Xiaoxiao, lying on the kang bed, turned to the side and naturally wrapped her arm around her bargain husband’s waist, her small head leaning against him, "Husband, I love you!"
Yang Ming also naturally extended his arm for his wife to use as a pillow and his hand, following suit, wrapped around his wife’s waist. He had embraced his wife before, but this time his state of mind and feelings were completely different.
His breathing was already labored due to the smoke, but he felt like today, with all the surprises from his wife, he was about to breathe his last.
Xiaoxiao tightened her grip around her bargain husband’s hand, "Very much, very much, love means more than liking."
Hearing this, Yang Ming turned to the side, holding his wife tightly against him, their bodies pressed closely together, "Wife, I also love you very much, very much."
Xiaoxiao’s face flushed with shyness, buried in her bargain husband’s chest, she felt like she was blissful as a little woman at this moment.
"Husband, when did you realize you liked me?" This is probably a question every woman wants to know.
"..." When? Perhaps it was the smile she gave over her shoulder, but he really noticed it when she spoke of divorce, "From the time you mentioned divorce."
Divorce? That was a very long time ago; they had only been together for a few days back then. So, he had fallen in love with her first, this fool, and he had hidden it for so long without saying a word.
"Then when did you realize you liked me?" Yang Ming also wanted to know when his wife began to like him—was it during the days away from home recently?
"From the last time you left without saying goodbye."
Yang Ming was surprised; the last time she left without saying goodbye was just after the New Year, wasn’t it? That was over a month ago, so what about the two times she had rejected his approaches since then?
He wanted to know, so he said, "Wife, I have expressed my feelings to you before..."
"I’m sorry, I didn’t understand what the kite meant. Later, Sister Wang told me."
So, his wife didn’t understand his gesture and it wasn’t a rejection, "And the last time?"
"There was another time? When was that?" Xiaoxiao was surprised. Could it be that her bargain husband had confessed at another time?
"It was when we walked home on a night walk for the first time, the time I carried you."
Xiaoxiao tried hard to recall that incident. She remembered that after getting home, her bargain husband was inexplicably angry, and she was puzzled then. Now she understood that he was upset because he didn’t get a response from her.
"That time, I was asleep and had no idea."
So that was it; his wife hadn’t rejected him but had fallen asleep.
"Can you tell me what’s on your mind directly in the future, without going around in circles? I’m not smart, it’s not that I don’t respond, it’s that I really don’t understand."
It’s not that his wife was dense, it was he who was truly slow, so slow in expressing his feelings, which had led to this, "Yes, it’s all my fault."
"It’s all your fault, causing us to miss out on so much time," Xiaoxiao playfully jabbed her bargain husband in the chest.
Yang Ming caught the hand that playfully hit his chest and placed it on his own chest, "Blame me, blame me, then, may I now kiss my wife?"
This forwardness from her bargain husband caused Xiaoxiao to be taken aback; he really could initiate such words, "Have you caught your breath yet..."
Before she could finish speaking, Yang Ming’s lips sealed hers, causing her to involuntarily let out a yelp, "Mhm!"