It's just because he's not often home that it's not noticeable.
He doesn't know where Gu Qiaoqiao's insecurity comes from. In the past few years, the only woman he's interacted with is her, with no one else.
The most common people he interacts with are his coworkers, teammates he's struggled with, and enemies he's encountered on missions.
His world and her world are fundamentally different.
They can't speak on the same wavelength, nor walk the same path.
And so, a chaotic and confused year passed.
Until that summer, something happened at the county guesthouse that made him realize the situation was more serious than he imagined.
Gu Qiaoqiao went to the county with a few family members to shop, and was then dragged by Choo Lan and Zhu Xiaohong to the guesthouse to see their friend.
There, Gu Qiaoqiao was grabbed by a drunken man who forcibly tried to drag her to a room upstairs.
