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

After entering the house, Lan Yujuan only turned on the light in the entryway.

She put down her bag, changed her shoes, and then led Chen Mo toward the bedroom.

The little one was tired from playing all day and slept soundly at night.

After being put on the bed, she let her mother change her clothes, wipe her face, hands, and little feet, but she showed no signs of waking up.

Occasionally, you can even see the little guy with a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth, giggling in his dreams.

Lan Yujuan stood by the bed watching, finding it both amusing and reassuring.

After settling her daughter in, Lan Yujuan left only a floor lamp on in the bedroom, then quietly left the room, leaving the door slightly ajar.

Only after my daughter falls asleep do I have time to myself for the rest of the night.

Lan Yujuan breathed a sigh of relief and turned to walk towards the living room.

As soon as she entered the living room, she noticed a figure leaning against the wall under the light in the entryway.

"Why haven't you left yet?" Lan Yujuan asked subconsciously.

Just as I was about to relax, my nerves began to tighten again.

At this moment, all she wanted was to quickly remove her makeup, wash up, change into comfortable pajamas, and spend some quiet time alone.

Aside from herself, anyone else in the living room would seem superfluous.

Seeing her come out of the bedroom, Chen Mo slowly straightened up, cleared his throat with his fist, and said:

"I'm about to leave."

"I heard your footsteps coming out, and I thought I'd wait a little longer and say hello to you."

Lan Yu nodded gently, "Okay, then you can go."

As she spoke, she walked over and opened the door for Chen Mo, making way for him.

Chen Mo stood there, hesitant for a moment, but eventually slowly moved his feet.

However, as he passed Lan Yujuan and was about to step out the door, he suddenly stopped and asked in a low voice:

"You really trust me that much?"

"What if I go inside and don't want to leave?"

"It's the middle of the night, aren't you afraid of me... After all, I'm a man too."

Lan Yujuan looked up at him and said calmly:

"So, will you bully me?"

Chen Mo stood still, staring down at the woman in front of him, his eyes swirling with unspoken emotions.

Before Lan Yujuan could even get a reply, she started to falter and hurriedly added:

"Chen Mo, I think you are a man I can trust."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lan Yujuan could feel the storm in the man's deep eyes gradually subsiding.

Chen Mo took a deep breath and retreated inch by inch, a slight smile playing on his lips, revealing a self-deprecating expression.

"Should I thank you for trusting me so much?"

Lan Yujuan bit her lower lip lightly, slowly lowered her eyes, and clearly began to waver.

In fact, she knew very well that if he insisted on staying tonight, it wasn't entirely impossible.

"OK."

"I'll be going now, remember to lock the door."

Chen Mo stepped outside the door, his mind wandering, and his voice even sounded slightly sore.

The two people lived only two doors apart, not some distant separation.

For a moment, Lan Yujuan was really unsure what Chen Mo's current state of mind was.

Wasn't their interaction purely consensual and based on mutual consent?

How did things develop to the point where her occasional refusal is now treated as if she's done something wrong?

"Okay, I understand."

As Lan Yujuan responded, she reached out to close the door, wanting to quickly eliminate those unsafe "potential hazards" from her mind.

Her heart could sense the strangeness within her. But her reason forcefully erased it from her mind.

Just as the door was about to close, Chen Mo suddenly reached out to stop it, "Wait a minute."

Lan Yujuan was startled and quickly let go of his hand.

"What happened? Did you get your hand pinched?"

Seeing the anxiety in her eyes, and how quickly she took his hand to check, Chen Mo couldn't help but smile.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"I just forgot to tell you: you... look beautiful today!"

Lan Yujuan was holding his hand, and after hearing these words, her cheeks began to blush.

She quickly released Chen Mo's hand and pushed him back, her voice sounding like it was filled with water.

"I see!"

"You should go now and get some rest."

After saying that, he slammed the door shut and turned off the light in the entryway.

Apart from a tiny sliver of light peeking out from the bedroom doorway, the entire house seemed to be completely asleep, eerily quiet inside.

Lan Yujuan leaned against the door, taking a long time to recover.

She could hear her own disordered breathing and her heartbeat gradually quickening, as if a raging beast was slowly awakening inside her.

She leaned against the door and waited until the footsteps outside gradually faded away, and finally the sound of the door opening and closing came from the direction of 802.

Her tense nerves finally began to relax.

The little guy is very well-behaved; ever since he returned to Xiangnan, he always sleeps until dawn.

Lan Yujuan decided to splurge and take a day off, using up her monthly leave slip.

After washing up, she dried her hair until it was half dry and let it hang loose. Wearing her newly bought silk slip dress, she turned on the floor lamp next to the sofa in the living room.

She took out a wine glass, opened a bottle of red wine for herself, and then nestled on the sofa, watching mindless and entertaining short dramas while sipping the red wine until she was slightly tipsy.

Just when she felt she had drunk just the right amount, her mind was finally clear, and she didn't need to think about anything anymore, and she was about to get up and go back to her bedroom to sleep, her phone started vibrating.

She picked up her phone and squinted at it.

It wasn't Chen Mo's call, but that unfamiliar local number—her ex-husband's.

Lan Yujuan didn't answer; she hung up immediately.

Then, with practiced ease, I opened the number, ready to add it to my blacklist.

But her reactions began to slow down, and her movements became slower.

Before she could add the person to her blacklist, a message popped up:

"It's okay if I stop bothering you."

However, I need to renegotiate the terms of the cohabitation agreement.

Either you bring your daughter back, we'll get our marriage certificate and remarry, and I'll pretend nothing happened. Or you can return all my money.

Anyway, I have nothing now. I need to have either money or people!

Otherwise, I will absolutely not let this go!

At worst, the whole family goes to hell together. The choice is yours!