“Why do you ask?” questioned Lin Xinyan.
Sang Yu deliberated before confessing, “You used to be a career woman and didn’t need anyone to support you. You could have built an even more wonderful career. However, you have since turned into a housewife who stays at home to care for your husband and kids.”
Sang Yu thought that society was unfair toward women and added, “Why must women stand behind a man though? Shouldn’t both men and women contribute to building a wonderful home?”
Lin Xinyan grinned before teasing her, “Aren’t you contradicting yourself?”
Sang Yu was lost and asked, “How am I contradicting myself?”
“You said that both men and women should contribute to a home’s wellbeing. Yet, you claim that it is unfair for women to have to sacrifice their careers. Isn’t that conflicting?” said Lin Xinyan before she further pointed out, “Working and bringing financial stability to the home is a form of contribution as well. Men contribute by taking the bacon home while women contribute by taking care of the house and the family. In that case, aren’t both contributing to the wellbeing of the home?”
Sang Yu thought about it and agreed that it made sense. However, she added, “But I don’t want to live a life dependent on him.”
Sang Yu’s upbringing made it such that she lacked a sense of security, so she felt uncomfortable about depending on another person.
She worried that there would come a day when Shen Peichuan would fall out of love with her. Divorces happened all the time, and if she couldn’t be self-sufficient, she would not be able to survive in the future.
It wasn’t that she didn’t love him, and it wasn’t like she didn’t trust him. The simple fact was that her parents had a terrible marriage, and she had to learn to fend for herself at a young age. That got her in a habit of always having a plan B.
Lin Xinyan understood how Sang Yu felt. Women should have their own persistence and fight for what they wanted. Only then would life be wonderful and filled with excitement.
“Do you plan on returning to work in the future?” asked Sang Yu as she turned to Lin Xinyan.
“No. I’ve handed my store in C City to Qin Ya, so I won’t be butting in anymore,” answered Lin Xinyan before she joked, “Besides, I’m not worried about my man abandoning me as I hold all of his money and assets. I can lead a luxurious life even if he leaves me.”
Sang Yu laughed and joked as well, “I knew it! The true path to happiness is hoarding all the money.”
Lin Xinyan laughed aloud.
“You’re on your own at home, anyway. How about we go to my place instead? It’s livelier there.”
Sang Yu replied, “Okay.”
She was fired and didn’t need to clock in, anyway.
Moreover, she didn’t have any classes, so she had some free time with her.
Sang Yu suddenly realized that it was a joy to chat with Lin Xinyan.
Dusk rolled by and painted the sky into a stunning, fiery orange.
Shen Peichuan walked out of the police station. He took his hat off and reached into his pocket to get his car keys. He was at the side of his car when his phone vibrated. It was a text from Sang Yu. Shen Peichuan tapped the screen to read a message that went, “I’m at Xinyan’s place. Come over if you can make it for dinner.”
After reading the text, Shen Peichuan put his phone aside. He was about to get in the car when he heard some voices from behind the bushes. That got him curious, so he traced the voices and saw a shadow on the ground.
He then snuck forward and hid behind the bushes. Song Yaxin and Wang Dui were chatting, and neither looked happy.
“Didn’t you say that you can kick him out of the force with this? Why are you keeping quiet now?” demanded Wang Dui as he sat beside the flowerbed. He insulted, “I must’ve been nuts to have believed your words. I blatantly went against him and will definitely have a hard time in the future. He will surely make things difficult for me.”
Song Yaxin’s face distorted as her vile soul shone through. She dissed, “I had everything well-prepared. How did everything get turned around? It’s all because you didn’t do a good enough job! No wonder you didn’t get the promotion.”
Song Yaxin was furious at that moment. Some time ago, she and her new boyfriend bumped into Sang Yu at the restaurant. Song Yaxin acted out in a fit of jealousy and that got her new boyfriend, the man she was about to marry, to dump her. Fury burned wildly in her heart after that because not only did she lose Shen Peichuan, but she lost her new boyfriend as well.
Wang Dui’s expression took an ugly turn after being dissed like that. He sneered, “Now I see it. No wonder Shen Peichuan dumped you.”
“You…”
Song Yaxin was infuriated. She lifted her hand to slap Wang Dui across the face, but he wasn’t going to let her have things her way. After all, the powerful Captain Song had retired, and she had no one to back her up anymore.
Wang Dui blocked Song Yaxin’s attack and retaliated with a slap of his own. Song Yaxin wasn’t expecting that, and the slap caused her to stumble backward, and she fell. She hit her elbow and bled.
“Are you crazy?” growled Song Yaxin angrily.
Wang Dui literally looked down on her as he stood with his head held high. “Yes, I must be crazy,” said Wang Dui. “Why else would I work together with you to frame an innocent man? I will go confess everything now and bring shame to both you and your father!”
“Don’t forget that you are a part of it as well! Do you really think that Shen Peichuan will let you off the hook once he figures it out?” yelled Song Yaxin, who had since gotten up from the ground and was clutching Wang Dui’s collar at the time.
“All I did was talk shit when the others came to investigate him. You were the one who had the money delivered and made the anonymous call. None of this has anything to do with me!”
Song Yaxin’s eyes bulged. She glared angrily at him and growled, “You’re abandoning me after I helped you?”
Wang Dui scoffed. “I never got any of your help, and Shen Peichuan remains the chief. No one will go after him, and the investigation on him is nothing but a standard procedure. I got nothing good out of this and even landed in a heap of trouble instead. Never come to me again,” warned Wang Dui before he left.
Song Yaxin was left standing at the same spot. She remained in a daze and couldn’t figure out how Shen Peichuan got away when she had an airtight plan like that.
Shen Peichuan stopped recording from behind the bushes. He calmly kept his mobile phone away and acted like he knew nothing before he turned around and left. He came up with a plan to deal with it, though.
That Song Yaxin is crazy. She repeatedly tried to hurt Sang Yu and has since shifted her target to me. Who knows what else she would do in the future? I can’t let this go just like that. I must put a stop to her or trouble will just keep coming.
