Chapter 1745: Choose: Kneel on the Keyboard or Kneel on the Durian?

"As the party at fault, all my assets will belong to you; you take the children and live well in the future."

Shi Ran didn't get angry, didn't feel sad, and even smiled, saying calmly, "Oh, you don't want any of the children? Then they won't recognize you when they grow up, you know."

His wife was always able to control her emotions well, never showing her feelings on her face. Yun Qitian thought she must be very sad right now and was only forcing herself to appear calm.

He felt heartbroken and also worried that she might get so angry it would cause stomach pain. He wanted to avoid upsetting her as much as possible while still achieving his goal.

So he remained silent.

Shi Ran: "You haven't made up your mind yet. I am willing to give you time to keep thinking. Before that, I will not agree to a divorce."

He immediately grew anxious: "I have made up my mind! If they don't recognize me, then so be it. I'll marry someone new and keep having more!"

Damn it!

Shi Ran clutched her stomach and bent over in pain.

Yun Qitian was full of nervousness: "Ranran, what's wrong? Is your stomach hurting? Let's go to the hospital quickly; I'll take you to the hospital right now."

"No need. Just let me die of pain; one corpse and three lives is just right, so as not to affect you marrying someone new." Shi Ran spitefully shook off his hand.

"Your health is the most important thing. Don't be spiteful right now; let's go to the hospital quickly."

"Don't you already have someone new? Why are you still so concerned about me? Wouldn't it be perfect if I died, so you wouldn't get a reputation for being fickle?"

She raised her head and looked straight at her husband. Yun Qitian dared not meet her gaze.

He muttered in a low voice: "Even if there is no love left, you are still my family. I cannot abandon you..."

Shi Ran gave a loud "slap" on the table, and he was startled.

Almost as a conditioned reflex, he immediately grabbed his wife's hand to check it carefully: "What are you doing? If you want to hit someone, hit me, don't slap the table. Be careful, your hand will hurt..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence.

For the chatterbox-like Yun Qitian, trying to pretend he had fallen for someone else was truly not easy. It was too difficult; one careless move and he would give the game away.

Shi Ran didn't want to play riddles with him anymore and poked through it directly: "Yun Qitian, if you're going to pretend, can you at least pretend convincingly? Your acting is too terrible."

"What man who cheats doesn't dress himself up to look bright and radiant? Look at yourself—your beard hasn't been shaved in days, your face is haggard, you haven't changed your clothes, they're all wrinkled, and you're dressed like a dishcloth."

"You're cheating looking like this? Did you go find a ghost?"

"Or do you think I've been a deaf-mute or a Xiazi at home all this time?"

"Do you think I don't read the news and don't know what's going on outside?"

Shi Ran's series of accusations left Yun Qitian unable to say a single word in rebuttal, and of course, even less able to answer.

Seeing her husband's pitiful appearance, she stopped blaming him and asked directly: "Is the company going bankrupt?"

His wife was too smart, and he knew he couldn't hide it anymore.

So he gave a sheepish smile: "You knew all along?"

Shi Ran kept a straight face and said to her husband: "Go to the laundry room and get the washboard."

Yun Qitian looked miserable: "I'm already this pathetic, don't make me kneel on a washboard anymore."

His wife "graciously" agreed.

"Fine, no problem. If you don't want to kneel on a washboard, that's fine too. Choose between a keyboard, a durian, or instant noodles. What are you prepared to kneel on?"

Yun Qitian:...

How was he supposed to choose this?

He didn't want to choose any of them, but in the end, he still obediently went to the laundry room to get the washboard, preparing to kneel!

The washboard was still easier to kneel on; the keyboard couldn't make a sound, and the instant noodles couldn't be crushed... So, people who look gentle on the surface are even less to be trifled with.

At the moment her husband was about to kneel, Shi Ran reached out to him: "Get up. I'll keep a tab for this time; if you offend me again, we'll settle it all together!"

"Go cook for me. I'm hungry."

"Mm, what do you want to eat?"

"Let's have roast duck. Order one from Deyifang, have them make the duck rack with salt and pepper, and you make the soup. I want to drink the hot and sour soup you make."

Alright, I'll go make it right away.

Yun Qitian ordered the duck and went to the kitchen to make the soup. His wife still cared for him deeply; he didn't have to kneel on the keyboard, she was just scaring him, and saying she wanted him to cook was just asking for a simple soup.

Yun Qitian was very moved, feeling that his wife was considerate of him.

Actually, Shi Ran was also very content. She still remembered that joke Zichen made back then.

Zichen said that girls who couldn't cook wouldn't be able to get married. Facts proved that not only did she get married, but even after marriage, she still couldn't cook, and she lived just as well.

Her husband held her in the palm of his hand, bringing the best things to her first, and bearing even the greatest difficulties himself.

With a husband like this, she was very content.

The roast duck was delivered, and the soup was ready. At the dining table, Yun Qitian discovered a stack of things placed in front of him.

There were several bank cards, several jewelry boxes, and even stock certificates.

"What do you mean by this?"

"These are my entire net worth. You take them to help the company get through the crisis. Everything will get better. You can pay me back after you make money in the future, with interest added."

Shi Ran said this on purpose; she was worried her husband wouldn't take them.

But even so, Yun Qitian still refused: "No, I can't take them. These things are the capital for you and the children to settle down and make a living. The crisis the company is facing this time is bigger than any before; we can't hold on anymore."

"If I tell you to take them, then take them. My money is your money; use it to make a comeback."

"No, I don't want it."

"Why don't you want it? Are you really planning to marry someone younger? If you dare to bring someone back, I'll die in front of you right now, one corpse and three lives..."

"There is no one younger. Don't get angry. The two boys in your belly, along with you and our daughter, are my life."

Shi Ran said: "Since you still know we are a family, why are you still drawing such a clear line with me? The family is in a difficult time now; if I give it to you, just take it."

Shi Ran had substantial personal wealth.

When they got married back then, her parents gave her a generous dowry.

Over these years of marriage, there were actually many places where money was needed, but her husband had never once had designs on her dowry; he always said that if he could marry a wife, he could afford to support her, and that her dowry was her private property, so a man must not have designs on his wife's dowry.

That was what he said, and that was what he did; keeping one's word was certainly good, but one shouldn't be too dogmatic either.

What kind of time is it now?

At a time when the group's life and death are at stake, for him to still insist on carrying everything himself and keeping her out of it—Shi Ran feels more anger than she does being moved right now.

Shi Ran said very seriously: "Yun Qitian, I am your wife, not an outsider; is there any point in you still drawing such a clear line between us at a time like this?"

"But, it is very likely that everything will be lost, ending up with nothing, and I cannot afford to lose that."

"It doesn't matter; if everything is lost, you still have Mom and Dad, you still have me, and you still have the children. As long as the whole family is together, we won't be afraid of any difficulties we encounter."

"You and the children will suffer with me." Yun Qitian felt very heartbroken.

I like that my wife always wants to make me angry.