Because she was addicted

It turned out to be the case.

Zhang Qiran turned out to be Wen Lin's classmate.

Why have I never heard Wen Lin mention this before?

"She... is alright." Wen Jia didn't know how to describe Wen Lin's recent situation, because just a second ago she was planning to ask Zhang Qiran to help Wen Lin with her divorce case.

Zhang Qiran smiled. "Yes, she should be doing very well. Miss Wen, I'll be going now, I won't disturb you any longer."

Wen Jia returned to the ward, and Lu Chenyan said sourly:

"Sent them away?"

"Um."

"Why did you ask him if he takes on other divorce cases? What? Are you planning to divorce me in the future? You've already thought of your escape route so early."

"Hehe, I never said I wanted to marry you."

"...Jiajia, it hurts!"

"Where does it hurt?"

"Here!" Lu Chenyan pointed to his chest.

"Wait a minute, why does it hurt here? Didn't you have a back injury?"

Wen Jia felt flustered and touched herself, but found no wound on her chest. Just as she was about to sit up, Lu Chenyan pulled her into his arms.

She lost her balance and fell headfirst into Lu Chenyan's arms, her nose hitting his chest as if she had hit a metal plate, leaving a sore and aching sensation.

"What are you doing!"

As she struggled, Lu Chenyan tightened his grip on her arms.

A muffled groan of pain came from above, "If you struggle any longer, you'll tear open the wound on my back."

Wen Jia indeed dared not move again.

She obediently nestled against Lu Chenyan's chest and mumbled, "Then let go."

"No. It's not illegal to hug your own wife, and besides, it's been so long since I hugged you."

"Who's your wife?"

"Whoever answers is the one who answers."

"childish."

"Yes, I'm three years old."

Wen Jia stopped talking and then burst out laughing.

How long has it been since they had such a childish argument?

"I didn't ask for myself."

She shifted to a more comfortable position, sitting in the chair with her upper body leaning against Lu Chenyan's chest, listening to his deep and powerful heartbeat, feeling as if she were in another world.

"It's my sister, she's not doing well."

"You've never told me anything about your family, Jiajia. Tell me, okay?" Lu Chenyan lowered his head and sniffed Wen Jia's hair. It was still the familiar scent, which made him feel at ease.

"My sister is three years older than me. When my dad was still alive, my sister did very well in school. But after my dad passed away, Panmei wouldn't let her go to school anymore. She said that it was useless for girls to study and that it would be better for them to stay home and run the shop to earn more money. My sister refused, so Panmei beat her."

Wen Lin studied intermittently, barely completing three years of junior high school. Her grades plummeted from being among the top students, and her high school entrance exam scores were barely enough to get into a vocational school.

Pan Mei then had even more to say.

I cursed every single day during summer vacation.

In order to go to school, Wen Lin wrote a guarantee. She promised that after graduation, all the money she earned would go to Pan Mei, and she would also help Pan Mei support her younger brother, buy him a house, and help him get married. Only then could Pan Mei barely scrape together the tuition fees.

Wen Lin studied nursing.

After graduation, I became a nurse at the county hospital.

To earn more money, she volunteered for night shifts and covered for colleagues, working year-round without a break. Her salary was 2800 yuan, but she kept only 300 yuan for personal expenses, giving the rest to Pan Mei. She didn't tell Pan Mei about her overtime pay and performance bonuses, secretly saving them to help Wen Jia with her tuition.

Wen Lin secretly saved up for Wenjia High School's tuition and her first year of university tuition.

"My sister suffered countless hardships so that I could study hard. She couldn't afford to study herself, but she vowed to make sure I finished college. During my winter and summer breaks in high school and college, I worked hard to earn money so that my sister could have an easier time."

Wen Jia had never told anyone about these things.

Now that I've spoken it out, it feels like the long-standing blockage in my heart has finally found an outlet.

Wen Lin saved Zhou Jin.

Zhou Jin said he wanted to repay her.

At first, Wen Lin ignored him. But when Pan Mei found out, and also learned that Zhou Jin's family was well-off and that Zhou Jin owned a building materials company, making him a small business owner in the area, Pan Mei's interest was piqued.

"She kept urging my sister to go find Zhou Jin, saying that such a good offer was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. She also said that my sister should take advantage of her youth and beauty to sell herself for a good price."

Wen Lin doesn't like Zhou Jin; she has someone else in her heart.

"The deed is done, and my sister has no choice but to accept it. Pan Mei demanded 88 yuan in betrothal gifts from Zhou Jin, selling my sister for a good price in one fell swoop."

As Wen Jia spoke, she didn't realize that her tears had soaked through Lu Chenyan's hospital gown.

"I originally thought that Zhou Jin, who had gone to great lengths to get my sister, would treat her well. But less than two years after my sister married him, he showed his true colors and revealed his true nature. He beat my sister so badly that her spleen ruptured and she was hospitalized. He also has all sorts of other women outside. These are the things I know. I'm afraid there's much more I don't know. My sister has a temper; she always swallows her anger and never complains about her suffering or exhaustion."

Pan Mei caused all of this.

Wen Jia hated her.

Pan Mei ruined Wen Lin's life, and if Wen Jia hadn't protected her, she would have almost been ruined by her as well.

During the winter break of her second year of high school, a man who frequently came to their house to play mahjong always stared at Wen Jia with ill intent. Pan Mei joked that if he gave her ten thousand yuan, she could sleep with him for one night.

The man took it seriously and came to their door with the money the next day.

While counting the money, Pan Mei smiled and let the person into Wen Jia's room.

If Wen Lin hadn't rushed back after hearing the news, Wen Jia would probably have been ruined that day.

Wen Lin chopped open the door with an axe, stood protectively in front of Wen Jia, and said like a madwoman that she would kill anyone who dared to touch a hair on her sister's head! She said that if that man dared to take another step forward, she would chop him and his henchmen into pieces and feed them to the dogs!

This matter became widely known in Quzhou Town.

Wen Jia was clearly the victim, yet when she walked down the street, people pointed and gossiped about her, saying her whole family were prostitutes. Her mother had seduced countless men in town over the years, raising her two daughters. Now that her mother was old, she was pushing her two daughters out to sell themselves.

The whole family are chickens.

Wen Jia grew angrier the more she thought about it. On New Year's Eve, when Pan Mei invited more than a dozen people to play mahjong at her home, she called the police station to report Pan Mei for gambling.

Early that morning, police stormed into the house and arrested Pan Mei and more than a dozen others. That year, Pan Mei spent the Lunar New Year in detention and was only released after the Lantern Festival.

Wen Jia and Wen Lin also had a rare peaceful New Year.

Enraged by this, Pan Mei returned home and gave Wen Jia a severe beating, vowing never to care about her again.

However, she never really cared about it.

Wen Jia went to university and never went back.

"You'll know what happened next."

She murmured, recounting everything that had happened over the years, then clutched Lu Chenyan's sleeve, wiping away tears as she spoke:

"Lu Chenyan, you now know everything about my family and my secrets."

"So, you just let me threaten you like this?" Lu Chenyan looked down at her.

"?" Wen Jia was taken aback.

"Brother Chuan told me everything. My mom went to see you and said what she said. My mom even asked Brother Chuan to investigate you in Quzhou, and said that if you didn't listen to her, she would expose everything about you and your family. Wen Jia, are you scared after she said that?"

"Your mother said I'm not worthy of marrying you, not worthy of marrying into the Lu family."

"Whether they're a good match or not isn't up to her. It's up to me!"

Lu Chenyan lowered his head, lifted Wen Jia's chin with one hand, and gently covered her lips with his.

He had waited far too long for this kiss.