Su Yanxi is a typical example of someone who is more career-oriented than romantic. His needs and his emotional needs are perfectly proportional: both are in equal proportions.
His few desires could be resolved and satisfied in dealing with Bie Yunzong; outside of his emotional life, Su Yanxi often had more important things to do and would never think about that kind of thing.
In other words, Su Yanxi never "solved it himself." Because he simply didn't need to.
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Therefore, dealing with it alone was something Su Yanxi had never considered from beginning to end: "Do I... also have feelings?"
Su Yanxi couldn't imagine that scene at all.
"Of course I wouldn't feel anything if it were just myself," Bie Yunzong said, trying to suppress a laugh, and deliberately reached out to touch his wife's arm. "But when I smell your clothes, don't I feel something?"
Bie Yunzong's hand felt like it was carrying an electric current. When he gently patted Su Yanxi's straight and slender back through her thin summer pajamas, Su Yanxi felt a tingling sensation all over her body as if she had been electrocuted, and she trembled uncontrollably.
"Clothes--?!"
Su Yanxi's beautiful face turned as red as a tomato. He glared fiercely at Bie Yunzong, his arms crossed in a defensive gesture, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
"How could you take my clothes and do that kind of thing? You...you actually did that with my clothes???"
"Pervert! Shameless!"
"How is it perverted?"
Despite his nonchalant and fluent responses, Bie Yunzong displayed a rather roguish air of self-righteousness.
"Can you call it perverted to do things to your wife? I'm your husband, and our relationship is legally recognized! It's only natural for me to do whatever I want to you. Isn't this better than finding someone else outside?"
"So I said, honey, you've really misunderstood me."
Su Yanxi had no time to deal with the cheating allegations; he was in the process of rebuilding his worldview after it had been shattered.
From the moment Su Yanxi first met Bie Yunzong seven years ago, he knew and understood that this nemesis was the type with boundless energy—especially in that area; considering this, the usually aloof Su Yanxi tried his best to help Bie Yunzong. But even with all his dedication, he never expected…
He's still—still so energetic? So much so that even clothes...!?
"Honey, have you been keeping an eye on this all along? We've been together for so many years, and we've had countless honest and in-depth conversations. You wouldn't be approaching me with ulterior motives and trying to seduce me every time, would you?"
"So, you suddenly came home last time just to check up on me?"
Bie Yunzong wasn't stupid. After combining the things he couldn't understand until now with Su Yanxi's unwavering belief in the "cheating incident," he immediately understood his wife's "motives."
"You offered to light the aromatherapy and help me with your hands that night, was it all for this?" Bie Yunzong put on a wronged face and sighed, "Wife, I'm so heartbroken. It turns out you didn't really want to be with me."
"When you look at me with a dazed expression, are you not thinking about me, but rather whether you've achieved your goal of testing me?"
Judging from Bie Yunzong's tone, he seemed to be extremely disappointed in Su Yanxi and had no confidence in continuing their relationship.
But Su Yanxi, who had been in love with Bie Yunzong for seven years, knew: this nemesis was just pretending!
She seemed to be pitifully accusing him, but in reality, she was baiting the line and waiting to catch a big fish!
If he shows even the slightest bit of remorse at this moment, he's finished. He'll be pounced on by that stinking dog who succeeded in bargaining, and it'll devour him without leaving a trace!
Bie Yunzong is not a purebred Alaskan Malamute at all, but a bloodthirsty wolf king disguised as a well-behaved dog.
Su Yanxi resolutely refused to take the bait and refused to engage with Bie Yunzong's feigned pitifulness.
“Your logic doesn’t hold water,” Su Yanxi insisted. “We’ve been friends for so many years, and the test results have never been wrong. Why is it that only last time the amount was incorrect?”
"You couldn't have only done it yourself once, could you?"
Bie Yunzong curled the corners of his lips and chuckled, "What a coincidence, you really have only ever done it yourself once."
A hungry wolf cannot hide its desire to hunt and eat. Don't let those initially innocent, round puppy eyes transform into sharp, aggressive wolf eyes after several rounds of conversation.
Su Yanxi had just noticed the change in the wolf's eyes and before she could even feel afraid, she was already knocked down and pushed around.
The man's strong right arm pressed down on his shoulders, preventing him from getting up.
"Honey, this is the question I should be asking you," Bie Yunzong interrogated his beloved wife. "Why have you neglected me since you returned to the entertainment industry this year?"
"I……"
The powerful, oppressive aura emanating from the hungry wolf made it difficult to breathe, and I felt so uncomfortable that I could hardly breathe.
"It's my fault. I was so busy with work that I neglected you." Su Yanxi glanced to the side, avoiding Bie Yunzong's terrifying gaze. "Yunzong, can we talk this out? Mom and Dad are asleep. I'm afraid they'll worry if they hear us..."
"No, the bigger the commotion they make, the happier they are."
Bie Yun grabbed the beauty's chin and turned her beautiful face back to normal.
"Wife, look at me with your face facing out."
"It's because you're too busy and don't care about me that I'm pitifully forced to do it myself... Ask yourself honestly, isn't this your fault? When have you ever treated me like this?"
"Because of a misunderstanding, you ran away halfway through last time and got so angry with me. I was so scared that I couldn't sleep all night, and I'm starting to have a phobia of that kind of thing. You've done something so serious, tell me, shouldn't you make it up to me?"
Don't let them press on; they must take the bargaining to the very end.
His secret to eating meat is that he never hesitates to ask his wife for "compensation"!
"Yes, I should make it up to you, but not now." Su Yanxi used delaying tactics. "I have to go back to the film set tomorrow, and you should go home too. Tonight isn't a good time. How about I pay you back on credit when we get back?"
Su Yanxi spoke in a gentle and polite tone, as if he wasn't the one who had just interrogated Bie Yunzong with a stern face.
"Besides, I don't have anything in this room. If I really want to do it, what will I do with the tools?"
"Tools? I have them in my bag."
"Why do you carry that kind of thing with you?" Su Yanxi punched the person on top of her. "You really do have wicked thoughts of cheating!"
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“Yes, of course I have bad intentions.” Bie Yunzong nodded frankly, and took off his hooded T-shirt. “I have a lot of bad intentions towards you. In order for my bad intentions to succeed one by one, I naturally have to keep the tools in my bag at all times.”
Bie Yunzong leaned in and breathed into his beautiful wife's ear.
"Since you're not satisfied with the results of the last random inspection, then that's perfect—honey, I'll let you get inspected again tonight."
"Let's see the test results to see if they meet the standards."
After speaking, Bie Yunzong opened his mouth and bit down. This time, he didn't bite Su Yanxi's lips, but her more sensitive ear.
Unable to utter words of rebuttal or refusal, Su Yanxi involuntarily trembled. Under the watchful eyes of countless stars in the darkness, he ultimately chose to swallow the rest of his words.
"Um……"
After a dreamless night, Su Yanxi slept until one o'clock in the afternoon.
Even before the aches and pains in his body, the hunger pangs in his stomach arrived first. After dancing with ravenous wolves all night, he hadn't eaten a thing and had been sleeping ever since; his strength was completely exhausted.
Despite his hunger, Su Yanxi struggled to get out of bed, but the aches and pains in his shoulders and back overwhelmed him. He couldn't hold on any longer, and after managing to sit up halfway, he collapsed back onto the bed.
"hiss--"
Su Yanxi gasped, thankful that the bed was soft enough to prevent him from falling. But the momentary feeling of weightlessness still made him strain his back and neck.
"Ouch...it hurts so much..."
As if telepathically connected, Bie Yunzong pushed open the door, saw this scene, quickly put down the minced meat porridge in his hand, and went forward to help his wife up.
"Wife, wife, wife—are you alright?" Having eaten and drunk his fill last night, Bie Yunzong reverted to his obedient puppy-dog self, fawning over his wife. "Wife, you must have been exhausted last night, right? Lie down, lie down, I'll feed you some porridge~"
Sweet words were spoken last night, and this stinky dog got all the benefits! After the tenderness and affection, Su Yanxi couldn't stand Bie Yunzong no matter how he looked at him. When he saw someone coming over, he immediately kicked him away.
"Ah..." This sharp pain came from Su Yanxi again. He exerted force in his limbs, and his whole body ached. "Get out!"
Thick-skinned Bie Yunzong was unaffected. After being kicked away, he moved closer to his wife and said, "Don't do that. If I get out of here, you probably won't even be able to get out of bed. Come here, let me help you."
"Whose fault is it that I can't get out of bed? Is it my own fault?" Su Yanxi glared at Bie Yunzong.
"It's my fault, it's all my fault." Bie Yunzong chuckled, showing no remorse whatsoever, and even smugly nuzzled and sucked on his wife's neck. "It's also because my wife is too beautiful; I couldn't control myself when I touched her."
Su Yanxi rolled her eyes in disgust: "Didn't you hear me tell you to stay away? You have no sense of propriety, but you always have a lot of excuses."
Despite saying that, Bie Yunzong still didn't stray far. He helped his good wife, his obedient wife, out of bed to wash up and change clothes, taking the opportunity to take advantage of her quite a bit before serving her lunch.
Don't indulge that feeding method; in Su Yanxi's opinion, it's better not to feed her at all! Sticky and dawdling, it took Su Yanxi a lot of effort to finally finish a bowl of minced meat porridge.
The other family's subordinates had already driven to the entrance of Xiangyang Store, waiting to pick up the young master and young mistress to go home. Su Yanxi, who had just recovered a bit after lunch, was afraid that the luxury cars parked in front of the store would attract attention if they stayed too long, so she didn't dare to linger for a moment. After finishing lunch, she quickly packed her luggage and prepared to leave.
When their son and son-in-law decided to leave, the Su family elders were naturally very reluctant to let them go. But compared to other parents' various attempts to persuade them to stay, Mr. and Mrs. Su seemed much more rational.
“Son, go back to the set and work hard. This is your first attempt after years of hard work, and Mom believes you can do well.” Yang Hongjing handed a large bag of prepared throat-soothing herbs to Su Yanxi. “This is Mom’s exclusive throat-soothing tea recipe. Remember to drink it often. The crew will be working hard on their voices when dubbing the original audio in post-production.”
Bie Yunzong took the cup from his wife and said softly, "That's great, my wife's voice is hoarse today!"
Su Yanxi heard this and gave Bie Yunzong an elbow strike.
"Thank you, Mom," Su Yanxi replied in a slightly hoarse voice. "I'll drink it well. You and Dad stay here and do your best. If you need any help, just call me—or you can ask our housekeeper."
"Hey, your dad and I are doing just fine, what could we possibly need your help with?" Yang Hongjing pointed to the taciturn Su Aimin and smiled.
She took a step forward and gave her good son-in-law some advice.
"I've returned the marriage certificate to you. If Xixi ever gets angry and mentions divorce again, just call your mother-in-law! Your mother-in-law is your safe haven; she'll definitely stand up for you!"
Bie Yunzong responded politely, gave his mother-in-law a loving hug, and said in a sweet, coquettish voice, "Thank you, Mom! If it weren't for you standing up for me this time, my wife would definitely have dragged me to the Civil Affairs Bureau to complete the paperwork!"
Su Yanxi scoffed at Bie Yunzong's coquettishness and muttered under her breath, "Isn't it all because you 'really' have a problem?"
After saying goodbye to their parents, the young couple got into the car that left the wife's home.
While on the bus, Bie Yunzong lay sprawled on his wife's lap, rolling around and whimpering, clearly reluctant to part with her: "Wife, I don't want to go back to Beicheng, I just want to stay with you on the film set!"
"It's not that I asked you to come back, it's that your elder brother insists on summoning you back." Su Yanxi twisted the ear of that troublemaker and actually lifted his head up. "It seems that your elder brother has something very important to tell you? You'd better go back obediently and listen to what your elder brother has to say to you."
"What important thing could it be?" Bie Yunzong was forced to sit up straight, rubbing his wife's twisted ear. "Don't tell me you're asking me to a social gathering again, are you? I'm really annoyed."
"What, you can attend a private social gathering hosted by your good buddy, but you can't attend a proper family social event?"
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Su Yanxi snorted and sent Bie Yunzong a screenshot of a memo via teleport.
"Remember to turn on location services, and stop disappearing all the time!"
"Go back and find your older brother first. After listening to his instructions, then do what's on the memo."
Bie Yunzong quickly checked his phone: "What's up?"