I just got divorced, and the female CEO is already clinging to me.

Shen Qingrou drove back to the hotel without saying a word.

Ye Cheng didn't speak this time either, focusing his attention on the road and being alert to whether any other cars might suddenly crash into him.

When he got out of the car, Ye Cheng put the wheelchair on the ground and sat down.

Seeing how scheming Ye Cheng was, Shen Qingrou felt a little uneasy, but she didn't say anything.

He took the initiative to push Ye Cheng to the top floor.

Back in the living room, free from outside interference, the two silently gazed at each other, each lost in their own thoughts.

Ye Cheng waited for Shen Qingrou to ask her questions.

Shen Qingrou waited to hear what excuse Ye Cheng would use to cover up his behavior.

After gazing at each other for a while, Shen Qingrou, seeing that Ye Cheng showed no intention of speaking, left the room.

But a short while later she returned, holding a knife in her hand.

Ye Cheng was slightly taken aback, wondering what crazy thing this girl was going to do next, when Shen Qingrou threw the knife in front of him.

"Will you do it yourself, or will I do it myself?"

Ye Cheng was stunned: "What do you want to do?"

Shen Qingrou's eyes revealed a resolute determination: "I thought about it for a long time on the way back. I've had enough of this oppressive life."

"You just want me dead, huh? Fine, give me a quick death, come and kill me!"

Ye Cheng looked at Shen Qingrou with a wry smile and assured her, "With me here, no one can hurt you!"

Didn't I do a good enough job just now?

When Chen Zhaoyi made things difficult for Shen Qingrou, Ye Cheng didn't hesitate to drop his pretense, step forward to protect Shen Qingrou, and even taught the person who offended her a lesson.

But Shen Qingrou didn't seem to think that Ye Cheng was protecting her.

"Stop pretending. Your performance just now has already revealed that you are not an ordinary person at all."

Many people know my story with him; your appearance was part of a scheme.

I never expected her to go to such lengths to deal with me.

Everything was arranged long ago, just waiting for me to take the bait.

I'm tired. Just give me a quick death.

Ye Cheng said speechlessly, "Do you have some misunderstanding about me?"

Shen Qingrou didn't answer. Instead, she stepped forward, picked up the knife from the ground, and stabbed it into her heart.

This scene startled Ye Cheng quite a bit, but fortunately his attention remained focused on Shen Qingrou.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough.

Ye Cheng flashed to Shen Qingrou's side, grabbed her wrist, and snatched the knife from her hand.

"What do you want to do?"

Tears welled up in Shen Qingrou's eyes: "Can't I do it myself if you won't do it?"

"Once I die, your mission will be complete, and you can go on living your own life."

Ye Cheng looked at Shen Qingrou with exasperation: "Can you please wake up and use your brain to analyze whether I'm here to protect you or to hurt you!"

If I were here to harm you, I wouldn't have bothered Chen Zhaoyi like that.

Shen Qingrou said, "The way you treated Chen Zhaoyi was just an attempt to sow discord between the Chen family and the Shen family, wasn't it?"

Now you have achieved your goal.

Ye Cheng said, "What benefit would it bring to the Shen family if I sowed discord between the two families? Why would your stepmother do something that wouldn't benefit the Shen family!"

No wonder you've never opened up to me; you've always suspected that I was sent by your stepmother to spy on you.

What exactly did she do to make you so wary?

Shen Qingrou said, "Is it meaningful for you to trick me like this?"

"If I told them, I'd be in even worse shape!"

Once suspicion arises, the charge is already established.

Ye Cheng didn't know how to prove that he was there to protect her.

Even if the truth were told, Shen Qingrou might not believe it.

Because the truth is a bit far-fetched.

Who planted the seed that would bind the two of them together twenty years ago?

"What do I have to do for you to believe me?"

Shen Qingrou asked, "Why can you take on a whole group of people all by yourself?"

There's nothing to hide, Ye Cheng explained: "I grew up in an orphanage, and I had no one to rely on since I was little. The only person I could rely on was myself."

To have more self-defense capabilities, I started practicing martial arts when I was very young.

You know a bit about those spoiled rich kids; they're nothing but paper tigers.

"As long as they dare to resist, defeating them will be effortless."

Shen Qingrou asked again, "Then what about your feigning death before?"

"If you're so strong, why did you end up in the hospital after I just abused you a few times?"

Ye Cheng said, "My body hadn't fully recovered at that time, but it's only in the last few days that I've recovered."

Haven't you noticed that I've suddenly become a completely different person?

She used to let you mistreat her, but a few days ago she suddenly started fighting back.

Upon hearing Ye Cheng's words, Shen Qingrou naturally noticed the anomaly and finally resolved her doubts.

"I still don't understand, why do you still protect me with all your might after I treated you like that?"

Logically, you should hate me.

Ye Cheng said, "I know you can't understand it, and I can't understand it either. When you asked me this last time, I said it was our fate from our past lives."

This is still my answer.

I just want to add one thing: after spending so many days with you, I've found you to be a very kind girl.

Pretending to be nonchalant is just a way to protect oneself.

I grew up in an orphanage, with no one to rely on, and I understand the pain of that isolation and helplessness.

Perhaps it's out of empathy for your plight that I want to protect you and prevent you from getting hurt.

These were indeed Ye Cheng's heartfelt words, although he only willingly became Shen Qingrou's bodyguard to repay the mysterious person.

However, before getting close to Shen Qingrou, it was passive protection, but now it's genuine protection.

He couldn't bear to see Shen Qingrou get hurt in any way, otherwise it would break his heart.

Shen Qingrou could sense that Ye Cheng's answer was sincere, but it was not something she could easily let her guard down around him.

"You're so cunning, how can I believe what you say!"

"You've clearly recovered, so why are you still sitting in a wheelchair, pretending to be weak, and completely deceiving me?"

Ye Cheng said, "Do you think I can't tell that you lack a sense of security?"

Although I suspect it's the pressure from your stepmother, since you haven't admitted it yourself, I can only conclude that someone wants to harm you.

Since I know someone wants to persecute you, how could I possibly reveal my true strength?

Only by pretending to be weak and frail can you take advantage of others when you encounter danger.

Just like today, if I hadn't pretended to be vulnerable, how could Chen Zhaoyi have let his guard down?

Shen Qingrou understood this immediately; Ye Cheng's words were indeed reasonable.

She had resolved her doubts and felt she had no more questions to ask Ye Cheng.

Seeing that Shen Qingrou was silent, Ye Cheng began to ask about the doubts in his heart.

Why do you think your stepmother remotely controlled that car to hit us?

Logically, Chen Zhaoyi and his group should be the most suspicious.

Shen Qingrou hesitated for a moment, but finally took the last step and decided to tell Ye Cheng everything tonight.

Only in this way could she know whether what Ye Cheng had just said was true.

She felt this was the biggest gamble she had ever made in her life.

They even felt like they had risked their lives.