In the morning, Gu Lili got out of bed and noticed he wasn’t sleeping beside her. She got up, pulled back the curtains of the French window, and her eyes fell on the figure running not far away.
She was momentarily stunned.
She hadn’t expected him to actually follow through.
Long Yubei’s agile figure caught her eyes, and the gloom inside her lightened at that moment.
After washing up, she went to choose a pink floral dress from the cloakroom, and just as she came out, she ran into Long Yubei returning home.
Seeing him drenched in sweat, his face clearly showed he hadn’t slept all night.
"Did you... really run fifty laps?"
"How could I not listen to what my wife says?"
He reached out, took off his soaked T-shirt, revealing eight-pack abs, with layers of sweat dripping down his tanned muscles.
As Gu Lili saw him starting to take off his pants, she shifted her gaze elsewhere, "Sounds nice, but when it really matters, my words are useless. You only seem sincere when it’s time to appease me."
Long Yubei replied, "Other women, I wouldn’t even bother to console, but you said if I ran fifty laps, you would forgive me. Last night was my fault, I was afraid you’d fall for Su Changzhi’s tricks, afraid he’d deceive you. In such painful circumstances, there was really no reason not to be suspicious."
"And now?" she asked, "Have you verified it?"
"Yeah, I never thought there would be such magical things in this world. I drank poison as a test."
"You dared to drink poison, that’s really bold."
"You drank it too." He turned and went to the bathroom, "Come and scrub my back."
"I’m going downstairs to eat."
"The meal isn’t ready yet, come here."
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Gu Lili followed him, leaning against the washstand, watching him shower—it was indeed a pleasing sight.
Perhaps due to his frequent exercise, his physique was impeccable.
"I’ve been running all night." He fished for praise, "Ran a few laps, took rest breaks, just like that. My legs are sore as hell, could you massage them for me later?"
"I’ll massage your face." Gu Lili responded indifferently, "If you want a massage, plenty of people are willing, I’m not in the mood."
"You really don’t feel for me."
"I shouldn’t have let you eat it." Gu Lili approached, picking up a bath loofah from the basket, "If I hadn’t told you, you’d never have known. If only I knew, I could have thrown it away or given it to someone else, at least I wouldn’t feel so terrible."
"I’ve already said I was in the wrong, let’s not dwell on this matter."
He frowned, "Call me ’husband’."
Gu Lili looked at him, "Do you think I’m in the mood to call you ’husband’? I thought once we got married, we’d be family, each other’s kin. But I have no choice but to face the reality that since we got married, you haven’t treated me as kin. While I, on the other hand, see you as the most important person in my life right now. Such unequal relations dictate that you hold the reins, right? What you say goes."
"I do think of you as kin." He felt her view was too one-sided, "I really do."
"But I don’t feel it. Your affectionate actions towards me are all based on me being a woman who can please you, nothing more." Gu Lili scrubbed his back, "Since we got married, there has been a subtle change in my mindset. In the beginning, I was very confident in making you fall for me, making you love me devotedly. Now it seems, you truly deserve to be the CEO of Long Group, capable of managing such a huge corporation; you control your emotions very well too."