Chapter 8: The Wife is Fierce

  Night, refreshing and beautiful. The stars are shining in the night sky, and the soft light of the half moon illuminates the entire sky.

  Neon lights outside the bar shine brightly, colorful lanterns weaving a dazzling light net that envelops the entire street, stretching far into the distance, with no end in sight. Just like the charming and alluring girls who frequently appear on this street, beauty is so enchanting.

  Wu Tian stood at the street corner, where the gentle breeze blew against his face, making him feel more awake. He pulled out a cigarette and lit it with a lighter, taking a deep drag, and the blue smoke enveloped him, swirling around him, lingering in the air.

  "Hey handsome, are you alone?" A woman dressed to the nines in a five-inch high heel shoes and swinging her ample hips walked towards Wu Tian.

  In early April, the night temperature in Beijing was still very low, but she wore only a short skirt, stockings and a low-cut top, with just a thin coat draped over her shoulders.

  Wu Tian gave the other person a faint glance and nodded slightly - he was just making an appropriate response to the term "handsome guy", but his mind was still thinking about his own affairs.

  When she saw Wu Tian, the woman was very happy. She deliberately pushed her already open coat to both sides and puffed out her full chest, showing off her solid strength, letting Wu Tian see that she was a woman with a city-like demeanor, like the Water Cube or the National Grand Theater, not some shantytown or airport.

  "The long night is endless, and I'm not in the mood to sleep. I see that handsome guy is alone and looking quite lonely, does he need some company?" The woman asked, standing in front of Wu Tian, her long false eyelashes batting away, her eyes constantly sending electric sparks towards Wu Tian.

  Wu Tian understood very clearly that the other person was not asking "Can you accompany me?" but rather "Do you need someone to accompany you?". The two phrases sounded similar, but there was a fundamental difference between them. In the former case, Wu Tian didn't have to spend money and might even receive some. In the latter case, Wu Tian would have to pay. Wu Tian couldn't help but take another glance at the other person, thinking to himself: Times have changed, now even these women of the night are keeping up with the times, knowing the importance of knowledge, and actually using four-character idioms.

  Under the woman's fervent gaze, Wu Tian nodded again.

  The woman was overjoyed when she saw him, and her two hands directly grasped Wu Tian's arm, her body also leaned in close, as if she wanted to hang her entire body on his, "Let's go."

  "No, right here," Wu Tian said.

  "What? Here?" The woman's body stiffened, and her eyes were filled with surprise as she looked at Wu Tian. She glanced around, the neon lights illuminating the area brightly, just like daytime, with groups of three to five people passing by from time to time. Even if she was bold and open-minded, she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. After searching around for a while, she finally gritted her teeth and pointed to a relatively dark alleyway, saying, "How about we go in there? But it'll cost more!"

  "My intention is to have you stand here with me for a while."

  The woman was furious, glared at Wu Tian for a long time, then shook off his arm and scolded him fiercely "You're crazy!" before turning around and leaving.

  "Do I have to pay out of my own pocket? Does he take me for a fool?" Wu Tian thought to himself. When you're out making a stir, you can't rush into anything, first let the bullets fly for a while.

  After two cigarettes, Wu Tian finally waited for his prey. His footsteps were about to move, but he saw Chen Chen also walking out of the bar. The two got into Chen Chen's car together and disappeared into the night.

  It was all for nothing.

  Wu Tian threw the cigarette butt in his hand heavily on the ground, and the cigarette butt bounced a few times, splashing out a few sparks.

  Chen Chen, don't think that just because you're my wife, I won't dare compete with you for women!

  ……

  Wu Tian lived in a high-end community near Longtan Park, not far from Sanlitun, so he walked around and returned home. In fact, this couldn't be considered his home, because the house belonged to Chen Chen. Before they got married, Chen Chen had been living alone here. After they got married, Wu Tian was forced to move in. Later, when he found out that his mother's brain cancer diagnosis was fake, he once moved to an old mansion in Shichahai for a while. As a result, this matter was 'accidentally' revealed by Chen Chen, and Wu Tian's mother found out about it, immediately rushing to the old mansion. After discovering the truth about the brain cancer scam, she used her crying and nagging skills to get what she wanted. Wu Tian wasn't afraid of anything except his mother's tears. In the past, those were all fake cries, but that day at the old mansion, a white mouse ran out of its cage and leisurely crossed over Wu Tian's mother's feet, resulting in real tears and nostalgic words. Wu Tian could only obediently roll back home.

  Thinking of the hundreds of little white mice that died in my hands, now I'm being played by one. It really fulfilled the old saying: Playing with hawks every day, eventually getting pecked blind by a hawk. Maybe this is karma.

  Wu Tian arrived home when Chen Chen had not returned yet, but this was exactly what he wanted. After all, snatching money from Chen Guang was not a long-term plan, and distant water could not solve the near thirst; the best way was to steal back his salary card.

  Wu Tian first returned to his room to change clothes, he had been alone in a house since the moment he entered here, and he made it very clear to Chen Chen that everyone would go their separate ways, fake husband and wife, and settle accounts clearly. The old lady had also taken away her salary card and immediately returned it to him. At that time, he didn't understand Chen Chen, thinking that she was always gentle and obedient in front of the old lady, so he said so righteously.

  That night, Chen Chen revealed her true nature with a 'smile', handing him an invoice that clearly calculated the rent, utilities and other expenses. Even the cost of eating things she bought was broken down to two decimal places, to be settled at the end of the month by rounding up or down. Wu Tian thought this was no big deal and readily agreed. However, he had a habit of opening his mouth when food came, and as a result, in the first month, not only did he spend all his salary for that month from his pay card, but he also owed 32,000 yuan.

  Wu Tian was not convinced, his monthly salary plus bonus was at least 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, enough for him to eat out every day. If there wasn't any left, how could he owe so much? Chen Chen didn't say a word, immediately pulled out an account book and let Wu Tian read it, also handing him a calculator to follow along with the calculations. As a result, after listening for a while, Wu Tian almost cried. Who would have thought that she put bird's nest in her rice, and gold leaf in her cold dishes? Even more outrageous was that a plate of stir-fried chicken liver that Wu Tian had eaten deliciously turned into foie gras from France. Who the hell uses imported French foie gras to stir-fry green peppers? But Chen Chen could still pull out receipts, leaving Wu Tian stunned.

  In the first month, Wu Tian made such a magnificent sacrifice. He didn't have the habit of saving money usually, so he couldn't pay it back for the time being. But since "clearing accounts" had already been mentioned, a man's face couldn't be lost. After negotiation between both parties, it was decided that 1,000 yuan would be paid to Wu Tian at the beginning of the month, and the money in the salary card would be used to deduct water and electricity fees and loan repayments. When he had repaid the owed money, she would return the salary card to Wu Tian.

  Although a thousand is not much, Wu Tian thought that as long as he was careful and didn't fall into the other party's trap, it would be enough to pay off the loan in two or three months. By then, once his salary card arrived, he only needed to pay for housing utilities each month, and the saved money would be enough to eat out.

  But Chenchen's cooking skills are a class of their own, everything she makes is extremely delicious, and the aroma often fills the entire house. Adding to that, 1,000 yuan is really not enough for him to spend outside, so he can only eat with caution or sneakily. He tried every means to prevent it, but in the end, he still couldn't prevent it. By the second month, he had already owed over 6,000 yuan, truly unstoppable...

  What's even more poisonous is that Chen Chen adjusted his job. In the R&D department, he could get at least 10,000 to 20,000 yuan per month. But in the marketing department, the basic salary was only 1,500 yuan, and although there were commissions, Wu Tian was an outsider, this wasn't his specialty, and after asking around, last month's worst performer in the marketing department earned less than 4,000 yuan for the whole month. Wu Tian had self-awareness, he knew that if he went, it would be at a bottom-level. After a month like this, his salary might not even be enough to pay the rent! How long would it take him to get his salary card? It was uncertain!

  Wu Tian was really desperate, but if there was any other way, he wouldn't have thought of stealing a wage card.

  But Wu Tian felt that this didn't count as stealing, because he just wanted to take back what belonged to him. At least, that's how he comforted himself.

  Wu Tian came out of the house and arrived at Chen Chen's door.

  Don't blame me, you forced me into this.

  Where there is oppression, there is resistance!