It was almost nine o'clock when Lin Wan arrived home. Her husband was yet to come home, so she called him out of concern

Her husband's tired voice could be heard, “Lin Wan, what’s the matter?”

Li Mu rarely calls his wife by her name Lin Wan. He only addresses her like this on formal occasions. Lin Wan thought he was with his colleagues and was not comfortable calling her “honey”.

“Honey, when are you coming back?”

“I’ll be late. I might need to work overnight. Have you eaten?”

“I've eaten. How about you?”

“I’ve eaten in the cafeteria. I’m pretty busy here. Take care of yourself!”

“Alright, go ahead. Bye bye!”

His action of ending the phone call abruptly made Lin Wan frown. He wasn’t like this before. No matter how busy he was, he would say bye before ending the call. What was wrong with him today?

Perhaps he was too busy today. All of a sudden, Lin Wan wanted to make soup for him as a booster to his health. She just became someone else’s free babysitter today, hence she wanted to treat her husband the same when she went home.

After preparing the soup, it was already past eleven o'clock at night but Li Mu had not returned home yet. Lin Wan filled a thermos with soup and decided to send it personally to her husband.

Driving to Dongyang Group, Lin Wan dialed Li Mu's number again when she was at the park entrance.

“Honey, are you still in the office?”

“Yeah, I’m busy. What's the matter?”

“I made you some soup. Come down, I’m near the entrance.”

He hung up without a word. About ten minutes later, Li Mu was seen to walk out of the park. Lin Wan opened the car window and waved vigorously at him.

Li Mu walked near the door and instead of getting into the car. He stood by the window and said, “Pass me the soup!”

Lin Wan said dearly, “Why don’t you take a break first? Get in the car and finish the soup before you go!”

Li Mu replied impatiently, “They’re all waiting for me to start the meeting. How could I just leave everyone waiting for me like that? Give me the soup, I'll drink it later when I have time!”

Lin Wan responded and handed the thermos to her husband. “Don’t wear yourself out. Come back early!”

“Okay, got it. Go back now, you don’t need to wait for me to come home.”

Carrying the thermos, Li Mu left without looking back. When he turned at a corner, he threw the soup into the bin along with the thermos.

Back in his office, Li Mu slumped in his seat with his eyes glued to the computer screen.

He Xiaoyu asked uneasily, “She didn't suspect anything, did she?”

“No, she’s not even paying attention to me, what would she be suspicious of?”

“What was she here for?”

“To pass me soup.”

“Where’s the soup then?”

“I threw it away. I don’t need such affection from her. This act of apology will just make me feel disgusted.”

He Xiaoyu agreed immediately, “Yes, you did well. Maybe she was unclear of her true intentions too. She thought she was caring for you, but it was just a subconscious apology to make up for her wrongdoings. Her actions just proved that she felt guilty.”

“Let's not talk about her. Continue the video!”

He Xiaoyu responded and continued to play the video.

On the screen, the happy scenes of the “family of three” was like a huge slap to Li Mu’s sullen face. He stared coldly at the computer screen with anger written all over his face.

This video was sent by Zhou Zijian. Lin Wan who was busy making soup at home had never thought that her husband who was hiding in the company was watching the video of her candlelight evening feast.

After watching the video, it was close to midnight. Li Mu's expression had long become numb. He Xiaoyu asked softly, “It's late now, you should go back.”

Li Mu shook his head and said in a sullen tone, “I don't want to see her anymore. I'm going to spend my night in the office!”

He Xiaoyu held his head and encouraged him, “Li Mu, I do not want you to avoid her. You must face everything with courage. I know you have the courage to do so, you just don’t have the heart and will. You have to overcome this hurdle. When you can face her calmly, no matter what tricks she plays, it wouldn’t matter anymore.

Li Mu hesitated for a while and nodded. “Okay, I'll go home!”

When he got home, it was already past 1am, and Lin Wan had already gone to bed. Li Mu had a strong urge to sleep in the guest room, but finally decided to sleep next to his wife.

He Xiaoyu was right, he didn’t need to be afraid of anything anymore. The more he feared, the more soft-hearted he will be, and the more he will be blinded by his wife's lies.

He knew very well that he had to overcome how timid he was in this relationship by forcing himself to stay by her side, to recall those scenes that broke his heart, and to dull down the love he had for her. When he could finally look at her without any other emotions in mind, nothing she did would matter anymore.

Lin Wan got up early in the morning the next day to find her husband sleeping beside her. She hurriedly got up and saw him sound asleep with sadness and exhaustion plastered on his face.

She leaned down and kissed her husband’s cheek dearly. The latter did not wake up and grunted twice with his nose.

Lin Wan got out of bed gingerly and went to the kitchen to prepare her husband a hearty breakfast. When she entered the room to wake Li Mu up, she realized he was still sleeping.

After a moment's hesitation, Lin Wan did not have the heart to wake her husband up and exited the room quietly. She changed her clothes and tiptoed out of the house.

She planned to go to the morning market to buy some fresh ingredients. As the choir had almost finished rehearsing, she decided to take the day off and stay home to make her husband a hearty meal and treat him well.

When she returned, she found the breakfast on the table untouched. Lin Wan felt a little strange. It was pretty late now, was her husband still asleep?

Lin Wan hurriedly put the shopping bags in the kitchen and went to the bedroom. The room was already empty as Li Mu had left home long ago.

She suddenly panicked. She had a feeling that things were not that simple. But on second thought, she thought that she was being over-sensitive. Perhaps her husband was too busy with his work and had forgotten to eat breakfast. There was no need to be nervous about anything.