“Not afraid at all! I’m pretending to have amnesia, he’s pretending to be my husband – we’re both in on the act!” Song Yinxi declared triumphantly, her tone light and cheerful. “He thinks being someone’s husband is so easy.”
“But… Xixi, pretending to be married and living under the same roof… I’m worried you might get taken advantage of…” Min Xin still felt the whole scheme was somewhat unreliable.
“What era is this? Who gets taken advantage of remains to be seen~” Song Yinxi chuckled slyly. “I’m going to use a honey trap to seduce him, make him fall for me, then dump him. He’ll be too heartbroken to work, drowning his sorrows in alcohol all day. That’s when I’ll seize the opportunity to buy Herun and make him work for me!”
Min Xin gave a thumbs up. Girl, you really dare to dream!!!
Herun is an established major corporation, a giant enterprise. To acquire Herun would take hundreds of billions.
But…
Having dreams is good.
If they really end up together, and Duan Jinchi’s love brain kicks in, it’s not impossible for him to give the company to Song Yinxi.
As the saying goes, a love brain is a man’s best dowry.
The question is what Duan Jinchi is thinking.
How could he…
Agree to pretend to be Xixi’s husband!
After having lunch, Song Yinxi and Min Xin enjoyed a nice hairstyling session, had dinner, and only then returned to Peach Garden Number One.
She strolled leisurely into the hall carrying her purse, followed by two servants carrying her shopping bags. Lifting her eyes, she saw Duan Jinchi sitting on the sofa with a dark expression.
She cheerfully flashed him a smile: “Hi, hubby~”
“So you still remember I’m your husband! I didn’t mind you visiting your parents yesterday, but why didn’t you come home for dinner today? You’re not fully recovered yet, and outside food isn’t healthy.” Duan Jinchi kept a straight face, his tone serious.
This wicked woman!
Even with amnesia she’s still wicked!
“I’ve been cooped up in the hospital room for too long, it was suffocating. And… we’ve been married for three months, hubby, and you only just gave me the Supplementary Card. Of course I couldn’t let your kind gesture go to waste – I had to go spend some money~” Song Yinxi said as she walked toward him.
Then she plopped down beside him and naturally linked her arm with his.
Her words sounded strange – partly grateful, partly mocking him for giving her the card so late.
“Both of you, come here!”
At Duan Jinchi’s command, the two servants brought the shopping bags before them.
Song Yinxi watched as the bags were set down. What did he mean by this?
Was he forbidding her from spending money?
What then!
The money was already spent – there’s no taking it back.
Where would she put her face otherwise!
A smile tugged at Duan Jinchi’s lips. “Darling, since you love me so much, you must have bought me gifts too. I’m so looking forward to seeing what you got me.”
Huh?
What!!
She had only bought things for herself.
“Darling, will you give me the gifts yourself, or should I get them myself?” Duan Jinchi stared at her with smiling eyes. “I’m so excited to see what my wife bought for me!”
Nothing!!
Absolutely nothing.
With Duan Jinchi looking at her so expectantly, she, she…
“I’ll do it! Gifts for my husband should naturally be given by… me!” Song Yinxi said while her eyes began scanning the bags.
Finally…
She picked up a small bag and took out a diamond hair clip from it.
“Hubby, this is the gift I bought for you. Do you like it?”
Duan Jinchi took the diamond hair clip and clipped it into his own hair, asking with a strained smile, “Does it look good?”
Song Yinxi nodded, “It looks good.”
“Pretty? I’m a grown man, and you give me a hair clip! A hair clip!! A HAIR CLIP! Wife…”
Duan Jinchi gritted his teeth. Did she take him for an idiot?
Trying to fool a little kid!
Song Yinxi suddenly leaned in close. Duan Jinchi’s previously angry expression instantly froze, his eyes gradually becoming dazed…
Did she want to kiss him again?
Using kisses to make him happy?
Song Yinxi gently removed the hair clip and fastened it to his black tie. “This isn’t a hair clip, this is… a tie clip, honey. Do you like it?”
Her ability to lie with a straight face was getting better and better!
Using a hair clip as a tie clip!
Duan Jinchi touched the hair clip and forced a smile. “I like it. I like anything my wife gives me…”
“Would you still like it if I gave you a green hat?” Song Yinxi asked casually.
“Is it a real green hat or the kind where you find another man?” Duan Jinchi’s gaze darkened. “I’ll accept the former, but don’t even think about the latter in this lifetime.”
“Of course not. I’m a very loyal person…” Song Yinxi leaned closer to him, then suddenly lightly touched his face with her fingertips. “You’re the only one in my present tense. If we get divorced in the future, that might change!”
Duan Jinchi immediately became agitated: “Divorce?! In this lifetime, I only have widowhood, no divorce!”
“You’re cursing me to die???” Song Yinxi pinched his ear. “Duan Jinchi, I think you want to sleep on the couch tonight!”
“Wife! No, don’t make me sleep on the couch…” Duan Jinchi said exaggeratedly. “Wife, didn’t you want to watch me shower last night? How can you bear to make me sleep on the couch tonight?”
“Who told you to make me angry?” Song Yinxi released his ear. “This is punishment. Your wife hasn’t lived long enough yet. If you dare curse me again, I’ll make you sleep in the study for a month!”
She planned to live to ninety-nine.
“I was wrong, wife…” Duan Jinchi smiled and admitted defeat. “We’ll definitely grow old together and live long lives.”
“So tonight, don’t make me sleep on the couch, okay…”
Song Yinxi snorted lightly. “Too late, I’m still not over my anger…”
Duan Jinchi stared at the things on the table. “Then… will you go buy more tomorrow?”
“Husband, you cold and heartless man, all you know how to do is spend money! Can money buy everything?” Song Yinxi, addicted to acting, lightly patted his face. “No! Besides money, I want your company, your body, your desires, everything about you belongs to me…”
“De…sires…” Duan Jinchi murmured.
Out of all those words she said, did he only hear “desires”?
Here it comes!
It’s coming!
The wife he tricked into marrying him was finally coming to claim his body.
She was quite bold, even wanting to control his desires!
She, she she…
Duan Jinchi murmured: “Wife! Then tonight… my desires…”
“Take care of your desires yourself…” Song Yinxi released him and stood up to leave.
The moment she stood up, Duan Jinchi pulled her back again.
Song Yinxi fell back onto the sofa, breathing slightly heavily. “You, you… this is the living room, there are people around. Husband, you’re not a dog, you can’t just get aroused anywhere…”
“I’m a gentleman, how could you think of me like that!” Duan Jinchi released her wrist. “I wanted to ask if it’s okay for you to stay here tonight. What about your uncle…”
Now you’re worried?
Now you’re scared?
“Oh~ My dad went back to our hometown with my grandparents. The newly rebuilt house for the elders is finished, and they’re going to buy furniture and appliances, then stay with them for a while. What, you want to see them? I asked you to come yesterday but you refused. It’s not like you’re a new son-in-law—are you really afraid of meeting your future father-in-law?” Song Yinxi chuckled lightly. “Who knows, my dad might even immediately give you a ‘red envelope for changing how you address him’ and have you call him ‘Dad’~”