"You shut up, they are not your parents to call them that! I don't acknowledge you as my fiancé, so you can't call them that. Have you no shame?" Qin Mengxue yelled, losing some of her composure.
"Is that so? Even with a marriage contract, I can't call them that?" Zhou Hong asked, confused.
"What's a marriage contract? It's just a piece of waste paper. If you don't like someone, even a marriage certificate is useless."
"Marriage certificate?" Zhou Hong mused.
"Get out, leave my house! I will never like you, let alone fulfill that so-called childhood marriage contract...!"
"Slap!" Before Qin Mengxue could finish her sentence, Qin Changhui suddenly slapped her across the face, leaving a red handprint.
"Enough, are you done?" Qin Changhui roared.
Tears streamed down Qin Mengxue's face as she looked at Qin Changhui in disbelief. He had never hit her before, yet today he had slapped her so hard for an outsider.
"Qin Changhui, you're crazy." Chen Mei, seeing her husband slap their daughter, seemed to have become angry too.
"Wuwuwu!" Qin Mengxue cried and ran out of the villa.
"Mengxue, where are you going?" Chen Mei immediately chased after her.
In the dining room, only Zhou Hong and Qin Changhui remained.
"Dad, I should go. Perhaps I was mistaken from the start," Zhou Hong said with a wry smile. If Qin Mengxue dared to act like this on the Zi Xiao Continent, Zhou Hong would have her drowned in a pig cage with his own hands. But on Earth, if the marriage system was different, Zhou Hong would certainly not cling to her.
"Zhou Hong, don't mind her. She was simply spoiled since childhood," Qin Changhui snorted. He was in great pain at the moment.
"By the way, Zhou Hong, when you go to school tomorrow, can you promise me to think before you act? Don't be like you were at the company. The reason Mengxue reacted so strongly is because she's afraid you'll embarrass her."
"Don't worry, I'll pretend I don't know her. I won't embarrass her."
"That's good. Let's eat."
"I won't eat. I'll go look for her." Zhou Hong stood up and quickly left the villa.
Unfortunately, he didn't see Qin Mengxue and had no idea where she had gone.
Zhou Hong walked around the residential area but still didn't see her. However, he did encounter his mother-in-law on the road.
"Mom, where's Mengxue?" Zhou Hong asked.
"I don't know. Don't call me that from now on. Who is your mom?" Chen Mei said coldly, her tone dismissive. She had not dared to address Zhou Hong rudely before, fearing nightmares, but now that her daughter had run off in anger, she had nothing to lose.
"Toad, my daughter doesn't like you. I hope you'll leave her. How much money do you want? I'll give it to you. I'll give you all my private savings." Chen Mei suddenly said to Zhou Hong.
"Heh, no need. A true man never lacks a wife. Forget it, forget it. I'll leave. Please tell Mengxue that I won't be back here anymore. Please rest assured."
After speaking, Zhou Hong left with a sense of loss.
Chen Mei touched her head, seemingly finding it hard to believe. How come this toad, who wouldn't leave even after being scolded for a month, suddenly had such backbone today?
Zhou Hong walked out of the residential area and immediately called Liu Hua.
"Hello, Zhou Hong? What's up calling me so suddenly? I'm having dinner at home. Have you eaten there?"
"Not yet. By the way, Liu Hua, I have a question for you?"
"What is it? Tell me."
"If two people have a marriage contract, does that mean they are husband and wife?"
"Of course not. To truly become husband and wife, you need to register your marriage. Why are you asking me this all of a sudden?"
"It's nothing. You should eat." Zhou Hong hung up with a bitter smile.
It seemed that marriage on Earth was indeed completely different from the Zi Xiao Continent. What kind of couple were he and Qin Mengxue?
Zhou Hong finally understood and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He had actually thought that having a marriage contract meant they were husband and wife.
"Forget it, forget it. Since that's the case, let it be a dream," Zhou Hong sighed. He walked alone on the night street, suddenly feeling very lonely, like a homeless child, wandering the streets, not knowing where to go.
He couldn't go back to Qin Mengxue's house. As for the original family of this body, Zhou Hong was not familiar with them and couldn't even find where they lived. So, he walked aimlessly on the street, unsure of where to go.
"Dad, Mom, are you doing well on the Zi Xiao Continent? Hong'er misses you so much. You must think I'm dead and be very sad. Since I was young, I've been very rebellious, never listening to you, always messing around, and worrying you sick." Zhou Hong stood at a crossroads, watching the people come and go, a faint smile on his lips, but his eyes were filled with tears.
At this moment, he suddenly missed his parents on the Zi Xiao Continent deeply. If heaven gave him another chance to return to the Zi Xiao Continent, he swore he would never wander out again. In the past, he had caused trouble everywhere in pursuit of being the "Number One Prodigal Son," making his family worry. Now that he had lost everything, he knew the warmth of home.
"Dad, Mom, your son is unfilial...!" Zhou Hong knelt down at the crossroads and bowed three times to the empty air. Pedestrians passing by looked at him.
However, many people muttered to themselves, "Where did this lunatic come from?"
Zhou Hong ignored the stares and continued walking, wandering alone on the street. He had never felt such a desperate need for the harbor of a home before.
Back on the Zi Xiao Continent, although he often went out alone, he always had a home behind him, with his beloved parents, his protective sister, and his omnipotent elder brother. He could return when he was tired and enjoy everyone's pampering. Now, here, in an unfamiliar place, he had nothing.
"Gurgle gurgle!" At this moment, Zhou Hong's stomach rumbled. He was hungry.
He looked at the restaurants by the roadside and smiled bitterly. Now that he had left the Qin family, he didn't know when he would be able to eat a meal.
In his pocket, he had nothing but a mobile phone. He had a few coins for bus fare given by Liu Hua, but they were already spent.
Lost, he could only continue walking on the street, like a stray dog.
Meanwhile, at the Qin family's house, Qin Changhui and Chen Mei were arguing. Chen Mei had told Qin Changhui that she had encountered Zhou Hong and that he had said he would never return.
Qin Changhui was furious, believing that Chen Mei must have insulted Zhou Hong by calling him a toad and other names.
"Qin Changhui, I want to see tonight if I'll have nightmares now that the toad is gone. If I don't, then everything is fake."
"Chen Mei, you'll regret it," Qin Changhui said angrily.
"Pah! Your father is crazy, and you're following him. 'Emperor's bearing'? I think it's 'dog's bearing'."
Qin Changhui wanted to call Zhou Hong to persuade him to come back, but Zhou Hong didn't answer.
At this moment, Qin Mengxue had already returned to her university dormitory.
"Wuwuwu!" Qin Mengxue lay on her dormitory bed, crying uncontrollably. Her close friends rushed to comfort her.