Chapter 1

Lin Yuezhou came back just as I was placing the last dish of spicy shrimp on the table.

I used to love spicy food at every meal, but Lin Yuezhou couldn’t handle spicy dishes.

After we got together, I never cooked anything with extra spice again.

But now, suddenly, I don’t want to compromise anymore.

Lin Yuezhou placed a necklace on the table.

It was the pink diamond necklace I’d left in my shopping cart for ages, never quite willing to buy.

He pressed his lips together. “Anniversary gift for our seventh year.”

“I was too busy with work the day before yesterday and forgot.”

“Mm, it’s fine.”

I picked up a shrimp without looking up.

Lin Yuezhou hesitated, the words he wanted to say stuck in his throat.

He looked at me in surprise, as if expecting me to cry like before, feeling wronged, and then chase after him, demanding answers.

I used to think that, faced with Lin Yuezhou’s betrayal, I could never be so calm.

On our seventh anniversary.

I stared at the plane tickets in the drawer, my heart pounding, a strange sense of anticipation rising within me.

The destination was Iceland.

Going to Iceland with Lin Yuezhou to see the aurora was something we’d planned for our honeymoon.

Back then, he was busy with work and never had the time, so it was postponed until now.

I thought it was a surprise from Lin Yuezhou.

I cooked a table full of dishes and lit candles, waiting for Lin Yuezhou to come home.

But he rushed in, didn’t even glance at me, and went straight to the bedroom.

When he came out, he tossed out, “There’s something at work I need to handle, I have to go on a business trip,” and left.

He took the plane tickets from the drawer.

So, he wasn’t planning to go to Iceland with me to see the aurora.

So, he’d forgotten today was our seventh anniversary.

I stared at the carefully prepared candlelit dinner on the table, suddenly losing my appetite.

I leaned on the sofa, gazing at the silver-white outside the window, my eyes stinging.

A long time passed, and I still couldn’t sleep.

I opened Weibo and scrolled through my feed.

It was a post from Lin Yuezhou’s first love, Song Jiaojiao.

Her location was set to Iceland.

Caption: [Eighteen-year-old wish list-go to Iceland to see the aurora with the one I love most. Today, I finally made it!]

The photo was of her kissing Lin Yuezhou under the aurora.

My phone crashed to the floor.

So, Lin Yuezhou went to Iceland with Song Jiaojiao.

I should have guessed it long ago.

I sat numbly in the cold living room, sleepless all night.

“Why are all the dishes spicy?”

Lin Yuezhou sat down, ready to eat together, but frowned at the table full of spicy food.

“I thought you weren’t coming back.” I put down my chopsticks, ready to go back to my room.

He grabbed my wrist, his gaze complicated as he looked at me. After a long moment, he said, “Xiao Li, are you just going to leave like this?”

I turned back, confused. “What else?”

Should I, like before, make him a late-night snack when he comes home from working overtime and bring it to him?