Chapter 13

Ning He didn’t want to dwell on the question of whether He Shaochuan was capable or not.

She is a woman, she has to save face too.

Being rejected all the time will dampen her enthusiasm.

Ning He really didn’t want to say another word to him! She turned around and left in anger.

He Shaochuan could see that Ning He was angry, but he didn’t know what she was angry about.

He had been married to Ning He for more than three years, and she seemed to be angry all the time.

Every time she saw me, she didn’t look happy.

I finally saw a good look on Ning He’s face today, but it seemed like he messed it up?

It was not until Qianlin finished taking a shower and came out of the kitchen that He Shaochuan came to his senses. He wrung out the clothes very quickly and hung them out to dry one by one.

While hanging out the clothes to dry, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the underwear that Ning He had just hung out to dry.

The pair of shorts, which were not even as big as his palm, were hung on the clothesline. The summer evening breeze blew past, causing the shorts to flutter in the wind.

He Shaochuan closed his eyes, turned his head, and quickly walked into the house.

Qianlin went back to the house first. He still remembered that his father said he wanted to test him.

Seeing He Shaochuan coming in, Qianlin asked He Shaochuan what questions he wanted to test him.

He Shaochuan followed Qianlin into the room and asked Qianlin: “Did your mother buy these books for you?”

Qianlin nodded: “Yes, my mother bought them all for me!”

He Shaochuan’s eyes fell on the books on the table again.

There are Andersen’s Fairy Tales, 100,000 Whys, The King of Stories, and Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

He Shaochuan couldn’t help but frown. Ning He didn’t graduate from junior high school, and he remembered hearing her father say that she took the initiative to drop out of school because she couldn’t read and didn’t like reading.

How could a person who doesn’t like reading suddenly have the urge to buy a book for Qianlin?

If you don’t like reading, would you be willing to read with Qianlin?

But before He Shaochuan could think about it, a faint crying sound came from Ning He’s room.

Qianlin suddenly stood up from his chair and said to He Shaochuan: “Dad, it’s Mom’s voice!”

He Shaochuan also heard it, and two figures, one big and one small, quickly walked to Ning He’s door.

She didn’t close the door, but left it ajar.

The sound comes through the gap.

He Shaochuan didn’t know what happened to Ning He. She was fine just now.

“Ning He, are you okay?”

Ning He’s sobbing became louder. No, she was not feeling well at all.

She covered her face, and her vague voice came out through the crack in the door: “Oh no! He Shaochuan, come in, I have something to tell you!”

He Shaochuan didn’t know what Ning He wanted to say to him, but he still lowered his eyes and said to Qian Lin: “Go back to your room and read first. I’ll go in and talk to your mother.”

Qianlin nodded obediently, and told He Shaochuan: “Dad must comfort Mom and don’t let her cry again.”

This question stumped He Shaochuan.

He thought about it carefully. Ning He had never cried since she came to the compound. This was the first time he saw her cry.

To be honest, He Shaochuan didn’t know what to do for a moment.

After seeing Qianlin return to his room, He Shaochuan pushed open Ninghe’s door.

After entering, close the door.

Ning He sat on the bed with her legs bent, her arms crossed on her knees, and her head buried in her arms.

The crying continued, and her thin shoulders trembled as she cried.

It looks like he has really been wronged.

He Shaochuan took a clean handkerchief from the table and handed it to Ning He, his voice inadvertently softening a little.

“Stop crying, and talk to me nicely if you have anything to say.”

Ning He didn’t answer. She raised her head, revealing her tear-stained face, and stubbornness was revealed in her tearful eyes.

“He Shaochuan, I just want to ask you one question, do you still want to live like this?!”

This question confused He Shaochuan.

What do you mean by whether he wants to stay or not? If he didn’t want to, he wouldn’t have asked Ning He to stay this morning.

He Shaochuan thought that he had made his words clear enough during the day.

“You were the one who said you wouldn’t leave this morning. Are you changing your mind by asking this now?”

He Shaochuan lowered his eyelids and looked directly at Ning He. The man’s profile had smooth and neat lines, revealing a sense of indifference and alienation.

He was waiting for Ning He’s answer.

At this moment, He Shaochuan also seemed to understand Ning He’s abnormality today.

Maybe after doing something she didn’t like for a day, Ning He felt that she still didn’t like this place, didn’t want to stay, and even wanted to go find that man.

He Shaochuan waited quietly. The decision was not in his hands. No matter what he did, he could not hold on to a woman whose heart was not with him.

“What did you change your mind about? I want to live a good life with you, but you always reject me. He Shaochuan, do you really regard me as your wife?!”

“Of course you are my wife!” He Shaochuan blurted out without hesitation.

Ning He raised the corners of his lips in an imperceptible arc.

She continued to ask: “Then why don’t you move back to sleep?”

He Shaochuan didn’t expect that Ning He was crying because of this.

“Is this why you’re crying?” He Shaochuan asked in confusion.

Ning He snorted unhappily: “He Shaochuan, do you want to go out and ask which couples sleep in separate rooms? Or do you dislike me?”

He Shaochuan didn’t know what was going on in Ning He’s mind.

His face was a little serious, and his tone was a little deeper: “Ning He, I don’t dislike you, I’m just afraid that you will regret it because of this momentary impulse.”

“Regret? What do I have to regret? On the contrary, it’s you. If you don’t move back here, I will divorce you! If you miss me, you will regret it later!”

“Not only that, I will also announce to the public that it is you who are incompetent and despise me!”

He Shaochuan frowned when he heard Ning He’s twisted logic.

“Ning He, do you know what you are talking about?”

“certainly!”

Ning He got off the bed, pointed at the bed, and said in a complaining tone, “Look carefully, I have replaced all the sheets with new ones. Isn’t it too much for you not to move back to sleep?”

After being reminded by Ning He, He Shaochuan noticed that the quilt and bed sheets had indeed been changed.

What they replaced was the dowry that their father-in-law’s family sent them when they got married, a set of quilts and bed sheets with big red wedding characters on them.

The bed sheets with a big red wedding character on them immediately brought He Shaochuan’s thoughts back to his wedding night with Ning He.

So many years have passed and He Shaochuan has forgotten what happened at that time. He only remembers that both of them felt unhappy that time.

Even after that night, Ning He slept in a separate room from him.

He Shaochuan always thought that it was the bad feeling that Ning He had on their wedding night that caused her to be traumatized and thus show disgust towards him.

It is also because of this that He Shaochuan has become accustomed to the pattern of the couple sleeping in separate rooms.

He even had the absurd thought that as long as Ning He didn’t divorce, anything would be fine, even sleeping in separate rooms would not be unacceptable.

But today, Ning He told him that if they didn’t sleep together, she would divorce him.