Substitute new wife: Mr. Pei, are you getting divorced today?

"I'm going to the bathroom."

Pei Yanzhou got up and walked away.

Cheng Xi looked at the remaining porridge in the bowl and ate it all, unwilling to waste it.

……

Four in the morning.

A low-key and luxurious car slowly parked under an apartment building near the university town.

The apartments here are very expensive, with a supermarket below and a subway entrance and an internet-famous milk tea shop in front.

"Is this here?" Pei Yanzhou asked knowingly.

"Yes." Cheng Xi was really sleepy and yawned, "I've worked hard for you today. Go back and have a rest. I'll treat you to dinner another day."

With that said, she and Ling Zheng opened the car door and prepared to get out of the car.

A pampered hand suddenly grabbed her.

The man's eyes were dimly staring at her with a hint of reproach, "Since you want to invite me to dinner, why don't you give me your contact information?"

Cheng Xi blinked his confused eyelids, and it took him two seconds to realize that the two of them didn't have any contact information.

She quickly took out her mobile phone, and Pei Yanzhou already dignifiedly clicked on her QR code business card.

Cheng Xi scanned it and added it, without checking whether it was added or not, he just waved goodbye.

After Pei Yanzhou agreed, he entered her friend circle, but he could only see her updates for three days.

Yesterday, she did update her status.

It is a photo of a warm apartment with floor-to-ceiling windows, a beige sofa, and beautiful flowers in a light green vase, with a text attached to it: home.

This must be the apartment he rented to her.

She actually called it home.

Pei Yanzhou frowned, a little confused.

Are all children from divorced families like this?

……

After Cheng Xi helped Ling Zheng go upstairs, she turned on the light and filled the room with afterglow.

However, both of them were too tired and in no mood to chat. They took a casual shower and then squeezed into the same bed to sleep.

When they woke up again, everyone in Chengxi was confused and didn't know what night it was.

"Wake up. It's one o'clock in the afternoon. I'm ready to cook." Ling Zheng came out of the kitchen, holding a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes in her left hand and a rib soup in her right hand. "I see you still have ingredients in the refrigerator. Pick out I made a few things you like to eat."

"When did you wake up?" Cheng Xi sat down on the sofa, very sleepy, "You said you just finished the transfusion last night, so just wake me up and let me do the cooking."

"I'm feeling much better."

Ling Zheng put the dishes and chopsticks in place, and a strand of hair fell from her ears. She had a bad fight last night, and her face looked very haggard.

Cheng Xi looked at her for a while, and suddenly found that Ling Zheng had lost some weight before the summer vacation, and she didn't look very energetic. "Now you can tell me, I won't follow you when I return to Su City quietly." I said, and even ran to deliver the food."

"Delivering food is hard work, but it's more profitable." Ling Zheng sat next to her. She was still as young as a flower, but she looked tired. "Without money, I won't be able to pay the tuition for the next semester."

Cheng Xi sat up straight at once, "Didn't you save more than 10,000 yuan part-time in the first half of the year, and you also received a scholarship of 7,000 to 8,000 yuan. You usually live frugally, but it's not enough to pay for tuition?"

Ling Zheng shook her head, her eyes turning gray, "When I returned to my hometown, all the money I saved was stolen by my brother and used to recharge games."

"Twenty thousand?" Cheng Xi gasped.

Ling Zheng smiled bitterly.

Cheng Xi was so angry, "You've worked so hard to earn tuition money. If I were you, I would beat him to death."

"I was so angry that I slapped him, but it made my parents feel bad. My mother even beat me up, saying that he was my brother and the family raised me so much, why did he spend some money on me? , and also said that my brother is very good at playing games now, he can earn hundreds of dollars a month, and he will become a professional e-sports player in the future, and he is much more promising than me."

"fart".

Cheng Xi swore, "There are so many people playing games nowadays. How many of them can become e-sports players? Isn't it amazing to earn a few hundred? You can just sell a few accounts."

Ling Zheng wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, pursed her lips and looked at the ceiling with a weak smile, "They can only see my brother in their eyes. He earns a hundred yuan, so they think their son is awesome. As for me, every time When I go back for the holidays, I will buy them things in large and small packages that are too small or too cheap. In their eyes, my daughter is a loser. My tuition fees were used by my brother to play games, and they never said they would compensate me. One penny, why should I read so many books? Women have to get married anyway, so why not join the factory early and earn money for my brother to buy a house."

Cheng Xi felt very distressed.

She had known about Ling Zheng's family situation for a long time. Her parents came from a small place and were extremely patriarchal. If Ling Zheng hadn't done very well that year and earned tuition and bus fare by working part-time during the summer, Ling Zheng would have even continued to study. There are no university qualifications.

The reason why Cheng Xi and Ling Zheng became good friends was because they met while working part-time. In addition, both of them had unfortunate childhoods, so they seemed like two people with the same problem.

It's just that Cheng Xi is much luckier than Ling Zheng.

At least she has a mother who still loves her no matter how poor she is.

Of course, Lingzheng's father is a steel factory worker in a small county, and he can get a salary of 10,000 yuan a month. With such a monthly salary, he can actually live well in a small place, but Lingzheng's parents are extremely patriarchal, and their son He can spend extravagantly on his body and dote on him unconditionally, but he will not give up even a dime from his daughter.

Even since Ling Zheng could walk, she had helped with household chores and raising children.

As for Cheng Xi, her childhood was spent in the quarrels and violence of her parents. Later, when her parents finally divorced, she was freed.

"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?" Cheng Xi said seriously, "We are good friends. If you have any difficulties, you can ask me for help. If you don't have tuition, I can borrow money. When I got married, from Cheng My uncle made a lot of money, and I’m not short of money now.”

"I thought if I work hard, I can still earn tuition on my own."

Ling Zheng forced a smile and said, "Don't tell me, I almost earned more than four thousand, but after all the trouble last night, the company will definitely not pay me any more. It's close, just close."

"Don't worry, I'll lend it to you." Cheng Xi put his arm around her shoulders.

Ling Zheng smiled with red eyes, "Thank you, I will definitely pay you back in the future."

Cheng Xi comforted, "Don't say that, we are good friends. I believe that the current hardship is only temporary. One day, you will shine with your own glory."

Lingzheng looked back at her and suddenly said: "Xixi, you know, yesterday when I was climbing to the 50th floor, they called me and scolded me while I was walking. I almost cried at the time. I was thinking about the relationship between people. Why is there such a big difference? Why do I have to be ridiculed and despised by others when I work hard to make money and want to change my destiny? Am I dirty? I don’t think I am dirty at all."