My Wife is a Workaholic

Translator: tarararawr

Chapter 20 – Begin to Fight

Jiang Kai was really drunk, but fortunately he was able to go downstairs by himself and get in  the car.

Liu Wei held her son’s hand as they stood by the side of the road. She looked awkwardly at Zu Jin and her husband. P̳l̳e̳a̳s̳e̳ ̳r̳e̳a̳d̳ ̳a̳t̳ ̳f̳o̳x̳a̳h̳o̳l̳i̳c̳.̳c̳o̳m̳

“I’m really sorry. I didn’t expect my husband to talk so much…”

Yan Lin smiled and said nothing. He seemed to be like this all the time, and others could not see what was in his mind at all.

Liu Wei’s heart trembled for a moment. She felt that the husband Zu Jin had found was really not from the same world as them.

She really didn’t know how Zu Jin caught this man and made him willing to get married so quickly.

The current Zu Jin and her wanted different things.

Zu Jin was an impatient and extremely short-tempered person. She looked at her best friend Liu Wei.

In the past, Liu Wei was actually as fierce and sharp as her. But ever since she married Jiang Kai, gave birth to a child, and became a housewife, Liu Wei had lost that energy and had become a woman who could tolerate and compromise everything.

Zu Jin also understood that after having a child, a person would definitely be more mature and patient. However, this did not mean that a married woman must focus on her husband and children as if they were the center of the world!

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Liu Wei was unhappy, especially when Jiang Kai was around.

Zu Jin could see that Jiang Kai had been promoted and received a raise again and again over the years. It had strengthened his chauvinistic self-confidence. When everyone got together, Jiang Kai couldn’t help showing off his professional achievements, and his attitude towards Liu Wei was no longer the kind that showed respect for his wife, who had just become a mother.

He always ordered Liu Wei to pour tea for him without thinking and reprimanded her for not disciplining their son.

It was as if Liu Wei wasn’t his wife, but his servant.

Just now at dinner, Jiang Kai said to Yan Lin that men were useless when they stayed at home and that it was a woman’s job to take care of the children and cook.

Did he live in the last century?

Zu Jin really did not expect that Jiang Kai, a classmate who had excellent grades in college, was healthy, handsome, and popular with girls, was so feudal and backwards at heart.

When they were eating just now, Zu Jin would have loudly scolded him if she didn’t see that his son, Bubu, was still around.

“Liu Wei, Bubu is in kindergarten now. Aren’t you going back to work?”

Liu Wei was shocked by Zu Jin’s question. She looked down at delicate and clever son.

After a moment of silence, she replied, “I thought about it, but I resigned six or seven years ago. It is really difficult for me to find a job, and Jiang Kai doesn’t want me to. So…”

Zu Jin took a deep breath. “He doesn’t want you to work? Are the things he said just now the things that should come out of the mouth of a man in the 21 century? I’ll give you an address tomorrow, and you can go straight to work, got it?”

Liu Wei nodded with a complicated expression. “Okay, then we’ll go first, otherwise the driver will probably pressure us.”

Zu Jin’s eyebrows were still frowning as she watched Liu Wei and their car drive away.

Yan Lin took her hand. When he saw that she was so angry and resentful, he could not help but hug her in his arms.

“Will she really go tomorrow?”

Zu Jin glared. “If she really dares to not go, then I will scold her to death!”

They did not park the car that far away, but they had just eaten hot pot.

They held hands and planned on walking around the neighborhood first.

Yan Lin said quietly, “If I were you, I wouldn’t do these things for my friends.”

Zu Jin was angry. When she heard this, she immediately asked in a cold voice, “Why?”

“Liu Wei said that Jiang Kai does not want her to work again, which shows that she is still very dependent on Jiang Kai in her heart. Jiang Kai is very important to her, but you touched on her pain point. When Jiang Kai sobers up and she tells him about it, they will definitely have opposing views. When that time comes, both of them will have a problem with you, even if it has nothing to do with you on the surface.”

Zu Jin did not understand. “Liu Wei is not happy with her current life. She can come out to work and make herself feel better. Why should she continue to stay at home for Jiang Kai? For their relationship as husband and wife?”

Yan Lin pondered for a few seconds. “Their situation should be relatively common. Jiang Kai feels that his current salary is enough to support the family. When Liu Wei starts working, it will make life less comfortable for him and their son. For example, they will not have nice dinners, so Jiang Kai will not think that it is necessary for her to work. But Liu Wei listened to your request and insisted on going out to work. A chauvinistic man like Jiang Kai will think that she listened to your instigation and did not care about her husband’s opinion at all. In reality, Liu Wei has been hesitant because she knows these reasons. She got married early, so the way she thinks is different from you, and family is more important in her heart.”

After listening to Yan Lin’s analysis, Zu Jin’s anger gradually turned into frustration.

“So that’s how it is. I believe that I can understand Liu Wei, but I just feel sorry for her. I don’t want to see Jiang Kai pushing her down all the time. If only they could let each other have the freedom to make their own decisions and not wrong each other like us. I don’t think it’s that difficult!”

Yan Lin rubbed her on the back to appease her. “It really is difficult, especially when one side takes the lead in their finances, while the other’s income gap lags behind too much. This kind of inequality will consume the feelings between couples a lot. That’s why couples that have the same mutual understanding in how they approach a topic and so on will last for a long time. Your friend and Jiang Kai have expanded their thinking horizons too much because of their different working environments. It is not surprising that they have come to this point.”

Zu Jin turned to look at him. “Mhm, so I was lucky to meet you.”

“I think I was lucky too.”

The next day, Zu Jin received a message from Liu Wei while she was on her way to work.

Liu Wei said that she was preparing to go and check out the company address Zu Jin gave her.

Zu Jin immediately called her and asked, “Is it okay with your husband?”

Liu Wei forced a laugh for a while. “Of course he doesn’t agree, but it will be difficult for me to go out if I continue to stay at home. Ahem, I at least know one of the key employees trained by the boss back then.”

“Okay! Remember to treat me when you get paid!”

Zu Jin was very glad that Liu Wei took this first step. She had woken up this morning and was in a bad mood when she thought about the annoying things happening in the corporation.

Her mood improved because of Liu Wei.

When she arrived at the corporation, there were two meetings scheduled this morning. After that, Zu Jin would go out to meet with the two partners to talk about some project matters.

However, Ji Desheng came in when she was about to leave.

He walked in with a cold face and scowled at Xia Tong, “Get out!”

Xia Tong was startled and glanced at Zu Jin. Then, she immediately closed the door as she left.

Zu Jin put down her bag and sat down on the sofa across from Ji Desheng.

“What’s the matter?”

“If you don’t give Shiyu a letter of no accountability, then she could be arrested at any time. If she is caught, where will I have respect in the future?”

With that, Ji Desheng strongly slapped her twice on the face.

Zu Jin looked at him with a blank face, but one of her fingernails broke.

“The outside world doesn’t know about this matter, so don’t worry about it.”

As a result, when Ji Desheng heard this, he became even more angry.

“Did you really let her go to a detention center? She’s the only daughter I have. You’re a few years older than her, you can be regarded as her sister. Do you really think that I’ve treated you badly over the years? I treat you like how I treated her. Zu Jin, you can’t do that!”

Zu Jin slightly frowned. “If I do give it to her, it means that I have violated the interests of the corporation. This is not a trivial matter, so it’s impossible for me to protect her like in the past.”

Ji Desheng slammed the table and shouted, “After all is said and done, you just don’t think I can help you as much as I used to, don’t you, Zu Jin? You’re still too young. If I fall, then do you really believe that you can keep your position?”

“I believe it, but I still can’t give it to her.”

Ji Desheng’s eyes were vicious and he fiercely pointed at her nose before he turned and left.

Zu Jin did not chase after him. She went to the windows and broke off the fingernail.

After holding herself back for so long, her eyes were still red.

Xia Tong knocked on the door for a while and carefully stuck her head in to look at her.

“President Jin, we should go.”

Zu Jin looked back and calmly instructed, “Call those two and say I can’t go. I’ll make an appointment another day, and then call Xu Peng from the Public Relations Department for me.”

“Yes, President Jin.” P͎l͎e͎a͎s͎e͎ ͎r͎e͎a͎d͎ ͎a͎t͎ ͎f͎o͎x͎a͎h͎o͎l͎i͎c͎.͎c͎o͎m͎

After Zu Jin gave Xia Tong these instructions, she took out her phone and made a call.

After the connection was made, Zu Jin snapped, “Lao Zhang, how dare you! You had the audacity to send your people here to write the article so carelessly!”

When the other side responded, Zu Jin continued, “Fine! I’ll leave it to you, but you have to do me a personal favor, or you’ll never get me to support your stupid newspaper again!”