Chapter 136 (2/2)

“You don’t have to. I have already finished cooking,” Jiao happily answered. “I made a banquet’s worth of food and I’m just waiting for you to come home. Hurry! Honey, I love you.”

Jiang Zhengkai heard the ‘Du-Du-Du’ sound coming from the phone and knew that Jiao had already hung up. But before he left, he sat in the office for a while, going back through all the details of the murder in the alley in his mind. Once he was certain that he hadn’t missed anything, he stood up, left the office, and drove home.

“Whoa! Why are there so many dishes?” The moment Jiang Zhengkai walked into the house, he saw a table filled with both large and small dishes. “Honey, what’s the matter? Are we celebrating New Year early this year?”

“Hm. Yes.” Jiao smiled while carrying a dish of fish out from the kitchen. “Quick, go wash your hands. I’ve already finished cooking and was just waiting for your return.” Jiang Zhengkai obediently went to the bathroom to wash his hands.

When Jiang Zhengkai came out, Jiao had already finished setting up the table. They each had a tall wine gla.s.s facing their seat. However, instead of wine, the cups were filled with a fruit juice that resembled the color of wine.

“Honey, hm. We…” Jiao raised the gla.s.s in front of her. She thought for a while, but couldn’t think of a suitable way to express her thoughts. Ultimately, she pursed her lips and exclaimed, “Let’s celebrate that you’ll always be in love with me, honey!”

Jiang Zhengkai raised his gla.s.s but didn’t rush to clink his gla.s.s to Jiao’s. He knew that Jiao was speaking from the bottom of her heart. A woman who had sold her body in the past desired a normal lifestyle, ten and maybe even a hundred times more than a normal woman. However, it was hard for them to fit into the regular society afterwards. Yet, currently, Jiao had succeeded and was doing very well for herself. But, this was all because the man across from her hadn’t exposed her ident.i.ty and had fallen in love with her. Therefore, deep down, aside from love, Jiao would always feel a deep sense of grat.i.tude towards Jiang Zhengkai.

Jiang Zhengkai was also deeply in love with Jiao. And yet, how could he accept Jiao’s feelings with a clear mind? If it weren’t for Jiao, he would’ve had to continue suffering and grieving the loss of his wife and daughter. He would have to endure the overbearing weight of his guilty conscience. Jiao was the woman that had led him to find light in his life once more. Jiang Zhengkai held onto the wine gla.s.s, pondering. Yet, he was also unable to come up with the appropriate words to express his feelings. In the end, he looked at Jiao gratefully and faintly replied, “We will definitely grow old together!”

After dinner, Jiang Zhengkai helped Jiao clean up the dishes and utensils. After that, the two of them affectionately clung to each other in bed for a while before leaving the room together. When Jiang Zhengkai and Jiao came out of the corridor, she looked at him naughtily and asked, “Honey, do you still remember our pa.s.sword?”

“Pa.s.sword?” Jiang Zhengkai looked at Jiao, surprised, then responded, “Oh, I know.”

“I thought that you had forgotten a long time ago.” Jiao’s face turned red, then she leaned against Jiang Zhengkai again. “Honey, then why didn’t you enter the pa.s.sword and come inside to check it out while you were looking for me in the past?”

Jiang Zhengkai stroked Jiao’s hair and lowered his voice to a whisper. “I was confident that you would return to my side. Deep down, I knew that you loved me.”

“Humph! Who loves you? At that time, I didn’t love you.” Jiao exclaimed and buried herself deeper in his arms. Jiang Zhengkai didn’t respond, but there was a sweet smile on his face. Then, he pulled Jiao tighter into his arms. After a while, Jiang Zhengkai asked Jiao in a low voice, “Honey, it’s getting dark. Should we head to the alley now?”

“No! I want to hug you for a bit longer,” Jiao murmured in his arms. Maybe tonight will be their last night together. Maybe they will no longer exist by dawn tomorrow.