The clouds and mists have dispersed, and everyone knows that I love you.

Early winter.

North City of China.

Outside the Huo family's Lanting gate.

A thinly dressed young girl was kneeling there. Her soft and delicate face had starry eyes lowered without any extra expression. Her pure white gauze dress was spotless and gently spread on the ground covered with a layer of fallen snow.

She is graceful and charming, like a fairy from heaven who has descended to the earth.

Whenever the servants in uniform passed by, they couldn't help pointing and whispering to him.

Shi Rong turned a deaf ear to them, as if the "murderer", "scheming woman", "money-losing girl", and "smelly bitch who no one wants even if she pays for you" described by people had nothing to do with her.

She has been living in the Huo family for a year.

A year ago, it was the same weather, with biting north winds and the ground covered in snow.

She finally met the man she had been thinking about day and night on the streets of Hua'an in the north city.

She was determined to go home with him even if it meant giving up everything she had. The man was so pestered that he had to take her to live in Lanting in the name of his "cousin".

As she wished, after two months of her diligent flattery, the man reluctantly nodded and agreed, saying that they could try to be together.

He said that as long as she was obedient, he would marry her; he promised that he would believe her no matter what happened.

Why? Everything was agreed upon...

Thinking of this, Shi Rong slowly closed her eyes. The countless pains in her heart made her feel sad and heartbroken.

Now, he might break his oath and marry another woman; or that woman might pretend to be close to him with bad intentions and set him up.

Why did the He family have to become the price for her "harming others and herself" and be killed by him again and again?

Half a month ago, Zheng Yuyan, the future young mistress of the Huo family and the second daughter of the Zheng family, was in a car accident and became a vegetable. She was admitted to the intensive care unit and her life or death was uncertain.

However, all the so-called strong evidence pointed to Shi Chang, who knew nothing about it.

She could never forget the words the man said on that heartbreaking night when he was arrogant, cold as ice, and determined to break off all ties with her.

He said, "Shi Rong, you are so vicious."

"Who would have thought that behind such a pure and beautiful face lies such a dirty heart."

He said, "You've killed the woman I love the most. Don't ever think of getting close to me again in this life."

"Because you don't deserve it."

Yes, Zheng Yuyan is pure and perfect, while Shi Rong is just an insignificant female supporting role from beginning to end.

Now that something happened again, it was only natural that she, the female supporting role, was labeled as "vicious".

There is no one in the world more despicable than her!

She even thought so herself.

She harmed the Shi family and everyone, and she thought this was the worst outcome.

Unfortunately, his brother Shi Yang has a bad temper, acts impulsively and rashly. Upon learning that the entire Shi family had been brutally murdered by the Huo family, he sneaks in at night and attempts to break into Lan Ting, but is caught red-handed and thrown into prison.

Shi Rong knew clearly that all this was the result of her willful behavior.

If she had not entered the Huo family in the beginning, had not chosen to be with him, had not met Zheng Yuyan, and had not offended the head of the Huo family.

Then maybe none of this would happen.

She had already lost her parents and destroyed the Shi family with her own hands. She couldn't live without a brother anymore.

She knelt there for three days and three nights, and her legs and knees were numb from the pain and she had lost all feeling.

But she didn't do it for anything else, she just wanted to ask that person to spare her brother.

For this, she is willing to pay any price.

Just like at the beginning, she was so stubborn that she had to be by his side and couldn't be driven away.

"Shi Rong, why are you doing this?"

Mei Wei, supported by a servant, walked towards her gracefully, wearing a wine-red fur coat and a light yellow embroidered cheongsam underneath.

Her black hair was tied up high with a simple pearl hair accessory. She didn't look like a middle-aged lady who was almost 50 years old at all. Instead, she looked like a rich girl with exquisite attire.

She is very beautiful, with a pretty figure, a pair of phoenix eyes that are delicate but not gaudy, and exude the radiance of charm and beauty.

When she arrived in front of Shi Rong, she half-knelt down with her well-proportioned figure, and her fur slipped to the ground. She didn't care much, raised her hand and placed it on Shi Rong's thin shoulder with a pleasant expression.

She is the first wife of Huo Zhengtong, the respected first lady of the Huo family, his mother, and one of the few people here who is willing to speak nicely to her.

"Shi Rong, I once said that you are a very good girl, but you are not suitable for Jiuzhou. You and he are not from the same world. Forcing yourself to be together will only hurt both of you."

Mei Wei grabbed the fur coat on the ground and, regardless of past grudges, put it on Shi Rong's body, which was shivering from the cold.

"Listen to your aunt and get up. Jiuzhou won't see you. You can't wake someone who's pretending to be asleep, so why bother yourself? If you really want to protect your brother, leave the Huo family. The farther away, the better. At least for the next two or three years, don't come back to Beicheng. Everything will slowly get better."

"mom."

Accompanied by a sharp brake sound, a custom-made "Rolls-Royce State Silence" was parked steadily in front of the two people.

This interrupted Mei Wei's kind visit to Shi Rong, and also interrupted the girl's words that were about to come out.

Shi Rong raised her eyelids. This was the first time she saw the man's familiar handsome face since she broke up with him due to the incident. He was still so eye-catching that every time he appeared, he was the focus of the crowd that could not be ignored.

The well-tailored handmade navy blue suit covered his tall body with broad shoulders and narrow hips. He was tall and slender, with an imposing demeanor, and his hair was neatly and meticulously parted in a business style, without being affected by the cold weather.

She had high, sharp eyebrows, a straight nose, and slightly pursed sexy thin lips. Her charming and seductive brown eyes were filled with contempt and ridicule.

"People like her deserve it. You don't need to sympathize with her. I'll send you back."

As soon as he finished speaking, the valuable fur coat on his body was casually picked up by two long fingers, slipped out of his hand and thrown far away.

Do you just...dislike her so much?

Shi Rong curled the corners of his mouth in self-mockery. Well, if she hadn't come here, she wouldn't have known.

The woman that Huo Jiuzhou had cherished and doted on was not someone that a fallen woman like her could easily reach.

Just as the entire North City knew that Shi Rong loved Huo Jiuzhou.

Huo Jiuzhou finally announced to the world that the woman he was about to marry from Lanting's side courtyard was Zheng Yuyan.

What an ironic wishful thinking!

The two of them left mercilessly, walking further and further away, and Shi Rong withdrew his gaze, no longer wanting to linger.

The winter in the north city is very cold, the wind is biting, and water freezes into ice. But no matter how cold the weather is, it is not enough to relieve the coldness at this moment.

What exactly is she looking forward to?

Was it the rare concern a man showed? Was it his unwavering faith in her sudden change?

Shi Rong laughed again.

How is this possible?

He never gave her any love, did he?