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Normally, when he was outside, he seldom called Ye Qingci "wife."
He preferred to call his wife by her pet name, "Cici," which made him feel like his wife was a delicate young girl he doted on and pampered.
But at this moment, in front of Wen Liujing, he called Ye Qingci "wife."
Calling Ye Qingci "wife" was his way of declaring his sovereignty.
Indeed, the expression on Wen Liujing's face changed instantly.
That word "wife" from Jian Shichu was like someone cruelly stabbing Wen Liujing's heart with a poisoned needle.
The person he had loved since he was young.
The person he had longed for in his dreams.
Because of his incompetence and wasted time, she had already become another man's "wife."
Once, he believed that as long as he became the Head of the Wen Family, no matter who stood by her side, no matter where she was or what her status might be, he could take her back to be his woman.
But now...
Ha!
Now...
