Du Ruoxin smiled faintly, "I told you not to be jealous!" She held the lotus up to him. "You wear it for me."
"My husband gave it to me, it's bound to be stunning."
Rong Jingyang: "..."
Unable to resist the woman's sweet persuasion, he took the lotus and gently tucked it behind her ear.
No, there was lotus root fiber, and lotus root sap was seeping out, staining her ear and hair.
Rong Jingyang immediately removed it.
Fan Yinghao quickly handed him a tissue.
Rong Jingyang carefully wiped it for her, "It got on your hair, don't move."
Du Ruoxin, however, was reluctant, her heart filled with sweetness. "A little sap is fine. You put it on my head, and I'll wash it when we get home tonight."
Rong Jingyang finished wiping and looked down at her, "You really don't mind?"
Aren't women usually disgusted by dirt?
She was an exception.
Du Ruoxin shook her head, still smiling as brightly as the stars. "My husband gave it to me, I want the whole world to know!"
"I want others to be envious!"
Rong Jingyang was mesmerized by her smile. He gently flicked her nose and said, "As long as you're happy."
He re-pinned the lotus in her hair, thoughtfully picking up a rubber band and tying it around the lotus stem.
He thought, as soon as a drop of sap appeared at the tip, he would immediately wipe it away.
But, the thought was good, reality was not.
Sap burst from the lotus stem where the rubber band pressed it.
He: "—"
There was no way to wipe this!
Du Ruoxin saw his furrowed brow and smiled, comforting him, "It'll be fine after a wash tonight."
"If it's hard to wash, Mr. Rong, can you help me?"
Rong Jingyang found the sap extremely unsightly and wanted to tear it off!
Du Ruoxin realized his increasingly serious expression. She stood up straight, moved behind him, and pushed him along, saying, "I don't care, when we get home tonight, you're washing my hair."
"It's decided, just like that."
"Oh, my husband is so good, so considerate."
Rong Jingyang: "…………"
He hadn't agreed at all! Woman, your ability to direct and act is getting stronger and stronger!
But Rong Jingyang didn't refute.
"Let's go back," he said calmly.
Although this trip yielded no tangible gains, their objective had been achieved, and there was no need to stay longer.
Du Ruoxin continued to push the wheelchair, "Go back where? You haven't seen the person yet, we can't leave empty-handed."
Who dared to slight her husband's face?
She wouldn't allow it!
Rong Jingyang's expression turned cold, "I'm afraid we won't see them. Let's go back first."
Du Ruoxin refused, "We've come all this way, wouldn't it be disappointing not to meet them?"
"Let's go."
Du Ruoxin, with a freshly picked lotus adorning her head, attracted many whispers as she walked.
"Who is that?"
"How tacky!"
"She's wearing a lotus!"
"Does she not have money to buy luxury goods and is trying to get attention here?"
"Could she be some desperate influencer trying to become famous?"
"Whoa, influencers can even attend the banquet hosted by the old man for his granddaughter?"
"Shh—"
"Don't speak too loudly. I don't know if that woman is an influencer, but the man she's pushing in the wheelchair, I've seen him."
"The chairman of Rong Group, one of the world's few super-rich families—Rong, Jing, Yang."
"Their family's assets are in the trillions."
"That woman must be a mistress!"
"Rong Ye's little lover he keeps in India!"
...
As she walked, countless curious glances fell upon Du Ruoxin's head, face, and body.
For the pleasant, admiring gazes, she returned a sweet smile.
For the unpleasant, sharp, and critical ones, she simply ignored them.
A few minutes later, Du Ruoxin brought Rong Jingyang to the outside of a courtyard.
"Sir, Madam, entry is forbidden without invitation," a bodyguard stated, blocking their path.
Du Ruoxin stopped. She didn't force her way in. Taking a deep breath, she used the full power of her voice to shout into the courtyard, "Christiano, come out!"
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ps: Another half month, and when my son goes back to school, I'll be fully recharged!
I'll update at least four thousand words daily!
To my readers, wait for me!