Xiang Wan was speechless for two seconds, then turned back to ask him.
“Then what do you mean by that? That Tang Haichao and I have an impure relationship? Have I wronged you in the days you were away?”
After two hours in the restaurant, Xiang Wan’s face was flushed from the heat.
Coupled with her naturally thick eyebrows, large eyes, high nose bridge, and slightly upturned lips.
When she pouted in annoyance, her complexion made her appear captivatingly beautiful.
Lu Mingzhe stared at her face, momentarily forgetting to answer her question.
Seeing his lovestruck expression and his hands getting restless, Xiang Wan, angered, elbowed him in the abdomen.
“I’m talking to you!”
“I want to kiss you, my wife. After two days apart, you’ve become even more beautiful~”
“…Stop changing the subject. What are you here for today? Did you think I was involved with Tang Haichao and came to catch us in the act?”
As they spoke, a taxi with its hazard lights flashing pulled over.
Lu Mingzhe raised his hand to signal it and pulled her into the car, “We can talk about anything when we get home.”
Xiang Wan felt his intentions for coming to see her were not pure, and she remained sullen all the way, turning her face to look out the window, refusing to acknowledge him.
Lu Mingzhe didn’t force the issue, just held her hand in his palm, stroking it repeatedly.
By the time the two of them got out of the car and entered the hotel elevator, the person who had seemed half-drunk and disoriented revealed his true colors.
As the elevator doors closed, he yanked Xiang Wan’s arm forcefully, pulling her into his embrace, and kissed her without a word.
The lingering aftertaste of the fragrant and mellow Wuliangye wine passed between their lips, but in less than five seconds, Xiang Wan pushed him away.
“Let go of me, let go…”
“You’ve been drinking, it’s not good for the baby, let go…”
She struggled fiercely, and Lu Mingzhe had to take a step back, cupping her chin, “What? You won’t even let me kiss you?”
“You drunkard! The camera is watching!”
“Who cares? We’re a legitimate couple, are we afraid of him watching?”
“You smell of alcohol, don’t come near and hurt the baby!”
“Nonsense, smelling a bit of alcohol is bad for the baby? My child, Lu Mingzhe’s offspring, wouldn’t be so delicate?”
“……”
The elevator arrived, and Lu Mingzhe pulled her out, deftly swiped his card to open the door, pulled Xiang Wan inside, and kicked the door shut with his foot.
He then immediately pressed her towards the entryway.
Xiang Wan knew what he intended. Her heart jumped into her throat.
“No, Lu Mingzhe, don’t be crazy, it’s not good for the baby.”
Lu Mingzhe panted heavily, his breath hot with alcohol on her face, “To be frank, I consulted a doctor at the hospital yesterday.”
“?”
“They said it’s fine, as long as I’m gentle, there’s no problem throughout the pregnancy.”
Although there was no one else around, Xiang Wan couldn’t help but blush at his words.
“You… you really asked?”
“Why would I lie to you? Would I joke about my own child?”
“You’re really thick-skinned!”
“Can’t help it. Who told you my wife doesn’t love me anymore since she’s pregnant? You hide from me every day, not letting me touch anything, I’m wronged.”
“You’re still wronged? A grown man competing for affection with his own child?”
“I am competing. You are the one who will accompany me for a lifetime, the child is nothing.”
Lu Mingzhe said, then started to act coquettish again.
“Really, my wife, I really asked the doctor, it’s fine.”
“It’s been so long since we were together, don’t you miss me?”
Xiang Wan, adhering to the principle of being good for the baby, spoke contrary to her feelings, “No.”
Lu Mingzhe shamelessly said, “I don’t care, if you don’t miss me, I miss you. You have to agree to me today.”
“Lu Mingzhe, your alcohol tolerance is really that poor?”
“Stop changing the subject, consider it your agreement.”
As Lu Mingzhe spoke, he scooped her up horizontally and walked towards the bathroom by instinct.
“Cooperation gets leniency, resistance gets severe punishment. You decide for yourself.”
After a bout of tossing and turning, the two nestled into the covers.
Lu Mingzhe was completely sober now, holding Xiang Wan tightly, gently stroking her hair.
Xiang Wan, still thinking about the Tang Haichao issue, finally had the chance to settle accounts with him.
“You still haven’t answered my question. Didn’t you suspect something between me and Tang Haichao? Then why are you hugging me?”
“Who suspected you?” Lu Mingzhe said contentedly, his voice lazy.
“I just don’t trust him.”
“…Then what’s the difference between that and suspecting me?”
“Alright, alright, we haven’t seen each other for a long time, I’ve missed you so much, don’t waste our words on irrelevant people.”
Lu Mingzhe kissed her forehead.
“Anyway, just remember, apart from your husband, men outside have no good intentions.”
“No matter what sweet words they say, or what they do that seems to be for your benefit, their goal is to get you.”
“Stay away from them, don’t give them any chance to break us apart, okay?”
Xiang Wan was amused by his sweeping statement that all men were untrustworthy.
“You’re indirectly saying I’m indiscreet and give others opportunities. No platonic friendships between men and women, fine.”
“From now on, not a single woman should appear around you.”
She had said it in anger, but Lu Mingzhe took it seriously.
“Okay, if you feel unsafe, I can announce on my Moments right now that I’m married.”
“You can check my phone freely. All the women inside, except my mother, I have no problem deleting them all.”
Xiang Wan: “……”
As he spoke, he shifted his body and reached for the phone on the bedside cabinet.
“The password is your birthday. Come, you delete them yourself.”
Perhaps it was the satisfaction he had just received that made him unusually tender, or perhaps he was always like this.
To be honest, Xiang Wan was moved at that moment.
She didn’t take the phone, looking at his face, “Don’t you have many childhood friends? Like Zhou Jinbei…”
“Zhou Jinbei is my childhood friend? Who told you that? She’s just a girl, not a woman in my eyes at all.”
“Delete her. She’s the most annoying, delete her right now.”
Xiang Wan pressed his hand, “Why are you like this? The more I talk, the more you get worked up.”
“I know, your intention in doing this is to make me also promise not to associate with Tang Haichao again, but…”
Lu Mingzhe waited for her to explain herself.
“But what? You don’t tell your husband when you encounter problems, you go ask others for money, and now you realize you owe them a favor?”
Xiang Wan: “…How did you know I borrowed money from him?”
Lu Mingzhe snorted coldly, “If you don’t want anyone to know, then don’t do it in the first place.”
“This time, I’ll assume you were acting out of pride and give you a way out, I won’t hold it against you.”
“If you go to other men for help again in the future, don’t blame me for not letting you off.”
He spoke fiercely, but thinking about his own complex psychological journey when facing difficulties and his pride that was hard to let go of, Xiang Wan felt a bit wronged.
Seeing her eyelids droop, looking unhappy, Lu Mingzhe quickly softened his tone.
“What I mean is, with me here from now on, you don’t have to go through all the trouble yourself.”
“Tell me, we’ll discuss it, don’t always wrong yourself, okay?”
Xiang Wan snuggled into his embrace and finally nodded.
“I’m older than you, and I’ve gotten to this point where I still have to ask you for help…”
“Don’t say such silly things. You don’t say it, I don’t say it, who can tell you’re a year older?”
“Zhou Jinbei also said that, is my wife just barely an adult? Tell me, an old cow shouldn’t eat tender grass.”