"Nothing's gone wrong between you and him, has it?"
After closing the study door, the little maid had assumed he wanted to do something. But his first question left her at a loss for how to answer.
Her "love" with the plumber was not as pure as one might imagine. If she had never come to the big city of Bu Peien, perhaps things would have been different.
But in the end, she couldn't stand the tranquility of the countryside and plunged headfirst into the embrace of the big city.
Little by little, she sank into this city filled with desire and traps, eventually being swallowed by it and becoming part of it!
She truly didn't know how to answer. To her, the plumber represented her innocent past, but people had to look forward and keep moving.
Their relationship had nothing to do with love anymore. It was simply the relationship between a married couple and a family.
A kind of social responsibility, an inexplicable something, was sustaining their lives.
She only went home on weekends. After returning, she would do some housework and stay for two days before hurrying back.
They only had two days each week. Aside from sleeping and doing housework, the husband and wife could spend no more than eight hours sitting down and talking quietly each week. Wasn't talking about their feelings a little too extravagant?
The little maid's silence made Lin Qi realize that something was indeed wrong with their relationship. He changed his question. "Have you two been arguing?"
The little maid nodded. "Yes, we argued, but it didn't last long."
"He wanted me to find another job, but I refused."
Those rumors had caused the plumber a great deal of trouble. He had discussed the matter with the little maid.
If they