"Bingwen, I knew you still loved me." She looked at him happily, then suddenly kissed him.

Fang Bingwen didn’t expect her sudden action, he was momentarily stunned, and his heart tightened as well. He hadn’t expected that at this moment, instead of feeling happy, Ye Qiu’s face suddenly appeared in his mind. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

He felt a baseless panic inside, is this the feeling of betrayal?

"What’s wrong? Are you unhappy?" Song Qing asked coquettishly.

"No, I just feel that not having talked to Ye Qiu about divorce yet makes this not quite right." Fang Bingwen explained uneasily.

Song Qing’s lips curved downward, and she smiled sadly, "I understand. In the future, I’ll keep my distance from you."

Fang Bingwen looked at her seriously, "Once Ye Qiu is discharged, I will quickly propose a divorce to her."

"But I don’t want you to divorce her now."

Fang Bingwen was astonished, "Why?"

"Bingwen, have you thought about the future? I know you’re no longer the same as when we first got married, but you’re just an associate professor. Our future life needs money, Xiao Xu’s education needs money, all those courses with renowned teachers, where will we get the money from?"

"But I can’t wrong Ye Qiu while using her money and resources at the same time," Fang Bingwen said with a serious look.

Song Qing took his hand, "That’s not what I mean. I’m saying you could borrow money from her first, treat it as an investment. Once you’ve made your research breakthroughs and your career is successful, can’t we pay her back double?"

"But she’s innocent, I don’t want to deceive her."

"Do you really want to let me suffer and watch Xiao Xu’s future remain uncertain? Bingwen, Miss Ye loves you, she’s willingly sacrificing for you, and those things mean nothing to her."

"I..." Fang Bingwen didn’t know what to say. His conscience made him feel that deceiving Ye Qiu was wrong, but looking at Song Qing and his son’s pitiful and hopeful eyes, he couldn’t bring himself to refuse outright.

"Bingwen, I know you don’t want to wrong Ye Qiu, but have you considered that if you propose a divorce to Miss Ye now, will her older sister and Second Brother let you and me off? They’ll definitely think you’ve cheated with me. Even if Miss Ye chooses to let go, won’t her family seek revenge? What will we do without background or strength at that time?" Song Qing pressed on step by step.

Fang Bingwen furrowed his brows, indeed, even if Ye Qiu might not mind, what about her family?

He knew that Ye Qiu’s older sister and Second Brother had always had issues with him, especially Second Brother Ye, who wished Ye Qiu would divorce him anytime. If he really separated from Ye Qiu, would he really not take action against him?

Fang Bingwen wasn’t confident and increasingly agreed with Song Qing’s view. Without strength, he would indeed drag Song Qing and Xiao Xu down.

"Bingwen, you understand, don’t you? I know you’re struggling in your heart, but didn’t you never love Miss Ye? You only need to maintain the marriage for a bit longer. I believe that as long as you’re good to Miss Ye during this time, she’ll be happy and willing."

Fang Bingwen lowered his shoulders, his tone somewhat hazy, "Let me think it over."

Song Qing’s lips curled upward, realizing he’d compromised.

Ye Qiu found that ever since Fang Bingwen returned yesterday, he’d been treating her even better. What’s going on? Did Song Qing finally manage to persuade him?

She understood clearly that Fang Bingwen actually had principles, no matter how tough things got before, he’d never taken shortcuts.

In the past, Song Qing had rich suitors pursuing her, just as he had rich women pursuing him. But eventually, Song Qing bowed to reality, while he didn’t.

He didn’t get together with her for money, but out of impulse. As for why he wronged her in the past life, it was only because he loved Song Qing too much; for her, he could break his principles.

And now, the sudden change in attitude towards her was probably also because of Song Qing, she guessed he would soon bring up his experimental difficulties and lack of advanced equipment, waiting for her to naturally fund him.

It was the same in the past life; she thought he had finally accepted her, so she foolishly invested. Once his experiments finally yielded results, he sold his patents, his company succeeded and expanded, that was when he abandoned her.

This life, does he think she’ll fall into the trap again?

Wait for him to become successful, she’ll become a person unworthy of him? Wait for Song Qing to reap the rewards? How could there be such a thing in the world?

"I’ve been cooking this porridge for nearly two hours. The doctor said millet porridge is good for recovery, you should try it." He said warmly.

"That’s right, drinking more millet porridge during recovery is indeed good." The doctor happened to come in for rounds and teased them, seeing their affectionate appearance.

The Second Brother, who had originally prepared to retort, was also momentarily speechless and just glared at him again.

Fang Bingwen immediately thought of Song Qing’s words from yesterday, becoming more convinced that without strength, he indeed couldn’t afford to divorce.

After sending off Second Brother, Ye Qiu remained as quiet as the past few days, so Fang Bingwen couldn’t hold back any longer.

With a melancholic tone, he asked, "Are you still angry at me? Can I apologize? I promise that I will never leave you alone again."

"No, just tired recently," Ye Qiu said calmly.

Fang Bingwen opened his mouth, feeling a bit of panic. He felt she was different from before. Does she still love him like she used to? If not, what will he do?

"If you’re tired, rest more. If anything’s bothering you, just tell me. Don’t you love streaming? Would you like me to bring the stuff for you?"

Ye Qiu found it amusing inside. For Song Qing’s sake, he was really quite submissive now. Since when has he ever spoken to her like this before? It was always her taking painstaking care of him.

"With a phone, I can stream anytime."

"Do I need to step out?"

Ye Qiu finally looked at him, "You don’t mind anymore? Didn’t you blame me before for exposing your life?"

Fang Bingwen’s expression stiffened, "Before, I misunderstood you. You weren’t wrong. What reason do I have to refuse?"

"Have you dealt with those gossips at school? Have they affected you in any way?"

"It’s no big deal, the innocent are always innocent," he said, trying to stay calm.

In reality, he didn’t know much about the rumors at school; it was more like he avoided them intentionally. He didn’t want to know what colleagues and students thought of him, and also felt that once he slowly faded from sight, the rumors would gradually dissipate.

But what he didn’t realize was that these rumors hadn’t disappeared; instead, because certain people "coincidentally" saw him visit Song Qing, and some even "inadvertently" snapped photos of him returning home late from Song Qing’s place, his reputation worsened.