He first checked the door; it was closed. Then he looked at his cat son on the floor; he was asleep, just as well.
Finally, I looked at the clothes in my hand. They were exceptionally nice, smelled wonderful, and had the scent of my wife.
He inhaled his wife's fragrance and did some simple hand exercises.
During this process, his beautiful wife's face appeared in his mind like a picture book, one image after another. He recalled the time he spent with Su Yanxi, feeling an inexhaustible energy, an unquenchable heat, and an unquenchable fire within him.
He loves his wife so much... It's true that he's a womanizer, and it's true that he was initially attracted to Su Yanxi's face, but in the countless days and nights they've spent together, he has long been corrupted by Su Yanxi and has become his wife's complete captive.
Having a wife is wonderful; a man with a wife is a treasure.
I really want to...I really want to be my wife's treasure for life...
ah……
At 2 PM the next day, Su Yanxi landed in Beicheng.
After landing and turning off flight mode, Su Yanxi immediately called Bie Yunzong.
"Hey honey, come pick me up."
Bie Yunzong's voice was slurred and unclear, perhaps he had just been woken up from his afternoon nap, or perhaps he was up to something. Su Yanxi wasn't sure which it was, but in any case, Bie Yunzong's attitude was very hesitant.
"Huh...what? Why would I pick you up?" Bie Yunzong suddenly snapped out of his daze. "Wait—what do you mean? Where are we going to pick you up?"
“Of course it’s the airport,” Su Yanxi scoffed. “I’ve arrived in Beicheng.”
#14 Scented Candle: Hormonal Factors Suddenly Awakened
"Wife—!"
After sitting in a coffee shop near the arrival gate for a short while, Su Yanxi heard the familiar coquettish voice.
"Why didn't you tell me you were coming back?" Before Su Yanxi could even look up to find him, Bie Yunzong had already reached her side and hugged her tightly. "I missed you so much, my dear wife."
"What are you saying?" Su Yanxi skillfully blocked Bie Yunzong's face to prevent the stinky dog from sneaking a kiss. "You keep saying things like 'die' or 'not die,' do you want me to die or do you want me to die?"
"Pah—I'm not dead, I'm not dead!" Bie Yunzong quickly spat out the words, "I just miss you. My son and I miss you and are hoping you'll come back."
"uh-huh."
Su Yanxi smiled gently, and naturally reached out to smooth her husband's bangs, then slid her hand down to touch his shoulder.
His eyes were gentle and affectionate, and a single glance was enough to steal Bie Yunzong's soul: "Let me see, just how much have you missed me? Why are your features becoming more and more defined? Could it be that you've lost weight?"
With her incredibly piercing gaze and alluring, wifely words of care, Bie Yunzong felt a lump in his throat and longed to burst into tears in his wife's warm embrace.
“You’ve lost weight,” Bie Yunzong sniffed hard, acting like a spoiled dog. “When you don’t contact me, I can’t eat or sleep, afraid that you’ve fallen for some actor in the crew and then abandoned me.”
Su Yanxi smiled but didn't say anything, thinking to herself, "Heh heh heh, you have the nerve to worry that I'll start something and then abandon you?"
Chapter 26
You think I'm like you, you lecherous bastard!
Su Yanxi's actions, seemingly flirting and leaving Bie Yunzong bewildered, were actually a way for her to carefully observe Bie Yunzong's state.
This guy looks really sleepy; the double eyelid of one eye is almost gone from sleep. Looks like he just woke up from his afternoon nap. +1 satisfaction.
When I reached out to hug him, my movements were without hesitation, +3 satisfaction points. There was no strange smell or unfamiliar perfume on his clothes, +2 more satisfaction points.
A six out of ten satisfaction rating is acceptable. Su Yanxi relaxed slightly, planted a small kiss on Bie Yunzong's cheek, and rewarded the good dog.
"Alright, alright, let's not be all lovey-dovey here—after all, this is a public place." Su Yanxi picked up her only piece of luggage, which was the handbag she carried with her, and skillfully took Bie Yunzong's arm. "We can talk about this slowly when we get home."
It's already awful to not see her for so many days, but to see her again, my wife is so gentle, so considerate, and so tender!
Don't let yourself be secretly overjoyed; quickly offer to carry your wife's bag!
Faced with the gentle embrace of "Su Yanxi", Bie Yunzong did not hesitate or careless at all, and launched himself into the air and jumped into it!
"Honey, how about we go out for dinner tonight?" Bie Yunzong asked excitedly, chatting with Su Yanxi as he backed up the car. "We didn't get to go shopping in Guangcheng last time! Now that we have time, we should make up for it, right?"
"—We haven't gone shopping together in ages!"
"Watch where you're going, are you trying to hitch a ride?" Su Yanxi pinched Yun Zong's ear and reminded him, "Let's go home first. It's a rare holiday, I want to rest at home."
Su Yanxi paused for a moment, then deliberately added.
"What, honey? Don't you want to stay home with me? Tonight, we can cuddle Nubi, watch a movie, and have some wine together. Wouldn't that be nice?"
"Great! Great!"
Bie Yunzong didn't think things through at all; he just agreed with whatever Su Yanxi said.
To a dog, its owner's commands are always right; and to Bie Yunzong, his wife's suggestions are always beyond question!
—He'll take the lead in getting angry with anyone who questions his wife!
"Great, honey! I'll go home tonight and pick out a few highly-rated movies, and ask the maid to prepare two bottles of fine vintage wine. Let's continue our romantic getaway tonight!"
"good."
Su Yanxi knew when to stop and when to stop. She smiled and touched her husband's face before turning her face away and fading her smile.
"I'm driving carefully now. I'm going to take a nap. Wake me up when we get home."
Bie Yunzong immediately shut up and became a silent, dedicated driver for his wife.
Su Yanxi closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, continuing to mentally evaluate the raid.
Everything is pretty good. The interior of this Lamborghini sports car, which I usually drive, is very clean, with no suspicious items or strange hairs, +1 satisfaction.
He was very talkative throughout, readily accepted his suggestions, and behaved in a way that was not strange, so +1 satisfaction.
Eight points, that's excellent. As long as she doesn't do anything out of line after returning home, Su Yanxi can fly to Guangcheng for work with this excellent score.
However, Bie Yunzong just didn't cherish his excellent rating. Less than a minute after getting out of the car at home, Su Yanxi sensed that something was wrong.
"Young master, your clothes have been replaced—"
An elderly maid who managed the laundry room waited for Bie Yunzong at the top of the stairs, as if seeking praise. Before she could finish speaking, the maid's gaze shifted and she caught sight of Su Yanxi behind Bie Yunzong.
The old maid quickly stopped talking and greeted Su Yanxi, "Oh, young mistress! Why have you suddenly returned?"
It seems that Bie Yunzong was in such a hurry when he went out to pick someone up that he didn't have time to inform the maids.
Su Yanxi asked with a smile, "Nothing much, the crew is on holiday and I'm staying here for two days; the cat was also sent home, so I can see the cat."
"Aunt Sun, what were you talking about with Yunzong just now? Why did you only say half of what you were saying?"
Su Yanxi was curious about what Aunt Sun hadn't finished saying. Logically, unless it was formal wear that needed to be worn urgently, shouldn't they notify her specifically after the laundry was finished? Could it be that Bie Yunzong was going to be away for some event, so she specifically instructed the laundry department?
"It's nothing, it's just..." Aunt Sun's gaze drifted upwards, intentionally or unintentionally.
Su Yanxi glanced up and, sure enough, saw Bie Yunzong winking at Aunt Sun: "It's nothing, it's nothing. I've already seen the clothes. Thank you, Aunt Sun—I'll give you a bonus this month."
"Let's go, honey, let's go back to the room and see Nubi."
As if afraid that if Su Yanxi chatted with Aunt Sun for a few more minutes, she would discover some secret, Bie Yunzong hurriedly pulled Su Yanxi upstairs.
This made Su Yanxi even more suspicious: "Why are you in such a hurry? It's just a few pieces of clothing, can't you let me finish speaking?"
Su Yanxi frowned slightly. Because she found her husband's behavior suspicious, she silently deducted 3 points from Bie Yunzong's satisfaction rating in her mind.
"It's really nothing... I just asked Aunt Sun to wash a few clothes. Seeing how hard she works washing them by hand, I gave her a raise." Bie Yunzong's answer was vague.
Actually, he was afraid that his wife would find out that Nubi had peed on his coat.
Once his wife finds out, besides nagging him about being lazy, unwilling to have his private space touched, unwilling to tidy up himself, and relying on his wife to do everything, she will also likely think that he doesn't cherish the clothes his wife gave him.
Because I don't cherish it, I throw things around everywhere; because I don't cherish it, my cat will pee on me.
Being nagged is a small matter, but being suspected of not taking care of his clothes is a real problem. What if his beloved wife gets upset and stops buying him clothes? Then he'll have no one to blame but himself.
Sigh, so why should the cat son be held responsible for the trouble he caused?
That's probably what being a father is like. He's the head of the household, there's no way around it.
Bie Yunzong thought he could get away with it and avoid his wife's nagging and suspicion. Little did he know that such secretive behavior would only arouse Su Yanxi's even greater suspicion.
Chapter 27
"Let's forget about the clothes and focus on our son!"
"Son, Nubi—you brat! Where are you hiding? Come out right now, aren't you going to see your mother?"
Bie Yunzong searched and searched until he crawled under the bed, reaching out to try and pull the cat out from under the bed.
Su Yanxi paid no attention to the cat's whereabouts. The first thing she noticed after entering the room was that there wasn't a single piece of clothing on the sofa where clothes were kept!
While Bie Yunzong was looking for the cat, he opened the wardrobe and peeked inside. He found that the wardrobe was cleaner than ever before, clearly indicating that "someone" had taken the time to tidy it up from scratch!
The servants wouldn't touch the wardrobe easily, so the person who organizes the wardrobe has to be someone else's favorite!
In the seven years they had been together, Su Yanxi had never seen Bie Yunzong so diligent. In the past, when he went out or went back to his parents' home for three to five days, he would come back to find a lot of clothes on the sofa, usually piled up like a small mountain; this time he was gone for more than a week, and came back with not a single piece of clothing?
Strange, extremely strange!
Alarm bells rang in Su Yanxi's mind, and her blood pressure spiked, deducting 5 points from Bie Yunzong's satisfaction rating. Her previously excellent satisfaction score had plummeted to zero due to the combined effect of two strange events.
"Here it comes," Bie Yunzong said happily, completely unaware of the situation, as he pulled the cat out from under the bed and lifted it high in his arms. "Wife, our son is out."
Neither her husband's energetic and handsome smile nor Nubi's innocent and pitiful face could stir any emotion in Su Yanxi. His expression was grave, his mind filled with only one thought—
It's time to take special measures.
That night, after taking a shower, Bie Yunzong picked out a movie and opened a bottle of red wine. He cuddled his cat son under a small blanket, slumped on the sofa, and waited expectantly for his wife to finish her shower.
He had a vague feeling that his wife's return was strange, both in terms of the timing and her behavior after returning.
He thought, "This must be because my wife is under too much pressure on set. It's precisely because of that pressure that she suddenly wanted to return to Beicheng. Back to our warm, comfortable home, back in the arms of my handsome and responsible husband."
There was something that really disappointed Bie Yunzong. Yesterday, after finishing his chores, driven by guilt and embarrassment, he meticulously reorganized the wardrobe; today, when he picked his wife up from school, he eagerly anticipated her praise, but…
My wife doesn't seem to have noticed at all?
Should I remind my wife later and ask her for some praise?
Bie Yunzong's thoughts drifted further and further away until he heard Su Yanxi call out, "Honey, can you come in for a moment?"
Bie Yunzong snapped back to reality in an instant, throwing the small blanket on his lap, along with his cat son, to the side. He didn't even bother to put on his slippers, and strode into the house.
"What's wrong, honey?"