Until I reopened my phone the next day, I didn't know that Xu Qin had been looking for me all night.

There were dozens of missed calls from him on my phone, and countless messages he sent to me.

If it were before, I would have been ecstatic with such eagerness.

But even though he looked for me all night, he couldn't figure out where I was.

If it were Xu Qin who went missing, as long as I wanted to find him, I could locate him in the shortest possible time.

I knew all his preferences, knew the places he liked to go, and knew which of his friends I could contact if he went missing.

But Xu Qin was different.

Perhaps when he was looking for me last night, he realized that he had no way to reach me.

He had never cared about anything concerning me, wouldn't know where I liked to go, and wouldn't know which of my friends he could contact to find me.

It's laughable that after knowing each other for over ten years, even though I am already his wife, his knowledge of me is probably inferior to that of a colleague at his company who has only been there for half a year.

Ignorant.

Utterly clueless.

I finally replied to him with a message: [It's signed. If you want to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau, contact me then.]

They say we're husband and wife, yet we've become so distant.

I finished getting ready and went to the office.

It wasn't until evening that Xu Qin finally found me.

I think he must have searched through our chat history to find out where I work.

When Xu Qin arrived, I was already about to leave work. But when I saw him walk in, I suddenly didn't want to go anymore.

I lowered my head and continued typing on the keyboard, thinking that focusing on work is also good.

Xu Qin walked straight towards me and said in a low voice, "Xia Ruo."

I don't know how long it had been since I heard him call my name like that. For a moment, it felt as if I had traveled back to our youthful years.

My nose suddenly tingled, and I continued typing, pretending I didn't hear him.

My colleagues around me kept glancing at Xu Qin. There were a few recent college graduates who secretly took out their phones to take pictures of the handsome guy.

One of my colleagues sitting next to me smiled and asked, "Xia Ruo, is he your boyfriend?"

Xu Qin heard that and his expression froze for a moment, then he stood next to me and said, "Her husband."

My straightforward colleague blurted out in astonishment, "Ah, so you're married!"

Xu Qin's face became even more unpleasant.

He leaned down and asked me, "Aren't you off work? Let me take you home."

Indeed, it was time to leave work. Most of my colleagues had already left, and only two or three of them who hadn't finished their work for the day remained to work overtime.

I stopped typing on the keyboard for a few seconds and then continued, "Working overtime tonight, won't be home early."

It was his usual phrase from before.

I thought that with Xu Qin's usual aloof attitude, he would just leave after turning around.

But unexpectedly, he sat down next to me and said, "I'll wait for you."

It was as if I had pursued him back then. No matter if he was on duty or at any other time, as long as he turned around, I was always waiting for him.

I stared at the screen, my voice tinged with mockery, "What are you doing now?"

Our engagement shouldn't have been a kind of restraint for him, right?

Being with me should be far less enjoyable than being with Zhao Shanshan, right?

So why is he dragging on and not willing to divorce?

I don't understand him, and I don't want to think about it anymore.

During countless sleepless nights, when there was no one by my side, I had already thought enough.

I thought anxiously, felt lost, and exhausted myself.

But now, as I think about it, while I toss and turn, he's probablyalso going through his own struggles.

Maybe he's also lost and confused, but he doesn't know how to express it.

He sat there quietly, not saying a word, as if he was waiting for something.

I finished my work and shut down my computer. As I stood up, he stood up with me.

I looked at him and asked, "Where do you want to go?"

He hesitated for a moment and then said, "Let's go home."

Home.

That word suddenly struck a chord in my heart.

Yes, we have a home, but it's no longer warm and cozy.

It's become a cold and unfamiliar place.

But maybe, just maybe, we can try to rebuild it.

We walked out of the office building together, side by side.

As we walked, I couldn't help but ask, "Xu Qin, why did you look for me yesterday?"

He glanced at me and replied, "Because I realized that I didn't know where you were. I was worried."

His answer surprised me.

For the first time in a long time, I saw a hint of vulnerability in his eyes.

He continued, "I know I've been neglecting you, taking you for granted. I thought I had all the time in the world, but I was wrong."

I stopped walking and looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

He took a deep breath and said, "I don't want to lose you, Xia Ruo. I want to make things right, to be the husband you deserve."

I was speechless.

For so long, I had been yearning to hear those words from him.

But now that he said them, I didn't know how to respond.

We stood there in silence for a while, and then I nodded and said, "Let's go home, Xu Qin."

As we walked hand in hand, I felt a glimmer of hope.

Maybe, just maybe, we can find our way back to each other.