"There wasn’t before, but recently because of..."

Zhang Er’s words were interrupted by Chen Shijin: "Ms. Zhang Er, please answer with yes or no."

Zhang Er bit her lip and glanced at Shi Keke. After Shi Keke signaled her with her eyes to answer truthfully, she nodded her head, "Yes."

Because of Qian Hao’s infidelity, Zhang Er hadn’t had a good night’s sleep for a full six months. During the day, she had to take care of the children, and at night, she often stayed awake until dawn after putting them to bed.

Every time she couldn’t sleep, her mind would wander, and she’d feel useless, thinking she couldn’t even control her own husband. Then she began to contemplate ending her life.

But every time she was about to take that final step, she thought of her two children. If she left, would they live their whole lives under the shadow of not having a mother? Would they call another woman ’mom’...?

In the end, she couldn’t bring herself to do it. She couldn’t abandon her young children, so even though life was torturous, she decided to persevere.

From then on, she began relying on sleeping pills to fall asleep because only with them could she rest assured and sleep.

"Ms. Zhang Er, have your son and daughter ever fallen out of bed because you slept too deeply on sleeping pills?" Chen Shijin asked again.

"They fell out of bed because..." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"Ms. Zhang Er, please answer yes or no."

Zhang Er hesitated for a few seconds and eventually said, "Yes."

Only she knew the real reason why the children fell out of bed wasn’t just because she slept too deeply from the sleeping pills and neglected them. More importantly, she suffered from severe anemia due to long-term malnutrition, which caused her to faint.

When she woke up, it was already nine o’clock. The two children were lying on the floor, wailing. She felt guilty and remorseful but powerless.

Her husband was a billionaire, but there was not a single servant in the house. The children’s food, clothing, housing, and schooling all depended on her alone.

She was very tired but never dared to rest. She thought if she endured, things would eventually get better. She believed that after her husband neglected her, he would remember her goodness and have a change of heart, but she was wrong.

Zhang Er’s eyes reddened, and recalling the past, she couldn’t control herself anymore and covered her mouth, crying.

With the judge’s permission, Shi Keke took a tissue to her, comforted her, and whispered in her ear: "A woman must know when to hold on and when to let go. If a man doesn’t love you anymore, holding on is useless, because he will only hurt you again and again with his cruel behavior. A man who truly loves you would never allow a single tear to fall from your eyes in front of him, because it would hurt him more than you."

"Look at that man sitting over there now, with his arrogant demeanor, he looks down on everyone, including you. When he sees you, he even shows disdain. A man like that is not worth any woman’s longing."

After listening to her, Zhang Er’s emotions calmed a little. She wiped her tears with the tissue, nodded, and said, "Lawyer Shi, I know you truly want to help me. I am very touched and grateful. Don’t worry, I’m fine, I can do it. For the sake of my two children, I must fight for their rights, so they do not have to live a hard life in the future."