After a blind date, a wealthy heir asked me to marry him.

"Hey? Old Fu, aren't you going to eat your free lunch?"

Fu Cheng, who had just stood up and taken a step, heard this, turned around, picked up the lunchbox on the table, and strode out of the office.

They were so fast that He Ze didn't even have time to react before they disappeared.

"That old Fu guy..."

He Ze stood there, stunned.

Specifically, he was trying to recall the scene when he met Lu Shiyi that morning.

But no matter how hard he tried to recall, he couldn't find anything unusual.

Apart from what Lu Shiyi said to him, there was really nothing else.

Finally, He Ze couldn't help but sigh: As expected of the president's wife, her composure, her calm demeanor in the face of honor and disgrace, joy and sorrow, is truly beyond the reach of ordinary people!

……

After leaving the company, Fu Cheng drove straight to Huafu Junyuan.

He knew that Lu Shiyi was resting at home today.

He also knew that his wife's study room, which she had run for more than two years, had been sold off a couple of days ago.

Throughout the journey, there was only one thing that made Fu Cheng most uneasy: whether his wife had discovered his true identity.

On this point, the more cautious he was, the more conflicted he became.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have waited until now to confess.

Now look what's happened! Before he could even find a suitable opportunity to confess and get leniency, his wife found out first.

Confessing voluntarily and being caught red-handed are completely different things!

Fu Cheng, his mind in turmoil, unconsciously accelerated.

The journey that usually takes more than forty minutes, he arrived home in just over half the time.

When Fu Cheng pushed open the door and entered the house, Lu Shiyi was sitting on the balcony, with her back to the living room, looking out the window with her head slightly tilted back.

"eleven?"

Fu Cheng quietly changed into slippers, then gently walked to the balcony and called out softly.

We were extremely careful throughout the entire process.

He was afraid of scaring her, and at the same time, he was testing her reaction.

He didn't know if a sudden storm would follow.

It wasn't until Fu Cheng called out "Eleven" for the third time that Lu Shiyi, who had snapped out of her daze, slowly turned her head.

Her eyes were red, clearly she had been crying.

Fu Cheng's heart broke upon seeing this scene.

He hurriedly went to his wife, half-squatting down and nestling beside Lu Shiyi's legs. "Shiyi, what's wrong?"

Fu Cheng was unsure whether to ask for forgiveness or comfort his wife.

He could only hold his wife's hands in his own, tightly clasping them in his own.

"Eleven, I..."

"Li Pan has been diagnosed with acute leukemia."

"Ok?"

Fu Cheng, who was trying to figure out how to say it, was momentarily speechless upon hearing this.

"Li Pan?"

He vaguely remembered hearing the name somewhere, but couldn't recall who it was.

"It's the guy who helps us prepare for the postgraduate entrance exam in our study hall. He's been a lot of help to us."

Lu Shiyi sniffed, "Tang Tang and I accompanied her to the hospital for a check-up a couple of days ago. The results came back today, and she's been diagnosed..."

Half an hour ago, she received a call from Li Pan informing her of the test results.

Li Pan was crying very sadly on the phone.

This was the first time Lu Shiyi had ever seen Li Pan so emotionally broken down in all the time he had known her.

On the phone, Li Pan said that from a very young age, her life consisted of only one thing: going to school, going to school, and going to school again. After finishing elementary school, she went to junior high school, after junior high school, she went to high school, after high school, she went to university, and after university, she chose to take the postgraduate entrance exam in order to find a way out. Until the day she was diagnosed, she had never truly lived for herself...

From childhood to adulthood, no one ever told her why life had to be this way. It seemed that this was the path she was born to take, because everyone around her lived this way.

Li Pan, who was well-behaved and obedient since childhood, never did anything out of line. She was always a good child in the eyes of her family and a good student in the eyes of her teachers.

Even during her rebellious teenage years, she never showed the slightest sign of rebellion.

She believed that this was the right way to live, that this disciplined and orderly approach made her excellent, and that this hard work and self-discipline were the only way for her to succeed.

But it wasn't until she was diagnosed that she realized how pathetic her life had been for the first twenty years of her life.

She had never been in a relationship before, never tasted the sweetness of love...

She had never experienced what it felt like to take a trip on a whim...

She never did anything crazy, nor did she ever live freely and unrestrainedly for herself...

She had never started a family, never had children of her own, never experienced what it's like to be a mother, and she had never even experienced the high pressure and cruelty of the workplace...

Having attended school for nearly twenty years, she seems to have done a lot, yet also seems to have done nothing at all. Her life seems to have never truly begun, and now, it is about to come to an end.

The doctor told her that her current physical condition was too poor, and chemotherapy would only accelerate the progression of her illness.

Simply put, chemotherapy kills cancer cells, but it also wipes out all of her precious normal cells.

The risk of infection is extremely high, and it's very difficult to survive.

Of course, there is a chance of surviving, but it can basically be classified as a low-probability event.

This is all predicated on having the financial support of high medical expenses.

Therefore, Li Pan chose conservative treatment.

In other words, she was slowly waiting for death to come...

After hanging up the phone, Lu Shiyi was unable to calm down for a long time.

It is also difficult to control one's emotions.

She possessed a compassionate heart, yet lacked the power to save all living beings.

……

"It's windy on the balcony, let's go inside and sit down."

After listening to his wife's story, Fu Cheng helped her to the sofa in the living room.

"The greatest certainty in life is the fragility and uncertainty of fate! Everyone has their own unique destiny, so just take it easy and don't be overly saddened," Fu Cheng comforted softly.

Lu Shiyi raised her eyes and quietly looked at her husband.

After a while.

She asked, "Aren't you at work? Why are you back?"

Fu Cheng had already prepared some words of comfort, but upon hearing this, he swallowed them back.

"I……"

He was forced to return to his previous mental struggle and continue to brew the idea.

It's about being honest.

He was about to speak when he was interrupted by Li Pan's matter.

"Eleven, I..." Fu Cheng lowered his eyes, not daring to look Lu Shiyi in the eye.

He had chosen to conceal his identity without hesitation, never imagining that one day he would be so conflicted about revealing his lie.

Perhaps, the next moment will bring him a storm, but Fu Cheng feels that this is what he deserves.

He has sown the seeds of his own suffering, and only he can reap the bitter fruits of his own actions!

"Eleven, I..."

"Give me one hundred million!"

"Ok?"

Fu Cheng was slightly taken aback and didn't react for a moment.

But then, without hesitation, he replied, "Okay, however many billions you want, I'll give them to you!" Fu Cheng looked up at Lu Shiyi with a determined gaze.

"Where did you get so much money?" Lu Shiyi asked.

"I'm sorry, Eleven, I lied to you. Actually, I am the Fu Cheng you mentioned before, the richest man in Nanshi, the eldest son of the Fu family, the rumored Fu Cheng who is not interested in women. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."

Fu Cheng finally said what he had wanted to say so many times, but never knew how to say it.

Lu Shiyi looked at her husband calmly and smiled gently: "So, you've confessed on your own initiative, haven't you?"

These words seemed to be spoken to Fu Cheng, but also to herself.

Fu Cheng gazed intently at his wife with his dark eyes. So she really did know. She already knew!

But why was she so calm?

It was so calm it was even more terrifying than a violent storm!

"If I had said what I just said when we got our marriage certificate, would you have turned around and gone to file for divorce?" Lu Shiyi's tone remained calm, even carrying a hint of teasing.

But the more Fu Cheng listened, the more panicked he became...