Chapter 1018: Chapter 1018: Previous Life (15) He once disguised himself as a vegetable delivery man to enter the kitchen of Lijing Ho. It was in the afternoon, and the chefs had all clocked off, leaving Qiaoqiao alone to practice cutting vegetables. This is a basic skill for chefs, called knife work. Qiaoqiao didn’t love cooking; he had known this long ago and never forced her. Different skills for different strengths, Qiaoqiao had her specialties. In the past, when he wasn’t home, it was mostly Luh Fei or other subordinates who helped Qiaoqiao get food from the cafeteria. When he returned, he’d cook. Colleagues said spoiling his wife like that was bad, but he didn’t care, he was rarely home; he owed much to Qiaoqiao. Besides, it was just a trivial matter. But now, Qiaoqiao had to do what she didn’t love just to survive. He stood at the door, stiffly watching Qiaoqiao cutting vegetables while crying, her hands covered in wounds, wrapped in bandages, none of her ten fingers were intact. Qiaoqiao stood beside the dining table crying, yet he, who had never wept before, was already in tears behind the door. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on NovєlFіre.net One inside the door, one outside, yet it seemed as if they were separated by two unreachable worlds. He left Lijing Ho, aimlessly wandering the streets. The biting winter wind was nothing compared to his increasingly cold heart and the sorrow from deep within. He hated his incapacity, unable to heal Qiaoqiao’s voice, hated his uselessness, unable to shelter the girl he loved deeply under his wings. He was utterly useless to the extreme! And such days were suffocating without a glimmer of hope. Before the Spring Festival, the human trafficking gang was caught. Meanwhile, friends from Qingshui County police called saying recent checks found possible timed explosives in her father’s car. From the interrogation, there came news that Qiaoqiao was specially ordered and purposefully sold to the mountains. If successful, the remaining payment would be delivered. The other party offered fifty thousand yuan. It wasn’t just a simple kidnapping as initially thought. These two pieces of news were a bolt out of the blue to him, jolting his chaotic, despairing heart instantly awake. Upon connecting all the dots, he vaguely sensed that things weren’t as simple as they appeared. His father-in-law Gu Tianfeng was just an ordinary village teacher. How could there be a timed explosive in the car he drove? Gu Qiaoqiao was the same, the only difference being she was his wife. Then who wanted to sell Qiaoqiao to a remote mountain? And so, he started the investigation. The first person he investigated was Bai Yun. Though he didn’t get useful clues, he learned the truth about Qiaoqiao’s supposed drunkenness on that night three years ago in ninth grade. Brother Hao provided the drugs, smuggled from abroad, which caused confusion and hallucinations. He learned from Ning Yuli how Bai Yun treated the innocent and pure Qiaoqiao. That day was Bai Yun’s wedding day. He went to the hotel. An eye for an eye, a debt to be repaid. Bai Yun was to pay the due price for everything she had done. That day’s wedding naturally got canceled, and the Bai Family also “coincidentally got embroiled in a corruption case,” after which the Bai Family vanished from Imperial Capital. He felt no joy, only endless regret and guilt, for during the days he didn’t know or care, Qiaoqiao suffered so many grievances. Thus, after things went awry, she decided to separate from him decisively. He was a bastard, guilty of heinous crimes! He endured inner torment to secretly observe Gu Qiaoqiao, and to his relief, Qiaoqiao finally succeeded, earning a special-level chef certificate. This is the girl he adored; he was proud and admired her. His Qiaoqiao had finally grown up!