Chapter 76.1 – Extra: Wife-Chasing Crematorium (Part 1)

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　　Since then, the news of Sea Empress Daidai taking the initiative to cozy up with the transfer student Huo Rongshen on the basketball court circulated rapidly across various platforms.

　　The news took the entire school by storm.

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　　In the matrimonial house, Huo Rongshen jolted awake in horror and sat up abruptly in bed.

　　Fingers pressed against his temple, and for a fleeting moment, he was unsure whether to pass it off as a nightmare or a wonderful dream.

　　The world in his dream was far too realistic, so much so that he was adamant that it was not merely a simple dream.

　　As a result of a certain opportunity, some memories hidden in the depths of his brain suddenly resurfaced in his mind.

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　　Suffice to say, Huo Rongshen had indeed enacted his plan.

　　At 8 o’clock the following morning, he drove through the gates of Nangang Palace and headed straight to the garage.

　　After a year and a half, he was finally able to gain access to her residence without having to notify security.

　　However, it was his understanding that the other two b*st*rds…… had also obtained similar degrees of access.

　　As a matter of fact, it was not that Jiang Dai was not moved by their actions. Instead, she just had it up to here with their undeterred pursuit. Since she always had to let them in manually, she would do better to give them access to her residence.

　　After all, Nangang Palace was far greater in size than any good old park. By doing so, she would consider it permitting friends to explore her park.

　　On top of that, no one had the gall to barge into her room without permission.

　　Now that they were no longer in their teens, they were fully aware of the difficulties in obtaining the privilege. For this reason, it was impossible for them to forfeit their hard-earned rights on a mere whim.

　　Just when Huo Rongshen entered the foyer with a lunch box in his hand, Jiang Dai was about to head downstairs after applying her makeup.

　　Without further conveyance, he made his way to the dining room. Throwing a sidelong glance at the time, he reckoned that she should be downstairs soon.

　　Ever since Jiang Dai took over Bao Li Group, she acquired the habit of planning her day, detailing concise information such as an ideal sleeping pattern. It indicated that she should head to bed before one in the morning and get up latest at eight. In order to meet the stringent requirements laid down by herself, she forced herself to abide by the schedule, turning her once carefree life into that of a demanding career-oriented elite.

　　Truth be told, this was something she had picked up from her ex-husband.

　　Although she was never concerned or interested in Huo Rongshen’s work, she would take a gander at his schedule on a whim.

　　When it came to time management, one would regard Huo Rongshen to possess expeditious handling of matters. After all, not only was he able to have adequate sleep every day, but he also had sufficient time to work out. Regardless of whether he was swamped with work, out traveling, or on a business trip, all of his plans would remain uninterrupted.

　　Much to her astonishment, he had even gone so far as to allocate time for showers and toileting needs in his schedule.

　　Back then, Jiang Dai would scoff at such notions and even hurl a stream of disdainful remarks at him. “This schedule of yours is even more stringent than that of a President¹ 国家总统: The President of a country. . So why don’t you set aside some time for lovemaking, or even get some rest if you exceed the allotted time? After all, you should never waste time on such meaningless matters.”

　　Nevertheless, Huo Rongshen had long since become accustomed to Jiang Dai’s criticisms. Hence, not a single ripple disturbed his countenance. 

　　At this juncture, Jiang Dai assumed he would feign hearing loss again, so she turned around and started walking away. However, he grasped her wrist and gently restrained her.

　　His hoarse voice blurted out, “There’s no way something like this will go as planned.”

　　Yet, Jiang Dai was thick-skinned enough to assume a tongue-tied b*st*rd, like Huo Rongshen, could never beat her in an argument. With that in mind, she raised her eyebrows at him. “Why not? You are even able to fix your toileting needs within 3 to 7 minutes, so I’m sure you must have taken the occasional constipation into consideration? Since you can have all this planned, why not the others?”

　　Even so, Huo Rongshen did not let go of her hand. Unrelenting, he enunciated every word very carefully and sternly, “That’s different. Toileting needs are individual needs that require no longer than 3 minutes. That’s only because I have a meal plan that does not include food that is hard to digest. Since my diet emphasizes consumption of grains, the question you have raised is irrelevant. On the other hand, conjugal acts are an entirely different story. You are fickle, demanding, and hard to please, as we can’t make love too many or too few times. I have canceled numerous meetings for you, haven’t I?”

　　His shocking words left Jiang Dai bereft of speech. ‘I really gotta hand it to him.’

　　It was alright if this deranged man was just proving a point, but he had to speak so vividly of such matters with a straight face.

　　At that moment, Jiang Dai wanted nothing more than to have amnesia.

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　　However, those were merely matters of the past.

　　After the divorce, Jiang Dai deliberately left this out when setting up her schedule. With that, she began to pick up Huo Rongshen’s habit of careful planning.

　　In just a week, she found that this schedule was indeed phenomenal as she managed to complete three times the work done by her before!

　　That was right, three times!

　　What’s more, these were merely short-term outcomes. Should this persist in the long run, it would increase her productivity significantly. As of now, Jiang Dai is able to complete numerous complex tasks within the day.

　　It was particularly ideal for her current situation. Apart from her day-to-day responsibilities at Bao Li, she had even acquired countless other businesses that did not belong in the cosmetic industry, as well as work in the entertainment industry.

　　Despite that, not once did it feel like a race against time, and she could even get sufficient sleep.

　　Even so, she was not like Huo Rongshen, who would set high demands on himself — Even if he were to work overtime till eleven at night, he would still push himself to work out for forty minutes.

　　As for Jiang Dai, something like this would never end up on her to-do list. Forget working out, the most she would do to maintain her figure was ten crunches on the bed.

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　　As expected, Jiang Dai soon got dressed and made her way to the dining room downstairs. 

　　She took a seat at the table, seeming unsurprised by his presence.

　　At this point, she had grown used to watching Huo Rongshen flutter about getting her some coffee and an extensive array of food.

　　Noticing he was serving her porridge from the thermal lunch box, she blurted out dully, “I don’t want to have porridge so early in the morning.”

　　Upon hearing that utterance, no traces of resentment welled in the pit of her ex-husband’s stomach, even when he woke up one and a half hours earlier to make the porridge. Still, an exceptionally gentle smile touched the corners of his mouth as he persuaded thoughtfully, “You should still have some even if you don’t wish to. This porridge is good for your stomach, especially when you like to drink strong coffee that can be harmful to your stomach. You should have some of this first to ease your gastric mucosa before having your coffee.”

　　Even though Jiang Dai’s mouth twisted seemingly in a contemptuous sneer, she still took a spoonful of porridge.

　　Only then did she notice that Huo Rongshen was now adept at making porridge.