A Rough Man and His Beautiful Wife

Chapter 22: The Difference Between Men and Women

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Jiang Ju still didn’t speak, but she raised her head and stared at Du Xi for two minutes. Then, she turned around and left the kitchen without a word. She was very flustered now and her remaining rationality wasn’t enough for her to sort out what had just happened. She wanted to be alone for a while. After she calmed down, she would think about what to do next.

As Jiang Ju returned to her bedroom, Du Xi stared at her back silently from behind. As he leaned against the kitchen door frame with a cigarette between his fingers, he began to regret not kissing the child while she was distracted.

Seeing such an adorable girl hanging in front of him every day, but he couldn’t touch her, Du Xi’s remaining patience was about to run out. He didn’t want things to drag on anymore. In the few days that the two of them had not seen each other, Du Xi had been so busy that besides working, he only had time to sleep and eat every day, but before he slept and the moment he opened his eyes, the first person he thought of was her.

Every time he wanted to take things further, he would see the child’s flustered gaze. He couldn’t bear to scare her, so he always told himself to wait. After the cigarette in his hand burned out, Du Xi extinguished it before throwing it into the trash can. After smoking a cigarette, he made up his mind. He would wait a little longer, since he had a lot of time to deal with her anyway. He didn’t find it troublesome, nor did he feel fed up.

If Du Xi knew that his decision would prevent him from seeing the girl for seven months, he definitely wouldn’t have made such a decision. Instead, he would have told her about his feelings. However, he didn’t have the ability to foresee the future, so at this moment, he was busy in the kitchen.

Jiang Ju hid in the closet again and stayed inside for more than half an hour. She only moved when she smelled the aroma of food wafting into the bedroom from the living room. However, when she thought of the undisguised desire in Du Xi’s eyes and the inexplicable ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them, she didn’t have the courage to walk out of the bedroom.

She was a very stubborn child, so even though she was hungry, she still didn’t walk out of the bedroom. In the end, Du Xi couldn’t help but stand at the door and say in the gentlest voice that if she continued to hide inside, he didn’t mind compensating her with a new bedroom door tomorrow. Only then did she walk out unwillingly.

After the door opened from the inside, a pair of dark eyes were revealed first. Her furrowed eyebrows expressed her owner’s displeasure. The tip of Du Xi’s tongue rubbed against the back of his teeth, and he suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of lust. This time, he didn’t want to let this coward in front of him off easily. He reached out and pinched her face hard.

He deliberately used a little more strength, and as expected, a red mark instantly appeared on Jiang Ju’s face. He snorted and said, “This is punishment for you, a coward who only knows how to escape.” Jiang Ju, whose face was suddenly pinched, froze on the spot. Other than the pain on her face, she could also feel the warmth of his rough fingers on her face. It was burning.

After her face was pinched quite forcefully, her first reaction wasn’t anger, but shyness. The man’s hands were a little rough, and there was a thin layer of calluses on his fingertips. Compared to her tender face, the feeling was completely different. For the first time, she realized the difference between a man and a woman appeared. One was hard, and the other was soft. Just the thought of it made her blush.

Du Xi didn’t know what she was thinking as he carried her to the dining table. After she sat down, he handed her a pair of chopsticks and raised his chin to gesture for her to eat the blueberry yam in front of her. “Try it. I learned how to make it since the internet says that young ladies like to eat sweet desserts.”

As Jiang Ju looked at him, she reached out to pick up a piece of yam with blueberry jam. After tasting it, she picked up another piece and sent it to Du Xi’s bowl. “It’s delicious. You should try it too.”

After Jiang Ju finished speaking, she looked up at him and pursed her lips into an imperceptible smile. Du Xi replied, “I don’t like sweet things. You should eat more of it if you like it.” Although Du Xi said that, he still picked up the yam in his bowl and ate it. Then, he picked up a piece for her and placed it in the bowl. “Eating yam is beneficial for your health, especially your lungs and stomach. Eat quickly. After you’re done, I’ll bring you out to play.”

Today, he had paid the burly men at the construction site. As soon as they got off work, they took the money and went out to have fun. No one remembered to look for him. The last time he said that he would bring her to the vantage point to view the scenery, the plan fell through, but bringing her to the amusement park for a ride on the Ferris wheel would be just as fun.