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"I just..."

I was startled. Jiang Ming had never been so fierce with me.

"Can't there be some privacy between husband and wife? You snooping on my phone, is it because you don't trust me? Have I ever looked at your phone?"

His relentless questioning frightened me like a little chick shrinking back.

"I hope we can respect each other a bit! You know, space!"

Jiang Ming's outburst caught me off guard, and I almost burst into tears.

Feeling wronged, I asked, "Then... who is that woman, why did you give her stockings... and perfume..."

"Just a colleague! A good friend, you know? Don't you have friends? If you don't have friends, go find some to hang out with! Do I restrain you? Don't be so sensitive, getting jealous over a text, okay? I have a lot of work pressure. If I don't maintain good relations with colleagues, no one at the company respects me as the deputy manager!"