Become a stepmother and save the male protagonist of the painful literary school

"I just want to live in peace..."

As she spoke, she stared at him with wide eyes, fear in her pupils.

"You have never felt the feeling of being forced into a desperate situation, how can you understand my fear? You said that I only trust myself, but in fact I also want to trust others, but I can't do it!"

"If I give up my trust, the price I have to pay is my own life. I dare not..."

The woman's face was as pale as a newly painted wall, revealing a desperate anger.

"I know."

Tong Ruixiao's gaze moved down inch by inch until it fell on the medical document in front of him. He lowered his eyelashes, and his hands, which were pinching the edge of the paper, turned pale with strain.

he knows.

Once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of ropes for ten years. What's more, after being tortured and humiliated like that, being forced to death...

It's natural not to trust anyone.

No longer trusting people is the soul's way of coping with trauma in order to protect itself.

It is an advantageous defense.

During these two months, he looked up countless information and finally realized that her indifference was a psychological barrier based on self-protection.

At the same time, feel fortunate...

In fact, it is better for her to have such a psychological barrier.

Suspicion, sensitivity, indifference, and distrust of others can save her from a lot of harm.

Because of this, he felt miserable around her and was hurt by her indifference.

Her emotions, whether love or trust, are all separated by a thick layer of ice.

You can see it but you can’t touch it.

She would say "I care about you" and "I believe you", but when faced with a real threat, she would escape silently and alone without telling anyone.

The moment the threat emerged in her mind, all care and trust would be blocked outside by the ice shell and unable to enter.

That layer of ice is called fear.

No one could empathize with Jane Yan's fear. Even if he knew what she had gone through, he could not truly understand it.

Among many emotions, the root cause of her suffering is love between men and women, so she is more sensitive, suspicious, disgusted and resistant to this aspect.

Therefore, she could be caring and loving to Xiao Mu and speak her mind to Meng Jiangshu, but she was wary of him.

He put away his thoughts and asked again: "Why did you come here?"

"For what..." Jian Yan repeated his words, and then showed an extremely strange expression, neither crying nor laughing.

She walked over to the desk and looked down at him.

A series of whispers were spoken, "To keep your family from falling apart."

Tong Ruixiao's pupils shrank and his expression froze. He had thought of countless reasons, such as "she wants to live" and "she doesn't know either", but he didn't expect her to say this.

"What do you mean?" He said in a hoarse and dry voice.

It seems that things are far from as simple as he assumed...

She shook her head. "I can only tell you this. I can't say more."

The man was lost in thought.

After a long time, he spoke again, "The reason you came to this world is Xiao Mu, right?"

Jane Yanxin suddenly stopped, "You!"

He was so smart that he could quickly connect the dots from her words. She shouldn't have said that.

"It is true," Tong Ruixiao's eyes were complicated. "You escaped from me and left Xiao Mu at the same time, which means that you no longer need to do anything for your original purpose. In other words, your goal has been achieved."

Goal achieved, so leave.

Reasonable...

Jian Yan was flustered by the speed of his speculation. She frowned and regretted it very much. "You shouldn't know so much."

"What about me? What am I in your eyes?"

“Failed parent.”

Tong Ruixiao's breathing stopped for a moment, and his already dark eyes were filled with frustration and loneliness. Then he said with a somewhat unstable breath: "...I understand."

She came here for Xiao Mu, and her specific purpose was unknown, but she was very kind to Xiao Mu. And she was just a little bit of a benefit.

He pulled out a file bag from a pile of books and materials on his left hand side and pushed it to the other end of the desk. The not-too-long desk was like an ocean, pushing the ship of files to the other side of the ocean. The process was long and difficult.

"what is this?"

"Open and see what you want."

Jian Yan opened the file bag, pulled out a stack of papers, and widened his eyes in surprise.

"divorce agreement?"

"Divorce agreement. I arranged for someone to write it a long time ago, and it has been signed. As long as you sign and agree, we will dissolve the marriage and you will be free."

His voice reached her ears, twisted into unexplainable tones.

How can it be?

He used to insist that he would never divorce, but today he just gave in?

Fraud?

He saw her concerns and said in a self-deprecating tone, "If you are afraid that I might do something bad to you, you can show the contents to a professional and ask a lawyer to revise them if there is anything you are not satisfied with."

Jian Yan read it carefully twice and found nothing that was disadvantageous to her.

Including the division of the couple's common property, it made her feel like she had eaten too many poisonous mushrooms and was hallucinating.

Otherwise, how could he agree to a divorce?

"You want freedom and security, but I will only bring you insecurity. I don't want to search the world like crazy looking for you again, nor do I intend to force you to flee. I will grant you what you want, as long as you are safe."

Tong Ruixiao handed her the pen.

Jian Yan took the heavy pen, which still had his body temperature on it, and she almost couldn't hold it anymore as she was about to drop it.

She took the pen and placed it on the "female" position.

Tong Ruixiao looked away, his eyes were sore and he stopped looking. He felt a dull pain in his heart, as if a knife was stabbing and stirring inside.

"Clap!"

She put the pen on the table, making a sound.

He looked back, his voice choked with pain. He tried hard to suppress his expression and look calm and peaceful, "What's wrong?"

She didn't sign her name. Was it because the agreement was unreasonable?

“I won’t sign it.”

Jian Yan studied his face carefully. His expression was calm and gloomy, with an indescribable mockery in it, but if you covered the lower half of his face, you would find that his eyes were filled with an inextricable sadness.

"Tong Ruixiao, you took the time and effort to find me, and then brought me back from thousands of miles away in person, just to make me sign a divorce agreement and let me go. I don't understand what you were thinking," she said.

The air stagnated because of her words.

The man didn't answer.

The longer the silence lasts, the lower the surrounding air pressure.

It felt like there were two stones pressing against her chest and back, making it hard for her to breathe.

My heart is pounding.

Just when she could no longer hold on, the other party spoke:

"I came to you because I was worried about your safety. I let you go because I don't want you to escape from danger again like this time."

Tong Ruixiao suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and expressed his inner thoughts in an extremely calm tone.

As if he has always been so calm and gentle.

It seemed that during the days when she was away, his mood was as calm and relaxed as his tone.