Mr. Shen, your love-struck wife doesn't want you anymore!

When the doorbell rang, Jiang Yu and Guo Yaoyao were watching TV and eating ice cream in the living room.

Guo Yaoyao was too lazy to move. "Sister, go open the door."

"You're so lazy!"

Jiang Yu got up, opened the door, and slammed it shut the next second.

Guo Yaoyao asked who it was.

Jiang Yu: "The Japanese are coming."

The doorbell rang again.

Guo Yaoyao went over suspiciously, opened the door and saw Shen Chengyan, exclaiming in surprise, "Brother-in-law, what brings you here? What happened to your hand?"

"It's nothing, just a minor injury. Where's your sister?"

"I'm watching TV, brother-in-law, come in quickly."

X City is a small place, not a provincial capital, and has no airport. Shen Chengyan came by high-speed rail.

I didn't bring any valuable gifts.

He was carrying several large gift boxes he had bought from the supermarket.

He placed the gift box at the door, and Guo Yaoyao took out his old slippers, saying nervously, "They've been washed, they're not dirty."

She had heard Jiang Yu complain that Shen Chengyan was a germaphobe.

When they were dating, they would go out to eat and watch movies together, and Jiang Yu always felt a lot of pressure.

Because Shen Chengyan may not say it, but he always shows it through his body language and actions.

They complain about the table, chairs, and dishes being dirty while eating, their brows furrowed the entire time.

He can wash his hands several times during a one-hour movie.

She would take a shower and change clothes immediately after getting home.

Every time Jiang Yu went on a date with him, she would secretly send messages to Guo Yaoyao to complain about him.

—He's too difficult to deal with.

Dating him is practically a work injury.

—Why didn't you find it dirty when you held my hand?

Jiang Yu didn't dare to say anything that was inappropriate for children.

Guo Yaoyao was worried that he would dislike the old slippers, so she explained, "These are the ones you used to wear, brother-in-law. I washed them and put them away without touching them."

She tactfully suggested, "If you're uncomfortable wearing these, brother-in-law, I'll go downstairs to the supermarket and buy you a new pair."

Before Shen Chengyan could speak, Jiang Yu from the living room couldn't hold back any longer, "If he doesn't want to wear them, then let him go barefoot. He's spoiled!"

Guo Yaoyao: "..."

Shen Chengyan ignored the disapproval from the living room side, took the slippers from Guo Yaoyao's hand, and said gently that there was no need to buy new ones, as these were fine.

Guo Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought it wasn't that difficult to handle.

Her brother-in-law is quite understanding.

Shen Chengyan changed into slippers and went to the living room. Jiang Yu was half-sitting and half-lying on the sofa, not looking at him, as if he didn't exist, and was watching TV very seriously.

He frowned as he looked at the ice cream in her hand.

Before he could speak, the kitchen door opened, and Jiang Huilan came out. Seeing the man who had suddenly appeared, she paused for a couple of seconds, then asked, "When did Cheng Yan arrive?"

Shen Chengyan withdrew his gaze from Jiang Yu: "Auntie, I just arrived."

Jiang Huilan didn't greet him as warmly as before. Instead, she said to him in a flat tone, "Come to the kitchen with me and help me out."

Shen Chengyan paused for a moment, then followed.

When he got to the kitchen, Jiang Huilan closed the door. "What happened to your arm?"

"It's a minor injury, it'll heal soon."

"Then you can get things done, right?" Jiang Huilan shoved another clove of garlic into his hand. "You peel it, and I'll chop the vegetables."

Shen Chengyan opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything and obediently rolled up his sleeves to get to work.

As he peeled the first clove of garlic, Jiang Huilan, who was chopping vegetables with her head down, spoke up: "Cheng Yan, please bear with Xiao Yu a little longer."

Shen Chengyan raised an eyebrow.

I feel like there's still something I want to say.

As expected, Jiang Huilan continued, "Xiao Yu has had a tough childhood. It's like she has no father at all. Her mother abandoned her and ran away. My brother is unreliable, unambitious, and loves to gamble. He spends any money he has on cards. While other children are picked up from school by their parents, she always walks home alone, regardless of wind or rain."

"Even in junior high, she was still wearing hand-me-downs from her neighbors. While other girls would throw away their shoes when they were worn out, she would mend a pair of shoes several times. She never had a proper birthday celebration. On her eighteenth birthday, she saved up money to buy a birthday cake, but because it was raining and the roads were slippery, she dropped the cake and smashed it to pieces as soon as she went out."

"When she came back, she told me that the shop assistant was kind and gave her a new one for free, which was bigger than the one she originally bought. That day, Yao Yao and I were with her, and she asked, 'Auntie, can I eat the whole cake by myself?' Because she had never eaten one when she was little, she wanted to make up for all the cakes she had never eaten before on her coming-of-age day."

Jiang Huilan's knife slashed across the cutting board, each cut heavier than the last.

"She's been well-behaved since she was little and knows how to care for others. Your uncle has a bad temper, and she was afraid I would get scolded, so she told me not to give her money. She doesn't lack anything at home. Every year on her birthday, I would say I would take her out to eat, but she would refuse, saying she wasn't used to the food outside and that I should buy Yao Yao new clothes if I had money."

"Even after going to high school and college, she still had to be scared by those debt collectors... My daughter Xiaoyu suffered a lot with her father. I always say that if she were born into another family, she would definitely be very happy."

"Later, when you got married and she brought you back to meet her family, she told me not to worry anymore."

"She said you were very good to her, that you gave her a home, and that she no longer had to hide and live in fear."

Shen Chengyan didn't know what to feel, and his throat felt like it was glued shut, so he couldn't speak.

However, he didn't know what to say.

Because he is not qualified to say it.

When he was dating Jiang Yu, he kept having the same dream: in the dream, Jiang Yu knew what he had done and asked him painfully why.

Just like now, he couldn't answer in his dream, and he didn't know how to answer.

That was the most secret thing in his heart.

They should be buried deep in darkness, never to see the light.

He swallowed hard, finally finding his voice: "Auntie, I know..."

He wanted to tell Jiang Huilan that he knew all of Jiang Yu's suffering, and that he would treat Jiang Yu well and would never let her suffer any more grievances.

But Jiang Huilan put down the kitchen knife and grabbed his hand first: "If you know, then you should feel sorry for her and stop hitting her, okay?"

Shen Chengyan: "..."

Shen Chengyan was stunned for a moment: "What?"

Shen Chengyan was still in a daze: "She said I hit her?"

Jiang Huilan's face was full of heartache: "You didn't give her money to spend, and you found out the little pocket money she had painstakingly saved. You beat her so badly that she couldn't get out of bed for three days. She didn't even know where her next meal would come from at your house. When I came back this time, I saw that she had become very thin from hunger."

"..."

“…………”

In the living room, Jiang Yu threw the empty ice cream stick into the trash can and glanced in the direction of the kitchen.

"What was your aunt thinking when she asked him to help out? He's clumsy and can't do anything."

Guo Yaoyao said, "My mom likes my brother-in-law so much that she can't bear to let him do any work whenever he comes over. How could she let him help in the kitchen?"

The two sisters exchanged a glance.

in unison.

"Is he getting special treatment instead of extra tutoring?"

Jiang Yu thought this was ridiculous. "He's an outsider, why should we be so nice to him?"

Guo Yaoyao shook her head: "I don't think my brother-in-law treats us like outsiders. Sister, please don't say things like that, or he'll be unhappy."

"You're still defending him?!"

"Every time my brother-in-law comes to our house, he brings the most expensive gifts. Even though they are supermarket items, my mom says the gifts are not important. What's important is that my brother-in-law doesn't treat us perfunctorily. He respects us relatives. Details reveal character, and he will definitely treat you well too."

Love me, love my dog.

A man who cares about his wife and relatives will surely treat his wife well too.

Guo Yaoyao said matter-of-factly, "What's wrong with me saying a few words in support of such a good brother-in-law?"

Jiang Yu lunged forward: "Don't stand on his side!"

The two sisters were playing around when the kitchen door opened and Shen Chengyan came out.

He still had water droplets on his hands as he strode over to Jiang Yu, his gaze towards her seemingly speechless.

Jiang Yu glared at him: "What are you looking at!"

Shen Chengyan: "Come out here, I have something to say to you."