Li Ye listened to Sun Xianjin and said with a smile, "Awkward? What could be awkward between you two? A brief parting makes a couple feel like newlyweds again—you just haven't gotten used to it yet, have you?"
But over the past two years, Sun Xianjin and Bian Jingjing had not been enjoying the bliss of a brief reunion. They had spent more time apart than together, and misunderstandings were all too likely under such circumstances. That was why Li Ye had deliberately teased Sun Xianjin in a lighthearted way.
Yet Sun Xianjin said helplessly, "Big Brother, don't joke with me. I really have felt awkward these past two days. For example, what she just said about buying a Siheyuan—it just feels wrong."
Sun Xianjin pointed at the ceiling of his home. "You know I have a little money at home. Before we were assigned this place, I was planning to buy a house in the capital, so I wouldn't have to fight my colleagues at the work unit over a room and a half,
but Bian Jingjing disagreed. She insisted that I compete with everyone else, saying that once we moved in, we'd be neighbors with colleagues and leaders, which would make it easier to build relationships. Besides, buying a house outside would be too conspicuous.
But now I'm at a critical point in my evaluation period, and she wants to buy some huge courtyard house. So it's not conspicuous now? Especially since she started making money, she's always been ordering me around. I'm like a spinning top, whipped around and around by her, with no autonomy at all.
Like just now—what a nice thing it would've been for the three of us to have a meal together. Yet she actually took the child out for KFC. Tell me,