“I suddenly feel like having coffee. How about we go to a coffee shop first?” Guan Xiaoqing said without thinking as she glanced at the coffee shop next door.

Without waiting for Wang Xizhen to come to her senses, he dragged her into the coffee shop.

Wang Xizhen was led into the coffee shop by Guan Xiaoqing in a daze. Before entering, she glanced at the couple chatting and laughing next door with a complicated look in her eyes.

"welcome……"

As soon as the two entered the store, Guan Xiaoqing eagerly pulled Wang Xizhen and rushed to the innermost seat of the store.

After ordering their respective coffees, Guan Xiaoqing began to inquire about Wang Xizhen's recent situation in a casual, rambling manner.

"Xiaoqing, why are you suddenly so interested in my family's affairs? I've never seen you so enthusiastic before," Wang Xizhen said to her friend with a grin.

"Ah~ Haha... I just... Oh right, I just haven't seen your Xiao Sheng lately, and I'm a little curious where he's gone." Guan Xiaoqing's eyes looked guilty as she spoke, and they kept darting around.

Wang Xizhen stared at Xiaoqing with a half-smile on her face and a doting look in her eyes, but unfortunately Guan Xiaoqing didn't understand her gaze at all.

“My son was taken away by my mother-in-law. She said that she and her husband miss their grandson very much, so I sent him to them to take care of him for a few days.”

As for how many days? That depends on how she and Zhu Gangtai discuss it.

"Your mother-in-law never took the child in for so long before, why is it taking so long now?" Could it be that she knows about her son's situation and wants to build a relationship with her grandson so she can try to get the child in the future?

That family is really unfair. How can Xizhen, a weak woman, compete with the Zhu family, a whole bunch of locals, when she's all alone in the world?

Thinking of what she had just witnessed, Guan Xiaoqing looked at her friend, opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Before Guan Xiaoqing could dwell on it for long, Wang Xizhen quickly changed the subject.

However, Guan Xiaoqing was still somewhat absent-minded. After all, so many things like this had happened around her that she had almost become accustomed to it.

But now that this has happened to her best friend, she still finds it hard to accept.

In the Zhu family's living room that evening, Wang Xizhen and Zhu Gangtai stared at each other.

"What's wrong, honey? I just walked in the door and you're already looking so grumpy. Did I make you angry today?" Zhu Gangtai scratched his head, thought about it seriously, and thought, "No, I don't think so."

Wang Xizhen didn't answer her husband's question, but just carefully observed him today.

Zhu Gangtai still looks the same, honest and simple-minded, but he seems a bit smug because of his recent success.

"You seem to be in a good mood today," Wang Xizhen stated in a flat and indifferent tone.

When Zhu Gangtai heard his wife mention this, his heart skipped a beat.

Thinking about what he had done this afternoon, he felt a little uneasy and didn't dare to look her in the eye. Naturally, he didn't see Wang Xizhen's nonchalant attitude.

The atmosphere between the two was about to become tense when Zhu Gangtai quickly said, "Wife, I went to the mall today and bought you the heart-shaped necklace you liked. It's gold! Last time I saw you praising how good Lao Lu's wife looked in it, so I bought it for you as soon as I saw it." Zhu Gangtai hadn't originally planned to do this.

It was when he and Li Yunfang passed by a jewelry store on their way back that Li Yunfang asked him to buy it for his wife, saying that he didn't want his wife to suspect anything.

Zhu Gangtai thought that his wife was doing a good job taking care of the housework at home, so he bought it.

Wang Xizhen didn't refuse. She took it and examined it for a while before glancing at Zhu Gangtai and saying sarcastically, "Oh, you actually thought of buying me jewelry."

"Was it that woman who taught you that?" Zhu Gangtai felt somewhat embarrassed and awkward when he heard his wife say that.

He was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped, his eyes widened like saucers, and his face was full of disbelief. When he realized that his wife was right in front of him, he quickly lowered his head.

"What...what are you saying? What woman...which woman?" Although she stammered a bit, she still stubbornly denied it.

"Wife, are you misunderstanding something? I'm not that kind of person. We got married right after graduating from university. Doesn't that prove my love for you? How could I possibly betray you?" Zhu Gangtai got more and more excited as he spoke, and by the end his tone had become resolute.

The reason Zhu Gangtai got married so early was because he wanted to start his own business after graduation, but he didn't have any money. His parents asked him to get married and give them a big, healthy grandson before they would invest in him.

There was nothing he could do; Zhu Gangtai didn't have a girlfriend at the time.

So Zhu Gangtai took a liking to Wang Xizhen. Not only was Wang Xizhen his classmate, but she was also good-looking, and she seemed gentle and kind, so she would definitely not object to his business ventures.

Therefore, Zhu Gangtai was attracted to Wang Xizhen's obedient girl image, which is why he pursued her.

Wang Xizhen was simply after Zhu Gangtai's local residency permit; it was a case of each of them having what they needed.

"I want to bring my parents to the city." This isn't a suggestion, it's a statement.

"Why?" Zhu Gangtai was deep in thought, his mind completely caught up with Wang Xizhen, so he subconsciously looked up and asked the question.

Wang Xizhen looked at the man in front of her and analyzed in a relaxed tone, "I know you and that woman have been together for more than two years. Based on your parents' requirements for a daughter-in-law, that girl doesn't quite meet them. However, if you really like that woman, then I'll pretend I don't see it, and it's fine for you two to continue being together, as long as we don't let anyone we know find out."

Wang Xizhen calmly analyzed the current situation for him, showing no signs of heartbreak at the thought of her husband's infidelity.

Zhu Gangtai looked at her with a cold smile. His expression went from disbelief to incredulity in an instant, and he quickly regained his composure.

Then he relaxed, crossed his arms, and leaned back on the sofa, asking in a lazy yet confident tone, "So, you already knew about me and Xiaofang, didn't you? Why?" Why wasn't he angry?

Seeing that he had calmed down, Wang Xizhen explained gently, "We were college classmates for four years, and we've been married for several years. We also have a son. We've been through so much together, so we still have some feelings for each other. I don't want things to get too tense with you."

"Then why don't you mention divorce?" Zhu Gangtai was genuinely curious. Wang Xizhen had been so tolerant, so why didn't she mention divorce to him?

Wang Xizhen shrugged, looking indifferent. "If you want a divorce, that's fine, but the house and the children have to be mine."

"How could that be? My parents cherish their grandson the most. They can give you the house, but not the child." Zhu Gangtai's parents now value their grandson more than their son.

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