“Energetic Girl Guo Degang: What do you need my bank card for?”
Jiang Yu: “I’ve got some spare cash I want to store with you.”
Soon after, a bank account number was sent over.
Jiang Yu used her phone to transfer all the money.
Five minutes later, her phone vibrated wildly.
Energetic Girl Guo De Gang: “Sister, sister, sister—how much did you transfer to my account?!”
Jiang Yu: “If you can’t even count, how did you get into university?”
Energetic Girl Guo De Gang: “Why did you transfer so much money?”
Jiang Yu: “It’s not for you. Just storing it there temporarily.”
Energetic Girl Guo De Gang: “Where did you get so much money?”
Energetic Girl Guo De Gang: “Did you get involved in fraud?”
Energetic Girl Guo De Gang: “Does brother-in-law know you’re doing fraud?”
Jiang Yu: “……”
She almost forgot she had fabricated a “3,500 monthly salary” identity in front of Shen Chengyan.
To a pure and foolish college student, 200,000 really was a huge sum.
After some back-and-forth chatting, and after Jiang Yu repeatedly assured her she wasn’t committing fraud, Guo Yaoyao finally let it go.
During dinner, Jiang Yu messaged Shen Chengyan: “Are you coming home tonight?”
She wanted to talk about dividing assets.
But he didn’t reply.
After dinner, she packed the clothes she had sold on Xianyu, called the property management to arrange pickup, and sent another message to Shen Chengyan.
This time it was more sincere: “I wasn’t very rational yesterday. I shouldn’t have said those things about your family. Please apologize to your parents on my behalf.”
Still no reply.
To hell with it.
Reply or don’t reply, whatever.
Jiang Yu’s patience only lasted a few minutes.
She threw her phone aside and went to do yoga.
Halfway through, she got annoyed again, picked up her phone, and sent: “My husband isn’t home. If you miss me, come over now.”
Right after, she sent a photo of herself in yoga clothes, emphasizing her figure.
Just as she was debating whether to delete the message, the phone suddenly rang.
Seeing the caller ID, she cleared her throat and answered.
“Hello.”
Shen Chengyan’s cold voice came through. “Your voice sounds guilty.”
Jiang Yu defended herself. “Why would I feel guilty?”
Shen Chengyan said expressionlessly, “Then tell me—who did you send that photo to?”
Jiang Yu: “……”
Shen Chengyan: “Not even divorced yet and you’re already inviting your lover over? Do you think I’m dead?”
Jiang Yu: “……”
Shen Chengyan: “Why aren’t you talking? Gone mute?”
Jiang Yu suddenly laughed. “What lover? If I didn’t provoke you like this, would you have called me back so fast?”
Shen Chengyan: “……”
Jiang Yu: “You were panicking inside, weren’t you?”
Shen Chengyan: “……”
Jiang Yu: “Why so quiet? Mute now?”
Shen Chengyan: “……”
After venting her frustration, Jiang Yu felt much better.
To make the next conversation smoother, her tone softened. “You didn’t reply to any of my messages. I was really upset, so I had to come up with something like that.”
Silence.
She added, “How’s your stomach? Did you eat lunch? What do you want for dinner? I’ll cook for you when you come back, okay?”
“Cut the nonsense. Just say why you want me back.”
Damn it.
He really didn’t take soft persuasion.
Jiang Yu took a deep breath. “Why else would I call you back? Divorce contract, of course. I had my lawyer draft a new one. Come back and take a look.”
Shen Chengyan’s voice turned instantly cold. “You can switch personalities just to get what you want. When it comes to divorce, just say divorce. Why pretend to care about my health? Doesn’t it disgust you to live so falsely?”
Damn him.
She almost wanted to crawl through the phone like Sadako and strangle him.
She let out a cold laugh. “Yes, I’m fake. If you’re not fake, then come back and divorce me.”
“I’m busy.”
“Shen Chengyan, you’re really shameless. You promised me and now you’re backing out?”
“Is it that I don’t want to come back, or did you dig your own trap so I can’t come back?”
Jiang Yu frowned. “What do you mean?”
“Thanks to you, my mother is in the hospital.”
“Why would your mother’s hospitalization have anything to do with me? Am I the King of Hell now? Can I take her life?!”
His voice turned cold. “After your breakdown at the Shen family yesterday, you still don’t think you did anything wrong?”
Jiang Yu blinked. “So your mother really got angry enough to be hospitalized because of me?”
Just when he thought she might finally feel guilty, she suddenly laughed with excitement.
“Then I have to go see that. Which hospital is she in?”
“……”
The vein on his temple throbbed.
He said nothing more and hung up.
Jiang Yu curled her lips.
She called back again—blocked.
Childish.
She opened WeChat and messaged Shen Changyuan.
“Dad, I heard your wife is hospitalized?”
Shen Changyuan was the only person in the Shen family who never treated her badly.
Not especially kind, but never insulting or hostile.
So Jiang Yu still maintained basic respect toward him.
Shen Changyuan replied: “Your mother is fine. Don’t worry.”
Jiang Yu: “I’ll go visit her. Can you send me the address?”
He sent her the location.
She changed clothes and went to the garage, where two cars were parked.
A Mercedes and a Volkswagen.
Both were gifts from Shen Chengyan.
Back when they were dating, she didn’t know how to drive and didn’t have a license.
He always picked her up for dates. Sometimes he was busy and late.
So he suggested she learn to drive so she wouldn’t always have to wait.
At first she was reluctant.
When he pressed her, she hesitated, then finally admitted she didn’t have money for a car.
She had just graduated then, completely broke. He knew her situation well—buying a real car was out of the question.
After hearing that, he went silent for a long time, then said helplessly and amused, “So you were upset for two days over that? I told you to get a license so I wouldn’t buy you a car? Are you stupid?”
Harsh words, but she was genuinely touched. He never cared about money with her.
She hugged him, crying and saying he was so good to her.
He pushed her away with disgust, but he was clearly in a good mood that day and took her straight to the dealership.
She didn’t choose anything expensive, just a modest Volkswagen for daily use.
The Mercedes was bought at marriage and counted as part of the bride price.
After marriage, she rarely drove the Volkswagen; it mostly gathered dust. She had suggested selling it several times, but he always refused.
She didn’t know if he just had some sentimental attachment to it.
Driving the Mercedes to the hospital, she thought the Volkswagen could probably still fetch twenty to thirty thousand yuan.
When she arrived at the hospital room, it was quite lively.
Father-in-law, mother-in-law, son, and “mistress”—all happily gathered.
Hu Youyue was feeding Shen Chengyan.
Standing at the door for a moment, Jiang Yu ruined the atmosphere with a single sentence:
“Can you two adulterers show off your love with your backs turned to me a little?”