Chapter 1024: Chapter 1024: Because the One Who Needs to Endure Isn’t Him

Lin Gantang looked at her tears, worried that she couldn’t let go of Chen Haobo, after all, from their college days to their wedding, they had been very sweet and happy.

She pursed her lips, her eyes overflowing with concern, “If you don’t want to divorce, I’ll give you an apartment, and you and Haobo can live there.”

Lin Gantang held Qiuqiu’s hand, providing her with warmth, “With an apartment right in front of him, Haobo won’t refuse.”

Ye Qiuqiu shook her head repeatedly.

Lin Gantang sighed silently. Qiuqiu had never mentioned money, fearing that it might taint their pure friendship. She nurtured their friendship with care, and if she hadn’t truly reached her limit, why would she have brought up borrowing money from Haobo today?

“Alright, it’s not a gift, but a loan, okay?” Lin Gantang spoke gently, trying to persuade her, “Just think of it as if you’re borrowing the full amount for the house, and you can pay me back slowly over time. Or even write an IOU, that way you can be at ease, right?”

“The problems between him and me aren’t just about the house. How can a shattered mirror be made whole again? Even if we had a place, we can’t return to the beginning,” Ye Qiuqiu finally still shook her head, “Never mind, let it be, I don’t want to fix it anymore.”

Chen Haobo’s silence disappointed her to the extreme; when they were together, they had agreed not to say breakup lightly during dating and never to threaten divorce after marriage.

Today, his lack of immediate denial spoke volumes that perhaps he had indeed entertained such thoughts before.

Even if it was just a moment of hesitation.

Who could know the turmoil her silence concealed? Years of affection, and at that moment, all she could think of was to walk away, for what else was there left in this place?

Her melancholy spilled from her eyes, “After getting married, I spent even less time with Haobo than with my mother-in-law. Sometimes I even wondered whether I had married Chen Haobo or his mother.”

Lin Gantang listened quietly.

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“We all got along well after the wedding, and after Qianqian was born, there were more conflicts. I kept thinking that things would get better with some adjustments, back then Haobo always stood by my side,” she said with much distress.

Ye Qiuqiu was feeling very unhappy, “I will not yield on matters concerning Qianqian, and so my conflicts with my mother-in-law grew. After Haobo was transferred to work in S city, he became less and less patient with these issues when he came back, and gradually we ended up like this.”

“Did Chen Haobo… meet someone in S city?” Lin Gantang hinted subtly.

Ye Qiuqiu shook her head, “I don’t know.”

“Haobo advised me that these are just trivial matters, there’s no need for pointless arguments,” Ye Qiuqiu could not hide her sadness.

Because it wasn’t him who had to endure.

Lin Gantang said sympathetically, “That’s invisible bullying. It’s a trivial matter if you speak out, but it’s your own suffering if you don’t.”

Lin Gantang remembered in her past life, Chen Haobo did not have an affair.

His inability to reconcile the relationship between his wife and mother was in itself a form of incompetence.

Thus, trivial daily grievances eroded the affection between husband and wife, losing the initial excitement.

The small cracks in the relationship were irreparable, turning from enduring to arguing, from feeling wronged to indifference, accumulating over time until it finally erupted.

This marriage collapsed with a crash.

Ye Qiuqiu used to be such a happy and carefree person, but now her eyes betrayed deep exhaustion, the responsibilities of being a wife and a mother weighing her down breathlessly.

Marriage had extinguished her sparkle.

“You were right,” Ye Qiuqiu said, “I should have listened to you before, not worried too much, and should have lived apart right from the start, even if it meant renting a place.”

Lin Gantang sighed, “Do you regret it now? For love, you’ve traveled over hills and rivers to get to this point.”

Ye Qiuqiu was silent for a long time before she said, “I regret starting a marriage, but if it wasn’t Chen Haobo, it would’ve been the same with anyone else.”