Mandarin duck bath?
Wasn’t that two people bathing naked together?
Real couples should take Mandarin duck baths.
But he and Song Yinxi… were fake!
Mandarin duck bath…
The bathtub at home was indeed spacious enough.
Plenty of room for two people to take a Mandarin duck bath.
“Why is your face red?” Song Yinxi suddenly leaned closer, her amber eyes sparkling brightly. “Could it be… you’re secretly fantasizing about something?”
“I’m not!” Duan Jinchi blurted out in denial.
Getting so close again…
Did she really enjoy sticking so close to him?
Was this what physical attraction felt like?
Always unconsciously wanting to get closer to him, paired with those beautiful amber eyes.
Before, these eyes would glare at him whenever they met.
“Not what?” Song Yinxi pressed relentlessly, her gaze lively. “Explain clearly.”
“I wasn’t thinking about anything.” Duan Jinchi’s heartbeat grew slightly erratic as he took a deep breath. “I just think… Mandarin duck baths are too intimate.”
“Isn’t intimacy between husband and wife perfectly normal?”
She had a point.
Duan Jinchi was momentarily speechless.
He couldn’t very well backtrack now and say they had an arranged marriage – after all, he’d previously insisted they “married for love.”
“We haven’t been married long, we’re not used to that level of intimacy yet.” He managed to find an excuse. “Honey, how about… I help wash your hair first?”
“No need!”
“Why not? You might get your wound wet if you do it yourself.”
“We haven’t even taken a Mandarin duck bath together, I don’t believe you can take good care of me.” Song Yinxi casually picked up her phone. “Let me check, there should be professional caregivers available.”
“That works too.”
Duan Jinchi was genuinely worried about getting her wound wet.
Soon enough, a professional caregiver arrived to wash Song Yinxi’s hair while she simply lay back and enjoyed the service.
As night fell, Song Yinxi leaned against the headboard and suddenly said: “Husband, I noticed… our chat history makes us look like enemies, nothing like a loving couple.”
“That’s because we’ve been arguing recently, don’t you remember?” Duan Jinchi’s explanations were becoming smoother.
“Oh? Then why were we arguing?”
“Because… one day you came home and asked if you’d changed in any way, and I couldn’t answer, so you got angry.” He quietly borrowed his parents’ argument reason.
“What had changed about me?” Song Yinxi asked curiously.
“You’d gotten the ends of your hair permed, just slightly curled, just a little bit.”
His father had failed to notice the same thing back then.
And then his mother had gotten angry.
“That proves you don’t pay attention to me at all, you deserved to argue.” Song Yinxi looked convinced. “You’ll need to be more observant from now on, husband.”
Had he passed this hurdle?
Since losing her memory, she seemed particularly inclined to believe him.
And quite easy to fool.
“Husband, what do you think of this ring?”
Song Yinxi handed him her screen.
A 45-carat Asscher-cut pink diamond, with brilliant fire, pure and sweet like cherry blossoms, elegant and eye-catching, like a perfect work of art that one couldn’t look away from.
Price tag: 25 million.
A perfect diamond with a perfect price.
Remove one zero, and it would be quite suitable for a “two-hundred-five” like Duan Jinchi.
“Husband…” Song Yinxi blinked coquettishly, “You told me to pick whatever I want. It’s only twenty-something million, you wouldn’t be reluctant, would you?”
The moment he met her gaze, Duan Jinchi nodded instinctively: “Of course not, buy it.”
“Then I’ll send you the link.”
Song Yinxi beamed with joy.
The moment the link was sent, Duan Jinchi’s phone rang.
He looked at the name on the screen. “I’m going out to take a call.”
“Alright.”
Song Yinxi’s lips twitched slightly.
Her diamond!
The payment hasn’t been made yet!
This call came at such an inconvenient time…
Don’t let her find out who it was!
Duan Jinchi’s tall figure stood at the end of the corridor, his voice cold. “What is it?”
“Brother!! Where have you been?!” His cousin Xie Shumo wailed on the other end of the line. “Aunt couldn’t find you and made me go on your blind date! But the girl didn’t like me at all—she only likes you! Honestly, Lin Manni is quite pretty. Why don’t you just go along with it?”
“If I went along with everyone who likes me, I’d be chopped into mincemeat and divided up clean,” Duan Jinchi said sarcastically. “I’m not Boyikao.”
“That joke isn’t funny at all! Aunt said you haven’t been to the company or home for two days. Brother, you weren’t arrested, were you? How many days did they sentence you?”
Duan Jinchi massaged his forehead. “If I were arrested, could I still answer your call?”
“Oh… right…” Xie Shumo paused, then suddenly understood. “Brother! You were bailed out!”
Duan Jinchi felt inexplicably irritated, finding it hard to believe this oddly-brained guy shared a quarter of his bloodline.
“I wasn’t arrested! I’m handling private matters,” he lowered his voice. “Don’t interfere.”
“I don’t want to either. I went on your blind date and got rejected. I’m so wronged… Why does everyone like you but not me…”
Not everyone likes him though.
Like the one in the hospital room—if she hadn’t lost her memory, he wouldn’t have had the chance to pretend to be her husband, let alone get along so harmoniously.
Duan Jinchi knew exactly why Song Yinxi disliked him.
Eight years ago, when the Song family faced a financial crisis, his father took him to Evergreen Group, hoping to acquire the company.
While his father was in the office persuading Song Jingfu to sell the company, he told Song Yinxi, who was doing homework in the waiting room, “This will be my family’s company from now on.”
Then both father and son were thrown out by that father-daughter pair.
He was nineteen then, she was sixteen.
From that day on, Song Yinxi never gave him a friendly look again.
Later, Song Jingfu secured foreign investment, and Evergreen Group revived.
Last time Min Xin mentioned that Song Yinxi’s goal was to get Evergreen Group into the Fortune Global 500—actually, she just wanted to prevent the company from facing another crisis and was determined to make it bigger and stronger.
Maybe Song Yinxi even wants Herun to collapse so she can acquire it for revenge.
Yikes…
Suddenly feeling a chill down his spine.
“Have you been too free lately?” Duan Jinchi said lightly. “Finished all the tasks Uncle assigned you?”
“I hate you all! A bunch of workaholic demons!” Xie Shumo gritted his teeth. “You earn so much money, someone has to spend it! I think I was born to spend money!”
“Hope you don’t bankrupt Uncle.”
Song Yinxi just had him buy a 25-million-yuan diamond ring.
She’s quite the spender too.
“Don’t worry, Cousin, you definitely won’t let me end up homeless~” Xie Shumo chuckled and asked, “Seriously, what are you really doing?”
“Too much nonsense. Hanging up.”
Duan Jinchi ended the call, opened the link Song Yinxi sent him, and completed the purchase.
Spending some money to make his wife happy was worth it.
His dad often did the same.
When he returned to the hospital room, Song Yinxi was already in bed, seemingly asleep.
She’s sleeping soundly.
Poor him, having to sleep on the sofa yet again tonight!
Once she’s discharged and they go home, he won’t have to sleep on the sofa anymore.
When will Song Yinxi finally be discharged from the hospital?