Wen Nuan closed her exhausted eyes.
He asked it anyway. He voiced the question he already knew the answer to, shattering the serene happiness of their marriage.
She knew that everything Gu Yanzhi had done over the years showed he had never given up.
But she still clung to a sliver of naive hope.
She thought that apart from love, she had done enough in this marriage.
She thought she had kept every relationship in an excellent state.
She thought that she and Yanzhi could quietly and peacefully live out their lives together.
She had made her choice years ago, and she had done everything she could to fulfill her promises to Yanzhi at that time.
She said: "I don't love you, but I will treat you well, and I will treat your parents well."
She said: "I will be a good wife, a good daughter-in-law."
She said: "As long as you don't leave, I won't abandon you in this lifetime."