Why Is My Ex Like This? - Chapter 4
I sat there impersonating a depressed mushroom, scenes from the past flashing through my mind.
Then my phone rang.
[Ding!]
[The poster you follow has updated.]
I hurriedly pulled out my phone to distract myself.
OP: [I moved next door to her and met her husband. He’s a senior from my university. I can’t go on. I’m an educated man. How can I—how can I sink so low as to become a kept lover hiding in the shadows? How can I cuckold my own senior? It hurts so much waaaaaaah. No. From today on, I’ll turn over a new leaf and live with integrity!]
Sure enough, someone on the other side of the world was suffering, too.
I looked at the comments.
Comment 1: [Whose kettle is that screaming? Come collect it.]
Comment 2: [Wait. A sandwich between a university senior and his junior? I’d eat that.]
Comment 3: [I feel for you. Your writing still loves her.]
OP: [No. I don’t love her.]
OP: [I’m just getting revenge. So what if he was my senior? He cuckolded me first!]
OP: [Yes. That’s it. The one who isn’t loved is the real third party.]
OP: [Proceeding according to plan. I’ll dump her sooner or later, anyway.]
Comment 4: [Amazing. He’s hopelessly lovesick. Beyond saving.]
Senior?
Next door?
Why did this story sound so familiar?
Could the poster be Lu Mingke?
No way was the poster Lu Mingke!
I wasn’t married. I didn’t have a kid.
Besides, there were thousands of lunatics in the world. Surely I couldn’t have encountered every last one?
I shook my head and stopped thinking about it.
That evening, after I got home from work, Lu Mingke knocked.
He was wearing nothing but an old-man undershirt, his nipples faintly visible through it.
He’d even gone for the seductive wet-hair look.
He poked his head into my home.
“Your husband’s not here?”
Before I could answer, the landlady came up the stairs.
“Oh, Mr. Wang. Good evening.”
I frowned. “Mr. Wang?”
Lu Mingke didn’t blink. “Alias. Where’s your husband?”
The corner of my mouth twitched. “He’s not home.”
His eyes widened. “Your man isn’t home this late? Is he cheating on you?”
I sighed. “Want to come in and sit down?”
“That desperate? Come do it at my place.”
“Wouldn’t be good if your husband suddenly came back.”
I glanced at his chest and nodded, then asked softly, “Can I touch?”
I hadn’t quite had the nerve last night.
Lu Mingke’s body was far too tempting.
He looked me up and down.
“Tch. Can I touch yours?”
I blinked. “Sure. Go ahead.”
I was about to lift my shirt when he seized my wrist and led me into his apartment.
“Have you no shame?”
Crossly, he took his shirt off.
“Go on, then.”
I obediently agreed. Starting at his collarbones, my fingers drifted slowly down, following the lines of his chest. I pressed into the grooves of his abs, tracing each ridge of muscle inch by inch.
His Adam’s apple bobbed.
“Touched enough?” he asked, his voice low and rough.
Nice.
So fucking nice.
I looked up at him, perfectly composed. “It’s all right.”
He raised an eyebrow. Clearly didn’t believe me.
“Pretty average,” I said solemnly, my tone airy. “Not that great.”
The tips of his ears turned red. He looked away and scoffed.
“Better than a certain someone, anyway.”
I knew who that was aimed at.
I didn’t argue, only bit my lip with renewed interest.
My hand slid onto his arm. I squeezed the small bulge of muscle there.
Looking awkward, he moved my hand back onto his abs.
“Touch here. The arms aren’t ready yet.”
I burst out laughing.
Suddenly, his long arm went around my waist and pulled me against him.
Before I could react, he was kissing me.
At that very moment, my brother called.
“Mingxi. The landlady called and told me to watch out for Old Wang next door. What’s that supposed to mean?”
Held in Lu Mingke’s arms, I was about to speak.
He kept kissing me. Harder, even.
Coming to my senses, I hung up, slapped him, and stood.
“Quit being a creep!”
He caught my hand.
“You’ve slept with me. Don’t you owe me a place in your life?”
I was astonished.
“Didn’t you say I had a husband? What place can I give you?”
Had society progressed so far that women could have multiple husbands now?
His lips curved. Each word was deliberate and perfectly clear.
“Kept lover.”
“Let me be your kept lover.”
I fell silent.
My brain and mouth both tied themselves in knots. Eventually, one sentence escaped.
“My husband boxes. Aren’t you scared he’ll beat you up?”
My brother really did box.
“…I’m a grown man. What’s a little beating? I’d deserve it.”
His train of thought left me stunned.
He’d always been a smooth talker when we were together.
“Baby, if loving you were a crime, I’d get a life sentence.”
“Baby, you’re so cold. I should stick you in the microwave and give you a quick zap.”
“You haven’t replied for ten minutes. I assume you’ve married him by now.”
[Transfer: 5,200]
“Here’s my contribution to the wedding.”
“I won’t be coming to the baby’s one-month celebration, though.”
[Transfer: 9,999]
In the end, I couldn’t resist that seductive fox. I agreed.
“I’ve got work tomorrow. I’m going home.”
Smiling, Lu Mingke walked me back next door.
[Ding! The poster you follow has updated.]
OP: [Success! The first stage of my revenge is complete! She agreed.]
Comment 1: [Agreed to what? Divorce her husband?]
Comment 2: [OP, you absolute legend.]
OP: [No! I became her kept lover!]
Comment 3: […]
Comment 4: [Seen what the world is capable of now? OP: No, I’ve seen what I’m capable of! I successfully became her kept lover!]
Comment 5: [Is that something to be proud of?]
OP: [You don’t understand. I’m doing this at my own pace.]
Comment 6: [Incredible. Kid, you’re unbeatable.]
Comment 7: [So what are you planning next?]
OP: [Competing for her affection.]
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