Are you dressed?

Lu Heng: "..."

This woman.

Soon, Jiang Cheng pulled the car to a stop. "President Lu, we're here."

Only then did Lu Heng open his eyes. He rubbed between his brows, utterly exhausted, but when he met Xia Zhi's big, round, dark eyes staring fixedly at him, much of his fatigue faded.

Her neck must have been sore from holding that position the whole time, right?

Served her right.

Lu Heng was about to open the door and get out when Xia Zhi hurriedly called out to stop him. "Aheng, you..."

Don't leave me in the car!

Lu Heng turned to look at her. "What is it? You don't want to get out?"

Of course I do, but I can't! Boo-hoo, stupid system, lousy system!

Little Sponge protested, [It's not my fault! Your husband turned evil.]

Right.

That damned, rotten pervert!

Xia Zhi forced out a smile. She had no choice. To get home, she still had to bow to the forces of evil.

"Aheng, could you carry me out? My legs have gone numb."

Clearly, that was wishful thinking.

Lu Heng had already gotten out, with no intention of paying her any attention.

Uh.

I can't exactly ask Jiang Cheng to carry me, can I?

That would be so inappropriate.

Xia Zhi's eyes darted around. What should I do?

Jiang Cheng had already taken the luggage from the trunk and carried it to the villa's entrance for President Lu. Lu Heng returned to the car and looked at Xia Zhi again.

"You really aren't getting out?"

Xia Zhi bit her lip and decided to try acting cute. "Hubby, my feet are numb. Please carry me?"

Even she couldn't help breaking out in goose bumps after saying that.

Yet the villain seemed to enjoy it. He bent slightly closer to Xia Zhi. "What did you just call me?"

With the villain staring at her from so close, Xia Zhi's heart somehow began to race.

"H-hubby."

Why was something that rolled off my tongue over the phone so hard to say to his face?

It was almost as if...

He really were my husband.

But he's the original owner's husband, not mine.

If I take good care of myself, my future husband could still be in kindergarten.

Lu Heng nearly laughed. This shameless old woman was still fantasizing about a husband in kindergarten. Naive.

"Say it again."

She refused to acknowledge him as her husband, and he simply loved going against her.

Xia Zhi vaguely sensed that the villain was in a good mood and quickly struck while the iron was hot. "Hubby, hubby."

It's just moving my lips, anyway. It won't cost me a piece of flesh.

Only then did Lu Heng deign to bend down, loop her arms around his neck, and scoop her into his arms.

The instant Jiang Cheng saw President Lu carry Xia Zhi out of the back seat, his jaw nearly hit the ground.

Seriously? Since when were these two so close?

They were discussing divorce before going abroad, but now they suddenly seemed like blissful newlyweds again.

No, no.

They'd never had a blissful newlywed phase, yet now they were inseparable. It really made no sense.

Still, Jiang Cheng was only briefly surprised. After all, it was the young couple's business. He was just a spectator enjoying the gossip.

Aunt Liu heard the knock and opened the door. "Second Young Master, you're back!"

Seeing Lu Heng carrying Xia Zhi, she couldn't help beaming, her aging face wreathed in smiles. Now that the Second Young Master and Second Young Madam were so close, there was finally hope for the great-grandchild the Old Madam had been longing for.

"You haven't eaten yet, have you, Second Young Master? I'll go heat up the food."

Lu Heng nodded in acknowledgment, then carried Xia Zhi upstairs.

Xia Zhi's face was directly opposite Lu Heng's chin, giving her a view of his firm chin, the hard lines of his face, and his haughty nostrils.

Tsk, tsk. Not even a double chin, and no boogers in his nostrils either.

He really is so finely sculpted and clean.

Lu Heng: "..."

He had the urge to throw the woman in his arms down from the second floor.

"Hubby, put me on the bed, then go downstairs and eat. I'm so sleepy. Is it okay if I don't keep you company?"

Her voice was still soft, sweet, and coy.

Can't help it. This jerk falls for this stuff.

That Tang Green Tea probably acts cute with him like this all the time... So icky.

Lu Heng frowned. "Speak normally."

Xia Zhi kept up her sugary tone. "Don't you like it, hubby?"

Yeah, right.

Lu Heng unceremoniously tossed Xia Zhi onto the bed. Fortunately, the mattress was soft, or she would have suffered for it today. Still, seeing how rough he was, she made a show of crying out.

"Ow."

Lu Heng lifted his eyelids and glanced at her. "Serves you right."

Then he bent down and turned Xia Zhi's face toward the bathroom. "I'm going to shower now. No peeking."

Xia Zhi: "..."

If he doesn't want me looking, why deliberately turn me this way?

Who knew the villain was not only a pervert but secretly such a tease?

Hearing Xia Zhi's silent complaints about him, Lu Heng wasn't angry. He went into the bathroom in a cheerful mood.

Not long afterward, just as Xia Zhi was about to fall asleep, the bathroom door opened. The villain walked out with a bath towel wrapped around his lower half, drying his hair.

Those abs, that V-line...

He's practically walking hormones.

Xia Zhi felt her nasal passages begin to heat up again.

Oh no!

She immediately remembered the embarrassing incident when she had sprayed the villain with a nosebleed. She quickly shut her eyes and prayed over and over, Please don't let my nose bleed. Please! I can't even use my hands to wipe it this time.

But the very thing she feared happened.

A hot stream suddenly gushed from her nose.

Those two streams of blood flowed merrily along. She couldn't even sniff them back in.

Boo-hoo.

I thought last time was the most embarrassing thing that could possibly happen.

Turns out there's no such thing as the most embarrassing, only something even more embarrassing.

I really can't face anyone now.

The first time could be explained away as a coincidence, but the second...

A derisive chuckle came from the man above her. "You covet my good looks that much?"

Xia Zhi desperately wanted to protest, It's not me! It's the original owner! She's the one who covets your good looks. It has nothing to do with me!

"I... I'm just prone to excess internal heat. I get nosebleeds easily, especially when I haven't had enough sleep."

That excuse seemed barely plausible.

The man clearly didn't believe her. He stuffed two wads of tissue into Xia Zhi's nostrils, then used another tissue to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth and her chin.

"Excuses."

"You just covet my good looks."

Xia Zhi: "..."

She had figured it out. Whether it was the male lead or the villain, the men in this book were all outrageously narcissistic.

Xia Zhi furtively cracked one eye open and found the villain sitting beside her on the bed. His upper body was still bare, his well-defined physique right before her eyes. She felt that her nose was about to bleed again.

Xia Zhi hurriedly closed her eyes, a blush visibly spreading across both cheeks. "You..."

"Could you put your clothes on first?"

Although her own will was firm, this body of hers seemed unable to resist the villain's good looks.

If the villain were really so obedient, he wouldn't have become a villain. Naturally, Lu Heng wouldn't listen to Xia Zhi. Now that she couldn't move and was at a disadvantage, this was the perfect chance to really deal with her.

"Open your eyes."

Xia Zhi asked cautiously, "Are you dressed?"

Lu Heng said, "Mm."