to the prenuptial, including that studio.

If we get divorced, I'll pretty much have to go out with a clean slate.

“I know, but I still want to divorce.”

“The marriage contract with Pei Suo sheltered me for five years, and I took care of him for five years, so two against two, it's a closure.”

On the other end of the phone, Master Pei was silent for a long, long time.

When I thought he was going to hang up the phone, he said:

“I hired a new nanny, she doesn't know how to take care of Pei Su.”

“You take care of him for another month and do a good handover.”

“As payment, I won't stand in the way of the divorce, and I'll give you another million dollars.”

The conditions are too generous, I have no way to refuse.

So Pei Su didn't know that this was my last month by his side.

The housekeeper said that when I wasn't there, he hadn't been eating properly.

But this night, Pei Su ate two bowls of rice.

He grunted at me, “Compliment me.”

I smiled, like in the past, and whispered, “Great.”

The corner of his lips hooked up in a beautiful arc.

When he went back to his study, I hurriedly told the new Sister He, “He likes to be complimented.”

“You can compliment him more often. Don't point out when he does something wrong, but remind him afterwards.”

Sister He took out a small notebook and wrote down everything I said.

I took her to the medicine cabinet and told her how many times a day to take each medicine and how many tablets to take at a time.

“You need water to take the medicine. It should not be too hot, preferably lukewarm water at about 40 degrees.”

“His ties and cufflinks are in the second cabinet from the coat rack.”

“He needs a glass of hot milk before going to bed.”

I told Sister He about his habits, and Sister He remembered them very carefully.

After I came back, Pei Su's life was back on track and he didn't have any more illnesses.

But this day, when Sister He went to bring him medicine, the sound of a cup breaking suddenly rang out in the room.

8

When I rushed over, the floor was a mess.

There were broken glass slags and scattered pills everywhere.

Pei Shu stood barefoot and accidentally stepped on the broken glass pieces, and blood flowed out.

He didn't even realize it, but just pointed at Sister He and asked me word for word:

“Why her?”

“Why not you?”

“This is obviously something you did.”

“Why did you change?”

Saying this, he clutched my sleeve and shook his head, “I don't want to change to someone else.”

“I just want you to deliver the medicine.”

So I resumed pouring water for his medicine.

His emotions came and went quickly.

After watching him obediently take the medicine I took, I asked him, “Why do you want me?”

“Seeing that it wasn't you scared me a little.”

I asked softly, “Scared of what?”

“Scared that you're going to give me to someone else.”

“and leave without me.”

I have to say, his intuition is a bit sharp.

I was indeed handing over to Sister He and letting her take over Pei Su's life a little bit.

Pei Shu even pulled my sleeve: “You'll have to come back later.”

“No one is allowed to change.”

“You promise me not to leave.”

According to Pei Su's stubborn character, if I tell the truth, he is bound to make a scene.

I didn't want to spend any more energy smoothing him out.

So, I looked straight into his eyes and lied to him, “Okay, I promise you not to leave.”

“And no switching.”

There's only half a month left or so, it's just a matter of feeding him medicine for another half month.

Pei Xu curved his lips and smiled in satisfaction.

He didn't realize that his leg was still dripping blood.

And this time, I didn't get him iodine vapors to clean the wound like usual.

He also didn't notice Sister He's eyes with pity.

Everyone knew I was leaving, only he was immersed in his own world.

At noon that day, I saw Xie Shuying once again.

She stood at the entrance of the villa, her eyes falling on the floor-to-ceiling windows of the study on the second floor.

Pei Shu was sitting by the window, playing the piano with his head bowed.

Xie Shuying wandered for a long time, did not look for Pei Su, but instead looked for me.

She handed me a stack of yellowed piano sheet music.

“He's been looking for this score, please help me pass it on to him.”

I was slightly stunned: “Pei Shu is upstairs, won't you go yourself?”

“No.” Xie Shuying shook her head, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

“He doesn't want to see me again.”

I then realized that before, Xie Shuying had been running to Pei's house for three days, but lately she hadn't been showing up.

Even the ring that she gave to Pei Suo had disappeared

“Mrs. Shen.” Xie Shuying spoke softly, interrupting my thoughts.

She asked me, “I like Pei Su, you can see that, right?”

I nodded. It was so obvious, I wouldn't be able to not see it.

“When we first met at the music festival, everyone was in groups and he was the only one who was alone and didn't fit in with the crowd, I spotted him right away.”

“He was so beautiful, I forgot what music was being played that day and just stared at him.”

“When I found out his cell phone was out of battery, I offered to take him home.”

“I'm not a fool, I know he's not the same as a normal person when I communicate with him for a couple of sentences, but I think this kind of him is especially lovely and pure.”

When Pei Xu was mentioned, Xie Shuying's eyes rippled with a light smile.

“After you left, Master Pei contacted me and said that you were in the middle of a divorce.”

“When I heard this news, I was actually particularly happy.”

“I've always thought that you and Pei Suo are people of two worlds. He is immersed in the art space, and you only have eyes for firewood, rice, oil and salt. Pei Su and I have the same idols, we like the same music styles, and we always have endless conversations about music when we're together, and I'm more suitable for him than you are.”

“It's also good that I persuaded Pei Su to divorce you, I can take the responsibility of taking care of him.”

“But do you know what the result is?”

9

Xie Shuying has been standing at the entrance of the villa talking to me.

I asked her if she wanted to go in and have a seat.

She raised her eyes, her gaze landed on Pei Su's body on the second floor, and shook her head.

Xie Shuying said that after I left, she accompanied Pei Su for a few days in the villa.

In the study, Pei Suo and her talked about music.

Leaving the study, Pei Shu began to chat about me.

“I made a strawberry cake for him, he froze for a while and actually said to me that you like strawberries the most.”

“There is a row of dolls on the sofa in the living room, he said you sewed them with your own hands, and you even gave each doll a name together.”

“On the window of his room, there are pictures of you two together. I tried to count how many there are, but I didn't.”

“Do you really what I can't accept the most?” Xie Shuying raised her eyes to me, her eyes bleak.

“He played a chord and told me that the melody went well with you, that he had never been separated from you for so long, and that he missed you.”

I really didn't know any of these things.

“And then?” I wanted to know why Pei Shu suddenly did not want to see her.

“Then I suddenly reacted, Pei Su and I have known each other for so long, except for music he has not talked to me about anything else, and we have never had physical contact.”

“I asked him if he would divorce you. Surprisingly, he didn't hesitate a bit and told me bluntly that he wouldn't.”

“I was a little crazy that night. I wanted to prove to him that he liked me.”

“So I went into his room, took off my clothes in front of him and asked him to try it with me.”

“He said before that he was disgusted with you, so if he was willing to do that with me, would that prove that he liked me?”

I didn't say anything and quietly listened to Xie Shuying finish the story.

“I didn't expect him to react like that. Unbelievable, shocked and panicked, disgusted and repulsed ...... I can't say exactly what kind of complex look he had, in short, he was particularly angry and shook off my hand to expel me.”

“Before he left, he was so angry that his face turned red.”

“He said he thought I wasn't like other people, but he didn't realize I was so vulgar.”

He also said, “Don't ever come back to him again, he do