Liáng Yǔ refuses to divorce.

After moving out of that house, I realized that I had nowhere to go.

After my parents returned to China, they travelled everywhere and didn't buy any property in the southern city.

And Liáng Yǔ and I, from falling in love to getting married, it was too fast.

I thought I had found someone I could entrust my life to, but I didn't expect to fall into a sweet trap.

Sitting in the office, reflecting on the past year, I realized how ridiculous I was.

Perhaps it was the experience of my previous relationship that made me cherish the days with Liáng Yǔ so much, to the point where I willingly transferred the technology and talents of the company to Liáng's father's company.

Outside the one-way glass, almost all the technical backbone have left.

My mom called to ask about my current situation, the bond between mother and son.

She asked me, are you unhappy?

"Hmm, unhappy, it feels like everything has derailed, maybe it was wrong from the beginning."

I didn't say it was Liáng Yǔ, and she didn't ask further.

"Xīn Xīn, if you're unhappy, find the thing that makes you unhappy and cut it off.

"If you leave rotten meat alone, it won't heal itself, it'll just turn into a sore. You have to dig it out harshly to make the wound heal."

Mrs. Lí deserved to be a psychologist, she hit the nail on the head.

Liáng Yǔ barged in just as I finished the call with Mrs. Lí.

"Xīn Xīn, I don't agree to divorce, I love you, and I love our baby too, it's unfair to me for you to...

He clenched the divorce agreement, his knuckles turning white.

"So you can love someone in your heart, and love someone else physically, no, love many, Liáng Yǔ, you are so open-minded.

"This kind of love is too dirty, I can't afford it.

"Liáng Yǔ, let's part amicably, let's leave each other with some dignity, shall we?"

My words didn't have much effect, Liáng Yǔ tore up the divorce agreement right in front of me.

He knelt down in front of me, big fat tears falling onto the carpet.

"Xīn Xīn, you have no idea how much pain a child from a single-parent household goes through, how can I let my child follow in my footsteps."

On the day of our wedding, Liáng Yǔ told me that his mother died shortly after giving birth to him, and only much later did he find out that his father had already started a new family before his mother's death.

I held him and earnestly told him that from now on, he was no longer alone, I would love him.

Now thinking back, it's really laughable.

"Do you really love this child?"

He nodded his head forcefully, holding my hand as if he saw hope.

"Love her, so you want to exchange her for your freedom, right? You've been acting so hard for over a year!" I laughed and shook off his hand.

But Liáng Yǔ held on with even more force, urgently defending himself: "No, that's not it, I really love her."

I looked at him with an indescribable bitterness surging up, and tossed a stack of chat records that were inverted on the table onto him.

On the very top was his conversation with his father.

【Liáng Yǔ, settle Lí Xīn, then I won't bother you.

【The resources from the Lí family are still useful for now, as long as she has a child, Lí Xīn won't dare to divorce you in the short term.

【Keep those other women outside a secret!】

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An exchange of a child for freedom, isn't that a bargain.

Clearly a victim himself, yet still unmercifully pushing his own child into hell.

"Liáng Yǔ, you're just as disgusting as your father!"

The security guards escorted him away, and I sat on the chair feeling exhausted.

The pain in my stomach was growing, my vision went dark.

I seemed to hear a young, tender girl crying and calling me mom, she wanted to come closer to me but was being pulled away.