The smile on Lu Jinming’s face instantly vanished. “Is Professor Su trying to lecture me on how to do things? You academics look at too many samples and love to generalize when drawing conclusions. How could an outsider possibly understand the many things that happen between us as a married couple?”
“If so many aspects of your relationship can’t be understood by others, don’t you think you’re a bit too ‘unique’?” Su Cheng’s question was sharp, but her gentle tone softened the edge, making it hard to figure out whether one should be angry or not.
“Actually, we’re doing very well,” Lu Jinming evaded the topic.
Su Cheng: “Then why come on this show?”
Lu Jinming was driven into a dead end.
Hearing this, Yao Yueying actually became a bit curious. Knowing the situation this couple had encountered during their task, she asked, “You don’t actually lock Rongrong up at home and forbid her from going out, do you?”
“I didn’t lock her up. We were just sitting together wanting to properly understand each other and have a good talk,” Lu Jinming said, twisting the intricately patterned, wide silver ring on his left index finger. “Rongrong likes to run away too much; she needs someone to help her face her problems head-on.”
What a high-sounding excuse.
Yin Shuwei looked at Lin Rongrong. The other woman hadn’t said a word from the very beginning, acting as if she had some unspeakable difficulties.
She certainly did. Lin Rongrong recalled their various interactions before getting married, as well as their post-marital life, and realized that their conflicts were mixed with a lot of content that simply wouldn’t pass broadcast censorship.
Even if she threw caution to the wind and shouted it out loud right now, the live stream would be banned the very next second.
Lin Rongrong suddenly felt an indescribable despair. She had finally made it onto this show, wanting to ask others if she was the one who was sick, or if Lu Jinming was the sick one. But she found that the crux of her problem was wrapped in layer upon layer of beautiful sugar-coating, making it far too difficult for outsiders to touch.
When others took a superficial look and touched that exquisite and luxurious surface, they would only think Lin Rongrong was making a fuss over nothing.
Yin Shuwei remembered the gossip Yu Xingzhi had told her earlier. “But didn’t Sister Rongrong have a job before? Why isn’t she doing it anymore?”
Lin Rongrong was like someone who had just found a piece of driftwood. “I wanted to do it, I feel like I still have…”
“Is there a need for that? You stay up late until you’re mentally and physically exhausted, working yourself to death, and for what? How much money can you even make? You’d be better off learning how to invest and manage wealth. Chatting more with Mrs. Huo and the other wives would be much more useful than all that,” Lu Jinming interrupted her.
Yin Shuwei had truly had enough. “CEO Lu, you need to drink some traditional Chinese medicine to regulate your brain.”
Lu Jinming: “What’s wrong with me? I’m just trying to make her ambitious.”
Yin Shuwei: “She wants to go do design, she said it very clearly! Why are you acting like you don’t understand human speech? Did your brain rot from reading too many domineering CEO novels? You think when a woman says ‘no,’ she really means ‘yes’? Stop forcing your own thoughts onto others!”
Lu Jinming didn’t actually want Lin Rongrong to be ambitious; doing this would simply make Lin Rongrong more helpful to his career.
But if he needed the kind of wife who was a social butterfly, he shouldn’t have married Lin Rongrong in the first place.
【Thank you Yin Shuwei for letting me catch my breath from this suffocation. Lu Jinming’s tone is way too aggressive, he sounds just like my boss. Listening to him makes me really want to hit someone.】
【But is he wrong? Other people’s wives are all very presentable. With Lin Rongrong acting like this, I really don’t know what to say. Since she’s already in this position, why is she still thinking about that bit of pocket change?】
【You say that as if Lu Jinming’s money is going into your pocket. Having such strong possessiveness over someone else’s assets… Can you realize that a person is an independent individual?!】
【Yin Shuwei is really so good at roasting people.】
“You don’t understand. Your family’s scale is still a bit too small,” Lu Jinming brushed Yin Shuwei off because he couldn’t out-argue her.
He subconsciously looked at Yu Xingzhi, suddenly struck by inspiration. “But actually, shouldn’t you guys understand me perfectly well? Didn’t the two of you also get married?”
Yu Xingzhi knew what Lu Jinming meant, but he wasn’t annoyed in the slightest. He stated calmly, “That’s why we’re also on this show.”
Lu Jinming: “…”
How was Yin Shuwei’s husband also able to render people completely speechless?!
It was impossible to keep chatting. Su Cheng tried to get the guests to open up, but the people in front of her were almost all shrewd masters. Their inner emotions were concealed perfectly, making it practically impossible to see anything on the surface.
Like Yao Yueying, who kept emphasizing that she just didn’t want to continue this unchanging life. Shen Jin, on the other hand, was saying he thought everything was fine and hoped to continue living together after solving their problems.
But as for what the actual problem was, there wasn’t a single clue.
Yin Shuwei and Yu Xingzhi’s problem, however, was a bit too simple. At its core, it was—they just weren’t familiar with each other.
It made Su Cheng choke up speechlessly. This didn’t seem like a problem that should appear between a married couple. After all, the situation of being married but still being “unfamiliar” with each other was quite rare.
Therefore, Su Cheng couldn’t offer any referenceable advice on this. She could only say dryly, “So, for young people: if you aren’t familiar with each other, don’t get married.”
【Hahahahaha what kind of advice is this? What does ‘if you aren’t familiar with each other, don’t get married’ even mean? If you aren’t familiar, you wouldn’t even be dating!】
【Arranged marriages between wealthy families are still too high-end for us. We can’t reach that high, thanks for the invite.】
【This is truly great advice. I promise not to marry a stranger hahahaha】
【How is Yin Shuwei laughing even louder than us?】
Yin Shuwei was genuinely amused by Su Cheng’s statement. She laughed without caring about her image at all. Only when she was tired of laughing did she say, “Professor Su should also add one more thing: even if you are familiar with each other, you shouldn’t just get married casually.”
【You can even add to that?】
【It actually makes a lot of sense.】
To Yin Shuwei, Su Cheng had completely hit the nail on the head. In the original novel, the union of this arranged-marriage duo was an out-and-out tragedy. Neither of them gained anything, yet they lost everything.
Thinking of this made her feel even more disgusted by Shen Jin.
But who knew what kind of crazy fit that damn pervert Shen Jin was throwing now? He wasn’t secretly sizing up Yu Xingzhi this afternoon; instead, he kept staring at her. He’s not planning to secretly murder me, is he?
The afternoon tea ended in a messy state. Director Zhen, perhaps out of a guilty conscience, provided a proper dinner for the guests.
Yin Shuwei had only eaten half her meal when the police actually arrived, asking her to come with them to cooperate in taking a statement.
Wait, what?
Yin Shuwei was stunned. There are actually serious and responsible police officers in this world?!
You have to know, regarding the incident right when she first transmigrated here, she had clearly called the police. But in the end, it hardly made a splash. She was just asked a few questions over the phone, told they would handle it, and then… nothing.
At the time, Yin Shuwei felt that the Shen family was truly terrifying to be able to suppress such a thing.
Or perhaps the original author was just a complete idiot who never intended to display morality and the rule of law in this fictional world.
“I’ll go with you,” Yu Xingzhi said.
Yin Shuwei didn’t refuse. She quickly finished her meal and left with Yu Xingzhi in the production team’s car.
It was too quiet on the road, and Yu Xingzhi wasn’t a very talkative person either. In a daze, Yin Shuwei’s head bobbed up and down until it finally landed in a specific spot, and she fell into a peaceful sleep.
Yu Xingzhi turned his head rather stiffly. Looking at the fluffy head resting on his shoulder, he felt that the strands of hair falling against his collarbone were particularly ticklish.
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