【The Charming Lady: Urban Romance】(Chapter 013)

"Like I said, thank you, Brother Li, for helping me find this job!"
Jiang Shaotang said.
"Hey! Don't mention it, Xiao Jiang. Actually, your father and I are very good friends! He's taken good care of me before. It's only right that I help you!"
Li Jincheng said.
As they spoke, Lu Xiaoqian brought out all the dishes. It wasn't a lavish meal, since it was difficult to buy groceries at lunchtime. But there were braised sea bass, green pepper beef, mapo tofu, and cauliflower stir-fried with lean meat, among other delicious dishes.
The three of them sat down around the table, and Li Jincheng opened another bottle of Wuliangye liquor, immediately filling the room with its aroma. Li Jincheng was beaming with excitement, but Lu Xiaoqian's expression suddenly turned somber from her previous cheerful demeanor. Although it wasn't easy to notice, Jiang Shaotang still noticed it very keenly. Clearly, Lu Xiaoqian didn't like drinking, or at least she didn't like Li Jincheng drinking.
Li Jincheng, however, ignored her and said, "Come on, Xiao Jiang, it's a rare occasion to be happy, let's have a drink together!"
Then, he poured Jiang Shaotang a full glass.
Jiang Shaotang picked up his glass and said, "Thank you, Brother Li! This is really good wine! But I can't hold my liquor, just a little is enough."
"Little Jiang! You came from the army, how could you not know how to drink? A man should be straightforward, come on, let's have a drink."
Li Jincheng poured himself a glass as well.
"Thank you, brother and sister-in-law."
Jiang Shaotang picked up his glass and drank it all in one gulp. He smacked his lips and kept saying, "Good wine! Good wine! I've never drunk such good wine before!"
Li Jincheng picked up his glass and also
drank it all in one gulp. "Hehehe... I want to drink more after this sip. Here, I'll pour you another glass. Today, let's finish this bottle of wine, or as you soldiers say, let's finish it off! How about it?"
Li Jincheng said happily.
"Old Li, aren't you going to the construction site today?"
Lu Xiaoqian stopped picking up food, afraid that he would get in the way due to drinking, and asked reproachfully.
Li Jincheng didn't even glance at his wife's angry and gloomy face, saying nonchalantly, "I'm not going. I've already taken leave."
"Taking leave all the time, do you not even want your job anymore?!"
Lu Xiaoqian pouted, speaking in a reproachful whisper, perhaps because Jiang Shaotang was present, she didn't lash out. However, her angry expression was undeniably charming; her cherry-red lips, when pouted, exuded undeniable sexiness.
Li Jincheng, however, retorted unhappily, "Why don't I want to go to work? I'm just accompanying Xiaojiang to the job interview! One shouldn't forget their roots; one should learn to repay kindness! It was Xiaojiang's father who introduced me to the company. That's how we got to where we are today. Don't forget, I'm the one who introduced you to this job. Now do you think you're so capable…?"
"Bang…"
Lu Xiaoqian slammed her chopsticks on the table angrily, her eyes reddening, and said vehemently, "You've already taken four days off this month! Let's see how many more days you can take!"
With that, she turned and went into the kitchen, took off her scarf, and left the house. With a loud
"bang!"
, Lu Xiaoqian slammed the door shut behind her after leaving the house.
"Sister-in-law..."
Jiang Shaotang felt extremely upset upon seeing Li Jincheng and Lu Xiaoqian arguing. He sat there awkwardly and said, "Brother Li, your wife is angry. Should we go and get her back?"
"Don't go!"
Li Jincheng, a little tipsy, grabbed Jiang Shaotang and said, "Women shouldn't be allowed to be so smug. Let them ride roughshod over us men! Xiao Jiang, let me tell you, your sister-in-law is good in every way except she likes to criticize me. Every time I drink, she starts gossiping. Don't pay her any attention. She's probably going to her office this time. Once she calms down, it'll be fine. Women are all like that!"
Jiang Shaotang was still a little uneasy and said, "Brother Li, is your sister-in-law upset about my visit? Should I go and invite her back now..."
"Don't give me that!"
Li Jincheng said, "It's none of your business. I told you, that's just her temper. Come on, let's continue drinking!"
He poured Jiang Shaotang another full glass and filled his own as well. "Cheers..."
Jiang Shaotang didn't dare to toast with him, only taking a few drinks as a token gesture, then declining, saying he couldn't hold his liquor and had to drive to pick up his sister later. Li Jincheng didn't force him, and started drinking alone. After three cups, he became more talkative.
It turned out that Lu Xiaoqian and Li Jincheng came from the same town. Lu Xiaoqian's family was poor, and when she couldn't afford school, it was Li Jincheng who funded her to finish high school. Lu Xiaoqian's college entrance exam results weren't ideal, so Li Jincheng funded her to study for a correspondence diploma at Shanghai University. After graduation, finding a job was somewhat difficult for Lu Xiaoqian based on her qualifications, as many undergraduate graduates couldn't get in. It was thanks to Li Jincheng's help that Lu Xiaoqian got a job at the Golden Coast company. Half out of gratitude, and half moved by Li Jincheng's genuine affection, Lu Xiaoqian married Li Jincheng, who was ten years older than her. However, after five years of marriage, they still hadn't conceived. Seeing Li Jincheng's physical strength declining day by day, and his excessive drinking making him look like he was fifty at thirty-seven, Lu Xiaoqian couldn't help but feel dissatisfied. Every time they went out, people mistook them for a father and daughter, not a couple. Colleagues even mocked Lu Xiaoqian, saying it was like a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung. Lu Xiaoqian could ignore all of this, but Li Jincheng's drinking and venting often made her feel terrible. The colleagues' jokes actually hurt Li Jincheng; after all, his wife was beautiful, and being talked about like that by his colleagues was unpleasant for any man. The "beautiful flower stuck in cow dung" analogy wasn't the worst part; after three years of marriage, it felt like the seven-year itch, and with no children, rumors circulated among colleagues that Li Jincheng was impotent and Lu Xiaoqian was infertile. These rumors were extremely painful for the couple to hear.
Li Jincheng often drowned his sorrows in alcohol. Excessive drinking accelerates aging and can even lead to alcohol poisoning, which is why Lu Xiaoqian was always furious whenever she saw him drinking.
At this moment, Li Jincheng was drowning his sorrows, drinking one glass after another, telling his story bit by bit. Jiang Shaotang, however, was thinking about Lu Xiaoqian, worried that he was the reason the couple had fallen out. He kept blaming himself, wondering why he had gone to Li Jincheng's house for lunch. If he hadn't insisted on not coming, none of this would have happened.
Li Jincheng was already quite drunk and incoherent, but he still stammered, "Xiao Jiang, your sister-in-law, when she was poor, I kindly helped her. Now that she's successful, she looks down on me. Let me tell you, she argued with me, saying that our colleagues made fun of us for not being able to have children because I'm impotent, and she actually demanded that I go to the hospital for a checkup. Bah! It's clearly her womb that's not working! I said if she didn't believe me, I could just find any woman and she'd definitely give birth to a big, healthy son. After I said that, you know what she said? She actually said that she could find any man to be with and that he'd be better than me, saying that if I doubted her fertility, she'd find another man and have one for me! Xiao Jiang, do you think there are such shameless and lewd women in the world? This... this is even more lewd and shameless than Pan Jinlian..."
"Brother Li... you're drunk!"
"Li Jincheng, have you said enough? Don't you know any shame..."
At this moment, Jiang Shaotang was shocked. He hadn't even noticed that Lu Xiaoqian had returned from outside and was standing right behind him. She heard everything Li Jincheng said clearly.
It turned out that after Lu Xiaoqian went out, she realized she hadn't brought her phone when she got to the office, so she turned back, thinking that Li Jincheng and Jiang Shaotang had already finished eating and drinking. She figured she could take her phone to work and also go home to clean up the table. But she hadn't expected such an embarrassing situation. Li Jincheng's words made her, as his wife, feel utterly ashamed. She finally understood why her colleagues looked at her differently at work. If Li Jincheng could say such things to Jiang Shaotang when he was drunk, he could certainly say the same to other colleagues and friends. How would her colleagues see her after hearing these words?
Lu Xiaoqian was heartbroken; she was trembling with anger and almost in despair about her husband!
Li Jincheng wouldn't know Lu Xiaoqian was back, wouldn't be surprised, and certainly wouldn't feel ashamed. He was completely drunk. Seeing Lu Xiaoqian standing in front of him, he actually said, "What, you're back? Didn't you get enough of scolding me? Am I wrong? You just want to find a man and have a child to prove it to me, don't you?"
"Slap!"
Lu Xiaoqian finally couldn't bear it any longer and raised her delicate hand, slapping Li Jincheng across the face!
A burning sensation ran through him, and Li Jincheng, fueled by drunkenness, felt a surge of anger. "Hit me, you bitch, you finally want to murder your husband, don't you..."
he said, raising his hand to slap Lu Xiaoqian again.
"Brother Li! Don't!"
Jiang Shaotang rushed forward and grabbed Li Jincheng's hand.
Lu Xiaoqian, her eyes filled with tears, said, "Li Jincheng, I'm telling you, I'm never coming back to this house. You'll be living alone! We're completely over!"
With that, she went into her room to pack her things, slamming the door behind her.
"Sister-in-law..."
"Don't...don't pay attention to her, let her go!"
Li Jincheng's eyes were barely open; after saying this, he collapsed to the ground, drunk.
Jiang Shaotang helped him up to the sofa and brought him a blanket from the room to cover him. "Brother Li, you should get some sleep. I'll go and invite your wife back."
With that, he went to the door to catch up with Lu Xiaoqian.

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