It's hard to quit, but it's the perfect marriage!

One sentence was enough to make Su Daiqing furious.

He slammed the car door shut and drove off.

Zhu Xi was extremely pleased with herself; she could shake off even the hottest dog poop.

Zhou Yinghuai hooked his fingertips around her shoe, watching her take the left one and slowly put it on, wrapping it around her ankle twice and tying a pretty bow.

"Why did you have to drive him away?" Zhou Yinghuai asked, taking advantage of the moment when his fingers were empty.

Zhu Xi bent over to tie her shoelaces. "I didn't upset him. I'm telling the truth."

She laughed exaggeratedly, revealing her white and even teeth, "If I fall asleep again, you must kiss me awake."

Zhou Yinghuai's eyes flashed as he looked into her bright, playful eyes, and he got out of the car first.

I went around to the other side and opened the car door for her.

Zhu Xi straightened the ribbons on both sides of her ankles, then slowly took out a lip gloss from her bag and applied it to her phone screen.

Her pink lips instantly brightened, adding a touch of gentleness to her makeup.

After she finished touching up her makeup, Zhou Yinghuai held out his palm.

Zhu Xi smiled at him and placed her hand in his palm.

He gently pulled me out of the car.

The white hem of her skirt brushed against the black trouser legs, her hands clasped lightly.

A soft murmur reached my ear, and I could faintly smell a sweet scent: "Zhou Yinghuai."

"Um?"

"Today, I'll take advantage of you; put you on my tab for now."

"Zhou Yinghuai, I'm going to kiss you!"

Having said that, he didn't give Zhou Yinghuai any time to refuse or react.

Zhu Xi twisted her ankle and cleverly fell into Zhou Yinghuai's arms.

Almost instinctively, and with the inherent charm of a man, Zhu Xi felt a large, warm palm instantly press against her waist, through the thin, silky fabric, close to her lower back.

Her freshly applied lip gloss smeared onto the front of his white shirt, creating star-like spots and pink bubbles.

Zhou Yinghuai smelled the fragrance of her hair, felt the softness of her chest, and saw her silent smile and the ever-upturned corners of her lips.

Then, Zhu Xi took that unintentional kiss in the back of the car and made it a reality.

Their lips touched lightly, and only the two of them could feel each other's stiffness.

Zhou Yinghuai's hand on her waist tightened unconsciously as he heard a sound coming from afar.

"Oh, is this Zhu Xi?"

The sweet scent in my arms vanished, and the ends of her hair swept past my knuckles, leaving only emptiness.

"It's me."

Zhou Yinghuai twirled his fingertips, discerning the insincerity in her affected voice.

It seems the bride isn't a true friend.

He stood behind Zhu Xi, neither speaking nor disturbing her.

Zhou Yinghuai hung her bag on his hand and patiently watched as Zhu Xi smiled radiantly and exchanged compliments with the bride.

Zhu Xi: "You're the bride, you look especially beautiful today."

The bride said modestly, "I can't compare to you, the prettiest girl in our class."

Zhu Xi touched the tip of her nose with her fingertips, "That's still not as good as you, the famous beauty of the department."

"And who is this?" The bride suddenly looked at the car that Zhou Yinghuai and Zhu Xi had specifically instructed to keep low-key. "Zhu Xi, you're still the same as you were in college, always attracting suitors. One Su Daiqing isn't enough, you always have 5, 6, 7, or 8 around you."

Zhu Xi linked arms with Zhou Yinghuai and introduced him generously, "This is my husband."

The bride looked surprised, then glanced at the extremely ordinary-looking car, her affected manner annoying. "You're getting married? How stingy of you to not even tell us old classmates."

Without waiting for Zhu Xi's reply, she directly asked Zhou Yinghuai, "Even after all this time since graduation, Zhu Xi still likes your type. Handsome, what do you do? Our Zhu Xi likes rich guys, why are you driving such a beat-up car!"

Zhu Xi sneered.

The bride continued, pointing to Su Daiqing, who had long since disappeared, "That Su Daiqing only had looks but no money, which is why she broke up with our Zhuxi."

Zhu Xi was about to speak,

The bride immediately raised her voice and began to introduce her husband.

"This is my husband. He's not very capable; he's just a director at Yihe Hospital. Zhuxi, if your husband needs work, just ask. We're old classmates; he can easily find a job as a driver or warehouse manager."

The bride humbly replied, "Besides making money, I can't do anything else."

Zhu Xi chuckled twice, "They really don't have much ability. Yihe Hospital had about ten major accidents last month, right?"

She looked at the groom, feigning interest, and said, "I heard that there's a Mr. Wu at Yihe who almost jumped off the roof."

After Zhu Xi finished speaking, she pretended to regret it, "Oh, the groom's surname is also Wu. Standing here in the middle of getting married, he can't possibly be you, Wu."

The bride ate a few melon pieces and then left.

Zhu Xi snapped her fingers, "Let's go, let's go to the banquet!"

Zhou Yinghuai didn't understand why he would try to get closer to someone whose relationship with him was so bad.

"You don't get along with the bride? That's why you didn't attend her wedding?"

Zhu Xi tilted her head, slowing her pace slightly. "It's not that it's bad."

She paused, then said, "It's for my best friend."

Zhou Yinghuai: "Oh?"

"Her name is Hoshi."

"Um?"

Zhu Xi took out her fully charged phone. "She's a widow, and she's abroad."

Zhou Yinghuai was truly unaware of her widowed best friend's situation.

But when he thought of his best friend being widowed at such a young age, he still felt sympathy for her.

How did my best friend's husband die? A car accident? Illness? Or an accident?

Zhu Xi waved her hand and said, "My best friend's husband is like a sandwich filling."

Zhou Yinghuai: "?"

"She lives like a widow, her husband is a..."

Zhu Xi pursed her lips, unsure whether Zhou Yinghuai would understand the joke that followed.

"What is it?"

She puffed out her cheeks. "Gay."

Zhou Yinghuai understood: "A marriage of convenience is shameful."

Zhu Xi shook her head, unable to utter a single word.

He gestured a few times in the air, letting Zhou Yinghuai figure it out for himself.

The sun was strong at this moment, and although Zhou Yinghuai shielded her from most of it, Zhu Xi's face still turned red from the sun.

She put her hand to her forehead, not wanting to say anything more, "It's so hot, so hot."

The two walked a few steps quickly and passed by the registration hall.

Zhu Xi placed the prepared red envelope in the registration hall and left without leaving her name.

Su Daiqing has disappeared without a trace.

Zhu Xi met several old classmates, nodded and smiled lightly in greeting, but no one dared to approach.

Zhou Yinghuai followed behind her, found the girl's classmate's table, and chose a cool spot to sit down.

I poured her a glass of warm water and didn't say anything.

Zhu Xi took a sip, looked around the entire venue, and still thought the man next to her was the most handsome.

She smiled, put down her water glass, and said, "Sorry, I got your shirt dirty."

Zhou Yinghuai lowered his eyes, the deliberate kiss from earlier making his ears turn red again.

Zhu Xi tilted her head and looked at her. "You must be hot too. Your ears are all red."

"Hmm." Zhou Yinghuai crossed his right leg over his left, trying to sound nonchalant. "It's hot."

Zhu Xi took another sip of water. "You're so strange, only your ears are sunburned."

Zhou Yinghuai: "..."

Zhu Xi took out her phone and fiddled with it for a while without looking at him. She then said "Hey!" and Zhou Yinghuai came over.

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Xi showed him her phone, and Zhou Yinghuai saw her contact name.

It's the same word she was gesturing outside earlier.

state.

Sandwich cookies.

gay.

Zhu Xi: "My best friend, who's been living like a widow, asked you, Boss, if there's any way to vent her anger."

She grabbed Zhou Yinghuai's elbow. "Huo Xi thinks my sarcastic remark just now wasn't sarcastic enough."

Zhou Yinghuai narrowed his eyes slightly. "That red envelope you just gave me didn't have any money in it, did it?"

"Of course not!" Zhu Xi grinned mischievously. "Want to know what it is?"