A Rough Man and His Beautiful Wife

Chapter 21: If You Retort Again, I’ll Kiss You

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“What’s wrong with you? I haven’t been home for only a month, but why have you become so thin? Did you not eat properly?” Seeing that she didn’t react even after a long time, Du Xi walked forward and scratched her nose with his dirty hand. A gray mark was left on the tip of her nose. Du Xi noticed that Jiang Ju was frowning.

Jiang Ju was too delicate, so delicate that he always had the urge to tease her. “I’m sorry, I forgot that my hands are still dirty.” He apologized, but there was no guilt in his eyes. His face was filled with ridicule.

Jiang Ju bit her lip and resisted the urge to beat him up. She wanted to reach out and wipe the dust off her nose, but she was afraid that her hands would get dirty, so she turned around and ran back to the third floor. As Du Xi stood at the staircase, he couldn’t help but laugh when he saw her anxious expression.

After washing away the dust on her nose, Jiang Ju walked out of the bathroom. When she saw the man leaning against the door frame lazily, her heart skipped a beat. His body was covered in mud, but fortunately, he wasn’t sitting on the sofa. Otherwise, she would have to wash the sofa again.

Du Xi raised his chin at her. “Help me get a change of clothes. I’m going to take a shower.” Jiang Ju stared at him with her big eyes for a long time in an attempt to make him take back his words, but Du Xi pretended not to see and swaggered into her bathroom.

Du Xi could take a shower at his place too?! Why didn’t he go back and take a shower at his place?! She complained inwardly, but she didn’t dare to say it out loud. Soon, the sound of running water came from the bathroom. She could only obediently go next door and find a set of clothes for him.

She placed the clothes and pants on the chair at the bathroom door, then reached out and knocked on the door. “I left the clothes at the door for you.”

After a minute, there was still no movement in the bathroom. She didn’t wait any longer and turned to leave. It was getting late, so if she dawdled any longer, the woman who sold groceries would close the stall and she wouldn’t be able to buy anything.

When Du Xi came out of the shower, he didn’t see anyone in the room, so he knew that she must have gone out again. After he dried himself and changed his clothes, he didn’t go out to look for her. Instead, he leaned against the sofa lazily and turned on the television.

The advertisement for a sales building was playing on the television. As Du Xi watched, he had a plan. Due to his work, he had been traveling around all these years without a permanent place to stay. Without a place to settle down, he had not bought a house yet, but things were different now. He had met a girl he liked and wanted to stay by her side.

He wiped his wet hair with a towel and began to consider if there were any suitable houses in the neighborhoods that had been built recently. Before he could make a decision, Jiang Ju returned home with the groceries she had bought.

He looked at the entrance and pretended to be angry as he said, “Why didn’t you get me my underwear? Not wearing any underwear is very uncomfortable.”

Jiang Ju’s expression tensed up and she bit her lower lip as she tried her best to maintain her composure. She didn’t bring his underwear on purpose. How could a young lady like her have the cheek to bring that kind of thing for him? He clearly knew why, but he still asked on purpose. How shameless!

She didn’t answer him. After changing into her slippers, she took the groceries to the kitchen. Du Xi followed her and leaned against the kitchen door frame as he sized her up. “Little kid, guess if I’m naked down there now?”

Just as Du Xi finished speaking, the plate in Jiang Ju’s hand fell to the ground and shattered. Jiang Ju subconsciously bent down to pick up the porcelain fragments, but Du Xi walked forward and stopped her. “Go get the broom. Don’t pick it up with your hand.”

Jiang Ju turned around and ran to the bathroom. When she returned, Du Xi had already picked up the larger pieces, and there were only some ceramic fragments left on the ground. Du Xi took the broom and swept the fragments into the trash can. “Why don’t you have any common sense? Don’t you know that you can’t pick up broken shreds with your hands? What if you hurt your hands?”

“If you hadn’t suddenly said something scary, the plate wouldn’t have broken,” Jiang Ju pouted and said angrily. Du Xi didn’t expect her to retort, so he suddenly approached Jiang Ju and trapped her in a corner, then said, “You’re still retorting? If you retort again, I’ll kiss you.”

The closer he got, the redder Jiang Ju’s face became. Knowing that he was capable of doing so, Jiang Ju panicked and was at a loss as to what to do.

In her twenty years of life, this was the first time someone had threatened to kiss her. Although she didn’t feel disgusted by what Du Xi said, she still couldn’t help but feel a little afraid and flustered.

Seeing that she was frightened, Du Xi took two steps back and rubbed her head. “What’s wrong? I was just joking with you. Look at how scared you are.”