As it happened, Guo Meiyun, who lived upstairs, heard the commotion from the Wang Family’s apartment. She tiptoed to the landing of the fourth floor and listened for quite a while. Only after seeing the Wang Family members leave one by one did she hurry downstairs to shore up her superficial friendship.

However, just as she reached the third floor, she was met with the sound of spitting, followed by Lin Jin loudly retching.

She stopped in her tracks, inwardly annoyed. ’Why didn’t I just stay on the fourth floor a bit longer?’

Before she could quietly retreat, Lin Jin’s eyes locked onto her as if she were a long-awaited savior.

"Meiyun," Lin Jin sobbed wretchedly. "He doesn’t want me anymore..."

Guo Meiyun had no choice but to brace herself and go down. She helped Lin Jin inside and, resigning herself to her fate, began to clean up the nauseating mess.

With the help of the Teletubbies, Zhu Yun watched the aftermath with great satisfaction. Then, a smirk playing on her lips, she reached over and tugged Chu Shenyu’s ear. "Mr. Chu, ’one can always find another wife,’ is that right?"

"What, have you already found my replacement?"

Chu Shenyu chuckled, wrapping an arm around her waist. "You heartless little thing. I held my ground for so long to give you a chance to watch the show, and now you’re just going to kick me to the curb?"

"I said that on purpose for Wang Xianbing to hear. It’s not what I really think."

"You only get one mother, and you only get one wife!"

He looked at her with profound sincerity. "Darling, I can say all the nice things in the world, but my actions are what you should watch. A lifetime is long, and I will never, ever let you go!"

Blindsided by his sudden confession, Zhu Yun couldn’t maintain her stern expression any longer. She threw her arms around his neck and snuggled against him. "Alright, I guess you pass."

When Zhu Yun woke from her afternoon nap, she was still groggy. She clung to her husband as he tried to get up, whining affectionately.

Chu Shenyu absolutely loved it when she unconsciously showed her dependence on him. Their relationship had been growing stickier-sweet by the day. It seemed there was no limit to their affection—they just kept getting more and more lovey-dovey.

If he didn’t have to go to work, he would have taken her right then and there, in broad daylight!

The mere thought of her snow-white skin under the sunlight made him burn with desire. He quickly planted a kiss on her lips. "You can sleep a little longer. I’ll get a couple of slices of watermelon out of the fridge. They’ll be the perfect temperature by the time you wake up and eat them."

Cafeteria employees had different work schedules from everyone else, so they could nap a little longer in the afternoon.

Zhu Yun forced her eyes open and took the opportunity to drape herself over his neck. She shook her head listlessly, mumbling, "No... If I sleep any more, I’ll get a headache."

Chu Shenyu coaxed her gently, "Then get up and drink some water to feel more awake. You can turn on the fan after you’ve cooled down a bit."

Zhu Yun let him carry her to the living room. After drinking some water, she did indeed feel much better.

She watched him bustle around. He took the watermelon out for her, reminding her to wait half an hour for the chill to wear off before she ate it. He got her schoolbag, laid out her homework, and told her that if she got stuck on anything, he would teach her when he got home from work that night. Then, he turned the fan on, aimed it at the wall, and waited until she was no longer sweaty before pushing the button to make it oscillate.

"Comrade Chu Shenyu, why are you suddenly being so good to me? You didn’t do something to feel guilty about, did you?" She shook her head, now more alert. As much as she enjoyed being treated like a queen, something about this felt... off.

’Chu Shenyu was always good to her, but this level of doting subservience seemed a little over the top, didn’t it?’ 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

A genuine glint of suspicion entered her foxy eyes as she sized him up.

Chu Shenyu laughed in exasperation and flicked her smooth forehead. "Is your brain still fuzzy? How can you be so clueless about your own charms? Who on earth has what it takes to steal a man like me away from you?"

"Can’t you tell I don’t want to leave you here? That I wish I could stay for even one second more?"

"One minute you’re so cute it could kill a man, and the next you’re so infuriating it could do the same!"

Zhu Yun froze for a moment before pressing herself into his embrace. She gave his chin a playful nip, then raised an eyebrow with a smirk. "And how exactly am I going to be the death of you?"

She was already stunningly beautiful, and with her eyes still shimmering and hazy from sleep, she was now deliberately trying to entice him. That intimate gesture was one she usually saved for her most passionate moments of pleasure.

Chu Shenyu felt like he was being driven insane. His eyes were bloodshot as he gritted his teeth. "’From then on, the King forsook his morning court.’ Is that what you want? For me to stay home and be a kept man?"

Zhu Yun suddenly reined in all her seductive allure. Her expression turned perfectly innocent and sweet. She gave a small smile. "Brother Shen Yu, I don’t want you to go either, you know."

’He was going insane!’

When he took this woman for a "ride," she loved to cry out. Paired with her current docile expression, the word "Brother" completely opened the floodgates, incinerating the last remnants of Chu Shenyu’s self-control.

After he had rushed out of the apartment, Zhu Yun blinked, pulling the thin towel blanket around herself as she bit her lip to hold back a smile.

’As it turned out, making a prim and proper person lose their composure was incredibly fun.’

However, it was only when she had leisurely gotten herself ready and was changing her clothes to go out that she discovered her husband’s revenge. Several crimson marks on her neck were brazenly staking their claim, testaments to the passionate campaign he had just waged.