Zhou Li's hand froze in mid-air.

His emotions, which had softened a little, were easily stirred up by her words again.

Zhou Li: "I said I was not satisfied, do you want to serve me again?"

Jiang Mingzhu: "Do I have the right to say no?"

Zhou Li: "It's a pity that I've lost my appetite."

He threw the wipes at her, bent down to pick up the belt and tie it around his pants.

Jiang Mingzhu reluctantly pulled the zipper of her skirt after wiping her body.

Although the skirt is wrinkled, it can still cover her body, and she has no choice in this situation.

With a click, it was Zhou Li who fastened the belt.

Then he stopped moving, his gaze fixed on her.

Jiang Mingzhu mocked him: "What, so addictive? You've never seen a woman, have you?"

"Jiang Mingzhu." Zhou Li called out her name, sounding indifferent, "I don't have to be you."

Jiang Mingzhu's heart suddenly tightened because of these words, her fingertips were numb, her body was cold, and her throat was dry.

This is what she has always wanted to hear all this time, and now she has finally got her wish, but it is not as relieved and happy as she imagined.

But Jiang Mingzhu finally laughed insolently: "Really? But your stubborn behavior really looks like you can't look down on anyone else but me."

Zhou Li pinched her chin: "Very proud, isn't it?"

Jiang Mingzhu: "Yes, Mr. Zhou, who is high up, has become like this for me, and I have a sense of accomplishment."

She licked her lips, "Remember what you said when I first hooked up with you, you said I wasn't worthy, you wouldn't like a woman like me for the rest of your life."

"It's a pity, but in the end, I was so fascinated that I couldn't shake it off like a dog skin plaster."

Zhou Liqing clearly heard the disdain from Jiang Mingzhu's words, she was really looking down on him, and she was telling his sincerity as a joke.

It's the first time someone has done this to him since he was a child.

He liked her, but he was also a self-respecting person.

Zhou Li let go of her chin, "You really look up to yourself."

——

The car was once again smoothly heading down the highway back to the city.

Jiang Mingzhu sat in the back row staring at his phone, and his high-speed beating heart finally calmed down after a few minutes.

At half past eleven, the car was about to drive to Wanghaihui.

Jiang Mingzhu: "Put me on the side of the road."

This was the first thing she took the initiative to say to Zhou Li recently.

Zhou Li didn't respond to her, stepped on the brakes and stopped on the side of the road, and galloped away after waiting for Jiang Mingzhu to get out of the car.

Jiang Mingzhu looked at the business car that Jiechen left with his spare eyes, took a deep breath and entered the mall.

Jiang Mingzhu bought a new set of clothes and changed them before taking a taxi back to Xiangfu Villa.

When she got home, He Chuyan was still waiting for her.

Today is Xu Siyan's wedding day, and He Chuyan is worried that Jiang Mingzhu is in a bad mood and can't think about it.

After Jiang Mingzhu came back, He Chuyan pulled her to sit beside her, "Zhuzhu, are you okay?"

She didn't ask exactly what it was, but the cautious tone and the deep worry in her words spoke for themselves.

He Chuyan has always been a strong woman with a strong and capable personality, and Jiang Mingzhu has seen how tough her wrists are at work.

Now hearing her talk to her so cautiously, Jiang Mingzhu's heart was sour.

Then the words that Xu Siyan and Yuan Ye had said before rang in her ears.

Jiang Mingzhu hugged He Chuyan with her backhand, rested her head on her shoulder, and called out "Mom" softly.

He Chuyan rubbed her hair and responded, "Mom is here."

After hearing He Chuyan's gentle response, Jiang Mingzhu began to be moved by Yuanye's proposal for a moment.

But there were too many things going on tonight, and her mind was a mess, and she couldn't open her mouth to confess to her at the moment.

Jiang Mingzhu

and He Chuyan stayed downstairs for a quarter of an hour before going upstairs.

When he returned to the room to take a bath, Jiang Mingzhu's legs were still weak.

She stood under the shower and looked down at the shocking marks and bruises on her body, and when she closed her eyes, she remembered Zhou Li's words again.

- "Jiang Mingzhu, I don't have to be you."

may be because this sentence has been lingering in his ears before going to bed, Jiang Mingzhu dreamed at night that Zhou Li and other women were making love.

It's not enough to talk about intimacy, it's just a sunny day, and they met by chance on the road.

She went up to talk to him, but saw a beautiful woman in his arms biting her ear.

When the woman saw her, she immediately went to ask Zhou Li, "My dear, who is she?"

Zhou Li swept over her indifferently, as if he was looking at a stranger he didn't know.

Then three words came out of his lips: "I don't know."

When she woke up in the morning, Jiang Mingzhu still remembered how cold these three words were in her dream.

——

Jiang Mingzhu lay calm on the bed for more than ten minutes, got up and brushed his teeth.

Maybe it's because I had some adverse reactions after taking the medicine last night, and I've been retching when I brush my teeth.

It's not the same as when you vomit blood.

Jiang Mingzhu usually vomits blood, if he deliberately controls it, he will not make a sound.

But this time the drug reaction was too great, and she couldn't suppress the sound of retching at all, and vomited too much, causing blood to come out again.

When Jiang Mingzhu was uncomfortable, the door of the bathroom was suddenly pushed open.

Jiang Mingzhu immediately turned on the faucet to flush the water, and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his other hand.

It's a pity that it's too late.

He Chuyan saw it.

He Chuyan quickly walked up to Jiang Mingzhu, turned off the faucet, and looked at her with a serious face.

Jiang Mingzhu vomited a little uncontrollably, her face was white, her eyes were red, and she was swollen.

He Chuyan: "Why don't you say that the condition is repeated, I'll take you to the hospital."

Jiang Mingzhu's thrombocytopenia caused by taking medicine is not a day or two, and one of the clinical manifestations is bleeding when brushing teeth.

It's just that it hasn't been as serious as this one before.

He Chuyan guessed that Xu Siyan's matter had hit her too hard.

Jiang Mingzhu was dragged a few steps forward by He Chuyan.

She took a deep breath and stopped, and slowly opened her lips under He Chuyan's stern gaze: "I'm sorry, Mom."

He Chuyan: "Now is not the time to apologize, you and I will be right away—"

"It's not because of an old illness." Jiang Mingzhu lowered her eyes, and her voice did not fluctuate.

He Chuyan's right eyelid throbbed violently a few times, and her gaze turned to the washbasin again.

"I want to hear the truth." He Chuyan's tone was incompatible, "Tell me everything you are hiding from me."

He Chuyan took Jiang Mingzhu out of the bathroom, and the mother and daughter sat at the wooden table in the bedroom facing each other.

Jiang Mingzhu felt a violent sense of oppression on He Chuyan for the first time.

She knew that He Chuyan was forced by her to be in a hurry.

Jiang Mingzhu: "Yes—"

"I don't want to hear your apology, Jiang Mingzhu," He Chuyan called her by name and surname, "Tell me the truth, I don't want to watch you act anymore."

Jiang Mingzhu remembered the sentence "all betrayed relatives and left" in the wilderness.

It's coming so fast.

He Chuyan: "Have you done a check-up, what is the disease?"

Jiang Mingzhu: "Stomach cancer, malignant, early."