The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 502 - 499 Honey, Give me a hug 7_1

I remember seeing a quote: When a man offers his money, his heart, and his body, that means he loves you. If he offers money and his body, that means he’s keeping you. If he only offers his body, without money or his heart, he’s just playing with you. Only a despicable man would repeatedly emphasize: "Even though I can’t give you much money, and I might be unfaithful if I get the chance, you must love me unconditionally. You must care for my parents, cater to my family, bear my children, do household chores, and not be materialistic about food or clothes." That, supposedly, is true love, no matter the cost.

And then, women slowly get worn out in this so-called "great love," ending up like discarded peanut shells—yellow-faced hags.

Yan Xixi thought, But I couldn’t possibly manage such a high and mighty "love." Let other "good women" do it. Good women go to heaven; who cares if I end up in hell after death! It doesn’t matter to me.

How odd. Staring at the phone screen, I just couldn’t equate the phrase "foot-scratching man" with "Wan Donglin." Could a single extra character account for such a vast difference? What a nice "foot-scratching man" he was! Why did it have to be Wan Donglin? God knows, in my fixed impression, Wan Donglin was the type to be all about buying children.

It wasn’t that Wan Donglin hadn’t been good to her. Strictly speaking, she really couldn’t pinpoint any unforgivable wrongs he had committed.

Abuse? No.

Coercion? No.

Cheating? Also no.

If I had to hold a grudge about something, it would be that swing. But as soon as I left, he had it removed. Oh, right, there was another time. During a breakup, he’d gotten drunk and tried to force himself on me. He’d grabbed me, but I fought back fiercely. He even tumbled down the stairs, ending up like a human carpet... And he hadn’t succeeded that time either. What else had Wan Donglin done that was so unforgivable? I racked my brain, trying to settle the accounts—there was really nothing else.

Back then, she truly had been the one in dire straits who proactively called him. She asked for money to bury her mother and for her college tuition. Especially when she got pregnant, he had become incredibly attentive and compliant and stopped making his usual caustic remarks. He would often stay by her side, comforting and placating her. He proactively provided many things without her ever having to ask. This included items from luxury boutiques, large sums in her bank account, cash, and various gifts.

The more it was like this, the more terrified she became. He was planning to marry Zhou Ting but also wanted her to give birth to their child. That’s how it is with rich families, I thought back then. They can kick the woman out, but they definitely want the child. After all my hard work bearing the child, his family would take it. Whether through official channels or private pleas, even if I sued, I wouldn’t get to keep my child.

That’s why I had felt such immense relief when the child was gone.

If I can’t have it, then neither can you, she had thought.

How could a villain like him turn into the "foot-scratching man"?

She fumed. Where had things gone wrong? Could I have mistaken him? Maybe Wan Donglin just happened to show up somewhere today, completely unrelated to the "foot-scratching man"? But those messages, the way he called me "Xixi," that phrase "exposed to daylight and death"—it was undeniably the "foot-scratching man"!!! It was terrifying.

She suddenly pulled the blanket up, covering herself tightly. But it was so hot in the summer that she immediately jumped up and flung the blanket off.

My God, the world had completely gone mad!