Do You Want to Try Being with Me?

He must hold back!

"I didn't make the pickled goose feet. I'd like to, but it's too much trouble. Luckily, a delicious restaurant opened next door, so I bought some for you to try. The young man selling the goose feet is handsome, and his business is always booming..."

Xu Weibei unconsciously let out a hum.

A shallow woman.

What good is being handsome? He might be a coward.

Oh, he is too.

Xu Weibei was saddened.

Gu Wanning picked up another piece of tofu and waved it in front of Xu Weibei, smiling charmingly and lively, "Guess what I put in this tofu?"

Xu Weibei remained silent, but the aroma had already secretly reached his nose, and he couldn't help but swallow again.

Gu Wanning has a big appetite, so she always has an inexhaustible passion for food.

The dishes she makes are imbued with the warmth of everyday life and a deep love for it.

The dishes she makes always have a unique flavor.

"I added water chestnut and minced meat, so it's soft on the outside and has the crisp, sweet taste of water chestnuts inside. It was quite a lot of work. Er Ya can't do this kind of delicate work, so I did it all myself."

This is what morning is like.

Xu Weibei looked at the dark circles under her eyes and realized that she probably hadn't slept all night just to cook this meal for him, yet he still gave her a cold shoulder.

Although it wasn't his intention, he still felt like punching himself when he thought about it.

"Try it." Gu Wanning brought the tofu to his lips.

Xu Weibei was startled by her overly intimate actions, and in his haste, the tofu fell from Gu Wanning's chopsticks and landed on his robe.

Gu Wanning put down her chopsticks, took out a handkerchief, and wiped his face.

Xu Weibei got up and avoided him, wiping himself haphazardly a few times.

Gu Wanning stood beside him, holding a handkerchief, watching his embarrassment. Sunlight streamed through the small window, casting a ray of light on her face, making her smile radiant.

Her lips parted slightly, revealing a shallow dimple at the corner of her mouth. "Why does Your Marquis treat me like a monstrous flood?"

Looking at her rosy lips, Xu Weibei suddenly felt a dryness in his mouth.

Even someone as oblivious as him understood Gu Wanning's "seduction" intention.

He would have been so happy if it were before.

But now, he is no longer able to enjoy it.

Chapter 232 Do you want to try being with me?

"Get out!" Xu Weibei suddenly lost control of his emotions. "Get out of here!"

"I'm not leaving." Gu Wanning slowly sat down, staring at Xu Weibei's soiled robe and his private parts.

Xu Weibei grew increasingly enraged by her gaze. "If you don't leave, I'll call someone in and drag you out."

Gu Wanning, however, remained calm and composed.

She looked at Xu Weibei with eyes as clear as water, her gaze carrying a strange, reassuring power, and then called out, "Xu Weibei— "

All of Xu Weibei's hostility seemed to vanish instantly with those three words.

Gu Wanning rarely called him by his name.

She usually addressed him as "Marquis" with polite distance, but this was the first time she had called him by his name in such a gentle and comforting tone.

Xu Weibei said dejectedly, "I don't need your pity. We've already divorced. We're on different paths, each going our own way..."

"Roads are roads, bridges are bridges, and when I walk, you pretend you're going the same way; when I cross the bridge, you pretend we've met on the other side? Xu Weibei, stop deceiving yourself, okay? Don't you pride yourself on being a man of integrity, upright and honest, with a clear conscience before heaven and earth? Why is it so hard for you to say you love me?"

"You're willing to stand up for me? What, you're afraid to admit it?"

"Let me ask you, if a man, invincible in battle, with countless victories and glorious achievements, suddenly falls seriously ill and becomes bedridden, what would you do upon hearing this? What would the others think?"

Xu Weibei remained silent.

"Let me tell you, everyone will lament his passing, saying that heaven is jealous of talent. If he were dead, people would write books about him, making him famous for all time."

"That person is you, except that your illness is a bit unusual, that's all. Does your illness erase all your past achievements?"

"Xu Weibei, you're just sick. You haven't done anything wrong!"

"You haven't wronged anyone, so why can't you hold your head high? You don't have to die; you not only have to live, but you have to live better than everyone else. If you really can't get over this, then fine, we'll go overseas, and I'll go with you."

The world is so vast, you can always find a place where nobody knows them.

"Xu Weibei, you like me, right? Well, let me tell you now, I like you too."

Xu Weibei looked into her bright, star-like eyes, and his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

Why can't he do it?

Why can't he even be a normal, ordinary man?

If he could, he would give anything for a healthy body so he could stay by the side of the person he loves, cherish her, care for her, and spend his life with her.

"Whether you accept it or not, all I want right now is for you to live," Gu Wanning said. "Only if you live will you have a future. Only then will we have a future."

"You," Xu Weibei finally found his voice, "Don't get involved."

Gu Wanning was about to cry her eyes out.

Who exactly was dragged into this?

"I want you to live," Gu Wanning said. "Don't take that little ailment so seriously. You'll freeze to death without a house, but you won't die without sex."

Xu Weibei's face turned bright red upon hearing this, and after a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, "You really dare to say anything! And why do you keep bringing this up, deliberately trying to provoke me?"

"It's better for me to provoke you than for anyone else to do so," Gu Wanning said calmly. "You'll gradually accept the current situation."

Xu Weibei: "..."

He should thank her.

They repeatedly jumped on his weak spot.

"Everyone has their little quirks! I have irregular periods too!"

Xu Weibei: "When did this happen? Why didn't you ask that person to prescribe some medicine for you? Isn't she supposed to be very capable? How come she seems so useless to you? Is it because you're too good to her that she's bullying you and not taking you seriously?"