Black Market Boss: His Beloved Wife's Lazy Life

"What's wrong?" Shang Yanfang looked at He Lingling with a puzzled expression.

"That's right. You see, we didn't even know when Comrade Gao would be back today. Before, when he came back, he would definitely walk around in front of you and ask if you need any water, if you're hungry, or if you want to eat something, but today it felt a little different."

He Lingling spoke hesitantly, based on what she had seen.

“Um, Yanfang, don’t overthink it. Maybe Comrade Gao didn’t come to find you because he was worried you were hungry,” Li Zhaodi tried to explain for Gao Jianguo.

"Okay, I understand. It's nothing. We didn't quarrel," Shang Yanfang explained, but in her heart, she thought about Gao Jianguo's unusual behavior these past few days; he really wasn't very affectionate towards her anymore.

It seems that things started to get a little awkward between them after she revealed her secret.

"It's good that you didn't argue, then we'll go back now. We'll come back tomorrow." Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a book, and returned to the educated youth settlement with Li Zhaodi and He Lingling.

That night, Shang Yanfang lay in bed and felt uncomfortable looking at the man next to her who wanted to sleep as soon as he lay down.

She trusted him so much, telling him all her secrets, and what did he do? After learning her secrets, he became cold towards her.

This is the kind of scumbag behavior people talk about online—getting something and then not appreciating it.

Shang Yanfang was also holding her breath, not even realizing when Gao Jianguo had fallen asleep. She only discovered he was asleep when she tried to figure out what had happened to him these past few days.

She carefully blew out the kerosene lamp, covered herself with the blanket, and prepared to go to sleep.

Shang Yanfang lay there and quickly fell asleep, and she had a very long dream.

In her dream, she went to the countryside, and because of her beautiful appearance and extravagant spending, she was quickly replaced by someone else in the countryside.

Finally, she was framed and fell into the water. In her dream, a man named Li Dabao jumped into the water and saved her. Then he forced her to marry him.

In her dreams, she also rebelled and struggled.

As a result, she was ruthlessly imprisoned by that family. Later, she gave birth to a granddaughter for that family, but they abandoned her because they disliked that she was a girl.

After a long time, she escaped when a customer came to the house.

In her dream, she also saw her parents, who hadn't received any letters from her for several years, come looking for her, but they couldn't find her. The couple had passed away long ago.

She had two older brothers. Her eldest brother was in the army and was searching for her while she was searching for him. Her second brother had his legs broken by that family and was thrown into a pigsty while he was looking for her.

His older sister got married but didn't end up happy, and his younger brother spent all his time hanging out with a bunch of hooligans.

He was executed for accidentally killing someone in a fight.

She had thought that escaping that family would make her life better, but it turned out that the man who saved her knew her husband. The two of them took her to the basement and tied her up with very thick iron chains.

They only gave her a little water and steamed buns each day so that she wouldn't starve.

Shang Yanfang soon realized that this might not be a dream, but rather the real Shang Yanfang's life.

She wanted to wake up, to open her eyes, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't wake up from that dream.

She only woke up with a start when Shang Yanfang smiled at her in her final moments in the dream and said, "Live well..."

"Yanfang, Yanfang, you're awake?" Gao Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the little girl wake up.

Looking around at the environment that wasn't her home, Shang Yanfang asked the man in front of her, trying to confirm something.

“This is the clinic. Yanfang, you’ve been unconscious for a day. Grandpa Zhang saw that you weren’t waking up even after he tried to give you acupuncture, so he asked me to bring you directly to the clinic,” Gao Jianguo said as he fed Shang Yanfang a glass of water.

"Jianguo, what's wrong with me?"

"You just had a fever and fainted. Once the fever goes down, you'll be fine." Gao Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the little girl recognized him.

"Did I faint because of a fever?" Shang Yanfang clearly remembered that she had just had a dream while she was asleep.

“Yes, the doctor said we can go home once the fever goes down.” Gao Jianguo took out a thermometer and placed it under Shang Yanfang’s arm.

"Let's take your temperature again, then we'll eat later." Only after Gao Jianguo reminded her did Shang Yanfang realize she was a little hungry.

"36.7 degrees Celsius, the fever has subsided. Come on, have some porridge!" Gao Jianguo glanced at the thermometer and, finding the fever gone, began to feed Shang Yanfang.

Shang Yanfang stared blankly as Gao Jianguo fed her, taking a bite for every bite he fed her.

Looking at the man in front of her who was so attentive to her, Shang Yanfang thought of the original owner's tragic life and felt that she needed to find out what Gao Jianguo was thinking.

If she really misjudged him, then she thought her space should be enough to support her and the baby in her belly.

"Eat your food properly." Gao Jianguo felt a little embarrassed by Shang Yanfang's gaze.

Shang Yanfang hummed in response and then stopped looking at Gao Jianguo. During the subsequent meal and examination, she barely acknowledged Gao Jianguo.

"Alright, she's fine now. She can be discharged soon," the doctor said after taking Shang Yanfang's temperature again.

After listening to the doctor's advice, Gao Jianguo quickly obtained the discharge certificate and then tried to carry Shang Yanfang out of the ward.

"No need, I can walk by myself." Shang Yanfang refused Gao Jianguo's offer to hold her hand and instead slowly put on her shoes.

Seeing that the little girl was getting dressed very slowly, Gao Jianguo reached out and helped Shang Yanfang put on her shoes.

"Thank you." Shang Yanfang thanked Gao Jianguo very politely, then slowly stood up, supporting herself on the bed.

Upon seeing this, Gao Jianguo quickly went to help Shang Yanfang up.

This time, Shang Yanfang also failed to break free from Gao Jianguo's grasp. With Gao Jianguo's help, she left the clinic.

Gao Jianguo rode his bicycle and carefully brought Shang Yanfang home. Afterwards, ignoring Shang Yanfang's resistance, he carried the little girl directly into his room.

He gently placed her on the kang (a heated brick bed), covered the little girl with a quilt, and then sat down on a stool beside her, asking very seriously, "What's wrong? You've seemed downcast these past few days?"

"Gao Jianguo, do you not like me anymore?" Shang Yanfang asked, holding back tears.

"What? How could I not like you? I love you, Shang Yanfang." Gao Jianguo looked at Shang Yanfang in disbelief.

He didn't love her; he even loved himself for her.

"Then why were you ignoring me the other day?" Shang Yanfang asked Gao Jianguo, looking very aggrieved.

"I, I... well, I've been busy." Gao Jianguo couldn't possibly tell the truth.