A Pursuit of Beloved Wife

Proofread by Yu Bing

“Bai Yuexi, Bai Yuexi? Bai Yuexi!”

“Ah!?” Yuexi wakes up all of a sudden and looks up to find that Ding Ning is standing in front of her desk, “Miss Ding … ”

Ding Ning frowns at Yuexi, “What’s wrong? You’ve been absent-minded the whole morning! Are you unwell?”

Yuexi hurriedly shakes her head, “No, no, no, Miss Ding. I’m fine, is there something you’re looking for me for?”

Ding Ning still looks at her with a concerned look, “Is everything really okay? You can’t work like this. If you feel unwell, why don’t you ask for a sick leave and just go home to relax.

“No, no, no, I’m really fine.” Yuexi tries to squeeze out a smile at Ding Ning, though it’s somewhat ugly. Seeing she insists, Ding Ning could only nod and assign a few tasks to Yuexi. After Ding Ning leaves, Yuexi looks at the documents on her desk and shakes her head, trying to shake off the morning’s distractions. Early in the morning, Li Fengjue made such a scene that gets Hua Linfeng involved. Now everyone in the company gossips behind their back. She is very embarrassed.

As a newcomer, only a few days after she joined this company, she was suddenly promoted to the general manager’s secretary. It makes people talk. This time Li Fengjue makes such a fuss, then all sorts of rumors immediately come out. Some say she is a secret lover of Hua Linfeng and she has an extramarital affair with him. She was brought back to that time in the courtroom, and it makes her tremble at the thought of that embarrassing moment. But she endures it all, not trying to explain. Because she knows that those people are jealous, and they’re just like the people at Hong Tai. They wouldn’t listen to her explanation and would only believe the so-called facts that they made up by themselves.

Yuexi takes a deep breath and tries to calm herself down. Flipping through the file Ding Ning has given her, she finds that there’re many things in the file that she has no idea about. So she writes them all down and then runs to ask Ding Ning. Ding Ning is very patient with Yuexi’s questions. After half a day, Yuexi has completely changed her opinion of Ding Ning. She’s no longer afraid of Ding Ning, but affectionately addresses her as Sister Ning.

“Sister Ning, you’re so amazing.” Yuexi heartily compliments Ding Ning. Ding Ning smiles, no longer looking so lofty as she is with others, “Alright, don’t flatter me, you’re much more capable than me. You’ve learned so much after only half a day.” Yuexi shakes her head, “No, no, no, it’s all because you’re a good teacher, otherwise I couldn’t have learned so quickly.”

Ding Ning puts away the folder on the table, “Don’t be too modest, you do have the talent. Well, it’s late, the general manager isn’t here either, go back to pack your things and go back home to take a rest.”

“Well, thank you, Sister Ning.” Yuexi gets up and waves goodbye at Ding Ning. She turns around and leaves her office. Yuexi doesn’t leave right away. She sits in her office for a while and doesn’t leave until almost everyone has gone.

She had planned to go to Chen Ying’s house. But the moment she leaves the office, Chen Ying calls her on the phone and tells her that she is on a business trip again. Yuexi thinks for a while. She believes that it’s almost time for Sister Liu to come back, so she turns around and goes back to her own house. When she arrives home and opens the door, not knowing why, she suddenly recalls what happened in the morning and the gossip of her colleagues are all echoing in her ears again. “Your best friend has gone on a business trip. Where do you want to go next?” As he did last time, Li Fengjue casually sits on the sofa and looks at Yuexi who is still standing in the doorway.

Yuexi is stunned for a moment, then she shouts even more angrily at Li Fengjue, “It really is you again who is behind all this!” Li Fengjue stands up, walks to the door and closes it, then looks at Yuexi, “That’s right, it’s me.” She bites her teeth angrily. However, thinking of Chen Ying, she could only swallow her anger again. Yuexi feels a little frustrated and goes straight upstairs and into her room. Lying on bed, she doesn’t want to think about Li Fengjue at all. Li Fengjue also doesn’t come up with her this time. After a while, Yuexi couldn’t help but frown. After all, this isn’t his style.

After hesitating for a while, she gently pushes the door open and goes to the staircase to carefully check what happens downstairs, but she can’t find him. At that moment, she hears someone cooking in the kitchen. She is slightly stunned. Has Sister Liu returned? She can’t be here, and if she comes back, she will tell her. Is that …..? Yuexi couldn’t believe the thought. She creeps downstairs, secretly approaching the kitchen door. Yuexi pokes her head to look in. It is Li Fengjue who is cooking inside. Seeing that, she couldn’t help but open her mouth. She has been with him for so long, but she never knows he could cook.

Li Fengjue suddenly turns back. Seeing Yuexi sneaking around, he smiles at her and says, “Come and sit down, it’ll be ready in a minute.” Yuexi hurriedly shrinks back. She stands there, numb, totally unaware what has happened. Li Fengjue is still as unpredictable as ever. He can always catch you off guard.

“Why are you standing there, come here and sit down.” With two plates in his hands, Li Fengjue stands in the doorway tilting his head to look at her. Yuexi snorts and ignores him, then she walks over to the dining table and sits down. Li Fengjue walks out of the kitchen and brings out all the dishes. He has prepared four dishes and one soup. It’s a big meal. After serving a bowl of rice to Yuexi and himself, he picks up some foods for her and says softly, “Taste it.” Yuexi doesn’t eat. But seeing that Li Fengjue has already begun to eat, after a while of silence, she asks a question, which is in her heart for a long time, “How did you get into my house?”

Li Fengjue looks at her and puts down the chopsticks. Then he reaches into his pocket to pull out a key and places it on the table, “Well, this is the key.” “You!” Yuexi stares at him with her eyes wide open, “How did you get a key to my house?” As she says, she snatches the keys off the table and puts it into her pocket. Then she breathes a sign of relief.

Li Fengjue doesn’t respond to this at all, instead, he reaches for the chopsticks again, saying casually, “I want it, so I get it. Eat quickly, or it will get cold.” Yuexi looks at him, feeling as if she was punching a cotton. She asks tentatively, “It’s the key to my house, and it’s now returned to its owner.”

Li Fengjue picks up more foods for Yuexi, “Well, it’s fine. Take it, I still have more copies of it. Eat first, we can talk about it after meals.” Yuexi stares at him. Sure enough! Since he could get a key, naturally he could get more keys! Nothing can stop him to get what he wants! She casts a quick glance at the front door, thinking it’s time to change the lock. “Don’t bother changing the lock. As long as I want it, I can have the key.” Li Fengjue seems to see through Yuexi.

Yuexi stands up in anger and points at Li Fengjue, “You’re such a bastard! This is my house! If you keep doing this, believe or not, I’ll call the police!” Li Fengjue looks at her and nods, “Fine, call the police. I’ll see whether they’ll arrest me. We’re still husband and wife. You’re my wife, and this is my house too.” “You!” Pointing fingers at him, Yuexi gets so pissed off that she couldn’t say a word. No matter how reluctantly she would admit it, they’re still legally married, and the police won’t be helpful.

Li Fengjue stretches out his hand to hold Yuexi’s hand and says softly, “Sit down and eat.” Yuexi shakes off his hand and sits down in anger without looking at him. Li Fengjue takes away Yuexi’s bowl that was knocked over and hands her another one, “You used to cook for me before. Now it’s my turn.”Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

Yuexi sits there, smelling that the foods on the table. She is very hungry now, as hungry as a wolf, since she hasn’t eaten much for lunch, her stomach gurgling. Yuexi is embarrassed. Without any words, Li Fengjue just smiles and picks up some foods for her. Yuexi glances at him, pursing her lips, and slowly reaches for the chopsticks.