80 village women marry military officers; it was supposed to be a fake marriage.

Chang Jingxiang's behavior infuriated his mother, who stomped her feet in anger. She never expected her son to be so heartless and ungrateful, and even with amnesia, he was still unforgivable.

No matter what, Lin Yue is his wife with whom he has a marriage certificate. Even if he has no feelings for her now, he shouldn't be defending another woman in front of her, and he shouldn't care about Lin Yue's safety at all.

Mother Liang shook her head in disappointment, hoping that Chang Jingxiang wouldn't regret it after regaining his memory.

She understood Lin Yue's personality quite well; the disappointment in her eyes was so obvious just now, it seemed that the Chang family was about to lose this good daughter-in-law.

Seeing that Chang Jingxiang remained unmoved, Xu Feifei secretly smiled to herself, knowing that she would never let go of this man, and she was willing to do anything for him.

"I hope you won't regret it later," said Mrs. Chang before chasing after him.

Watching Lin Yue's departing figure, Chang Jingxiang felt a strange mix of emotions.

Seeing that his expression softened, Xu Feifei immediately took his arm. "Brother Xiang, did I upset Sister Lin Yue? I just wanted to give her the gift I bought for Auntie, I didn't think too much about it."

Chang Jingxiang's rare moment of emotion was completely wiped away by Xu Feifei's tears. "It's alright, don't worry about her."

When Chang's mother chased after her, Lin Yue was nowhere to be seen. She didn't know which way to go.

Lin Yue ran all the way to the entrance of the garment factory. It was already dark, and there were hardly any people left in the factory.

She told herself to cheer up, but Chang Jingxiang's indiscriminate accusations still deeply hurt her.

She looked at the gate of the garment factory with teary eyes; there was nowhere to stay if she went inside.

She suddenly felt disoriented and squatted down helplessly.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but her legs were numb from squatting. Just as she was about to stand up, a pair of large feet wearing green rubber shoes appeared in front of her.

She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked up blankly, and Huo Qingyan's handsome face appeared in front of her.

What are you doing here so late?

Huo Qingyan hadn't originally planned to come; he just wanted to watch from afar and leave after she was gone.

But after watching for so long, Lin Yue remained squatting motionless.

He was worried, so he came over to ask. Seeing that Lin Yue didn't want to talk, Huo Qingyan didn't press further and just stood there with her.

Lin Yue tried to stand up, but her legs went numb and she fell forward. Huo Qingyan quickly caught her arm.

Originally, Huo Qingyan was going to put her hand on her waist, but she felt it was inappropriate, so she withdrew her hand and supported her arm instead.

"Thank you." Lin Yue steadied herself; her legs were cramping, but she endured the pain by stomping her feet.

People really can't be spoiled. They've suffered all kinds of hardships before, but now they've become so resilient.

She didn't care about anyone before, and no one protected her, but now she's become aloof and self-pitying.

"I'll take you home." Huo Qingyan let go of her hand once she was steady.

Lin Yue seemed to have encountered something, but she didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't ask.

He had neither the right nor the standing to ask, and if it concerned matters between her and her husband, he was even less qualified to inquire.

Lin Yue tugged at the corners of her lips and gave a self-deprecating laugh. She didn't want to go back to the Chang family now, and she had nowhere else to go.

It's not safe for her to stay in a guesthouse alone; what happened with Shen Rong last time didn't leave her with any good memories.

She wanted to say that she had nowhere to go, but then felt that she shouldn't complain to Huo Qingyan, so she swallowed the words back.

Huo Qingyan looked at Lin Yue. The little girl's eyes were red and her face was covered in tears, like a little kitten.

She looked like she had suffered a great injustice. Suppressing the urge to pull her into his arms, Huo Qingyan lowered his voice and said:

"I'll take you to see Qingxia. You can talk to her about anything and ask her for advice."

Girls tend to communicate better with each other, and Lin Yue's personality means she'll mostly keep things to herself.

Lin Yue nodded subconsciously, unconsciously clenching her fingers. She had nowhere else to go right now.

When Huo Qingyan arrived at his door, he didn't push the door open and go in directly, but knocked on the door first.

There was a bouncy sound as someone opened the door. Huo Qingxia opened the door and saw Huo Qingyan. She glared at him with annoyance.

His tone was full of disdain: "So what if you're back? Why are you knocking? Did you break your arm and can't open the door?"

Huo Qingyan raised her cold, handsome eyebrows slightly, then turned her body to the side, revealing Lin Yue standing behind her.

Huo Qingxia immediately put on a smiling face, "Xiaoyue, I knew it was you, so I flew over to open the door just now, come in quickly."

She shoved Huo Qingyan aside. "Get out of the way! With such a big build blocking the doorway, are you even letting anyone in?"

As she pulled Lin Yue inside, she shouted, "Mom, Xiao Yue is here!"

Mrs. Huo emerged from one of the rooms, carrying a knitting needle and thread.

Huo Qingxia stopped her as she reached out to help Lin Yue, saying, "Mom, you have a needle in your hand. What if you prick Xiaoyue?"

Mrs. Huo casually placed the needle and thread on the coffee table. "Yes, yes, look at my memory! I was just too excited. Xiaoyue, please sit down."

The two people seemed not to see Huo Qingyan and ignored him. Huo Qingyan smiled helplessly, walked to the sofa, and sat down in the seat at the very end.

Mrs. Huo was somewhat surprised. "Aren't you going back to your room? What are you doing sitting here?"

He's huge; he's enormous when he sits on the sofa, making him hard to ignore.

Huo Qingyan glanced at Lin Yue, assuming she hadn't eaten yet, and said to Huo's mother, "I haven't eaten yet."

Huo's mother glanced at him and said, "You're such a grown man. If you haven't eaten, go find something to eat. What's the use of telling me? I don't have any milk to feed you."

Huo Qingxia also chimed in with a joke, "Exactly, how old are you? People who don't know you would think you're still breastfeeding."

Huo Qingyan wasn't angry at all; in fact, a smile appeared on his face. He raised his hand and patted Huo Qingxia on the head, saying, "You have no manners."

Huo Qingxia slapped him with her hand, but he dodged it. "Why did you hit me? I was just saying what Mom said, you bully the weak and fear the strong."

Lin Yue watched their interaction with curiosity, temporarily forgetting her own affairs.

Although they sounded disdainful, they gave off a very intimate and genuine feeling, unlike the Chang family, who all seemed to be maintaining a certain air of superiority.

Huo Qingyan saw that the pain on Lin Yue's face had eased considerably, and the corners of his mouth curved upwards even more.

He gestured with his chin towards Lin Yue, "She didn't eat either."

Upon hearing that Lin Yue hadn't eaten, Huo's mother jumped up and ran to the kitchen, saying, "Xiao Yue, wait here, Auntie will go and cook right away."

She also saw the tear stains on Lin Yue's face, and Huo Qingxia also came back and told her about Chang Jingxiang's amnesia.

Although Mrs. Huo was also very angry, it was, after all, a family matter, and she couldn't interfere.

Now that she's finally found a chance to comfort Lin Yue, she's been waiting with all her might.

Lin Yue wanted to say that she had eaten, but then she remembered that Huo Qingyan had said that he hadn't, so she didn't say it.

Huo Qingxia took her hand and wiped away her tears. "Did their family bully you again? I think you should come and stay at my house. Stay far away from them and out of sight, out of mind."

Lin Yue laughed and said, "Didn't you tell me the other day to hold my ground? You changed it so quickly?"

Huo Qingxia stomped her foot angrily, "That was a momentary impulse. I've thought it over carefully these past few days. I'll just stay far away from them and let them do whatever they want."

Do you really think you can't live without them? Don't be afraid, I've got your back.

They're only acting so brazenly because you have no family or relatives to back you up.

Huo Qingyan's face remained expressionless, but he listened attentively.

Looking back now, Lin Yue realized that Chang Jingxiang's kindness towards her was mostly due to his being moved by her.

She wasn't very educated, and the two of them didn't have much in common; they mostly talked about trivial things.

Chang's mother and the others met her during a difficult time. She was very obedient and caused little trouble, which is why they temporarily thought she was good.

Over time, the gap became more and more obvious. Xu Feifei was different; I heard she had gone to university and spoke English very well.

Lin Yue's expression darkened. When you're deeply involved in something, you become giddy and your mind goes blank.

Only by stepping out of it can one see things clearly. "Actually, that's what I think too. I've already applied for a dormitory with the factory, and I can move in as soon as there's a vacant bed."

Huo Qingxia slapped her thigh excitedly, "Why stay in the dormitory? My family has plenty of rooms, you can stay wherever you like, and you can keep my mom and me company."

The men in our family are all very busy; they don't come home for ten days or half a month at a time. I don't know what brought them back today.

The topic then turned to Huo Qingyan, but he didn't respond. He just stared at the ground in deep thought, expressionless.

Seeing that she couldn't provoke him into arguing with her, Huo Qingxia felt it was pointless and stopped paying attention to him.

Lin Yue didn't want to trouble them. She hadn't divorced Chang Jingxiang yet, and it wouldn't be appropriate for her to stay at the Huo family's house so abruptly.

Huo Qingxia looked at her expectantly. Although she was reluctant, she gritted her teeth and said resolutely, "I still want to live in the factory. The competition is coming up soon, and I want to focus on preparing."

Huo Qingxia was skeptical. "The conditions in the dormitory must not be very good. Why would you make yourself suffer like this?"

“You forgot that I used to live in the countryside. Compared to that, the dormitory is already very good. After coming to Beijing, I’m a bit lost.”

Lin Yue had thought about this issue carefully. It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Habits are a terrible thing.

Huo Qingyan also felt that what she said made sense. Although he didn't usually go home, it was inevitable that people would talk about Lin Yue living here.

If someone with ulterior motives were to spread rumors and exaggerate the situation, it wouldn't be a good thing for Lin Yue.

Seeing her firm attitude, Huo Qingxia didn't want to force her, so she could only shake her arm reluctantly, "Are you really sure?"

Lin Yue responded with an "Mmm" without hesitation.

Huo Qingxia suddenly thought of something and her eyes lit up. "Who knows when there will be an empty bed in the dormitory? Why don't you stay here until then?"

One of the reasons Lin Yue enjoyed spending time with Huo Qingxia was because Huo Qingxia was straightforward and said what she meant, without requiring any guessing.

Lin Yue felt that she was not very smart and sometimes couldn't understand the implied meaning in other people's words.

"I'll trouble you for now, and I'll go to the factory to ask tomorrow."

Chang Jingxiang must sometimes feel very tired, dealing with such a fool like her.

Before Huo Qingxia could say anything more, her mother called everyone to eat, "The food is ready, come and eat, let's chat while we eat."

Although Huo's mother was full of disdain for Huo Qingyan, she still piled a full bowl of rice for him when serving him.

Huo Qingyan looked at the bowls piled up like a small mountain, and his lips twitched. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and eat, since he had said he hadn't eaten.

Lin Yuewan had eaten at the Chang family's house, but it was just for show; she didn't eat much.

I walked around for a long time and cried for ages, and I was already feeling hungry.

Mrs. Huo kept putting food on her plate, and she ate it without hesitation.

Mrs. Huo was so happy she almost fell over. "Isn't Auntie's cooking delicious? Qingxia and the others often praise me. You should eat more and come often. Auntie loves having lots of people eating here."

Lin Yue thought back to when she was in the countryside, she, Chang's parents, and Chang Jingxiang would eat around the same table, chatting and laughing.

Those days are gone forever.

When Lin Yue regained consciousness, she saw that the three people were staring at her instead of eating. She touched her face in confusion, "Is there something stuck to my face?"

"Oh, no, I called you just now, but you didn't hear me."

"Excuse me, I was a little distracted. What did you just say?"

Seeing the tears falling from Lin Yue's eyes, Huo Qingxia couldn't bear to say anything more.

"I said there's a new movie showing at the cinema, I think it's called The White-Haired Girl, let's go see it after get off work tomorrow."

She said this, but she was furious inside. Chang Jingxiang was a real scoundrel; he had bullied the soft and sweet Lin Yue so badly.

She was determined to confront him and make the Chang family apologize to Lin Yue.

Lin Yue was completely unaware that she was crying; she smiled and nodded, saying okay.

Lin Yue, with a smile on her face and tears in the corners of her eyes, deeply pierced Huo Qingyan's heart.

A surge of anger erupted within him, and he abruptly stood up, putting down his chopsticks and bowl. "I forgot I had things to do at the factory."

After saying that, he stood up and left without saying anything else.

Lin Yue was stunned for a moment, and Huo Qingxia nudged her arm, "Don't worry about him, let's eat. He's always so impulsive and unreliable."

Chang Jingxiang was forced by his mother to go out and look for Lin Yue, as she was really worried about her so late at night.

When Chang's mother brought him to the Huo family, they saw Huo Qingyan leaving the house. Huo Qingyan gave them a cold look, slammed the door shut, and left.

Mother Chang knocked on the door, and Huo Qingxia opened it again. She thought it was Huo Qingyan again, and muttered, "Huo Qingyan, are you ever going to stop? You've got nothing better to do than have your hands."

Seeing that it was Chang's mother and Chang Jingxiang, she didn't give them a friendly look and went back into the house without closing the door.

Seeing her expression, Mrs. Huo guessed who it was. She stood up and went to the door to call out, "You're here. Come in quickly, don't stand outside."

Chang's mother smiled sheepishly, "The two children had a little disagreement, and Xiaoyue ran away on her own. We were worried about her so late at night, so we came to check on her."