Chapter 4 Three Years Married (1/2)

The man soon noticed his wife stood transfixed at the door.

”What's on your mind, Yanyan?” He pinched her little cheek and took the beef noodle that was still hot.

The butterflies in his stomach were temporarily drowned by his craving for food.

He pigged out on the noodle that tasted good as always.

He Xiyan clasped her fingers. Her face looked paler than normal under the light. For several times she fluttered her lips before she could actually ask the question.

”Yixuan, who was that?”

”Er…” Mo Yixuan paused with chopsticks still on his hand. His face flashed an emotion that's hard to determine – could be fidgety or guilt – but went back to calm right away.

”It's Shen Tao, leader of the new project. It's the first time for him to take over a project of this scale. He's probably nervous.” He explained at ease and kept finishing the noodle as if nothing happened.

It didn't set He Xiyan's heart at ease, though. Teeth clenched, she gave up on continuing at last.

She walked toward her husband and put her hand on his shoulder to give him a massage, rubbing and pressing with the amount of pressure just right; she's gotten the hang of it.

”You must have been very busy lately, Yixuan,” she dipped down, breathing softly to the man's neck.

”Hm…”

The man then seemed to think of something. He put down the bowl and turned back to look at his wife.

He pinched her pinky cheek again.

”Have you showered?”

His voice suddenly turned silky.