There aren't so many bad people in this world, Jiang Shen.

  Originally, Guan Yanxi might not have planned to explain anything to Jiang Shen until she left the Jiang family, but in this quiet atmosphere today, it's really more suitable for revealing her true feelings.

  Is it clean?! Jiang Shen narrowed his eyes slightly.

  Guan Yanzhi closed the book, Jiang Shen's eyes flashed a hint of disdainful cold smile, even if only for an instant... but it still didn't escape Guan Yanzhi's notice.

  "I'm the illegitimate daughter of the Guan family, my name is Yan Hong. I have a mother who's addicted to gambling... In order to pay back debts, I've become a cover girl for many men's magazines. Because I was short on money, I sold out my marriage for 30 million, because I didn't want to owe the Guan family anything. The 'Guan' character in front of my name... is a symbol of me losing my freedom. I've been working hard, waiting until I pay back all that I owe the Guan family, and become a proud Yan Hong."

  When she said these words, Guan Yanrou did not show a sad expression. She always had a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, and her eyes revealed a worn-out look that girls of this age would not have without experiencing hardships.

  Those clear eyes, gentle... yet revealing a hint of tenacity.

  "Yan Hong..." Jiang Shen's thin lips opened and closed, softly reciting Guan Yanhong's name.

  "From start to finish, I never had the intention of relying on you or seducing you. It was your preconceived notion that led you to think I had ulterior motives no matter what I did. Jiang Chen, there aren't so many bad people in this world." Guan Yanru revealed her pearly whites as her eyes curved like a new moon, "At least, I'm not one of them."

  Jiang Shen rarely sat there listening to others talk so much, he clenched his fist around the coffee cup in his hand.

  Across from him... the woman sitting under the dim yellow light, just like in the photo he still kept on his phone, raised her hand to tuck her long hair behind her ear, with warmth in every corner of her eyes and eyebrows.

  Jiang Shencen's heart skipped a beat as she met someone else's gaze... which was now fixed on her.

  He recalled many years ago, also under such dim yellow light, his mother sat beside the bed and smiled at him.

  Such gentleness had almost been forgotten by Jiang Shen as time passed, but... at this moment, Guan Yan's smile and figure seemed to overlap with his own thin and weak mother, making the warm scenes of those years clear again.

  Jiang Shen's throat moved, Guan Yan's face was as red as a descending female demon from heaven, her voice and smile could both reach the softest part of Jiang Shen's heart.

  "Go back to your room and sleep, you still have to go to the hospital tomorrow." Jiang Shen said after a long while.

  He got up and walked into the darkness, leaving behind a warm color that had wrapped around Zhou's body.

  That night, Jiang Shen did not return to his room. He thought that if he were in the room, Guan Yanrou might not be able to sleep well either, so he let Guan Yanrou have the room.

  Jiang Shen couldn't sleep and sat in the living room smoking all night.

  A thousand dividing lines

  P.S: Today is Qianqian's dad's birthday, so I'll take dad and mom out to celebrate... Will update the next chapter tonight! Love you guys!