After kissing her, he said, "I'm not happy at all. You didn't buy me noodles, so I feel like you don't care about me."
"When I call you, you barely respond. It's as if you don't love me..."
"But you just tucked me in, so I forgive you."
Shang Lu mumbled as he held Jiang Yan.
After listening to him, Jiang Yan patted him soothingly and said, "I didn't realize you were so sensitive."
"I'm just so tired. He gives me so much work, I don't even want to talk."
"Then why don't you come work at my company? Your position will be President's Wife, and all you have to do is sit there and look pretty," Shang Lu suggested.
"So you'll support me?" Jiang Yan was already getting sleepy, her voice tinged with drowsiness. "But I can't let you support me. If I'm supported and become a housewife, I might lose my ability to survive on my own and would have to rely on you completely."
Shang Lu fell silent for a moment, thinking her words made sense. Even if there was a possibility of what Jiang Yan described happening, he wouldn't like it.
After a while, the young CEO helplessly hugged his wife and said, "Then hurry up and make money, so you can support me in the future."
When Jiang Yan didn't respond, he continued talking to himself, "I'm very easy to take care of. As long as you feed me, I'll follow you anywhere. I can even give you my money to buy clothes..."
He was like a big puppy that came with its own food and could earn money for the family by being cute.
...
On the weekend, when their rest times finally aligned, Shang Lu clung to Jiang Yan until noon before getting out of bed.
After breakfast, Jiang Yan went to the balcony to take a phone call. When she returned, she saw Shang Lu staring blankly at a book. Jiang Yan put down her phone and pounced on him.
Shang Lu wrapped his arm around her waist, lifting her slightly to make her more comfortable.
"Let's go out and play," Jiang Yan said.
Shang Lu's expression was indifferent as he replied, "I don't want to go."
"Why not?" Jiang Yan was surprised. "Didn't you just say yesterday that you wanted to go out?"
"I just don't want to go," Shang Lu said, his tone unusually hard and stubborn.
"Really? You won't go?" Jiang Yan was still lying on top of him, the smile fading from her face.
Shang Lu felt a tightness in his chest but still stubbornly remained silent.
The next moment, Jiang Yan sat up.
Shang Lu thought she was angry and about to leave, so he instinctively reached out to grab her. But Jiang Yan raised her hand, causing him to grasp at air.
In the second that panic flashed in Shang Lu's eyes, Jiang Yan leaned in to kiss him.
The soft, initiative kiss left Shang Lu's mind hazy.
Jiang Yan said, "Can't you just tell me what's wrong? Why do you have to keep it all bottled up?"
Earlier, Shang Lu had been able to hold back, but seeing Jiang Yan lazily kiss him like this, he was completely entranced. Without thinking, he blurted out, "I heard everything earlier."
"You're going to the bar with them to have fun, and I'm just an afterthought."
Jiang Yan drawled an "Oh," and deliberately said, "What if I insist on going?"
Shang Lu seemed to have thought about this question before and answered without hesitation, "Then I'll renovate the villa into a bar, so you can party at home every day. I'll have you wear a maid outfit, with a bunny tail and long iron chains..."
Jiang Yan couldn't bear it anymore and covered his mouth. Yet Shang Lu sat primly on the sofa, his lips even redder from their recent kiss, looking at her with clear eyes. In contrast, Jiang Yan's clothes were a bit disheveled from lying on top of him.
"You're a cultured hooligan in gentleman's clothing," Jiang Yan accused.
Shang Lu kissed her fingers nonchalantly, removing her hand, and said calmly, "Isn't that what you like about me?"
Jiang Yan was surprised, feeling as if her innocence had been tarnished.
Shang Lu even had a set of arguments ready, as if he had evidence: "I never knew what you liked about me before, because you broke up with me so cleanly and decisively."
"Later, after we got back together, that time you got drunk and sent me a message saying you wanted to kiss me, I realized that what you liked was my physical appearance."
"And then, when I tried every way to entice you, you indeed didn't break up with me anymore..."
He made it sound as if Jiang Yan was some kind of pervert.
It was all a misunderstanding. The message was sent by accident, and later she didn't break up with him because there was no longer a system interfering... Only a small part of the reason was because of that.
"You're the pervert, always using me as a shield!" Jiang Yan pushed at Shang Lu's face.
Even with his chin being pinched, Shang Lu didn't back down: "That's only because you like perverts."
...
This problem seemed unsolvable. Jiang Yan absolutely refused to admit that small part, so Shang Lu teased her by suggesting they experiment to prove it. As they continued, clothes came off, and they ended up in bed.
Their original plan to go to the bar with friends had to be canceled.
