Chapter 17 Finding a Reason to Have a Tryst

Shen Yixiao was really confused by me, and he also stood up, "Why don't I feel sorry for you? If I don't love you anymore and have no reaction to you, can you accept it? This is a normal reaction of mine, and I don't want to force you. Why are you suddenly angry?"

He came and took my hand, trying to coax me.

Men who have cheated on their wives are always extra tolerant and accommodating to the women at home, so that they can feel more at ease.

"I'm just upset and in a bad mood. You go to the company and I'll go for a run to relax!" I refused to soften my attitude and got angry for no reason. I changed into sportswear and went out.

Shen Yixiao did not chase me out, and I jogged around in circles on the circular track, enjoying the feeling of sweating profusely, until I felt that he was about to go to the company, and then I returned home to have breakfast.

Around noon, Meng Zicheng called me and asked, "Sister-in-law, did you have a fight with Brother Xiao?"

"What's wrong?" I closed my eyes and put on a facial mask, my voice was a little unclear.

"He just called me and asked me and Crazy to go out for a drink. He didn't even go to the company. Every time he's like this, it means he had a fight with you!" Meng Zicheng acted like he thought he knew us very well.

I didn't want to talk to him about these things, so I answered perfunctorily, "I've been in a bad mood recently and I was a little cold to him. He got angry. Please help me comfort him."

"Sister-in-law, Brother Xiao's feelings for you are clear to see. Even if he did something wrong, it must have been unintentional. Don't bother with him, otherwise he will be depressed to death." Meng Zicheng acted as a peacemaker.

I said "hmm" and hung up the phone.

Fortunately, the contact between them and I has become much less frequent in the past two years. Plus, they all know that I have been depressed and my personality has changed drastically because of having a child, so their attitude at this time is very normal.

When Shen Yixiao and I had been together for just one year, Meng Zicheng introduced a girl to him.

At that time, Shen Yixiao had a falling out with Meng Zicheng over this matter, and came back to tell me the whole story.

Later, Meng Zicheng found me and begged for my forgiveness with a guilty look on his face. He said, "I thought Brother Xiao was just playing around, but I didn't expect he was serious this time. I'm sorry, Xiaoyue."

In fact, we had just become adults at that time, and we couldn't tell the reality of love or whether it was serious or not.

But Shen Yixiao's attitude touched me deeply. I thought that he would be so sincere and dedicated in the next three, five, or ten years.

A dog will always eat shit, and now Meng Zicheng is covering for Shen Yixiao and acting as a "pimp", which is quite appropriate.

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At night, Shen Yixiao did not come back.

Meng Zicheng sent me a video. He was drinking alone and looked in a bad mood. The hostess sitting next to him wanted to touch him, but he yelled at her.

At this time, a female artist named Sun Xiaoling, who I met on a variety show together, sent a message: Yueyue, why did I see your husband drinking alone in a bar? And you? Why aren't you here?

I have a good relationship with Sun Xiaoling, although we met on the show. She is a considerate, gentle and righteous person, and I like people like her very much.

She has always envied my marriage with Shen Yixiao, and once told me privately that she and her husband actually have no passion anymore and have threatened to divorce several times.

Me: Sister Xiaoling, I’m at home. Yixiao is having a party with his friends and I don’t want to go.

Sun Xiaoling: I see. I saw some girls trying to chat up your husband, but he didn’t respond to any of them. That’s good. He’s a good man.

Me: Yes, he is such a good man.

Then she sent me a video: They are very close to us, but we have to go back, so we won’t bother them, we’ll get together next time.

Me: Okay.

I clicked on the short video that Sun Xiaoling had casually taken. In just five seconds, I glanced at Shen Yixiao. I didn't pay attention to the men who were drinking, but I saw Lu Xiaoyun walking towards them in the crowd.

I tightened my fingers, the embarrassment and anger in my heart rapidly growing.

A few bad words in the morning were not worth Shen Yixiao's attention, to the point of needing to get drunk.

He just found an excuse not to come back, and then he could use Meng Zicheng, Liang Feng and others as cover to meet Lu Xiaoyun.

At this moment, I suddenly felt that he loved Lu Xiaoyun, but I had been with him for too long and we had been through too much, and he himself refused to admit that he had changed his mind.

He wanted to prove to those who had mocked us and opposed us being together that he, Shen Yixiao, was not trash and that it was the right choice for me to follow him.

No matter how successful Shen Yixiao is now, in front of me, he will always be the little gangster who is denied by everyone.

But in front of Lu Xiaoyun, he can hide all his shameful past, act like a perfect man and enjoy Lu Xiaoyun's admiring gaze.

Lu Xiaoyun had never seen Shen Yixiao being beaten black and blue, lying on the ground like a dead fish.

I picked up my car keys, got up and walked out the door.

Half an hour later, I appeared in the apartment. After opening the door, the room was clean and tidy, retaining the same state as when Shen Yixiao and I moved out.

If Lu Xiaoyun lives here as I guessed, then she is indeed careful enough. Even if I come here suddenly, I can't find any evidence that she lives here.

I walked around the apartment waiting for them to come back.

I might miss, or I might run into a gun, I'm mentally prepared for it.

"Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen, you are too heavy. Stand still. I'll open the door—" At 11:30 in the evening, Lu Xiaoyun's voice was heard at the door.

My heart sank, feeling sad and indifferent.

I walked forward and kindly opened the door first. Lu Xiaoyun, who was entering the password at the door, was stunned. She was holding Shen Yixiao's arm with one hand, looking very strenuous.

Shen Yixiao might have really drunk too much, and when he saw me, he didn't react at all.

"Madam, you——" Lu Xiaoyun's face was full of horror, as if a disaster had struck.

I found it hilarious to see her reaction.

It's like a kid playing a prank, hiding and scaring others. He really scares others and feels a great sense of accomplishment.

“I, I’m here. I’m going to sleep here. There are beautiful memories of my wife and I here… You can go now…” Shen Yixiao pushed Lu Xiaoyun away, then pushed me away, and stumbled into the living room.

Lu Xiaoyun's face flushed, and she felt uneasy. "Madam, Mr. Shen drank too much. I happened to be drinking there with my friend, so I wanted to send him back, but he refused and insisted that I send him here."

Her courage is like a balloon, sometimes big and sometimes small.

You were so scared when you saw me just now, and you reacted so quickly when you lied.

"Okay, this is the place where he and I rented together when we first entered society. It was also the first property we bought. It has different meanings." My face was stable and I was not affected by my emotions.