Monday, July 10, 2023

Chapter 4

 

"Sister, you also said it was his premarital property. I didn't contribute a penny. It's completely unreasonable for me to ask him to put my name on his title deed. So, let's just drop it."

As soon as she received the marriage certificate, Zhan Yin gave her his house key so that she could move in quickly and solve the house problems. That's enough.


She would not ask him to put her name on the title deed. If he took the initiative to put her name on the title deed, she would not refuse. Since they were a married couple, she had decided to live her life.

Hai Ling just said it. When she found out that her sister was independent and not greedy, she stopped talking about it.

After many questions from her brother, Hai Tong was finally allowed to move out of her sister's house.

Hai Ling wanted to take her to Mingyuan Garden, but her son, Zhou Yang woke up. The little boy was crying and looking for his mother.

"Sister, take care of Yangyang first. I don't have much with me. I can go there by myself."

Hai Ling had to feed her child and then prepare lunch. If her husband came home from work at noon and the food was not ready, he would scold her for not cooking at home and not being able to cook a good meal.

Hai Ling could only reply, "Then be careful on your way. Are you coming for lunch? Bring brother-in-law too."

"Sister, I have to go back to the shop this afternoon and won't be coming for lunch. Your brother-in-law is very busy at work. He said he has to go on a business trip this afternoon and it might take a while for him to see you."

Hai Tong lied.

She didn't know Zhan Yin at all, but she had heard from Grandma Zhan that Zhan Yin was very busy. He left early in the morning and returned late at night every day. Sometimes he had to go on business trips that could last up to ten days or half a month. Hai Tong didn't know when Zhan Yin had free time. So she didn't dare make a promise to her sister and didn't want to break it.

"You just got your marriage license today, but he already has to go on a business trip."

Hai Ling felt that her brother-in-law didn't even think about her sister's feelings.

"We just got our marriage license and we haven't had a wedding reception yet. If he wants to go on a business trip, so be it. After all, he's looking for more money. There will be more opportunities to spend it in the future. Sister, I will go first. You should feed Yangyang quickly.”

Hai Tong waved to her sister and nephew. Then she dragged her suitcase downstairs.

She knew about Mingyuan Garden, but she had never set foot in the area.

She called a taxi and went straight to Mingyuan Garden. When she arrived, she remembered that she forgot to ask Zhan Yin what floor his house was on.

She took out her mobile phone to call Zhan Yin, but she did not know his mobile phone number. Fortunately, they exchanged WeChat. So Hai Tong could call him.

Zhan Yin was in a meeting. Everyone in the meeting room had their phones muted. It was because he did not allow people to receive private calls during meetings.

He also muted his phone, but he put his phone on the table and immediately knew it was an incoming call from Hai Tong.

When they exchanged WeChat, Zhan Yin didn't pay attention to Hai Tong's WeChat name. Hai Tong's WeChat name was "Mermaid in the Deep Ocean". He didn't recognize the number and immediately hung up without thinking.

After that, he removed Hai Tong from his WeChat friends list.

Hai Tong was unaware of Zhan Yin's actions. When she saw that he did not answer her calls, she tried to send a message.

She asked, "Mr. Zhan, I'm already in Mingyuan Garden, but I don't know which floor your house is on.”

After typing and clicking the send button, she realized that she was no longer friends with Zhan Yin.

She looked at her phone and became silent.

"Why aren't we friends? At the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, we obviously exchanged WeChat numbers. Did I add the wrong number?"

She mumbled to herself. She tried to remember if she had added his WeChat incorrectly.

She was sure that she hadn't made a mistake in adding his WeChat at that time. But now, they are no longer friends. There's only one way to explain this, Zhan Yin deleted her name from his WeChat friends list.

Did he forget that they were already married?

To be honest, if she had not moved out of her sister's house after two days, she would have forgotten that she had a husband named Zhan Yin.

So, she called Grandma Zhan. When Grandma Zhan answered the phone, she said, "Grandma, I moved out of my sister’s house and now I'm in Mingyuan Garden, but I don't know what floor Mr. Zhan, I mean, my house and Zhan Yin's house are on. Does Grandma know which floor he is on?"

Grandma Zhan was silent. "...."

"Hai Tong, don't worry. I will call Ah Yin right away."

Grandma Zhan didn't know about this either.

The house and car that Zhan Yin told Hai Tong about to see Hai Tong's reaction were all recently bought. She also only found out that his grandson had bought a house in Mingyuan Garden after they received their marriage certificate.

Grandma Zhan hung up as soon as she finished talking and hurriedly called Zhan Yin.

Meanwhile, after deleting his new wife's WeChat, Zhan Yin put his phone back on the table and continued the meeting. However, in less than three minutes, the screen of his phone lit up again. Seeing that it was a call from his grandmother, he had to answer it.

"Grandma, I'm in a meeting."

Zhan Yin said in a whisper, "If there is anything, wait until I get home."

"Ah Yin, which floor is the new house you bought in Mingyuan Garden? Hai Tong is already there, but she has no idea which floor it is. Didn't you add her to your WeChat? Hurry up and tell her."

Zhan Yin's eyebrows furrowed. He just remembered.

Today, he married a girl he never met, but his grandmother loves deeply. He was called Hai Tong, and he recently deleted her WeChat.

"Grandmother, please tell her that my house is on 8th floor of Building B, No. 808."

"Okay. Grandma will tell her. Just keep working."

The old woman rushed over immediately. She hung up as soon as she got the answer and told Hai Tong directly.

Zhan Yin looked at his phone and after a moment of silence, he decided to send Hai Tong another friend request.

Hai Tong didn't mind too much if he just deleted her WeChat and approved his friend request again.

"Sorry, I forgot who you are before."

Zhan Yin sent an apology message to Hai Tong.

She had saved Grandma Zhan. All of Grandma Zhan's children and in-laws expressed their gratitude to Hai Tong. But when the grandchildren went to visit her in the hospital, Hai Tong wasn't there. So a busy person like Zhan Yin really couldn't remember who Hai Tong was.

Even though his grandmother often mentioned Hai Tong's name in front of him, Zhan Yin didn't hear it, let alone remember it. So he couldn't remember Hai Tong's name.

Hai Tong replied. "It's okay. You're very busy. I'll take my things upstairs."

"Do you need help?"

"I only have one suitcase. I can carry it up by myself. Besides, if I really need help, can you come right over and help me?"

"No." Zhan Yin answered honestly.

Zhan Yin was very busy.

He didn't have time to go home and help her move her things.

Hai Tong replied with a laughing face. Since there was no reply, she did not interrupt his work any more.

Zhan Yin did not respond to her messages. They didn't know each other. So there was nothing to talk about.

He just hoped that this woman would be obedient and not bother him with small things. He didn't have a lot of time to deal with it.

He put his phone back on the table and looked up to find everyone staring at him.

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