Chapter 705: Chapter 705: Encountering Splendid Auspiciousness (39)
Xiao Ze and Ning Jing became a couple.
Xiao Ze got drunk that night, and Ning Jing took him home, where things escalated between them.
When Xiao Ze and Ning Jing were together, Mrs. Xiao was over the moon, wishing they would get married immediately.
“Ah Ze, don’t worry, if all else fails, you can work at my dad’s company,” Ning Jing reassured Xiao Ze, “I can support you, too.”
“How can I let you support me?” Xiao Ze felt a blow to his pride and was somewhat dissatisfied.
“Do we really need to draw such clear lines between us? What’s mine is yours,” Ning Jing insisted. “You’re just going through a temporary setback, I believe you’ll be back on your feet in no time.”
Xiao Ze looked at Ning Jing with gratitude. “Thank you.”
“What’s there to thank between us?”
As Xiao Ze was temporarily without a job and couldn’t afford rent, Ning Jing suggested he move in with her.
At first, Xiao Ze disagreed, but couldn’t stand up against Mrs. Xiao’s persistence, so he ended up moving in.
Since Xiao Ze moved in, it was natural that Mrs. Xiao would follow.
Mrs. Xiao was utterly pleased with Ning Jing as a daughter-in-law, taking on all chores and treating Ning Jing like a treasured ancestor.
Did Ning Jing genuinely like Mrs. Xiao?
Of course not.
She did it all for Xiao Ze.
Now that she was with Xiao Ze, her attitude towards Mrs. Xiao gradually started to change.
Thanks to Ning Jing’s arrangements, Xiao Ze joined her father’s company.
At first, he did quite well, but as some people stopped cooperating with them because of Xiao Ze, Ning Jing’s father became very dissatisfied.
In the end, Xiao Ze was transferred to logistics.
Ning Jing’s father disapproved of their relationship, but Ning Jing was adamant, even resorting to a hunger strike as a threat.
Ning Jing’s father, doting on his daughter, eventually had to compromise. He agreed on the condition that Xiao Ze marry into their family.
Mrs. Xiao was the first to refuse—marrying into the bride’s family would be a laughing stock if word got out.
Plus, Xiao Ze was the only son in the Xiao Family; how could she face the ancestral spirits of the Xiao ancestor?
Mrs. Xiao’s disapproval vanished like smoke when she saw the money Ning Jing brought with her.
Xiao Ze married into the Ning Family.
Marrying into the wife’s family was frowned upon; thus, Xiao Ze’s days were quite tough. However, protected by Ning Jing and with her parents turning a blind eye, Xiao Ze managed to get by.
But as time went on without Xiao Ze achieving anything noteworthy, the Ning family members inevitably looked down on him, calling him a kept man.
Over time, Xiao Ze grew more frustrated, and his work became increasingly careless.
And home was no place of solace.
Ning Jing’s relationship with Mrs. Xiao started to deteriorate after their marriage.
Mrs. Xiao believed Ning Jing should have children.
But Ning Jing felt she was still young and didn’t want children.
Their superficial mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship thus crumbled.
“Xiao Ze, your mother is crossing the line!”
Ning Jing burst into the room, shouting at Xiao Ze, who was playing video games.
“Whether I have children or not is none of her business! What right does she have to boss me around?”
“Are you even listening to me?”
Ning Jing went over and pulled Xiao Ze to face her.
Xiao Ze, with a headache, said, “My mom just wants to hold her grandchild. She’s your elder; try to understand her viewpoint.”
“But I don’t want kids,” Ning Jing insisted. “After having kids, my figure will be ruined. I’ll turn into an ugly middle-aged woman!”
Pulling him along, Ning Jing pleaded, “You talk to your mom, tell her to stop nagging all the time. It’s really annoying.”
“Okay, okay, okay.”
Xiao Ze appeased her, and Ning Jing’s mood improved slightly.
“Why didn’t you go to work today?”
“There’s not much happening at the company,” Xiao Ze said uneasily, his expression darkening. “Anyway, it doesn’t make a difference whether I go or not.”
“Dad already has a problem with you, how can you not show up?” Ning Jing said. “You better go to the company.”
Unable to argue with Ning Jing, Xiao Ze had no choice but to go.
Meanwhile, the relationship between Ning Jing and Mrs. Xiao, over the issue of having children, deteriorated to the point of complete enmity, with every little thing causing an argument.
Xiao Ze would return home caught between the two women.
He led a life exhausted in spirit and effort.
Over time, the dissatisfaction with Mrs. Xiao gradually shifted to Xiao Ze.
Ning Jing began to criticize Xiao Ze for his lack of ambition, spending his days just playing games…
Xiao Ze initially endured it, but later, seeing Ning Jing’s attitude towards his mother, he also started to fight back.
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The deep autumn grew cooler.
Chuzheng sat beside the hospital bed looking at documents, while Yan Yu sat on the bed, his cheeks puffed out: “Baby, I’m thirsty.”
“Isn’t the water right next to you?” Chuzheng said, without even looking up.
“Can’t you just pass it to me?”
“…”
Chuzheng glanced at the distance between the water and him and then continued to read the document, head down.
Look how I’ve spoiled you, you want me to pass you something you can reach by yourself, are you full and just loafing around?
“Baby…”
Chuzheng threw the document onto the bed: “Yan Yu, you’re just a forensic doctor, why are you chasing after a suspect? Do you think you’re Superman?”
Please remember, you’re someone who is supposed to turn dark, okay?
Instead of neatly dissecting bodies in the morgue, you ran off to show off!
Yan Yu suddenly felt short of breath.
“It was an accident…” Who knew the suspect would have a gun.
And it’s Shen Siming’s fault.
“The result is that you’re lying here now,” Chuzheng said. “I don’t want a next time, or else you stay at home and don’t go anywhere.”
Yan Yu: “…”
Yan Yu knew Chuzheng was not joking.
If he got into trouble once more, she really would lock him up at home.
“I was wrong.” Yan Yu clutched Chuzheng’s sleeve: “Don’t be mad anymore.”
“What am I mad about?” Chuzheng pulled her sleeve back: “I’m not the one who got hurt.”
Yan Yu looked up: “Then kiss me.”
Chuzheng glanced at him and decisively refused: “No kiss.”
Yan Yu: “…”
Definitely angry.
“President Jin, you have a phone call.” Wan Xiaoxiao popped her head out from outside the ward, calling her cautiously.
Chuzheng passed the water to Yan Yu and turned around to take the call.
After the call, Chuzheng was prepared to go back when a commotion suddenly erupted in the distance.
Chuzheng vaguely saw two familiar figures.
Before she could inquire, Wan Xiaoxiao had already returned with the gossip: “President Jin, do you know who’s over there?”
“Who?”
“Xiao Ze.” Wan Xiaoxiao observed Chuzheng’s expression, and seeing no particular emotion, continued: “Xiao Ze’s wife and his mother got into a fight, and Xiao Ze’s wife was injured and hospitalized. Just now, Xiao Ze’s mother came to make a scene again.”
Didn’t Xiao Ze want to be with Ning Jing?
Now they’re together.
Are they happy?
Have they found joy?
When Xiao Ze and Ning Jing were having an affair, their love seemed so strong.
Now that they really are together, they know what sorrow feels like.
Life is like that, taking a different form provides a completely different surprise.
Chuzheng withdrew her gaze and went into the ward, where the noise was blocked outside.
Chuzheng saw Yan Yu holding the cup of water, spacing out, and walked over to kiss him: “We’re checking out soon.”
Yan Yu looked up: “I can be discharged?”
Chuzheng, bossy: “Just a small injury, you’ll be fine after some rest at home.”
Yan Yu: “…”
Being hospitalized was your decision.
You had a bunch of doctors called over.
And now you say it’s a small injury?