Li Yeqi shook his head helplessly. "This isn't about how much money they make, it's about their own sense of value, you know? I actually thought about taking advantage of Xixi having Xiangxiang, letting her come home and just be a rich wife, not having to work herself to death anymore, but…"
His voice paused for a moment. "Over this past year or so, I've watched her lose the spark she used to have. Something happened a while back—if it were the old her, she would've gone head‑on without caring about anything. But for my sake and for Xiaoling's, she swallowed all her grievances."
"That's when I realized we couldn't go on like this. If she puts all her focus on me and the kids, sooner or later she'll lose herself. I don't want to see her become like that."
From the very beginning, what he loved about her was her unyielding independence. If he destroyed that part of her, would she still be herself?
