"Sister Xinyao, the room is too cold, I'll go."

Lijuan comforted Zhou Xinyao to lie down, and then went to the first floor.

The door to the first floor was open. As soon as Lijuan came downstairs, she felt a chill blowing towards her.

However, Zhang Ziqing was wearing only thin clothes and sitting in the living room on the first floor, burning paper with a gloomy look on her face.

Lijuan came to Zhang Ziqing and said with a smile: "Sister Ziqing, it's too cold. I'll keep the fire going for you. You can go upstairs and take a nap."

Zhang Ziqing turned slightly and replied, "No, you should go and rest with Xinyao early."

Lijuan smiled awkwardly, "Sister Ziqing, you'd better go upstairs. If you don't go upstairs, Sister Xinyao might not be able to sleep."

Zhang Ziqing sighed helplessly, "Xinyao is afraid that I will commit suicide again, right?"

Lijuan smiled slightly. Although she didn't respond, her expression told Zhang Ziqing that it was exactly as she said.

"Oh, tell Xinyao to let her sleep peacefully. Even for her, I won't commit suicide," Zhang Ziqing said helplessly.

Hearing Zhang Ziqing's helpless and resentful tone, Lijuan guessed that Zhang Ziqing would not commit suicide again.

"Sister Ziqing, I'll go upstairs first. If there's anything, please call me."

"my phone number is……"

Lijuan took out a small sticker and a pen from her pocket, wrote the phone number on a piece of paper, and stuck it on a corner of the table.

Zhang Ziqing nodded slightly and continued to burn the paper.

Lijuan then came to the room upstairs.

Zhou Xinyao was indeed not asleep yet. When she heard the door open, she sat up immediately.

Lijuan walked quickly to the bedside, "Sister Xinyao, please lie down and rest. Sister Ziqing said that she won't be upset, so don't worry."

Zhou Xinyao still looked worried.

Li Juan was afraid that Zhou Xinyao was still frightened, so she tried to persuade her again: "Sister Xinyao, Sister Ziqing said that she would not be upset even if it was for you."

"Since Ziqing said so, she definitely wouldn't lie to me. Let's go to bed early," Zhou Xinyao said.

Lijuan lay on the bed with her clothes on, her body leaning straight against the edge, looking extremely restrained.

"Lijuan, don't be so polite, take off your clothes and get into bed. Look, I can hardly reach you with this quilt."

Lijuan was still a little embarrassed and wanted to refuse Zhou Xinyao.

But seeing Zhou Xinyao's enthusiasm, he didn't feel comfortable refusing.

"Thank you, Sister Xinyao, you are so kind. If possible, I really want to stay with you forever."

Lijuan held the quilt with both hands and said with longing on her face.

"I also want you to stay with me forever. If one day you leave, I will really not be able to let you go!" Zhou Xinyao told the truth.

Lijuan leaned her head gently on Zhou Xinyao's shoulder, closed her eyes and looked very happy.

"Then I will stay by your side for the rest of my life and serve you well."

"That won't work. You still have to get married."

Zhou Xinyao said, sighing, "Maybe after I get married, I won't be able to control myself anymore."

"So, I'm not going to get married. Men are not as good as me. I've seen through it all," Lijuan said angrily.

Zhou Xinyao wanted to ask Lijuan if she had also experienced a failed relationship, but she didn't have the courage to ask.

Lijuan leaned her head on Zhou Xinyao's shoulder and saw that Zhou Xinyao seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

Then she opened her heart and said, "Sister Xinyao, let me tell you, I have been hurt so much by men in my life, and I really don't want to open my heart to men anymore."

Zhou Xinyao smiled in agreement, but didn't feel comfortable asking further.

Thinking about what happened in the past, Lijuan was so angry that tears came to her eyes.

"I had a good friend before, and we were even talking about marriage, but in the end..."

Lijuan couldn't help crying as she spoke.

Zhou Xinyao immediately comforted her: "Lijuan, don't think about these unhappy things."

Lijuan wiped her tears and continued, "We met while working at our employer's home. He was the boss's personal driver, and I worked beside his wife, so we had more contact at work, and that's how we got to know each other."

"and then?"

"I was young at the time and didn't know how to recognize a man's sweet talk. I was deceived by him and ended up living with him."

When talking about the two of them living together, Lijuan showed a smile on her face, and it can be seen that the two of them must have gotten along very well during that period of time.

"After living together for more than half a year, I told my family about our cohabitation. My father called me a worthless slut and a shameless person..."

Speaking of this, Lijuan couldn't stop crying.

Zhou Xinyao picked up the tissue on the bedside and handed it to Lijuan.

"Don't think about those unhappy things."

Lijuan took the tissue and wiped her tears, her eyes full of resentment and determination as she continued, "After I told my family, my parents urged us to get the marriage certificate quickly, but he refused to agree."

"That proves that he doesn't love you, he just wants your body," Zhou Xinyao said.

"If it was just for my body, I wouldn't hate him that much. It's because he lied to me. He lied to me that he was single, but in fact he had a wife and children. One night, his wife came to my house, and she came with a large group of people, and then..."

As Lijuan spoke, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

One can imagine what she went through that night.

"His wife brought several people to strip me of my clothes, dragged me to the street and kicked me in the stomach..."

Zhou Xinyao said angrily: "This is a bit too much!"

"What about him? Did he just watch you get beaten and humiliated?" Zhou Xinyao asked again.

"Not only did he watch me get beaten, he also told his wife and her family that I was the one who seduced him."

When she said this, Lijuan's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"I really hate him so much that I want to cut him into pieces."

"This man has really gone too far. I believe God will not let such a person get away with it," Zhou Xinyao said indignantly.

Lijuan sneered, "Yes, he is dead!"

"died?"

"Yes, my father killed him."

"That night I was stripped naked and thrown on the street. A kind-hearted person on the street called the police for me. The police notified my family and took me out of the police station."

"At the police station, my father beat me up and told me I had no shame and that he didn't want me as his daughter. I really hated my father at the time, but I didn't expect..."

Lijuan blew her nose hard and continued, "I didn't expect my dad to go and seek revenge on him that night. The two of them started fighting on the spot, and in the end my dad stabbed him to death."

After hearing what Lijuan said, Zhou Xinyao remembered that it was no wonder that Lijuan knew the visiting hours in the detention center.

"Then your dad..."

"My father has been sentenced to life imprisonment. I don't know how many years it will take for him to be released!"

"Your experience is indeed quite miserable..."

"So, there is nothing good about men!"