[No heating in the south: Haha, the kind of greeting that insults his ancestors for eighteen generations? That’s fast. If he asks me to be his maid again, I’m going to curse his ancestors for eighteen generations.]
[Lift hand to the light: Young man, you have deep resentment, I think you two are headed for a love-hate relationship.]
Jiang Nuan stared at the flickering screen, three black lines sliding down her forehead.
Her and the new neighbor across the way in a love-hate relationship? No way, she doesn’t even know if the person across is human or a ghost; if it turns out to be a fifty-year-old man, she’d have to call him dad.
[Lift hand to the light: He likes to find you so much, he’ll surely e up with reasons to meet you again, just wait!]
[No heating in the south: No time.]
[Lift hand to the light: Tut, so heartless. You finally have a suitor around you, and your coldness is scaring him away. Are you planning to remain a widow for your ex-husband, sister? It’s not necessary, just a divorce, we don’t have to put up a chastity memorial at home.]
[No heating in the south: ...]
If she were saying this cheekily in front of her, Jiang Nuan would definitely grab her and rub her face hard, but they are far apart, and even if Jiang Nuan wanted to hit her, it’s impossible to reach her across mountains and seas.
To avoid dwelling on an idle topic, she opened Weibo to skim some news, ignoring her hah.
But the avatar at the bottom of the laptop persisted in flashing non-stop.
[Lift hand to the light: I’m thinking for your good, what if your neighbor is a handsome guy, even handsomer than Takeshi Kaneshiro, such a great chance for a cross-country romance.]
[Lift hand to the light: tt! You’re ignoring me, huh? No, I was wrong, just consider it nonsense, okay? Let’s not talk about love; we won’t talk about love anymore.]
[Lift hand to the light: Big brother, it’s two in the morning in the country now, it’s too heartless to ignore me here!]
Jiang Nuan opened the chat box to see her plaining messages, her mouth twitching; she was just about to type to tell her to act normally.
Next thing she knew, a new message popped up on the other end.
[Lift hand to the light: You’re ignoring me, aren’t you? I was hesitating whether to tell you about your ex-husband. You’re ignoring me, so I won’t tell.]
Fu Yi...
Ever since Jiang Nuan went abroad, it had been a long time since she’d heard that name, as if it had dropped along with her on the plane at nine thousand meters altitude.
After she returned, she made a point to schedule her life fully, leaving no time to think about anything else. Thanks to her new neighbor these days, her life was full even without scheduling.
Seeing the words ’ex-husband’ again, Jiang Nuan felt an indescribable pang in her chest. She stood up, walked to the fridge in the living room, and pulled out a can of beer.
Pulling the tab on the beer can, she noticed the lights were still on in the neighbor’s house and wondered if they’d eaten the hot pot she’d made.
Whether he ate it or not, who cares!
Just as this thought emerged, Jiang Nuan threw it out of her mind, withdrew her gaze, took a sip of beer, and returned to the bedroom.
[Lift hand to the light: Really angry now, huh? I was kidding, don’t take it seriously, fine, I was wrong, I really was wrong, big brother, let me tell you, okay. Actually, it’s nothing much, you know that Yi Hengjian was supposed to step down and your ex-husband was supposed to take over as mayor, right? Seems like there’s a change. An elder I know in the court said Yi Hengjian won’t step down for the next two years, and your ex-husband seems to have disappeared, didn’t go to the Construction Bureau, no one knows where he’s gone. What’s going on with that?]
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