Indulgent Husband And Sweet Wife Chapter 28: You Should Not Agree To Marry Me

Translator: Ye Xinyu
Proofread by He Li

Yang Anxin introduced Du Yucheng, and Ji Xingfan subconsciously took a look at Ai Changhuan, and Ai was also looking at Du Yucheng as expected. Her look was quite sympathetic.

During the meal, Ji Xingfan asked Ai in a low voice, "whether he is Qin Zhan or not?"

Ai Changhuan shook her head, "I haven't got the answer yet."

“You really take your time. It would be better to take this opportunity to give it a try”

“How?” Ai wondered.

Ji Xingfan was speechless suddenly, because she really did not know how such a pure little white rabbit like Ai had grown up.

"Later, you can pick some dishes for Lu Zhanke and be nice to him deliberately. If he were Qin Zhan, he would absolutely not be indifferent. If he were not, you could leave as soon as possible...lest you should fail to know that you have fallen in love with someone.”

But Ai disagreed. “No, I can't. I can't make use of Lu Zhanke in such a way. This is too unfair to him.”

“Why are you caring so much about how Lu Zhanke feels? Have you fallen in love with him?" Ji Xingfan pointed out sharply.

Her heart gave a great leap and she hurried to deny, “Of course not, I just think it is not right.”

“If you still hesitate like this, you will be bogged down deeper and deeper.” According to Ji Xingfan's intuition, Lu Zhanke must have known something and he just kept silent and his countenance. This man seemed determined to win Ai Changhuan's heart. However, Ai Changhuan's mind was still on Qin Zhan, which made Ji Xingfan worry about the messy situation Ai would face later.

Instead of that, it would be better to cut the Gordian knot and nip it all in the bud.

After making up her mind, Ji Xingfan decided to be the bad person herself.

Yang Xinxin was sitting on her right, Ai Changhuan on her left, and Lu Zhanke beside Ai Changhuan while Du Yucheng was sitting opposite. Ji Xingfan first filled a bowl of soup, and waited it cooled down slowly. When the soup was not hot anymore, she put the bowl to Ai.

“Here, Ai, this is for you.”

Because Ji often did this before when they were at school, Ai Changhuan took it for granted and took over the bowl and was ready to drink.

Ji Xingfan seized the right time to push Ai Changhuan gently. Because of inertia, Ai tilted toward Lu, then her hand suddenly failed to hold the soup bowl well, and all the soup poured on his pants.

Seeing this, Ai Changhuan turned panicky. Before she could do something, Ji Xingfan had stuffed her with a pack of napkins, and Ai did not have time to think more before she immediately helped Lu with the napkins, while asking eagerly, "Are you all right? Is it burning? Does it matter?"

"I'm OK." Lu was going to stand up and do it by himself. But seeing Ai was so concerned about him, he was not in a hurry to move.

Ji Xingfan secretly took a look at Du, only to see Du staring at the movement there. Aware of Ji's inquisitive eyes, Du looked elsewhere and turned to drink.

Ji Xingfan slightly raised her eyebrows. This “Du Yucheng” was really eccentric.

"Take out the things in your pockets before they get wet." Yang Anxin suggested.

"Good idea." Lu took out the things in his pocket. In addition to his own things, something else was also taken out. It was Ai Changhuan's wallet.

As soon as Ai Changhuan saw the wallet, she subconsciously looked up to Du Yucheng, deeply into his eyes. There was a shade of unspeakable pain as well as a disbelief hidden in his eyes.

“I……” Hot tears were to well up in her eyes when Ai Changhuan immediately wanted to explain something.

But Du Yucheng looked somewhere else again, ignoring her.

Ai felt extremely complicated. Was he exactly Qin Zhan? If not, why did he stare at her with such a painful look? If he was, why did he choose to ignore her?

She just stared blankly at Du Yucheng, with extremely painful feelings. Du Yucheng, Qin Zhan, could these two guys be the same one? Though they looked exactly alike, they had totally different personalities.

How could she express her bitterness which was hard to hide?

Ji Xingfan dropped her eyes, then stood up and took the wallet. She carefully looked at it for a while, pointing to the little pig head on the wallet and said, “it is so like you! Silly, but very cute.”

Of course she knew the subtext of this purse, because there were several times when she saw Ai Changhuan staring blankly at it, sometimes crying, and sometimes smiling. That tossing and turning mood was just the time when one missed someone, wasn't it?

“Yeah, someone has said these once.” Qin Zhan uttered, and when he saw this purse at first sight, he couldn't help thinking about her, how cute she was!

Du Yucheng's eyebrows moved but he said nothing. He just closed his eyes and took another drink. He was not a drinker, but on such an occasion he would rather be drunk and fall asleep, without having to relive the heart-breaking despair which choked him.

“He is Du Yucheng. He is Du Yucheng. He is Du Yucheng.” He told himself these words again and again.

Receiving no response from Du Yucheng, Ai Changhuan felt quite disappointed. She lowered eyes, her little hands clutching her dress tightly. She held back tears as much as she could.

Suddenly, a hand reached her and held her hand tightly.

Ai Changhuan turned around, encountering Lu Zhanke's eyes.

Lu narrowed his eyes," Go back with me, I need to change clothes."

"Oh?" Ai Changhuan looked at him sheepishly.

Lu Zhanke got up and pulled her up. Then he said to Pei Jun and Yang Anxin, "Lao Pei, sister Anxin, I'll go back and change my clothes. I'll be back presently."

“Go ahead.” The crowd replied.

Then Lu Zhanke took Ai away.

Yang Anxin laughed and said, “This couple really have a good relations.h.i.+p. It takes two to change clothes. Is it difficult for one person to wear right clothes?”

Ji Xingfan also said, “Yes. You see, Changhuan's wallet is given to her husband for keeping. Wallet is a very personal thing, you know.”

Du Yucheng restrained his feeling. There was no expression on his face and he just drank in silence.

Observing that Du Yucheng was on the alert all the time as if hiding something intentionally, Ji Xingfan did not provoke him anymore. This person was really not Qin Zhan? Otherwise how could he be so calm. He said nothing, just looking at them coldly?

How could a man of deep thoughts like him fall in love with Ai Changhuan? And did Ai Changhuan really know Qin Zhan well?

Who on earth could solve this riddle?

Lu Zhanke and Ai Changhuan went back home. The moment they entered the house, Lu Zhanke held Ai Changhuan against the door. His forehead was against hers, and his eyes fixed on her look. "You're not happy, why?"

Being held by him suddenly, Ai Changhuan was astonished. She was about to break away from him when she heard his words. His tone was full of complete certainty, and she could not help being shocked, gazing at him emotionlessly.

“Because of Du Yucheng? Or somebody else?” He pointed out clearly and directly, or maybe he just sounded her out.

Her heart jumped. Did he sense something?

A thousand kinds of thoughts flashed in her heart suddenly. The fear, fearing he really knew the truth; the anxiety, worrying about his anger if he thought she had deceived him; also a kind of faint relief, a good thing for her if she was seen through. Did she intend to tell him the truth from the beginning? Why was she hesitating now?

Why not just take this chance...

There was a subtle pain emerging in her heart. She bit her lip, as if making up her mind. Looking up at him, she said, "yes...

"Remember, you are my wife. You can't take another look at another man, no matter what kind of relations.h.i.+p it used to be between you and him."

He had chosen to forgive her so easily! Was it because he didn't care, or because he loved her so much so that he would not bring himself to figure it out?

Ai lowered her eyes and said, “What is this for? Why don't you just pretend that I have never come here.”

Just pretended that she never appeared in his life. Just pretended that they never met.

"Impossible." He squinted his eyes. "You are my woman for one day, and my woman for the rest of my life."

"You..." She was surprised and looked up, and couldn't believe that he would say such words.

"Whether you accept it or not, it's the final decision." He clasped her slender waist with one hand and pinched her chin with the other hand, not allowing her to escape. He was h.e.l.l-bent on winning, "Ai Changhuan, you can't escape."

“But I do not love you.” She said.

Yes, she did not love him, so she did not need to be together with him.

"You'll change your mind sooner or later." Lu Zhanke forced a smile.

“You……You……”

For quite a while, she was unable to say a word.

Lu released her and went upstairs. "You should have had this realization from the first day you came here."

Ai Changhuan stared at his back blankly, her brain roaring. Qin Zhan, Du Yucheng, Lu Zhanke, these three names in her mind were mixed up into a mess, and the person in the center of the mess was hersef. She had been so entangled that she could hardly breathe.

Ai Changhuan, why were you doing this? If you had learnt the truth, you should not have said “yes” to this marriage. Now that you said “yes”, why were you still bearing another man in mind?