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Chapter 1164 - Chapter 1164 Chapter 1166 Threat (4)

Chapter 1164: Chapter 1166: Threat (4) Chapter 1164: Chapter 1166: Threat (4) In the moment he was pulled away, Qin Zhiyou’s pupils suddenly dilated, then quickly constricted.

His hands felt empty. Just moments before they had been caressed by the delicate touch of her wrist and her lingering warmth, but now, his fingers grasped nothing as Lu Weixi had already stepped past him, walking straight to the door, her hand on the doorknob.

Qin Zhiyou’s heart felt as if it had emptied in an instant. He couldn’t help turning back, looking at her resolute back and the nape of her neck. Bitterness welled up in him, and he bowed his head, slowly beginning to speak, “I just knew.”

He had only uttered these four words when Lu Weixi, who was ready to unlock the door, paused in her motion.

“I just knew, during these five years of marriage, your heart was never truly with me.”

As Qin Zhiyou said this, his voice remained calm, though the tail end trembled lightly. Yet it sounded somewhat self-mocking.

Lu Weixi’s heart churned with mixed feelings as memories flooded back, and suddenly she felt an urge to defend herself. Perhaps her motives for marrying him were not pure at the start, and maybe there wasn’t much affection between them initially. But in this recent period, she genuinely developed feelings for Qin Zhiyou.

But what did he do? On the one hand, he hid his contacts with Fang Rushuang and Liu Yiyi from her, and on the other, he had other plans, never once being honest with her. He spoke so nicely when signing the divorce agreement, but in the end, it was nothing more than spending a little money to buy his reputation. Moreover, the moment the agreement was signed, he wanted her out immediately.

What did he mean by saying such words now? Was he regretting that in five years of marriage, he hadn’t successfully won over even a trivial person like her?

Well, he was really sorry about that.

In their five years of marriage, her feelings for him had gone from initial indifference to dislike, then gradually to liking, and now, after anger, there was only faint resignation. She didn’t want to say anything, and in the end, she merely spoke slowly, “Whatever you say.”

Then, she pushed open the door.

Qin Zhiyou spun around abruptly, listening to the sound of her footsteps growing more distant. Since his birth, this was the second time he felt such helplessness. The first was when facing his father’s death, and the second, her heart that he could never warm.

Indeed, there were some things he hadn’t told her, like his dealings with Liu Yiyi. But such counter-espionage was never meant to stand the light of day; the less she knew, the better. He could assure himself that he would never do anything to wrong her. But, with his past “crimes piling up”, the boy who cried wolf too many times was no longer believed by anyone.

And she probably didn’t trust him much either; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so reluctant to have children, thinking, when trouble arose, not of weathering it together, but of how tired she was, and wanting to let go. No matter how he pleaded, it had no effect, so what was the point of holding on?

Perhaps she didn’t love Qin Zhigu anymore, but towards him, she had never really opened her heart, never…

Qin Zhiyou’s fingers drooped, clenched into a fist, then released weakly. In the end, he could only sit forlornly on the edge of the bed, until he heard footsteps outside. Then, in a panic, he stood up, didn’t pack anything, and like a coward, he went straight downstairs, drove to the company.

As the car was about to drive away, he saw Lu Weixi standing by the window sill through the rearview mirror. Perhaps she was seeing him off, or perhaps she was just looking at the scenery. But no matter what, she was indeed right; between the two of them, the curtain had fallen. Even though the verdict had not been pronounced, their hearts had drifted apart. Forced together, she would never be happy.