Five years after my wife's death, she came back!

In the afternoon, when Jiang Mingxue went downstairs to deliver some documents, she overheard people talking about Shi Ying.

She pretended to walk by casually, then leaned closer to listen.

They were saying some rather unpleasant things. Jiang Mingxue pouted. Being alone and powerless, she didn't dare to argue with them.

She returned to her workstation dejectedly, and Su Wan leaned over and said, "Why don't you send Yingying a message to ask?"

"She's not replying." Jiang Mingxue was a little annoyed. The two of them were chatting and laughing just the day before, and they even made plans to go out together on the weekend. Then she just disappeared.

"Send one more, please."

As Su Wan spoke, she opened her phone and sent a message to Shi Ying. She didn't have much hope, but the other party replied very quickly.

"She replied!"

*

Shi Ying slept until noon before waking up.

Shang Shijin was right. Last night, she gave Shang Chenyan a surprise, but she herself was in a terrible state.

She lay in bed for a long time before listlessly getting up.

Shi Ying had just finished washing up when she saw her phone light up.

She opened it and saw a message from Su Wan asking where she was working now.

When Shi Ying returned, her phone was flooded with missed calls and messages. Shang Chenyan and Pei Yanchuan had sent so many messages that they had buried her two best friends' messages. In addition, Shang Chenyan had been very clingy those days, so Shi Ying had forgotten to reply to them.

Shi Ying slapped her forehead in frustration and hurriedly made a phone call back to explain to them.

After talking on the phone for half an hour in her room, Su Wan asked her to go out for dinner after get off work. Shi Ying remembered that she had said yesterday that she was going to the mall to buy clothes for Shang Nian. She thought that after dinner, they could go shopping together, so she agreed.

I had just put down my phone when the door was pushed open.

Shang Chenyan walked in and saw her lying face down on the bed with her legs crossed. He walked over and asked, "Aren't you getting up?"

Shi Ying glared at him, not wanting to pay him any attention.

Shang Chenyan grasped her slightly cold ankle, making Shi Ying ticklish. She wanted to kick him away: "Shang Chenyan, I'm still angry. You'd better not show your face in front of me."

The man hugged her from behind: "Why are you angry? What did I do to upset you?"

"What do you think?" Shi Ying's throat hurt after saying a few more words; it was all his fault for being so unrestrained every day.

Shang Chenyan smiled and reached out to massage her waist: "It's my fault, I won't touch you today."

"Don't even think about touching me for a week."

Feeling the moderate pressure on her lower back, Shi Ying hummed comfortably twice: "If there's a next time, I'll punish you by banning you from entering my room for a month."

Shang Chenyan pinched her lower back: "Then you can come into my room."

"You are welcome in my room anytime."

Shi Ying was defeated by his shamelessness. She buried her face in the pillow and said in a muffled voice, "I'm going to sleep with Niannian. You can sleep by yourself."

"That won't do," Shang Chenyan said matter-of-factly. "She's five and a half years old. Children this age need to start learning to be independent. You can't spoil her too much."

Shi Ying was indeed a bit too indulgent towards Shang Nian, giving in to her every whim, but Shang Chenyan also knew that she wanted to make up for the five years she had missed.

Mentioning Shang Nian reminded Shi Ying of what she had told her yesterday, so she asked, "Niannian said that Aunt Cheng mentioned sending her abroad for treatment, did you know that?"

"She mentioned it to me, but I didn't agree," Shang Chenyan said. "It's true that many children go abroad early these days, as their language skills improve more in an overseas environment. But I don't plan to arrange Niannian's future too early. I'll talk to her again when she has the ability to think independently and see if she wants to stay in China or go abroad."

"Her condition has improved now, and I have asked Ji Huanzhou to invite many well-known foreign experts here, so she doesn't need to go in person."

Shi Ying said "Oh," and then added, "Shang Chenyan, you're a really good father."

In comparison, she seems less competent after disappearing for five years.

Shang Chenyan leaned down and snuggled close to her affectionately: "I can be a good father only because of you."

"Um?"

"I cherish her because she is our daughter."

"Because I know that if you were here, you would love her and care for her, so I want to take good care of her so that when you come back and see her one day, you won't be disappointed."

Shi Ying's eyes stung a little. She sat up, hugged his neck, kissed his cheek, and said somewhat shyly, "I'm not angry with you anymore. You can come into the room tonight."

Shang Chenyan pinched her cheek: "Baby, you're so generous. I'll cook something delicious for you tonight as a reward."

Shi Ying shook her head: "No, I'm going out later, so I won't be having dinner at home tonight."

Shang Chenyan paused slightly as he massaged her waist. His expression remained unchanged, but a hint of panic was clearly visible in his eyes.

"Where are we going?"

Shi Ying explained, "Su Wan and Ming Xue invited me to dinner. They're friends I used to work with. You should know your employees, right?"

"After we finish eating, we want to go shopping. I want to buy Niannian a few outfits."

Shang Chenyan's breathing was a little erratic, and his throat was slightly dry. It took him a while to find his voice: "Do I really have to go? I'm planning to make your favorite food tonight, can we not go out?"

Shi Ying didn't notice his odd behavior: "Then you cook now, we'll eat it for lunch, and you and Niannian can eat at home for dinner."

"They were just curious why I suddenly resigned. They had messaged me to check on me before, but I forgot to reply. I felt I had to treat them to a meal, otherwise I would be too rude."

"Just today, and yesterday I saw that Sister Shijin bought so many dresses for Niannian. I was thinking that I haven't bought anything for you and Niannian yet, so let's go shopping at the mall."

Shang Chenyan tightened his grip on her arm slightly: "Do you want me to stay with you?"

"No need!" Shi Ying looked at him teasingly, "Who goes out with their girlfriend and has their boyfriend accompany them?"

"You stay home and wait for me to come back."

Shi Ying kissed him again: "What delicious food have you prepared? Let's go eat now."

"it is good."

Shang Chenyan felt that his voice was particularly strained.

After lunch, the two of them snuggled on the sofa watching TV in the afternoon. In the evening, Shi Ying prepared to go out.

Shang Chenyan was washing fruit in the kitchen. Through the glass, he watched Shi Ying excitedly packing her bag, as if she couldn't wait to leave.

The shadow in Shang Chenyan's eyes was undisguised, and his hands were trembling slightly. He accidentally crushed a bunch of grapes.

She's going out.

She's leaving.

Will she leave him again?

Unable to control the dangerous thoughts in his mind, Shang Chenyan's eyes began to churn with dark currents. The thought of her leaving filled him with fear and madness.

He didn't want her to go out.

He didn't want to let her leave his side for even a moment.

He couldn't bear to see her out of his sight.

Shang Chenyan's gaze shifted to the pot of seafood soup simmering on the stove.

Shi Ying walked to the entrance, stuffing small odds and ends into her bag while preparing to change her shoes.

Suddenly, a loud "bang" came from the kitchen.

"What's wrong?"

Shi Ying hurriedly put down her bag and ran over. As soon as she entered the kitchen, she saw a mess on the floor, with broken porcelain pieces, soup, dried scallops, abalone and other ingredients all mixed together on the floor.

Shang Chenyan stood to the side, his sleeves rolled up, revealing a large red mark on his arm.