Chapter 204: Gao Yang's Little Thoughts Exposed

"So, you want me to wag my tail and beg for your pity?"

"Like a cat?" Gao Yang slowly sat beside Chen Yan, their voice turning cold.

"Why would you think that?" Chen Yan's mood was indescribable.

Who taught Gao Yang that way of understanding language?

Is that what they mean?

"Isn't it?" Gao Yang, expressionless, "And a loving hug—do you think such a thing could happen between the two of us?"

"When I speak, you give me a loving hug, as if you were granting it—aren't you just making me wag my tail and beg for your pity?"

Chen Yan: "......"

"Alright, alright, you win."

He chose not to argue with Gao Yang, because the woman's thought process was abnormal.

His intention was clearly that the words shouldn't be so harsh; if they got along, they could be more like a loving couple, naturally living under the same roof.

Chen Yan could not grasp how Gao Yang arrived at the phrase "wag my tail and beg for pity".

"If you want to argue, I'm not really interested today; I recall you've been unavailable these past few days, so why did you follow me?"

"This is also my room; why can't I come here?" Gao Yang retorted, "Are you trying to kick me out?"

Chen Yan: "......"

"Now I can be sure—you didn't come to argue with me; you came to pick a fight." He was silent for a moment, then snarled, "Do I the hell have that intention?"

"You claim you want to kick me out; why didn't you say you wanted to part ways with me?"

"Li Zhaotang, I'm begging you, could you read more books?"

"Just you—while alive you waste air, when dead you waste land, half‑dead you waste copper coins, a person who grows creatively and lives courageously, it's like a single cent on the street can buy a bunch of wild greens; I truly cannot bring myself to judge."

"If you're idle, why not go sunbathing more often?"

"Dry the water in your brain before you talk again."

???

Gao Yang was stunned.

"What? We were just talking fine a moment ago, how did it become an insult?"

"Chen Yan!!!"

"You......"

"I'm a bastard, right?"

Gao Yang: "......"

Chen Yan rubbed his temples, "From the moment you kept calling my name, I guessed what you were about to say."

"When will you finally realize that your way of insulting is truly hard to judge? Moreover, when will you understand that you can't out‑insult me, nor can you beat me?"

"Zhao Tang, promise me you won't disgrace yourself, okay?"

Gao Yang: "......"

"Ah~"

Chen Yan couldn't help but sigh, "I once thought you were a flower on the cliffside, but now I see you're actually a rare blossom among the sea of people."

"What shall we do in the days ahead?"

"You! Me!" Gao Yang was about to explode, wanting to retort, but finally realized Chen Yan was right; she indeed only had a few insults.

And the other side was so familiar with it that it was utterly useless.

"Ah! I......"

"Hmm, you want to bite me to death, right?" Chen Yan, as if predicting, knew Gao Yang would pounce next, lifted his hand and pinched her chin.

Gao Yang was instantly dumbfounded.

How did he know I was going to bite him?

Seeing Gao Yang's bewildered expression, Chen Yan laughed, "You're not wondering why I know what you intend to do, are you?"

Gao Yang fell silent, but her eyes clearly told Chen Yan that he was right.

Chen Yan said meaningfully, "I've been thinking lately, I've clearly talked with you calmly many times, said everything that needed saying, and discussed everything that needed discussion."

"We've reached consensus in many areas, staying aligned."

"Logically, we've been married for a while; since we've reached consensus in many aspects, why can't we interact like a normal married couple?"

"Is it your problem or mine?"

Gao Yang's eyes flickered, eager to hear what Chen Yan would say next.

He then said, "At first I thought it was your problem, since our conflict originated from you, but later I repeatedly tried to change my attitude and alter how we interact."

"However, it was of no use."

"I naturally assumed it was your problem."

Gao Yang's gaze grew increasingly unfriendly, but, familiar with Chen Yan, she knew a turn was coming.

Otherwise, she would have exploded as soon as Chen Yan said it was her fault.

Indeed, Chen Yan's slightly amused voice came, "But later I realized I was prejudiced, always judging you based on my first impression of you."

"You do have faults, and I'm not innocent either."

"Overall, each of us is fifty percent at fault."

"As for why I guessed what you were thinking..." Chen Yan's smile grew smug, "Because my brain works better, and you only have a few tricks from start to finish; just pay a bit more attention to your expression, and it's easy to guess your intent."

"Your whole life, you're destined to be bullied by me."

Gao Yang was angry, flames seeming ready to burst from her eyes.

But she didn't strike immediately; instead she forced herself to stay calm.

Because she felt Chen Yan's words were a bit nonsensical.

She had simply asked Chen Yan why he could guess her thoughts, yet Chen Yan babbled a lot of irrelevant talk before finally answering her question.

Chen Yan meant that both of them were at fault, but he didn't say where his own mistake was or where Zhao Tang's mistake was at all.

"He's deliberately provoking me, making me overlook the problem."

Gao Yang made a conjecture and grew more confident.

She said, "Put away your little tricks; it seems you haven't finished speaking."

"Huh." Chen Yan was a bit surprised. "Zhao Tang, you've become clever."

"That really surprises me; I thought you'd need a couple of days to notice."

"... You bastard, don't insult people too much." Gao Yang took a deep breath, angry and exasperated, and said, "Tell me, what exactly did you mean by the part you didn't finish just now?"

"Aha~" Chen Yan's mouth lifted into a cheerful smile. "I get it; you also want to get along with me nicely."

"So that's why you're eager to know the answer, to know where each of us went wrong, and then be able to change accordingly."

"Sure enough, it's the stubborn you; without a little trick, you'd probably never admit it."

Gao Yang froze for a moment, then subconsciously said, "You deliberately said those things to me, then deliberately stopped halfway, then deliberately provoked me, making me overlook, and finally made me discover the problem."

"The purpose is just to see my attitude?"

"Then what else?" Chen Yan's eyes were full of delight. "If you don't want to change the way we currently interact, the chance you'll overlook it will be high, and even after noticing you won't take it seriously, because subconsciously you like this way of getting along."

"If you also want to change how we interact, hoping to ease our relationship, then you'll subconsciously seek the answer to the problem, which is the part I didn't finish saying."

"Admit it, Zhao Tang, you just like me; you even want to be a virtuous wife."

"Oh, right, maybe you also want a loving hug."

Gao Yang:!!!

"Shut up!!!"

"......"