“???”
Xia Zhiwan blinked a few times, and after a moment, the two of them had already returned to the room.
“Honey! Are you saying I can go out and hang out with Xixi?!”
Li Xiaohan carried the woman in his arms into the dressing room. “Hurry up and change your clothes.”
Hearing his words, Xia Zhiwan finally snapped out of her daze. She pressed her face against his and gave him a kiss.
“Honey, you’re so good to me~ I love you so much~ my wooden horse~~~”
Seeing Xia Zhiwan so happy, Li Xiaohan didn’t quite know what to feel.
Was it that she was this happy just to be allowed to go out, or was there something else making her happy…
“You heartless little thing. I did so much for you before and you didn’t even notice, and now just letting you go out makes you this happy?”
“Honey, I just didn’t have good eyesight before. Now I finally see it clearly~ Put me down, I want to go pick out my clothes.”
Xia Zhiwan was bursting with excitement. After giving a few perfunctory comforting words to the slightly frustrated man, she struggled to free herself from Li Xiaohan’s embrace.
Seeing her so thrilled, what could Li Xiaohan do?
He could only gently set her down and stand there, adoringly watching her choose clothes.
“Wanwan, do you like these clothes?”
Xia Zhiwan, overwhelmed by the variety of clothes, nodded without hesitation.
“Yes, I like them, but there are so many… I don’t know which one to wear.”
He thought to himself that now she liked so many clothes, yet back then she hadn’t even glanced at them. Then he spoke in a softer tone:
“Do you want to check with your friend first? That way you can pick something suitable.”
Xia Zhiwan patted her head. “I’m so dumb, I needed you to remind me of that.”
Meanwhile, Lin Xixi, who was driving, received a call from Xia Zhiwan.
“Hey, what’s up? Not at home with your Li Xiaohan cuddling, and you’re calling me?”
Lin Xixi teased, in a great mood listening to the DJ on the radio.
“Xixi, where are you going? I want to come too.”
Hearing Xia Zhiwan’s voice on the phone, Lin Xixi almost thought she’d misheard.
“You? Your Li Xiaohan is letting you go out?”
“Of course! My Ah Han is the best. Hurry, tell me the address—I’ll come find you.”
“Meet at the Encounter Bar. Come quickly.”
After ending the call, Xia Zhiwan felt a chill behind her.
She closed her eyes—oh no.
To avoid making Li Xiaohan suspicious, she had left the phone on speaker while talking to Lin Xixi.
So… going to a bar probably wasn’t allowed… right?
She stiffly turned around and unsurprisingly met Li Xiaohan’s icy gaze.
“The bar?”
His thin lips parted, and the words made Xia Zhiwan want to pull a big sweater over herself.
“Uh… she just mentioned it casually, and I’ve never been to that bar before… maybe…”
She looked up with watery eyes. “Maybe I shouldn’t go.”
Sure enough, the icy chill in his eyes instantly disappeared when he saw Xia Zhiwan’s pitiful expression.
Li Xiaohan strode over and wrapped her in his arms.
“Go. I’ll go with you.”
He felt both guilty and protective, while Xia Zhiwan, being held, secretly made a funny face.
She didn’t mean to deceive him, but she really wanted to go out.
This should count as… a well-intentioned little lie, right?
Anyway, she wasn’t going to do anything wrong…
She comforted herself with this thought, and the two of them left Wanhan Courtyard.
He vividly remembered the time he had forced her to come to Wanhan Courtyard, and she had vomited all over him.
Knowing Xia Zhiwan sometimes gets carsick, Li Xiaohan didn’t let the driver drive this time.
He drove himself, with Xia Zhiwan in the passenger seat.
They were heading toward the Encounter Bar.
Xia Zhiwan sat silently, tugging at her coat, frustrated but holding it in.
Li Xiaohan drove, sneaking glances at her reactions.
“Wear more, so you won’t get sick. The night wind is chilly.”
Xia Zhiwan didn’t respond—but in June, how cold could it really be!
After ten or so minutes,
Li Xiaohan parked in front of a bar with flashing lights.
The Encounter Bar—just as Lin Xixi had said.
Getting out of the car, Xia Zhiwan realized Lin Xixi hadn’t mentioned which private room to go to.
So she had to stand at the entrance and call her.
“Li Ge!” A man clapped his hand on Li Xiaohan’s shoulder. “I can’t believe it! It really is you!”
Xia Zhiwan, leaning on Li Xiaohan, was startled by the sudden voice.
Feeling her fear, Li Xiaohan frowned at the man beside him.
“Gu Yeting, take your hands off me!”
Gu Yeting awkwardly smiled and withdrew. “Sorry… got a little excited.”
He had been genuinely surprised to see Li Xiaohan outside the bar.
Even more surprising, there was a stunningly beautiful woman with him, modestly dressed yet flawless in figure.
As far as he knew, apart from the notoriously dramatic woman at home, Li Xiaohan had never been seen with another woman.
“And this is?” Gu Yeting asked, eyes narrowing at Xia Zhiwan.
Li Xiaohan ignored him and looked down at Xia Zhiwan to introduce her.
“Wanwan, this is Gu Yeting. He’s been my friend since childhood.”
Xia Zhiwan obediently nodded at Gu Yeting, just as Lin Xixi answered her call on the phone.
“Ah Han, Xixi said it’s room 666.”
“Good, let’s go in.”
Wanwan?
Gu Yeting stood frozen. This obedient-looking, harmless woman… was Xia Zhiwan?
But hadn’t Xia Zhiwan always been a little wild at home?
Before he could think further, Li Xiaohan and Xia Zhiwan walked toward the bar.
“Hey, wait for me!”
He quickly caught up with them. “Is it okay if I come along? I’m alone, won’t take up space.”
“No.”
Li Xiaohan immediately refused. But Xia Zhiwan, thinking it would be fine with friends, said:
“It’s okay, Ah Han. Let’s go together.”
Hearing Xia Zhiwan’s words, Gu Yeting didn’t bother with Li Xiaohan and quickly said: “Yeah, yeah, we’re all friends anyway.”