Chapter 13 Guess: What is the biggest blow to a man?_3

The group was pensive.

Gu Ran continued, "If it's not a severe blow, why would Zhao Wenjie suddenly give up on the harmonious family he himself speaks of, and others see in him?"

"Could there be other reasons? Like work? Workplace relationships? Friends?" Jiang Qi asked.

Gu Ran replied, "He shuns the company of women, and his wife can divorce him anytime—based on these two points, I think family factors play a bigger role."

"So what you're suggesting," Zhuang Jing summarized, "is that Zhao Wenjie's wife had an affair, or he himself has health issues. But to maintain family harmony, he chose to endure, silently bearing the burden until he broke down mentally, imagining himself to have 'Inner Strength' to avoid the outside world?"

"It's just my guess," Gu Ran said.

"But how should we approach this?" Tong Ling asked, "If we ask Zhao Wenjie directly, even if we guess right, it would only provoke him."

"Worsening symptoms might not be a bad thing," Su Qing said.