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

Jiang Yu didn't want to break up.

They are also very receptive to advice.

My roommate said that in a relationship, one person always takes the initiative while the other doesn't.

If he doesn't take the initiative, then go and flirt with him.

I flirted with him until he took the initiative.

He's old-fashioned, so you should be open-minded.

He's smart, so just pretend.

Couples with contrasting personalities are more likely to have lasting relationships.

Jiang Yu thought it was a profound truth; so this was how love should be discussed.

From then on, every time Jiang Yu went on a date with Shen Chengyan, she perfectly portrayed a silly, naive, timid, and cute girl who was afraid of cockroaches and mice.

For example, if the water pipes in her house are broken, she will check and find that the valve is loose, and she can just tighten it with a wrench.

She called Shen Chengyan, panicking and asking him what to do.

When they went to the movies together, and there were scenes where the blood looked like ketchup and was so fake, she threw herself into his arms and said, "It's so scary! Are the scary scenes over yet?"

She saw a cockroach on the street. She could have easily kicked it, but she stubbornly resisted and hid behind him, screaming and saying how scary it was.

And he seems to fall for that.

But it seems like they don't buy into that.

Because every time she started performing, his expression was either speechless, helpless, or even a little funny.

Jiang Yu had suspected that he knew she was faking it, but he never called her out on it.

The water pipe broke, and when asked what to do, he said it was okay and he would fix it.

If she gets scared by a movie, he'll gently pat her back and say, "You're not that timid, are you?"

When he sees a cockroach, he makes a disgusted and repulsive face, but he'll say if you're really too scared to go over there, he'll carry you there on his back.

That's why when he saw Jiang Yu stomp the cockroach to death, he looked at her with that half-smile and said she was a heroine.

Guo Yaoyao, that silly girl, didn't catch the sarcasm in his tone and nodded repeatedly, saying, "My sister is amazing! She can catch cockroaches, and even mice with her bare hands!"

Jiang Yu: "I can't, don't talk nonsense."

Shen Chengyan slowly took a sip of soup: "Does your sister like watching horror movies?"

Guo Yaoyao blurted out quickly, "Can it be eaten as a side dish?!"

Jiang Yu: "Guo Yaoyao, you..."

Shen Chengyan: "Can you fix water pipes?"

Jiang Huilan said proudly, "Xiao Yu has been a pillar of strength since she was little. She can fix water pipes, change light bulbs, and unclog toilets without any problem."

Jiang Yu: "Auntie..."

Shen Chengyan slowly uttered an "Oh," and said, "So my wife is this amazing."

Jiang Yushe is dead.

**

After dinner, Aunt asked Shen Chengyan where he would be staying that night.

Jiang Yu said directly, "He's staying at a hotel."

She was afraid that her aunt would keep him.

Shen Chengyan glanced at Jiang Yu, "You'll stay at the hotel with me."

Jiang Yu smiled slightly: "We have a tradition in our family that when a woman visits her husband's parents' home, the man and woman cannot sleep in the same bed."

Guo Yaoyao interrupted, "Didn't you guys stay in hotels together when you came back before?"

Jiang Yu: "I was immature before."

Guo Yaoyao: "..."

The aunt didn't have any objections. She said to the two children, "It's still early. You two go to the night market and have some fun. Chengyan, you go with them too."

Jiang Yu declined: "He's busy with work and has a lot to do, so I won't go."

Shen Chengyan stood up: "I didn't want to go at first, but now that you mention it, I think I should go and have some fun."

That bitch.

Jiang Yu glared at him.

Shen Chengyan: "Let's go."

Guo Yaoyao was very excited. She ran to the refrigerator and took out three ice creams. She and Jiang Yu each took one, and she planned to give the other one to Shen Chengyan.

As soon as Shen Chengyan entered the elevator, he looked up and saw that Jiang Yu had already put her ice cream in her mouth.

Guo Yaoyao handed him another one: "Brother-in-law, would you like some?"

Shen Chengyan wouldn't eat, and he wouldn't allow Jiang Yu to eat either: "I saw you eating when I came over this afternoon."

Jiang Yu ignored him: "Mind your own business."

Shen Chengyan's expression was very unpleasant.

Guo Yaoyao muttered to herself.

Weren't they all lovey-dovey when they came back last time?

Why do they seem so eager to fight this time?

She dared not ask, nor dared she speak.

The elevator suddenly shook, and Guo Yaoyao quickly tried to make conversation: "This elevator has been in use for many years and has always been fine, but it's been making some noise lately."

Shen Chengyan glanced at the maintenance phone number on the elevator. "Have someone come and take a look tomorrow."

Guo Yaoyao nodded: "The neighbors all say the elevator is stable and quiet, we have to thank my brother-in-law."

Jiang Yu said irritably, "He didn't build the elevator, so why thank him?"

"If it weren't for my brother-in-law's help, the elevator wouldn't have been able to be repaired. I definitely need to thank him."

Jiang Yu was puzzled.

The elevator doors opened, and a few people got out.

Shen Chengyan asked where the night market was and whether he needed to take a taxi.

Guo Yaoyao said, "It's not far, let's walk there, it'll only take about ten minutes, like a stroll."

Shen Chengyan didn't say anything and walked forward.

Jiang Yu and Guo Yaoyao walked behind.

Jiang Yu voiced her doubts: "What happened with the elevator?"

Guo Yaoyao was surprised: "Sister, you didn't know?"

"Tell me about it."

"Didn't your brother-in-law tell you? The year you got pregnant, my mom fell and had trouble going up and down the stairs. I called you that day, and your brother-in-law answered. I mentioned my mom's fall to him. A couple of days later, someone came to install an elevator. We live in an old building, and the first floor didn't agree, saying it would affect the lighting. I don't know what my brother-in-law did, but in the end, the first floor agreed."

Jiang Yu knew about her aunt's fall, but she didn't know that the elevator installation was related to Shen Chengyan.

Later, when she found out that an elevator had been added, she told Shen Chengyan that it was a good thing, because her aunt was getting old and wouldn't have to climb six floors every day.

But he never told her any of this.

He kept everything from her.

They even kept this small matter a secret.

Just how much is he hiding from her?

The night market is very lively, and there are many vendors selling cold drinks in the summer.

When Jiang Yu wanted to buy a cold drink to try, Shen Chengyan stopped her again.

Jiang Yu was really angry: "I told you it's none of your business, so stop interfering in my affairs!"

Shen Chengyan's face was also very sour: "How many popsicles have you eaten this afternoon, and now you're drinking cold drinks? Don't you take the old Chinese medicine doctor's advice seriously at all?"

Jiang Yu knew he was referring to her past menstrual cramps. When he took her to see a doctor, the doctor had advised her not to eat cold drinks.

Shen Chengyan took the old Chinese medicine doctor's words as gospel and wouldn't allow her to touch them at all. She used to never utter a word of nonsense and obediently listened to him.

She might be getting a divorce, or she might have been suppressing her feelings for years and now she's finally acting rebelliously. Even though she knows eating too much is bad for her health, she still wants to eat.

"It's my own pain, what's it to you?"

Shen Chengyan stared at her for a few seconds, seemingly genuinely angry. His facial muscles twitched, but in the end, he said nothing and let her be.

Guo Yaoyao stood to the side, barely daring to breathe.

She felt that the two people were acting very strangely.

Something must have gone wrong with them.

After returning to the neighborhood from the night market, Jiang Yu said to Guo Yaoyao, "I'll see your brother-in-law off; you go upstairs first."

Guo Yaoyao said "Oh".

Jiang Yu hailed a taxi and sat in the back seat with Shen Chengyan.

The two of them didn't say a word after getting on the bus.

Shen Chengyan was still angry with her, but seeing that she was willing to soften her stance and offer to take him, he couldn't help but speak first: "Actually, you don't need to take me, I can..."

Jiang Yu, engrossed in her phone, interrupted him without looking up, saying, "Can't you tell I'm acting? Guo Yaoyao is scared out of her wits."

Shen Chengyan: "..."

"I told her that there were no problems in our relationship, and that we had to keep up the act."

Shen Chengyan said sarcastically, "That's true, acting is your forte."

Jiang Yu really wanted to slap him. She gritted her teeth and asked stiffly, "Did you pay for the elevator installation?"

Shen Chengyan didn't want to talk to her.

"How much did it cost?"

"How much did it cost?!"

Shen Chengyan then said unhurriedly, "It didn't cost much."

"That family on the first floor is really difficult to deal with. If you were willing to get them to agree to add an elevator, you must have spent enough money."

Jiang Yu rarely gave him a kind look. "You're willing to spend money to install an elevator for my aunt, so why won't you give me more in divorce settlement? You even insist on getting back all the things I sold secondhand before you'll agree to a divorce. Why are you contradicting yourself like this?"

While he may be considered generous, he was surprisingly stingy when it came to divorce settlements.

He might call himself stingy, but he was also willing to buy her all sorts of luxury goods and spend money on her relatives.

Jiang Yu really couldn't understand what he was thinking.

Shen Chengyan suddenly let out a mocking laugh.

He turned his gaze away from the window and looked at the woman beside him: "Do you really not know the meaning of those things you sold?"