The days after marriage are like lukewarm water. His wife, Gillian, has a habit of using symbols that only she understands on the edge of her accounting book to record the subtext behind every micro-expression of her husband, Ah Rong - a frown means that the food is too salty, silence means that work is frustrated, and a smile that does not reach his eyes means that he is perfunctory. This "emotional ledger" is her secret ritual to control her sense of security. Until she discovered that Ah Wing had peeked at her notes late at night and "acted" exactly the reaction she expected the next day. The calm suddenly shattered: Does he enjoy this game of being understood and manipulated in reverse? When Lin Wei deliberately wrote down false expectations and Ah Rong followed suit, she realized with horror that this silent psychological game had already exceeded the boundaries of marriage and dragged them into a dangerous dance.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
