The Substitute

Chapter 21

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To be honest, the tomato meatball soup I cooked was for me alone. But Zhuo Yang even took out his bowl and chopsticks, obviously wanting to have a share.

Even though I had a lot of dissatisfaction, I was not as thick-skinned as Zhuoyang after all.

I compromised.

For this purpose, I also cooked some noodles and put them in there.

"Didn't you have dinner?" I gave half of the cooked noodles to Zhuo Yang, and suddenly remembered that this guy actually has mysophobia, so I added another sentence.

"I've already eaten the tomato meatballs... How about I put two more eggs in your noodles?"

Zhuoyang’s answer was to hold my bowl and continue eating my tomato meatballs.

I sighed in my heart, thinking how pitiful it would be if the news got out that the president of Zhuoyue Culture would lose his mysophobia in the end.

At the same time, I also recognized a fact.

There are many things you can do, just don't do anything that will make you starve.

"Um... don't you have mysophobia? And... don't eat all the tomato meatballs... leave some for me..."

Despite my protest, Zhuoyang left me a sip of soup.

"Here, here you go..."

I looked at the remaining soup in the bowl with some disgust and shook my head: "Well... you've already eaten it..."

I don't mean to dislike Zhuo Yang for being dirty... Well, I do dislike him a little...

Who knows what kind of intimate things he and Hu Ling did, such as exchanging saliva. I was stupid before and didn’t mind Zhuo Yang fooling around outside, but now I’m smart.

Zhuo Yang's mess has nothing to do with me, the key is whether his saliva will cause any disease...

The more I thought about it, the more remote it seemed, and in the end I succeeded in shaking off all the goosebumps.

Zhuo Yang was furious: "You eat my food and live in my house, yet you think I'm dirty! Get out of here if you can!"

Look, look! His bad temper is coming.

In the past, I always accompanied her carefully, coaxed her like a sweetheart, and then apologized humbly.

Now I have grown stronger. Although I have a broken leg, it does not affect my confidence at all.

"Just go! Do you think I want to live in your house? Ha!"

I really want to spit on Zhuoyang's face.

I limped out the door. I had already decided to seek refuge with Ding Wei.

But before he reached the door, Zhuo Yang stopped him and reported it back.

"Asshole!" I would be shy in such an ambiguous posture! I yelled: "Zhuo Yang! Asshole! What are you doing?"

"What are you doing?" Zhuo Yang threw me on the bed, his face so cold that ice chips seemed to be falling off.

I trembled more and more, but he laughed and approached me with a sneer: "It seems I have to consider something."

My trembling voice was incoherent, "What...what are you going to do? Extramarital...rape...rape is...is against the law...No...that's not right...even within marriage..."

Hearing this, Zhuo Yang's face became even uglier.

"I have to consider another thing now. Before breaking your other leg, should I sew your mouth shut?" Zhuo Yang said coldly.

"… "

To be honest, I have no idea what Zhuoyang is trying to do.

From that day on, he forced himself to move to my bedroom. Whenever I made any unhappy sound or even a look, he would stare at my other healthy leg sinisterly... He seemed to be trying to find a way to break my leg.

People have to bow their heads under the eaves. I am a person without confidence and integrity. When faced with the choice between being healthy and having integrity, I chose the former without hesitation.

Besides, although Zhuoyang and I live in the same room, we don’t sleep in the same bed.

At first I was trembling and I spent a day preparing myself. If Zhuo Yang wanted to rape me, I would definitely resist him, and if that didn't work I would just silently recite this sentence: Life is a rape, and since I can't resist, I'll just enjoy it.

I am an old woman in my 30s and I also have desires. Timely relief is good for physical and mental health. Especially when Zhuoyang's skills are pretty good, I think everything is acceptable.

But even though I thought so much, Zhuo Yang showed no intention of taking any action.

He brought a folding bed and slept alone opposite me.

The folding bed was right next to my big bed, and sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night and find that I seemed to have traveled through time.

I traveled back to the past when we had never divorced. At that time, the first person I saw when I opened my eyes was Zhuo Yang.

However, the passage of time and the current situation make me feel that things have changed and people have changed.

I expressed my curiosity about Zhuoyang moving in with me, but Zhuoyang's mouth was as shut as a clam, and I couldn't get any information out of him.

However, I soon understood what Zhuo Yang was thinking.

He just needs a cook.

In the morning, Zhuoyang would wake me up when he got up. Although he wouldn’t let me make breakfast, it would prevent me from continuing to sleep.

Everyone knows that it’s hard for me to fall asleep after I wake up.

In the evening, Zhuo Yang came back early, and it was obvious that he came back to have a free meal.

If this goes on, Zhuo Yang and I will meet more often. Although I still feel a little strange in my heart, it’s nothing now that I’m used to it.

I resigned myself to cooking for Zhuo Yang, thinking that this was the rent I paid for living here.

There is really no free lunch in this world.

I used to watch movies or play games in the evening, but since Zhuoyang moved in, he has to go to bed at 10:30.

At first I plucked up the courage to continue watching my movie, but was quickly suppressed by Zhuo Yang.

He took my computer away directly.

I argued with him and he only said one sentence.

"That computer is mine. If I want to let you use it, I'll let you use it. If I don't want to let you use it, I won't let you use it."

"..." I really want to smash the table! Zhuo Yang is so childish.

I think I am a very self-aware woman. I don't think Zhuoyang will treat me any better because I am his ex-wife or because I am a woman.

So I put up with Zhuoyang's bad temper.

I tried hard to recover from my injuries, to adjust my mood, and occasionally read the news online.

I thought, when the storm is over and my legs are healed, I will leave this cage.

I became well-behaved, but Zhuoyang became naughty.

From that day on, Zhuoyang also bought me small gifts.

Sometimes it’s snacks, sometimes it’s brooches, sometimes it’s a small necklace…

However, I don’t feel happy at all.

If Zhuoyang had treated me like this in the past, I would have been excited for three days and three nights, and would have fought with him in bed until I died of exhaustion.

But now I have another thought: Why is Zhuo Yang trying to please me so much? Is he going to use me again

I suddenly began to tremble like a lamb to be slaughtered.

Finally, the scandal between Hu Ling and Song Yu gradually disappeared after another superstar leaked photos of him having group sex with several women.

Coincidentally, my legs got better.

I went to the trouble to call Ding Wei.

I carefully told her the reason for my recent disappearance and sincerely asked her if she could give me another chance.

Ding Wei agreed readily.

I was thinking about slipping away someday when Zhuoyang went out to work.

That day, I received a phone call.

I had a great time watching a movie, so much so that my mind was a little numb, so when the phone in Zhuoyang's apartment rang, I didn't react and just picked up the call.

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

The other party was stunned for a second, then screamed.

"An Yue!!!!"

From that soul-stirring and familiar scream, I knew that the person calling was Li Chen.

Not long after I hung up the phone, Li Chen came over.

To be on the safe side, I called Zhuo Yang to express my apologies and told him about Li Chen.

Zhuo Yang replied calmly, telling me not to run around and he would be back soon.

When the door opened, I thought it was Zhuo Yang, but it turned out to be Li Chen.

Shameless bastard, where did he get the key!

When he saw me, Li Chen looked around me three times, as if I were some rare animal.

I was a little unhappy and my face turned cold.

"Have you seen enough? If you have, get out of here."

Li Chen touched his nose and finally stayed shamelessly, "Speaking of which, I have been looking for you these days. When the accident happened, I knew at a glance that the woman in Song Yu's arms was you... I was wondering where you went... It turns out that you were hidden by Zhuo Yang... No wonder this kid has been running here every day recently... There are fewer social events... Every day when he goes to work, he starts counting the time to get off work... So that's how it is..."

Li Chen mumbled a lot. I was sure he wasn't talking to me, so I walked away.

"Hey... An Yue... why are you so rude? I'm still talking."

I turned around and grinned, "No need to be polite with a beast."

I thought I had completely offended Li Chen. Thinking of how affectionate he was in the gym, I almost thought he could be a friend. Now that I think about it, it's really disgusting.

Li Chen didn't walk away despite my sarcasm. Instead, he looked at my legs and said, "Is your leg healed? By the way, what's going on between you and Zhuo Yang? Damn... You guys are not planning to remarry, are you?"

"Remarry!" I roared, "Who do you think I am? If you want me, just take me in your arms. If you don't want me, just kick me away! I'm telling you! It's over between Zhuo Yang and me! Don't act like it's my blessing to remarry him! I'm so fed up with him now! You know that! He has exhausted my seven years of love! I'd be a fool to continue to be with him! Who knows if he'll get some disease from being involved with so many women... Oh... It makes me sick just thinking about it..."

"An Yue..." Li Chen looked at me with a strange look in his eyes, "You'd better stop talking."

"Why shouldn't I say it! I just have to say it... I admit that I used to like Zhuo Yang... But now I really don't like him at all... It's impossible for a person to be so mean all his life! Look at what he did, I feel uncomfortable all over when I see his face... And remarry him... Remarry your sister! Even if all the men in the world die, I won't consider him!"

I felt refreshed after yelling, but Li Chen opposite me closed his eyes, looking miserable.

My heart shuddered and I turned my head away stiffly.