Chapter 9

When our daughter Xixi turned two, Chen Yiyue and I held a public wedding ceremony. Follow the official account: Hu Boshi.

That man really had too much money. I suspected he’d borrowed the wedding plans from some royal wedding—the whole thing was so extravagant even I felt embarrassed.

I also invited Fu Mian.

And I apologized to her.

Back in high school, that love letter really had been placed on my desk. But when I saw the first two characters, I handed it straight to her.

She’d thought Chen Yiyue liked her too.

That misunderstanding had fueled rumors for years, growing into all sorts of different versions.

Fu Mian also told me that after every dance class in high school, she would see Chen Yiyue waiting outside the building with his jacket in hand.

At first, she thought he was waiting for her.

But when she went over to talk to him, he ignored her, always cold and distant.

Now I knew: Chen Yiyue had been waiting for me.

Dance class ended late. He was afraid I wouldn’t be safe, so he followed behind me all the way home.

But back then, I had a secret crush on a tall, slender senior with a scholarly air. I even joined the trend of writing love letters.

The next day, Chen Yiyue reported me to the teacher.

That was how our feud began.

We traded barbs and mocked each other until graduation and adulthood.

Why had I always been single since the womb?

Because no matter where I went to have fun in Beijing’s social circles, I was bound to run into Chen Yiyue.

Every party turned into a stage for the two of us. Everyone stared as we fought and bickered.

The only man I’d ever spent so much time with was him. After being enemies for so long, we’d accidentally become the people who understood each other best.

Looking back, that bastard had been scheming all along…

I turned to look at Chen Yiyue, holding our daughter in the distance.

He was looking at me too, his alluring peach-blossom eyes narrowing as his thin lips silently mouthed something.

I read his lips perfectly: “Wifey, I want to kiss you.”

What a shameless man!

In broad daylight, and he was thinking about that kind of thing!

I glared at him, but the corner of my mouth rose into a smile despite myself.

I walked toward Chen Yiyue and our daughter, my steps steady, my heart filled with a happiness and peace I had never known before.

The End

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