Chen Ningxi arrived at work and immediately called Cheng Qiaobei. It must have been him who tattled—this man actually went to the "parents."
Seeing her number, Cheng Qiaobei hesitated for a moment, then strode out of his office and stopped at Wei Lai's desk with a business-like demeanor, saying:
"Answer this call for me."
Wei Lai thought it was about declining a dinner meeting, but when she took the phone and saw the word "Wife" on the screen, she looked up at him with a puzzled expression that clearly asked, "What's going on?"
Cheng Qiaobei cleared his throat. There was no way he could admit that he'd tattled to his mother-in-law and angered his wife, so he made up a serious-sounding excuse and said:
"I broke her new lipstick this morning. Tell her I'm in a meeting."
Lipstick is indeed quite significant to some women, especially a new one that hasn't been used much.
Adhering to the spirit of "understanding is everything," Wei Lai decided to help him out this once.