Hunt her

Shen Yi left the kitchen, her spirits sinking to rock bottom.

She grabbed her phone and left the rented room. Yan Xu heard the door open and then slam shut with such force that it made her freeze in place.

He's angry.

That's true. If she took great care of someone and they still said hurtful things to her, she would probably curse them out to vent her anger.

But if you don't make a tough decision now, it will only get harder later.

After cooking the last dish, Yan Xu placed it on the table, muttering to himself, "Now that I'm all alone, how am I going to finish this whole table?"

Some dishes can't be kept for too long.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door: "Knock! Knock!"

The sound was very soft and quiet.

Yan Xu untied his apron as he went to open the door.

Shen Yi held a large bag of canned beer in his hand, shoved it in front of her, and asked in a voice as cold as his face, "Want some?"

He regretted it as soon as he closed the door, but he couldn't find a way to back down, so he pretended that he had just gone downstairs to buy a drink.

"Um..." Yan Xu looked at the shopping bag, then at Shen Yi, whose expression wasn't good, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, "I can't hold my liquor, I can only drink one can at most."

She is actually allergic to alcohol, but her symptoms are not severe, and drinking a little bit won't cause any problems.

Shen Yi's voice was not as gentle as before. He gave a cold "hmm," walked around her, and didn't give her even a second glance. His bad mood was written all over his face.

Yan Xu lowered his gaze, knowing he had to bear the consequences of his actions, and raised his hand to close the door.

Compared to the meal Shen Yi made last time, Yan Xu's was truly a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate.

Two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, and a soup; I also bought a separate serving of braised beef.

His favorite food is beef.

Shen Yi was somewhat surprised: "Did you guess I wanted to drink today, so you bought snacks in advance?"

Yan Xu placed the braised beef closest to him: "I noticed you liked the meat-filled tofu pudding last time we had it, but I couldn't find fresh beef at the market, so I had to buy it from the braised meat shop."

Since we've prepared a meal for him, we should treat him to something he likes.

Shen Yi couldn't quite understand the woman in front of him.

She was the one who said she didn't like him, and she was also the one who deliberately observed his preferences.

Should he believe what she says, or what she does...?

Shen Yi opened the beer, and the dense foam dripped down the bottle. He wiped it dry and handed it to her: "If you can't finish it, don't drink it. Don't end up in the hospital and get scolded by the doctor."

Yan Xu knew he was hinting at something: "If I'm hospitalized again next time, you don't need to go, so as not to waste your time."

"You know that's not what I meant!" Shen Yi was about to lose her temper, but when she saw Yan Xu, she could only hold it in. She said angrily, "I was afraid you would make me live like a widow."

She was so thin back then, like a bamboo pole. I was really afraid she would fall into a coma and never wake up again.

Fortunately, he tried his best to get her to eat, and all his efforts paid off as he gained a few pounds.

Yan Xu lowered his head and took a big gulp of wine, then, emboldened by the alcohol, said things he wouldn't normally dare to say: "It's better that he's dead. He's dead, so be it. According to the law, a person can find a new partner after their spouse dies."

Anyway, none of the people she cared about wanted her to live.

She's barely clinging to life now only because she doesn't want those people to take away the assets her grandfather left her.

Shen Yi puffed out her cheeks, so angry she felt like her lungs were about to explode: "You really want me to leave you that badly? As long as our marital relationship remains, you, Yan Xu, are my legal wife, and in the marital partner section, you can only fill in my name, Shen Yi."

Yan Xu remained silent.

She was the one who was eager to get the marriage certificate back then, and now she's the one constantly rejecting him during the marriage. In this marriage without any emotional foundation, she wants both.

In the end, the one who was hurt the most was Shen Yi, who had always cooperated with her.

Yan Xu's face was flushed from the alcohol, and his eyelids were half open: "I'm sorry, Shen Yi, I've dragged you down."

Her eyes were slightly red, whether from the alcohol or because she wanted to cry but was holding it in, it was hard to tell.

Seeing her on the verge of tears, Shen Yi felt a pang of pain in his heart and relented, saying, "Can you wait until I, or you... find someone you like before you push me away?"

At this moment, he humbled himself to the point of being utterly subservient, hoping only to soften her heart and accept him briefly.

While he was speaking, Yan Xu had already drunk more than half a bottle.

The alcohol burned in my blood, making my whole body feel hot and feverish, and my head was spinning.

Oh no, her alcohol tolerance is worse than I thought.

"Yan Xu! Yan Xu!"

All she could hear was Shen Yi calling her name.

The sound grew increasingly muffled...

Hospital ward.

Yan Xu had an IV drip in his hand, the effects of the alcohol hadn't worn off, and he was still unconscious.

Neither of them expected their next hospitalization to come so soon.

The treating doctor was still the same elderly doctor as before, and the situation remained the same: the wife was hospitalized, while the husband was fine.

The doctor, holding the medical record, glared at Shen Yi with a pout, then glanced at Yan Xu lying on the bed. He scoffed, "It hasn't even been a week since your last hospitalization, has it? Didn't you know your wife is allergic to alcohol? That's ridiculous!"

"An alcohol allergy?" Shen Yi asked in surprise. "She didn't tell me."

I should have just bought snacks instead of alcohol!

"I didn't tell you! What's the point of having you as my husband if I expect her to tell me everything!" The elderly doctor had a sharp tongue. "Can't you try to understand her better? Just ask her! Ask her beforehand what she's allergic to."

An elderly doctor recalled his marriage: "Back in my day, I took very good care of my wife. When I was young, I never went to the hospital. It was only when I got old and my health deteriorated that I would come to the hospital every now and then. You young people of your generation don't know how to cherish your partners. Be careful, or your wives will run away and you'll have nowhere to cry."

He wanted to take care of Yan Xu, but she would have to be willing to give him the opportunity first.

Shen Yi accepted the criticism: "I will take good care of her from now on."

It is his responsibility as a husband to say that his wife is not doing well, and he cannot refute that.

The doctor left the ward, and just like that night, it was so quiet that only the dripping sound of the IV tube could be heard.

He sat by the hospital bed, only daring to hold her hand when she was unconscious: "You really are sent by God to punish me, to make things harder for me since my life was going too well before."

After finally meeting someone I liked and successfully getting married, I thought we would be happily married, but our relationship turned out to be less intimate than that of my work colleagues.

If only I had known...

Thinking of this, Shen Yi shook his head helplessly.

Had he known this would happen, he would still have made the same choice and married her.

Yan Xu didn't know how long he had been lying there, but he was woken up by a terrible headache.

She raised her hand and pressed her temples hard. Her hand stung a little. When she opened her eyes, she found that she was on an IV drip again.

Looking to the side, I saw that Shen Yi was indeed there.

He fell asleep by the bedside.

If they continue to interact like this, will she one day become dependent on him?

What if he abandons her in the end like her parents did? She will then be plunged into a life worse than death.

Forget it, Shen Yi, I don't have the courage to try.

Yan Xu shook Shen Yi's shoulder, and seeing that he had opened his eyes, she said softly, "Go back to sleep, I can manage on my own."

This is a single room, and there are no extra beds for him to sleep in.

I'd rather go home and lie down.

Shen Yi used the elderly doctor to shut her up: "The doctor just scolded me and told me to take good care of you. Now that I'm leaving, I'll get scolded again when I go through the discharge procedures tomorrow."

Yan Xu was speechless.

That doctor was really fierce, and she made him get scolded again.

Yan Xu turned to reach for her phone, but it was far away. Shen Yi picked it up for her and handed it to her. The two didn't say a word, but they understood each other perfectly.

Yan Xu naturally said "thank you".

Shen Yi thought their relationship had improved, and his mood relaxed considerably: "Besides alcohol allergy, what else are you allergic to?"

The doctor is right. It's always better to ask directly than to keep quiet and do bad things.

"That's all." Yan Xu added, afraid that he would feel guilty. "The allergy wasn't serious to begin with, but now I can't even drink a can of beer."

It might be because my immune system is weaker now.

This is really not Shen Yi's fault; she wanted to drink it herself.

"Next time, at least tell me first so I can be mentally prepared." He was almost frantic when she fainted. "Luckily, you fainted in front of me, not in the bedroom, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed."

Yan Xu: "Oh, next time I'll go somewhere farther away, so you won't have to trouble yourself to stay at the hospital and get scolded."

"Yan Xu." Shen Yi gritted his teeth, really wanting to crack open Yan Xu's head to see what kind of brain circuits were inside. "If you curse yourself again, believe me, I'll kiss you right now and shut you up."