If this had been any other time, he would never have asked such a question, because even if he didn’t ask, he already knew what her answer would be.
But now, perhaps bewitched by her smile, he couldn’t help but ask.
For the first time, he really wanted to know what Ling Chuxia’s true thoughts were. She never inquired about his affairs outside; did she genuinely not care, or was she scared to care?
When he asked this question, Shi Che felt his heart flutter, and he unconsciously gripped the steering wheel tighter. His dark eyes stared intently at her, and even his breathing became slightly labored.
Ling Chuxia was happily talking about the changes in an old classmate, but Shi Che suddenly interjected with such a question, causing Ling Chuxia’s mind to lag, leaving her momentarily stunned.
She looked at Shi Che in astonishment, noticing that his dark eyes were fixed on her, deep and tinged with a hint of heat. Ling Chuxia didn’t understand the meaning in his gaze and reflexively avoided eye contact, quickly lowering her eyes.
Seeing that she didn’t respond, Shi Che spoke again, repeating his question word for word, "Ling Chuxia, do you really think I’m just playing around outside?"
Shi Che’s voice, slightly cold, rang clearly in Ling Chuxia’s ears. She didn’t know why Shi Che would suddenly ask this, but the relaxed mood from before gradually tightened again.
She bit her bottom lip, thinking firstly, what did Shi Che mean by asking this question? Was he dissatisfied with her recent response to Li Qian?
Images uncontrollably flashed before Ling Chuxia; she remembered the scene from that afternoon in the underground parking lot, his intimate moment with the lady in red, and then she seemed to hear again the sweet greeting of that woman when she had called Shi Che.
Ling Chuxia’s hand slowly clenched; perhaps... in Shi Che’s heart, that woman in red wasn’t just a casual fling?
However, whether Shi Che was playing around or not, she couldn’t care or question him or be harsh with him. That was her duty as a wife.
Ling Chuxia thought hard for a moment, came up with a safe response, slightly lifted her head, glanced at Shi Che, and then said, "I... I trust you."
These four simple words shattered all of Shi Che’s expectations. Such tender words, which in any other marriage could be the sweetest declaration of love. Yet Shi Che understood that Ling Chuxia’s "I trust you" was not actually about trust but rather... she just didn’t care at all.