The next morning, Little Wang was sitting on a potty training seat and doing number 2. Song Tingshen was shaving. As for Ruan Xia, since she didn’t have to go to work anymore, she lazed about and read Weibo on her phone in bed without shame.

  Song Tingshen was a good dad. His expression didn’t change when he wiped Little Wang’s butt.

  Little Wang hugged his dad’s neck and asked in a childish milky voice, “Dad, are you happier today?”


  Song Tingshen was taken aback. He replied, “Dad hasn’t been upset.”


  “Liar.” Little Wang was Song Tingshen’s caring son. He intimately kissed the side of his dad’s face. “I know dad was unhappy.”


  Song Tingshen laughed in spite of himself. His heart felt warm. Before liking Ruan Xia, he thought the greatest joy this marriage had brought him was Little Wang. This child was his greatest source of happiness. Little Wang’s birth had brought color and joy to Song Tingshen’s life.

  “Dad really was a bit upset yesterday, but I’m okay now.”


  Little Wang tilted his head and thought. “Did I make you unhappy? Or was it Mom?”


  Song Tingshen teased him, “What will you do if it was Mom that made me unhappy?”


  This kid was obviously more attached to Ruan Xia during this period of time. Although he could understand that it was a child’s nature to be attached to his mother, he still wanted to know how he would answer this question.

  Little Wang was truly stumped by this question. It was very difficult for a child of his age to answer this question perfectly. He didn’t want to answer this question, but since his dad had asked, then he had to give a serious answer.

  “Didn’t Dad say before that Mom is the only girl in the family and that Dad and I are boys?” Little Wang carefully glanced at Song Tingshen and continued, “If Mom did something to upset you, then just forgive her.”


  In other words, this chubby kid’s heart was tilted towards his mother.

  Song Tingshen discovered that his son had taken after him in having double standards. En, this was good too.

  He sighed.

  Worried, Little Wang hastily explained, “Didn’t you say we have to take care of and protect Mom? Dad, boys shouldn’t be petty. If Mom made you unhappy, just say a few words to her, but don’t say too much.”


  Song Tingshen reached out and pressed down on Little Wang’s bed hair. He helplessly said, “Okay, I’ll just say a few words to her. I won’t say too much, and I’ll forgive her afterwards.”


  Little Wang was finally satisfied.

  Seeing his chubby son, Song Tingshen couldn’t hold back from squeezing his chubby face. “Kiddo, you’re not worried that Dad will have opinions if you’re so biased towards your mom?”


  Little Wang hugged his dad’s thigh and grinned at him, revealing his little white teeth. “Dad is biased towards Mom too. We’re both biased towards Mom, so we shouldn’t have any opinions about each other, okay?”


  This kid…


  “Okay.” Song Tingshen solemnly nodded. “You’re biased towards Mom, and I’m biased towards her too. You won’t hold that against me, and Dad won’t hold that against you either.”


  In this way, on a late autumn morning, the two males came to an agreement that only they knew about.

  Chapter 266 – Could it be that Song Tingshen wanted to express that he loves her a little bit more than she loves him? (1)

  Ruan Xia got a text message that her account was credited with 21,000 yuan. She jumped off the sofa. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Although it could be considered that she had left the company on good terms, she didn’t think the company’s accounting department would put in the extra work to pay out her salary so quickly. Moreover, this amount was higher than she expected.

  You can be on bad terms with anyone, but you can’t be on bad terms with money. Even if she was disgusted with Qin Yu, she still wanted his money. After all, she had earned it with her labor even if she hadn’t done much this month.

  Without another thought, Ruan Xia sent two amounts to Song Tingshen’s WeChat account.

  The first one was 1314, and the second one was 520.

  (Note: 1314 yī sān yī sì sounds similar to an a phrase that means for the rest of my life, and 520 wǔ èr líng sounds sort of similar to I love you.)

  After sending the money, she happily sat down on the sofa to wait for his response.

  As a wealthy woman, occasionally sending money to her boyfriend was an expression of pampering him. This sort of feeling was very good.

  She could now understand why wealthy women liked to raise pretty boys. Although she was holding the script for a winner in life, when she carefully thought about it, if she could transmigrate into a wealthy woman that could boldly raise pretty boys without caring what others thought of her… Ruan Xia hastily shook her head to get rid of that idea. She couldn’t have such thoughts. Song Tingshen was so good.

  In the past, Song Tingshen’s full attention was on work when he was at work. But now, he would take a minute or two from work to check on his phone to see if Ruan Xia had sent him a message or uploaded a picture on WeChat’s Moments.

  He was puzzled when he saw that Ruan Xia had transferred him money, and he responded with three question marks.

  Ruan Xia: Do you know what I mean by these transfers?

  Song Tingshen: What does it mean?

  Depressed, Ruan Xia asked, Do you really not know, or are you pretending?

  Were there really people these days that didn’t know what 1314 and 520 meant? She didn’t believe that Song Tingshen was old-fashioned and hadn’t kept up with the trends. It wasn’t like he had transmigrated from ancient times.

  Song Tingshen: I don’t know. Tell me.

  Ruan Xia: It means for the rest of my life and I love you. Why are you so old-fashioned?

  Song Tingshen looked at message on his phone, especially those three words. His eyes were full of smiles.

  Ruan Xia didn’t realize she had been fooled until after she sent the message. Angry, she sent over a few poop emojis to express that she was looking down on Song Tingshen for his trickery.

  Sometimes, he really was a wily old fox.

  Shortly afterwards, Song Tingshen transferred money to her too. Ruan Xia thought she had read it wrong when she saw the amount, so she closed her eyes, and then opened them to confirm that the amount received really was 5.20 yuan.

  She had never seen such a stingy CEO.

  Ruan Xia responded with “…”


  Didn’t Song Tingshen know that guys who transferred 5.20 yuan to their girlfriends would be mocked? He should have sent at least 52 yuan! She had sent him over a thousand yuan!

  Song Tingshen’s answer: Mine has one more dot than yours.

  Ruan Xia thought the position of the decimal point was too unpleasant.

  A thought flashed through her mind. Could it be that Song Tingshen wanted to express that he loves her a little bit more than she loves him?

  Chapter 267 – Could it be that Song Tingshen wanted to express that he loves her a little bit more than she loves him? (2)

  Ruan Xia giggled and decided not to quibble that he had only sent her 5.20 yuan. She had wondered whose excellent genes Little Wang inherited for him to be creative enough to rarely repeat the sweet words he used. And now, she knew.

  In the past, she had always thought that men were pig trotters and that it was meaningless to be in a relationship, but now she took back those words. Song Tingshen had proved her wrong.

  Being in a relationship was quite interesting!

  However, you had to choose the right person. If it was dating someone like Qin Yu, the relationship would be short-lived. No, she would never date someone like him to begin with. To think that she had thought he was a good husband and a loyal man. Now, she only felt scornful of him!

  Seeing that Ruan Xia didn’t respond, Song Tingshen put his phone to the side and went back to work.

  Actually, Ruan Xia wasn’t the only one that had been proven wrong. Song Tingshen felt the same way. In the past, he thought Little Wang and his career were the most important things in his life. Everything else was ranked far behind and wasn’t worthy of his attention.

  Song Tingshen pinched the bridge of his nose and laughed at himself.

  Li Yuanhang’s words were right. His springtime has come.

  Without him noticing, photos of her and Little Wang had appeared on his phone screen, his wallet, and even his desk. As for whether the person he wanted to see in those photos was Little Wang or her, only he knew.

  —


  Ruan Xia didn’t reply because she didn’t know how to respond to his straightforward words of love and because she was looking at a job site. She still wanted to find something to do. It felt pointless to idle her time away. Although her workload was very light in the past month, her arrangements filled her schedule. In the end, she felt that a busier life was safer and more secure. If she really had to be a rice weevil, she couldn’t be a happy one that ate without worries. She would be a rice weevil that worried over not having enough rice to eat in the next moment and spend her days trembling with fear.

  After browsing the site, she didn’t find anything suitable. After all, this wasn’t the best period for job hunting. There were still a few months before the end of the year. Most companies wouldn’t start recruiting until after the holidays. Ruan Xia thought it over. Song Tingshen had previously proposed that she start a business. She had a lot of savings. Song Tingshen gave her a lot of money every month, and she couldn’t finish spending it all. After a few months of this, she had saved a lot of money. It wouldn’t be a problem for her to open a store.

  Ruan Xia wanted to call Song Tingshen to talk about this, but thinking that he was probably busy with work, she could only hold back. She decided to wait until he came home to discuss this with him. After all, this would be her first time doing business, so she wanted to get advice from someone that had experience with this.

  —


  Song Tingshen wasn’t idle either. He had used all of his contacts to do his best to investigate Qin Yu.

  The information he got this time was more detailed and precise than last time and even included the name of Qin Yu’s first girlfriend. The investigation included almost everything about him, big or small.

  Although his friends were puzzled on why he wanted to investigate a person he had no intersection with, they were still very helpful. After carefully looking over everything that could be found about Qin Yu, Song Tingshen finally sighed in relief.

  Translator Ramblings: I wonder if Qin Yu would lose interest in Ruan Xia if he finds out that she’s not the original owner.

  Sort of related, I recently read a webnovel where the main character transmigrates into an alternate universe where she chose to marry and focus on her family instead of her career. She doesn’t get the original owner’s memories, so she initially misunderstands and thinks her husband is a jerk that doesn’t appreciate the original owner’s contribution to the family. She gradually finds out that the original owner’s husband really loves and appreciates the original owner, and that he and the original owner have a good relationship. She doesn’t see herself as his wife and considers if she should tell him the truth, that his wife of 10+ years is dead for all intents and purposes.

  I feel Qin Yu’s situation is similar to that husband’s. If he knew that he was in an alternate universe, I don’t think he would chase after Ruan Xia. I think he would mourn the death of his wife.

  What do you guys think?

  Chapter 268 - Could it be that Song Tingshen wanted to express that he loves her a little bit more than she loves him? (3)

  Chapter 268 – ?Could it be that Song Tingshen wanted to express that he loves her a little bit more than she loves him? (3)

  He didn’t want his trust in Ruan Xia to be a joke. Even more than that, he didn’t want her to lie to his face. In other words, if she did have a relationship with Qin Yu, he hoped that she would tell him the truth instead of hiding it. Sometimes, lies were sweeter than truth, but he didn’t want such sweetness.

  After going through all of the materials and information, he verified that Qin Yu and Ruan Xia didn’t have any common friends or acquaintances. She had said she didn’t know Qin Yu before interviewing at his company, and the facts checked out. She had never met him before that.

  Song Tingshen bent his fingers and tapped them on his desk. So the question was, how did Qin Yu find out about the information that he had told him? There really was a mole on the left side of Ruan Xia’s waist and a scar behind her ear.

  The most important thing was that when Qin Yu had said those things that night, it didn’t seem as if he was lying. Song Tingshen could determine that point. He was baffled. Regardless, the outcome of the investigation was a good thing. At the very least, there really was nothing between Ruan Xia and Qin Yu. This made him happy from the bottom of his heart.

  Still, Qin Yu was a dangerous person.

  As a man, Song Tingshen could feel that Qin Yu was different from Duan Chi. Although both men coveted Ruan Xia, Duan Chi was still a person with a bottom line. He had weaknesses, and there were also people who could control and stop him, so it was easy to get Duan Chi to stop. Qin Yu was different. The scope of his plan was huge the moment he invited Ruan Xia for an interview at his company. What he did seemed soft, but in reality, he didn’t have a bottom-line. Just like this time.

  Frankly speaking, Song Tingshen was feeling quite irritable. He wasn’t as calm as he seemed. If only he was still in his early 20’s, then he would have the reason and excuse to do what he wanted. For example, beat Qin Yu until he couldn’t take care of himself and had to lie in a hospital bed for a month or two.

  But, he couldn’t do that. He was in his 30’s. He couldn’t be immature. He didn’t want Ruan Xia to think he was juvenile.

  —


  Song Tingshen hadn’t been surreptitiously in his investigation, so Qin Yu soon heard news of this. A few of his friends even asked him if he had a conflict with Song Tingshen. Otherwise, why would that other party cause such a big disturbance to investigate him. Qin Yu only smiled and didn’t answer.

  Song Tingshen had taken what he said on Friday night seriously. Moreover, he minded a lot.

  He was a man and naturally knew what bothered men the most. Even if there was nothing between Song Tingshen and Ruan Xia, a man couldn’t bear for his wife to have an affair. Moreover, he could tell that Song Tingshen liked Ruan Xia. With feelings, it was even more difficult for Song Tingshen to face the issue rationally.

  Qin Yu knew that he had successfully planted the seed of doubt between Song Tingshen and Ruan Xia. Even if Song Tingshen didn’t find anything in his investigation, so what? He had already started to doubt Ruan Xia, which meant he had achieved his goal.

  Suspicion was the most fatal thing to a relationship.

  Qin Yu took out the ring box from the drawer, opened it, and faintly smiled.

  Perhaps, he didn’t even have to do anything else or just fan the flames a bit more, and these two people would separate. Their relationship might be truly fragile to the point that it couldn’t stand a single blow.

  When the time came, he would appear in front of her in the role of a protector just like in their past life. He would let her see that he was the only one that truly loves her in this world.