Don't Joke Around with My Wife's Coworker

My wife has a slightly plump colleague she’s pretty close to, and the woman comes over to our place for dinner every so often.

She’s been single for years and has gone on seven or eight blind dates, none of which worked out.

One time, she came over for dinner again. Holding her bowl, she said pitifully, “I might be single for the rest of my life.”

I couldn’t keep my mouth shut, so I joked, “It’s okay. If nobody else wants you, our family will.”

Then I forgot all about it.

My wife rolled her eyes at me. “Have you even looked at our living situation? We have a one-bedroom apartment. Where would three people live?”

Her colleague blushed and said nothing.

I thought that was the end of it.

But two weeks later, my wife suddenly flew into a rage. She beat me while shouting, “That’s what you get for running your mouth! That’s what you get for running your mouth!”

Completely baffled, I asked what was going on.

She cried, “Su Xiaotang came to see me today and said she’d given it serious thought and had no objections to you. She also said she’s saved up more than 400,000 yuan over the years and could help us get a bigger place, so the three of us could live together!”

I was stunned on the spot.

I thought it was just a joke. She actually took me seriously?

What I never expected was that this was only the beginning.

In the first month after Su Xiaotang moved in, I discovered that her cooking was ten times better than takeout.

By the third month, she’d solved a work problem I’d been stuck on for half a year with a single remark.

Six months later, my wife started to suspect there was something going on between us.

A year later, my wife was crying and begging her not to leave.

And when I finally uncovered Su Xiaotang’s true identity, I understood at last:

That pitiful, slightly plump girl who said nobody wanted her wasn’t unwanted at all.

She was just too good for everyone else.