Xia Liuyue nodded and said, "Right? Whose 'good buddy' isn't a guy? Is it a girl?"
After speaking, she quickly covered her mouth and said in a mocking tone,
"Oh, I almost forgot, your 'good buddy' is a girl, isn't she?"
Knowing that his wife wasn't going home late at night but was going out to meet another man.
She was even subtly mocking his relationship with Tang Yinyao.
Du Jiashu completely lost his composure!
"No." He opened the car door and got back into the car.
In the past, he would have been utterly indifferent to Xia Liuyue, but now, for some reason, he even moved closer to sit right beside her.
He stared at her intently.
Like a tiger guarding its territory.
His eyes were full of possessiveness.
He said, "What 'good buddy'? That's just your excuse. You are Mrs. Du now, behave yourself."
Xia Liuyue didn't speak, just looked at him with a faint, mocking smile.
She kept staring until Du Jiashu felt a bit unnerved. He averted his eyes uncomfortably and said,
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Only then did Xia Liuyue repeat slowly and deliberately, "Right! What 'good buddy'? They're all just excuses for ambiguity."
Du Jiashu immediately thought of himself and Tang Yinyao.
His expression changed drastically.
As luck would have it,
at that very moment, an overseas call came through. The caller was none other than Tang Yinyao.
"Answer it." Xia Liuyue nodded slightly, looking at him teasingly.
Du Jiashu pressed his lips together. For some reason, he found he didn't have the courage to answer Tang Yinyao's call in front of her.
So the phone rang for a long time, but he didn't press the answer button.
This was a first.
Soon, a second call came through.
Meeting Xia Liuyue's mocking gaze, Du Jiashu forced himself to stay calm, cleared his throat, and said,
"My own morals might be low, but Yaoyao is innocent. She doesn't know anything."
After saying that, he righteously answered the call inside the car.
The two of them were sitting very close, so the voice from the call clearly reached their ears.
Tang Yinyao's voice came through with a hint of complaint:
"Brother Jiashu, what's going on? I just called you and it rang for so long without an answer. You used to pick up immediately every time."
Tang Yinyao, after going abroad, had tried to call her fiancé but couldn't get through.
So she planned to seek comfort from her backup, Du Jiashu. Who knew the first call wouldn't connect either? She started to panic.
She had only been abroad for a day, how could she already be losing her grip?
So she quickly dialed a second time, her tone carrying a note of reproach, wanting to seize the upper hand first.
Du Jiashu said very apologetically, "I'm sorry, Yaoyao, I was a bit busy just now and missed it."
Tang Yinyao, seeing his attitude was still the same, felt relieved and said with a laugh,
"It's fine! We're good buddies. Besides, I'm not the kind of girl who throws petty tantrums. A little thing like this, I won't mind."
Du Jiashu relaxed and smiled.
Tang Yinyao continued, "Brother Jiashu, what are you doing right now?"
Du Jiashu's body stiffened abruptly.
Should he tell the truth?
Tell Yaoyao that he and Xia Liuyue had just finished dinner at the old house and were sitting in the car outside their home?
Would she be unhappy?
Du Jiashu's eyes darted around and happened to catch sight of Xia Liuyue's curling lips.
Before he could react, he saw her suddenly lean closer to him.
She said in a cheerful tone,
"Is that Yaoyao? Your Brother Jiashu and I just finished dinner and got home."
There was a sudden moment of silence on the other end of the line.
Immediately after, Tang Yinyao quickly returned to normal and said,
"Hello, sister-in-law. Have you and Brother Jiashu made up? I'm happy for you both to see you reconciled."
"That incident during the typhoon was really just an accident. I never imagined it would cause you so much harm."
"I know Brother Jiashu's personality. We grew up together. He was actually hurting inside too, but he still came to comfort me first. Sister-in-law, he really is a good person."
These words seemed comforting on the surface, but each sentence carried a provocation.
Did you hear that?
I'm innocent, (but) I'm pretending.
Your husband knew you had a miscarriage, but instead of comforting you, he came to comfort me first.
In Du Jiashu's heart, you're not as important as me, his 'good buddy' he's grown up with since childhood.
Someone with slightly less composure would probably be furious upon hearing this, might start yelling and cursing at the person on the phone!
That was exactly Tang Yinyao's goal.
She wanted to use Xia Liuyue's hysterical, crazy behavior to highlight her own fresh and refined image.
She wanted Du Jiashu to see.
Look, your arranged marriage wife is such an emotionally unstable woman who could go crazy at any moment.
Tang Yinyao waited for the other party's reaction.
But there was only prolonged silence.
Tang Yinyao was puzzled, thinking to herself: Could she be so angry she's speechless?
So she said softly, "Brother Jiashu, is sister-in-law still there?"
But by now, Du Jiashu had no time to pay attention to Tang Yinyao, because when Xia Liuyue leaned over just now and lowered her head, her long black hair got caught on one of his suit buttons.
Just as she was about to pull back, a tugging sensation pulled him forward.
So he could only temporarily put the phone aside and use his hands to untangle the hair.
Tang Yinyao, on the phone, heard the rustling sound of fabric rubbing and a few ambiguous, soft exclamations from a woman.
"Be gentler." Xia Liuyue whispered a complaint.
"...Then don't move around."
"You're using too much force."
Tang Yinyao's face turned pale.
What... what were they doing?
"Brother Jiashu, Brother Jiashu!" She raised her voice a bit.
Unfortunately, there was no response from the other side. Immediately after, the receiver transmitted the beeping sound of a disconnected call.
It was because while Du Jiashu was untangling the hair, Xia Liuyue took the opportunity to tap the end call button.
A while later.
After the hair was finally freed, Du Jiashu's face was slightly flushed, from the exertion.
Whenever he used a bit too much force, pulling Xia Liuyue's hair, she would immediately and unhesitatingly pinch his thigh.
He had reasonable suspicion that there were probably already bruises on his thigh.
The culprit, meanwhile, tossed her hair back, rubbed her scalp, and looked at him with disdain.
She complained,
"What kind of cheap suit is this? The buttons are way too sturdy. Throw it away!"
Du Jiashu: "..."
Nowadays, a suit jacket gets criticized for having buttons that are too well-made?
Xia Liuyue pointed at his phone and said, "Huh? Why is your screen off?"
Only then did Du Jiashu remember he was in the middle of a call with Yaoyao when Xia Liuyue's hair got caught on his suit button, and then he started working on untangling it.
Oh no!
He immediately called back, but couldn't get through no matter what.
Xia Liuyue shook her head regretfully and said, "Oh no! Your Yaoyao seems to have misunderstood."
Du Jiashu instantly flew into a rage, "You did that on purpose just now, didn't you?"
Xia Liuyue scoffed,
"Du Jiashu, the way you say that makes it sound like I'm the other woman."
"Have you forgotten whose name is on the marriage certificate?"
"Besides, your button got caught in my hair. I haven't even scolded you for delaying my time to go meet my good buddy, and you're already turning the tables on me?"
