Li Ze asked Li Jiaxue after listening to her words, “Did you quarrel with your husband?”
“Why do you ask?”
“If you hadn’t quarreled, you wouldn’t have said what you just said.” Li Ze fastened his seat belt as Li Jiaxue started the car, “After all, a lady shouldn’t be drinking alone with another man after marriage. Plus, I know that you two have been very fond of each other, you won’t forget him unless you had a quarrel.”
“Right, I’m a bit depressed about it.” Li Jiaxue sped up to sixty kilometers per hour, “You know that I have a cooperative relationship with Lin Yunan, and he had said that this cooperation could not be revealed to anyone, not even my husband. So, of course, I can’t tell him even though he ‘s my trusted partner. But my husband suspects that am having an affair with Lin Yunan, and had even checked my call records. I was furious that he would suspect me.”
“It’s normal for him to be suspicious. After all, the relationship between you and Lin Yunan is indeed strange.”
“How is it odd?”
“Supposing I wasn’t aware of the contract between you two and I usually saw you sneaking up on each other occasionally, I would definitely have doubts about you.”
“I’ve already explained to him, but he still doesn’t believe me,” Li Jiaxue said, “He called me asking about where I was before. He was obviously suspicious of me being with Lin Yunan or some guy from his tone. I knew what he was thinking, though he didn’t say it directly. He was a simple-minded person and you could easily see through him. In addition, I was fooled by your wife again today, so I really want a drink.”
“Call your husband, it’s not proper for us to drink alone.”
“Nope,” Li Jiaxue said, “If you don’t accompany me, I’ll drink by myself.”
“Why are you more eager to get drunk now?”
“Anyway, both of us want to drink, so it’s a good idea to order some dishes and chat while drinking.”
“Fine.”
“Shall we find a place around here, or go back to town?”
“Find a place closer to your home. It would be easier to send you back.”
“I’d never go home if I was drunk,”
“Why?”
“He would have been drinking tonight and he’s supposed to be drunk by now,” she said, “So if I’m also drunk, we’ll definitely quarrel when I return. I have a bad temper, especially after I get drunk. So if he asked me what I have done with Lin Yunan, I’d definitely scold him, or even fight with him. Now that I’ve anticipated the outcome, I will naturally avoid it.”
“But if you stay out here, he’ll be even more worried.”
“Whatever.”
Li Ze didn’t continue the conversation when he realized her attitude.
Li Jiaxue was quite stubborn, so his excessive advice would anger her. If she does something wrong while drinking herself, he would get worried.
Therefore, Li Ze’s plan was very simple, he must ensure he won’t get drunk when drinking with her.
Only then would he be able to send her back home safely.
He even hoped that she gets drunk so that she would rather sleep till tomorrow than quarrel with Shi Jiajie. After
Returning to Siming District, Xiamen, the two found a restaurant. They ordered spicy fish, spicy frog, braised spikes, and purple perilla with potatoes.
Li Jiaxue also ordered a case of beer.
She was ready to get drunk.
After filling up the glasses of Li Ze and herself, she held up the glass, “Cheers!”
Li Ze naturally could only take a sip as Li Jiaxue had finished her glass.
In about ten minutes, Li Ze walked toward the bathroom.
Li Ze made a call to Shi Jiajie, as the call was answered, Li Ze said, “Your wife is not in a very good mood today and she forcefully dragged me to drink, I’ll send her home safely after drinking.”
“Thank you,” said Shi Jiajie. “Actually, she is like an ox, sometimes, I really can’t handle her. If you can’t bring her back later, give me a call and I’ll pick her up. Right, give me the address first.”
“Aji Restaurant,” Li Ze said, “Across the Xiagong Health Research Institution on Xiahe road.”
“Send me a message if you can’t send her back then.”
“Are you also drunk?”
“I’m already sobered.”
“Alright then,” Li Ze said, “I’ll tell you after we have finished.”
“Fine!”
After hanging up, Li Ze went back to be with Li Jiaxue.
After drinking a glass of beer, Li Jiaxue said, “Actually, my husband is a very good person, we are complementary in our personality. We would quarrel time to time if he was in bad temper. So in this respect, I like him. Of course, he has a lot of disadvantages, for example, he was an impudent person. Without my help, our firm would have gone bankrupt. Haha.”
“Anyway, since you got married to him, that’s the faith of both of you. You should treasure him.”
“I know,” Li Jiaxue said after eating a piece of fish. “Since there’s no way to get a perfect husband, I will definitely treasure him. I hate him for suspecting me, let alone checking my call records. From the moment he did it, it means he didn’t believe in me, so I was irritated for the past two days.”
“Then tell him about your cooperation with Lin Yunan.”
“I can’t,”
“It’s not a big deal. Your husband actually knows about the fact that Lin Yunan was wondering about the investigation of my wife.”
“No,” Li Jiaxue said, “Lin Yunan asked me to investigate something else.”
“What’s that thing?”
“To find a woman,” Li Jiaxue said, “This woman has been missing for more than twenty years. It’s really difficult to find her. I’ve asked my friend at the Public Security Bureau to help me, but it would take a lot of time to find out without many details.”
“What’s her relationship with Lin Yunan?”