Lydia's Path Through Qingyan's Mystery Chapter 2

Fortunately, this house has two bedrooms, otherwise Lydia Shu would have to worry about sleeping in separate beds from Ethan Jiang.

She pointed to the master bedroom and said, "This is my room. You are not allowed to come in."

"Why?" Ethan Jiang asked.

Lydia Shu opened his eyes wide, "Why?"

"Why can't I sleep in the master bedroom? I used to sleep there and I'm used to that bed." Ethan Jiang spoke for the first time, but the content of his words directly angered Lydia Shu.

"No! If you sleep here, where should I sleep? You don't want to sleep with me, do you?" Lydia Shu blocked the bedroom door.

If it wasn't for the unbearable headache, Lydia Shu would have definitely kicked Ethan Jiang out.

"We are already married." Ethan Jiang said.

Lydia Shu's breath was choked. Ethan Jiang didn't show any emotion when he said this, and his tone wasn't that of a smug person, but Lydia Shu still felt a chill in his heart, as if he was being entangled by a poisonous snake.

She was full of distrust towards Ethan Jiang.

Because Ethan Jiang had not shown her any love. From the time she got into trouble until now, Ethan Jiang had not cried once, nor had he hugged her, nor had he held his wife's hand and said some intimate words like other husbands would. Nothing, not a single word.

He was indifferent to the fact that Lydia Shu had forgotten him.

Now you still have the nerve to say that we are married.

Divorce is more like it.

Lydia Shu became more and more convinced that this marriage was a huge scam, and she had to find evidence.

She calmed down and said, "First of all, I can't sleep with you again, absolutely not. Secondly, it's obvious that no one has lived in the next room for a long time, so I won't live there. If you insist on using marriage to pressure me, then we can get a divorce."

Ethan Jiang's eyelashes trembled slightly.

"If you don't want a divorce, you have to agree to sleep in separate rooms."

For a moment, the air around them became heavy.

After a moment of stalemate, Ethan Jiang said: "Okay."

Lydia Shu breathed a sigh of relief after winning his first victory in the tug-of-war with Ethan Jiang.

She walked into the room and closed the door. Until she heard Ethan Jiang's footsteps carrying dirty clothes to the balcony, her heart finally settled down. She began to observe her and Ethan Jiang's bedroom.

The bedroom is not big, but very cozy.

It is obvious that before the accident, she and Ethan Jiang did have an intimate life as can be judged from the objects on the bedside tables on both sides, she slept on the left and Ethan Jiang slept on the right.

Ethan Jiang's pillow was against the bed, her pillow took up two-thirds of the bed, and her silk eye mask was placed between the two pillows.

Lydia Shu walked to the bedside and curiously opened the drawer at the bedside.

Then stay still.

It turned out to be a drawer of C*nd0ms.

...

The tips of Lydia Shu's ears suddenly felt hot.

Although she was sure that she and Ethan Jiang were husband and wife, she had not had time to think about it. The contents of this drawer confirmed their marriage in a blatant and glaring form.

It seems to be more convincing than a marriage certificate.

It’s also more impactful.

Lydia Shu rubbed his hot ears.

Hearing the sound of Ethan Jiang's slippers, Lydia Shu slammed the drawer shut, stood up with a stern face, and continued to patrol the bedroom.

She opened the closet again. Both closets were basically filled with her clothes. The skirts, from winter to spring, were neatly arranged by color and style. Her socks and underwear were also neatly arranged.

Lydia Shu doesn't remember having an obsessive-compulsive disorder about organizing things.

From her vague impression of herself and her parents' description, she didn't seem to like to clean up because there was a special cleaning lady at home.

Could it be that Ethan Jiang cleaned it up?

But my mother and best friend said that Ethan Jiang didn't care about his family at all.

But this house looks really clean.

Lydia Shu rubbed her ears again, and reminded herself: Don't be fooled by these details! I bought this bed! I live with him in such a shabby little house, and I even paid for expensive furniture. Isn't it normal for him to fold clothes for me?

Lydia Shu successfully convinced himself.

Ethan Jiang's footsteps suddenly approached, and Lydia Shu felt as if facing a formidable enemy. His whole body tensed up, with his hands behind his back.

"What do you want to eat for lunch?" Ethan Jiang knocked on the door.

Lydia Shu opened the bedroom door and met Ethan Jiang head-on. She leaned against the door frame, crossed her arms, and asked carefully, "You do it?"

"Order takeout."

... Lydia Shu rolled his eyes, "You can't cook?"

The kitchen was clearly fully equipped with pots and pans, as well as plenty of condiments. There was also a bag of dried cabbage on the countertop, which looked like it had been bought before the accident but not eaten in time.

"I can do it, but I don't want to do it." Ethan Jiang took off his black jacket and put it on the sofa. "I am very tired of taking care of you today."

He picked up his phone, clicked on the takeaway page, and asked again: "What do you want to eat? There is still some pig's trotter soup left that your mother sent over last night. I'll heat it up for you and order two more dishes."

His tone was natural and familiar. Lydia Shu could already imagine how she and Ethan Jiang got along before the incident.

Ethan Jiang was extremely bored. He was like a middle-aged man who was busy all day and unable to take care of his wife and children when he came back.

Lydia Shu lost her memory and forgot about him.

He didn't care much and just asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Lydia Shu didn't understand how she could fall for such a dull man with no romance and no quality of life?

He has no looks and no abilities.

Although she hated it, she didn't want to let her stomach down, so she opened the takeout page, clicked on the local Chinese food rankings, found an expensive private Chinese restaurant, flipped through the menu, and ordered three dishes, two meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and two rice dishes, for a total of 192 yuan.

She raised her chin and handed it to Ethan Jiang.

Ethan Jiang took a look and said, "It's too expensive. Let's go to another one."

Lydia Shu laughed. It was the first time she experienced what it meant to laugh out loud when extremely angry. She looked at Ethan Jiang with eyes full of contempt.

She did not make any sarcastic remarks, but calmly took out her mobile phone, ordered the same dish in the same restaurant in front of Ethan Jiang, and easily paid 192 yuan.

Alipay's payment reminder tone sounded.

Ethan Jiang said: "I just don't think it's necessary, and this store is a bit far from our home, and it has to be heated up before it can be eaten when it is delivered."

Lydia Shu chuckled, "What's there to explain?"

"It's up to you." Ethan Jiang said.

His "up to you" angered Lydia Shu again. Lydia Shu stared at him and said, "What do you mean by up to you? This is what I bought for myself, you are not allowed to eat a single bite! Just because I married you, do I have to lower my consumption level to the same level as you? I work in an investment bank, my income is several times higher than yours, I spend my own money, I enjoy it myself, you have no right to say anything!"

Ethan Jiang's eyes became darker and the fine lines at the corners of his mouth became deeper.

The marriage certificate shows that Ethan Jiang is 26 years old this year, only one year older than Lydia Shu, but he looks very old.

He lowered his head slightly and said, "I understand."

Lydia Shu really wanted to have a fight with him.

Why didn’t Ethan Jiang quarrel with her?

They had a good quarrel, vented all the confusion and irritation in her heart, and explained clearly why they met, why they fell in love, and why they got married.

She wanted to verify whether it was consistent with what her parents said.

But Ethan Jiang didn't say anything and was always calm, making Lydia Shu look like an emotionally unstable shrew.

Lydia Shu was almost mad.

Lydia Shu turned around and went into the room, sulking alone.

She is not a shrew. She must be a person with a good personality. Otherwise, her friends and colleagues would not take turns to visit her in the hospital. Even the company leaders came to comfort her. Her mother also said: "Li Li, you used to be very lively and likable. It was after you met Ethan Jiang that your temperament changed drastically."

What happened after I met Ethan Jiang?

Nearly an hour later, the takeaway finally arrived. Lydia Shu was starving from waiting, but she refused to admit it.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Ethan Jiang had already heated up the pig's trotter soup for her and helped her open the takeout box. Seeing that there was a little solidified oil on the surface of the meat dish, he helped her put it in the microwave to heat it up.

Lydia Shu ordered two meals.

Although she told Ethan Jiang not to eat after the quarrel, she still secretly glanced at Ethan Jiang in the kitchen.

If Ethan Jiang wanted to eat, she could use this opportunity to make things difficult for him.

Before she could figure out how to make things difficult for him, she saw Ethan Jiang take out a bucket of instant noodles with braised beef flavor from the microwave.

Obviously he had no intention of eating takeout at all.

Lydia Shu snorted in his heart, he was really poor but determined.

Ethan Jiang put the instant noodles on the table, then turned around and took Lydia Shu's dish out of the microwave.

The steaming hot private dishes looked much more appetizing than Ethan Jiang's instant noodles. Lydia Shu picked up a large piece of pork ribs and deliberately shook it in Ethan Jiang's direction before bringing it to his mouth and taking a bite. "Sweet and sour, soft and tender, I will eat here every day from now on."

Ethan Jiang buried his head in eating noodles.

Lydia Shu suddenly felt bored.

She didn't have a big appetite, and two meat dishes, one vegetable dish and a pig's trotter soup were too much for her alone. She felt full before she had even moved her chopsticks a few times.

As soon as he finished eating, Ethan Jiang handed him a glass of water and two pills.

"Take the medicine."

Since it was related to her own health, Lydia Shu did not throw a tantrum. She obediently took the medicine and put it in her mouth, then drank a big sip of water. After swallowing all the medicine, she sat at the table in a daze.

Ethan Jiang stood up to clean up the dishes. Lydia Shu watched Ethan Jiang's actions and suddenly asked, "Have we been living here since we got married?"
 
"Um."

"Have you ever considered changing rooms?"

"without."

It's always just one question and one answer, so boring.

Lydia Shu returned to his room in a depressed mood.

.

She found a set of thick pajamas in the closet and took them to the bathroom. Ethan Jiang had already turned on the heater and prepared hot water for her. Lydia Shu took a bath quite satisfied, then put on her pajamas, quickly slipped into the bedroom and locked the door.

She lay lazily on the bed, looking at the ceiling.

The phone vibrates twice.

It was her best friend Clara Ye who sent her a message: [Li Li, are you home? Is everything okay?]

Although the name Clara Ye was still unfamiliar to Lydia Shu, she had seen many photos and videos that proved her friendship with Clara Ye, so she had already accepted this best friend who she was said to have known for fourteen years.

Besides, Clara Ye's parents and her parents have been friends for many years, and Clara Ye's family has many industries and is well-off.

Compared with Ethan Jiang, Clara Ye's words are more credible.

Lydia Shu: [I’m back home.]

Clara Ye: [I have tried to persuade you but it still won't work. Why do you insist on following Ethan Jiang home? The most important thing you should do now is to take this opportunity to divorce him.]

Lydia Shu: [I'm thinking about it, but I really want to know what happened in the past. He...he's very strange.]

Clara Ye: [Help! You said the same thing at first, that you thought he was strange, and you were curious about him, and then you were deceived by him. I told you a hundred times, but you didn’t believe it. Your first meeting was carefully planned by him. He just saw that you were kind and set a trap for you!]

Lydia Shu felt a chill in his heart.

Clara Ye: [Look at his shabby house. His quality of life has improved so much since he married you!]

Clara Ye: [In order not to hurt his self-esteem, you resolutely refused the money from the family, worked very hard in the company, took on several projects, were so busy that you had no time to eat, and even got a stomach disease.]

Clara Ye: [I am so heartbroken.]

Clara Ye: [You obviously don’t have to live this kind of life. It’s all because of him. He is your calamity.]

Before I could reply, there was a knock on the door.

Who else could be at home besides Ethan Jiang? Lydia Shu's heart tightened, and he asked cautiously: "What's the matter?"

Ethan Jiang's voice came from outside the door: "I came in to get my clothes."