TVSFPAG -Side Story Chu Jinhan’s Perspective (Part 2)

Chu Jinhan looked at the woman in front of him, whose expression had turned ferocious, and felt only a deep sense of helplessness.

He said helplessly, “I’m at work. Do you expect me to communicate with them using brainwaves?”

“Being at work means you can stand that close? Your shoulders were practically touching!”

Chu Jinhan suppressed his anger and said, “Then tell me—how far is far enough?”

Perhaps sensing the restrained anger in his eyes, her gaze carried a hint of guilt.

Yet she still spoke righteously, “I don’t care! You’re not allowed to talk to them. Quit your job.”

“Fine, I’ll quit. You go work, and I’ll stay at home. That way you won’t have to worry about me talking to other women.”

She grew even more furious. “Are you getting angry with me for the sake of other women now? Chu Jinhan, I gave up my studies, my youth, and my future for you, and this is how you treat me?!”

She rushed forward and pounded his chest wildly. “Scumbag! Bastard! Jerk! I’ve given everything for you, and now I have nothing left—I might as well die!”

Her words sounded utterly sincere. She cried in complete breakdown, as if she were truly in despair.

She turned around and tried to run toward an oncoming car.

Chu Jinhan pulled her back in one swift motion, looking at her as she sobbed uncontrollably.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

“Alright, I was wrong. I apologize. But Song Yunfei, I can’t avoid talking to coworkers at work. Tell me—what exactly do you want me to do?”

Hearing this, the despair and breakdown on her face gradually lessened.

She wiped her tears and thought for a moment. “Then go find a company where all your coworkers are male.”

After four months, this was the first time Chu Jinhan laughed.

It was a laugh born of speechlessness—or rather, frustration.

“Song Yunfei, I’m really starting to doubt whether everything you’ve said is true. If we had always interacted like this, I don’t think we could have been together for so many years.”

Her face turned pale, and a familiar look of panic and guilt flashed across her expression.

She avoided his gaze, as if suddenly regaining her composure. “I—I’m just afraid you’ll be deceived. When you were abroad, you gave me the cold shoulder. People even told me you had several girlfriends overseas. I just don’t feel secure. I’ve staked everything on you.”

Chu Jinhan froze.

So that’s how it was?

If that were the case, it could explain her behavior.

After a moment of silence, he spoke. “If that’s the case, then indeed… I owe you an apology.”

The woman finally relaxed.

“Then how about this: whenever you need to interact with female coworkers, you can video call me, or record a video so I can see that you’re not doing anything wrong.”

Chu Jinhan suddenly felt that she might not be very bright.

If he truly intended to do something improper with another woman, would he record a video and send it to her?

Anything he sent her would obviously be for legitimate reasons.

At this point, he no longer wanted to argue and agreed, “Alright.”

Her insecurity and fear—Chu Jinhan could see it all.

He didn’t remember the past and couldn’t change it, so he could only try his best to make up for her.

She didn’t like cleaning, so he took over the housework.

She didn’t like cooking, so he learned to cook.

Whatever she wanted to buy, he gave her all his earnings. If it wasn’t enough, he worked harder—taking on extra jobs.

However, when it came to sleeping together, Chu Jinhan remained strongly resistant.

For everything else, he could agree. But this one thing felt like a rejection from deep within his soul.

Every day he left early and returned late, trying his best to avoid her.

Although life was tight and frugal, he didn’t dislike it.

If only his girlfriend weren’t so unreasonable.

But she seemed to grow more and more anxious. For several nights in a row, she stayed awake late into the night waiting for him, pressuring him to sleep with her.

Yet every time he saw her distorted, almost twisted expression, he simply couldn’t bring himself to go through with it.

That day, the two of them had their biggest argument to date.

Then, as if giving up on herself, she stopped bringing it up—and stopped eating as well.

For three consecutive days, she neither ate nor drank, nor did she communicate with him.

The takeout he brought back went stale over and over again, and the meals he cooked were left untouched.

Chu Jinhan looked at the figure on the bed, her back turned toward him, and fell into deep reflection. A hint of wavering arose in his heart.

Had he gone too far?

This was nothing more than a trivial matter common between couples, yet he repeatedly avoided it, causing her—already lacking a sense of security—to become even more anxious and unstable.

If he put himself in her shoes, perhaps he really would doubt the sincerity of the other person.

Although he had forgotten everything, that was no excuse for him to behave irresponsibly or abandon her.

After coming to terms with this, he finally chose to compromise.

However, that night, she seemed different.

The way she looked at him was unfamiliar—confused, startled, and full of disbelief.

It was as if she were looking at a stranger she didn’t really know.

Chu Jinhan thought she might just be too hungry to think straight.

But when he was pushed off the bed, all he felt was relief and a sense of release—he had no time to focus on her changes.

Gradually, he realized that her changes were far more than superficial.

She no longer mentioned having children, and instead of clinging to him as she once did, she now preferred to keep her distance even when sharing the same bed.

Chu Jinhan speculated that perhaps she had come to her senses.

Or perhaps… she had simply switched to a new approach.

He needed to observe further.

Slowly, he noticed that she truly no longer tried to control him—or even rely on him.

She found a job and began to live independently.

Combined with Hu Yao’s reminder, this implied that… was she possibly preparing to let go?

At the thought of this possibility, he couldn’t quite describe how he felt.

Apart from a sense of relief and release, there was also a deeper feeling of uncertainty and unease.

Then what was he doing—leaving early and returning late every day, delivering takeout until late at night, and giving most of his earnings to her?

Why did he learn to cook and take on all the housework?

Suddenly, the meaning of his existence became blurred.

She began to enjoy life again—tidying the room, cooking happily, no longer leaving the bed in a mess, and even her body carried a pleasant fragrance.

Every day, she smiled at him brightly. The suffocating Song Yunfei of the past seemed to be gradually fading away from her.

From lifeless and dull, she had transformed into a tireless, cheerful little bird—completely reborn.

The only thing that remained the same was that, at certain moments, when she looked at him, there was still that trace of guilt and avoidance.

This also reassured Chu Jinhan that she was still herself.

Had he truly done something wrong that made her completely give up on him?

Perhaps this was her true self all along.

Perhaps, in the past, he really had been a terrible person, causing her to lose her sense of security and become so unreasonable.

She once said she had transmigrated. For a brief moment, a part of him was shaken by that claim.

But he quickly dismissed the thought.

Not only because it sounded absurd, but more importantly, he feared that if he believed it, it might become her excuse to leave.

These past few days, he had already noticed that she was drawing a clear line between them through her actions.

So, this… was her way of making an excuse.

When he tested her and tried to get close, she would panic and avoid him.

His initiative—something she once longed for—had now become something she avoided like the plague.

In the end, Chu Jinhan had to accept one undeniable fact:

It seemed… he was about to be abandoned.