Chapter 790 - Not Your Job (1/2)

Since the time Zhao Huan had come back after spending time with Xiu, her husband could tell that she looked distracted. As if something had been bothering her. But he couldn't tell what could possibly be the reason behind it.

”Huanhuan,” he called out to her when he was preparing the dinner for Xiu. As he had said, he was planning on taking care of Xiu's meals all on his own. He thought this was the least he could do to get close to his daughter.

”Hm?” Zhao Huan hummed in reply, distractedly.

”What's on your mind?” he didn't try to go around the real matter. He just asked straightforwardly.

”Nothing,” she replied. ”Ah!”

He turned out at her cry of pain and looked at her hand. While cutting the carrots, she cut her finger with the knife. He hurriedly held her hand and turned on the faucet before putting her hand under the cold water.

”Are you still gonna say nothing's on your mind?” His voice had a sharp edge to it. And he very rarely spoke to his wife in this voice.

Zhao Huan looked at his worried face and smiled gently, ”It's just a simple cut. It can happen to anyone.”

”Yeah. It can happen to anyone,” he said as he looked carefully at the tiny cut on her finger. It was really small and he knew he was overreacting but he couldn't help it. Since the time he had almost lost her, he had become even more scared of seeing her getting hurt. He really couldn't do anything about this fear. Looking into her eyes, he went on, ”But you don't have to be a part of that 'anyone.'”

”Fine, I'll be more careful,” she replied.

But he didn't listen. After putting a bandaid on her finger, he pushed her out of the kitchen saying, ”Stay out of here.”

Zhao Huan resisted, ”Min, I can't do that. Since you're cooking for Xiu, I want to cook for the other people. There are other people in this house, you know.”

”I know that,” he replied. ”But we also have the kitchen staff to help prepare their meals. You don't have to do it yourself!” Before she could argue, he put his finger on her lips and went on, ”I'll let you do whatever you want but you have to tell me what's on your mind right now.” Zhao Huan pursed her lips. ”I was expecting to see you happy after getting to spend time with our daughter. Then why do you look so down instead?”

Zhao Huan took his hand in her own, ”Don't get me wrong, I was truly happy to spend time with her. She is such an interesting person to be around. Unlike you and me, she loves to talk.” Her eyes had a soft gentle touch as she went on, ”And to be honest, I love to listen to her. Now, I can understand how she managed to charm so many people with her personality.”

Xin Zemin was happy to hear that. ”Then what's wrong?”

She hesitated a little before saying, ”While we were talking, somehow we got to talk about Wen Ai.”

Xin Zemin's brows raised, ”Are you upset with her?”

”Why would I be?” she retorted.

”Since she hid our daughter from us,” he replied.

Zhao Huan shook her head in reply, ”I'm truly not upset about that. Even if she isn't around to tell me why she did it, I still trust her. She was a selfish person but only when she wanted to protect something or someone.” She took a pause and continued, ”I do feel a little bad that I didn't get to spend time with my daughter. But I'm more grateful towards her.” She looked at her husband, ”We wouldn't have had a daughter if it wasn't for her. And even if we were able to raise her, can you guarantee that she'd have safely grown up?”

Xin Zemin had no answer to that question.

Zhao Huan gave a bitter smile as she said, ”Back then, Wen Ai used to say, Sister Huan you're very naive. And surprisingly your husband is also very gullible.” Xin Zemin furrowed his brows. ”I didn't use to take her seriously. But I should have.” She sighed out, ”Looking back, I wonder if I had taken her words seriously would anything have been different? She warned me repeatedly to be careful of everyone around me. To not trust anyone.”

”What did she say to you?” questioned Xin Zemin.

Zhao Huan recalled...