Madam, Please Behave

Li Chongming was admitted to the hospital room.

In reality, his condition didn’t require him to lie in a hospital bed, but in order to appear as pitiful and aggrieved as possible, he deliberately put on an act.

However...

He hadn’t expected Liu Changqing to actually lay hands on him.

Lying there in a wretched state, Li Chongming glanced at Li Wanran, who was sitting beside him.

As his wife, this was her duty.

She sat there, peeling an apple with a knife, her gaze fixed on the fruit in her hands. But perhaps due to her unfamiliarity with using a knife, her peeling was clumsy and uneven.

She had never done this before.

After trying for a while, Li Wanran decided to give up halfway. She set the half-peeled apple on the cabinet beside her, turned to Li Chongming, and, after a brief silence, asked:

“Why did Liu Changqing hit you?”

“He’s just a brute who only knows violence! How would I know what goes on in a madman’s head?”

Speaking seemed to take some effort, as if every word caused him pain. But in order to expose Liu Changqing’s true colors to Li Wanran, he decided to embellish the story a bit.

“I was planning to get you a custom-made necklace today, but who would’ve thought… Liu Changqing just happened to walk out of the store with a woman. The moment he saw me, he started swinging at me without a word.”

“Is that so?”

“I think he’s gone completely crazy!”

“The woman… was An Yuan Yao, wasn’t it?”

“……”

Li Chongming’s mouth hung open, but no words came out.

Lying in bed, he slowly turned his head to look at Li Wanran.

Her face was expressionless, completely unreadable.

But her eyes… felt ice-cold.

At that moment, only one thought echoed in his mind:

She… already knew?

Seeing the look on his face, Li Wanran hesitated for a moment before shifting her gaze toward the window.

“So it was her after all. You saw the two of them together, and that’s why you went over and got beaten up by Liu Changqing, didn’t you?”

“That’s not how it happened!”

“Then what other reason could there be?”

Hearing his rebuttal, Li Wanran uncharacteristically raised her voice, as if the anger she had been suppressing was about to burst forth.

“Ever since we got married, you’ve been coming home less and less. Is work really that busy? So busy that you don’t even have time to come home?”

“Your mom asked me to stay at the company—”

“Don’t use her as a shield! Just admit it—you think I’m not as good as An Yuan Yao, don’t you?”

Cutting off his explanation, Li Wanran abruptly stood up, looking down at the bedridden Li Chongming from above.

Her expression was shifting.

No.

This wasn’t the love she had envisioned.

Before divorcing Liu Changqing, she had often reminisced about her high school days… wondering what life would’ve been like if she had chosen Li Chongming instead.

She wasn’t sure about everything, but one thing she had believed—those days would have been happy and blissful.

But now that her wish had come true… it didn’t feel that way at all.

This isn’t how it was supposed to be…

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That inexplicable thought echoed in her heart as she looked at the flustered Li Chongming in front of her.

“You think she’s better than me, don’t you? That’s why you ran over the moment you saw her with Liu Changqing. Just like how, back when you two were getting divorced, you kept making excuses to stall for time.”

“I didn’t!”

“You still deny it? Do you even know what An Yuan Yao told me that night? She said she couldn’t find you anywhere, that she couldn’t even finalize the divorce because you kept avoiding her! Are you trying to pull the same stunt you did in high school?!”

“I…”

“You’ve changed.”

Staring at the speechless Li Chongming, Li Wanran instinctively took a step back, the sharp click of her high heels echoing through the room.

She narrowed her eyes, glanced at him once more, then abruptly turned, snatching up her bag and heading for the door.

“Wanran! Listen to me!”

Seeing her leave, Li Chongming panicked. He hurriedly tried to get out of bed, but the IV needle in his hand held him back.

He… didn’t have the courage to pull it out.

What if he started bleeding?

While he hesitated, Li Wanran had already reached the door. She grabbed the handle, pulled it open—

And froze.

For a moment, a flicker of panic flashed across her face, but she quickly suppressed it, not wanting the person outside to see her shaken.

Restoring her usual cold expression, she looked at the man standing at the doorway—Liu Changqing.

Her eyes instinctively darted to the things in his hand.

Standing at the entrance, Liu Changqing blinked at the sight of Li Wanran in front of him. After a brief pause, he gave a half-hearted smile.

“Well… I heard the shouting from the hallway, so I, uh, didn’t bother knocking.”

“……”

“My bad. I just gave your husband a couple of light taps… But he looks pretty frail. I’d suggest taking this chance to get him a full-body check-up. Who knows? You might find something serious—cancer, a tumor, something like that.”

“Liu Changqing!”

“Hahaha, sorry, sorry… I’ve been in a bit of a foul-mouthed mood lately. Hope you don’t mind. I mean well, I swear.”

Before Li Wanran could respond, the man beside Liu Changqing, Chen Dafu, nearly lost it.

“Pfft—”

He barely held back a laugh, quickly covering his mouth to prevent himself from cackling on the spot.

Li Wanran shot him a glance.

Sensing her gaze, Chen Dafu immediately turned his head away, pretending to admire the hospital corridor.

He had no intention of making eye contact with her.

She was just like her mother.

One look from her was enough to make people uncomfortable.

Seeing his reaction, Li Wanran didn’t bother acknowledging him further. Instead, she turned her attention back to Liu Changqing and asked:

“What are you doing here?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Since I was the one who threw the first punch, I thought I’d bring some fruit as an apology.”

“No need.”

Hearing that, Liu Changqing paused for a moment before stepping closer, lowering his voice.

“Stay right here. Don’t leave yet. After I check on your husband, I’ll tell you a secret.”

“……”

Her eyes widened slightly, but her face remained unreadable.

She stood still, staring at Liu Changqing.

After a long moment of contemplation, she stepped out of the room and stood to the side.

She didn’t leave.

Liu Changqing glanced at her before striding inside, casually shutting the door behind him.

Chen Dafu had just been about to follow in when—BAM—the door closed in his face.

His nose nearly collided with it, and he took a step back, awkwardly rubbing the tip of his nose.

He turned his head and found Li Wanran looking at him again.

Their gazes met, and a shiver ran down Chen Dafu’s spine.

He immediately turned his back to her, clasped his hands behind him, and lifted his chin, pretending to admire the hospital corridor like it was some grand tourist attraction.