Ding-dong—
After dropping Shengyi off downstairs, Xu Yanshu returned home. Just as he was about to sit down, the doorbell rang. He instinctively assumed that Shengyi had forgotten something and had returned.
He strode forward to open the door, "Have you forgotten...?"
Unexpectedly, the person who came was Xie Huanyu, and Xu Yanshu's expression suddenly froze.
Xie Huanyu naturally noticed that something was wrong with the other party and subconsciously asked, "Who did you think came?"
"Nobody here!" Xu Yanshu replied coldly, his gaze towards the woman revealing obvious aloofness. "What are you doing here?"
It seems he really has forgotten.
Xie Huanyu's eyes darkened for a moment, but she quickly recovered and waved the birthday cake in her hand at the other person.
"I came to celebrate your birthday with you. Don't worry, I'll leave right after we cut the cake."
No wonder he always felt like he had forgotten something important. Xu Yanshu immediately understood and couldn't help but sigh at muscle memory.
Before this, he would always prepare for Xie Huanyu's birthday well in advance, but the other party would not appreciate it. Either she would disappear on the day of the birthday, or she would throw the candlelight dinner he had prepared into the trash can.
Xu Yanshu hesitated, but ultimately turned to the side, letting Xie Huanyu walk in from outside carrying the cake.
Xie Huanyu glanced around habitually, then curled her lip in disdain, "How can anyone live in such a small place?"
Xu Yanshu frowned unhappily, then looked up and gave the woman a cold glance, who immediately shut up.
Turning around and placing the cake on the coffee table, Xie Huanyu unexpectedly noticed the bottled water next to her. After a moment of stunned silence, a deep anger quickly welled up in her eyes.
She immediately picked up the mineral water bottle, pointed to the lipstick mark on it, and coldly questioned, "You brought a woman back? Is it Qin Shengyi or someone else?"
Considering Xu Yanshu's reaction when he opened the door, Xie Huanyu felt even more heartbroken. He was cold and aloof towards her, but gentle and kind to everyone else.
"Xie Huanyu!" Xu Yanshu said sharply, his face dark and gloomy. "If you want to start a fight, then you can leave now!"
He couldn't help but regret letting Xie Huanyu in earlier. He had thought it was her birthday after all, and she had already made her point. It proved that he really couldn't be soft-hearted with a woman like Xie Huanyu.
Can't we even ask questions anymore?
Xie Huanyu looked at the person with a very aggrieved expression. Although she was still puzzled, she didn't dare to say anything more. After sitting down on the sofa, she began to prepare to unwrap the cake.
Just then, she suddenly remembered something and looked at Xu Yanshu with curiosity in her eyes, "What birthday gifts did you prepare for me in the past few years? Where did you put them?"
"Throw it away!" Xu Yanshu replied coldly, his brows furrowed with impatience.
I never thought about cherishing this before, but now that we're about to go our separate ways, she's suddenly asking about these things. It's completely baffling.
She probably shouldn't have asked that question...
Xie Huanyu regretted her rashness for a moment, then stopped talking, took the cake out of the box, and symbolically put a few candles on it.
Watching the woman's actions with a cold eye, Xu Yanshu hesitated for a moment before getting up to draw the curtains.
This gesture inexplicably warmed Xie Huanyu's heart, and she immediately put her hands together and began to make a wish, "I hope the company will develop more and more smoothly."
Her real wish was to reconcile with Xu Yanshu as soon as possible.
However, given the current situation, saying it out loud would only annoy the other party.
Finally, Xie Huanyu opened her eyes and gently blew out the candle, and the living room was lit up again.
Xie Huanyu started cutting the cake with a knife, handing a piece to the man opposite her, "Here, have a taste, this cake shop is very famous in Kyoto!"
Xu Yanshu took the cake and placed it aside, his thin lips pressed down into a straight line, his eyes dark and unfathomable.
Ironically, after more than five years of marriage, this was the first time they had sat down together to celebrate a birthday.
Xie Huanyu took a small bite of cake and was about to say something when she noticed that Xu Yanshu hadn't eaten any. "Why aren't you eating?"
I am lactose intolerant!
The air seemed to freeze for a moment. Xie Huanyu said softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't know!"
I have to admit that I had never taken the initiative to care about Xu Yanshu before, so much so that I didn't even know that he was lactose intolerant.
Feeling a pang of guilt, Xie Huanyu couldn't help but laugh at herself. No wonder Xu Yanshu was determined to divorce her; she was indeed not a good wife.
After regaining her senses, she remembered the main purpose of her visit today and said to herself, "Don't misunderstand, Zhou Zehao and I have nothing going on. The trending topic that day was a complete misunderstanding!"
Although Xu Yanshu doesn't care about this matter at the moment, she still feels it's necessary to explain it clearly to him to avoid creating a rift between them in the future.
Why bring this up?
Xu Yanshu frowned in confusion, feeling utterly bewildered. Did she still care about such things now?
Moreover, it's impossible that she really didn't know that Xie Junyang was behind the trending topic, yet she's trying to cover it up and call it a misunderstanding. He secretly scoffed in his heart.
There was no point in arguing, so Xu Yanshu bluntly told him to leave, "Now that your birthday is over, if you don't have anything else to do, you can go!"
Is it really necessary to be this extreme?
Xie Huanyu couldn't hold back for a moment and couldn't help but say indignantly, "Xu Yanshu, as the saying goes, even a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness. Did you have to be so cruel?"
But she never thought about abiding by the basic rules of marriage, nor did she ever think about respecting herself!
To avoid unnecessary conflict, Xu Yanshu didn't actually say what he meant, but instead pointed towards the door and reiterated, "If there's nothing else, you can leave!"
Let's go!
Xie Huanyu immediately lost her temper, gave the person a cold glare, got up and walked out, slamming the door shut with a loud bang.
A flash of displeasure crossed Xu Yanshu's eyes. He withdrew his gaze, turned, and walked to the balcony. After a moment's thought, he directly addressed Jiang Zhengyu—
"Hey, it's me! You..."
"I'm sorry, I admit that today's joke went a bit too far. I promise it won't happen again!"
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Yanshu decided to speak, "Zhengyu, I know your intention, but there's really no need to do this. Someone like me has no right to delay Shengyi."
The person on the other end was silent for a moment, then coldly uttered a sentence.
"Heh, I really didn't expect you, Xu Yanshu, to be such a coward."
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