"What's this?" Jiang Shiyue took the folded letter with a puzzled look on her face, opened it and glanced at it. It was a letter of introduction, or more precisely, a letter of recommendation for taking the college entrance examination.

There was fifty cents in the letter.

The registration fee for the college entrance examination is only 50 cents.

Although she hadn't decided whether to take the college entrance exam, Jiang Shiyue still accepted it and said, "Thank you!"

Chen Shanhe turned his head uncomfortably and apologized dryly, "I'm sorry, I wrongly blamed you about Yangyang's matter!"

Taking Yangyang to the hospital is really not like Jiang Shiyue's style.

Chen Shanhe turned around and looked at Jiang Shiyue carefully again. It seemed that something was wrong with her since she saw Jiang Shiyue from the stinky ditch.

The person is still the same person, but there is less aggressiveness and arrogance in his eyes and eyebrows, and more wisdom and magnanimity, making him look much more pleasing to the eye.

Can a person change so much just by falling?

Jiang Shiyue took in the doubts that were not concealed on Chen Shanhe's face, but could not explain it.

She couldn't tell Chen Shanhe, "I'm not your wife, I came here from 2022!" She could only change the subject, "Let's talk about divorce?"

Chen Shanhe looked away, his expression a little complicated. He finally pursed his lips and said reluctantly, "I'm sorry, we may not be able to get divorced for the time being."

At the beginning of the meeting, the brigade commander specifically told him not to divorce, and it was useless to file a divorce report.

Jiang Shiyue was stunned at first, then guessed the reason and had a complicated expression.

"Don't worry, being married is definitely not an obstacle for you to take the college entrance examination." Chen Shanhe quickly added, taking a half step back to prevent Jiang Shiyue from suddenly attacking.

Although Jiang Shiyue was particularly abnormal today, she could not help but jump up and scratch him as usual when she heard that they could not divorce.

However, Jiang Shiyue was very calm and nodded, "I understand."

“???”

Chen Shanhe frowned, a little bit unbelievable. How could she not cry, get angry or make a scene?

It was too dark, and Jiang Shiyue didn't notice Chen Shanhe's expression. After a quick thought, she said, "I can accept not getting a divorce for now, but we have to set three rules."

"You say." Chen Shanhe breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Jiang Shiyue was not so easy to talk to.

"First, let's continue our marriage in name only. Let's change rooms. You and Yangyang can live in the outer room, and I can live in the inner room." Jiang Shiyue felt that they, father and son, were too cramped in the small room. She couldn't use such a large room by herself, and the inner room had better privacy.

Chen Shanhe nodded without thinking, "No problem."

"Secondly, it was my fault that Yangyang came into being, but now that the child is born, it's meaningless to argue about right and wrong. Both parents have an obligation to raise their child. From now on, his child support will be split equally between us. Similarly, his medical expenses will also be split equally between us. I owe the brigade commander sixteen dollars for Yangyang's medical treatment today. You pay eight dollars and I pay eight dollars."

Chen Shanhe was a little unable to describe how he felt at the moment. It was as if he was fully armed with real guns and live ammunition, with explosives on his back, and ready to die together with the enemy if he could not defeat the enemy. However, while he was holding the fuse with a fearless attitude of death, the enemy opened the door to him and told him that they did not want to fight anymore and wanted to establish diplomatic relations.

Seeing that Chen Shanhe was still silent, Jiang Shiyue thought he was unwilling and continued to persuade him, "Although you were forced to be his 'father', you still have to fulfill your father's obligations. Besides, I don't have a stable income right now, so I can't afford to raise him alone for the time being."

Chen Shanhe took a deep breath and couldn't help asking, "Are you Jiang Shiyue?"

If he didn't disbelieve in ghosts and gods, he would definitely think that Jiang Shiyue was possessed.

Jiang Shiyue: “…”

Then she remembered that her speech and behavior were very different from the original owner, which could easily arouse suspicion from familiar people. But she didn't intend to imitate the original owner, mainly because she simply couldn't imitate the original owner's extreme personality.

You can doubt it if you want! Even DNA tests show she's fake.

After a while, Jiang Shiyue replied meaningfully, "Believe me, I wish I wasn't Jiang Shiyue even more than you do."

In order to ensure smooth negotiation, Jiang Shiyue thought for a moment, raised her finger, pointed at the back of her head, and added, "I fell into a stinky ditch today and hit the back of my head, almost dying. Just think of it as me realizing I've lost my way or that all the water in my brain has gone into the stinky ditch, so I want to turn over a new leaf!"

Chen Shanhe couldn't think of a reasonable explanation and could only accept this perfunctory answer temporarily.

Jiang Shiyue didn't care what he thought and continued, "Third, I will stay in the compound temporarily until Yangyang recovers. The doctor said that children with autism need a warm and stable family. After Yangyang recovers, we will discuss the details of the divorce."

Chen Shanhe keenly caught the key word, "Autism?"

Jiang Shiyue nodded, "Yes, Yangyang is not what you call a 'fool'. At most, he is a sick child..."

She told Chen Shanhe everything she knew about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of autism, but added three words at the beginning, "The doctor said."

Based on the original owner's memory and observations of Yangyang today, Jiang Shiyue discovered that Yangyang has most of the characteristics of an autistic child, such as refusing to communicate with others, having a fixed schedule, range of activities, and route of action.

Once these routines are disrupted, he becomes anxious.

However, Yangyang's anxiety was not obvious. His fingers would keep flicking slightly, and it would not be noticed without careful observation.

Chen Shanhe was very surprised. He had never heard of the disease "autism". Although he felt that his son was not like other children with mental problems, he had no better explanation, so he always treated Yangyang as a child with intellectual disabilities, or a fool.

Jiang Shiyue used to hate Yangyang very much, partly because she thought it was shameful to have such a child.

I didn't expect that I was just sick.

Chen Shanhe nodded.

Jiang Shiyue added, "However, you must be mentally prepared for a long battle. Autism is difficult to treat, and there are currently no cured cases in China."

Chen Shanhe said "hmm".

"Fourth, I..."

…

In short, Chen Shanhe did not refuse any of Jiang Shiyue's requests.

"Um..." Jiang Shiyue, who was a thief for the first time, was a little embarrassed to speak, "I... those things I stole are in your hands?"

Chen Shanhe nodded and explained, "In the compound, even unwanted junk and garbage must be inspected before being disposed of. This is to prevent people from taking out things they shouldn't take."

In fact, junk is rarely sold in the compound. Most of the items, such as expired newspapers, are directly burned in a centralized manner to prevent them from falling into the hands of interested parties and being compiled into "intelligence" and transmitted to other countries.

Of course, family members can sell junk, but they need to check it before leaving the house.

Chen Shanhe happened to pass by and saw the conspicuous iron pot. He went over to ask about it, and when he heard that it was sold by Jiang Shiyue, he knew it must be something bad, so he spent money to buy it back.

Jiang Shiyue's face was a little hot, but she could only listen with her head held high. After listening, she said to Chen Shanhe, "Give me all those pots and pans! I'll go to my sisters-in-law's house to return the things and apologize."

Chen Shanhe was so shocked by Jiang Shiyue's abnormal words and actions that he didn't know how to react. After a slight hesitation, he nodded.

"Um..." Jiang Shiyue pointed her index finger and hesitated before speaking again, "Can you lend me some money?"