Chapter 23: "The Third Party" - A Must-Teacher for Full-Time Housewives
Chen Zhuan just finished pretending to be cool, and a pillow hit him on the head:
"You say another word?!"
The man glanced at her, lowered his head to pick up the pillow, held it in his arms, and said sullenly, "No."
"We haven't divorced yet, why can't I come?" She looked as if it was a matter of course, raised her chin to the unopened takeaway in front of her, "Have you eaten? Do you want to join us?"
Chen Zhuan didn't respond, just stood at the door and looked at her, and after a while he answered: "No."
"Hey - just right!" Sheng Yiqing raised her eyebrows and began to tear the packaging happily, "I didn't buy your share either. But the boss gave me an extra set of tableware... I'd better throw it away..."
"If you want to eat alone, go back to your own home. I should have changed the password earlier." He said in a cold tone and then entered the house.
Seeing Sheng Yiqing glaring at him with narrowed eyes, he silently dragged a chair in the restaurant and sat opposite her. He took the takeaway bag from her hand, helped her open it and asked: "Um, when did you come?"
"More than an hour ago."
He lowered his head and said nothing. After a while, he whispered, "...Don't you dislike me?"
Sheng Yiqing didn't respond and continued excitedly: "As soon as you left in the afternoon, I encountered some problems at work, which annoyed me to death - I really can't leave you. I thought, forget it, anyway, it's not time for divorce yet, and I won't use the man who can bring me good luck."
"What?" Chen Zhuan stopped and only grasped one point, "I didn't hear it clearly just now, you said - you can't live without someone?"
"...dog...I said I can't live without a dog!" Sheng Yiqing pulled his ear.
Chen Zhuan slapped her hand away, his voice still very light, "Then go find the dog."
"Isn't it here?" She rubbed his hair, "My big dog."
"Die." He grabbed her hand but didn't let go.
After opening the takeaway packaging, she realized that what she ordered was what he liked to eat. Chen Zhuan had a light appetite, but she liked spicy food. The two of them had very different lifestyles and living habits. So every time they dated, they always argued about the topic of "what to eat", so most of the time, either they ordered their own food, or she coerced and bribed him to accommodate her. Sheng Yiqing brought out the side dishes one by one and handed the tableware to Chen Zhuan. Chen Zhuan's eyes stopped on the takeaway, and after a while, he asked, "So, what is our relationship now?"
Sheng Yiqing exclaimed: "How long will it take to get divorced?"
"One month and sixteen days." He blurted out.
"It's so clear, and you're waiting for the divorce?" She raised her eyebrows.
"How could that be?" After a pause, he said, "I just want to figure it out, so, I can still have a few days of good luck from you."
"So, are you lacking good luck today?" Sheng Yiqing put down her legs, leaned forward, and leaned closer to him with her eyes raised.
"Hmm?" Chen Zhuan paused while picking up the food. He had been lowering his head slightly, and when he saw her face leaning over, it was white and clean, with a little swelling in her eyes from not getting enough sleep, he couldn't help but lose his mind. Before he could react, he saw the woman's face suddenly enlarged, and she pecked his lips crisply.
"..."
"Exchange good luck." She retreated as if nothing had happened, "Anyway, there is still more than a month left, and we are still husband and wife in this month. So I think that the obligations and rights that should be fulfilled should still be fulfilled, otherwise it will be a loss, right?"
After saying that, he continued to eat with his head down.
Chen Zhuan stared at her for a while and said, "It's not right."
"What's wrong?"
"You're not right tonight." He put down his chopsticks and concluded with certainty, "Sheng Yiqing, you're trying to please me."
They had just had a fight in the morning, and within a few hours, she came to his house, ordered his favorite food, and kissed him. It was like ceding land and paying compensation. The two had been together for so long, how could Chen Zhuan enjoy such treatment? She was considerate and sweet, which was totally different from this woman's usual style.
"... Ahem." She put down her chopsticks, feeling a little guilty, "Is it so obvious?"
"Don't beat around the bush, just say it directly." He glanced at her and put down his chopsticks, "What bad things are you holding back..."
"I'm sorry." The words were interrupted.
"?" He was stunned.
"I didn't mean to say those things in the afternoon." She put down her chopsticks and said, "I was a little unhappy at the time. I felt that you never liked me, so I couldn't help but say harsh words. You know my personality, I am a very unyielding personality. I thought that if you don't like me, I have to dislike you even more... But I thought it through later. Love should not be about winning or losing. If I said those words against my will and made you think that my sincerity before was fake, then I would really lose... After all, we were together, no matter what happens in the future..."
"Who said I don't like you?" He couldn't listen anymore and interrupted her apology.
"Then you..."
He stopped talking and changed the subject: "But it's rare for you to take the initiative to admit your mistakes."
"I'm flexible." She was disdainful, "But it's also true that I can't accept foreign countries. When the day comes, we have to divorce..."
"But you admitted that you like me very much, the kind that you like to die?" He grasped other key points and looked at himself with burning eyes. "Who is dying of love? Do you love me to death?"
"What do you think?!" He was annoyed: "I was so angry last night..."
Seeing Sheng Yiqing staring at him with wide eyes, he quickly changed the subject, "Well, I mean, I can guess that what you said at noon was against your will." Thinking of something, this man's eyes were slightly smug, and he talked more and more like talking to himself, "Yeah, in fact, you can figure it out with your toes. If you don't like me, you said that with your personality, would you take the initiative to kiss me? Would you get a marriage certificate with me? Would you let me kiss and hug you? Oh, and this morning, you woke up and found that we were not in the same bed, and you were anxious. And, it's been two years, and you still like me to call you my wife. Every time I call you like that, you immediately %...&*(%&%......"
His mouth was She pinched it.
She pressed her lips hard into a duckbill shape with her fingers. Sheng Yiqing looked at the man with disgust, "... shut up... you're a real dog."
...
The two continued to eat quietly.
A moment later——
"Hey. Sheng Yiqing." He suddenly called her.
"What?"
The man looked at her expressionlessly with his eyelids drooping. After a moment, he opened his mouth and called out softly and briefly:
"Woof~"
It was completely dark when Qu Fanyi got home.
She took off her shoes and filled the bathtub in the bathroom. Amid the sound of water, she threw her bag into the cloakroom, took off her clothes, leaving only her underwear, went into the bathroom and began to wipe her face and remove her makeup. The hot steam in the bathroom rose, and she buried herself in the water, trying to make herself completely sober.
Qu Fanyi bathed more After getting dressed, she entered the guest room, wrapped herself in silk pajamas, tied a belt, and finished bathing and changing clothes. She sat solemnly on the desk in the guest room, pushed away the various tapes, stickers, various pearl pens and stationery on the table, and took out a large stack of notebooks from the drawer.
The core of any profession is to have one's own "knowhow", that is, a person's in-depth understanding of the knowledge, work flow, comprehensive ability and all skills of his industry.
The knowhow of a litigation lawyer is to know how to prepare a litigation case, the knowhow of an investment banker is how to sponsor a listing project, and the knowhow of a doctor is how to deal with difficult and complicated diseases... In a long career, all the problems that may be faced are foreseeable, and smart people will organize these experiences into books and update them at any time.
Qu Fanyi also has her own "know-how" on how to be an excellent full-time wife.
Since her freshman year, whenever she had free time, she began to work hard on her wife career, and sorted all the knowledge points and skills into her notebook.
The notebook was divided into two piles, tied with rubber bands, one pile of books was marked "before marriage", and the thicker pile was marked "after marriage". The content before marriage was subdivided into mate selection and pre-marriage preparation. The mate selection notebook was further subdivided into "emotional value judgment and provision", "economic value judgment and provision", "social class value judgment and preparation", etc. The pre-marriage preparation notebook contained small notebooks such as "proposal preparation" and "wedding preparation". Among them, the proposal preparation item was exactly the detailed PDF that Qu Fanyi had at that time.
At this moment, she tore open the pile marked with The rubber band on the "after marriage" notebook was constantly searching through the "cooking skills", "gardening skills", "space design", "nanny usage skills", "home storage", "nutrition"..., and finally found a notebook with "how to deal with the third party".
The notebook was filled with printed excerpts and had been filled to the brim. Qu Fanyi looked at the notebook for a long time and couldn't help but sigh:
"Finally, it's used. Is it true that every full-time wife can't escape the fate of beating the mistress?"
The notebook was colorful and full of battle ideas. For example, the first one was to make sure you were calm first; the second one was to start to confirm whether the other party was really cheating; the third one was to take the opportunity to talk to the other party and test the other party.
But to put it bluntly, it was still just talk. If the university offered the major of "full-time wife" If it is a compulsory course, then "beating the mistress" must be a compulsory course. Unfortunately, all the guiding ideas about this compulsory course come from online novels, books and emotional bloggers.
Thinking about it, the phone vibrated. It was a message from Chi Wei, with only two words: "Thank you."
Qu Fanyi replied in seconds with shaking hands: "Are you done?"
Chi Wei also replied quickly: "Well, I was unlucky today. I had two emergency cases in a row, and another one was an operation. I just returned to the department and saw the things you brought me. I was busy all night and didn't even have time to eat." He was indeed busy. He was heating up the lunch box in the lounge. The phone was on speakerphone and the sound of the microwave oven came from the phone.
Qu Fanyi complained in his heart: Who asked you to apply for the night shift yourself.
But he was still gentle: "Then remember to have a good rest. If you need anything, tell me at any time and I will bring it to you. Weiwei , do you want to eat anything?"
Before Chi Wei answered, a laugh came from not far away: "So considerate, just like my mother."
Qu Fanyi was stunned and asked: "Who is it? ..."
"Nothing." Chi Wei blocked the receiver, glanced at Huang Nana, and turned off the hands-free: "It's okay, the hospital has everything, no need."
Qu Fanyi's voice was weak, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Then after working hard on the night shift, I will pick you up on the last day, okay?"
Chi Wei was sitting in the night shift lounge at this time. Huang Nana was holding a bag of konjac noodles in her hand, standing next to the water dispenser, unpacking it, pouring water, sauce and chili into the konjac noodles, and stirring it quickly with chopsticks with her other hand. The fragrant smell rushed into Chi Wei's nose. Chi Wei raised his eyes and looked over. Huang Nana sensed his gaze and made a mouth shape to Chi Wei, "Do you want it?"
Chi Wei was stunned, Huang Nana came over, holding a chopstick of konjac noodles and handed it to him, lowering her voice and saying, "Ah~"
"Hello?" Qu Fanyi asked again without waiting for Chi Wei's reply.
Chi Wei seemed to have just reacted and said to the phone, "Maybe something will happen at that time. Let's talk later."
The phone hung up. Huang Nana asked, "Wife? Or mother?"
Chi Wei hummed. Seeing that her hand was still raised, he shook his head, "I don't want to eat anymore." After a while, he thought of something and turned around, "By the way, Nana, do you have a boyfriend?"
"I'm single!" Huang Nana widened her eyes, "I told you, I'm single."
"Okay." Chi Wei nodded, "I remember it now."
Three days of day shifts and three days of night shifts, and on the night of the last night shift, there was another operation. What happened in the past few days was more than More than I imagined. Usually, he could sleep easily for a whole night during the night shift, but this time it was his turn and things kept happening.
Lack of sleep made Chi Wei feel like he was going crazy - he began to miss his bed, the food and smell at home, and the relaxing mood when he sank into the expensive sofa at home, as if he was sinking into cotton.
It's unnecessary, he thought - just to avoid Qu Fanyi, he killed himself like this? After being overwhelmed by fatigue, he suddenly felt that the things at home were not so embarrassing.
Of course, Huang Nana was also crazy. She and Dr. Chi were like grasshoppers on a rope for the past three days. The two worked together, rested together, and cooperated together. After dozens of hours, her thoughts were so clear that they wanted to be engraved on her forehead. However, she was certainly not the first to take the initiative. It was Dr. Chi, she said to herself, Dr. Chi started it first.
Two people suddenly had a whim and worked on the night shift for three consecutive days, but one day was better. People who didn't sleep became a spectacle and a laughing stock in the hospital. When eating breakfast in the morning, a colleague even gave the two of them a CP name, and asked with a chuckle: "Doctor Chi, I have another night shift, can you take my place tonight?"
The neighbor joked: "It's boring to just call Doctor Chi, we have to call Huang Nana, the two of them are a good partner for the night shift."
Chi Wei's dark circles were already particularly obvious, he shook his head weakly: "If I take your place again, you will have to give me first aid."
Huang Nana on the side just smiled, lowered her head, looked shy, and when the people left, she put down her chopsticks and tilted her head: "Doctor Chi, you have worked hard these days, I will go to rest early later, okay?"
Chi Wei drank the last spoonful of porridge, as if he just remembered something, and looked at her: "Nana, do you have anything to do at noon?"
"What?" Huang Nana widened her eyes and looked at him with shining eyes, Half-joking: "You're not going to date me, are you?"
Dr. Chi smiled and didn't refute.
Qu Fanyi got up early. In fact, she didn't sleep much in the past three days. She was so anxious that she couldn't eat. She even asked Sheng Yiqing indirectly: "Will Chi Wei cheat?"
Sheng Yiqing said "Huh?!" and replied: "No. But with his conditions, there must be many women who want to throw themselves on him. What's wrong, haven't you solved your awkwardness yet? Be careful that others will take advantage of you."
Qu Fanyi didn't say anything.
After finally waiting until dawn, she immediately jumped out of bed, washed her face, drank American beer, did morning exercises, took a bath, washed her hair, took care of her hair, put on makeup, and matched a full set of battle clothes, making sure to appear in front of Chi Wei in high spirits and take him home.
Before leaving, she asked again: "Shall I pick you up after get off work?"
Chi Wei replied quickly: "...What's good about getting off work Answered?! I have something to do. I will come back after lunch."
"Lunch?"
Chi Wei was vague, "Yes, I have an appointment to talk to someone."
After saying that, he put the phone in his pocket and took off his white coat. Huang Nana, who was at the door of the department, knocked on the door. She was already dressed and blinked, "Hey, do you want to go to the garage separately?"
"No. Just go together." Chi Wei smiled.
The two of them entered the elevator one after the other, standing side by side quietly. The red light of the elevator monitoring flashed on the right rear, 3rd floor, 2nd floor, 1st floor, negative 1st floor--
The elevator door slowly opened, and Chi Wei stepped out. At that moment, he felt a small hand gently pulling his right cuff, which was a subtle coquettish act. Because of the body blocking, this action was stuck in the monitoring blind spot.
Chi Wei's footsteps paused.
The elevator door was behind him.Then it closed.
"Huang Nana." Chi Wei stopped, turned his head to look at her, and asked very slowly, "You have always liked me, right?"