Could it be that Zhou Du had long discovered the dirty secret between her and Song Yuhuan?
Chu Luyao was filled with disbelief. In front of Zhou Du, she had always acted as if she treated Song Yuhuan strictly as a younger brother.
Zhou Du knew this and had never said much about it.
She originally thought she could stabilize this dangerous triangular relationship perfectly well.
Even with the addition of a child.
When she first found out she was pregnant, her first thought was of Zhou Du. He had always looked forward to having a child.
She didn't love Song Yuhuan, nor did she ever intend to expose her relationship with him to Zhou Du.
Sleeping with him was merely indulging in a ghost—a face that looked exactly like his dead brother.
From when did he start knowing?
Sweet memories of the past flashed through her mind, scene by scene.
"Yaoyao, as long as you ask, I will give you everything you want, even if it means giving my all."
Zhou Du was a man of his word.
After getting together with him, Chu Luyao never had to worry about a single thing.
When the weather turned cold, opening the wardrobe revealed the latest winter fashions.
When she fell ill, there would always be a glass of water at the perfect temperature right by her hand.
As long as she needed him, Zhou Du would always be there.
Would there ever be a day when Zhou Du didn't love her? Chu Luyao had never once entertained this thought.
Zhou Du loved her so much he would wish to carve out his own heart and place it before her just so she could see it.
It was impossible for him to just leave like this.
Zhou Du's feelings for her were so sincere, fervent, and intense. Chu Luyao confidently believed she could hold Zhou Du's love firmly in the palm of her hand forever.
But she had neglected the fact that she wasn't as steadfast and loyal as she had imagined. Only... when did she start to change?
Was it the day-after-day dullness of married life? Was it the image of the late Song Yuheng that occasionally flashed through her mind? Or was it Song Yuhuan's deliberate seduction, mimicking his brother's appearance?
She was a top lawyer who had handled countless cases of broken homes. She had convinced herself that infidelity was merely a procedure every marriage had to go through—that only couples who survived the test could truly make it to the end.
Gradually, she forgot her promises to Zhou Du and to their marriage.
She accepted Song Yuhuan's cheap, low-level seduction tactics while enjoying the unchanged kindness of the unsuspecting Zhou Du. The thrill of having two men deeply infatuated with her made her lose her way.
She thought she could control everything and balance this precarious triangle.
But she forgot one thing: for Yaodu to grow from a small startup founded by the two of them into a Global Fortune 500 company, Zhou Du was by no means a weak character who swallowed insults in silence.
Zhou Du understood Chu Luyao's manipulative grinding tactics, and he also knew clearly that he had lowered his bottom line for her again and again.
So, this time, Zhou Du didn't make a sound. He abandoned everything and disappeared—completely and thoroughly.
After figuring all this out, the unwillingness in Chu Luyao's heart erupted violently.
"Zhou Du, I will definitely find you and win you back!"
Her fingertips traced Zhou Du's name on the paper over and over again, her eyes filled with thick yearning and obsession.
"Zhou Du, you can't leave me."
"Zhou Du, I didn't betray you. I have absolutely no feelings for Song Yuhuan."
"Zhou Du, come back."
Chu Luyao repeated Zhou Du's name again and again until her voice went hoarse.
The person whose eyes used to be filled with only her had truly disappeared.