under the tower

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, every sentence he asked was precisely on the point that Ji Xi didn't want to answer, which made him wonder if Qu Chenyuan deliberately made him feel uncomfortable.

"... Soon." Ji Xi answered two words vaguely, the spark of irritability in his heart was even worse, he was wandering back and forth on the verge of eruption.

"Okay, hey, I'm envious." Qu Chenyuan sighed quietly, his words were full of regret, "Enjoy your last single time, young man."

Ji Xi: "?"

"That's right." Qu Chenyuan said, "I recently encountered a very troublesome thing. Brother Xiao Lu, although you are not married yet, maybe you can give me some advice?"

Ji Xi: "Tell me."

"My family arranged a fiancée for me when I was with me. We have known each other for two years and we have a good relationship. She is well-bred and is a family friend with my family. She usually doesn't speak loudly when encountering anything. Listen to me, and the reproductive grade is A, a very good result, and, well, it can be regarded as a perfect marriage partner."

"...Then I was about the same age as you, yes, I was also 20 years old, and we got married naturally."

"According to our pre-nuptial agreement, we will have sex 3 times a week, which is completely in line with the number of times agreed in the original contract, and then I will also have regular medical examinations every month, oh yes, I forgot to tell you, my reproductive level Also an A."

"But the strange thing is that she still failed to conceive even though I worked so hard and dedicatedly for a year."

"In the second year, the elders of our two families became a little anxious and began to take her to the laboratory for artificial insemination. Painful. Who knows, because of this incident, she suddenly became mentally ill, but we didn't notice it at first, we just thought she didn't look very good, and she was always staring at the room in a daze."

"She began to be reluctant to talk to me, and sometimes she woke up inexplicably in the middle of the night, and then pushed me out of bed. I endured all this... After all, my wife is used for pain. Since we have been married for so long, I I didn't even say a serious word to her, I quarreled with her once, and I did all the terms of the agreement. I can swear that I have done absolutely nothing wrong in this marriage contract. "

"But after several times of artificial insemination, she still failed to conceive. According to the regulations, she may be divorced. I told her, let's try again, and she agreed."

"But on the other hand, my parents also asked me to get in touch with more sexual partners. I agreed. After all, a person's golden childbearing age is only for such a period of time. I can't wait for her to grow old." Qu Chenyuan looked at Ji Xi tried to explain, "Can you understand? They really pushed me very hard at that time. Although I was actually a little bit powerless, the pressure of our entire family was on me, and sometimes there was nothing I could do. "

Ji Xi nodded.

He didn't really understand this feeling, but he thought he could infer it from the attitude of his family members towards him in the past.

"It's not a bad thing to be in touch with other partners, I'll just complete the task." Qu Chenyuan said, a sad expression suddenly appeared on his face, "Then at the beginning of this year, I met a girl named Wanying is in the bar in the 13th area of ​​the outer circle of the base. She looks completely in my aesthetics, with a melon-shaped face, round almond eyes, and a straight nose. I chatted with her a few words, and we hit it off very well. Went to bed that night."

"We also got along very well in bed. I felt like I was possessed at the time. I hang out with her every day. I feel uncomfortable if I don't see her for a second. I really want to die on her body."

Ji Xi's body stiffened slightly, her expression blank.

Suddenly he seemed to lose his voice.

For a moment, he actually thought that Qu Chenyuan was talking about himself.

"……and then?"

"And then, about three months later, she became pregnant."

Qu Chenyuan said every word clearly, he seemed to be talking about something very serious and solemn.

"According to the pre-marital regulations, if either of the husband and wife's sexual partners becomes pregnant during the marriage, the child will be raised by the blood-related father or mother alone, and the marriage contract will not be dissolved. That is to say, she can give birth to a child, and our Qu family will take care of it." This child is an adult, but my wife and I have no reason to divorce because of this matter."

"At that time, my wife's mental state was also not stable. She always cried for no reason, and sometimes she couldn't eat anything. The treatment center prescribed antidepressants for her, but the effect didn't seem to be very good."

Ji Xi frowned: "So?"

Qu Chenyuan seemed a little embarrassed to speak: "I don't know if she has heard about it, but I'm still keeping it from her now."

Ji Xi raised his eyebrows, expressing his incomprehension: "Why? Is there anything embarrassing about this?"

Qu Chenyuan smiled bitterly, and said: "Actually... I regret it, I have been thinking of leaving her and marrying Wan Ying back."

"I've been thinking about this all day and night, thinking that I can't sleep at night, my hair is pulled out in a lot, and I have to pretend to lie behind her, although I know she probably hasn't fallen asleep either."

"When I think about this... I feel uncomfortable." He looked at Ji Xi with painful eyes, "...you may not understand, most likely you will not understand, and I did not understand anything before."

Ji Xi was taken aback for a moment: "Why? Because she has a child?"

"No... Really not." Qu Chenyuan lowered his head, his red hair was drooping and messy, he murmured with a tangled expression, "I just want to be with her, simply want to be with her. "

"But then I found out that Wanying was actually born in a slum. She was abandoned when she was born, but because the nearby residents happened to have a kind-hearted couple who were unable to have children, they adopted her who had just fallen to the ground."

"That kind of family and background, I know that my family is absolutely impossible to accept, and I'm not even her first man."

"But in spite of that...even though I have 1 reasons to convince myself that I know intellectually it's not right, I still want to do it."

He spoke incoherently, and Ji Xi's mind was in a mess when he heard it, not because the whole thing was so difficult to understand, but because he was in a mess right now.

After a while, he still said calmly: "You shouldn't abandon your wife, let alone she is still sick."

"Yes, yes, I know." Qu Chenyuan laughed weakly, like a broken bellows, "This is also the reason for my troubles, she is in poor condition, and I promised to give her some more chances , I can't do it now and tear myself apart with her."

He raised his head: "Xiao Lu, if it were you, what would you do?"

Ji Xi looked at him blankly, his mind was turbulent, his heart was actually not as peaceful as it appeared on the surface.

After a long time, he seemed to have finally made a difficult decision. He closed his eyes and said slowly in a calm tone——

"...If it were me, I would abide by the contract, stay with my wife, and give up Wanying."

It was the right choice, always has been.

Those abnormal factors, those outsiders who disturb the normal order, should be abandoned, and they should be abandoned.

Qu Chenyuan smiled complicatedly, as if he was not surprised by Ji Xi's answer: "I expected you to say that, I asked countless people close to me, and they all gave me this answer."

"So it's right." Ji Xi said, "You have to do the right thing."

"...Ha ha." Qu Chenyuan gave a weird laugh, narrowed his eyes, but the tails of his eyes drooped, and with his fiery red hair, he looked like a funny clown, "Yes, that's right, reason tells you, Tell me, tell everyone, this is right, you have won, but what about feelings? What is my like and love for her?"

Ji Xi originally sat with her back straight, but now she froze completely.

The hard handcuffs on his wrists separated him, at this moment the cold metal feeling suddenly became sharp, he subconsciously twitched, and the iron chain made a crisp vibration, the iron chain was connected to his and Yanyi's wrists.

The place bound by the shackles became hot, as if a fire had burned into his heart, making him restless and restless.

Ji Xi bewilderedly asked a question.

Is this what you like?Is this love?

From childhood to adulthood, Ji Xi was brought up with the most stringent standards, and those "correct" dogmas were deeply rooted in his blood, as if he would maintain an upright sitting and standing posture at any time. A habit and an instinct cultivated over years.

It is also the arrogance engraved in his bones.

He is not allowed to make mistakes.

Ji Xi's small fan-like eyelashes trembled a few times, casting a dark arc-shaped shadow, his peripheral vision subconsciously moved to the silent Yan Yi beside him, as if expecting him to be like the past Give him the most standard answer every time.

However, this time, the man was silent like a solid rock. He seemed to have heard it, but he seemed not to have heard it, or he might be thinking about something else. There was no response.

He was extremely quiet, as if he was really just a bodyguard doing his duty.

He didn't say anything.

Ji Xi said blankly: "But even if you fulfilled your relationship with Wan Ying, you also hurt the feelings of everyone else. Your wife and family members who had expectations of you also violated the spirit of the contract."

"You really don't understand at all." Qu Chenyuan said quietly, his eyes almost pierced Ji Xi's entire body, and he said in great distress, "You don't understand, even if it is completely wrong, you will still fall in love with someone without hesitation. Wrong person."

"...Man is such a pathetic and despicable creature."