She thought for a second, rubbed her forehead: “Forget it then. Let’s just eat, eat.”
Xia Wen’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Zhou Zuizui: “Come on, let’s talk about you and your husband instead.”
Zhou Zuizui choked, looked at her speechlessly: “Can you not be so nosy?”
“No way. Gossiping is my natural instinct.”
Zhou Zuizui: “Doesn’t your husband ever control you?”
Hearing that, Xia Wen laughed happily: “My husband is on a business trip.”
“…………”
While they were talking, Xia Wen suddenly said: “Let’s go drink at a bar later. Last time Ai Zeyang and I just discovered a new place — feels pretty good.”
“Sure.” She thought about it — Shen Nan wasn’t coming home anyway.
After eating, the two switched locations and went to the bar for drinks.
But Zhou Zuizui never expected she would run into Shen Nan somewhere else tonight.
The bar was super lively. The moment they walked in, Zhou Zuizui was stunned by the deafening noise. This bar… was way more intense than she imagined, and way more chaotic. It was newly opened, but calling it a “bar” wasn’t enough anymore. To be honest, this was more like a nightclub.
After going in, Xia Wen wasn’t very familiar with the place either, so the two just sat at the bar counter and drank.
Some guys came over to hit on them. Zhou Zuizui ignored every single one.
Until Xia Wen patted her shoulder and pointed to the side, muttering: “I’m going to dance over there. Be careful, okay.”
“Okay.”
After Xia Wen left, Zhou Zuizui lowered her head to check her phone. There was a message from Shen Nan asking where she was.
Zhou Zuizui: At a bar with Xia Wen. You finished training?
Shen Nan had just finished training and hadn’t even left the training ground yet when he saw his wife’s message. He subconsciously frowned: Just with Xia Wen? Be careful.
He wouldn’t stop Zhou Zuizui from going to bars. She married him, but she was still her own person — free.
Whatever she wanted to do, she could do, as long as it wasn’t illegal or criminal. Shen Nan wanted to spoil her completely.
Zhou Zuizui lowered her head, just about to reply, when suddenly a scream came from the side.
“Fuck!”
“Ah…”
“Scumbag!! Fuck, you bastard…”
She heard a familiar voice and instinctively turned her head to look. Her fingers unconsciously sent a string of unreadable characters to Shen Nan.
Half an hour later, Zhou Zuizui and Xia Wen were sitting in the police station, completely speechless.
Her hair was a total mess — none of the glamorous look from earlier remained. She looked pitiful. As for Xia Wen next to her, she was even worse — her face was swollen.
The two of them sat quietly in the interrogation room, not making a single sound — completely different from the two people on the other side who were still yelling and screaming.
……
A little while later, the police officer looked down at them: “Anyone coming to bail you out?”
Both of them shook their heads in unison.
Zhou Zuizui asked quietly: “Where’s Ai Zeyang?”
Xia Wen: “On a business trip.”
Both: “……”
The police officer looked at them helplessly: “Call someone from home. You’re adults — still getting into fights and causing trouble. You think the police station is a place you can just casually walk into?”
Zhou Zuizui thought for a moment. She considered Xia Wen’s situation, then looked at herself, wondering whether to call Shen Nan or someone else. Actually, she couldn’t think of anyone who could come save her. Just as she was thinking, she suddenly spotted a man in uniform not far away and called out: “Zhou Ran!”
“Sister-in-law?”
Zhou Zuizui coughed once, gave an embarrassed nod: “Um… can you help?”
Zhou Ran looked over, then smiled.
“Wait a sec.”
Just two minutes after walking out of the police station, Zhou Zuizui had fixed herself up a little. Zhou Ran looked at the two of them and said: “Ah Nan is here.”
Zhou Zuizui’s eyes went wide as she stared at him. She was just about to say “Didn’t I tell you not to say anything?” when a familiar low voice came from the side: “Zhou Zuizui.”
Zhou Zuizui’s body shook. She didn’t dare look at Shen Nan’s face at all — she could already feel a dangerous aura coming closer.
Shen Nan gave her a glance, then looked at Xia Wen beside her. He lifted his eyes to Zhou Ran: “Thanks.”
Zhou Ran gave a small smile: “Sister-in-law is pretty fierce and brave. Not bad for a military family member.”
Zhou Zuizui: “……”
Please stop talking — she felt like she was done for.
If this was the old Zhou Zuizui, she definitely wouldn’t be afraid of Shen Nan. But now that they had talked things out and were trying to be a normal couple, she was actually a little scared of him — and worried she might cause him trouble.
Shen Nan tugged at his lips, patted Zhou Ran’s shoulder, nodded, and said in a cold voice: “We’re leaving first. Thanks for the help.”
“No problem.”
Shen Nan looked at Zhou Zuizui and Xia Wen, his tone still fairly calm: “Let’s go.”
Once they got in the car, Zhou Zuizui sat in the passenger seat and turned back to Xia Wen: “Wenwen, want to stay at our place tonight?”
Xia Wen turned her head to look out the window, then looked at the two of them: “No need. Just drop me at the nearest hotel.”
“But…” Zhou Zuizui wanted to say more.
Xia Wen gave a small smile: “Give me a little time, okay?”
After dropping Xia Wen off at the nearest hotel, Shen Nan’s face finally darkened. He looked at the woman beside him and didn’t say a word.
When they reached the apartment building downstairs, the two got out of the car one after the other and entered the elevator. It was late at night — quiet. In the elevator, only the two of them were left.
Zhou Zuizui’s eyes darted around. She reached out and tugged at Shen Nan’s clothes. No reaction.
She rolled her eyes, stretched out her finger to hook his hand. The moment she touched him, Shen Nan pulled away.
She: ……
“Not feeling well?” Shen Nan asked coldly.
Zhou Zuizui: “You’re the one not feeling well!” Her temper flared too. They hadn’t seen each other for two or three days, and the moment they met he was already being mean to her.
Where was all that “men spoil their wives” stuff?!
Shen Nan gave a low hum-laugh, crossed his arms and looked at her, narrowing his eyes: “Got into a fight and ended up at the police station?”
When he brought that up, Zhou Zuizui instantly felt a little guilty. She stayed quiet for a second, then raised her hand: “I can explain.”
“Go ahead.”
The two walked into the apartment. Shen Nan gave her time to explain.
Zhou Zuizui lay down on the sofa. After a moment of silence, she said: “We saw Wenwen’s husband at the bar.”
Shen Nan raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything.
“He was with another woman, hugging and kissing her right there.” Actually, the love story between Xia Wen and her husband used to be pretty touching at one point. That’s why Xia Wen completely broke down when she saw it. She grabbed a beer bottle and smashed it straight at his head. As Xia Wen’s best friend, Zhou Zuizui obviously couldn’t just stand there and watch someone bully her.
So naturally, she jumped in to help.
After listening, Shen Nan bent down closer to her. His eyes went deep as he looked her up and down. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
Zhou Zuizui saw his expression and couldn’t tell if he was angry or not. Thinking about it, she reached out and tugged at his clothes: “I didn’t mean to.”
“I just couldn’t hold back.”
Shen Nan’s throat moved up and down. He gave a deep “Mm”: “And then?”
“I couldn’t let them bully Xia Wen, right!”
Hearing that, Shen Nan gave her a flat look, turned around, and walked into his bedroom.
“???”
Zhou Zuizui was completely confused. No way — in her memory, Shen Nan wasn’t this petty, was he? Or maybe her getting into a fight made him lose face, especially since his buddy Zhou Ran saw the whole thing and even bailed them out.
While she was thinking, Shen Nan came back out carrying a small first-aid kit.
His face still looked dark — clearly angry — but his hands didn’t stop moving.
“Come here.”
Zhou Zuizui knew she was in the wrong, so she didn’t dare act naughty this time. She obediently leaned her face closer: “Thanks.”
Shen Nan looked at her like this and felt even more annoyed.
From the moment he got that string of unreadable messages from her phone, Shen Nan had felt a flash of panic. He knew Zhou Zuizui’s personality — he knew exactly what this girl was capable of when she got impulsive. Back when she was younger, she used to get into fights, even raced cars — she dared to do anything.
Now that she was older, she had toned it down a lot, but the impulsiveness was still there deep inside.
When he got Zhou Ran’s call, even someone as steady as him couldn’t help but panic.
Her face had gotten accidentally scratched — just a little broken skin. After putting medicine on it, it would heal in a couple of days.
After he finished, Shen Nan packed everything up and looked at her: “Go take a shower.”
“No.” Zhou Zuizui stared straight at him: “Are you angry?”
Shen Nan glanced at her: “No.”
“Liar.” Zhou Zuizui said directly: “Your face right now is screaming ‘I’m angry’.”
Hearing that, Shen Nan actually laughed from frustration.
“What does my face look like?”
Zhou Zuizui mimicked it and couldn’t help saying: “The ‘nobody better mess with me right now, I don’t want to talk to anyone, and if anyone tries I’ll beat them up’ face.”
Shen Nan: “……”
He looked at Zhou Zuizui, who was finally reflecting on herself, reached out and flicked her forehead. Helplessly he asked: “Do you know what you did wrong?”
Zhou Zuizui pressed her lips together and thought: “Shouldn’t have fought? Shouldn’t have gone to the police station?”
“Wrong.”
“Hm?” She raised an eyebrow, looking at Shen Nan in surprise.
Shen Nan looked at her and said seriously: “You shouldn’t have let yourself get hurt.”
Zhou Zuizui: “……”
She laughed. Finally she understood why Shen Nan was angry. Thinking about it, Zhou Zuizui suddenly threw herself onto him, wrapped her arms around his neck, hung her whole body on him, and couldn’t resist kissing him: “Husband.”
“How are you so good?” As she spoke, she sucked on the corner of his mouth and took the initiative to kiss him deeply.
After kissing for a while, they stared silently at each other. She blinked and asked: “Husband, wanna sleep?”
Shen Nan laughed, bit her earlobe, and asked with deep meaning: “Which kind of sleep?”
Author’s note: Chuichui: The kind where I give myself to you!!!