In the spacious retro study, only a lamp is lit on the desk, and the window is hidden by thick curtains, blocking the sunlight outside. It was very gloomy because of the gloom, and the whole room was filled with only the smell of books and ink.

Zhuo Xize sat in a chair, holding a cigarette in his right hand, and the spark stood out in the dimness.

He didn't smoke, just watched the cigarette burn out little by little.

As if thinking of something, he threw the cigarette into the ashtray and pulled open the drawer next to him, which contained a photo album.

On the cover is a smile on his face, a bright summer moe like the scorching sun. A mint green organza sleeveless dress with long, straight black hair draped over her shoulders and a lush camphor tree behind her. She just smiled at the camera like this, and people could feel her happiness.

Such a summer, when he was twenty-five years old. It seems so ordinary, but it changed his life.

Born in a prestigious university, although his family's business is not very powerful in the capital, it is at least enough for him to play.

It's just that he has always had high ambitions, and he wants his Zhuo clan to enter the top ten in the capital.

So when he met Xia Meng and knew that she was the only daughter of Xia's in a foreign listed company, he deliberately did such an ambiguous thing, so that this girl who was five years younger than him was fascinated by him.

He has always liked well-behaved and gentle schoolgirls, because of his mother's strength, so he is more interested in gentle and petty women.

Xia Meng's strength and straightforwardness of temperament are not the same as what he wants, but his mother told him that if he wants Xia's help, Xia Meng is the best shortcut.

When he really got close to Xia Meng, he found that she was different from his mother.

Even if she is proud, she will respect his wishes, and she has many luxuries that rich ladies have, but she does not like to spend his money. She'll go on a date with him, but she won't mess around. She has a small social circle, she really sees very few friends as friends, and even estranges herself from male friends after liking him.

She's using a qiē to sue him, and she just wants him.

So she went home and told Xia Lao, so stubbornly that she wanted to marry her, even at that time she was only 21 years old.

Even if Xia Lao was dissatisfied with Zhuo Xize in every way, he had to nod and agree in the face of his beloved daughter's prayers.

He invested one billion in Zhuo's in exchange for Zhuo Xize's gentleness to Xia Meng.

When the Zhuo family felt happy, only he felt ashamed.

However, he told himself that it was nothing for him to sacrifice so much for the sake of Zhuo's future.

But his pride has been rejecting Xia Meng's approach, even if Xia Meng has never done anything to be sorry for him since she married him, and she has never humiliated him. But he knew the real reason why he and Xia Meng got married, but he had to shut up because of the billion.

He watched Xia Meng smile at him so innocently and gave birth to Zhuo Jiamu. She lives in a lie she has concocted, and he is jealous of her ignorance.

Because of ignorance, she can laugh so purely.

A little tired closed his eyes, the darkness made him feel comfortable, because he didn't have to act, he didn't have to grieve himself to please others.

Sometimes he has to forget about acting and reality.

He's so kind to Summer, even if it's not from the heart, he's used to it.

It's just that he doesn't want to continue this habit anymore.

When he knew that the second elder of the Xia family had died, he felt extremely happy, and the mountain that was pressing on him finally collapsed. He also knew that it was the protective layer of Summer Meng that collapsed.

She no longer has a superior status, she does not have a strong background.

Maybe because of the years of getting along, he felt sorry for her, but these are not enough to compare with the rise of the Zhuo family.

He felt irritated when he thought of some photos of the daughters of the family that his mother had directly taken out to show him when he came home a few days ago.

Maybe he should quickly divorce Xia Meng and take Xun Xun back.

"Knock knock."

Almost subconsciously stuffed the album back into the drawer, and when he closed the drawer, he remembered that the study had just been equipped with a new fingerprint key, and Xia Meng couldn't get in.

"Come in." He opened the door remotely, but his heart was ready to talk about the divorce.

"Aze." Xia Meng walked in with a smile, and didn't stop until she walked to the desk, her pretty face barely saw the indulgence of the previous days, and some were just gentle, "Maybe you misunderstood, I didn't mean anything else when I said those words just now." I'm just saying, I only have you and Mu Mu anymore, and I don't want to lose you. ”

Her eyes were so clear, so clear, even so clean.

Zhuo Xize looked at her eyes and hooked his lips slightly: "You think too much." She thought there was room to save, she thought too much.

It was destined when he married her, unless the Xia family could always step on Zhuo's head, they would definitely divorce.

The smile on Xia Meng's face deepened, and she breathed a long sigh of relief: "Aze, I'm scared to death." You don't come back to live all these times, I'm sorry, it's all because of me. Now that I've figured it out, I won't cry every day anymore, my parents love me so much, and I definitely hope that I can live happily ever after they're gone. I want to live well and reassure them. ”

Zhuo Xize didn't say anything, just looked at her in silence.

Xia Meng didn't seem to notice his difference, but looked at him with a happy face: "Tomorrow is the parent-teacher meeting of Mumu School, let's go together, okay?" It's just noon, I'll go to your company to find you, and we'll go to school together. Mu Mu would be very happy if he knew that we were going together. ”

"Snort." Zhuo Xize finally laughed, his handsome face was full of mockery, this was the first time he showed such an expression in front of her, "Xia Meng, are you thinking too beautiful?" Maybe you've forgotten why I married you in the first place? ”

Summer Meng was stunned for a moment, and was a little confused: "No...... Do you say you love me? ”

In the memory of the original owner, the three most beautiful moments, the first is the smiling appearance of Zhuo Xize when they first met, the second is when Zhuo Xize knelt down on one knee to propose to her, and the moment when Zhuo Jiamu was born.

She will always remember that cold Valentine's Day, there was goose feather snow outside, and he asked her to meet her at the intersection of XX Park.

When she got there, all she saw was candles all over the floor, pieced together as "Marry me", and he smiled so softly as he held the roses.

He said to her: Mengmeng, believe me, marry me.

She was melted by his fiery eyes, so she chose to be with him without hesitation at such a young age.

Tie the future life to him.

She wanted to be with him and share every moment in the future.

Zhuo Xize looked at her with an ignorant expression, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth seemed so cold and hard: "No, it's just because of the billion that your father invested in Zhuo's family." "At a time of financial crisis, Zhuo's generously gave a billion funds.

Xia Meng's lips couldn't stop trembling, but she still pretended to smile calmly: "It's okay, we're together, and it's also appropriate for Dad to invest in Zhuo's......"

Zhuo Xize looked at Xia Meng's self-deception like this, and a burst of fire burst out in his heart, he reached out and pushed Wen Jiàn on the table to the ground, and saw her retreat in fright before he said coldly: "Why do you pretend not to understand? Xia Meng, I married you just because you are the daughter of Xia's company, just because Xia can help Zhuo's. ”

Silence, deathly silence.

Zhuo Xize looked at her like this, crystal tears falling from her eyes, but she didn't even choke up, just silent.

It took a long time for her to ask in a trembling voice, "Aze, didn't you say you loved me?" ”

Zhuo Xize pursed his lips tightly, looking at her like this, and did not make a sound.

"Why, why are you deceiving me?" Xia Meng finally rushed to him, grabbed his shoulders, and tears fell on his face one by one, "Why lie to me, why?" Aze, I don't believe it...... Is it because the Xia clan is now out of business, so you said such things to me? Is it because my aunt is unwilling to pay back the money for me that she deliberately asks you to clear the relationship? So I don't have to pay back the money from my aunt, okay? I can make my own money......"

Looking at Zhuo Xize's indifferent eyes, she finally pushed him away out of control, took a step back suddenly, and looked at his eyes full of pain: "Aze, I don't believe it, why can't I lie to me all the time?" Why can't you give me even the slightest bit of compassion? Aze, I don't want to leave you, you know how much I love you! These are the words that the original owner has shouted in his heart countless times after leaving him. But there was no chance to speak.

Zhuo Xize looked at Xia Meng who was so at a loss, and the cynicism that he wanted to say disappeared for a while.

He just looked at her in silence, and this woman who had always been polite had become like this.

Even if he didn't want to think about it, he knew it was because she really loved him.

"Don't we have a chance? Can't we go back to the past? She looked at him with tears in her eyes, her eyes full of sadness and self-deprecation, "Hehe, I'm really stupid, since you have already said it, you must really have no chance, Xia is now gone, I have nothing, why do you want to act again?" ”

Even if he really thought so, he felt sad to hear her say it like this.

"Zhuo Xize, have you ever loved me?" She looked at him stubbornly, her eyes were full of seriousness and persistence, "Sue me, you are with me, don't you even have a trace of sincerity?" ”

"Yes." He looked at her and his eyes dimmed suddenly, and the joy he thought was not at all at all, "I have never loved you." "It's all her insistence.

If she could have listened to Xia Lao's persuasion, she would not have been here today.

It's just greed.

"Good, good." Xia Meng laughed, stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, and looked at him with a gaze full of pain and depression, "So, if you divorce, who will Mu Mu have custody of?" Even if she knew that the Zhuo family would not let go, she had to work hard.

She didn't want the young Mu Mu to be raised by Lin Jiaxun like in the original text

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