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Chapter 69: White-Eyed Wolf, Amicable Breakup

Separated by a wall, Li Ge pricked up his ears to listen carefully. When he heard the sound of footsteps and the rolling of a suitcase, he was so excited that he couldn’t wait for his wife to turn on the light before he rushed out to give him a big surprise.

The door was closed.

Li Ge held his breath and silently counted to three. With a crisp “click,” he was so focused on receiving the command that his body moved first. But when he turned his head, he was startled by the figure that suddenly appeared at the bathroom door. He immediately let out a loud curse, only then realizing that it was the bathroom light that had turned on.

His wife, whom he had been eagerly awaiting day and night, was now standing in front of him.

Chen Shuo was wearing a simple black T-shirt, the hem tucked neatly into his equally black casual trousers. His overall appearance was clean and neat, his temperament calm and cold, not much had changed.

It was still that fair and handsome funeral face, but his hairstyle was a pleasant surprise, slightly longer than a buzz cut, obviously styled, and quite cool.

But no matter how cool Chen Shuo was, all Li Ge saw was his secretly horny wife who was good at being sentimental.

He rushed forward and gave Chen Shuo a passionate hug. The word “wife” was on the tip of his tongue but hadn’t come out yet when he was pushed away by Chen Shuo.

“???” Li Ge almost lost his balance, watching as Chen Shuo ignored him, reached out to turn on the main light, and then walked past him with his suitcase into the room.

What was going on?

“Wife!” Li Ge strode over and hugged Chen Shuo from behind again, but before he could say the next sentence, his two arms were grabbed and removed by Chen Shuo, and he was immediately out of his embrace, not allowed to touch him at all.

“Don’t call me that, our relationship is over.”

Chen Shuo’s tone was steady, as if he was talking about a very ordinary and common matter. Li Ge was briefly stunned, then heard Chen Shuo tell him to pack his things and leave as soon as possible, and to leave the spare key.

“What do you mean, are you kicking me out?” He asked.

Chen Shuo didn’t look at him, put down the suitcase, and squatted down. As he was unlocking it, he calmly replied, “This is my home, please leave.”

Li Ge: “…”

Nearing Yuan Feng’s due date, Li Ge didn’t know which day Chen Shuo would be back and had thought about calling or sending a WeChat message to try and contact him. Then he thought, he had already waited for dozens of days, what was a few more days? He had also thought about what he should do when they met.

First, he had to hug him, to let his wife truly feel that he hadn’t flown away, that he was living a lonely life here, how touching…

Secondly, he would explain the situation to his wife. That slut Meng Shaoqian had harassed him at his company later, and he had beaten him up and kicked him out.

Finally, he would promise his wife that he was no longer promiscuous, that his two eyes had never looked at anyone else, otherwise, why would he be waiting here so miserably? When he was lonely, he would take care of himself, and even bought a fake thing to fill the emptiness behind, but it only made him feel more empty, it was so uncomfortable.

However, Li Ge didn’t expect it to be such a situation.

Fuck, it wasn’t even like this in TV dramas, so sudden.

The dog was even more like a robot than before, how could he sit down and have a good talk? Why was he even more pretentious after coming back from a trip? He was being pretentious and cool with him, was he brainwashed in Dongcheng? Or did he go crazy from relaxing?

Fucking unbelievable, if he wanted to piss him off, he should just say so.

Seeing Chen Shuo open his suitcase and start packing, Li Ge suppressed his anger and also squatted down, wanting to use the opportunity of helping him pack to talk, and also to show his consideration as a husband.

But as soon as he reached out his hand, it was mercilessly slapped away by another hand.

Chen Shuo: “Pack your things and leave.”

Enduring for a moment would bring peace. Li Ge temporarily held back his anger and coaxed Chen Shuo with a smile, “Wife, are you hungry? I’ll go and cook… cook you some noodles, I’m good at that.”

Chen Shuo frowned slightly, looked up at Li Ge, a hint of impatience in his expression, and said, “I’ll repeat myself, our relationship is over.”

“…” Meeting Chen Shuo’s cold face, Li Ge’s pent-up anger instantly erupted. He stood up and shouted, “What the hell are you doing? Are you playing a game with me? Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for you here? I’ve even raised those fish on the balcony for you, and you’re kicking me out as soon as you come back? Are you sick?”

“Those are your fish, mine died a long time ago.” Chen Shuo no longer paid attention to Li Ge and continued to pack his luggage, carrying his clothes to the sofa.

“You…” Li Ge was about to breathe fire, but he was suddenly stunned.

He saw several books in Chen Shuo’s suitcase. The one on top was golden, with the title “Diamond Sutra · Heart Sutra.” The few books below it also looked like scriptures, and next to the books, there were even a few calligraphy copybooks of scriptures.

Thinking of the barbershop owner saying that Chen Shuo wanted to shave his head, and that Dongcheng, where he was, was known as the “Southeast Buddhist Kingdom,” with a long history of Buddhist culture and the most temples, Li Ge was instantly shocked, his anger disappearing without a trace. How could he bear to shout at Chen Shuo again? He only blamed himself for not being considerate enough, not even thinking in that direction, really thinking that Chen Shuo was just going to relax. After all, Dongcheng also had many tourist attractions.

His darling wife was not only in love with him, but he must have loved him so much that it was painful and depressing, and he was also prone to jealousy, making himself mentally ill, so he had to escape into Buddhism and become a monk.

Now his pretentious and cool act was probably a relapse, he couldn’t be fierce with him.

“Wife, I was wrong.” Li Ge immediately knelt down and quickly snatched the few scriptures from Chen Shuo’s hand, helping him put them on the desk in the corner, thinking of a chance to secretly throw them away.

Chen Shuo had just picked up the calligraphy copybook when it was snatched away by Li Ge again.

After putting away the copybook, Li Ge eagerly went to help Chen Shuo pack. Noticing that the clothes on the sofa seemed to be clean, he quickly asked, “Wife, are these clothes to be put in the wardrobe? Don’t worry about it, go take a shower and sleep, I’ll help you pack.”

Chen Shuo: “No need, leave quickly.”

“There’s a saying, ‘the one who tied the bell must be the one to untie it,’ I know you need me.” Li Ge held the pile of clothes with one hand, actively showing himself. Unexpectedly, when he opened the wardrobe, several clothes sprayed out, which he had randomly stuffed in a while ago, making a mess at his feet.

The air instantly froze.

Li Ge turned his head and saw Chen Shuo standing expressionlessly in front of the sofa, staring at him, with no emotion at all. He quickly made up an excuse, “It’s not like this every day, I’ve been too busy with work recently and haven’t had time to take care of the house, I’ll fold them and put them away right away.”

As if he couldn’t stand it, Chen Shuo went over, bent down, and picked up the messy clothes and pants at Li Ge’s feet, which were all wrinkled. He threw them on the sofa and then went to the balcony to get Li Ge’s suitcase.

Seeing this, Li Ge didn’t even close the wardrobe door and immediately rushed to the balcony to snatch back his own suitcase. But Chen Shuo turned around and went to collect his clothes from the drying rack, determined to kick him out, it was obvious he was terminally ill.

“Alright, wife,” Li Ge hugged Chen Shuo and coaxed, “Aren’t you tired? If you have so much energy, you might as well fuck me. Let’s go take a shower together, okay? You don’t know how I’ve been getting by these past few dozens of days, I miss you so much.”

“Get out.” Chen Shuo pushed Li Ge away.

Li Ge clung to Chen Shuo and hugged him again, his arms tightly wrapped around Chen Shuo’s waist, and coaxed, “What will my darling wife do if I leave? He likes me so much, he keeps everything to himself. What if he’s secretly sad behind my back? I’ll be heartbroken.”

“Get out.” Chen Shuo tried to push Li Ge away, but couldn’t.

“Don’t be so stubborn, be brave and express your inner thoughts, do you miss me or not?” Having not held Chen Shuo properly for so long, Li Ge excitedly planted a kiss on the back of Chen Shuo’s neck, freeing a hand to go down and touch Chen Erdi to see if he missed him. Who knew that Chen Shuo would resist frantically and even hit him with his elbow.

“Didn’t Mr. Li used to be this casual?” Chen Shuo pushed Li Ge away and turned to stare at him, “As long as you’re interested in someone, you’re like a dog in heat.”

“…” Li Ge was stunned for a moment, unable to respond.

Because he found that he couldn’t refute it. In the past, he was indeed like this. If he was interested in someone, he wanted to fuck them. When he got tired of them, he would find someone else. Wasn’t that kind of thing just for fun?

But being told this by Chen Shuo, he felt particularly unhappy for some reason and didn’t want to coax Chen Shuo anymore. It was like coaxing a white-eyed wolf. He had been gone for so long, and now he was back with this attitude, making him a fool. What was the point?

Chen Shuo collected the wrinkled shirt and trousers from the drying rack, which had been tossed around by the washing machine, and without looking at Li Ge, said, “You can leave now, let’s have an amicable breakup.”

“Amicable breakup…” Li Ge repeated, then asked Chen Shuo back, “Have you ever been with me?”

Chen Shuo was silent.

“You’ve never fucking been with me from beginning to end!” Li Ge couldn’t control his emotions and almost shouted.

He took out the already crumpled paper from his trouser pocket, unfolded it for Chen Shuo to see, and questioned loudly, “If you want to break up, why did you write this? And you wrote it so sentimentally. Just because of this piece of paper, I’ve been waiting for you here for fifty-two days! I was afraid you would have suicidal thoughts, so I went to a psychological counseling agency to find you, and then to a barbershop to find you. Do you think I don’t know you’re in Dongcheng? I gave you enough time to relax, and what did you give me when you came back?”

Chen Shuo lowered his eyes and looked at the paper in Li Ge’s hand. It had been folded countless times, and the creases were already showing signs of tearing.

He then snatched it away and, in front of Li Ge, tore the paper to shreds and held it in his palm, saying, “The sentimentality was learned from the internet, the main point was to have an amicable breakup. I’m sorry for making you misunderstand, I’ve already let it go, I hope Mr. Li will also let it go.”

“My things, who allowed you to tear them?” Li Ge pointed at Chen Shuo’s nose, “Are you forcing me to hit you? You’re really a good-for-nothing!”

Chen Shuo bypassed Li Ge, threw the shredded paper into the trash can, and closed and put away the suitcase. He took a set of clean clothes from the wardrobe, went to the bathroom, and then locked the door.

Hearing the sound of the door locking, Li Ge strode over and slammed his fists on it twice, shouting at the crack in the door, “You owe me a lot, don’t even think about an amicable breakup! If you’re a coward, then leave. If you have the guts, come out and settle the score with me, don’t forget you still owe me a formal apology.”

After the warning, Li Ge lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling and gritting his teeth.

When the sound of running water came, he got out of bed and went to look at the scriptures and calligraphy copybooks on Chen Shuo’s desk, there was nothing unusual. This quiet one suddenly becoming so dead and acting like this, there must be something wrong. He couldn’t have really escaped into Buddhism and become pure, right?

Fuck, then wouldn’t his hole be empty?

The dust-proof display cabinet next to the desk, Li Ge had looked through it once when he was bored, there were no little secrets inside.

He suddenly thought of Chen Shuo’s phone and laptop. He must have done some research before going to Dongcheng, he had to find out which temple he had gone to. The laptop was left here, so he probably used his phone. Who knew that after searching the whole apartment, he couldn’t find Chen Shuo’s phone, even though it was usually left at home.

Something was definitely wrong.

Li Ge immediately took his own phone and called Chen Shuo’s number. Soon, a crisp and melodious zither tune rang out, and as he had expected, it came from the bathroom.