Three years after Chen Nuo's death.

With her exceptional abilities, Su Li successfully led the company to go public, becoming a leader in the industry.

The first thing she did after her success was agree to my marriage proposal.

We became a couple that everyone envied.

But in the fifth year of our marriage, I became the laughingstock of everyone.

She constantly changed men by her side, continuously provoking my limits.

I questioned her why she treated me this way.

She laughed and said, "Because I hate you! I hope you die!"

I began to learn not to argue or fight back, letting her make a scene.

Because I was really close to death.

When Zhao Hang called me, I had just come out of the emergency room, holding the lab report I had just received.

"Mr. Lu, it seems that Ms. Su is drunk again. You should come and take her home."

"I understand, I'll be there soon."

After hanging up, I quietly slipped out of the hospital to pick up Su Li.

On the way, my head throbbed painfully. I leaned against the car window, watching the night scenery retreat outside, as my memories began to blur.

I couldn't remember how many times I had come to clean up after her when she got drunk.

Nor could I recall when we had started to become like this.

I arrived outside the VIP room at Shuiyun Pavilion, where I could hear Su Li's laughter with other men inside.

"Ms. Su, are you coming to my place tonight?"

"Sure, I'll go to your place tonight."

But today was clearly our wedding anniversary.

Their unrestrained laughter and words pierced my heart like needles. In the past, I would have felt angry and furious.

I felt that my dignity as a man was trampled underfoot by her, mocked by others.

I had made a scene and argued, but she didn't care at all.

She continued to change her flirty partners, generously loving others.

Only towards me was she extremely indifferent.

But we had once loved each other so deeply.

Seeing me appear, Su Li was still hugging the young man beside her, drinking freely.

She was already heavily intoxicated, frequently on the verge of vomiting.

Seeing her in distress, I stepped forward and snatched the wine glass from her hand.

"You’re already drunk, come back with me."

When I grabbed the wine glass, the liquor splashed all over the young man beside her, her lover, Gu Jiang.

Gu Jiang angrily stood up to block me, "Sister Su said she’s going to my place tonight."

I glared at Gu Jiang in anger, "You have no say in this!"

Gu Jiang, unwilling to back down, attempted to block me again, and I pushed him away.

He fell to the ground, knocking over a nearby wine bottle, and the glass shards cut his hand, causing blood to flow immediately.

Su Li quickly got up to check on him, flustered as she helped him tend to his wound.

After treating his injury, she stood up and splashed a glass of wine directly in my face.

"Lu Xiao, are you sick?"

Yes, I am sick; otherwise, I wouldn't have rushed from the emergency room to see you flirting with other men.

You should know that two hours ago, I suddenly had a nosebleed and fainted on the street.

If it weren't for a passerby taking me to the hospital, I wouldn't even know where I was now.

"Then consider me sick, just come back with me."

I reached out to pull her, but she shook my hand off.

"I don’t need you to take care of me!"

"As your husband, if I don’t take care of you, who will?"

I clenched my fists and looked at Su Li, desperately suppressing the anger within me.

Su Li suddenly laughed, poking my chest with her finger, her eyes filled with mockery.

"Do you have the right? Ask yourself."

Her words were like a knife, stabbing my heart once again.

I knew that if Chen Nuo were still alive, the person by her side would definitely not be me.

"Drink this glass of wine."

"If I drink it, I’ll go back with you."

When Su Li handed me a glass of high-proof liquor, I remembered what the doctor had just said: "Late-stage brain cancer, avoid alcohol and spicy foods..."

I froze for a moment, my body trembling slightly.

I unconsciously felt the consequences that the liquor would bring.

I looked at her in disbelief, "You know I can't drink high-concentration alcohol."

Su Li knew that I had been hospitalized several times due to alcohol allergies.

But today, she forced me to drink such high-proof liquor, just to vent her anger for her lover.

"You don’t have to drink."

"Just double the pain he caused you!"

Her cold gaze was filled with hatred...

This kind of look had appeared once five years ago and then disappeared.

Later, she smiled brightly at me and said, "I’m willing to marry Lu Xiao, no matter the ups and downs of life."

But now, all that was left was one sentence.

"I hate you!"

I turned to look at the glass shards on the ground; if I returned the pain to Gu Jiang, my hand would probably be ruined.

But I clearly remembered her once saying that my hands, with distinct joints, were the most beautiful.

I looked at Su Li sadly, "What if I don’t do anything?"

"If you don’t do anything, then just obediently roll back! Don’t bother me anymore!"

"Gu Jiang, let’s go, tonight we’re still going to Lufeng Hotel."

Su Li turned to pull Gu Jiang, and I grabbed her arm.

"I’ll drink!"

After saying this, my body felt a moment of disorientation because I couldn't bear the loud noise here.

The cacophony made my head throb as if it were about to explode.

The doctor said that I was particularly sensitive to decibels in this condition.

I endured the discomfort in my body and picked up the glass of high-proof liquor on the table.

In front of everyone, I downed it in one go.

The spicy taste exploded in my throat, rushing straight to my head.

My mind went blank, and I lost my senses.

Then the burning sensation spread from my throat to my stomach.

I couldn't help but cough violently, my face quickly turning hot.

Seeing me in such a state, Su Li merely remained cold-faced and silent.

In her eyes, even if I died right in front of her, she would remain indifferent.

I set the glass down and looked at Su Li.

"Can we leave now?"

Su Li didn’t move but pointed at Gu Jiang.

"Apologize to him."

I looked at Su Li in disbelief; she actually wanted me to apologize to this pretty boy.

The intense headache and the discomfort in my heart made me unable to hold back any longer.

"I will not apologize to him!"

Seeing us at a standstill, Gu Jiang stood up and approached Su Li.

He tightly clenched the tissue in his palm, causing the blood to seep out again.

His entire palm was covered in bright red blood.

"Ms. Su, you should go back with Mr. Lu. I don’t think Mr. Lu meant to."

"I don’t want you two to argue because of me; I don’t want to make you unhappy."

"As long as you’re happy, this little injury doesn’t matter."

After Gu Jiang finished speaking, he was about to leave, but Su Li had already seen the blood on his palm.

She directly pulled him back, "You’ve lost too much blood; I’ll take you to the hospital."

Gu Jiang shook his head, "A Li, I can go to the hospital by myself; don’t worry about me."

Su Li shouted, "I said, I’ll take you!"

Their mutual concern seemed so touching to outsiders.

And I felt like the third wheel who shouldn’t be there, standing beside them like a transparent person.

Su Li pulled Gu Jiang, preparing to pass by me, and I grabbed her arm again.

"Su Li, see clearly who is the one accompanying you!"

"He’s just a pretty boy, only after your money; what’s the difference from the whores outside!"

"If you go with him today, we’re completely done!"

This was the first time I had threatened her with such a reason.

She stopped, then released Gu Jiang's hand and turned to walk towards me.