4: Chapter 4: Will you help me get revenge on him?

A strange, indescribable feeling suddenly welled up in Jiang Li's heart.

Sympathy for a fellow sufferer?

That wasn't quite accurate.

The woman before him probably didn't know what her husband was doing outside, right?

Jiang Li suddenly felt the urge to interact more with this neighbor.

"Alright, Sister Yan, I'll add another thousand for you."

Jiang Li flipped the photo over and placed it face down on the coffee table, pretending he hadn't seen anything.

"Let's just consider it making a friend; keep selling your things to me in the future."

"Really?"

Yuan Yan's eyes lit up instantly, and a hint of a smile finally appeared on her somewhat haggard face.

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

She said thank you several times in a row, her voice tinged with a nasal tone, as if she were on the verge of crying but was forcing herself to hold it back.

Jiang Li waved his hand and took out the contract and cash from his bag.

The transaction was completed quickly, and Jiang Li's system reward arrived.

Clutching the stack of money, Yuan Yan breathed a visible sigh of relief, her whole body relaxing.

She sat on the sofa for a while before suddenly standing up, looking at Jiang Li with some embarrassment.

"Um... Boss Jiang, could you do me a favor?"

"What favor?"

"The shower at my place is broken, the faucet keeps leaking, and my husband... he's not home, and I don't know how to fix it."

Yuan Yan pointed toward the bathroom, a flush of embarrassment rising on her face, "If it's convenient for you..."

Jiang Li had already intended to make friends with this neighbor, so he didn't hesitate much.

"Alright, let me take a look."

The bathroom wasn't big, but it was kept very clean, with a bottle of gardenia-scented aromatherapy in the corner.

Jiang Li crouched down and used a wrench to turn the nut under the shower valve.

"Sister Yan, could you help me turn off the main valve? It should be in the cabinet in the kitchen."

"Oh, okay!"

Yuan Yan ran out in her slippers, "I've turned it off!"

Jiang Li lowered his head and continued to unscrew it.

The moment the water valve loosened, a jet of water sprayed out with a "pfft" sound.

The ice-cold water splashed all over Jiang Li, drenching him, and also sprayed Yuan Yan, who had just walked in, head-on.

"Ah—!"

Yuan Yan screamed, but her first reaction wasn't to run out, but to reach back and close the bathroom door, fearing water would flow onto the living room's wooden floor.

Jiang Li didn't have time to curse; he scrambled to replace the nut.

After tightening it several times, the water finally stopped.

Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief and was about to stand up and complain, but the moment he saw Yuan Yan, all his words were stuck in his throat.

Her milky-white silk nightgown was soaked through, clinging tightly to her body and becoming semi-transparent.

The black outline underneath was clearly visible.

Her wet, long curly hair clung to her cheeks and neck, and water droplets trickled down her collarbones, flowing deep into the cleavage pressed by the fabric.

Yuan Yan clearly realized how unsightly she looked right now; she instinctively hugged her chest with both hands, her face flushing red to her ears.

"S-sorry, I might have turned off the wrong one just now..."

Her voice was as small as a mosquito's buzz, and water droplets hung on her eyelashes, trembling.

Jiang Li struggled to tear his gaze away from her.

"...It's okay, you go change your clothes first."

"What about you? You're all wet—"

Yuan Yan bit her lower lip, making a difficult decision.

"You should take a hot shower first, don't catch a cold."

"I'll go call my husband and tell him about this, so he won't misunderstand if he suddenly comes back, and I'll ask him to bring you a new set of clothes when he returns."

Before Jiang Li could refuse, Yuan Yan had already turned and left, closing the bathroom door behind her.

Jiang Li was stunned for a moment. Are women in big cities this hospitable?

However, he was indeed uncomfortable like this, and since Yuan Yan had already called her husband, it didn't seem like a big deal for him to take a shower.

Thinking this, Jiang Li turned on the hot water faucet.

However, before he could start washing, he heard voices coming from the living room.

Yuan Yan was on the phone. The bathroom door wasn't very soundproof, so every word was crystal clear.

"Husband? When are you coming back?"

It was unclear what was said on the other end of the line.

Yuan Yan's voice raised a little: "You're negotiating projects outside again? Do you still care about our daughter's tuition?"

Silence.

Then Yuan Yan's voice suddenly changed.

"Who is next to you? I clearly heard a girl's voice just now!"

There was another round of explanations on the other end of the line.

Then Jiang Li heard Yuan Yan's almost breaking voice:

"Don't lie to me! How long are you going to keep pretending? Do you know we have no money left at home?!"

Jiang Li turned off the faucet, wiped the water off his body, and hesitated about whether to go out at this moment.

Then the bathroom door was pushed open.

Yuan Yan stood at the door, her eyes filled with tears, and despair written all over her exquisite face.

"He..." Her lips trembled, "He has another woman next to him..."

Before she finished speaking, she stumbled forward and crashed into Jiang Li's arms.

Jiang Li instinctively caught her.

Yuan Yan wrapped her arms around his neck, burying her face in his chest, her shoulders trembling violently as she sobbed, gasping for breath.

Neither of them had changed out of their soaked clothes.

The soft sensation kept pressing against his chest.

Jiang Li's reason told him he should push her away, but his hands, as if possessed, wrapped around Yuan Yan's waist.

"Your daughter... won't come back suddenly, right?"

Yuan Yan looked up at him, her eyes misty with tears, a strange, indescribable flush rising on her tear-stained face.

"No... she's at my mom's, she won't come back until I go pick her up later..."

"Then...?" Jiang Li smacked his lips, but before he could say the next sentence, Yuan Yan stood on her tiptoes and bit down hard on Jiang Li's lips.

"Help me, help me take revenge on him, okay?"

Jiang Li sighed.

Although he wasn't the kind of man with a strong desire for revenge.

But when faced with a request from a beautiful woman, how could a man say no?

...

When Jiang Li came out of Yuan Yan's house, it was almost dark.

He stood at the entrance of the unit, stretching his somewhat sore neck.

He didn't expect to have such luck with women today; beautiful women were actually coming to him one after another.

Later, Du Aoting would also be running over to his place.

If things went on like this, he was afraid his body really wouldn't be able to take it.

"I'll go buy some beer to stimulate myself first; in a few days, I really need to sign up for a Gym..."