The string of black jade beads in his hand emitted a unique luster. Shen Shixun entered the room and said, "Give this month's salary directly to Xiang Nanzhi. I have some money here that I'll transfer to you. Please give it to her for me."
Xiang Ciyuan looked up at him and asked, "Zhizhi is short of money?"
She should ask the old man for money if she's short of cash. What's the point of embarrassing herself in front of outsiders? She doesn't even care about Shen Shixun's meager amount of money.
Not wanting to discourage him, Xiang Ciyuan casually asked, "Why don't you give it to her yourself?"
"Could you pass on the same one to me?"
Xiang Ciyuan shook his head, "Do your own thing."
Once Shen Shixun left, Xiang Ciyuan lost his appetite for coffee. He picked up his phone and transferred 500,000 yuan to Xiang Nanzhi, with the note: "Living expenses".
Xiang Nanzhi received a text message about a money transfer.
What's wrong? What's going on? Why is my second brother giving her money for no reason?
"Second Brother?"
"Buy candy to eat."
Xiang Ciyuan replied very quickly.
Xiang Nanzhi retreated, while Xiang Ciyuan turned around again.
Xiang Nanzhi wanted to return, but then she discovered that Xiang Ciyuan had blocked her and set a red exclamation mark to prevent her from going back.
The timer was set to ten minutes, and it was pulled out again very quickly.
After sending the message, Xiang Nanzhi blocked him. He pretended to block her, but she really did...
Grass!
Shen Shixun brought a plate of fried rice home, but when he got to his door, he realized that one of his keys seemed to be missing. He looked for it everywhere but couldn't find it. He figured it was probably lost somewhere and the chances of finding it were slim.
The man kicked the door open, called a locksmith to help change the lock, and then sat inside eating fried rice with a ceiling fan on to keep it cool.
"It's done, I've changed it."
"Thanks."
Are you a resident here?
"Yes, I lost my keys."
"One hundred yuan."
"good."
Shen Shixun paid the bill, thanked Zhang Yandong, took a nap in the afternoon, and later Zhang Yandong called to invite him to a dinner party.
"Am I not resting?"
"Let's get to know some people, come on, have a drink, have a meal, and relax a bit."
"I'm not going."
"Xiang Ciyuan isn't here, so you don't need to be so tense."
What kind of thought process is that? I think he's afraid of Xiang Ciyuan.
"Sehun, I've sent you the address. This is part of the job; men have to socialize and have drinking parties, it's unavoidable."
If he hadn't spent two years in the city, he would have almost believed Zhang Yandong's lies.
"Alright, then we'll wait for you."
"Brother Dong..."
Shen Shixun rested in the room for a while without turning on the air conditioner, and slept through a sweat in the middle of summer.
Xiang Nanzhi also took a nap, and when she woke up around four o'clock, she realized that Shen Shixun still hadn't called her.
Has this man never gone back?
It's okay, she can just wait. She can't stay out all night.
Xiang Ciyuan deliberately returned home early for dinner. During the meal, Xiang Nanzhi was absent-minded and did not notice that Xiang Ciyuan had not been home for dinner for a whole week.
She kept looking at her phone, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Is Shen Shixun working overtime?"
Xiang Ciyuan was taken aback. "He's off today, why is he working overtime?"
Resting means he should have been home long ago. He should have realized the key was missing long ago, but he never called or went home.
Where can he go?
Xiang Nanzhi's mind raced. Could it be that Shen Shixun has another woman on the side?
After a while, Xiang Ciyuan received a phone call. "Yandong, forget it, I won't go. You guys have fun."
Zhang Yandong was just being polite and didn't intend to invite Ciyuan Neng. He entered the private room, where everyone who was supposed to be there had arrived. Zhang Yandong then asked the people he had arranged in advance to come in.
Shen Shixun frowned upon seeing this, and said, "I think I'd better leave."
What kind of behavior is he displaying here with a bunch of women?
"I don't eat meat, it's just for fun. Men should have a grand entrance when they go out to have fun."
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After dinner, Xiang Nanzhi stayed in the yard for a while and drank a glass of iced lemonade. Xiang Ciyuan came out of the house and sat down next to her. "Pregnant women drink iced drinks?"
"Don't make a fuss, or Dad will make a mountain out of a molehill again."
"Zhizhi, your second brother apologizes to you."
Xiang Nanzhi was taken aback for a moment, then sat up straight. "Apologize for what?"
"Second Brother wasn't born this way. He also had his moments of immaturity, like with Jiang Yao..."
Even though he could be assertive in front of others, he couldn't be tough in front of his own sister. "I was wrong about Jiang Yao."
Xiang Nanzhi was angry when she first found out, but after a few days, her anger has long since subsided, and she has come to terms with it.
She's unreliable herself, so what right does she have to criticize her second brother?
"Then you can't do this again, second brother. You should find someone properly, like your eldest brother, and have a proper relationship."
Su Lan couldn't get an appointment with Xiang Jingyi no matter what she did. She drank too much at the bar and called Xiang Nanzhi. Xiang Nanzhi was just about to remove her makeup when she called out, "Hello, Sister Su Lan."
"Zhizhi, can you do me a favor?"
"What's wrong? What can I do for you?"
"Jingyi and I have been having a fight lately, and I'd like to ask him to meet me. Could you... do me this favor?"
Su Lan was the eldest sister-in-law, how could she refuse? "Okay, then, sister-in-law, which bar do you go to?"
Su Lan gave her the address of the bar. Xiang Nanzhi put down the makeup remover pads, touched up her makeup, changed into a black dress, and took her car keys to go outside.
Su Lan spent several days drinking alone in this bar. Once, she drank too much and called Xiang Jingyi, but he didn't come. He just sent a bodyguard to take her home.
Su Lan couldn't hold back and started crying in the car.
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