A Day Out

"Little Yanxi, there's something I want to tell you," Chen Ze said.

"What is it, Little Ze?" Zheng Yanxi asked.

"I promised someone I'd pretend to be her partner at a banquet." After turning it over in his mind, Chen Ze decided to come clean to Zheng Yanxi. As his partner, she had a right to know.

Unlike certain people in his previous life, who already had partners but still flirted with others, deliberately keeping it secret and lining up a whole bunch of backups.

Zheng Yanxi's expression became a little unnatural, and the moving car swayed slightly, though it quickly steadied.

"You're free to do that. You don't have to tell me," Zheng Yanxi said, pretending not to care.

"Aren't you angry?" Chen Ze gazed steadily at her.

"Why would I be angry? I told you long ago that no matter how many partners you want in the future, it's fine, as long as you have me in your heart," Zheng Yanxi said.

In this world where women outnumbered men, men were a scarce resource and usually had many female partners. A handsome man like Chen Ze had reached eighteen with only her as a partner, and she was already very content.

Chen Ze said nothing. Neither of them spoke on the way back to the apartment.

The two sat on the sofa, and Chen Ze suddenly pulled Zheng Yanxi into his arms and kissed her.

Zheng Yanxi froze, not understanding why Chen Ze had taken the initiative this time, but she soon responded passionately!

The next ten thousand words are omitted...

Afterward, Chen Ze lay atop Zheng Yanxi's soft, delicate body, playing with the softness of her breasts. "Little Yanxi, I'm so glad I met you! I promise you, no matter how many partners I have in the future, I'll never abandon you!"

Zheng Yanxi wore a look of satisfaction. Hearing this, she tightened her embrace and said, "Little Ze, I believe you. It's an honor to have your love. You're the best gift heaven has given me!"

They cuddled for a while longer, then Chen Ze suggested, "Let's go out and have some fun together tomorrow. We talked about taking a trip last time, but we still haven't found the time."

"Sure! Where should we go?" Zheng Yanxi asked. As long as she could be with Chen Ze, she would be happy going anywhere.

"Hmm, let's decide tomorrow!" Chen Ze gently bit her soft flesh, seemingly hinting at something.

Zheng Yanxi rolled over, pinning Chen Ze beneath her. "You took the initiative just now. Now it's my turn!"

Being young was wonderful. There was always an endless supply of energy.

Early in the morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone through the window into the room, Zheng Yanxi woke at once.

Seeing Chen Ze's sleeping face, she couldn't help wanting to tease him. Zheng Yanxi took a strand of her dark hair and waved it beneath his nose. The tickling woke him.

"Stop it. Let me sleep a little longer." Without even opening his eyes, Chen Ze turned over and fell asleep again.

"Still sleeping, little sleepyhead? The sun's already shining on your butt!" Zheng Yanxi propped up her chin with both hands and said affectionately in his ear, "Didn't we say we'd go out and have fun today? If you don't get up, I'll go with some other handsome young man!"

Chen Ze suddenly sat up and shouted, "You dare!"

"Giggle, giggle~" Zheng Yanxi giggled at his adorable reaction.

Before long, the two had washed up.

"Little Yanxi, do you think I look good in this?" Chen Ze asked, turning in a circle before Zheng Yanxi. He wore a white short-sleeved T-shirt and blue jeans.

"You look good, of course you do. My husband looks good in anything! But I think you'd look even better in a skirt!" Zheng Yanxi said dreamily, staring lecherously at Chen Ze's bare arms.

Chen Ze rapped her on the forehead. "What are you thinking? You want me to wear a skirt? Not in this lifetime!"

Zheng Yanxi took a pair of arm sleeves from the wardrobe and handed them to Chen Ze. "Put these on. I don't want those lecherous women seeing my husband's arms!"

Chen Ze took them and put them on. Once he had them in place, he noticed Zheng Yanxi was practically drooling over his arms.

Chen Ze looked at her strangely, then glanced at his own arms. "What's with that expression? Do they look that good?"

"Of course they do. They're so sexy!" Zheng Yanxi answered honestly.

Chen Ze couldn't understand the women's taste in this world. Weren't they just arms covered in cooling sun sleeves? What was so attractive about that?

She even said they were sexy. Chen Ze supposed it was probably like how men in his previous life felt when they saw women wearing black stockings.

Chen Ze looked at Zheng Yanxi's delicate body, clad only in her bra and panties. "What about you? What are you wearing today?"

Zheng Yanxi thought for a moment, then took a light green floral dress from the wardrobe and put it on in front of Chen Ze.

Before long, she was fully dressed. She turned in a circle before Chen Ze and asked, "How does this look? Doesn't it go well with what you're wearing?"

Chen Ze thought for a moment, then took a pair of delicate crystal earrings from the jewelry box and put them on her. "Mm, that's more like it. My wife really is a natural beauty!"

Hearing Chen Ze call her his wife, Zheng Yanxi was so happy her eyes narrowed. She smiled and said, "My husband is very beautiful too!"

The two went to the garage, got into the luxury sports car, and drove toward the city center.

"Where should we go first?" Chen Ze asked.

"How about Culture Street? It's a place where ancient culture is preserved, and there are lots of fun things to do," Zheng Yanxi said.

"Okay!"

Chatting and laughing all the way, the two arrived at Culture Street. After Zheng Yanxi parked the car, she and Chen Ze began looking around.

"What's that?" Chen Ze asked, looking curiously at the neatly arranged pottery jars in front of him.

"Those are pottery jars made by tourists using the methods of the ancients. Want to give it a try?" Zheng Yanxi asked, looking eager to try.

"Sure!"

The two paid and went inside. There was plenty of clay and all kinds of tools, as well as automatically rotating trays whose name they didn't know.

Under an old master's guidance, the two began playing with the clay.

Following the old master's instructions, Chen Ze placed the clay on the rotating tray and worked it constantly with both hands.

Zheng Yanxi sat behind him with her arms around him and her hands on the clay as well. Before long, working together, they shaped the clay into a pottery jar.

"Yay! We did it!" Zheng Yanxi said happily.

"Mm, but it's still rough. We need to work on it more carefully," Chen Ze said with a smile.

As they chatted and laughed, the pottery jar gradually took shape. Chen Ze carefully refined it with a craft knife while Zheng Yanxi mixed the paints beside him.

"What color do you think would look good on this jar?" Zheng Yanxi asked.

"Anything. You decide," Chen Ze said.

Two hours later, Zheng Yanxi held up the fired pottery jar and asked, "Are we taking this with us?"

"Let's leave it here on display. It'll be inconvenient to carry, and we're going to do more things later," Chen Ze said.

"Okay, whatever you say!"

And so, a brightly colored pottery jar joined the display...

"Oh! There's a claw machine here!" Chen Ze said.

"Want to try it?"

"Yes!"

Zheng Yanxi exchanged some money for a handful of coins and gave half to Chen Ze. "Let's have a contest and see who can get more!"

"Bring it on! Who's afraid of you?" Chen Ze replied defiantly.

"Aw! I almost got it!"

"Damn! Is this thing cursed? The claw's so loose!"

"Almost got it again!"

From the claw machine came the sound of their complaints from time to time!

The ideal was plump and full, but reality was all skin and bones!

By the time they had almost run out of coins, neither of them had caught a single one!

"Let's get some more coins. I refuse to believe I can't catch one today!" Chen Ze said through gritted teeth.

So Zheng Yanxi went and exchanged some more money for another handful of coins.

After using who knew how many coins, Chen Ze finally caught a plush toy: a fluffy rabbit.

Seeing that it was nearly noon, Zheng Yanxi suggested they get something to eat first, and Chen Ze readily agreed.

But there wasn't a single restaurant on Culture Street, only a self-service farmhouse restaurant.

A row of rustic stoves and pots stood there, with firewood piled beside them. This was where Culture Street gave tourists a chance to experience making a fire and cooking like the ancients.

"How about we cook for ourselves today?" Chen Ze suggested.

"Sure!"

The two bought greens, pork, and a big rooster from an older woman dressed in ancient-style clothing.

"How about chicken stewed with mushrooms?" Chen Ze asked, holding up the rooster.

"Do you even know how to make it? If it turns out awful, I'm going to laugh at you!" Zheng Yanxi teased deliberately.

"You're underestimating me, aren't you? Just wait and see!"

"That should be enough. It'll go to waste if we can't finish it."

The two picked out a few more side ingredients and began cooking.

Zheng Yanxi was in charge of lighting the fire and cooking the rice, while Chen Ze handled the cooking.

More than an hour later, looking at the dishes, each splendid in color, aroma, and taste, Zheng Yanxi praised him. "Little Ze, I had no idea you were such a good cook. You'll make a truly virtuous husband and good father!"

"Of course! After all, I grew up in the countryside. This is child's play!" Chen Ze said proudly.

"Grew up in the countryside? Didn't you grow up in Hangcheng, Little Ze? What a braggart!" Zheng Yanxi said.

"Haha, I was just kidding!" Chen Ze said awkwardly. His tongue had slipped for a moment, but fortunately, Zheng Yanxi didn't press the matter.

"Come on, let's eat!" Chen Ze said.

Afterward, the two went to an amusement park and an aquarium together, leaving their happy laughter everywhere they went.

Time slipped quickly by amid their laughter, and before they knew it, the sky had gone completely dark. It had been a full and wonderful day!

Hand in hand, the two continued walking. Along the way, they talked and laughed, sharing their joys and sorrows with each other. When they returned to where they had parked, Zheng Yanxi opened the car door for Chen Ze and waited until he was seated before getting into the driver's seat herself.

Zheng Yanxi started the car and slowly drove away from the city center. On the way home, she leaned back in her seat, thinking over every little moment of the day, a happy smile on her face all the while. She turned to look at Chen Ze and said softly, "Little Ze, today really was the happiest day of my life. I hope we can go on being this happy forever."

Chen Ze reached out and took Zheng Yanxi's hand. "We will, Little Yanxi," he said firmly. "We'll definitely be happy forever."

The car moved slowly through the night, the air inside warm and sweet, while their love grew ever deeper over the course of this wonderful day.