Chapter 2: His Wife?!

Meng Weiyu hated Shen Zhoudu.

The reason was simple and childish.

Shen Zhoudu was the “other family’s child,” the complete opposite of idle, spoiled rich young masters like them.

“This annoying thing.” Meng Weiyu’s finger jabbed at the phone screen, wishing he could poke a hole through Shen Zhoudu’s face.

“Why are you talking about our little Du like that?” Ning Wu defended Shen Zhoudu as naturally as ever.

Hearing Ning Wu call him “little Du,” Meng Weiyu showed an expression of disbelief.

“This guy isn’t annoying? He’s the most annoying. Ever since I ended up in the same school as him, he’s ranked first in every exam and pushed me down,” Meng Weiyu said indignantly.

“Xiao Yu.” Ning Wu looked at the childish Meng Weiyu and finally, ten years later, voiced the confusion he had always had. “If you were originally first place and Shen Zhoudu pushed you down, I could understand why you hate him. But you’re always ranked around fiftieth or sixtieth in every exam. What grudge do you even have against Shen Zhoudu?”

He had always felt that there must be some unknown resentment between Meng Weiyu and Shen Zhoudu. It was just that Meng Weiyu had never told him.

“If not for him, my ranking could move up by one place.” Meng Weiyu raised his index finger and tirelessly educated Ning Wu.

“Fine.” Unfortunately, Ning Wu was precisely the type of person with soft ears and an extremely fence-sitting personality. He would not refute Meng Weiyu at all.

Meng Weiyu was not finished yet. “And he’s always putting on airs. His taste is terrible too.”

Ning Wu listened as Meng Weiyu endlessly rambled about Shen Zhoudu’s flaws. He simply put away his phone and watched him with a smile, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

“You’re my friend, but now you have such a good relationship with someone I hate. You have no loyalty at all.” Meng Weiyu’s conclusion was this. “Time can’t erase everything. Don’t think that just because you’re friends with him now, I won’t care.”

Ning Wu was scolded, but he only smiled without explaining anything.

The Ning Wu in front of him was both familiar and unfamiliar.

Only then did Meng Weiyu feel that he truly was out of sync with this era.

He turned his head and looked at the swaying leaves outside the window.

The ring clenched tightly in his palm dug painfully into his flesh.

What should he do now?

While Ning Wu was looking for photos, his phone rang. Someone familiar called him.

“Xiao Yu, I’m going out to take a call.” Ning Wu stood up apologetically.

Meng Weiyu watched him leave.

“Hello, I’m here. His body is fine, but there’s something wrong with his brain. You got off the plane? Don’t rush. Take your time. I’ll stay here and take care of him.” Ning Wu closed the door. His voice slowly disappeared from Meng Weiyu’s ears.

Meng Weiyu’s mind had always worked quickly. Even though Ning Wu had not explained who was calling, based on a few keywords, he could roughly guess.

His wife?

“Ahhh!” Wasn’t this insane? How could he possibly be married?

But…

Meng Weiyu opened his palm and looked at the ring lying quietly there.

If this was the person he had decided to marry, then it had to be someone he liked very much, right?

When Ning Wu finished the call and returned to the ward, several nurses were gathered around Meng Weiyu. He was chatting with them, making everyone present laugh loudly.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Meng Weiyu, oh Meng Weiyu. Incorrigible as ever.

“Thank you for your kindness, but my friend is already here. He needs exercise recently, so later, if anything needs to be picked up, just let him go.” Meng Weiyu glanced over quickly in Ning Wu’s direction.

“Then we won’t disturb your rest.” Understanding the meaning in his words, the nurses left very efficiently.

After all the nurses had left the room, Meng Weiyu smiled and raised the lunch box in his hand. “They didn’t know you were here, so they brought me food and even asked if I needed help picking up my medicine later. Everyone here is so nice.”

“Hiss.” Ning Wu deliberately took in a sharp breath.

“What are you doing?” Meng Weiyu did not understand why Ning Wu’s expression was so terrifying.

“I just remembered seeing this scene last year too.” Meng Weiyu was born with a flashy face, and his behavior was even more flamboyant. If he had not gotten married young, who knew how much trouble he would have caused? “Then a certain someone was caught by a certain someone, and there was a fuss for half a day.”

Meng Weiyu’s expression froze.

His reaction was completely instinctive. When he realized that he had suddenly started panicking, even his voice grew louder.

“I would never like someone who argues with me!”

“They didn’t argue. Wasn’t it just one person not saying anything while the other person desperately kept talking?” Ning Wu could not forget that ridiculous scene. “In the end, you even became angry out of embarrassment. Wasn’t someone else the one who coaxed you?”

Meng Weiyu froze.

Ning Wu looked at him.

“I don’t know any of the things you’re talking about.” Facing someone familiar, Meng Weiyu showed an unprecedentedly willful and bad-tempered side.

Ning Wu smiled and walked over. He picked up the flowers on the table and tapped Meng Weiyu on the head with them.

“This cheap bouquet is not allowed to come near me.” Meng Weiyu reached out and slapped the flowers away before Ning Wu could move first.

Ning Wu laughed.

“Who were you on the phone with just now?” Meng Weiyu knowingly asked.

“Your other half. He got off the plane and called me while rushing over. He’s on his way here now,” Ning Wu told him.

Meng Weiyu revealed a frightened expression. He anxiously tugged at Ning Wu’s sleeve, putting on the most pitiful expression he could manage. He shook his head in panic and told his friend, “I don’t know him!”

“Sigh.” Ning Wu patiently reasoned with him. “Do you know? You got married when you were twenty-two.”

“That’s way too early.” Meng Weiyu now suspected that after getting into the car accident, he had actually ended up in a parallel world. Whether it was getting married or getting married that early, neither seemed like something he would do.

“You got married not long after graduating university.” Ning Wu guided him to think. “Based on your personality, you wouldn’t marry someone after only knowing them for a year or half a year, right? So your marriage partner is someone you’ve known for a long time. Don’t worry. The person coming later is definitely someone you know.”

“That’s even more impossible.” He did not remember ever liking anyone at all.

Ning Wu sat back down by the bed.

“So who is it?” Meng Weiyu did not want to play guessing games.

Ning Wu showed a bright smile and happily told him, “Your attitude toward me just now was too bad, so I’m not telling you.”

Meng Weiyu immediately flung Ning Wu’s sleeve away.

“It’s rare for someone to bring you food. Hurry up and eat.” Ning Wu changed the subject.

“You want to see me make a fool of myself?” Meng Weiyu immediately guessed Ning Wu’s thoughts. He narrowed his eyes and warned him, “You won’t succeed. No matter who walks in through that door later, I won’t have any reaction.”

“Is that so?” Ning Wu did not believe him.

“With that reaction of yours…” Meng Weiyu was actually still somewhat worried. “Don’t tell me I married that forty-year-old history teacher from middle school?”

Ning Wu: “…”

You really have ideas.

Although Ning Wu firmly refused to reveal exactly who Meng Weiyu’s partner was, he was still good to Meng Weiyu in the end. So while peeling an apple, he told Meng Weiyu about his so-called married life.

“You and him… I was quite surprised too. And when you dated, you actually had an underground relationship.”

Meng Weiyu drank his porridge while silently listening to Ning Wu describe a life completely unfamiliar to him.

“When we were in university, there was once a huge group of us who planned to go out and have fun. The two of you suddenly disappeared, and I was sent to call you back to the vacation villa for dinner. Good grief! I caught the two of you dating in the flower room. You were kissing, and your hands were wandering everywhere.”

That was how Meng Weiyu’s secret relationship was exposed.

“Pfft.” Meng Weiyu almost spat out his porridge.

“After you started dating him, I basically never saw you being ambiguous with anyone else again, even though before that, you were always messing around. But your marriage was still too sudden. We were all shocked.” Whenever Ning Wu thought about the past, he still found it unbelievable. How could the phrase “single-minded devotion” possibly appear on Meng Weiyu?

Meng Weiyu was exactly like his name. Whenever he saw a fish, he would go over and scatter some feed.

“I’m now suspecting whether you’ve mistaken me for someone else.” Meng Weiyu put down the porridge and pulled out a tissue to wipe his mouth. He did not dare drink any more. Every word Ning Wu said was too terrifying. He was truly afraid he would spray porridge everywhere.

“You’re Meng Weiyu, right?” Since that was the case, Ning Wu confirmed with him.

“I am Meng Weiyu. I just think the person you’re talking about isn’t Meng Weiyu.” He painfully closed his eyes. “Why don’t you call the person who’s coming later and tell him to leave? Tell him not to come. I just woke up. I can’t handle this kind of shock.”

“How would he listen to me?” Ning Wu felt that Meng Weiyu was overestimating him.

“From your tone, that person has a bad temper.” Meng Weiyu still could not understand. He felt that he would never marry that kind of person.

Ning Wu thought for a moment and said tactfully, “His temper depends on the situation.”

“Then that means it’s bad.” Meng Weiyu would not be fooled by wordplay.

“As for him…” Ning Wu wanted to reveal more information to Meng Weiyu.

“Forget it. I don’t want to hear it. I keep feeling like after growing up, my brain became a little abnormal.” Meng Weiyu shook out the blanket and prepared to lie down and sleep.

Faced with difficulty, Meng Weiyu chose to escape.

“I’m going to sleep. Help me pull the curtains, thank y—”

“Bang.”

The sharp sound of the door opening interrupted Meng Weiyu’s voice and movements.

Meng Weiyu and Ning Wu instinctively looked toward the door.

A man appeared at the entrance.

To be honest, Meng Weiyu had seen many people with outstanding looks. He himself was one of the best in that regard. But compared to his refined and handsome face, the man who had arrived had an even more striking temperament. Meng Weiyu rarely looked at someone and immediately felt that the person seemed sharp, capable, elegant, and calm. He wore a pair of silver-rimmed glasses. Although his clothes and accessories were obviously expensive and extraordinary, he somehow looked rigid and serious.

Unlike the person in Meng Weiyu’s memory, who seemed to have no expression, this man looked very flustered.

“Wow, your husband is here.” Seeing the newcomer, Ning Wu smiled from ear to ear.

Meng Weiyu maintained the posture of trying to lie down. His mouth fell open, and his soul nearly left his body.

You! Said! What!

This man named Shen Zhoudu pressed his lips together and strode quickly toward him. Then he bent down, placed his trembling hands on Meng Weiyu’s back, and pulled him into his arms all at once.

His arms were strong. The way he held Meng Weiyu seemed as if he wanted to confirm Meng Weiyu’s existence at this moment, as if he were seeking comfort, and even more than that… as if he wanted to comfort Meng Weiyu.

Meng Weiyu kept his utterly terrified expression. In Shen Zhoudu’s arms, his head stiffly turned little by little to look at Ning Wu.

“Found it.” Ning Wu opened his phone and showed Meng Weiyu a photo.

It was a photo Ning Wu had secretly taken. In a flower room full of brilliant, colorful blossoms, Meng Weiyu and Shen Zhoudu sat together, their figures almost overlapping. One of Meng Weiyu’s hands rested on Shen Zhoudu’s thigh, while his other hand was casually draped over the back of the chair Shen Zhoudu sat on. He was smiling as he leaned in to kiss Shen Zhoudu, whose eyes were fixed intently on his face.

Meng Weiyu’s vision went dark. He wished he could faint right then and there.

He would have been better off dying in that car accident!!!