"Wife, this..." Gu Jiuyan, who had obsessive-compulsive disorder, really couldn't bring himself to pick it up.

"This medicine was given to me by my grandparents, so..."

Without waiting for Shen Yunshu to finish speaking, Gu Jiuyan held his breath and picked up the pill that fell on the frozen dog poop.

That bastard Lao Wan owes him a huge favor this time.

Shen Yunshu quickly took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wrapped up the dirty pill, but Gu Jiuyan could no longer look directly at his right hand.

After returning home, Gu Jiuyan rubbed his hands with soap over and over again until his palms turned red.

"This pill is stained with dog shit... Will Jiang Chen dislike it?" Not sure if it was psychological effect, but Shen Yunshu always felt that the pill in his hand smelled like shit.

"He dares." Gu Jiuyan raised his eyebrows.

"Then I'll give this pill to you. Please ask me to give it to Jiang Chen. Remember not to expose me."

"Wife, I thank you on behalf of Jiang Chen." She could have ignored it, but she still took action. Gu Jiuyan naturally knew that she did this for him.

Shen Yunshu said with an unnatural expression: "Actually, there is no need to thank me. This thing originally belonged to you. Jiang Chen should thank you."

"Me?" A hint of doubt flashed in Gu Jiuyan's eyes.

"This was the wedding gift our older sister gave us when we got married. She said..."

Gu Jiuyan: “…”

That night, Gu Jiuyan proved himself with his actions. Shen Yunshu covered his sore waist and glared at Gu Jiuyan fiercely.

Jiang Chen was in low spirits after being discharged from the hospital, and even his temper became much worse. He would often quarrel with Liu Meiling over trivial matters at home.

The three children were so scared that they huddled in the corner and cried loudly. Liu Meiling had to comfort the children at home and Jiang Chen who was in poor health. She looked exhausted.

"I'm disgusted by your appearance now. If you don't want to live with me, get out. I don't want you."

Bang! As soon as Jiang Chen finished speaking, he was slapped in the face. Liu Meiling looked at Jiang Chen disappointedly.

"Jiang Chen, what exactly do you want me to do?"

"Let's get a divorce. I've had enough of you."

"Are you sure?"

"……Sure……"

"Okay, don't regret it." After saying that, Liu Meiling packed a few clothes and took her child back to her parents' home.

Listening to the footsteps that were getting farther and farther away, Jiang Chen could no longer control the fragility in his heart. He fanned himself while crying, but the only thing that remained was that he had no regrets.

How could a disabled man like him give her happiness?

She deserves the best.

Nowadays, tube-shaped buildings are not soundproof, and any noise from someone's house can be heard clearly by the neighbors next door. The news of Jiang Chen and his wife's quarrel soon reached Gu Jiuyan's ears.

In the evening, Gu Jiuyan came to Jiang Chen's house. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Jiang Chen lying on the ground, drunk, with half a bottle of wine in his hand.

The weather was so cold that Jiang Chen, lying on the ground, had pale lips and was frozen stiff.

Gu Jiuyan pulled Jiang Chen up from the ground with a cold face and threw him on the bed. He went to the next door to borrow two pots of water, filled two hot water bottles and threw them into the quilt, then went outside to get a charcoal brazier.

As the temperature in the room gradually rose, Jiang Chen's complexion gradually improved. When he woke up from his dream, he saw Gu Jiuyan sitting beside the bed. The smell of alcohol on his body had dissipated a lot.

Jiang Chen rubbed his swollen head: "Old Gu, why are you here?"

Gu Jiuyan said coldly: "If I had come a step later, you would have frozen to death in the house tonight."

"It would be great to die. Death will put an end to everything." Jiang Chen's lips curled up into a self-deprecating smile, and that smile was as sad as it could be.

Gu Jiuyan looked at Jiang Chen like this and slapped him a few times to make him wake up.

"Do you think that if you force Liu Meiling to divorce you, her and the child's lives will get better? I tell you, you are dreaming."

"Then tell me, what should I do? Meiling is still so young, I can't let her be a widow with me for the rest of her life."

"Who said your disease can't be cured? If I say it can be cured, it can be cured."

"Old Gu, I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now."

"When have I ever joked with you?"

"You..." Jiang Chen had known Lao Gu for so many years, but he had never seen him joke with anyone. He always had a cold face, as if someone owed him money in the previous life.

"Open your mouth."

Jiang Chen subconsciously opened his mouth, and Gu Jiuyan threw the pill in his hand into his mouth with disgust.

Before Jiang Chen could react, he swallowed the pill and felt a heat in his lower abdomen.

Suddenly, Jiang Chen seemed to realize something... This feeling was something he had never experienced since he was discharged from the hospital.

When Gu Jiuyan saw Jiang Chen's reaction, he knew that the medicine had taken effect, and a smile of joy appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Old Gu, I feel better there."

"Okay, go get Liu Meiling back and live a good life from now on... As for the medicine, I don't want anyone else in this world to know."

"Old Gu, thank you, brother. From now on, you are my real brother... No, my real father! I will do whatever you ask me to do."

After Gu Jiuyan left, Jiang Chen hurriedly took off his clothes to verify.

…………

Jiang Chen laughed heartily, but he also remembered what Gu Jiuyan said.

Say what you can.

If you can't say anything, keep your mouth shut.

The next day, Jiang Chen went to his mother-in-law's house to apologize and successfully saved his wife and child.

At night, after the child fell asleep, Jiang Chen started to become dishonest. Liu Meiling was afraid of disturbing his self-esteem, so she could only pretend to act.

However, what happened later was far beyond her expectations. Before she had time to think about it, Jiang Chen pulled her back.

…………

"You...what's wrong with you...didn't the doctor say..."

"I got better suddenly. It might be the blessing of my Jiang family ancestors."

This excuse was full of holes. Seeing that Jiang Chen was lying with his eyes open, Liu Meiling neither exposed him nor asked any further questions.

There are some words and some things that there is no need to get to the bottom of them. Pretending to be confused is also a kind of happiness.

Jiang Chen and Liu Meiling spent some money and took Gu Jiuyan to a restaurant to eat meat the next day.

In order to save travel expenses, Cheng Yanqiu and Li Genfang did not go back home during the winter vacation this year and stayed in school to study.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Shen Yunshu rode his bike to school after breakfast, and finally found Cheng Yanqiu and Li Genfang in the library.

"Hurry up and pack your things and come home with me for the New Year's Eve dinner. I'll be spending the New Year at my house this year. The food is ready for you."

"Shushu, we can just have a few bites at school. We really won't be going. Please thank our uncle and aunt for us."