My ex-husband took Bai Yueguang home and begged me on his knees not to get a divorce.

The guests arrived soon. Ye Xi and Li Yiwen toasted at every table, and everyone wished them a happy wedding.

When he arrived at Shi Xuchuan's table, he still said nothing, didn't even look at her, but drank two glasses with Li Yiwen.

There are a lot of police and government officials here today. Ye Xi feels that Shi Xuchuan at least takes the overall situation into consideration and will not really go crazy regardless of the occasion.

After eating and drinking, everyone moved to the dance hall.

With dim and charming lights and soft music, Ye Xi and Li Yiwen, as the newlyweds, went up to dance first.

They cooperated well with each other and the audience watched attentively. After they finished a dance, everyone applauded.

The next ones to jump were Yu Shaoyan and Rong Junkun.

Ye Xi and Li Yiwen stood behind and admired them.

After a while, Shi Xuchuan came over and, in the dim light, stretched out his hand to signal Li Yiwen to go out, as he had something to say to him.

Ye Xi hurriedly pulled Li Yiwen back and told him not to go. They had nothing to say to Shi Xuchuan.

Shi Xuchuan glanced at her with some indescribable emotion in his expression, then turned and went to the garden outside.

Li Yiwen shook her hand and said, "It's okay. If I don't go, he will come to you again."

Ye Xi just watched Li Yiwen walk out.

The lights in the garden had been dimmed, and they were no longer as bright as they had been during dinner.

Shi Xuchuan stood under the tree, half of his body hidden in the darkness. He held a cigarette between his fingers, and only a spark could be seen lighting up in the darkness, and the smoke drifted into the light.

"All of you know that she is Ye Xi."

When he said this, you couldn't see the expression on his face, but his voice was filled with a sense of hidden suppression.

"She has always been Li Yexi."

Li Yiwen replied indifferently.

Shi Xuchuan cursed: "You are a person of low quality."

Li Yiwen looked at him in surprise and asked, "President Shi, can you please enlighten me?"

"When she's a married woman, you should keep your distance from her."

Li Yiwen smiled and said, "You should give this sentence to yourself."

"She was first the daughter-in-law of the Shi family."

"Her name is Li Yexi."

"Don't think that just because she didn't like you at the beginning, you're not trying to steal her away."

"She's not that kind of person. If you do what you did to her to anyone else, she will never forgive you."

"If I take her home by force, you can't stop me. Her fingerprints are all over my bedroom and her things. The court will definitely grant you a divorce."

"What Mr. Shi said is very true. But I think that if I make it public that Mr. Shi has locked her up in the annex and brought Miss An to live in the Shi family, the court will definitely rule that you divorce."

"You were the one who got into the Shi family's surveillance system?" Shi Xuchuan asked, but his tone was firm. "You helped her move the jewelry. Originally, I wanted to auction off the jewelry and return the money to her after she escaped. But I didn't expect that something bad would happen to me. So the jewelry was auctioned off after many years because your illness was cured."

"She already took very little." Li Yiwen said, "After Shi Zong became powerful, she helped the An family to make a comeback, rescued An Dongxing, and gave Miss An a gift that was far more than the money from the jewelry auction. She has never despised you when she has been with you. She comforted you when you were sad, encouraged you when you broke your leg, and even earned the household expenses by working part-time..."

"Okay, stop talking..." Shi Xuchuan held his head, a little irritated, "Let her come out, I have something to say to her in person."

"Whether she sees the Lord or not is her business. I can't interfere."

Shi Xuchuan said angrily: "She listens to you."

Li Yiwen still maintained the same attitude as before: "Listen to me, I won't force her to do anything she doesn't want to do."

Shi Xuchuan put out the half-burnt cigarette on his fingertips and threw it into the trash can beside him. It took him a long time to say one sentence: "She is afraid of me."

"I'm sorry, I can't help you either."

Li Yiwen turned around and was about to leave, but Shi Xuchuan hurriedly called him, "Ye Xi is my wife."

Li Yiwen turned around and saw that he was a little lonely. He said solemnly: "My wife's name is Li Yexi, not Yexi."

Shi Xuchuan pursed his lips and waved his hand casually, as if he was having difficulty speaking what was in his mind.

"When I was on a business trip before, did you often have dinner together?"

"Do you always suspect that she's cheating on you?"

"You really don't have anything?"

"If Mr. Shi called me here to discredit his wife, I think there's no need for us to continue this conversation."

"I don't believe you didn't have dinner together behind my back. You helped her with all that, and considering her personality, she would definitely treat you to dinner."

"I'll tell you the truth, Mr. Shi," Li Yiwen stared at him, "She invited me to dinner because she was grateful to me. There was absolutely no love between men and women. I helped her because I've known her since childhood. She doesn't know that I like her."

"So," Shi Xuchuan paused, "Do you guys go out together often?"

"What do you mean by often going out together?" Li Yiwen asked, "She was harassed while handing out flyers. If it were any other girl, anyone would go up to help her. If she was framed, anyone with a conscience would also help her. What's wrong with me helping her?"

Shi Xuchuan sneered: "There's nothing wrong with you helping her? She's my wife. If she has any problems, you can just call me to avoid suspicion. I will handle it."

"You?" Li Yiwen also sneered, "Born in the Li family, I have also seen how the Shi family fell and rose. Although I don't know Mr. Shi, it is difficult for people who have experienced the ups and downs of life to have empathy for others. All they have is their own pitiful self-esteem. You married Ye Xi when you were at your lowest point, and it was just a stopgap measure for you to get to the top. You used Ye Xi as the facade of your business. After all, many people would still give some face to the name of the Ye family. If it weren't for the fact that you later developed a little affection for her, I think, with Mr. Shi's cold-heartedness, the first thing he would do would be to divorce."

"I'm not as bad as you say." Shi Xuchuan almost growled, "Even if I don't like her, the Shi family is rich and powerful, so how difficult is it to support her?"

"As long as you are willing, will Miss An agree?" Li Yiwen looked pitiful. "No matter how time goes back, as long as you know Miss An and as long as you marry Ye Xi, Ye Xi will be wronged. Those discerning people can see the situation at a glance, but you are blinded by your inferiority complex and beautiful fantasies in your heart."

Shi Xuchuan said: "If I forcefully take Ye Xi home, even the Yang family can't stop me. Don't think I don't know why you want to return to your roots. Isn't it because you think the Yang family can protect you?"

"I think our conversation should end here." Li Yiwen turned around without hesitation.

"Wait..." Shi Xuchuan called him again.

Seeing that Li Yiwen did not stop this time, Shi Xuchuan shouted in a low voice, "Wait a minute..."

"I asked you to come out, but I haven't said the most important thing yet..."

Li Yiwen had already walked to the second street lamp. Seeing that he was getting farther and farther away, Shi Xuchuan whispered, "She is your wife, and also my wife."

Hearing this, Li Yiwen turned around and looked at him.

Shi Xuchuan saw that he finally stopped, pursed his lips in silence, and placed himself in the darkness under the tree.

The leaves blocked the light outside, making it impossible to see who was standing below, but the temperature there seemed to be lower and colder than the surrounding area.

Li Yiwen asked, "What does Mr. Shi mean?"

"What I mean is, go back and ask her, I don't mind her marrying you," he swallowed, his voice filled with some unspeakable emotion, as if it was pain, as if it was a compromise, "you two can live together, she can just come home for dinner when she comes home, and if she gives birth to a child, the three of us can raise it."