chapter 5 Do you dare to cheat?

"William, what happened to you today?" Feeling something was wrong, Emma turned over and sat up. William stiffened. He almost wanted to ask back, "Do you still have the nerve to ask me?" However, the thought appeared in one moment and was extinguished in the next moment. This was not the time for a showdown. Absolutely not. It was agreed that Emma would be given a chance. If there was a showdown, there would be no going back to the past. William smiled bitterly in his heart. He understood that he was deceiving himself. Even if Emma returned to him, if this matter was not revealed, would he be able to live as before? When it came to cheating, there was only a difference between the first time and the many times. Trust was like wrinkled paper; no matter how you smoothed it out, it would leave traces. However, for the children to have a complete home, he tried not to get divorced. Even if the couple looked very different from each other! He didn't know if his thinking was right, but the problems of many single-parent families around him forced him to consider it. "William, I know you are in a bad mood, but what did I do wrong to make you so cruel to me? You were not like this before! I'm hungry, and you go and cook immediately!" Emma put on her clothes and walked to the opposite side of William, her face full of grievances. William suddenly wanted to laugh. "Yes, if I hadn't watched you fall into the arms of another man with my own eyes, I would definitely go and cook for you right now." He thought. "I feel like throwing up when I smell the takeaway. Just give me a bowl of noodles." Emma bit her lower lip, "If you really find it troublesome, then forget it." "No trouble, I'll do it." William calmed down for a moment. Since he had decided to act, then acted well. "By the way, where is Emily?" William asked. Emily was his daughter's nickname. "She is at her grandma's house!" Emma said without any help, "Now that you're out, please stop bothering my mother in the future. You can go and pick up Emily later." Hehe. William sneered in his heart. Parents wished they could be with their grandchildren every day. That was called kissing from another generation. Only not Emma's mother. Every day, she either played cards, modeled or sang. She was almost 60 years old but still always showed off like flowers, and she always went to places where there were men. Before, William gave her 300 dollars a month. But once he asked her to help take care of the child, she acted more than unwilling. William really didn't know how much he owed her. When it came to cooking, William was considered professional. He knew more than ten ways to make noodles alone. They were all trained to serve Emma. Today, William just didn't want to do it. If he wasn't afraid that Emma would see through, he wouldn't even want to make clear soup noodles. She was hungry after being tortured by her lover in the hotel. She came back and asked him to cook! "Emma, Emma, is there anyone worse than you?" He thought. The kitchen door was open, and William was making noodles while chatting with Emma. It was not easy to act. If he had nothing to say, he had to find something to say. "How is Harper lately?" William said. Harper, Emma's sister. When William was pursuing Emma, Harper provided him with a lot of help. It was said that sister-in-law is brother-in-law's little cotton-padded jacket, and there is an indescribable nastiness in these words. However, William was really grateful to Harper. Without Harper, who kept saying good words to William in front of her mother-in-law, his marriage to Emma did not go so smoothly. "They divorced!" Emma's white feet stepped on the coffee table without raising her eyelids, and she was busy painting her nail polish. "Divorced?" William was stunned, "Why?" "When Harper was three months pregnant, her husband cheated on her. In a rage, the child was lost, and the marriage was divorced!" Emma still didn't look up. "Cheating?" A sense of absurdity arose in William's heart, "No way, aren't they a very loving couple? Besides, Harper is so kind to her husband." "Hey." Emma pouted, "You know people, you know faces, but you don't know hearts!" William chuckled, "You are so right!" Emma's expression froze slightly. William's words directly hit her heart. Her expression changed, and she said coldly, " William, I'm warning you, if you dare to cheat, I will never forgive you!" "Emma, do you think I can?" William smiled. "Hmph!" Emma snorted, "Of course, you couldn't do it before! But what about in the future? People will change." "How well said! Isn't this a reflection of yourself?" William was thinking maliciously in his heart. He threw the noodles into the pot and said with a half-smile, " What if you cheat on me?" Emma's expression suddenly changed. "William, what did you say?" She stood up suddenly. "Why are you anxious?" William was extremely calm at this moment, "I mean what if." "What if it's impossible!" Emma said firmly. After a while, she seemed to come around. "William, I will never cheat! Even if I really cheated on you, it was the result of you doing something wrong." Emma said with a sullen face, "Your good job is gone, and you are in jail. Do you know how difficult it is for us two?" William opened his mouth. He said nothing again. This was Emma. Never wrong. Not even able to admit her mistakes. No matter what she did wrong, the problem was with someone else. That's right, he went to prison and tore families apart. This was the only thing he owed his wife and daughter. For more than a year, Emma must have been under a lot of pressure. He wasn't with Emily, and Emily couldn't enjoy her father's love. In prison, William felt heartbroken every time he thought of his daughter and wife. But, was this the reason why Emma cheated? He stirred the noodle pot. He sneered in his heart again and again. After a few minutes, the noodles came out of the pan. Emma didn't even eat a single chopstick when the people from the neighborhood committee arrived. A middle-aged woman with a young girl. She was dressed neatly and said that she wanted to register those who had been released from prison. William was depressed. But he knew that this was necessary. Not only must they be registered, but if there were any abnormal situations in the community in the future, ex-convicts like him would be the focus of the investigation. As the saying goes, "One mistake will lead to eternal hatred, and it will be a hundred years when you look back." That's what it means. "Name?" "William." "Age?" After a series of knowingly asked questions. The older woman pushed up her glasses and said seriously, " William, this time we are going to register. In addition to the street trying to understand the situation, we also want to ask if you have any difficulties. The street can find ways to help you solve it." The young girl next to her interjected in a serious tone, "Re-employment is a big problem for ex-convicts. One is a criminal offender, and the other is an economic crime like you. It is even more difficult to find a good job." "I suggest that you don't aim too high and start from the grassroots level in a down-to-earth manner so that you can achieve better development in the future!" This little girl, only twenty-two years old, looked like she had just started working in the street. The childish look on her face had not faded yet. However, there was already a condescending official tone in her words. The look in William's eyes showed a kind of disgust, alienation, and defensiveness. William hated people who used chicken feathers as arrows. He was about to say a few words to snap her back. But Emma spoke.