The So-Called Househusband and Career Woman

When people are young, they often yearn for the arrival of love, the birth of romance, an ideal partner, and a romantic life.

However, those who have never truly experienced a long-term relationship from their youth into middle age will stubbornly pretend to be indifferent when facing those who have already tied the knot and said:

"Marriage is a tomb..."

Hua Xin is already used to such comments on various online channels.

Does going from a dating relationship to marriage really bring about such a drastic change?

Before receiving the marriage certificate, she was quite uneasy.

Who knows if, after getting married, with this little booklet proving her relationship with Xia Yan might become emboldened and do something completely different from before?

For example...

He stopped cooking and going to work, staying home every day like a classic loser, a lazy bum who just wants to eat and wait to die. He still has to go out and work to support himself and his fat cat Chun Qiu, who caused an economic crisis by showing off his cat food for a month.

After all, it seems like there's a trend of development like this now.

Or perhaps he'll completely transform from that gentle and considerate man into an abusive domestic abuser who only uses his fists to assert his dominance in the family!??

But... it seems that there's no probability of either outcome happening.

Hua Xin glanced furtively at Xia Yan, who was sitting on the sofa not far away, playing the Chun Qiu and watching a movie. His focused expression made her think that he was not the type to commit domestic violence.

Um...

Xia Yan turned into a violent and abusive man? Believe it or not, it's actually true...

Hua Xin paused slightly, a rather peculiar and inappropriate scene flashing through her mind. Although such things are a matter of mutual consent, and it takes two to tango, it was clearly a matter of mutual agreement.

Wait a minute, this kind of behavior between young couples is probably just a special kind of fun, and it's definitely not a suitable standard for measuring domestic violence.

In the years since they got together, has Xia Yan ever hit or scolded him?

Uh, Hua Xin suddenly felt a phantom pain in her buttocks.

Thinking of this, her face flushed slightly.

The kind of thing that involves insulting each other... is usually a disagreement about the game content. After all, no matter how close the relationship is between people, if they get repeatedly defeated in a game, they will definitely try to shift the blame to each other to prove that they are the ones who are not at fault.

Hua Xin tucked her long hair, which was getting in the way, behind her ear, while the food she was still chewing in her mouth continued to stimulate her taste buds.

After a long day at work... or more accurately, after a long day of slacking off, being able to come home to a delicious meal is something no one can resist, and Hua Xin gets to enjoy that every day.

However, logically speaking, Xia Yan should get off work earlier than Hua Xin, meaning that Hua Xin would enjoy this privilege during his short weekend break.

But it has been going on for almost a month now.

That's right.

After they chose an ordinary day to get their marriage certificate and become a legal couple, Xia Yan suddenly resigned one day without any warning.

For someone who has recently graduated and has secured a respectable and stable job with exceptional professional skills, being promoted should only be a matter of time; this is already a remarkable achievement.

And resigning right after getting their marriage certificate—does Xia Yan intend to let the newlyweds, who are no longer students and need to work to earn a living, starve?

Even though she owns a house and a car with no loans and has been promoted to store manager with a high salary, she would never let Xia Yan starve.

Is he being bullied by his boss? Are his colleagues giving him a hard time? Is the work pressure too much for him to handle? Does he feel that this job is meaningless?

Or is it because, as he mentioned before, their work schedules are staggered, resulting in them having very little time together?

The lack of communication was what really annoyed Hua Xin.

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This was Hua Xin's first thought when she heard Xia Yan confess this matter without warning.

But after hearing Xia Yan's explanation, Hua Xin's expression changed instantly, and she expressed her agreement.

Xia Yan meant that his reasons for resigning were not actually those reasons.

The fact that the two of them had very little time together was undoubtedly a source of great concern and annoyance for Xia Yan, but what bothered and annoyed him even more at work were certain other people.

There are obviously more women working in banks.

In today's society, it seems really difficult to find a partner that you like and who is good in every way.

Even though Xia Yan had clearly stated that he had a girlfriend and was already engaged, several persistent colleagues still intentionally or unintentionally harassed and flirted with him.

Because of work, Xia Yan was already dissatisfied with the short time he spent with Hua Xin, so he didn't even bother to waste time having Hua Xin make an appearance at work to silence those people's thoughts, and simply resigned.

When Hua Xin heard this, she almost wanted to go out and fight those older, thirsty single women with knives.

Have you never seen a man before?

Doesn't she even look at herself, this slob, before dreaming of hooking up with a young, handsome, successful, and accomplished guy?!

Being a mistress requires not only perfect timing, location, and circumstances, but at least one must have shamelessness, right?

The thought of Xia Yan being stalked and harassed by those women filled Hua Xin with a desire to stab to death everyone who was eyeing Xia Yan.

Good, I'll resign!

That's a good resignation!

The sense of gravity that had been gradually dispelled by the happiness and warmth of love after being with Xia Yan seemed to be rekindled.

Fortunately, Xia Yan tried her best to explain that she simply disliked the suggestive remarks her colleagues made about her being incorrigible.

The biggest reason is that I want to spend more time with her.

These comforting words from the devoted husband, coupled with his daily routine of visiting the store as a customer to pet the cats and play games, finally calmed Hua Xin down and dispelled her urge to grab a knife and attack someone.

Then...

Xia Yan has always been a stay-at-home husband.

Saying you're worried he'll lose his will and give up is just saying one thing and doing another.

In truth, Hua Xin felt that this was actually quite good.

Xia Yan's dependency was exacerbated by the off-peak hours she worked when she first graduated from school.

When Sister Li Xue's child is older enough to be cared for by grandparents or other elders...

Shouldn't she resign as well?

It would be great if Xia Yan and I could do some other work at home, or even open a small shop back in Grandpa's hometown...

Thinking this way, Hua Xin picked up the clean rice bowl and put it in the sink. She ran to the living room and threw herself into Xia Yan's arms, deliberately kissing his face with her oil-stained lips.

"The stir-fried pork with chili peppers tastes pretty good."

Xia Yan smiled and returned the kiss on Hua Xin's cheek.

"Sunflower seed flavor, mouth area."

Hua Xin pretended to be disgusted, but her body obediently snuggled into Xia Yan's arms, mercilessly shooing away the cat-like Chun Qiu.

The movie playing on the TV was the popular Interstellar Travel, which Xia Yan watched almost every week.

A light shimmered in the girl's eyes.

Um...

It's about time we told Xia Yan that they are actually very rich, right?

Then I called over Xiang Guan, Mu Feng, Sister Li Xue, Xia Fen... all the friends I could name...

Let's have a wedding!!