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"Call your brother and ask him to return the money." Willow said as she poked the phone in front of me, the tip of the phone almost touching my eyes.

I frowned and didn't take the call, but the phone suddenly rang. She was startled and looked at the screen with me. It was my mother calling.

I reached out to take the phone back, but she pressed the answer button first and turned on the speakerphone. I clenched my fist in anger as she opened her mouth to ask my mother for money.

However, before she could speak, her mother's excited voice came: "Happy birthday, son! I wanted to call you yesterday, but I was too busy in the field. Are you angry with me? How did you and Yangyang celebrate yesterday?"

Willow froze and looked at me guiltily. Because yesterday, she completely forgot about my birthday and went to look for her childhood sweetheart in front of me.

I snatched the phone back, put it to my ear, and smiled: "Mom, how could I be angry with you? I know you and Dad are the ones who love me the most in this world. I have been unfilial all these years."

When my mother heard this, she quickly changed the subject, fearing that I would be sad. We talked for half an hour, and Willow was not mentioned again during that time .

When she hung up the phone, Willow frowned, looking tangled. "Since yesterday was your birthday, I won't mind transferring money to your brother, but it has to be considered a loan. I tell you, you have to be grateful for marrying such a generous wife like me." She said, "You are also to blame for what happened yesterday. If you had spoken to me nicely, I would not have left."

I didn't respond, but just chatted with a few old playmates in the group. Willow stood there awkwardly for a moment, then said, "I'll go buy you a cake. You can cook more dishes tonight, and I'll make it up to you."

Looking at her leaving back, I quit the group chat and opened the manager's chat box.

[ Leo , are you really going to go to the branch? Even though the branch is in your hometown, are you really willing to live apart from your wife?]

I quickly replied to her: [Don’t worry, my wife will soon become my ex-wife.]

The manager's chat box showed "typing" several times and then disappeared. After struggling for a long time, he finally sent a line of words: [Okay, with a capable person like you helping me, I am more confident that I can run the branch well! ]

After the chat, I checked the time, turned my phone to silent mode, and prepared to go to bed.

I was sleeping soundly when there was a noise in the living room. I opened my eyes dazedly, but before I could wake up, Willow pulled me out of bed.

"Why are you still sleeping? I specially called my friends to celebrate your birthday. Hurry up and cook." She said.

I walked into the living room, looking at the crowded room and the melon seeds and fruit shells on the floor, and a nameless fire surged in my heart. I clenched my fist and then put it down, and decided to save some face for Willow .

"I didn't expect so many people would come. How about this, I'll book a table now and we can eat out," I suggested.

"No, brother-in-law. It's too expensive to eat out. Besides, Willow always praises your cooking skills to us, and we just want to try it." Bruce stood up decisively after I finished speaking, with an ambiguous smile on his face.

Willow also frowned and came over to pull me: "You have transferred 20,000 to your brother today, and you still want to go out and spend money? Do you really think that money comes from the wind? It's not like you can't cook. I bought the vegetables and you just do it."

Willow can buy vegetables? A bad premonition came to my mind, and I quickly opened the kitchen door. Eels, lobsters, and bullfrogs were running around in the kitchen, and some had already crawled under the gaps in the stove.

I took a deep breath and quickly closed the kitchen door. I knew it would be like this, a woman who had never touched a household chores since marrying me wouldn't even know how to mop the floor, let alone buy groceries.

Bruce stood behind me and said proudly in a voice that only the two of us could hear: "It's pitiful that you have to prepare meals for so many people for a birthday. Think about it, it was my birthday two days ago, Willow booked a private room for me at the Royal Court Hotel for three days." " Brother Leo , it seems that you are not favored!"

Before I raised my hand, Willow appeared behind Bruce . "What are you two talking about?" She asked, "Hubby, why don't you go cook? My friends are hungry."

I was about to refuse, but seeing Bruce's gloating face, I came up with a plan. "Two seasonings are missing. I'll go buy some," I said.

"What do you need? I'll go buy it. It's getting late. If we delay any longer, how can we have two meals?" She actually wanted me to cook two meals...

I suppressed my anger and replied to her: "How would you know anything about kitchen matters? I'll be back as soon as I buy it, very quickly." Willow then stopped talking.