Three years after our breakup, my ex-boyfriend dragged me to get our marriage certificate.

Lin Qingyi was turned over.

She looked up at the mirror and then at the man behind her.

"Have you thought it through?"

"Hmm?" Ji Yuhuai paused.

"I'm afraid of pain, I won't have this surgery again."

Lin Qingyi looked at him in the mirror and said, "So if you break it, I won't stop until I've made 30 million off you."

"Okay." Ji Yuhuai replied without hesitation.

"Okay, then I'll break up with He Zhixu in a bit."

Lin Qingyi loosened her grip on the bathrobe, no longer intending to resist. "You're leaving on Monday? I'll go back to Beicheng with you."

"Impossible." Ji Yuhuai's expression changed, and he turned around to straighten his bathrobe.

"You pay per transaction, I'll stay in Tianjin, we won't end up like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl..."

"I'll spend one day a week with you, seven times a day," Ji Yuhuai suggested. "Or we can do it via video."

Lin Qingyi frowned, turned around and looked directly at him, "Why won't you let me go back to Beicheng?"

A cold, almost defiant glint flashed in Ji Yuhuai's eyes.

"Since you hate me so much, why do you insist on finding me to relieve your boredom?"

I was hiding peacefully in Tianjin, why did you come to provoke me again?

Wouldn't it be better if we just kept to ourselves and didn't interfere with each other?

Lin Qingyi's eyes welled up with tears uncontrollably. She was questioning, but she felt more aggrieved than anything else.

"Don't think I don't know what you're up to."

Ji Yuhuai pinched her chin, his voice carrying a dangerous calm.

"You willingly followed He Zhixu, wasn't it all so he would take you back to Beicheng?"

When she jumped off the building, Ji Yuhuai refused to visit her in the hospital.

Ji's father beat him so badly his back was raw, but he still refused to go.

They even said they would kick her out of the Ji family and out of Beicheng, and that she would never be allowed to return to Beicheng.

He truly did what he said he would do.

Wasn't her return to Beicheng last time a lesson learned?

Lin Qingyi clutched her bathrobe, her voice barely audible, "I just want to go home..."

Ji Yuhuai suddenly turned around.

Lin Qingyi stared at his back, her eyes churning with unspoken emotions.

More than anything, it was resentment.

"If that's how it is, then I'm not going to serve you anymore."

Lin Qingyi mustered all her strength and pushed him out.

"I'm going to confront He Zhixu right now, buy a ticket to the south, and find a male model."

Ji Yuhuai did not move.

Because he was certain that Lin Qingyi would not give up so easily.

By the time he returned to the hot spring, everyone was about to leave.

"Are you hungry after soaking for so long?"

Ji Yuhuai took Jiang Wenxi's hand and walked towards the changing room.

"Yes, I'm hungry." Jiang Wenxi nodded.

"Then I'll have the hotel send me a late-night snack."

As Ji Yuhuai spoke, he turned to look at Qiao Suining, "Miss Qiao, would you like to come along?"

"Yes." Qiao Suining took out her phone and called Lin Qingyi. "I'll ask Qingyi what she wants to eat."

Since the call didn't go through, Qiao Suining had no choice but to order according to her own preferences.

*

He Zhixu went back to his room first, intending to deal with some documents.

Lin Qingyi was standing in the corridor outside his door waiting for him.

He Zhixu walked over and pulled her into his arms. "You're unhappy."

Lin Qingyi shook her head, "Mr. He..."

"Qingyi, I had no choice..." He Zhixu knew he had let her down.

Lin Qingyi choked up and said, "If Miss Qiao is a bad person, then we can deceive her with a clear conscience."

But Miss Qiao is such a good person, and she hates mistresses so much...

Mr. He, let's break up.

If she breaks up with him at this point, she'll definitely be too embarrassed to ask for the money He Zhixu gave her back.

He Zhixu was stunned.

He never considered separating from Lin Qingyi; all he thought about was how to balance both.

But Lin Qingyi's words also reminded him.

If he and Qiao Suining have no feelings for each other and it's just a purely arranged marriage, then he doesn't need to worry at all.

But now, subconsciously, he wants to cultivate a relationship with Qiao Suining...

His ideas have all gone astray.

"Qingyi, don't do this..." He Zhixu kissed her forehead tenderly. "Don't force me... I don't know what to do."

"Mr. He, I hope your future is bright, and I don't want to be a burden to you."

Lin Qingyi closed her eyes. He Zhixu's heart had already wavered because of Qiao Suining.

So she can no longer climb this ladder to heaven.

"Qingyi, let me think of another way."

He Zhixu felt very guilty. "If there is no better way, I will not let you suffer any more grievances."

Lin Qingyi nodded. "Then I'll go back first, so no one sees me."

Lin Qingyi's retreating figure was resolute, and she quickly disappeared completely.

This made He Zhixu even more irritable.

He took the wine and went to find Ji Yuhuai.

He wanted to see how Ji Yuhuai could so easily have his cake and eat it too.

Perhaps he could learn something from Ji Yuhuai.

"Ah Huai?"

He Zhixu talked to him for a long time, but he was lost in thought the whole time.

He Zhixu frowned. "Jiang Wenxi is right here. You have plenty of time to spend with her tonight. I just wanted to chat with you for a bit. Can you be serious?"

"Congratulations," Ji Yuhuai said, his voice muffled. "She took the initiative to leave you; that's a good thing."

She actually wanted to break up with He Zhixu.

"Qingyi is a very well-behaved girl." He Zhixu sighed. "Her behavior makes me feel terrible."

"So you'll feel better when the Qiao family kills her and makes her suffer terribly?"

Ji Yuhuai said coldly.

"That's true." He Zhixu shook his head helplessly. "For her own good, I should let go."

"By the way, you still haven't told me, why does Jiang Wenxi call her Sister Qingyi?"

He Zhixu asked curiously.

"Wouldn't it be better if you asked her?"

Ji Yuhuai got up to see the guest off.

He stood by the window, watching the three women eating a late-night snack in the yard.

Qiao Suining and Jiang Wenxi would occasionally take a bite.

Lin Qingyi was like a starving ghost, taking a few big bites every now and then.

He took out his phone to send a text message to Lin Qingyi, but hesitated to press send.

Then, in the courtyard, the woman, having eaten and drunk her fill, began to walk around to digest her food.

He then pressed the send button, "Back to your room."

"Miss me?" Lin Qingyi replied quickly, "Call me if you miss me, still the same card number."

Ji Yuhuai remained silent and transferred 200,000 yuan to her.

Lin Qingyi returned to her room, and before she could even close the door, Ji Yuhuai squeezed in and carried her to the bed.

"I just finished eating and haven't brushed my teeth yet."

Lin Qingyi burped as she spoke, "And you can't shake me right now, or I'll throw up."

Ji Yuhuai closed his eyes and buried his face heavily against her chest.

Listening to her heartbeat, he smiled and spoke, with an almost resigned compromise, "I can take you back to Beicheng. You can stay at my place and you're not allowed to go anywhere else."

Lin Qingyi raised an eyebrow, patted his back as if coaxing a child, and said, "Restricting my freedom comes at a different price, Ah Huai."

"Mm." Ji Yuhuai gave a soft "Mm." "I'll give you extra money."

Lin Qingyi perked up at the news and immediately sat down on it.

"Alright, you just wait and see."