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Chapter 21
The moment Cheng Jia was about to fall, she quickly stretched out her hand, supported the chair, and then sat down. Everyone drank a little too much, and went out in groups or in small groups. Province, was helped away by several colleagues.

In the blink of an eye, only Cheng Jia was left on the table. Manager Wu came over, "Mr. Cheng, you drank too much! I'll find someone to take you off!" After speaking, she turned to look for someone with her long skirt.

When she came back, Cheng Jia was gone.

Cheng Jia staggered and went to the toilet. She felt extremely uncomfortable, and felt an indescribable feeling in her heart. With one mouthful, she vomited out all the wine she had drunk.

She washed her face a little, felt a little more comfortable in her heart, and staggered out.As soon as she came out, she fell into a familiar embrace, and she raised her head—it was Gao Zhan!

Cheng Jia pursed her mouth and cried, "Don't you ignore me!"

Gao Zhan looked at her out-of-focus eyes, and quickly helped her into the elevator.

"Drinking so much for the first time, are you dying?" Gao Zhan's voice was harsh and gentle.

Cheng Jia laughed and cried, "No more! No more!"

Gao Zhan asked the driver to open a room and helped Cheng Jia in, and Cheng Jia went to the toilet to vomit again.

Then she was helped to the bed, and Gao Zhan helped her cover the quilt.

Cheng Jia fell asleep, Gao Zhan sat aside and looked at her, the driver brought up the hangover medicine, Gao Zhan fed Cheng Jia, Cheng Jia kept mumbling nonsense.

He looked at Cheng Jia for a long time, then left quietly...

Towards evening, someone knocked on the door.Cheng Jia opened her eyes with a splitting headache. She got up and opened the door. It was a hotel staff member.

"Ms. Cheng, the wake-up call you ordered!"

Cheng Jia was slightly taken aback, she remembered that they were going to KTV...

Gao Zhan seemed to be in a trance, Cheng Jia shook his head.

"Who opened this room?" Cheng Jia asked.

"It's a Mr. Liu!" The waiter replied.

Cheng Jia was a little disappointed, she said lightly: "Thank you!"

Then she went back to the room, she vaguely remembered Gao Zhan's face, was it a dream?
Then she saw four cigarette butts on the table, in the ashtray...

Cheng Jia suddenly cried.

The phone rang and Li Ye called.

"Hi!" Cheng Jia said softly.

"Cheng Jia, why haven't you come back yet? Isn't it the banquet at noon?"

"I had a little drink, can you come pick me up?"

"Have you been drinking?" There was a moment of silence on the phone, and then Li Ye's voice came: "Where are you?"

……

Li Ye took Cheng Jia home and scolded her head and face. First, she should not drink alcohol, prepare for pregnancy, and pay attention to her image... Then she was unhappy when she saw Cheng Jia's skirt.

Cheng Jia had a headache, she let Li Ye babble, and walked back to the bedroom wearily.

Li Ye followed her in and asked her, "Who in your company participated?"

Cheng Jia was so annoyed that she called out loudly, "Are you annoying?"

Li Ye gritted his teeth and walked out angrily.

Cheng Jia didn't eat dinner, and she woke up hungry after eight o'clock.

When I got up to look for something to eat, I saw Li Ye sitting on the sofa watching TV with a gloomy expression.Cheng Jia was taken aback, thinking that Li Ye knew about Gao Zhan's return, she was really afraid of Li Ye's endless talk.

"Cheng Jia, you can't drink anymore when you go out! Look at you!" Li Ye said coldly.

Cheng Jia felt relieved, she took a carton of milk, and just about to drink it, Li Ye stood up and snatched it, I'll warm it up for you, it will hurt your stomach if you drink cold milk after drinking.

Cheng Jia leaned against the refrigerator, smiling softly.Her hair was completely loose, and her whole head was like an exploding ball of static electricity.

Li Ye suddenly smiled when he thought of the photo Mr. Zhang sent over - Cheng Jia's all-powerful appearance.

"It's a good thing no one saw you looking like a ghost! How can you be a bit pretty?"

Cheng Jia sighed, took Li Ye's milk and drank it all in one gulp, "That's because you are tired of aesthetics!"

Li Ye raised his hand to wipe the milk from Cheng Jia's mouth, and then gently stroked her lips: "I have never been tired!"

Li Ye hugged Cheng Jia forward and kissed her lightly.

Cheng Jia pushed him away, "Just now you called me a ghost! I'm going to take a shower and I don't want to talk to you!"

Li Ye took advantage of the situation and hugged her from behind: "I like ghostly looks too! Let's go wash together."

After a while, Li Ye's low roar and Cheng Jia's soft panting came from the bathroom...

At night, Cheng Jia suffered from insomnia instead.

She looked at Li Ye, who was breathing evenly and sleeping soundly beside her, but she thought of Gao Zhan in her mind, and her heart was full of sadness.

She took Li Ye's hand away, got dressed and came to the living room.Outside the window, the city is still brightly lit, neon lights are flashing in the distance, and the road is full of traffic...

Is she happy?It stands to reason that she should be happy, but why does she always feel like a canary imprisoned!Li Ye's love is fanatical and domineering. In Li Ye's world, he is always the leader. I am just his woman. Li Ye's family is free and indifferent. I am obviously surrounded by love. Why is she so lonely?After returning from Harbin, Li Ye seemed to never ask her how she was doing every day, and he didn't pay too much attention to her father's affairs. In his heart, it was Cheng Jia's own business and she needed to solve it by herself.Does Li Ye love her?Or does he love himself, and Cheng Jia is just an appendage of himself?

She misses the past, when she was free, when she was flamboyant and happy, when she never felt so lonely!However, there is no turning back in life. If you choose, you choose, and if you do it, you do it. The road you choose, you have to walk on your knees.

She remembered that she had borrowed money from a friend, how would she pay it back?

The next day, Li Ye went to work.Cheng Jia is browsing information on the website, she needs a job!
At noon, Cheng Jia went to the street alone to eat some duck blood vermicelli.She bought a recruitment newspaper at random - and went home.

When Li Ye came home, Cheng Jia had already fallen asleep.Li Ye drank a little wine and felt a little dizzy. He poured a glass of water and sat lightly on the sofa. Then he saw Cheng Jia's recruitment newspaper.

"Does Cheng Jia want to work?" Li Ye smiled.

He went into the bedroom, took off his clothes, and got under the covers.

"Li Ye! He's asleep, do you hate it!"

"I hate it! Wife, I hate it the most!"

"Get up!"

"No!"

"Honey, let's have a baby! Then you won't want to go out to work!" Li Ye said as he tore Cheng Jia's pajamas.

Cheng Jia was sober: "Li Ye, I have to go out to work! I can't stay at home every day, waiting for your blessing like a concubine!"

"I don't want to, you are at home! This is your job, you wait for me every day, take care of me, and wait for my luck!" Li Ye walked around Cheng Jia while talking.

"I'm really unhappy at home!"

"Then you come to the company to find me! I welcome you anytime!"

"That's fine at home, you have to pay my annual salary!" Cheng Jia gasped.

"it is good!"

"I want to pay in advance immediately!"

"it is good!"

"How much standard do you give me?"

"Up to you!"

……

The next day, before Cheng Jia opened her eyes, she heard the phone—beep, and she picked it up in a daze—and transferred 50 yuan.

Cheng Jia raised her eyebrows, the salary of being a housewife is quite high!It seems that she doesn't need to rush to make money.

Cheng Jia called a friend of XZ to pay back the money, and the friend said: "Cheng Jia, I'm not in a hurry, you can use it first!"

"Then how can it be? I have enough turnover now, you can accept it! I am already very grateful for lending me!" Cheng Jia was very moved.

The friend said hesitantly: "Cheng Jia, actually you don't have to pay me back, that...it's not my money!"

Cheng Jia was startled: "What do you mean?"

"When you borrowed money, I asked Gao Zhan by the way, what's wrong with you! He gave it to me and asked me to transfer it to you! I asked him why he didn't give it to you himself, and he said he was afraid that you would be burdened. Please. I don't want to tell you!"

Cheng Jia was stunned.

"Cheng Jia, what's wrong with you two? Why do you feel weird!"

"Cheng Jia, are you listening?"

Cheng Jia said slowly: "I see! Thank you too!"

Then she hung up the phone slowly.

Cheng Jia couldn't tell what it was like, it turned out that Gao Zhan didn't ignore him, and she was filled with infinite joy, as if she had been forgiven by her mother for making a mistake.But how could she pay it back!Money is good, what about love?
Cheng Jia was hesitating all morning how to call Gao Zhan and what she wanted to say, Cheng Jia was too hesitant to make a call.

At this time, he received a call from Li Ye, saying that he was going back to the old house for dinner at night.

Cheng Jia was even more depressed.

In the evening, in the old house: Li Ye and Li Chengdong are chatting about the company in the room, and Li Ma and Cheng Jia are drawing in the studio.Li Ma's new painting is about to be completed, and Cheng Jia is watching her sculpting with concentration.

"Cheng Jia, who is cooking now?" Li Ma asked.

"I cook a lot, and Li Ye does it once or twice, most of which he doesn't eat at home!"

"Oh, so your expenses shouldn't be big?"

Cheng Jia looked at Mama Li sensitively, waiting for her next words.

"The current economic downturn, money is not easy to earn." Li Ma said slowly.

"Mom, do you have anything to explain?" Cheng Jia asked directly.

"I heard from your father-in-law that the accountant sent you 50 from Li Ye's account today, and I've been wanting to ask you what's going on!" Li Mama's eyes were cold.

"It's normal for a wife to spend her husband's money. If you don't have enough, I'll ask Li Ye to give you more! After you got married, you bought two cars, and it's normal to buy more clothes. You are young—the expenses are high!"

Cheng Jia smiled, with something special in her heart.

She said calmly: "Got it! Mom! I will pay attention." Then she turned and walked out, tears falling down the moment she turned around.

Seeing Cheng Jia leaving, Mama Li stared blankly at her holding a paintbrush—her self-esteem was quite strong, she turned her face away!
The next day, after Li Ye went to work, Cheng Jia transferred the money back the same way.

Li Ye's call came right afterward: "Cheng Jia, what do you mean? Why are you transferring the money back?"

Cheng Jia said angrily: "Although I am poor and poor, I have been used to self-reliance these years. I am not someone who eats and drinks for free and waits to die because of other people's faces! Put your money aside!"

Li Ye was annoyed: "What's wrong with you? Who said you're eating and drinking for free, and you're going to die for nothing?"

"I don't know! Even if people are as close as a husband and wife, they still have each other. It's good to make a clear distinction!" Cheng Jia said.

"Cheng Jia, what do you mean?" Li Ye felt that Cheng Jia's anger was inexplicable, and she looked lukewarm when she came home yesterday.

"I still have something to do, I'll hang up first!" Cheng Jia hung up the phone neatly.

This is what she can't stand the most. When she broke up with Xie Yangzhao, it was because of one sentence. In Cheng Jia's view, self-esteem is the foundation of a person's adulthood-a man can be killed but not humiliated!
As soon as they got married, the Li family asked her to sign a lot of prenuptial agreements in a hurry. The life after marriage seemed to be peaceful and quiet, and they were all under their surveillance. Cars, clothes, and probably the milk at home were all counted. Clearly?Cheng Jia's family members fell ill, she was away for nearly two months, and no one cared at all.I just called 50 in the morning, and I will remind you in the evening!

The more Cheng Jia thought about it, the angrier she became. After all, other people's money belonged to other people. She was not entitled to get something for nothing. She was too innocent at the beginning and didn't take these things to heart. She will never bring herself to humiliate herself again!
(End of this chapter)