Cheng Niannian lowered her head and looked at the entertainment magazine in her hand. The man in the picture, handsome and outstanding, was her husband.

But the person embracing him, kissing his cheek, was not his wife, but the current top model, Lin Feier.

Cheng Niannian smiled wistfully. It had been over a month since she last saw him, and she hadn't expected to run into him like this.

I think that after seeing so many gossipy news stories, you just get numb and don't care anymore.

After all, it's commonplace for him to be in the headlines with famous daughters and popular celebrities. He's been married for three years and has seen that for three years.

But now, once again, I realize that it's impossible.

My heart felt like it was being clutched tightly by an invisible hand, the pain was so intense I could barely breathe...

How could you not care, unless you don't care for him.

But he, at first sight, was completely smitten.

To marry Lu Yan was the dream of everything since I first fell in love with him.

Three years ago, the Cheng family fell into poverty and faced bankruptcy. Her father took her to the Lu family. Old Master Lu looked at her for a long time and suddenly said that if she married Lu Yan, the eldest grandson of the Lu family, he would help the Cheng family through the crisis.

Cheng Niannian didn't know at the time that Lu Yan had friends. She was overjoyed, thinking that Lu Yan also felt the same way.

Forever remember, at the wedding three years ago, his contemptuous and hateful gaze that made you want to strangle him. Only then did you realize, yourself was being beaten by Lu Grandpa's matchmaking...

At that time, I naively thought he would still choose to listen to his grandfather, that it must be good for me, and that I could definitely warm his heart...

But, he spent three years making it clear that there would be no...

He put down the magazine and glanced at the clock. It was midnight. He should be... back, right?

As she came to, Cheng Niannian looked around the luxuriously decorated living room. It felt like a gilded cage, trapping this little goldfinch who didn't want to fly away...

As I reached the top of the stairs, I heard the sound of the front door being unlocked. My lifeless eyes suddenly lit up with color as I turned towards the entrance...

Lu Yan pushed open the door and walked in...

The dim light in the entryway cast his sharp features into relief: thin lips, a straight nose, and eyes as deep and dark as ink. The moment he saw... them, they filled with disgust.

Cheng Niannian's heart skipped a beat, and the joy she felt gradually faded away.

"Lu Yan, you, you're back..."

Lu Yan loosened his tie and gestured towards his suit jacket. His voice, deep and resonant like a cello, uttered words as cold as ice:

"Well, do I need to inform Mrs. Lu in advance?"

Chen Niannian hurriedly shook her head, walking towards him, wanting to go around behind him to catch his coat. However, Lu Yan suddenly grabbed her wrist with a forceful pull, the strength so great it felt like he was going to break her bones.

"Madam Lu, are you putting on another melodramatic performance in your boudoir? Did you run to Master's side to complain that I don't spend enough time with you? Is one week once not enough for you?"

Cheng Niannian's heart jumped instantly, she shook her head vigorously.

A man's deep voice spoke.

"That's right, it seems like quite a while this time, a month? Or even longer? Hmm? It made you so impatient that you wanted to file a complaint."

"No, Lü Yan, I don't. I just went to give my grandfather the chestnut cakes he likes..."

"Jin Yuan's five-star chef can't even make chestnut cake, so you want Mrs. Lu to bring it all the way here? Chen Niannian, can you please stop lying?"

A mist rose in Cheng Niannian's eyes, and her heart ached with every beat.

"Lu Yan, believe me, I didn't tell Grandpa anything I shouldn't have. I just miss him a little..."

Lu Yan's brows furrowed slightly in an instant, and with a turn, he pinned himself against the wall.

"Thinking of that old bastard?"