Just as I was thinking about this, my phone vibrated.

I opened my phone, and it was a message from my best friend: [Xia Ruo, are you okay?]

Scrolling up in our chat history, I found a few videos she had sent me a few days ago.

Since I met Xu Qin, I thought his personality was always serious and unsmiling.

From being together to getting married for four years, his emotions were always calm and indifferent. Whether it was our wedding anniversary or various holiday activities, he never showed much joy or laughter.

I thought that was just how he was.

Not until I saw the videos my best friend sent me did I realize that he wasn't unsmiling, nor was he devoid of romance. It's just that all his tenderness and smiles were given to someone else.

They walked together, played together, and stayed in hotels together.

As I was watching the videos my best friend sent me, I could hardly recognize that person.

It turns out he can be considerate and feed someone with his chopsticks.

He also has tenderness in his eyes when looking at someone.

He gently touches her head and lets her lean on his thigh.

Including the last video.

It was half a year ago, the day Xu Qin officially started financially supporting Zhao Shanshan. They were kissing under the jacaranda tree outside our high school, the same tree where I confessed my feelings to him.

My best friend is a teacher at our school and happened to be working late that night. She saw them as she was leaving the school and secretly recorded it.

No one besides her knew that Xu Qin and I were married.

We didn't have a wedding banquet because he thought it was complicated and troublesome, and I've always been afraid of such fuss, so we just had a small gathering with our families.

My best friend and Zhao Shanshan have been friends for many years.

After hesitating for a while, she finally sent me the videos a few days ago.

Finally, I remembered what happened that day half a year ago.

During that time, Xu Qin's mood visibly worsened.

Now that I think about it, it was probably because he heard that Zhao Shanshan was getting married.

After graduation, Zhao Shanshan didn't have a good life. Her family burdened her with many troubles.

Later on, her parents forced her to marry a wealthy second-generation heir who liked her a lot, but she didn't like him.

On the day of the wedding, Zhao Shanshan ran away.

She went to find Xu Qin.

No wonder that day when Xu Qin's phone rang, he hastily left before even cutting my birthday cake, saying, "You can eat the cake yourself."

I thought he had an urgent matter at work.

It turned out Zhao Shanshan found him.

In the video, when Xu Qin first met Zhao Shanshan, he still seemed indifferent, saying, "Aren't you supposed to get married?"

Zhao Shanshan was not a person who cried often, but she seemed a bit mentally unstable that day. She grabbed Xu Qin and cried while telling him many things: "I didn't go, I don't want to get married."

In essence, she had run away from her wedding and had many things on her mind, not knowing who to talk to, and he was the first person she thought of.

Xu Qin didn't react or say anything.

Later, when Zhao Shanshan saw that he remained silent, she turned to leave and said, "Then I'll continue with the wedding."

But Xu Qin's expression changed: "Do you dare!"

He took a few steps forward, embraced her from behind, pressed her against the jacaranda tree, and kissed her passionately.

After that, he said, "Fifty thousand every month, I will support you."

Zhao Shanshan was angry and raised her hand to hit him: "Xu Qin, you've gone too far!"

But her hand didn't fall in the end, giving off an appearance of humiliation.

She probably needed money badly.

That's how Xu Qin began financially supporting her.

But his attitude towards her had already changed, no longer that of an ordinary lover.He became possessive and jealous, never allowing her to get close to any other man.

He would sometimes take her to high-end hotels for a few days, and sometimes he would take her on trips abroad.

During this time, I was busy with work and didn't notice anything strange about Xu Qin's behavior.

But now, as I watched these videos, I couldn't help but feel a surge of anger and sadness.

He had betrayed me.

The person I loved and trusted the most had been sharing his life with someone else behind my back.

I couldn't contain my emotions any longer, and tears started streaming down my face.

I felt a mixture of hurt, anger, and betrayal.

How could he do this to me?

I thought about confronting him, but I didn't know what I would say or how I would react.

Part of me wanted to confront him and demand an explanation, while another part of me just wanted to run away and forget about everything.

But deep down, I knew I couldn't ignore this.

I deserved to know the truth and to understand why he had done this.

I took a deep breath, wiped away my tears, and made up my mind.

I would confront him and demand the truth.

We needed to have a serious conversation about our marriage and the future of our relationship.

No matter what happened, I knew that I deserved better than being treated this way.

I would find the strength within me to face this situation and make the right decision for myself.

It wouldn't be easy, but I knew I had to do it.

With a determined mindset, I picked up my phone and typed a reply to my best friend: [Thank you for sending me those videos. I need to talk to Xu Qin. I'll let you know what happens.]