Qiao Hua froze.
Gu Wenze looked perfectly at ease. "You're my wife. Of course you have the right to decide who can get close to me."
Qiao Hua didn't believe he would be so accommodating.
Gu Wenze was surely just humoring her. Words didn't count for anything, anyway.
Still unwilling to give up, Qiao Hua said, "So if I told you that you couldn't have any female friends, you'd agree to that too?"
"Of course, but on the condition that you can't have any men around you either."
Gu Wenze fixed his deep, dark eyes on her, his gaze as intense as a bottomless black hole that could swallow her at any moment.
A spot on Qiao Hua's face felt as though it had been scorched. She awkwardly turned her head away. "All right, I was just joking. I'm going to sleep."
But Gu Wenze wouldn't let it go. His gaze held hers firmly. "I've already agreed to your terms. You have to agree to mine too."
"I know, I know," Qiao Hua mumbled.
That was what she was saying now. What she would actually do later was another matter.
Besides, she didn't believe Gu Wenze could really keep himself from getting close to other women. If he broke their agreement first, she would have a reason to pick a fight.
Gu Wenze snorted coldly, his gaze falling on the things Gu Junxing had brought. They were all high-quality supplements, worth at least five figures.
"He certainly spared no expense," he said mockingly.
Qiao Hua didn't recognize the brands, but from what Gu Wenze said, she knew they couldn't have been cheap.
"Then let's keep them. They're a thoughtful gift from your brother..."
Before Qiao Hua could finish, Gu Wenze cut her off. "Young Master Zhou's mother happens to be