Return to the Dou Qi Continent

The next morning, Erina prepared a lavish breakfast, but she kept feeling that someone was missing from the table.

"Strange. Why isn't Alice up yet? Could she have already gone out?"

The maid in charge of looking after Alice answered, "Miss Erina, Miss Alice seems to be feeling a little unwell. She said there was no need to wait for her this morning."

Hearing that, Erina showed rare concern for her cousin.

"Could she be sick? She looked perfectly healthy yesterday. I have some medicine that should work very well. Have someone deliver it to her later!"

The maid respectfully bowed and nodded before clearing away the dishes on the table.

Xiao Zhen's expression did not change in the slightest. No one would have known about the fierce collision he had had with his sister-in-law last night.

If not for worrying that Erina might return at any moment, he would not have ended the battle so hastily.

That pitiful little look surfaced in his mind again, and Xiao Zhen felt that he had been too wicked. He ought to be gentler next time.

How was he supposed to explain this to Erina? After thoroughly devouring her subordinate and close friend, he had gone after her cousin as well.

Erina nudged the absentminded man, her tone somewhat troubled. "Honey, can we discuss something?"

This was the first time Little Chef Girl had called him "honey." As the saying went, nothing good came of the unexpected. Erina was probably asking something of him.

Shaking his head and temporarily putting last night's matter aside, Xiao Zhen said, "We're practically an old married couple already. Just say it. Is there anything you've asked for that I wouldn't agree to?"

Erina bit her lip. Only after seeing that everyone else had left the dining room