Fang Xiaonuan grabbed the big palm on her right arm. She held her husband’s hand and then suddenly pulled her hand out. Ji Lingchen’s hand quickly tightened and then loosened.
Fang Xiaonuan looked at him. “Every time you hold my hand, when you let go, you’ll subconsciously grasp tight before releasing me. Why do you think that is?”
Ji Lingchen opened his hands and looked at them. A long time ago, he had not held on tight enough to someone and lost that person.
It turned out that, now, when he held someone’s hand, he would subconsciously tighten his grip.
Ji Lingchen’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He asked his little wife beside him, “Did you find out anything else?”
Fang Xiaonuan was a curious person. She mustered up her courage and asked her husband, “Hubby, why do you have this habit?”
Ji Lingchen placed both his hands on his wife’s shoulders. He continued to hold her in his arms, letting her hide in his arms like a kitten. He hid the hostility in his eyes. “This is new to me. Do I still do it?”
“Yes, of course…” Just as Fang Xiaonuan was about to continue, Ji Lingchen’s phone rang.
The couple glanced at the bedside table at the same time. “Hubby, your phone is ringing.”
Ji Lingchen’s ringtone was the default ringtone. As for Fang Xiaonuan, she would often change her ringtone to her favorite songs. Therefore, when she heard the regular simple ringtone, she knew without even thinking that it was Ji Lingchen’s phone.
Ji Lingchen stretched out his long arm and picked up the phone to see the caller ID. “It’s sister-in-law.” He picked up the phone and put it to his ear. “Hello, sister-in-law. How’s Dad?”
“Dad’s awake. He’s fine now.” After answering Ji Lingchen’s question, Feng Qi asked tentatively, “Lingchen, how are you and Xiaonuan?”
Ji Lingchen looked at the girl in his arms who was eavesdropping. He deliberately put the phone close to his ear so that Fang Xiaonuan could not hear him, so she could only get closer to him.
As expected, in order to eavesdrop, the girl unconsciously climbed onto her husband’s chest and eavesdropped.
Ji Lingchen was happy. He hugged his wife in his arms. “We’re going to sleep. What’s the matter, sister-in-law?”
Feng Qi began to persuade him. “Lingchen, your brother and I just asked Dad. Dad was hospitalized because he ate too much ice cream. He carried some back to the bedroom and secretly ate four more servings of ice cream. Don’t be angry with Xiaonuan. Don’t bully her! Lingchen, it was so hard to find you a wife. Xiaonuan is just a little younger, you have to slowly communicate with her. Don’t treat her the way you treat Ji Wen. I know you believe you’re in the right. Although we don’t live together often, I still want us to live together happily. I don’t care how you discipline Xiaowen. He was naughty and deserved to be beaten up. But Xiaonuan is different. She is your wife, and Xiaonuan means the world to her parents. If you hit her, the Fang family won’t let it go. Ugh, I’ve said so much. I want you to have a good life with Xiaonuan. She’s a good girl.”
Ji Lingchen laughed out loud. He looked down at his eavesdropping wife, who was engrossed in the conversation. Then, he placed the phone by Fang Xiaonuan’s ear. “Xiaonuan, tell your sister-in-law. Did I hit you?”
Fang Xiaonuan took the phone. She sat up on the bed and said, “Hello, sister-in-law, it’s Xiaonuan.”
Feng Qi asked worriedly, “Xiaonuan, Dad is fine now. How are you?”
Fang Xiaonuan replied, “Sister-in-law, thank you. My husband was reluctant to lay a hand on me. After we returned home, he dragged the butler into the study to ask about what happened with Dad, and the butler confessed. My husband even coaxed me and made sure that I stopped blaming myself.”
“That’s good. Thank God that Lingchen didn’t hit you. The two of you are fine. Since you are fine, I’ll hang up. I’ll go back and tell your big brother everything’s fine.”
Fang Xiaonuan also smiled. It turned out that Ji Lingchen’s family thought he was a person who would hit his wife!
“Okay, okay. Sister-in-law, go quickly! Tomorrow, Lingchen and I will go and help you with Dad.” After hanging up the phone, Fang Xiaonuan leaned on her husband and put the phone back on the bedside table. Then, she continued to lie under the blanket and let her husband hug her.
“Hubby, why does everyone in the family think that you will hit me?” If she did not understand, she would ask. This was Fang Xiaonuan’s personality. However, she felt that her husband was quite sensible and gentle!
How could his family think that he would hit his wife?