We All Grow Up At Some Point

Proofreader Zhou Zhijie

"Mu Ziyou, you did a good job! Since you are in need of money so badly, why don't you just go to make money with your body like your mother? How dare you have got a naked loan (having a picture taken, naked, with the ID card in hand as a precondition)?! Why didn’t you turn to me? Am I dead to you?"

Mu in a light sleep suddenly feels a sharp pain in the face, which is followed by a storm of abuse.

She opens her eyes and sees a furious face.

It’s her husband, Li Qiaosheng. Obviously, it’s his slap that has made her face burning.

She’s stunned, staring blankly in his angry face.

Although she has been used to his occasional hot temper, today’s fury is beyond her. What is the naked loan he mentioned? She totally has no idea.

Li squints his eyes. The woman in front of him is still attractive despite there’s an ugly scar on the face, and she can still bring up pity deep in a man’s heart easily.

He hesitates for a second before fury takes over him again.

Why? Why his heart softens suddenly?

If it hadn't been for her, his father wouldn't have died so early, and the family wouldn't have fallen apart!

Thinking of this, he squeezes his two hands around her neck while crying, “Why is it you who survived? Why is it not you who have died? Why are you making me so miserable these days and every following day as you are still breathing?”

Mu coughs hard, trying to get some air, “Qiaosheng, I...” That little delicate face crumbles with tears shedding. She grabs his arm out of the urge for self-preservation and struggles hard.

Yet as the last word hits her, she closes her eyes slowly in despair. Bitter memories overwhelm her simultaneously.

The air of despair brings a bit of sense back to him. Li Qiaosheng loosens his hold on her neck at once and says in a cold voice, “You wish to die? No way! Let me make it clear you will never free yourself of this until my last breathe!”

“I did get a loan, but not in the shameful way as you have mentioned!” Mu Ziyou figures out the cause for all this rumpus now. She tries to defend herself while trying to inhale fresh air.

“No? Shame on you for lying! See for yourself!” Li pushes her head hard against an envelope.

It hurts so badly. On tilting her head slightly, she finds on the top of the envelope a photo of herself naked with her ID card in the hands.

How come?!