Chapter 9: Who Are You Putting On This Affectionate Act For?!

Zhao Yuzhu looked at Su Luyun’s pretentious posture with a face full of disdain, her heart brimming with jealousy.

Why was the heavens so unfair?

They were both human, yet some people could actually look like this!

Look at the way Su Luyun was crying on that man—it was clearly an overly affected performance. Anyone else doing this would’ve been unbearable to look at, but when Su Luyun did it, she looked especially beautiful, especially pitiful and endearing!

Zhao Yuzhu was so bitter she could hardly bear it, so she decided to cut straight to the point. “Cousin, there are no outsiders here. You don’t have to pretend to be so affectionate with me!”

Su Luyun looked at her in disbelief. “Pretend to be affectionate? Yuzhu, you’re saying I’m pretending to be affectionate?!”

Zhao Yuzhu couldn’t help but mock her. “Do you still have feelings for Zhou Changdong? You married him, and he went on a mission before your wedding night was even over. He disappeared for three years, and in those three years, you were so resentful you were practically haunted. You told me so many times how much you regretted marrying Zhou Changdong. And now this? Who are you putting on this act for?”

Su Luyun dabbed at the corner of her eye. “You said it yourself, Changdong left for three whole years. Am I not allowed to have complaints? I was a newlywed, not a widow, yet he was gone for three years and didn’t even send me one letter or telegram. Can’t I be angry? Do I not even have the right to be angry?”

While this little green tea ^[1]Note: “Green tea” (绿茶) is a Chinese slang term for a woman who appears innocent and sweet on the outside but is manipulative and calculating underneath.

spoke, she also glanced at the man’s forehead—on it was a single line: 【Wife, I was on a secret mission outside. I didn’t mean to not send you a single letter. It’s all my fault!】

Very good. A man with the awareness of a married man: whether right or wrong, admit fault first.

“But no matter how angry I was, he is still my husband!”

“The more I speak ill of him, the more I curse and complain about him, the more it shows how much I care. If I didn’t care, didn’t miss him, didn’t long for him to come back soon, do you think I’d say anything at all?”

“Between husband and wife, who doesn’t argue at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of it? Who gives up over a few complaints?”

“Maybe others can.”

“But not me. I’m the type to stick to my beliefs. Since I married Zhou Changdong, then even in death, I’ll be buried in the Zhou Family’s grave!”

“……”

After that speech, Zhao Yuzhu was dumbfounded!

She could finally understand how Wang Guifen had felt before heading back. It was like seeing a ghost.

But whatever expression Zhao Yuzhu had, Su Luyun had no interest in seeing it. She only looked affectionately at Zhou Changdong—【Wife~】

Oh? There was even a flirtatious little tail at the end.

Having such a devoted wife who stuck by you no matter what, wasn’t that a great feeling?

Su Luyun was very satisfied. Only then did she turn leisurely to Zhao Yuzhu. Zhao Yuzhu opened her mouth, but Su Luyun spoke first: “Cousin, if something happened to your husband at the construction site, would you abandon him?”

Li Wenchuan was standing just outside the door!

Zhao Yuzhu was annoyed that she brought up her own man, but without hesitation, she said: “Of course I wouldn’t!”

“Exactly, you wouldn’t leave Wenchuan. So then why are you trying to persuade me?” Su Luyun shot back.

Zhao Yuzhu mocked: You and Zhou Changdong are nothing like us!

She touched her still-flat stomach. “Cousin, Wenchuan and I are having another one!”

“You’re saying that it’s because you’re pregnant that you’re willing to stay with Wenchuan?” Su Luyun looked at her.

Zhao Yuzhu grew a little impatient. “Cousin, what are you talking about? I mean, Wenchuan and I have been married for three years. We love each other deeply. Now we have two children. Divorce is out of the question. But you’re all alone, with no attachments!”

After saying that, Zhao Yuzhu lowered her voice and added: “Besides, cousin, aren’t you already involved with Sun Congxing?”

Of course, Su Luyun knew exactly who this Sun Congxing Zhao Yuzhu was referring to.

He was the scumbag in the book who cheated the original owner out of her money and body.

But this scumbag was a piece of trash in every sense—someone who abandoned his wife and child. He had gone to the countryside during the early years, had a wife and child there, but never brought them back with him when he returned to the city.

In the book, after the original owner spent years in a quasi-widowed state, she eventually couldn’t hold back her desires. Although Sun Congxing had deliberately seduced her, Zhao Yuzhu had also played a role in pushing things forward.

But at the root of it, it was because the original owner couldn’t control herself.

After all, as a cannon fodder character, it was her fate to sink to new lows just to get slapped in the face later—wasn’t that her narrative purpose?

According to the original plot, after she divorced Zhou Changdong, she wanted to marry this scumbag. But the Su family strongly opposed it.

Her parents, being experienced and sharp-eyed, both agreed that this man was no good and wanted her to break things off.

But the original owner defied her family’s opposition. Not only did she take a sum of money wrested from the Zhou family, she also borrowed a large amount from her relatives. Then, dumping the mess onto her family, she ran off to the south with that scumbag.

But in less than half a year, she returned in disgrace.

Why? Because all the money she brought with her had been squandered by Sun Congxing, a gambling addict!

He even tried to sell her!

Fortunately, the original owner had some sense and managed to escape back.

The plot had her return just in time to be humiliated—because by then, Zhou Changdong had already woken up!

And had begun making money from his first business venture!

Unfortunately, the original soul was no longer around, and now that Su Luyun had taken over, her fate couldn’t possibly follow the original script.

Su Luyun looked at Zhao Yuzhu with a sneer. “Sun Congxing? You mean that guy who came back from the countryside?”

Zhao Yuzhu, seeing her put on this self-righteous act, was growing impatient.

But in order to push her cousin toward Sun Congxing, she still spared no effort and said: “Cousin, how can you ask that? Weren’t you the one who—”

“Don’t you dare mention that shameless bastard in front of me!”

Before she could even finish, Su Luyun interrupted her harshly!

And then she threw herself onto Zhou Changdong again, sobbing: “Changdong, I’m begging you, please wake up and stand up for me, will you? When you were away before, I was almost taken advantage of and you couldn’t protect me! Now you’ve come back, but you’re like this—you still can’t get justice for me. Wuwuwu~”

Zhou Changdong was absolutely frantic. He had no idea someone had even tried to harass his wife!

【Wife, don’t cry. Once I’m better, I’ll definitely stand up for you!】

While she was crying, Su Luyun looked up at the inner thoughts above him and couldn’t help but smile inwardly. He hadn’t even woken up yet, but how come the more she looked at this conveniently obtained husband, the more pleasing he seemed to her?

Zhao Yuzhu felt completely disgusted!

She really was living proof of that saying: sluts are just drama queens!

Who was she putting on this display of deep affection for?!

“Cousin, that’s not what you said before!” Zhao Yuzhu stared at her. “Didn’t you say you had a strong liking for Sun Congxing? Have you forgotten all those things you told me?”

Su Luyun scoffed. “I have no idea what you’re talking about! I liked Sun Congxing? Have you lost your mind? I’m a married woman!”

“From head to toe, that bastard surnamed Sun doesn’t even compare to a single drop of my Changdong’s sweat! With a husband like Changdong, upright and steadfast, you think I’d spare even a glance at Sun Congxing? I’m not blind!”

“And you’re actually saying I had feelings for him? Are you sure your brain’s okay? If there’s something wrong with it, you better hurry to the hospital and get yourself checked!”

“……”

Zhao Yuzhu was furious. “Cousin, how can you insult me like this? You’re clearly the one who—”