"How can it not matter? Only your medical school classes are important? Only you are the pillars of the nation, right?" Shen Heng pinched Bai Jiaojiao's nose.

"Oh dear." Bai Jiaojiao frowned and said coquettishly.

The major reforms at the end of last year, with only a one-word difference between public and private ownership, caused their business school to scramble to revise the teaching syllabus overnight. In particular, some basic courses were directly cut, especially for their cohort and the cohort that enrolled last June. As a result, the course schedule at Shenheng is now quite limited.

With his broad shoulders, Shen Heng could pull Bai Jiaojiao into his arms from behind, leaving her no room to run.

Bai Jiaojiao has been working hard and eating little lately, and she's even thinner in the big city than she was in Shili Village.

Shen Heng said, "When I'm not home, you have to eat properly. Don't just eat whatever you can find in the cafeteria. What do they serve? It's just a way to fill your stomach. If you're too lazy to cook for yourself, just buy food from a restaurant. Look how thin you are, you're practically skin and bones."

"I know, but you still have a few days before you leave."

“I told you this first, but you never listen to me.”

"You're really good at framing people. How could I not listen to you? Where can you find someone as obedient to you as me?"

Bai Jiaojiao placed her hand on her waist and pinched Shen Heng's arm.

"Come on, let Heng-ge see where you've been obedient. How about I see it tonight?"

Like a big dog sniffing a bone, Shen Heng's warm breath brushed against Bai Jiaojiao's neck and behind her ears. Bai Jiaojiao tried to dodge, but Shen Heng followed her, reaching down with his hand: "If you're obedient, you'll bend over tonight, okay?"

"no!"

Bai Jiaojiao's eyes reddened with excitement; how could she do such a thing?

"OK."

"no!"

"Okay." Shen Heng repeated it over and over again, as if hypnotizing him, hoping to settle the matter just like that.

Bai Jiaojiao was both ashamed and angry, and kicked Shen Heng off the kang (a heated brick bed).

Shen Heng: "..."

He gripped the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) with his hands: "Your strength has increased."

He was so focused on flirting that he didn't realize his wife had kicked him off the bed; it's so embarrassing.

Shen Heng intended to reassert his authority as husband, but Bai Jiaojiao said, "Go sleep in that room tonight. You never think about anything serious. You're all highly educated now, can't you fill your mind with something else?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Heng realized that Bai Jiaojiao was planning to separate from him, and knew that bringing this up had really angered her.

He touched his nose and said, "Does that mean highly educated people don't need to have children? Although we don't plan to have children now, it's never a bad thing to do some research beforehand. Practice makes perfect, don't you think?"

Bai Jiaojiao was so angry she laughed. "Practice makes perfect!"

Seeing Bai Jiaojiao unable to suppress her laughter, Shen Heng shamelessly leaned closer and said, "If you don't want that position, that's fine. The old one is also okay. We can discuss it."

"Who's going to discuss this with you!"

"Alright, alright," Shen Heng said, knowing when to stop. Bai Jiaojiao had such a temper; she might really make him sleep on the kang next to her tonight. That kang had never been lived in; it was just used to store miscellaneous items. If he were made to sleep there, it wouldn't be fair. "Let's not talk about this. I'll cook dinner tonight as an apology."

Bai Jiaojiao glared at Chen Heng, and said as she got off the kang (heated brick bed), "You just told me to eat more, but the food you make is not as good as the cafeteria food."

"What have you made me out to be? We have so much meat and fish at home, and you're saying it's not as good as the boiled radish in the cafeteria?"

"Even if the master chef just adds two drops of oil, it's still better than what you do."

Bai Jiaojiao went into the kitchen, and Shen Heng went in to help.

Bai Jiaojiao has complained about Shen Heng's cooking skills for a long time. She always has to cook herself, but she is always busy with her studies. Shen Heng washes and cuts the vegetables and waits for her to come back. He does all the cooking, from lighting the fire to washing the pots. If any restaurant were hiring a prep cook, Shen Heng's skills would be enough to get him a job. His knife skills are no worse than a third-rate chef.

Both of them were free today, so cooking a meal together would be quite pleasant.

Two days later, Shen Heng was about to head south. He didn't let Bai Jiaojiao see him off at the station, and he also told her not to pick him up. Knowing that Bai Jiaojiao was disobedient, he deliberately didn't tell her when he would be back.