After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

Lan Yujuan noticed something was wrong with her daughter, went over, squatted down, and asked:

"Xiaoman, what's wrong?"

The little one pointed to a spot not far away and whispered, "That person looks like Dad."

Lan Yujuan was stunned, then suddenly looked up and gazed in the direction the little guy was pointing.

It really was Liu Zhiyuan!

She had repeatedly warned him on the phone not to come to Xiangnan again and disturb the normal life of the mother and daughter.

Unexpectedly, he actually dared to come knocking on our door!

"Do you need my help?"

Chen Mo had obviously noticed the other person as well, so he walked over and asked in a low voice.

Lan Yujuan hadn't thought much of it at first, but when she saw Chen Mo, her head started to ache even more!

Liu Zhiyuan saw Chen Mo on the day she fled the Liu family.

Back then, she clearly didn't have a single suspicious person by her side, yet Liu Zhiyuan was able to turn the tables and accuse her of being unable to stand the loneliness, ostensibly returning to her parents' home, but actually eloping with a man!

If Liu Zhiyuan, who is so persistent, were to discover now that she and Chen Mo had appeared at the same time, she would be in a situation where she could never clear her name.

If she were alone, she wouldn't be afraid of anything!

But my daughter is still young. She only has memories of many things she has experienced and cannot judge right from wrong.

She didn't want to make things so awkward with her ex-husband in front of her daughter!

"Chen Mo, could you go buy me a bottle of soy sauce and bring it upstairs?"

"My mom is cooking; she might need it urgently."

Chen Mo glanced worriedly into the distance and nodded gently.

"Um."

"I'll go up first. Call me if anything happens."

Lan Yujuan nodded hurriedly, not daring to look him in the eye.

She watched as Chen Mo walked away towards the small supermarket, while Liu Zhiyuan, carrying gifts, walked straight towards the entrance of the building.

Lan Yujuan quickly went over and called out to the other person:

"Liu Zhiyuan!"

Liu Zhiyuan's back stiffened, and he slowly turned around.

The moment he recognized Lan Yujuan, his eyes flashed with undisguised amazement.

"Wife!"

"What are you doing downstairs? Are you waiting for me?"

A look of surprise and delight suddenly appeared in Liu Zhiyuan's eyes.

"I knew it. When you said no on the phone, you were just saying it."

"Once you calm down, you'll definitely want to..."

Before Liu Zhiyuan could finish speaking, Lan Yujuan coldly interrupted him:

"You're overthinking it!"

"Nobody welcomes you here, get out!"

Liu Zhiyuan didn't expect Lan Yujuan to change her attitude so quickly and become so cold towards him.

His smile froze on his face, and his expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

However, Liu Zhiyuan had clearly prepared himself mentally before coming and quickly adjusted.

He stopped initiating conversation with Lan Yujuan and instead walked directly to her, squatted down, and began to get close to Lan Xiaoman.

"Xiaoman, do you miss your dad?"

Liu Zhiyuan waved to his daughter, but Lan Yujuan held her tightly, hiding her behind her to prevent Liu Zhiyuan from getting close.

"If you dare come any closer, I'll call security!"

Liu Zhiyuan stopped approaching, rolled his eyes, and immediately took out the toy he had brought.

"Xiaoman, come here and see what gift Daddy brought you today?"

Upon hearing that his father had brought toys, the little one immediately peeked out from behind his mother, his eyes full of curiosity.

Seeing that this trick worked, Liu Zhiyuan immediately started taking apart the toy in front of the little guy, saying as he did so:

"Did you enjoy your stay at your grandparents' house with your mother during this time?"

"Does Xiaoman miss her grandma? Does she want to go back to her own home?"

The plastic bag was opened, revealing a doll.

The little guy tilted his head and looked at it again and again; the doll was just too ordinary.

She was neither a stranger to her nor pretty, and she couldn't change her clothes.

The little guy already has a whole bunch of dolls that are much prettier than this one, and the tiny bit of interest he had just developed vanished instantly.

I won't reply.

The little one shrank back behind his mother, whispering:

"Grandma said this is my home."

Liu Zhiyuan stood up, clutching the doll, his face contorted with rage.

"Lan Yujuan! Is this how you usually educate your child?"

"Even if we have a fight and live separately for a while, you can't teach Liu Xiaoman to forget her ancestors and disown her father and grandmother, can you?"

Lan Yujuan stared at the other person warily and said coldly:

"Is your brain rusted or filled with water?"

"We have completely severed ties long ago!"

"My daughter has already changed her surname to mine and no longer bears the surname Liu. What relationship does she have with your Liu family?"

Lan Yujuan, no longer wanting to be polite, pulled out her phone and threatened him:

"Does Li Jiaojiao know you came to see me today?"

"Believe it or not, I'll call Li Jiaojiao right now!"

She had thought that Liu Zhiyuan would be afraid.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhiyuan's expression was quite meaningful when he heard her say that, leaving her puzzled.

"So, you're still bothered by what happened between me and Li Jiaojiao, right?"

"You still have feelings for me, don't you?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Yujuan clutched her chest in disgust, nearly vomiting up her breakfast.

"Liu Zhiyuan, shut up!"

But the more she tried to ignore it, the more Liu Zhiyuan misunderstood her as caring, and continued to explain:

"Yujuan, listen to me!"

"My relationship with Li Jiaojiao was truly just a professional charade; what I said before was just said in anger!"

"Ever since you went back to your parents' home, I've been reflecting on myself, and I've completely broken things off with Li Jiaojiao!"

"Honey, we've been together for so many years, and we have such a lovely daughter. Our love is real!"

Now Lan Yujuan understood, and squinted at the other person, saying:

"Liu Zhiyuan, it's not that Li Jiaojiao dumped you, so you've remembered me, your old flame, now that you're back together, is that it?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Yujuan noticed that Liu Zhiyuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

It seems she guessed right!

In an instant, Lan Yujuan's mind began to race!

Li Jiaojiao knew perfectly well that she and Liu Zhiyuan had not yet separated, but she still firmly chose the man in front of her.

How long has it been?

What exactly made Li Jiaojiao decide to dump him?

Stripped of the filter of love, Lan Yujuan could now clearly see the true value of the man before her.

Liu Zhiyuan's personal strengths can be summarized in these four points:

She has a high level of education, good looks, savings, and a well-paying job.

His shortcomings are also obvious: he comes from a rural background and his family is a drag on his family.

When Li Jiaojiao met Liu Zhiyuan, the man's strengths and weaknesses were already largely determined.

Although she took nearly half of Liu Zhiyuan's savings when they separated.

But for Liu Zhiyuan, whose annual income is already over a million, this is nothing.

unless......

After the Chinese New Year, Liu Zhiyuan ran into trouble at work!

Is it a pay cut? Or layoffs?

In an instant, Lan Yujuan's blood rushed to her head. Had heaven finally opened its eyes, and Liu Zhiyuan's retribution had arrived?

"good!"

"Since you don't care about Li Jiaojiao, then I'll call your workplace!"

Lan Yujuan picked up her phone again, as if to make a call.

"I'd like to ask you, are you really in Xiangnan on a business trip, or are you using this as a pretext to harass your ex?"

Liu Zhiyuan panicked instantly and hurriedly said:

"Fine, I'm leaving!"

When Liu Zhiyuan saw her stop what she was doing, his heart finally relaxed a little.

"I'm leaving right now, stop messing around!"

He then said in a complicated tone:

"If you really ruin my job, how will I support you in the future?"

"Yujuan, I admit that I was confused for a moment about what happened in the past."

"Take this time to calm down."

"I will wait for you, please forgive me!"

Lan Yujuan watched her ex-husband's departing figure, a bad feeling creeping into her heart.