My Husband's Struggle for Career and My Support

It was our fifth wedding anniversary.

My husband, unexpectedly suggested celebrating at a hotel.

Just as the candlelit dinner was starting, his female boss called him.

I knew it, the plumbing at her house was blocked again.

I was wondering what kind of old and dilapidated house it was?

On average, the drain would get blocked every three days!

Every time my husband went there, he had to struggle for a long time and could only come back in the middle of the night.

I asked him, "With your skills, can you really unclog it?"

He said, "I can do it multiple times! This is my boss showing appreciation for me, I have to perform well!"

I smiled and said nothing...

My husband didn't come back all night.

Early the next morning, my female boss sent me a big red envelope.

"Sorry, the situation was so bad last night that he had to do it a few more times and broke your home plumbing tool!"

I accepted the red envelope and replied politely.

"It's okay, that broken thing is worthless anyway, consider it as my gift to you!"

***

Just five minutes after I accepted the red envelope, Shaw came home.

Compared to his usual calmness when he came home, he seemed a bit flustered at the moment.

"Jane, why did you accept her money?"

"After you accepted the money, what does that make me in her eyes? Return the money and apologize! I'm helping and you're accepting money, don't you feel embarrassed? Is this the kind of money you can accept?"

"Take a look at yourself, how rude you sound?"

"You made such a fuss, and I worked all night for nothing! Fortunately, she didn't hold it against me! Can't you learn to be more tolerant like others?"

It turned out that his panic on his face was not because he felt guilty for staying overnight at his female boss's house, but because he thought I ruined his good thing.

Look how anxious he was, even his forehead was sweating.

I glanced at his chat records with Amy and didn't think I did anything wrong.

What are you talking about? How would I know who Huang Na is? Since you took the drain cleaner to her house, it has been there all the time, no different from giving it to her, right?

Shaw blushed and felt a little embarrassed.

"But you really shouldn't have taken this money. You should return it to her!"

"She willingly gave me the money. If I don't accept it, it wouldn't be right, would it? After all, it's the hardest thing to repay a favor! Or do you want to keep this hard-earned money for yourself?"

Once the money was in my hands, there was no reason to spit it out.

He didn't expect me to refuse to return the money, let alone that I would be so sarcastic.

The words of 'hard-earned money' broke through his defense.

The handsome face of him immediately turned cold.

"Okay! You're tough. If you're willing to accept it, then consider it as me advancing next month's living expenses. Don't come to me for money again later!"

"Didn't I just stand you up and not come back all night? How many times do I have to say it, we are not what you think..."

I didn't stop him from transferring money to Amy. After all, we didn't have next month anymore.

I took his words softly.

"I know, you have a pure superior-subordinate relationship."

In the past, when he came back after unclogging the toilet, I wouldn't give him a good face and would even grab him to smell his body odor.

Actually, every time he came back, there was no smell on him.

There was no scent of women's perfume, no smell of sweat, and no smell of the sewer.

The whole person was so clean that I felt like I had lost my sense of smell and I was in self-doubt.

The consequence of self-doubt was that I kept arguing and having cold wars with him.

And he watched my crazy behavior coldly.

I was left alone to heal in madness.

"Jane, you..."

My understanding attitude made him swallow all the reproaches of me being immature.

After transferring the money to Amy, he looked at me strangely.

"I've already paid back the money for you. If you accept her money again, I'll be angry!"

"I've already asked for leave with her when I came back. Today, I'll accompany you to make up for our anniversary."

"For breakfast, I want to have clear soup shredded pork noodles, and the meat should be stewed until tender."

After speaking, he got up and went to take a shower.

After washing up, he showed off by handing me a red velvet box.

"Happy 5th wedding anniversary!"

"I'm sorry for leaving you alone yesterday. I didn't expect her house to have such a serious sewer blockage. The situation was difficult to handle, you know..."

He actually explained the details of unclogging the sewer, which I used to not believe him and insisted on him telling me the details. He always refused me with a disgusted face.

Now that he was willing to tell, I felt really disgusted, and it seemed that he himself emits an unpleasant smell.

"Thank you!"

I immediately took the box to stop him from talking.

However, when I opened it, I saw a string of pearl necklaces.

Seeing that I accepted the gift, he stopped talking about the details and hurriedly took out the necklace, wanting to put it on for me.

"Jane, you said you had a surprise for me yesterday. What is the surprise?"