Jiang Tian tried to cry throughout but didn't, finally letting out tears while trembling.
After wiping her mouth, Zhou Yancheng was relieved to see that she was finally sleeping soundly.
Chen Fenglie saw Jiang Tian and Zhou Yancheng at a banquet.
This banquet was for a businessman's sixtieth birthday.
The businessman usually cultivated good relationships and had helped Chen Fenglie before, so he came over.
But when he arrived, few people paid him any attention.
Chen Fenglie's assets have shrunk by two-thirds.
He and Jiang Qing got their marriage certificate not long ago. The condition for getting the certificate was that he would pay off all of Jiang's family's debts.
After so many years of entanglement, getting Jiang Qing became Chen Fenglie's obsession. So he abandoned his principles for her, willing to embezzle his family fortune, just to marry her.
In reality, the two didn't even have a wedding ceremony. Apart from the marriage certificate and Jiang Qing moving into the Chen family home, Chen Fenglie didn't feel much of a sense of reality.
Life after marriage was not as good as he had imagined.
In their relationship, Jiang Qing was always the one being pampered. Even after her family's fortunes declined, she still couldn't let go of the resentment in her heart.
Not long after getting married, she asked Chen Fenglie for money to start a business.
To be honest, she was actually provoked by Jiang Tian.
Zhou Yancheng and Jiang Tian were originally insignificant characters in her eyes, and she didn't take them seriously.
But fortunes change, and while others enjoyed perfect lives and careers, she found herself with nothing. This sense of loss kept Jiang Qing awake at night; she desperately wanted to succeed immediately and show those who looked down on her what they were made of.
Success doesn't come easily; she had no work experience outside of the Jiang family's company.
The theory she learned could not be applied to practice, leaving Jiang Qing with only theoretical knowledge and no practical experience.
Within a few days, she had lost all her money, without making a single penny.
That wasn't the end of it; she didn't give up and continued to ask Chen Fenglie for money.
Chen Fenglie's assets have shrunk so much because of Jiang Qing, and he still lets her throw money away. With his temper, how could he possibly tolerate it forever?
In addition, upon learning that he had filled the Jiang family's bottomless pit and had fallen out with Zhou Yancheng, the opportunistic merchants automatically distanced themselves from him.
His business was getting worse and worse. When he went back, he had to face an ambitious but incompetent man, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Jiang who had paid off their debts but were penniless and needed to beg for money to make ends meet, and Jiang Chen who was still in school...
He found everyone utterly repulsive.
Marriage brought him no happiness, only endless frustration.
He came to the banquet alone, also wanting to catch his breath.
He was drinking alone in the garden when he happened to run into Zhou Yancheng helping the pregnant Jiang Tian take a walk.
"Did the child cause you any trouble?" Zhou Yancheng asked, his tone tinged with concern.
"We just had a check-up, and the baby's condition is very stable, so don't worry," Jiang Tian said relaxedly.
The merchant helped Zhou Yancheng a lot. He invited the couple to his birthday celebration. Jiang Tian thought it would be inappropriate not to go, but Zhou Yancheng couldn't persuade her otherwise, so he came with her.
Fortunately, the old man was very sensible. He didn't ask the couple to go to the lobby, but met with them alone. He was about to immigrate, and if he didn't meet them, they might never see each other again.
The old man praised Jiang Tian and Zhou Yancheng repeatedly and gave them very expensive gifts in advance as a greeting gift for the children.
After delivering the package, he instructed Zhou Yancheng to take another route to bring his wife back.
The couple's path led through the garden, where they were spotted by Chen Fenglie.
Zhou Yancheng touched her stomach with his hand, his movements becoming even more careful.
“I’m not the Empress Dowager, you don’t need to serve me like this, Xiao Chengzi.”
Zhou Yancheng knew that Jiang Tian's acting addiction was acting up again. Helpless, he cleared his throat and said, "But you are the Empress. The Empress is pregnant with my child. How can I not care?"
Jiang Tian was amused by him and leaned against Zhou Yancheng's chest: "How come you're acting too?"
Why else? Of course, it's to make you happy, Zhou Yancheng told her with his eyes.
Jiang Tian understood; she had been walking for a while and was getting tired.
She pleaded with Zhou Yancheng in his ear, "Little Chengzi, please carry me back quickly, I'm so tired."
Zhou Yancheng had intended to hug her, but he didn't do it immediately. Instead, he pointed to his lips.
Jiang Tian was quite sensible and went up to kiss him.
Just as she was about to move away, her head was pressed down.
Zhou Yancheng is always very domineering.
When Jiang Tian raised her head, she took a long time to adjust her breathing.
"You pervert, don't corrupt my child!"
Zhou Yancheng remained calm: "He's just an embryo, what could he possibly know?"
As he spoke, he picked Jiang Tian up.
He has excellent physical strength; he can carry Jiang Tian for half an hour without his breathing becoming disordered.
Jiang Tian nestled her head in his arms, sleepiness washing over her: "I'm sleepy again..."
"Sleep well."
"Um……"
Zhou Yancheng walked more slowly and steadily.
The couple had been gone for a long time before Chen Fenglie came out. The cigarette butt burned his hand, but he seemed not to feel it at all.
He stared in the direction the couple had left, his eyes fixed on them for a long time.
They were so happy, it was blindingly so.
So this is what it's like for people in love...
So this is what a healthy family atmosphere looks like...
Chen Fenglie returned home dejectedly, and Jiang Qing immediately rushed to his side.
Her eyes swept over Chen Fenglie from head to toe: "Has any other woman come near you?"
She could have attended the banquet, but Chen Fenglie gritted his teeth and wouldn't let her go.
Jiang Qing didn't really want to go. She knew she had become a laughing stock, and if she went, she would be treated like a monkey.
But even though Chen Fenglie left, leaving her at home, she still felt unbalanced.
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