Ling Chuxia slowly walked into the kitchen and warmed a cup of hot milk for herself, then carried it and walked back. As she passed the living room, she unintentionally glanced outside the door and vaguely saw what seemed to be a car parked at the doorway, but because the lighting was too dim and it was somewhat distant, Ling Chuxia’s view was blurry, and she couldn’t be sure if it was an illusion.
In the middle of the night, if there really was a car parked at the door, then... the only possibility was that Shi Che had come back.
This thought flashed through her mind, and Ling Chuxia first paused, then shook her head and chuckled lightly.
How could Shi Che come back tonight? With gorgeous beauties surrounding him, how could he possibly return to face her, his wife whom he detested?
As Ling Chuxia thought about it, she suddenly remembered a question Ji Xinxin had asked her before they parted that afternoon.
She had said, "Chuxia, do you really not love Shi Che at all?"
Any woman who is indifferent in her marriage, who sees her husband intimate with another woman and can still react magnanimously, unaffected, only has two possible reasons.
One is that the woman is too proud to show her pain. The other is that the woman simply does not love her husband.
If there was love, if there was even a little bit of care, how could there be no reaction at all?
Ji Xinxin outright categorized her into the second type.
That question, Ling Chuxia did not answer—not because she didn’t want to, but because she truly did not know how to answer.
Did she not love Shi Che? She didn’t know; all she knew was that from the day she was brought into the Shi Family, what she first had to learn was to love Shi Che, her future husband, wholeheartedly.
Initially, Shi Che wasn’t so temperamental towards her, he was truly very good to her, so good that she once thought that they could continue to be good forever and ever, until elder sister returned.
But... since when had they become ?
Ling Chuxia couldn’t help but sigh. Unconsciously, she had been standing in place, lost in thoughts for quite a while. The originally warm milk had cooled down a bit. Looking at the milk, she suddenly didn’t feel like drinking it anymore. Thus, she turned around, put the milk back in the kitchen, and then came out and went upstairs.
Upstairs, the light suddenly turned on, prompting Old Zhu to exclaim, "Young Master, the bedroom light is on; perhaps the Young Madam knows you are home."
Shi Che couldn’t help but look over again. The bedroom light on the second floor was indeed on, the dim yellow light shining out like sunlight, reaching into one’s heart.
Old Zhu continued, "Young Madam is sure to come down soon. Young Master, you should stay home and rest tonight. Look, you haven’t been home for nearly half a month; the Young Madam must miss you a lot."