Chapter 148: Liu Shijie's Bizarre Wife

Liu Shijie wanted to cut ties and move out, but Chen Yang advised him not to act rashly.

"Brother Shijie, making money isn't easy for you either. If you give all your assets to your sister-in-law, she may not appreciate it."

"In the construction industry, a single project often runs into hundreds of millions. The twenty-plus million you have placed in Qingqing's stock account—if you want to use it to make a comeback, that's probably difficult."

Liu Shijie sighed, was about to speak, when his phone in his pocket rang. He picked it up, glanced at it, didn't answer, and hung up. The caller persisted, calling again, and he hung up again.

"See? Dozens of calls a day. She calls during meetings, meals, even while sleeping. I asked her to come to Qingshui and sit in my office watching me work, but she complains the conditions are poor and doesn't want to endure hardship. She's crazy!"

Because Zhao Xiaoli had been wronged, Chen Yang never had a good impression of Liu Shijie's wife. Hearing Liu Shijie say that, he realized it was even more bizarre. It turns out Liu Shijie's womanizing outside, she also bears a great share of responsibility.

"With her causing such a fuss, don't both sets of parents try to persuade them?"

Liu Shijie gave a bitter laugh and said helplessly: "At home she always maintains the image of a good girl, a virtuous wife and caring mother. Even if we argue and elders catch sight of it, she immediately admits it's her fault and apologizes to me. Then everyone starts blaming me."

Chen Yang hadn't expected Liu Shijie's wife to be an actress, which made him oppose his moving out even more. "She's behaving like this, you can't hand over all your money. What if she uses it against you—how would you respond?"

In his previous life, Chen Yang had watched many urban rich-family feud dramas; scheming women after divorce are basically always the big villains.

Upon hearing this, Liu Shijie also fell into thought; the more he considered Chen Yang's words, the more alarmed he felt.

Chen Yang continued: "Since he's unwilling to come to Qingshui, you might as well change your SIM card and hide out for some peace."

"That's all we can do." Liu Shijie sighed and said to Chen Yang: "How about we go for a drink instead?"

"Forget it!" Chen Yang, in his previous life, had drunk himself to stomach bleeding while chasing business. In this life, he avoids alcohol as much as possible. Moreover, he also saw Lin Wei driving back.

"Boss Liu, you seem to have drunk quite a bit, huh? And you're still driving?" Lin Wei noticed Chen Yang sitting in Liu Shijie's car, her brows furrowed, her face grim.

Liu Shijie hurriedly explained: "It's fine, I'm completely sober now!"

"Get out of the car, all of you—I'll drive you home." Lin Wei spoke to Chen Yang and Liu Shijie in an almost commanding tone.

Liu Shijie was unhappy and told Chen Yang: "Why don't you go with your sister-in-law? I want to be alone quietly."

Chen Yang could only get out. Lin Wei wouldn't let up, saying to Liu Shijie: "Boss Liu, if you don't get out, I'll call the police."

Liu Shijie was speechless. But thinking that Lin Wei's father is the Public Security Bureau Chief of Qingshui City, he had no choice but to obediently get out.

Lin Wei drove Liu Shijie back to his residence, repeatedly reminding him not to drink and drive again, before giving Chen Yang a ride home.

After arriving home, she began to complain to Chen Yang: "Husband, I've told you to stay away from Boss Liu, yet you never learn. Look at him—any good in him? He's always out carousing, still driving drunk, and will sooner or later ruin himself."

Chen Yang felt helpless, so he merely recounted Liu Shijie's ordeal to her once.

Lin Wei listened, then fell silent. After a while she asked Chen Yang: "Husband, if I someday focus only on work and neglect you, would you end up learning from Boss Liu?"

Chen Yang asked her: "Learn what?"

Lin Wei snorted coldly: "What do you want to learn?"

Chen Yang continued with his tai chi: "What do you want me to learn?"

Lin Wei said: "You'd better not learn anything at all."

Chen Yang joked: "Then I'll learn from his wife—call you dozens of times a day."

Lin Wei pinched Chen Yang and snapped: "Can't you just be normal? Be more mature?"

Chen Yang, enduring the pain in his arm, said: "Then give me a baby! With a child to distract me, I might consider shifting my feelings elsewhere."

"What do you mean?" Lin Wei, feeling offended, pinched Chen Yang again and said: "Did you marry me just to be a baby‑making machine for you? Use me up and then toss me aside?"

"How could that be…" Chen Yang hurriedly assured: "Even if we have a child, I'll still treat you just as well as always!"

Lin Wei gave Chen Yang a look. "I'm busy right now; if you want a baby, go find your junior Liu Qingqing."

"She won't do." Chen Yang shook his head and refused: "I'm afraid the child would end up starving."

Lin Wei stared for a moment, then realized and her face flushed red. Unable to hold back, she pinched Chen Yang again: "You lecher, turns out you married me just for that."

"My love, don't forget—it was you who first tempted the rogue." Chen Yang gave a wicked laugh, then lifted her onto the bed, his hands beginning to caress her lofty heights. Meanwhile she turned off the light and responded with pleasure.

At Xingcheng Worry-free Residence, Yexin and Shen Anna were dividing the spoils from their shopping spree at Xingcheng International Shopping Centre. To make Chen Yang feel the pinch, Yexin had spent over twenty thousand on this trip.

Although Shen Anna had scolded Yexin for being shameless all along the way, when it came to sharing the shopping haul she firmly demanded an even split. This sparked a war of words between the two. Only when Zhuo Wenyuan, Huang BaiMing, Huang Minmin, and Zhao Feiyang arrived together did the fighting finally cease.

"Miss Ye, this limited‑edition Chanel bag—I've eyed it for ages, it's just too pricey, I could never bring myself to buy it." Huang Minmin gazed at Yexin's Chanel bag with envy.

She is a magazine editor earning only a few thousand a month; even going without food or drink for a year she could barely afford a limited‑edition handbag. Yet Yexin and Shen Anna treat shopping like restocking, piling up designer bags and cosmetics. The lives of the rich are just different!

Yexin directly handed over the bag in her hand and said cheerfully: "Editor Huang, since you like it too, I'll give it to you."

"Really?" Huang Minmin looked at Yexin in disbelief, saw her nod seriously, then broke into a happy smile: "Thank you so much, Boss Ye!"

Yexin waved her hand and said: "You should thank Chen Yang—this is stuff we ripped off from him."

Shen Anna immediately drew a line: "Yexin, the robbery was your doing—nothing to do with me!"

Yexin gave her a look of contempt: "You're colluding with outsiders to screw over your own boss—your crime is even worse!"

Shen Anna huffed: "If you dare utter another word, I'll take everything."

Yexin immediately moved her own share to one side. Shen Anna, not wanting to deal further with Yexin's friends, simply grabbed her portion and left.

"Boss Ye, I'm not close with Boss Chen—would it be appropriate to use his stuff?" Huang Minmin felt a bit embarrassed. She had never even met Chen Yang in person, yet she'd taken his tens of thousands of yuan limited‑edition item, and it felt odd.

"No problem." Yexin said nonchalantly: "He's made another few million in the past couple of days—tens of thousands is just a drop in the bucket."

Upon hearing that, Huang Minmin thanked Yexin again, and also felt a renewed longing for those stock‑market geniuses she'd never met.

But Zhuo Wenyuan felt something was off. "Boss Ye, our company knows exactly how much profit Chen Yang's stocks have made—there's no way it's that much."

Yexin looked at Zhuo Wenyuan with the expression one reserves for an idiot.

"Boss Zhuo, with such huge trading volume on Xingcheng Securities, do you think Chen Yang wouldn't be involved?"