"What are you trying to clear my name for? Well, I didn't cheat on you..." Bie Yunzong pouted. "I've roughly figured out what happened the day I got drunk. If you want to know, I'll tell you all about it in detail in a bit."
The two embraced and went upstairs, sitting down on the sofa in the living room on the second floor.
Before the marriage, Su's father, Su Aimin, had purchased the building with the compensation money. After the marriage, other families offered Su's parents a lot of real estate, but the principled couple refused to accept them. Out of desperation, the other families had to give up on offering real estate and instead paid for Su's parents to renovate and decorate the house.
Chapter 62
Su Yanxi didn't look closely when she returned home last time, but she noticed this time that the interior was indeed much more exquisite and bright after the renovation; the floorboards and walls were much thicker, the overall texture was better, and the house felt much more durable than before.
"The renovation is really good..." Su Yanxi exclaimed as she drank the tea poured by Bie Yunzong. "My family home has hardly had a chance to come back to sleep since the renovation, but you've already figured it out before I did."
"Look at how effortlessly you pour tea... do you really not consider yourself an outsider?"
"I'm not an outsider!" Bie Yunzong said matter-of-factly.
He used his father-in-law's beloved tea set to brew his wife the old tea that his mother-in-law had treasured for many years.
“I’m the son-in-law, family! When a son-in-law visits his father-in-law, he can’t be reserved—he has to be thick-skinned!”
"If the standard for judging is shamelessness, then you win. Whether as a husband or a son-in-law, I've never seen anyone more shameless than you."
Su Yanxi put down her teacup and naturally reached out to brush away the stray bangs from Bie Yunzong's forehead.
"What made you think of coming here? You were having a good time hiding, but you almost worried me to death."
"Hehe, are you in a hurry? How in a hurry? Do you miss me so much you want to cry?" Bie Yunzong leaned on Su Yanxi's shoulder smugly, seizing every opportunity to act coquettishly. "Is this a sudden idea? I really went to the airport that morning and was really preparing to go back to Beicheng, but before I left, I suddenly thought of this place."
After all, they've been a married couple for seven years. Don't forget that Yun Zong and Su Yanxi think too much!
Bie Yunzong did initially want to return to Beicheng, but he felt there were too many spies in Beicheng. His older brother, sister-in-law, servants, and housekeeper were all watching him. He wanted to find a quiet place and didn't want to be watched, so he ultimately didn't buy a plane ticket back to Beicheng.
He had considered staying in Guangcheng to observe his wife's movements from the shadows, but he acted impulsively—not only did he return the room key, but he also canceled the suite he had booked, leaving him with no way to observe her secretly.
"I didn't disappear on purpose. I was just upset and wanted to find a quiet place. In big cities like Beicheng and Guangcheng, my brother has spies everywhere, and I didn't want to be watched by them every move."
"I opened the travel app and was clicking around aimlessly when I happened to see high-speed rail tickets from Guangcheng to Nanxiang. On a whim, I bought a ticket and came here."
"Oh. So what was your parents' reaction when they saw you?" Su Yanxi picked up a green date from the fruit plate. "They must have been scared, right? Judging from the way Mom was accusing me just now, you must have said a lot of bad things about me."
"I didn't! How could I say bad things about my wife?" Bie Yunzong protested. "Maybe... I said a word or two? But at first I really didn't say anything. I just told them that we had a fight and that I wanted to stay here for a few days to get some peace and quiet."
Bie Yunzong scratched the back of his head, glanced around subconsciously, and then lowered his voice mysteriously.
"Honey, you know what, I was right to go back to your parents' house this time!"
"Yes, but this is my maternal home."
Su Yanxi spat out the pit of the green date, responding with a sarcastic remark as she did so.
"Go on."
"Before I tell you about my new discovery, let me tell you about the night I was drunk."
In the past two days, Bie Yunzong has not been completely preoccupied with his grief and has not done anything serious.
The most important thing he did was to find out what happened at the graduation celebration night from his good buddies.
"What happened that night wasn't complicated. My buddies said they were celebrating my graduation and threw me a party. I thought it was a private gathering with all the people I knew, so I drove there myself."
"When I got there, I found out that those bastards all had their families with them."
Bie Yunzong wasn't referring to "bringing his whole family" in the literal sense, but rather that his friends brought a lot of companions with them.
As Bie Yunzong's close friends, they were all naturally wealthy and powerful, and generous spenders. However, unlike Bie Yunzong, who had long since made up his mind and had a steady partner, his group of "friends" were all incredibly philanderers.
Not only are their love lives chaotic, but they also bring companions with them at least eight out of ten times when they go out to parties; most of them are bisexual and like to put young male and female students together to play.
"I had no choice but to bring my family along. My brothers kindly celebrated for me, so I just joined in the fun."
"Of course, I'm very careful to keep my distance from those friends! No matter who tries to talk to me, I just ignore them with a cool and aloof attitude!" Bie Yunzong emphasized.
While you're having fun, don't let them get drunk.
The brothers noticed that Bie Yunzong was not in a good state, but because of Su Yanxi's authority, they did not dare to take the drunk Bie Yunzong home. So they booked a room for Bie Yunzong at the hotel and took him back to his room to rest.
"...That's it?" Su Yanxi was confused. "You asked around and this is all you got out of the process?"
No reversal, no...meaning?
“Yes, that’s it.” Bie Yunzong nodded. “There were seven of my good brothers there that day, and I called each of them to ask them. I wanted them to recall carefully, but their answers were basically the same; after settling me into the room, they each went to find their own friends to play with.”
"Then what's with the perfume smell on your clothes?"
"And what happened to the lip gloss and foundation stains on your clothes?"
Su Yanxi narrowed her eyes dangerously, and her originally agreeable attitude became increasingly serious and interrogative.
"What else are you hiding? Tell me now. Your expression screams 'something's up, don't think I can't tell."
"I..." Bie Yunzong hesitated, swallowing nervously. "What I'm about to say might be a bit shocking, honey. You have to stay calm and don't you dare pick up a fruit platter and smash it over my head!"
Su Yanxi rolled her eyes speechlessly: "Am I that violent?"
Chapter 63
Even if you're angry, you shouldn't resort to violence. Given his temperament, he should have calmly listened, then casually picked up his phone to contact a lawyer to draft a divorce agreement.
Did he really think that just because they took away the marriage certificate, he couldn't get a divorce?
"Well... I had a dream the other day." Just in case, Bie Yunzong still grabbed his beloved wife's hands and told her about the "dream".
In his dream, he was lying in bed feeling terrible, as if his whole body was burning up. In his drunken state, he thought he had a fever, so he tried to cover himself up tightly with the blankets, hoping to sweat out the heat.
"Then I felt someone push open my door in the dark. I instinctively thought it was you, so I called your name and told you that I felt terrible and had a fever, and begged you to get me some medicine; but 'you' not only ignored me, but also pulled off my blanket on your own."
"I felt something was wrong, and I resisted the person touching me. But the person wouldn't listen to me, kept reaching out to hug me, and even... even kissed me..."
Su Yanxi's face grew darker and darker as she listened.
He asked Bie Yunzong, "What is the meaning of this 'dream' you told me about? You're not trying to say that because you were unaware and unconscious, you didn't know you did something wrong, are you?"
"So even if you did something wrong, I should forgive you?"
"Tsk, I didn't do anything 'wrong'!" Bie Yunzong declared repeatedly, "Whether I'm conscious or not, I absolutely, positively, did not do anything wrong! — I could never go that far with anyone!"
Su Yanxi was skeptical: "You're so drunk you can't even tell the difference between reality and dreams, what makes you think you can guarantee me anything?"
"Does this need to be guaranteed?" Bie Yunzong said righteously, "I can recognize my wife's scent!"
"That man doesn't smell like my wife, how could I possibly be with him?"
Su Yanxi was taken aback. He thought to himself, "You call me a stinky dog? You really do have a keen sense of smell."
"smell……?"
"It's not just the taste, it's the badge!" Bie Yunzong suddenly stood up, unbuttoning and unzipping his pants. "I'll show you my badge!"
Su Yanxi was startled by his sudden action. Her first reaction was to stop her husband from moving and look at the entrance: "Are you sick? Are you addicted to walking your bird?"
"Walk what? I'm not walking."
Bie Yunzong had an upright expression, but he simply pulled his pants down a little, revealing a circle of letters on the elastic band of his underwear.
"Don't worry, I'll only show it off to my wife! Don't even think about anyone else!"
“I want you to look at this—here, on the label on the elastic band.”
Su Yanxi glanced at it with disdain and indeed saw a flipped-out logo next to the elastic band.
"This tag rubs against me when I wear it inside out, so I always deliberately turn it out the other way."
“When I woke up in the middle of the night to text you, I saw this sign—it was definitely outside! So someone might have gotten close to me that night, but they definitely didn’t get me!”
Author's Note:
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Dog: Thief, please don't hurt me! I only love my wife!
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#31 The consistency is hard to describe... Why is it different now?
After dinner, Su Yanxi habitually tried to help clear the dishes, but her parents shooed her away.
"Don't help me anymore, go back to your room—go, go!" Yang Hongjing kept looking up, pointing upstairs with her chin, "Go back to your room. Is Xiao Zong still waiting to talk to you?"
Bie Yunzong ate quickly, finishing two bowls of rice in a flash before going upstairs to his room. His timid and hesitant manner made Su's parents very worried.
“Yes, Xixi, go back to your room and talk things out with Yunzong. Clear up the misunderstanding as soon as possible.” Su Aimin held a bowl in each hand and repeatedly emphasized, “In emotional communication, the worst thing you can do is get angry!”
Su Yanxi knew that his parents were saying these things for his sake, for the good of his relationship with Bie Yunzong, but thinking about the unsuccessful "communication" that afternoon, Su Yanxi felt particularly angry.
"Misunderstanding my foot! It seems the more we communicate, the more solid the evidence becomes!" Su Yanxi secretly rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath, "You damn bastard."
Su Aimin didn't hear clearly: "Huh? Xixi, what did you say?"
"It's nothing. Since you don't need my help, I'll go upstairs." Su Yanxi didn't want her parents to worry, so she quickly forced a smile. "Thank you for your hard work, Mom and Dad. I'll come down to help when we're closing up."
After his parents replied with "Okay, okay," Su Yanxi turned and went upstairs. The moment he turned around, the smile on his face vanished completely, replaced by an ugly and terrifying black face.
When he pushed open the bedroom door with that dark expression, his nemesis, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, all ready for their second conversation, was genuinely startled.
"Wife."
The large and majestic Alaskan Malamute was completely intimidated by the little white cat's gaze, its drooping ears trembling as it spoke.
"Can you stop looking at me like I'm trash?"
“Okay.” Su Yanxi immediately smiled and answered gently, “But whether you are trash or not is still up for debate.”
"Have you received the beverage bill yet? Bring it here so I can take a look."
The more humble and polite Su Yanxi was, the more frightened Bie Yunzong became. He thought to himself that it would be better if his wife got angry and chopped him in two with an axe; gentle and polite treatment was the most terrifying thing!
"Got it, got it!" Bie Yunzong, both obsequious and cautious, placed his phone, which had a document open, next to his wife. "The housekeeper just sent it to me. There are also some receipts and such; I took pictures and sent them to you via WeChat."
Bie Yunzong tried to sit next to Su Yanxi, but Su Yanxi kicked him away, and he rolled to the edge of the bed.
"Who gave you permission to sit next to me? It's disgusting."
"Get away from me, get out of here."
The Alaskan Malamute put on a pitiful face: "Okay..."