Void Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 198 Someone Else's Wife

Hou Chang slowly stepped back from Guo Ling's arms, wiped the tears from his face, and also wiped off the disguise of his manly face, revealing his fairer and more delicate skin.

Guo Ling stared at her motionlessly, not wanting to miss any details.

All his memories came back, and this person was his wife.

Maybe it was my ex-wife...

Hou Chang looked at Guo Ling with an extremely complicated expression, then glanced at the long flight of stairs behind him. Still no one else showed up, so he sighed: "Guo Ling, Guo Ling... Why are you so late?"

Guo Ling's heart was churning. He looked into Hou Chang's beautiful yet haggard eyes and immediately understood the meaning of these words. Blame? Regret? Love? Probably all of them.

Since one hour in Wuming City is equivalent to seven days in Kunlun City, when Zhong Chenmu met Hou Chang in Kunlun City, she was obviously still an orphan and a widow. Although only a few days had passed since Zhong Chenmu's last time in Wuming City in the dimension, it was equivalent to several years in Kunlun City!

In a few years, anything can happen.

"Why did you only show up now? Why? It's so hard for me to take care of Guo Chang by myself... It's so hard... I can't survive. I finally found a high-paying job, but it costs me a huge price in my health. I can only give up with great pain... I'm already married, Guo Ling. I'm someone else's wife now, not yours anymore..."

Hou Chang practically squeezed these words out between her teeth. As they came, her emotions surged again, her face twitching slightly, and tears flowed uncontrollably again, covering her entire face. She subconsciously wiped them with her hands, but this only erased almost all of her disguise, revealing her true face.

At the end of her speech, she burst into tears again, her hands weakly resting on Guo Ling's shoulders, but she used her remaining strength to resist Guo Ling's attempt to hold her in his arms again.

Guo Ling sensed her resistance and did not use all his strength, but let her just support him.

The two stood face to face, their emotions influencing and promoting each other, but this time, neither of them spoke, and thousands of words of communication were completed just through eye contact.

After calming down again, Guo Ling asked, "Will you come home with me? I will protect you and take good care of you."

Hou Chang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's impossible. I'm married now, and he treats me very well. I can't abandon him. After marrying him, my life will be much better, and Guo Chang is also well taken care of. If I wasn't worried about getting them into trouble, I wouldn't have escaped alone. I didn't expect you to find me."

Hou Chang finally calmed down enough and told Guo Ling the whole story in detail.

With Zhong Chenmu's help, Hou Chang escaped Sanjay's gang. Hydrogen Sa and Hei Qian didn't pursue the case immediately, as she was one of four other people willing to serve as guinea pigs in the initial trials. Returning home, Hou Chang was forced to continue working multiple jobs to support her family, but life became increasingly difficult until she met the Xie siblings, who had recently acquired the small shop in Sifangping. Xie Cun fell in love with her at first sight and launched a fierce pursuit. Xie Wanwan also assisted, giving Hou Chang hope in her despair. As they got to know each other, she discovered that Xie Cun was a good person, maintaining a positive outlook even in the face of adversity. Furthermore, the whereabouts of her husband, whom she remembered, were completely unknown. Under pressure to survive, she finally accepted Xie Cun.

Life had indeed become much better since she'd been with Xie. While still busy, her income had increased. She'd thought she'd finally found happiness, but a few days before returning home, she saw Sanjay, who was looking for her. She knew the consequences of her escape from the experiment had finally caught up with her. To avoid implicating her husband and son, she decided to go into hiding. If caught, she'd have no chance of returning alive, or returning in a healthy state.

To prevent Xie Cun from worrying too much, she left him a message, telling him her plans, but not where she was hiding. However, how could Xie Cun let her wander around like this? He would definitely go to great lengths to find her.

What happened next was that when Guo Ling tried to contact Qing Chen, he was guided by the Wangba Clan to Kunlun City, and then met Xie Wanwan. These were all things Guo Ling had experienced, but Hou Chang did not know about them.

Guo Ling listened silently, feeling extremely heavy-hearted and blaming himself.

"Why did I find her only now? She's suffered so much. Is there no chance of redemption?"

However, before he could immerse himself in this emotion for long, he noticed that Hou Chang's eyes had left him and were looking down the stairs behind him.

There was a hint of panic and tension in his eyes.