Seeing that his hints didn't make his wife realize what he was doing, Xu Shike continued, "Wife, let me tell you the truth. I saw that guy Zhou Chen coming to work today wearing a scarf. He even showed off in front of me, saying, 'What's the point of having a wife? My wife can't even knit a scarf for me, unlike his wife who knitted one for him. You didn't see his smug face. It pissed me off.'"

Jiang Shanshan asked seriously, "Did he really say that? And he also told you that I can't knit a scarf?"

Xu Shike nodded impatiently. "I said that. He also said that what's the point of me bringing you back as my wife? You can't even knit a scarf for your man. You don't know, when I heard that, I was so angry that I almost got into a fight with him."

Jiang Shanshan sneered, "It's just a scarf, what's the big deal? Just wait, I'll knit you a scarf in the next two days, and I can even knit it in various patterns."

Back when she was in college, she had learned it in person with her roommates.

"Really? I knew my wife would be fine. I remember I received the scarf you gave me back then. It was so beautiful, so much better than the one Zhou Chen was wearing. It's a pity that the earthquake destroyed everything we had."

"It's okay, I'll knit another one for you. It's just a scarf, which is too easy for me, your wife, to make. You just have to wait and wear it." She said with a look of assurance.

After saying this, Jiang Shanshan remembered that he was going on a business trip in a week.

"Xu Shike, I want to discuss something with you. I've been assigned by the research institute to go on a business trip to Province X. I'll be away for about half a month."

"Why are you saying this so suddenly? Did you agree?" When Xu Shike heard her say that she was going on a business trip, he jumped up from the bed he had just laid down on nervously, stared at her anxiously and asked.

Jiang Shanshan nodded gently. "I agreed. I had no choice. There are only four people in our institute, two of whom are elderly. It's impossible for them to go. At such an old age, the long journey is too tiring for them. So in the end, this job naturally fell on us two young people."

"When do we leave?" Xu Shike asked again with his lips pursed.

"Leaving next week."

"There's still time." Xu Shike said these words slowly.

Jiang Shanshan raised an eyebrow in confusion when he heard these words, "What do you mean? What do you mean by too late?"

Xu Shike quickly crossed out his answer and said, "Nothing, I just meant there's still time to prepare something for you."

Jiang Shanshan looked at him with a half-believing, half-doubting expression, "Is this really what you mean? There's no other meaning?"

"I don't mean anything else. This is exactly what I meant. I just thought this week would be enough time for me to prepare things for your business trip."

Jiang Shanshan pursed her lips, raised her hand and gently pinched his arm, "I'm about to go on a business trip, and you don't seem to be reluctant at all. You're really cruel."

Xu Shike laughed, then smiled at her and said, "What should we do? I can't possibly stop you from going. If what I do can stop you from going, then I can do it. But are you willing to not go?"

"That's impossible. This matter has already been arranged. If I don't go, they will have to send several senior people from the institute, which is not possible." Jiang Shanshan answered without thinking.