So, You’re the Henpecked One? 33

Chapter 33

Chu Xihuan’s face darkened. Staring at that line of text, she was so angry she almost laughed.

I teach her to read, and she uses it to secretly grumble about me?

And she calls me the one who takes a mile when given an inch? How am I the one taking a mile? No matter how much I push my luck, could it ever compare to her!

Chu Xihuan put the paper down. Just as she was about to check if Lin Zhao had written anything else, Lin Zhao pushed the door open and came in.

“Xihuan, dinner’s ready!” Lin Zhao called out cheerfully. However, when she saw Chu Xihuan standing where she had been sitting, looking at her with a dark expression, the joy on Lin Zhao’s face froze, gradually replaced by apprehension.

“Xi-Xihuan?” Lin Zhao called out tentatively.

Chu Xihuan smiled at her, picked up the paper, and pointed to the line of text. “Explain to me what this line you wrote means.”

Lin Zhao fell silent, looking at the line of text.

“Hmm?” Chu Xihuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

Lin Zhao turned and ran, shouting urgently, “Xihuan, come and eat! The food will get cold if you don’t eat now!”

As long as I don’t answer Xihuan’s question, it never happened!

Seeing her turn and run without hesitation, Chu Xihuan was truly amused by Lin Zhao’s antics. She put down the paper, slowly straightened her sleeves, and then walked out of the study.

When she arrived at the kitchen, she saw that Lin Zhao had already served her food and was smiling at her fawningly.

Chu Xihuan walked in and pinched her cheek with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “You’ve got some nerve.”

It was one thing to grumble about her in her heart, but to actually write it down on paper? Was she afraid she wouldn’t see it or understand it?

Lin Zhao’s brow furrowed, and she looked at her with a pitiful expression. “Xihuan~ I just wanted to get more practice~”

Heh, you want to get more practice, so you use my name to do it?

“After dinner, go and copy ‘dé cùn jìn chǐ’ a hundred times as well,” Chu Xihuan said lightly, letting go of her.

Lin Zhao’s world immediately collapsed.

She looked at Chu Xihuan with a scrunched-up face but didn’t dare to argue. In the end, she could only say “oh” and lower her head to eat sullenly.

Xihuan is so petty!

Lin Zhao thought angrily in her heart. She had only written about Xihuan once, but Xihuan was making her copy it a hundred times!

Her hand would be sore from all that copying!

Chu Xihuan naturally noticed her little expressions. After all, when this person was at home, her expressions were incredibly easy to read. Almost everything was written on her face, as if she were afraid others wouldn’t be able to see her true thoughts.

Although she saw it, Chu Xihuan pretended not to. After all, the more she paid attention, the more excited this person would get, climbing up that pole as fast as she could.

After they finished eating, Chu Xihuan watched Lin Zhao wash the dishes and couldn’t help but ask, “You always rush to do these things. Don’t you feel resentful?”

They had eaten together, but not only had she cooked the meal, but she also had to wash the dishes afterward. Lin Zhao basically did all the housework. Chu Xihuan felt a little uncomfortable and restless watching her.

“Huh?” Lin Zhao looked up at her, a little confused. “Why would I feel resentful? Isn’t it what I should be doing?”

She had eaten. If she didn’t wash the dishes, they would be dirty!

Chu Xihuan was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath and smiled slightly. “I mean, I don’t have to do anything, and you’re doing everything. Don’t you feel unhappy?”

So tiring. How can someone need things to be spelled out so clearly.

But at the same time, Chu Xihuan had to admit that if she got used to being direct with Lin Zhao, this way of speaking would be very relaxing, without the need to spend so much effort trying to guess her thoughts.

“Why would I be unhappy?” Lin Zhao looked at Chu Xihuan, then at the dishes she had to wash, and finally said, confused, “Even without Xihuan, I would still have to do these things. It’s just washing one more set of dishes. What’s the difference?”

Besides, because of Xihuan’s arrival, her life had improved by more than just a little. Wasn’t that enough to offset the so-called resentment Xihuan was talking about?

Chu Xihuan was speechless.

She said no more, but she couldn’t ignore the softness in her heart.

This Lin Zhao…

With such a sweet-talking mouth, how had she not managed to coax anyone before!

Chu Xihuan looked at Lin Zhao with a dangerous glint in her eyes. “Lin Zhao, you didn’t have any old flames that you didn’t cut off, did you?”

This time, Lin Zhao was completely stunned. She looked at Chu Xihuan with a mix of grievance and shock and cried out, “Xihuan!”

Seeing her like this, Chu Xihuan replied with a hum, trying to make her tone less intimidating. “You don’t have to be like this. Even if you had someone before, as long as you cut ties cleanly before we got married, I won’t pursue it.”

She was a reasonable person. As long as Lin Zhao was devoted to her after they got married, she wouldn’t care about the past.

Besides, she didn’t have the right to care.

Hearing her words, Lin Zhao’s eyes turned red with anger. “How can you not believe me!”

She forgot about washing the dishes and said angrily, “You know what I was like before. How could I possibly have had a lover!”

It was only after marrying Xihuan that she had been cleaned up and made presentable. In the past, those good girls would have run away from her. How could they possibly have gotten close to her?

Seeing Lin Zhao’s angry and aggrieved expression, as if she had been wronged, Chu Xihuan was silent for a moment, then lowered her gaze slightly. “Mm, I was overthinking it. I’m sorry.”

No lover. Was this Lin Zhao’s mouth naturally so good at coaxing people?

Although Chu Xihuan had apologized, Lin Zhao still glared at her, still angry, thinking that Xihuan was too annoying! How could she think of her like that!

Chu Xihuan was speechless.

She has quite a temper.

Chu Xihuan was helpless. She stood up, came to Lin Zhao’s side, and squatted down, looking at her with a pair of calm eyes. “Then what will it take for you to not be angry?”

Chu Xihuan’s closeness almost made Lin Zhao unable to maintain her angry facade. Her heart started to beat uncontrollably, and she could even clearly smell the fragrance that had drifted over with Xihuan as she approached.

“I-I…” Lin Zhao couldn’t say anything. She didn’t know what she wanted Xihuan to do for her to forgive her for her previous misunderstanding.

Chu Xihuan’s gaze fell on Lin Zhao’s lips. They were rosy, soft, and looked delicious.

She lifted Lin Zhao’s chin and leaned in to kiss her. This time, it was not a fleeting touch, but a slow, grinding kiss, licking Lin Zhao’s lips with the utmost gentleness and patience.

The warm, soft breath enveloped her, and Lin Zhao’s eyes widened. She stared blankly at the close-up Xihuan, able to see every eyelash on her eyelids, which were now trembling from time to time.

“Close your eyes.” Even though Chu Xihuan’s eyes were closed, she could still feel the very present gaze on her.

Lin Zhao subconsciously and obediently closed her eyes. However, not long after, she secretly opened them again, wanting to see more of Xihuan’s expression when she kissed her.

The heart that had been filled with anger was now occupied by a feeling called joy, and the anger had long since been driven away.

Lin Zhao couldn’t help but hum softly. She wanted to hug Chu Xihuan, but she was afraid to move because her hands were dirty from washing the dishes. Her face gradually grew hot.

I love it when Xihuan kisses me…

Lin Zhao loved it when Chu Xihuan was close to her, loved having the kind of interactions that ordinary married couples had. It made her clearly aware that she finally had someone by her side, someone to spend her life with.

It wasn’t until Lin Zhao’s mind was dizzy and she had lost track of time that Chu Xihuan finally gave her a peck on the corner of her lips and pulled back. Looking at Lin Zhao’s flushed, stunned face, Chu Xihuan’s eyes curved into a smile, a sparkle in them.

“What’s wrong? Are you dazed?”

Lin Zhao stared blankly at the person in front of her, then her brow furrowed slightly, and she said with a bit of grievance, “Xihuan is too mean!”

How can she be so mean! She’s not a fairy, she’s a demon!

“Mean?” Chu Xihuan was a little confused. She had been quite happy when she had kissed her earlier. Why was she now accusing her of being mean?

“Mean!” Lin Zhao nodded vigorously, aggrieved. “Xihuan knows how to use kisses to make me forget how to be angry with you. She’s especially mean!”

Now, even if she wanted to be angry about Xihuan’s previous misunderstanding, she couldn’t be. She just felt so weak all over.

Chu Xihuan was speechless.

Alright, Lin Zhao’s accusation this time was not without reason. She had to admit that she had indeed used the lazy method of kissing Lin Zhao to resolve her resentment.

But there was nothing to be done. Who made Lin Zhao so easy to coax? A single kiss could make her dizzy and forget everything.

“So you don’t like it? If you don’t like it, I won’t do it again in the future,” Chu Xihuan said, raising an eyebrow.

Lin Zhao was immediately stuck. She glared at Chu Xihuan and saw her looking at her with a composed expression, as if she were sure she wouldn’t refuse. The grievance in her heart grew, and she angrily pounced on Chu Xihuan, kissing her on the lips. Finally, she gave her lower lip a bite, but she couldn’t bear to use much force.

“I like it! I like it, alright!” Lin Zhao said in a harsh voice. After kissing her, she didn’t look at her again, but lowered her head and quickly washed the dishes.

Apart from being a little stunned when she was first kissed, Chu Xihuan quickly accepted Lin Zhao’s forceful kiss. However, the words she said after the kiss made Chu Xihuan want to laugh.

To say such unassertive words in such a “fierce” tone was truly amusing.

Chu Xihuan finally ruffled Lin Zhao’s head and then stood up and walked toward the study.

Lin Zhao was speechless.

Her face was very red and very hot, and at the same time, there was an uncontrollable secret joy.

Xihuan didn’t blame me for kissing her!

Lin Zhao was very happy. There weren’t many dishes, and she washed them quickly. After she was done, she ran to the study. The previous disagreement seemed to have never happened, and she was back to her usual self.

After entering the room, without needing Chu Xihuan to urge her, Lin Zhao picked up a brush and started to write, copying her characters.

Lin Zhao’s temper came and went quickly. After they both finished washing up, afraid that Xihuan would make her sleep on the floor again, Lin Zhao climbed into bed first and covered herself with the quilt, leaving only the upper half of her face exposed, blinking at Chu Xihuan.

Chu Xihuan was speechless.

For some reason, she had the feeling that she was going through a tribulation every night. Lin Zhao always managed to come up with some new trick at night.

She sighed softly, got into bed, and lay down next to Lin Zhao. As soon as she lay down, a person stuck to her like an octopus, wrapping around her.

Chu Xihuan’s heart was already calm. She was actually thinking that since it had already come to this, she wanted to see what other tricks Lin Zhao would pull tomorrow, what else she could come up with.

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Author’s Note:

Zhaozhao: [Please][Please]