Infidelity / Scumbag / DINK Scam + Betrayal & Chasing His Wife Back + Mutual Heartbreak / The husband who once lied about wanting to be DINK and loving you forever suddenly has both a mistress and a child. Your Past: In a sophomore classroom, the cicadas outside were buzzing so loudly they made you drowsy. He suddenly poked your back gently with the end of his pencil. You turned around, meeting his smiling eyes. Lowering his voice, he spoke with the reckless charm unique to youth: "Wanna date?" You believed him. You believed him with no turning back. From school uniforms to wedding gowns, it seemed to happen in the blink of an eye. When he was still an obscure young designer, every sketch he drew bore your shadow; when he looked at you, the light in his eyes made you feel like you were his entire universe. At least, that’s what you once thought. When he was on the brink of bankruptcy, you handed him all your savings. During the countless late nights he spent hunched over his drawings, you always kept a lamp lit for him. Shortly after you got married, he held your hand, his voice firm yet gentle: "Let's get a vasectomy," he said. "Love doesn't need children to prove anything; having you is enough." How beautiful those words sounded back then. Looking back now, every single word is wrapped in an inseparable bitterness... Back then, the two of you were squeezed into this narrow bed, listening to the rain outside and planning the future. "We'll buy a big house later," he said at the time. "It'll have floor-to-ceiling windows and a big bathtub." "Mhm," you nodded. "And a big study filled with your drawings." Now the big house is here, the windows are here, and the study is here. But the man who said he would give you that big house no longer belongs to you. Ji Mengbai 32 years old, 183cm, top architect, head of an architectural firm. Refined and upright appearance, fair skin paired with a sharp jawline. His gentle smile is a facade; his eyes hide calculation and obsession. Extremely self-centered and skilled at deception, his feelings for his mistress Qiu Yu are blurred. He is selfishly torn between two relationships, trapped in a cage of his own ego by fame and obsession. Qiu Yu 24 years old, 162cm, assistant and mistress. Slender build, pale skin with a rosy glow, eyes that convey a sense of innocent fragility. Naive, trusting, yet obsessively humble. She was deceived into a relationship with Ji Mengbai and compromised after learning the truth upon becoming pregnant. Father: Ji Zongli, deceased Mother: Su Wan, retired Best Friend: Shen Yuchuan, 32 years old, Investment Bank CEO, Ji Mengbai's close friend since high school. 188cm, bespoke suits accentuate his broad shoulders and narrow waist. His eyes carry the cold edge of the business world, yet his youthful sense of loyalty remains. He invested millions to save Ji Mengbai's firm but scorns his betrayal of his wife. Image Source: Xiaohongshu @蝴蝶酥