Lin Xinlan couldn’t stand him anymore; why did he have to control everything?
Clearly, she wasn’t his real wife, and he didn’t like her, but why did he have to fuss over every little thing?
One could only say this man was too self-centered, too domineering, too fond of controlling others!
But now wasn’t the time to be confrontational with him; she couldn’t let him know what Zhou Yu had done, nor could she allow him to interfere with Zhou Xi’s affairs.
Just as these matters were about to be resolved, she certainly didn’t want to ruin everything and intensify the conflict.
"Of course, I haven’t been discussing his case all the time. I’ve just been feeling down lately, so I wandered around a bit.
Rong Shaoze, I am a person too, I have times when I’m feeling down and need some personal space to adjust myself.
You must have received a higher education, right? Surely you aren’t so unreasonable as to have to control everything?" she countered him.
Rong Shaoze looked at her sternly, and after a few seconds of silence, he let go of her, saying indifferently, "From now on, you are allowed to go out, but you must not come back after eight at night, otherwise, I won’t forgive you."
Lin Xinlan wanted to retort, but she held back and let it go.
After all, she rarely went out and usually didn’t come back too late; eight o’clock was an acceptable time.
She didn’t need to make herself miserable over such a trivial matter with Rong Shaoze.
However, neither Lin Xinlan nor Rong Shaoze realized that when they both gave a little, there would be no conflict between them, and matters would be easily resolved...
The rest of the day, the two did not speak to each other.
At night, when Lin Xinlan went to sleep, Rong Shaoze entered her room punctually.
Lin Xinlan swore, she really wanted to change the lock.
From initial resistance, to struggle, to forced acceptance, and then to the current helplessness.
Lin Xinlan couldn’t tell what her relationship with Rong Shaoze was anymore.
If they were husband and wife, he didn’t recognize her as his wife, and she didn’t acknowledge him as her husband.
If they weren’t husband and wife, but they were indeed married and performed marital duties every night.
What was she to him, exactly?
Just a convenient and legal woman?
Tonight, Lin Xinlan felt somewhat depressed, and Rong Shaoze was also downcast. Throughout the act, they did not speak a word, there was sex without love.
Afterward, Lin Xinlan took out contraceptive pills and was about to take them when Rong Shaoze, for some unknown reason, became furious, slapped the pill away, and shouted, "Lin Xinlan, can’t you just not take this thing?!"
Lin Xinlan thought back to the conversation she had overheard that day.
Could it be that Rong Shaoze really wanted her to get pregnant, and then use her child to seize power?
Her expression changed slightly, but she quickly regained her composure.
With a smile devoid of warmth, she lightly responded, "Do you want me not to take it because you want to have a child with me?"
Rong Shaoze irritably looked away; of course, that wasn’t what he meant.
He also couldn’t understand why seeing her take the pill upset him so much. It felt as if he was being completely rejected by someone.
"What I’m saying is, can’t you just not take it in front of me?"
"If I don’t take it in front of you, what if I sneakily stop taking it altogether?"
Hearing this, Rong Shaoze’s mood inexplicably lifted.
Her words, at the very least, proved she had secretly contemplated the idea of having his child.
Looking at it this way, his charm was still there, and Lin Xinlan’s feelings towards him weren’t as cold and heartless as he had imagined.