It's terrible. Mr. Lu is too clingy.

Xie Xingran was like a stubborn donkey. No matter how the other party pulled or tugged, she pushed him away with all her strength.

After entering the room, she didn't close the door, but just scolded him when he wanted to get on the bed with her:

"I told you to stay away from me, get out!"

Lu Ci was also pushed and staggered, almost falling to the ground, and immediately called her aggrievedly: "Wife~"

Xie Xingran leaned against the head of the bed, covered with the quilt, holding a hot water bottle in his hand, looking at him with scrutiny and indifference.

But after a moment, Lu Ci could no longer bear the pressure and fell to his knees on the ground, saying innocently:

"Honey, what did I do wrong? Tell me, I will definitely change. Please don't ignore me, okay?"

Lu Ci also vaguely realized that his wife was very angry this time.

Although he didn't know why, he had to be very careful and not let his wife get angry and sleep in a separate bed from him.

But he didn't know that if this matter was not handled properly, not only would they have to sleep in separate beds, but they might even get divorced.

Xie Xingran slowly calmed down.

She said, "Lu Ciye, the secret you told me before has been there for so long. You should be ready now, right? Tell me about it."

She suspected that the secret he mentioned was most likely related to Su Nianwan, but she didn't know what role Su Nianwan played in it.

As soon as these words were spoken, the face of the person kneeling on the ground turned as pale as hers.

Xie Xingran stared at him straight, his gaze could not be ignored.

But Lu Ci didn't dare to look her in the eye. He lowered his eyes as if he was frozen in magic, and didn't move for a long time.

For a long time, the only sound in the room was the sound of shallow breathing.

Xie Xingran asked directly: "You still can't say it, right?"

Lu Ci also seemed to be sticking to the principle of delaying as long as possible. Hearing this, he seemed to feel that she had loosened up. He raised his head, knelt down, stepped forward, and pulled her sleeve. His eyes were moist as he said:

"Wife, give me a little more time, I..."

"Forget it." Xie Xingran suddenly sighed and closed his eyes, his expression full of disappointment and determination.

"Lu Ciye, forget it, let's get a divorce."

The word "divorce" was like a thunderclap, resounding in Lu Ciye's heart.

His eyes quickly filled with tears, and as he shook his head, several crystal drops fell to the floor.

"No, I don't want it."

He cried so pitifully, and his fingers holding her sleeve tightened a little.

It seemed as if she would disappear from where she was as soon as he let go.

Xie Xingran's expression relaxed slightly, a trace of heartache flashing across his face.

So he gave him another chance and said, "So are you going to tell me or not?"

She wanted him to explain clearly, including what happened between him and Su Nianwan and why he wanted to help her.

Could it be true, as Sister Jin Ge guessed, that Su Nianwan is his white moonlight and cinnabar mole?

She doesn't believe it.

"I, I said, I, I..."

Lu Ci was crying so hard that he couldn't speak clearly, but a long time passed and he didn't say a single useful word.

In Xie Xingran's opinion, he was still trying to hide something and was unwilling to open his heart to her.

He didn't seize both opportunities.

But Xie Xingran had lost his patience.

At this moment, she wished her mind-reading ability was still there, so that she could at least know what he was thinking, or... or find a deceptive excuse for his behavior.

But now that she has lost her ability to read minds and it’s hard to discern people’s hearts, how can she possibly know what his real difficulties are?

Opening her phone, she showed him all the photos that were sent to her by an unknown number.

At the same time, he pulled out his sleeves and said tiredly:

"If you don't want to tell me, then I'll tell you. Lu Ciye, it was you who told me that Su Nianwan was a person who would do anything to achieve her goals and had no bottom line, and that you told me not to have too much contact with her.

But how did you do it? Just now, you two were sitting in the car together, and I don’t know what you did—”

"No! I don't have a wife," Lu Ci also threw away his phone, shook his head anxiously to deny it, stepped forward and pulled her sleeve again, explaining bitterly:

"We didn't do anything, honey, believe me, there's really nothing going on between her and me."

Xie Xingran pulled back his sleeves and looked at him with suspicion: "Is there really nothing?"

"Then Lu Ciye, you helped her gain a foothold in the Su Company without telling me, and met with her privately several times. What does this mean?"

As he spoke, thinking of the days when he had been deceived by him, Xie Xingran felt a pang of bitterness on the tip of his nose, tears welled up in his eyes, and his voice choked up:

"I can't even figure out. You say she's shrewd and selfish, unscrupulous. Is it because you hate her, or because you like her without realizing it?"

"No, my dear, it's not like that." Lu Ci was so heartbroken that he almost died, and reached out to wipe her tears.

Xie Xingran turned his head away, took a deep breath, and blinked back his tears and sobs.

When he turned around, he regained his previous coldness and said again:

"Lu Ciye, I will not forgive your deception, and I will not accept your behavior of not telling me anything.

So, let’s get a divorce, we are not suitable.”

"I don't want it!" Lu Ci also cried and yelled like a child, forcibly holding her hand, sobbing:

"Wife, don't divorce me, don't... Yes, she threatened me, no, I don't want to help her, and I don't want to meet her either.

I’m just, I’m afraid, afraid that she’ll tell you and my mom, I’m afraid, afraid that you’ll dislike me if you find out…”

Xie Xingran's expression remained unmoved, but she still did not break free from his hand.

"So what did she threaten you with?" she asked. "What are you afraid of?"

She was really curious, but couldn't figure it out. He kept dragging his feet and refused to tell her, which really annoyed her.

Lu Ci's expression also paused, tears hanging on his face, and he was silent for another two seconds.

Xie Xingran chuckled: "Divorce. Lu Ciye, you..."

"I've been molested—" Lu Ci also closed his eyes and said this, tears surging like a river bursting its banks.

Xie Xingran was stunned for a moment, suspecting he had misheard, "Wha-what?"

Lu Ci also opened his eyes, his eyes blurred with tears, his voice broken but clear:

"When I was ten, my father died of cancer. The company was in huge debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. At the time, a pedophile man, who was rich, said that if I could let him touch me, he would help my family invest and tide over the difficulties. Once, I was forced to... Su Nianwan saw it at the cemetery when she was paying tribute to her mother, so now, he is using it to threaten me."

After saying that, he closed his eyes again. When he opened them again, he saw her incredulous and stunned expression, and tears welled up in his eyes like a tide.

He held her hand, lowered his head, and begged while sobbing:

"I said, honey, I told you, let's not divorce, okay? I don't want to divorce you, honey, please forgive me, please forgive me, honey,

Just think of it as, just think of it as pity for me, can you forgive me this time? Wife, please don’t, don’t despise me…”