Chapter 62 I’m Just a Fucking Masochist

Li Zhenguan couldn’t bring himself to say it out loud, he could only remain silent in front of Li Zhenwei.

His silence made Li Zhenwei’s head hurt.

She rubbed her brow and decided not to say anything for now. Instead, she looked at the bruise on the corner of Li Zhenguan’s eye, leaned over to open the first-aid kit, took out a bottle of iodine, and prepared to disinfect the wound. Blood had already seeped through Li Zhenguan’s skin.

“Let me treat your wound first.” Li Zhenwei found a bandage and applied it to Li Zhenguan’s wound after applying the medicine.

No matter how gentle her touch was, Li Zhenguan couldn’t help but wince a few times.

Li Zhenwei said, “Be careful not to get it wet. It might hurt more tomorrow, remember to apply medicine.”

Li Zhenguan let out a low ‘hmm’.

Seeing him like this, Li Zhenwei couldn’t help but sigh and said, “Don’t go looking for Wang Zhao now. Just stay home and take care of the child, calm your emotions. Wang Zhao shouldn’t be that kind of person, maybe things will get better after a while. You two are newly married, couple’s quarrels are usually resolved in bed, it can’t really come to the point of divorce.”

Li Zhenwei’s words made Li Zhenguan feel a bit better. Right now he could only draw some support and strength from other people’s words to avoid a breakdown.

But thinking of how resolute Wang Zhao was when she left, he was still a little unsure and asked Li Zhenwei, “Really?”

Li Zhenwei smiled and nodded. Afraid that Li Zhenguan would do something foolish, she patted his shoulder. “Don’t worry too much, I’ll go find Wang Zhao when I have time. She’s not that heartless.”

This was actually to comfort Li Zhenguan. However, Li Zhenwei felt that since Wang Zhao didn’t cheat, there shouldn’t be any big issues between the two of them, and Wang Zhao probably wouldn’t really want to divorce Zhenguan.

To be honest, Li Zhenwei’s attitude was still relatively positive at the moment, not as pessimistic as Zhenguan.

When she left, she was afraid that Zhenguan would overthink things at home and do something foolish, so she asked Uncle Yang to keep an eye on him and try not to let Li Zhenguan be alone.

Uncle Yang stood at the entrance. Hearing Li Zhenwei’s words, he nodded. He was still holding the child in his arms. Wang Wen’s eyes were fixed on Li Zhenwei, round and bright, occasionally making cooing sounds.

Li Zhenwei loved her nephew and smiled, pinching the baby’s cheek, looking at the toothless gums revealed by the baby’s silly laughter.

As if remembering something, she instructed Uncle Yang again, “If anything else comes up, just call me. There’s no need to bother my parents.”

Uncle Yang was stunned for a moment, but after hesitating, he still nodded. Whatever the masters of the house said, he would just listen and do as told. There was no need to say anything that would cause trouble at this time.

He just felt that this quarrel between Master Li and Miss Wang didn’t seem like it could be easily resolved.

After seeing Li Zhenwei off, Uncle Yang looked down at the baby in his arms. The master and lady of this house were good-looking, so naturally their child was also good-looking, one of the best among the children he had seen. But even gentle people could leave home after a fight, seemingly no different.

So he sighed at the innocent baby in his arms. When the mother and father fought, it was still the child who ended up crying. Today, Wang Wen cried for a long time. Uncle Yang was afraid that the child had been frightened and had been paying attention to the baby’s condition.

The child was still so young. Once frightened, they could easily develop a high fever. But now it seemed fine, the baby was lively and energetic, not at all like the miserable state from before when it was wailing loudly.

Still a baby, without worries. At this age, the child’s biggest concern was probably just being hungry.

Uncle Yang took the child to the kitchen, found a bag of frozen breast milk from below, and prepared to heat it up before giving it to the child to drink.

This child was picky now and didn’t want to drink frozen breast milk. But Li Zhenguan didn’t have any extra breast milk, and occasionally when formula milk was mixed, Wang Wen would spit it out. The child was very spoiled, and it was unknown who it took after.

He glanced at the male master sitting in the living room, hesitated for a moment, but still walked over and asked what he wanted to eat for lunch.

Only then did Li Zhenguan seem to be startled awake, suddenly coming back to his senses. He stared at the child in Uncle Yang’s arms for a while, making him feel a little frightened, before Li Zhenguan stood up and averted his gaze.

“I won’t eat. Just make something for yourself.” Then he went back to the room alone.

Uncle Yang looked at the tightly closed door for a while, then looked down at the child in his arms, who had a pair of black eyes and was ignorant of worldly affairs. He carried the child back to the room, coaxed them for a while until it was Wang Wen’s usual nap time. About half an hour later, when the child had fallen asleep, Uncle Yang put the child in the crib and went to the kitchen.

But he still made portions for two people, afraid that Li Zhenguan would suddenly get hungry.

While he was still busy, Li Zhenguan returned to the room and sat for a while, but then seemed to finally make a decision. He called a person he had contacted before and asked them to check on Wang Zhao’s whereabouts.

He couldn’t just let go and not care, letting Wang Zhao live outside by herself without any news.

At this time, Li Zhenguan’s expression was extremely indifferent, without any emotion. He sat in the room, and after the light from the phone screen dimmed, there was no light in the room as the curtains were not drawn open, pitch black.

In the darkness, all negative emotions spread like seawater, engulfing Li Zhenguan. He became a small boat floating on the waves.

Li Zhenguan’s nails scratched his wrist from time to time, the pain keeping him sober.

It was like slowly cutting flesh with a blunt knife. After a few dozen times, his fair wrist was already bloody and mangled.

And the situation was different on Wang Zhao’s side.

After sending that message to Chen Fangli, she drove out of the parking lot and stopped on a small road not far from the exit.

Chen Fangli could see her car after walking a dozen meters out of the building.

This place was still some distance from the community gate. She sat in the car and waited for three or four minutes before seeing the man walking over.

Chen Fangli didn’t say much and directly opened the car door to sit in the passenger seat.

There was still a wound on his face, a large area of purple and green bruising near the outer corner of his eye, looking a bit scary, but still handsome. The injury did not diminish the handsomeness of this face in the slightest.

After he got in the car, Wang Zhao didn’t say anything either. She silently started the car and drove out of the community.

The two had a tacit understanding and didn’t speak.

However, after leaving this street, Wang Zhao stopped the car by the roadside. Under Chen Fangli’s puzzled gaze, she got out of the car, bought a bottle of antiseptic and bandages from a roadside pharmacy, and sat back in the car. She then tossed the things in her hand into the man’s lap beside her.

“You still have an injury on your face, remember to treat it when you get back.” Wang Zhao looked at the brightly colored wound on Chen Fangli’s face and said with a frown. She thought that Zhenguan probably had a similar wound on his face too.

Chen Fangli lowered his eyes and glanced at the bag in his arms, which contained a bottle of antiseptic and a box of bandages. He gathered the mouth of the bag and slowly let out an ‘hmm’.

But the car didn’t start, and it became quiet inside again. Wang Zhao listened to the noise from the street outside and rubbed her temples, her voice flat. “This is the intersection. Not far ahead are the bus stop and subway entrance. I’ll just drop you off here, it’ll be convenient for you to take a taxi back too.”

Chen Fangli’s fingers that were holding the plastic bag stopped. He looked at the woman beside him with a somewhat incredulous gaze. After a long while, he sneered, forcefully threw the things in his arms at Wang Zhao, and pulled the car door open with great force.

He stood outside the car, one hand still on the handle, and said to the woman in the car expressionlessly, “Wang Zhao, I’m just a fucking masochist for getting in your car today.”

Then he slammed the car door with such force that the entire car shook.

It seemed he was really angry, otherwise he wouldn’t swear.

This was her fault too.

In this situation, she shouldn’t have dragged Chen Fangli into it. She was just… Thinking of this, Wang Zhao pressed the temple of her head with a blank expression.

She was in a daze. Chen Fangli, who had already left, suddenly returned, pulled the car door open, and sat back in. He took back the antiseptic and bandages he had thrown at Wang Zhao, put them back in the bag, and placed it on his lap.

Meeting Wang Zhao’s gaze, Chen Fangli’s eyes were calm. “Drive, I’m staying at the Jiayu Hotel in Xihai now.”

This time it was Wang Zhao’s turn to be silent for a while. In the end, she still didn’t say anything and drove Chen Fangli to the hotel entrance. The man got out of the car with a cold face. Wang Zhao didn’t say anything either. As soon as he got out, she drove away, so she didn’t see Chen Fangli’s expressionless face after she resolutely drove away without a word.

He stood at the hotel entrance for a long time, just watching the black car disappear from sight. Only then did Chen Fangli withdraw his gaze, but he still felt a bit angry in his heart. He took out his phone and sent a text message to Wang Zhao.

However, in the end, Wang Zhao never replied to this message.

As for Wang Zhao, she drove directly to her workplace. She said she was going on a business trip, which was true. However, originally she didn’t need to go on this trip, after all, she was still on sick leave. But the day before being discharged from the hospital, Wang Zhao suddenly made a decision and applied to the leadership to go on the business trip together.

This trip wasn’t long, just going to a nearby city to attend a conference for about three days.

During this time, her phone was mostly on silent. She only replied to some key messages, such as the messages sent by Li Zhenguan, which she ignored, deciding to give him the cold shoulder for a while.

She was also angry in her heart, feeling that this person really didn’t reflect on himself at all and never sincerely admitted his mistakes.

Three days later, she returned to Jiangcheng. Wang Zhao didn’t go home, but booked a room in a hotel near her workplace for a month, planning to settle down here first. In fact, she didn’t really like staying in hotels, but it was a bit difficult to find a suitable house nearby. In order to save energy and time, she simply stayed at the hotel.

However, on the day she returned to Jiangcheng, after washing up and changing into clean clothes at the hotel, Wang Zhao was ready to go home for a bit.

On the day of her business trip, she had also informed Zhang Ke. Although he was worried, he didn’t say much. But as soon as she returned, he called and said to come back for a bit that evening. Auntie had sent a batch of fresh crabs, two boxes with more than twenty crabs. They couldn’t finish them all at once, so he asked Wang Zhao to take some back.

But as soon as she arrived home, she felt something was off. It was a bit lively inside. As she walked in, she indeed saw Li Zhenguan in the kitchen. He was standing in front of the countertop processing the crabs, looking a bit clumsy.

Originally, seeing Wang Zhao, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He was about to walk over, but meeting Wang Zhao’s indifferent gaze, his steps faltered a bit, looking a bit timid. For a long time, he remained tongue-tied.

Author’s Note:

Thank you to the little angels who cast landmines or irrigated nutrient solution for me during the period from 2022-06-14 22:28:36 to 2022-06-18 23:24:32~

Thanks to the little angels who cast landmines: Gudou (._.), Little Spring Onion 1;

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated nutrient solution: Dream Awakens Without Seeing You 10 bottles; Unknown 1 bottle;

Thank you very much for everyone’s support, I will continue to work hard!