A whirlwind marriage with a high-ranking official: Lights out, don't force me to take the initi

In the corner next to the cafeteria window, autumn vegetables have already been laid out in full display.

Chinese cabbage, potatoes, radishes, and green onions piled up like a mountain – this is a unique sight in Northeast China in September.

Today, the cafeteria's main dish is sauerkraut stewed with pork bones. As soon as the lid of that big iron pot is lifted, the sour and meaty aroma wafts straight into your nose, and the line for food is incredibly long.

Normally, one ticket gets you a pot of stewed sauerkraut, but today they added pork bones, so you need two extra cafeteria tickets to get one serving.

Ye Wenxi and Lu Weidong each filled a basin, and found a quiet corner to sit down with their enamel basins.

Ye Wenxi picked up the bowl, tilted her head back, and took a big gulp of soup, exhaling a satisfied breath: "It's really delicious. This pickled cabbage tastes authentic, unlike the ones back home, which have too many added chemicals and taste a bit artificially sour."

Lu Weidong smiled and picked up the big bone from his basin and put it into her bowl.

"Hey, you eat yours." Ye Wenxi tried to put the bone back.

"We're not short of meat at home, I can eat it whenever I want." Lu Weidong pressed down on her chopsticks.

"No, you've been training a lot lately, you need to eat more meat, otherwise your stamina won't keep up." Ye Wenxi insisted on putting the big bone back into his mouth.

"If you two don't want to eat it, why don't you give it to me?" a voice came from the side.

Wang Hao stood to the side, carrying a basin, looking rather sullen.

"Get out of here." Lu Weidong raised his foot and gave him a fake kick.

Wang Hao slammed the enamel basin on the table, plopped down next to Lu Weidong, and squeezed in a little.

"What are you doing? You're everywhere, why are you sitting here with us?"

As Lu Weidong was speaking, he reached for a large bone in Wang Hao's bowl with his chopsticks, but Wang Hao pushed it away with his own chopsticks: "I need to ask my sister-in-law about something."

Ye Wenxi looked at him with a smile: "What's up? Tell me quickly."

Wang Hao opened his mouth, glanced at Lu Weidong, smacked his lips, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Lu Weidong had just picked up a piece of pickled cabbage with his chopsticks when he looked up at his expression:

"What do you mean? You think I'm superfluous?"

"What? Do I have to make room for you?"

"This is my wife."

Wang Hao turned back to look at Ye Wenxi, and said in a muffled voice, "It's nothing... it's just... Jiahe is angry with me. She hasn't called me for days."

Ye Wenxi paused with her chopsticks, then looked up: "Really?"

Ding Jiahe is currently on a business trip in Harbin, and has been there for about a week.

"Why?" Ye Wenxi asked.

"Because..." Wang Hao turned to look at Lu Weidong again.

Just as Lu Weidong was about to take a bite of the bone, Wang Hao stared intently at him: "Why are you staring at me like that? Can you tell me? If not, tell me back."

"Ah, okay, okay, I'll tell you!" Wang Hao stiffened his neck, "Because I want to take her to see us."

"What are you looking at?" Ye Wenxi asked.

Lu Weidong suddenly stopped using his chopsticks, but didn't turn his head.

Wang Hao glanced at Lu Weidong: "Ahem...that aspect."

Lu Weidong slowly raised his head and pointed to himself with his chopsticks: "Wouldn't it be better if you asked me about this?"

"Alright, Wang Hao," Ye Wenxi chuckled, "just finish what you were saying in one go."

"Well, you know, we were doing that kind of thing, so I was thinking of taking her to see him, and then she... well, you know."

Lu Weidong: "..."

Ye Wenxi: "..."

"Okay, I understand." Ye Wenxi nodded.

Lu Weidong and Wang Hao both looked at Ye Wenxi at the same time.

"What do you know? Explain it to me." Lu Weidong was a little puzzled.

"None of your business, eat your food," Ye Wenxi retorted.

Lu Weidong: "..."

Ye Wenxi: "I'm not sure if she's really angry with you. Indeed, the clothing company is at a critical moment right now, and Ding Jiahe is probably quite busy."

"She's really angry!" Wang Hao frowned and added seriously, "The last time we talked on the phone, she slammed the phone down."

"Ah, okay," Ye Wenxi pressed her hand down, "I understand."

Ye Wenxi: "You want to ask why Ding Jiahe is angry, right?"

Wang Hao nodded frantically.

Yeh Wen-hsi: "You think I have something in common with her, and you want to know what women like us, who are married but don't want to have children, think, right?"

Wang Hao nodded slightly, a little embarrassed.

Lu Weidong moved his hand holding the spoon and put it into the bowl.

Yes, he understands now.

"It's not that I don't want to have children, it's just that I have more important things to do right now," Ye Wenxi said as she ate her rice. "After all, having children is both physically and mentally taxing for women."

"Like Sister Yunxia, ​​you see, since she got pregnant, she was happy every day for the first few months, but after that, she felt anxious and worried every day."

Wang Hao nodded and quickly explained, "I'm not pressuring you to have children, really not."

Wang Hao: "After we were diagnosed with that disease, the doctor said to let nature take its course."

"I was thinking, even if I'm just letting nature take its course, shouldn't I treat it first? Whether it's curable or not, I still need to treat it, and then I can gradually let nature take its course. I can't wait until I want to have children to start treatment, can I?"

Ye Wenxi nodded: "Yes, I understand what you mean. But I guess Ding Jiahe is watching the clothing company thrive, and she's not in a hurry to have a child right now. What you're saying is putting pressure on her instead."

"But I didn't pressure her!" Wang Hao exclaimed anxiously. "I just mentioned going to check on it, why is she feeling pressured?"

Ye Wenxi lowered her eyes and sighed softly, "Actually, I'm under a bit of pressure too."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Weidong turned his head sharply, staring at Ye Wenxi with a shocked expression.

Wang Hao's gaze fell on Lu Weidong again, as if to say: Look, you're not as perceptive as me. You didn't even notice that your wife was under pressure.

Lu Weidong was now another person sitting opposite Ye Wenxi, eagerly waiting for her to continue.

Ye Wenxi glanced at the two of them and slowly said, "This kind of pressure is not actually given by the husband, but by the current society, family, and some inherent expectations of women."

"Actually... if you put it that way, I don't think Jiahe is really angry with you."

"She might also be anxious, or even want to avoid the issue."

"Because for us, when the garment company is thriving and doing better and better, every milestone and every stage during the upward phase is the most important thing."

"I'm busy right now, but even if I get through this busy period, I'll still be busy in two or three years."

"If Ding Jiahe and I were to put our careers aside to have a baby at this time, we would both be anxious. This is a typical dilemma for career women."

"If Jiahe doesn't want to have children, can you respect her choice and completely relinquish her reproductive rights?"

"I can!" Wang Hao said earnestly. "Even if it means giving up our child for her, I can. We both had our lives saved. To be honest, I'm grateful for every extra day I live. I don't ask for anything more, really, sister-in-law."

Suddenly, Lu Weidong's deep voice came from the side: "Me too."

Ye Wenxi suddenly chuckled.