Wife, please behave yourself.

Chapter 10 Who is that woman?

"The car is here, you can go back now."

"No~ I want to stay with you a little longer."

At the bar entrance, men and women in the bustling crowd lingered, reluctant to part.

The woman's arms were around the man's neck, her face flushed from the alcohol, and she gradually became indistinct under the neon lights.

She was about to move closer when the man in front of her dodged her.

"Get in the car quickly, see you at the company tomorrow."

He continued to urge him on, maintaining his last shred of rationality.

He broke free of the other person's grasp and tried to forcefully push them into the taxi.

The dizzy woman had little strength.

Just as he was shoved into the car, before Li Mingche could even finish telling the driver his destination, the other person opened the back door and climbed out again.

She wrapped her arms around his waist again, looking determined not to let go.

Seeing this, the man felt somewhat helpless.

Maintaining such an awkward posture, he took out his wallet first to pay in advance.

After the driver took it, he turned around and looked at his female colleague who was hugging him.

"Let's go home first, it's getting late."

"No way!"

"Listen to me, if you keep going like this, I'm going to get angry."

"..."

My dizzy brain suddenly cleared up a bit.

She seemed very afraid that Li Mingche in front of her would get angry.

She hesitated, determined not to let go, and finally released him after seven or eight seconds.

Her face was downcast, and her puffed-up cheeks reflected her current mood.

Seeing this, Li Mingche simply smiled and traced the tip of her nose with his fingertip.

I placed my hands on her shoulders and squeezed them slightly.

"Get in the car, and send me a text message when you get home to let me know you're safe."

"understood……"

Although she was very reluctant to leave, the thought of seeing Li Mingche at the company tomorrow made Xu Wenwen, who was still feeling dizzy, give up the idea.

Under the other party's arrangement, she got into a taxi. Before setting off, Xu Wenwen rolled down the car window and kept waving to Li Mingche outside the car.

Until the vehicle moves away from the area.

You can still see the other person waving from a distance.

The smile vanished.

Li Mingche sighed; the excessive alcohol consumption made him feel unwell.

But the thought that the marketing manager's sister had already taken the bait instantly relieved the discomfort in his body.

I turned around, just about to leave the bar entrance.

But the figure that appeared in his line of sight instantly sobered his already dizzy brain.

Ning Mengyao waited at the bottom of the steps, pushing her bicycle.

Looking up at Li Mingche at the bar entrance, she gripped the handlebars tightly with both hands as she pushed her bicycle.

His face, which showed signs of fatigue, now displayed an indescribable expression.

"Who was that woman just now...?"

"..."

His wife's question left Li Mingche speechless on the steps.

The panic that had just risen was immediately suppressed by him again.

He stepped down the stairs and came to Ning Mengyao's side.

"My colleague was drunk, so I called a car for her."

"But she..."

"you are annoying!"

The sudden increase in the intensity of the reprimand interrupted Ning Mengyao's questioning.

Staring blankly at the other person, he saw that Li Mingche's face was full of impatience.

"She's the marketing manager's sister. Do you think I'll have a chance for promotion if I don't try to please her?"

"I……"

"It's so annoying, always doubting this and that."

"..."

Her upturned face slowly lowered, and Ning Mengyao, being scolded, looked like a child who had done something wrong.

Li Mingche stood to the side.

Seeing the other party remain silent, he became even more dissatisfied, which only fueled his already irritation.

always like this.

If I speak even slightly harshly, she can't say a word.

Li Mingche disliked the other person's cowardly demeanor.

Considering there were other people at the bar entrance, Li Mingche did not continue to reprimand the other party in public.

He took the lead and left, leaving Ning Mengyao alone to push her bicycle, turn around, and catch up.

The two walked away into the distance.

Once the crowd around him thinned out, Li Mingche, who was walking in front, slowed down.

He kept driving alongside Ning Mengyao, glancing at Ning Mengyao who was silent with her head down.

He smacked his lips, his dissatisfaction reaching its peak.

But Li Mingche quickly suppressed this emotion and forced himself to lower his voice.

"Give me two thousand yuan tomorrow, I want to buy a suit."

"..."

Ning Mengyao's steps suddenly stopped, and she raised her head again.

"Didn't we already buy one..."

"Do you think a cheap, low-quality item costing four or five hundred yuan can compare to a style costing over a thousand yuan? Stop talking nonsense and just buy it for me."

The fingertips gripping the handlebars were already turning white from excessive force.

Ning Mengyao looked at Li Mingche beside her, thinking that her husband's decision to go to work would significantly improve their family's financial situation.

The two met during their student days.

Ning Mengyao, from a single-parent family, went through a long period of darkness because she was pretty and easy to bully.

Li Mingche appeared at that time and helped her escape the abyss. However, he also suffered severe retaliation for standing up for her.

Li Mingche is like a ray of light in the darkness.

His appearance gave Ning Mengyao the motivation to continue living her life.

As they got to know each other and spent time together, their relationship grew increasingly intimate.

They confirmed their relationship after graduating from high school.

However, in his youth, Li Mingche mistakenly trusted others and invested in a shop with a loan.

The company suffered heavy losses and was also burdened with a large amount of debt.

Over the years, Ning Mengyao has worked hard, even switching between two jobs a day to pay off her debts as quickly as possible.

Li Mingche suffered a significant blow after his defeat.

The once sunny and cheerful man began to change slowly, spending all his time at home, and occasionally being spotted at card games near his home.

He has now recovered and found a good job.

After receiving her first paycheck, he also bought her a wedding ring.

Although life gradually improved, the sunny and cheerful Li Mingche of the past could never return.

He's always so impatient these days.

They complained about Ning Mengyao's simple style of dress and disliked her always going out without makeup.

Although they are husband and wife, they communicate less and less.

Li Mingche walked faster and faster, and before he knew it, he had once again taken the lead by two body lengths over Ning Mengyao, who was pushing her bicycle.

"Don't prepare lemon tea for me tomorrow, people prefer coffee these days."

"It would be so embarrassing to bring this to the company."

"..."

That weary face looked even more sorrowful at this moment.

Ning Mengyao was simply pushing her bicycle.

He followed silently behind the other person.

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Dinner was exceptionally lavish.

A table full of food, enjoyed by a family of three.

However, the atmosphere at the dinner table now leaves Liu Changcun feeling quite helpless.

The eldest son only knew how to eat, and Liu Songyan, whose face was half covered by his bangs, couldn't utter a single fart for a long time.

With red eyes and a depressed mood, the youngest daughter showed no appetite for the food on the table.

Liu Changcun sighed.

Looking at her daughter across the table, 11-year-old Liu Wanqiu just sat there blankly with her face down.

The overflowing rice in front of me never diminished from beginning to end.

Her parents' divorce was a huge blow to her when she was 11 years old.

Even though several days had passed, she still couldn't shake off this depressed mood.

I picked up the chicken wing tip with my chopsticks and slowly placed it on top of the overflowing rice.

Liu Wanqiu, who had been looking down, raised her face again because of this action.

He looked at his father sitting across from him.

"Eat up. Even if Dad is all alone from now on, he will take good care of you."

"..."

Liu Songyan, who was picking at his rice bowl, stopped, and Liu Wanqiu, who was looking at her father, remained silent.

Such a simple sentence brought a smile to the girl's face, which had been expressionless.

The corners of her mouth turned down, and she pursed her lips tightly.

But her accelerated sobbing finally made her unable to hold back.

Tears streamed down her face, landing on the overflowing rice.

When he saw his daughter suddenly burst into tears, Liu Changcun, a first-time father, was unusually flustered.

For some reason, just seeing Liu Wanqiu's tearful face made his heart feel as if it were being squeezed tightly.

I felt so uncomfortable that I could hardly breathe.

He hurriedly put down his bowl and chopsticks, and since he wasn't very hungry, he rushed to the other side of the dining table.

As soon as he reached his daughter's side, the little girl rushed towards him with all her might.

"dad……"

She murmured to herself, and within seconds, her little face buried in front of him was soaked with sweat.

Seeing this, Liu Changcun reached out and gently patted the child's back.

Listening to the increasingly heavy sobs in my arms, listening to the child's tearful voice.

"Mom doesn't want me anymore..."

Perhaps in 14-year-old Liu Songyan's eyes, his mother's indifferent attitude had already prepared him mentally.

However, for 11-year-old Liu Wanqiu, even if her mother Lin Wanran doesn't care much about her, she is still her mother.

As long as they are not divorced, the family remains intact.

Liu Wanqiu still has her mother at home.

But... the broken marriage of his parents shattered all hope.

Liu Wanqiu now has to accept this fact.

That's why she's clinging to Liu Changcun now and unwilling to let go.

She was afraid that if she let go, even her father would choose to leave.

Seeing his daughter crying loudly in his arms, Liu Changcun felt only relief at that moment.

Fortunately, when I divorced Lin Wanran a few days ago, I got custody of both children.

If one of these two children were to go with Lin Wanran...

Even if it was just a thought, Liu Changcun didn't want that kind of scene to appear in his mind.

He gently stroked his daughter in front of him.

Liu Changcun glanced at his son, who had stopped eating.

Looking around the house, which felt both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar.

"I will make sure you live a good life."

His eyes became firm.

"Absolutely."

(End of this chapter)