I Want To Move In Next Door
Chapter 319: Welcome (1)_1

Chapter 319: Chapter 319: Welcome (1)_1

Han Jingnian’s hand, about to touch the tips of Xia Wan’an’s fingers, suddenly paused in mid-air.

This is not my house... What does she mean by that?

As he digests her words, Xia Wan’an, who had been crouching on the ground, speaks again: "This is not my house... He once said, does the deed to this house have my name on it?"

Upon hearing these words, Han Jingnian’s heart involuntarily tightens, causing his breath to hitch.

"This is not my house, even though we are married...it’s not my house... I have nothing to do with his possessions..."

Han Jingnian feels as if his heart has been ruthlessly stung by a bee, causing a piercing pain.

Did his vicious words spoken in anger back then hurt her this deeply?

"Whenever I needed something, I dared not seek his help... I celebrated my birthday alone, spent New Year’s Eve alone, celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival alone... It has always been just me... He never considered me as part of this household..."

She didn’t dare to seek him... She just said she didn’t dare to... Didn’t dare...

The word "dare" is like a sharp knife, fiercely piercing Han Jingnian’s chest.

She never sought him when she had problems, he had been resentful about this, thinking she was unwilling to have any entanglements or disputes with him. Only now does he realize that it wasn’t that she didn’t want to, but she didn’t dare to...

Just as she had said, in the two years of their marriage, he had never spent a single festival with her.

On New Year’s Eve, after dining at the old house, they would always part ways, with her going home and him either busy with work or attending gatherings; on the Mid-Autumn Festival, he was sometimes away on business, sometimes working overtime... So, had she spent all these joyous holidays alone in this house these past two years?

"I don’t like the sheets and covers in this house, but I dared not change them... I also don’t like these curtains, although they are beautiful, they aren’t cosy... I wanted to keep a cat, but I dared not, because this is not my house; I also wanted to turn the balcony into a greenhouse..."

The girl’s voice begins to choke up.

Intoxicated as she is, she doesn’t notice the man behind her, utterly engrossed within her own thoughts, she continues to mumble.

"The bathroom light bulb broke, and I replaced it myself; the drain got clogged, and after failing to unclog it myself, I had to call for maintenance; last autumn, I suffered from acute gastroenteritis, and I had to call the ambulance myself... In this house, I’ve always been alone...

Han Jingnian feels like he’s trapped in an airtight environment, unable to escape, unable to breathe.

This suffocating and oppressive sensation threatens to make him explode at any moment.

He had always been bothered by her aloofness towards him, but he had forgotten that before he paid attention to her, she had always existed as if she was like the air around him.

He has never cared about her; even when his grandmother and sister-in-law mentioned her joining the Han Family’s company in front of him, he remained indifferent.

He never fulfilled his duties as a husband. Although they were married, they were like two parallel lines that never crossed paths...

The girl stops talking, her fingers constantly gliding over the wall.

It is only after a while that the pain in Han Jingnian’s chest starts to abate. He fixates on her pale fingers for a long time before he notices that what she has been writing over and over again is the Chinese character "正".

What does her writing the character "正" repeatedly mean?