Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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"What you're saying, Mr. Fan, is useless. I'm just asking if you can find me a job?"

“My dear sister, didn’t I tell you? I’m just an ordinary employee in the neighborhood. How could I possibly find another job? Don’t you know that a job can cost several hundred yuan these days?”

Fan Jinyou's use of money to measure the difficulty of finding a job was meant to illustrate how incredibly difficult it is, but this also touched a nerve with Zhao Yali.

"My girlfriend, Fan, ruined my perfectly good job. Doesn't that mean I also lost a few hundred yuan?"

"Fan Xinyou, I'll ask you one more time, can you get me a job or not?"

"Sis, aren't you putting me in a difficult position? Why don't you go to the neighborhood committee and ask around to see if there are any suitable jobs?"

When Zhao Yali heard him say that, she was extremely disappointed. After all that, Fan Jinyou was fine, but she had lost her job. What was she going to do now?

"You criminal, I'll fight you to the death."

To be honest, Zhao Yali lunged at Fan Jinyou with her claws outstretched, and dug her hand directly into his face, leaving several bloody marks.

"What are you doing?" I never expected the other person to suddenly dig at me. After I came to my senses, I felt a burning pain on my face.

"What are you saying about me? I'll beat you to death today, you made me lose my job."

Fan Jinyou had no experience fighting with women. He was caught off guard and Zhao Yali scratched his face several times before he managed to escape and run away in a sorry state.

Although Zhao Yali defeated Fan Jinyou, she was not happy at all. She squatted on the ground and shed tears of grievance.

The next morning, He Yuzhu saw Fan Jinyou come in wearing a cotton gauze mask.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you wearing a mask?"

"Is it any of your business?" Fan Jinyou said bluntly.

"Look at what you're saying! You're one of my soldiers, and I'm just showing you some concern. Is that wrong?"

Fan Jinyou snorted and lowered his head, intending to go straight to the kitchen.

At this moment, He Yuzhu also saw that although Fan Jinyou had covered half of his face with a gauze mask, some marks were still not covered.

"Did you get into a fight? Your face is all bruised and battered." He Yuzhu asked.

“It’s none of your business,” Fan Jinyou then explained, “My cat dug it up.”

Kong Yuqin examined it carefully and quickly realized that it was not the shadow of a cat's paw at all, but rather looked like it had been dug out by someone.

While Fan Jinyou and He Yuzhu were talking and their attention was not focused, he reached out and directly took off the mask from Fan Jinyou's face.

"What are you doing?" Fan Jinyou only realized what was happening after his mask was taken off, and then reached out to try to snatch it back.

"Fan Jinyou, are you saying your face was scratched by a cat?"

Kong Yuqin did not let him take the mask away, but asked directly.

"none of your business?"

"How can it not be our business? You don't even have a wife, so who do you think dug this face out?" Kong Yuqin asked.

Knowing he couldn't get the mask back, Fan Jinyou ignored her and turned to go to the kitchen in the back to start preparing.

He Yuzhu just watched the spectacle, not caring who had scratched his face.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Yali still hadn't come to work. He Yumei, who was in charge of clocking in today, said, "Why hasn't Sister Zhao come yet?"

Kong Yuqin said, "Do you think she still has the nerve to come to work after causing such a big commotion yesterday?"

"What? You mean Sister Zhao isn't coming?" He Yumei asked curiously.

Kong Yuqin said smugly, "Yes, Sister Zhao definitely won't be coming, so Manager Gongfang will be mine from now on."

"You?" He Yumei asked in surprise.

A pleased Kong Yuqin rolled her eyes at her: "Why can't I be the general manager?"

“You see, Fan Jinyou was dismissed, and Zhao Yali took over. Now that Zhao Yali is dismissed, it should be my turn as the cashier.”

He Yumei pouted and said, her nose stinging, "You're just daydreaming. It's not your turn at all."

"You little brat, do you want to be a company manager?"

He Yumei did have a slight hope that becoming a public manager would bring her a position allowance, and her salary would be higher than that of ordinary people.

Seeing his grinning face, Kong Yuqin understood and said angrily, "Go wash your face quickly and stop daydreaming."

"You're the one daydreaming!"

He Yumei knew in her heart that her chances of becoming the public defense manager were slim, but she couldn't help having this thought in her mind.

He always fantasized about becoming the general manager and making the tavern a great success.

Since the company manager wasn't there today, He Yuzhu just tended the breakfast stall. After a while, once the morning crowd had finished breakfast, he had some free time.

Because the pub operates from around 2 PM to 10 PM, the working hours are quite scattered.

Now that there are no customers, I can go home and rest for a while, and then come back to work around noon.

In the blink of an eye, everyone had left, leaving only He Yumei to mind the shop. Just as He Yuzhu was about to go back, He Yumei said:

"Brother Zhu, who should be the director of this 'Little Dimple' position?"

He Yuzhu, who had just lifted his foot to leave, pulled it back, turned around, and joked with a smile:

"How about I let you be the director?"

"Really?" He Yumei was overjoyed and felt like the happiest person in the world.

He Yuzhu continued to tease her: "Of course it's true!"

He Yumei was so excited she didn't know what to do. She jumped up and down, then hugged He Yuzhu and shouted thank you repeatedly. She couldn't help but throw herself into his arms.

He Yuzhu was dumbfounded, thinking to himself, how could this girl be so easily fooled? She believed him after only saying a few words?

The soft fragrance in his arms stirred up the suppressed desire in He Yuzhu's heart.

These days, several women have become pregnant except for Elena.

However, both of them had jobs and couldn't meet up often. He Yuzhu had been holding back for several days without finding a way to vent his frustrations.

The delicate young girl nestled in his arms, making He Yuzhu momentarily dazed. He couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her alluring lips.

He Yumei was stunned. She never expected that such a thing would happen between the two of them, and for a moment she didn't know how to refuse.

He Yuzhu ate it over and over again.

Only then did she come to her senses and struggle to get out of He Yuzhu's arms.

Her fair face was already flushed red with embarrassment. She scolded, "You bad brother, you're not allowed to bully me anymore, especially not to tell anyone, or else... or else I'll kill myself!"

He said those words and then turned and ran.

He Yuzhu was also stunned and didn't think about chasing after her. After all, he had made a mistake and kissed the girl.

When it was afternoon, the tavern opened its doors, and within minutes He Yumei came in shyly with her head down.

"Yu Mei, I have something I want to tell you."

"What...what do you want to do?" He Yumei asked warily, like a startled rabbit.

"Come with me to the back."

He Yuzhu left those words behind and turned to walk towards the back of the tavern.

He Yumei hesitated for a moment, but still followed.

He Yuzhu waited for her to come up to him, and then said, "Yumei, it was my fault today. I was confused for a moment and was just joking with you. Who knew things would turn out like this?"

"I know it was my fault. Let's just pretend nothing happened," He Yumei said softly, her head down.

He's already kissed me, what else can I do? Threaten to die or make a fool of myself?

Besides, He Yuzhu has been married before and has two children, a son and a daughter. How could he possibly divorce his wife and marry her again?

That is impossible.

He Yuzhu flipped his hand, and a bottle of face cream appeared: "I have a bottle of Pechoin face cream here, I'll give it to you as an apology."

After thinking about it, He Yumei decided to accept it, otherwise He Yuzhu would think that she was still angry with him.

"Then thank you."

He Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief. Now that things were settled, there would be far fewer troubles.

"If you ever need my help in the future, just let me know."

"Ah."

He Yumei didn't dare linger and quickly went out to work. After a while, it was time for her tutoring class, and everyone listened attentively to Xu Hesheng's lecture.

He Yumei's heart remained unsettled for a long time. She glanced at He Yuzhu beside her, and her pretty face flushed red again.

Ever since I met He Yuzhu at work, I've thought he was amazing; he had such a large business at such a young age.

Unfortunately, I met him too late; He Yuzhu was already married with children.

As the saying goes, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. A few days ago, I often dreamed that I was the one marrying He Yuzhu, and then in the bridal chamber, He Yuzhu pinned me down on the big bed.

Every time I dream of this place, I wake up feeling damp and uncomfortable.

I had only thought about it in my dreams before, and had never told anyone about it.

I never expected to be kissed by He Yuzhu today. Afterwards, I felt no anger at all, only endless shyness.