"Today is a good day

Everything you wish for will come true

Tomorrow is a good day

Open the door and welcome the spring breeze..."

Mai Encui came home from work, opened the door, and heard singing coming from the kitchen.

She felt puzzled, put down her bag, and saw her recently "standing up" husband was actually cooking again.

"You’re back. The last dish is almost done."

Though he lost his absolute dominance, one has to admit that the atmosphere at home has been a lot more harmonious recently.

Mai Encui smiled, temporarily suppressing her curiosity, washed her hands, while her husband cooked, she took the initiative to help serve the rice.

This is what you call harmony, raising the platter together.

As per the monthly routine, their son was sent to her parents’ house, so the couple could enjoy some uninterrupted marital time.

The last dish, stir-fried deer antler mushrooms with hot pot meat, was served, Zhang Zhongquan wiped his hands, took off the apron, and then took two cans of beer from the fridge.

Mai Encui watched silently, her curiosity deepening, picked up her chopsticks, and finally couldn’t help asking, "What happened? Why so happy?"

Because the rainy weather finally improved?

Definitely not.

"Click!"

Zhang Zhongquan opened a can, took a big, carefree gulp, with a vibrant look, making Mai Encui inexplicably a bit excited too.

The last time her incompetent husband was this excited was when he reached a settlement agreement with Green Land.

That’s not right.

Got the compensation, now you can’t call it that, need to show respect.

"What I say is never wrong!"

Really, give him some sunshine and he’ll shine.

Mai Encui murmured, but today is different from the past, considering the recovered tens of thousands of the housing payment, she could only hold back and laugh along.

The way of getting along as a couple, in short, is about advancing and retreating.

Flexibly.

When it’s time to handle, handle.

When it’s time to provide emotional value, provide emotional value.

"What happened?"

She held the bowl and continued to inquire.

——Is there any chance, like last time, he’ll suddenly pull out piles of cash?

Ideals can be beautiful.

But reality is reality.

Pies won’t fall from the sky.

Moreover.

The money they got back from Green Land was originally theirs.

"Do you know where I went today?"

Mai Encui shook her head, eagerly, "Where did you go?"

Zhang Zhongquan’s lips curled into a pleased arc, without acting mysteriously.

"Court!"

Mai Encui was startled, after all, those words hold quite an intimidation to ordinary folks, so she hurriedly asked, "Why did you go to court?"

"Why?"

Zhang Zhongquan sneered, taking a slice of cold fishy fillet, "Of course, to watch a show!"

"What show are you watching?"

"Greenfield Phase II rights protection case, the trial started today."

"Really? So soon?"

Zhang Zhongquan took a sip of beer, let out a breath comfortably, "Guess what the result is?"

"What is it?"

Zhang Zhongquan finally couldn’t hold back, laughed out loud, "It’s just as I expected, a bunch of lofty folks thinking they can get their money back through a lawsuit, completely dreaming unfounded, unrealistic!"

"Green Land won?"

"What else!"

Zhang Zhongquan had a look of complete strategic success, proudly, "I’ve said before, what kind of enterprise is Green Land? Suing it is like throwing meat buns at a dog!"

The ugliness of humanity revealed at this moment.

Upholding oneself worth celebrating but seeing others still struggling in the water, the pleasure becomes even more intoxicating.

"So many homeowners united couldn’t win, Green Land truly has overwhelming control in Sha City."

Mai Encui murmured.

"An ant, no matter how many, is still an ant. Biting an elephant dead, that’s nonsense!"

"You’re wise, settling privately with Green Land, or we’d likely end up like those people, losing both the house and the money."

Mai Encui continues providing emotional value, and truly from the heart.

She used to question her husband’s possibly selfish actions, but cold reality told her, little people don’t need such moral burdens.

The contempt and stares from relatives and friends don’t cost any flesh.

But bearing a long-delayed unfinished building, their whole family would live in endless hell.

"Honey, you did the right thing!"

Zhang Zhongquan laughed heartily, years of repressed bitterness finally let out, "Now you know your man’s capability? Criticized me before, said I let down the Fang Family. What was the result? Is it the Fang Family couldn’t find their own depth, being presumptuous?"

Mai Encui nodded repeatedly, "The matter has passed, no need to mention it again, let’s just live our lives well. No more connections with them going forward."

"Hmph."

Zhang Zhongquan snorted, "Afraid we’ll still see. Lao Wen’s daughter is getting married, might bump into them."

"Why?"

"Who’s Lao Wen’s son-in-law? It’s Tie Jun."

"What?"

"You don’t know Tie Jun, but this kid and my nephew, and the Fang Family daughter, grew up together, also from the Sanjian Courtyard. I just remembered."

Mai Encui was surprised, "Such a coincidence?"

"Sha City is this small, can’t avoid bumping into each other."

Zhang Zhongquan ate.

Mai Encui didn’t care, "Don’t overspend, only three hundred for the occasion."

Though they got the money back, most was returned to the bank.

Their situation hasn’t changed much, definitely not qualified to spend lavishly.

"Three hundred? When Xiao Qiang turned ten, Lao Wen gave five hundred." Zhang Zhongquan, still a dignified person, didn’t want to lose face.

"He gave three hundred? I’ll check the account book later."

Speaking of which, Mai Encui seems to have thought of something, paused the chopsticks, and tentatively asked her husband, "The groom is an old friend, so will your nephew come back to attend this wedding?"