A Good Man Who Only Cares About His Family

"Damn it!"

Li Ran shouted inwardly, realizing things were going south. He pretended to be hypnotized, not daring to let a single extra expression flicker across his face.

He wasn't actually hypnotized.

He owed this entirely to the Focus Necklace he had obtained from Old Ge.

Focus Necklace (Passive Effect): Removes mental attacks such as hypnosis, fear, charm, and illusions.

Damn it, Su Bingyao actually learned how to check a man's phone!

Ask yourself, what married man dares to hand his phone over to his wife for inspection?

Which man doesn't have a few little secrets hidden in his phone?

Checking a man's phone is, without a doubt, a death sentence.

But right now, he had no choice; he could only pretend to be hypnotized and follow orders.

Li Ran pulled his phone from his pocket and handed it to Su Bingyao.

Su Bingyao: "Unlock code."

Li Ran: "131420."

Su Bingyao paused, clearly not expecting her ex-husband's phone password to be this.

Was this number set a long time ago, or was it set recently on purpose?

The meaning of the numbers went without saying, but she didn't believe her husband could be this romantic.

Filled with suspicion, Su Bingyao entered the password and opened Li Ran's phone.

She checked the home screen first, but didn't find any messy or suspicious apps.

Next, she checked Feixin, the app that makes every man's heart skip a beat.

She checked the chat windows, scrolling down incessantly.

Whenever she saw a name that seemed even slightly sensitive, she would click to open the chat history.

However, Li Ran's chat interface was incredibly clean; there was nothing there but work and family messages.

Then she checked the Feixin groups, and everything seemed perfectly normal.

Su Bingyao knitted her brows: "A man's phone being this clean... isn't that too strange?"

Soon, she discovered a strange group name, but when she clicked inside, she found the chat history was blank.

"Cherry Blossom Elephant in the Forest? What kind of group is this?"

Su Bingyao interrogated him like a prisoner, as if she had finally caught him in the act.

Hearing this, Li Ran was also confused, but he quickly realized what it was and cursed internally: Damn it, isn't this... a group only men understand?

The meaning behind the group name was profound; one only needed to look at it for a few seconds to understand.

This damn thing was a group for "study materials"!

Crap!

Li Ran began cursing in his heart; this was a ticking time bomb.

Why on earth did the original owner leave this group on his phone?

Su Bingyao stared fixedly into Li Ran's eyes, seemingly trying to drag a lie out of them.

But Li Ran's expression remained dull, his eyes hollow like a puppet's: "That is a luxury goods purchasing group."

Su Bingyao frowned slightly and suspiciously clicked on the avatars within the group. The list was filled with names of luxury brands like IV, Chanel, Gucci, and Lanku, all labeled with the word "high-end."

"Why would you join a purchasing group?" Su Bingyao asked, puzzled.

Li Ran didn't change his expression: "You like bags, perfumes, and lipsticks. I looked into it, and these things are quite expensive. The company's performance hasn't been great this year, but I wanted to buy something nice for my wife, so I had someone introduce me to this group. I hadn't gotten around to buying anything yet, so I bought you a different gift instead."

"What is the other gift?" Su Bingyao looked ashamed; it turned out her husband had been thinking of her all along, and she had misunderstood him.

Li Ran took out a Sandalwood Box, opened it, and handed it to Su Bingyao: "This is the new Lancome sandalwood perfume. When I passed by today, I thought it would suit my wife perfectly."

"You... you bought this for me?" Su Bingyao was stunned.

"Yes."

Su Bingyao picked up the bottle of perfume and gently twisted off the cap. A fresh scent of sandalwood instantly permeated the air—elegant and indifferent, not overpowering but textured, giving off a sense of high quality. It even felt as if a strange power was filling her body.

Su Bingyao looked up into Li Ran's eyes; she inexplicably felt that her husband hadn't been hypnotized.

However, her hypnosis was something no one could usually resist, especially when caught off guard.

Li Ran's gaze remained dull, his movements like those of a puppet.

No, this must be my imagination. He couldn't possibly be this kind; it must be something he planned long ago.

Su Bingyao looked suspicious, lowered her head, and continued to scroll through the phone. This time, she checked the contacts.

"Who is this Wang Qian?"

"A colleague from the company."

"Who is A~96quan?"

"A tea seller."

Su Bingyao clicked on the chat with A~96quan in confusion, finding several messages from the sender that Li Ran had never responded to.

They were all promotional messages for new product launches.

After checking the contacts, Su Bingyao began to browse Doushou.

"Lecherous man, there's bound to be a beauty in every five videos. I want to see what you usually watch."

Su Bingyao scrolled through over a dozen videos, but in the end, she didn't find what she was looking for.

"You're not normal. How could there be no beauties?" Su Bingyao felt extremely surprised.

Li Ran replied, "I'm perfectly normal. How could beauties be more fun than games?"

Su Bingyao was speechless for a moment and continued to search through the phone, yet she couldn't find a single shred of incriminating evidence on her husband's device.

Is this reasonable?

Her husband answered every question without the slightest hesitation.

This meant he wasn't lying.

Seeing that she couldn't find any evidence on the phone, Su Bingyao simply returned it to Li Ran.

She paced around Li Ran, her beautiful eyes coldly scrutinizing him.

In truth, checking his phone had been a spur-of-the-moment decision; she had heard that men always hid unspeakable secrets in their phones.

They said that just by checking a phone, one could know what kind of man their husband really was, and the internet even claimed it would absolutely shock her.

It had indeed shocked her.

Her husband had no bad habits whatsoever and was still a good man dedicated to his family.

This was clearly unreasonable; otherwise, what were those memories she had experienced in the past?

Unless her husband had been possessed by someone else.

Of course, that was highly unlikely.

But some things had to be faced eventually.

Even if she hadn't found anything on her husband's phone, there had always been a question in her heart she needed to ask him, requiring a sincere answer, because it concerned whether their relationship could still continue.

She wouldn't ask such a sensitive question unless it was absolutely necessary.

But if this question remained unanswered, it would always be like a sharp blade stuck in her heart, causing her pain and restlessness.

Moreover, the reason they had divorced in the first place was because of that very matter.

It was just that her husband had never admitted to it.

This time, taking advantage of the hypnosis, she had to get to the truth.

Su Bingyao closed her eyes and took a deep breath, her chest heaving.

When she opened her eyes again, her gaze was veiled in frost, and there was no warmth to be found on her face.

"Did you cheat on me?"