It took a bit of a while for Yan Qing Shan to recover herself from the devil"s sudden display of affection. She somehow already expected a change in their interaction after the previous heart-to-heart talk. Nevertheless, she couldn"t help but be overwhelmed. This was all new to her. After all, the Zi Jue she knew was the exact opposite of this affectionate one currently guiding her to the living room.As they were walking, Yan Qing Shan did not miss the stunned looks of Zi Jue"s a.s.sistant Yu Yan and Housekeeper Liu Ying. However, it was Yu Yan"s latter expression which caused her to furrow her brows, a dark conjecture forming in her heart.
"Heh. What an interesting reaction. It seems like I have overlooked this particular person. Too bad she got careless." She sneered.
"What happened to your hands?"
Zi Jue"s worried question cut off Yan Qing Shan"s train of thought. She smiled a pacifying smile at him.
"I cooked dinner. These are a few mishaps that went with it. Don"t worry. They don"t hurt."
Yan Qing Shan gently said. Zi Jue tsked and asked Liu Ying to fetch the ointment. Yan Qing Shan looked at Zi Jue and then at Yu Yan.
"Will Miss Yu Yan be joining us for dinner?"
Zi Jue frowned and then turned at his secretary.
"You can go home for now." He said tersely at the woman. The woman nodded stiffly before going back out of the door.
Yan Qing Shan turned to Zi Jue, the smile in her face taking a dark turn.
"How many years has Miss Yu Yan been working for you?"
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Zi Jue felt chills in his back as he look mystified at his beloved woman"s smile. It was even more beautiful than an ice lotus, and much colder too. Even the tone of her voice was frigid as she questioned him.
He thought that this must be the way his subordinates feel when he smiles like that. Zi Jue finally realized how imposing it could be. He felt as if he was a small subject looking up at his queen.
"This woman is the only one in the world who could make me feel this way. Sigh. You"ve got it bad, Zi Jue."
Zi Jue cleared his throat as the sudden realization that his wife might be reacting this way because she was jealous of his secretary. This was a huge leap!
He couldn"t control the grin spreading in his handsome face.
"Are you... Are you jealous?"
Yan Qing Shan"s face retained a cold indifference at his question as if saying that that was not the proper answer to her question.
Zi Jue touched his nose anxiously before talking again.
"About four years now."
Yan Qing Shan"s raised a brow and the corner of her lips still hiding a faint trace of a sneer. Zi Jue shuddered.
"I see. You must be really close by now. Must be convenient, Master Zi. To have such a lovely and efficient secretary."
Zi Jue gulped. His back straightened like a soldier in attention.
"Missus. I"ll fire her immediately."
She turned to him and stared pointedly.
"No need. You don"t have a reason to. And I haven"t married you... yet. Let"s have dinner. I have things to discuss."
Although a Yan Qing Shan drowning in a pot of vinegar scares Zi Jue a bit, he still couldn"t help but marvel at how can such a cold person be so cute. His heart couldn"t handle it.
Not wanting to p.i.s.s her off further, Zi Jue remained silent and followed Yan Qing Shan to the dining like an obedient puppy.
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Housekeeper Liu Ying almost fainted as he watched the interaction between the two. He had been there the moment Miss Yan fired her dangerous question.
His brain had constantly been cras.h.i.+ng unable to accept that his master was capable of such actions, of such humanly responses. And he even followed Miss Yan obediently. His master was never the obedient type.
"Master ah, it seems you will not be the one wearing the pants in this relations.h.i.+p. Aiyah. Anymore of this and it"s either I die from shock or from envy."
The poor housekeeper lamented in his heart as he followed the two with the ointment that he was asked to fetch.