r maybe, just as she said, because her current identity perfectly matched his.Of all the possibilities, Huo Chenxi was unwilling to admit the only one: that he had fallen for Su He.As if he was angry...Whether it was her words or her disapproving actions that touched Huo Chenxi's sensitive nerves, he slanted his eyes over, dangerously eyeing her.

The air inside the car suddenly became still and suffocating.

Su He froze, his entire body as if locked by an invisible force, unable to breathe, a thin layer of sweat appearing on his palm.

"No." Huo Chenxi finally retracted his gaze, turned his head to look out the window, and forcefully choked out two words.

Su He was a little dazed, and it took her a while to realize that Huo Chen Xi was responding to what she had just said.

>Nothing

He didn't cherish the one he had always yearned for, or did he just think he hadn't courted her

No matter what the answer was, Su He didn't want to respond.

The former has nothing to do with her, there's no need to respond.

The latter, given Huo Chenxi's stubborn nature, wouldn't be swayed even if you tried.

Taking a deep breath, Su He tried his best to calm himself down.

Meet force with force, and water with earth.

If Huo Chenxi truly wants revenge, just take it head-on.

From the reflection in the car window, Su He could be seen with her chin slightly raised and eyes resolute, looking determined to face death. Huo Chen Xi felt a mix of anger and amusement, and restarted the car.

The car was eerily silent, save for the barely perceptible breaths of the two occupants.

Huo Chenxi recalled that Huo Yirou had casually mentioned before that Su He liked listening to the radio. On a whim, he turned on the car radio.

"The divorce rate is rising, which is a natural consequence of women's awakening. Who knows, maybe one day in the future, the institution of marriage will disappear..."

Listening to the radio host talk nonsense seriously, Su He in the back seat actually listened with a serious face. Huo Chenxi couldn't help but frown.

It sounds like all the women in marriages are forced into them and are only now waking up to rebel.

Could she possibly have been swayed by these ramblings

For families like theirs, marriage is more than just a union of two people; it's often about family interests and serves as a link for alliances between families.

Perhaps this world could exist without love, but as long as there are family interests, the institution of marriage will persist.

His marriage to Su He was an exception.

If he hadn't known his grandmother loved him, he probably would have thought like everyone else that she was letting him marry a woman with no background or unknown origins to weaken his power.

After all, before Su He, he had almost believed that his wife would be like other family heirs, a woman from another wealthy and prestigious family. They would get along respectfully and peacefully, or simply live their own lives without interfering with each other if they didn't hit it off.

His grandmother wanted him to marry Su He, and he thought it was a way to repay her kindness. He suggested other ways, even adopting her, but his grandmother refused all of them.

Faced with his grandmother's threat of suicide, he had no choice but to agree to register his marriage with Su He, maintaining a nominal marriage until his grandmother recovered. He would then divorce her and compensate her properly afterwards.

Unexpectedly, it turned out that the seemingly timid and weak Su He had actually colluded with the servants to drug him, and he had inadvertently overheard their plot. She married him because of his wealth and status.

He loathed her hypocrisy and deceit, yet he was inexplicably captivated by the feigned tenderness she displayed.

This contradiction and struggle reached its peak when she drugged him for a second time, wanting to have his child.

He couldn't even tell if his nightly demands during that time were out of revenge or a shameful, unspoken desire deep within him.

His grandmother's death made him suddenly sober, and for a moment he didn't know how to face her.

Until she sprung the divorce on him out of the blue.

A two-zhang-tall black wrought iron gate with intricate carvings opened automatically, and the car stopped in front of the Xingye Bay villa.

Huo Chenxi turned off the car, got out, and walked around to the back seat. He opened the door and stared silently at Su He.

The faint scent of roses wafts through the air.

Su He looked at the place he had just been to last night and was reluctant to get off the car.

"Seems like you want me to carry you off the car!" Huo Chenxi narrowed his eyes, feigning a bend to pick her up.

Su He's face changed slightly, and she said with disdain, "Who wants you to hug me," then turned around, opened the other side of the car door, and quickly jumped out.

Huo Chen Xi raised an eyebrow, a flicker of disappointment crossing his eyes before vanishing as quickly as it had appeared.

"One can kill a man, but one cannot humiliate him." Su He and Huo Chen Xi looked at each other across the carriage. Su He cleared his throat and said with a hint of backbone, "What do you want Just say it straight."

Ho Chenxi stared at her calmly, "Cook me a meal. Last night's incident is wiped clean."

Su He was very surprised.

He still dares to eat the meals she cooked, not afraid that she'll poison him and take his life

There are no poisons, but there's a full array of condiments like oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and chili.

Su He cooked a big feast.

Red chili-covered lotus root, the sour and spicy Lotus Root Salad, soy sauce-soaked blanched vegetables turned black from too much soy sauce, osmanthus soup with a whole bag of sugar added, and stir-fried Chinese broccoli with half a bag of salt...

Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty, every dish must have its flavor perfected.

"May I go... now"

Seeing Huo Chenxi staring silently at the dish she had painstakingly prepared, Su He nervously asked.

"Let's talk after we eat."

Su He gritted her silver tooth.

These dishes, even pigs wouldn't eat them, so his words are not letting her leave

“You only told me to cook, but you didn’t say…” Su He was about to argue a few more words, but seeing Huo Chenxi pull up a chair and sit down, he politely took the bowl and chopsticks.

He ate the dishes in front of him without changing his expression, giving Su He a feeling that these were not dark cuisines but her lovingly prepared dinner.

Could those spices be expired

Su He picked up her chopsticks and took a bite of a cauliflower floret. Suddenly, the saltiness made her throat tremble, and her brows furrowed in displeasure.

Previously, Huo Chenxi, who was so picky that he was hated by gods and men, has lost his taste

Su He threw the remaining broccoli into the bone dish in front of him, but the next second it was snatched away by a pair of chopsticks that suddenly extended.

She looked at him in astonishment, only to see Huo Chenxi slowly place the piece of broccoli into his mouth and close his lips, chewing it carefully.

"That's what I bit," Su He reminded playfully.

What about his OCD

Before, he always brushed his teeth and took a shower after doing it. Now, he even eats what she has left over willingly. Has the world gone insane, or is he crazy

"Farmers work very hard to grow food, wasting it is a trampling of their labor." Huo Chenxi swallowed the vegetables in his mouth and said without raising his head.

This was something she used to say often.

She always worried that he wouldn't eat enough, but she couldn't bear to waste food. Every time she cooked, she prepared a variety of small portions according to his tastes. He couldn't finish it all, so she ate the leftovers.

After repeatedly stopping her at first and being emphasized several times by her words, he finally gave in.

Su He never dreamed that one day Huo Chen Xi would use these words to teach her a lesson.

Looking at the food that was deliberately made to be unappetizing, Su He felt a pang of guilt for wasting food. She picked up her chopsticks again, ready to finish it all.

Just as she extended her chopsticks, Huo Shenxi swatted them away with his.

"This is mine, do you have permission to eat it" Huo Chenxi said irritably.

“If you’ve got the guts, eat it all!” Su He gritted his teeth, filled with anger and indignation.

Huo Chenxi didn't say a word, letting his actions give Su He a hard slap in the face.

Looking at the empty plate, Su He couldn't help but suspect that Huo Chenxi must have been starving mad to be so indiscriminate in his eating.

Not being picky doesn't mean not being critical.

Su He had prepared herself for Huo Chen Xi's scrutiny and interrogation, but she didn't expect him to keep his word and not make things difficult for her. He sent her home safely.

As soon as he got out of the car, a box wrapped in a plastic bag was thrown into his arms. Su He cried out inwardly, instinctively throwing the box away like a dangerous object, but suddenly smelled the rich aroma of chocolate.

It was her favorite chocolate cake.

Su He froze, suspiciously looking at Huo Chen Xi: "You wouldn't have poisoned them, would you"

Huo Chenxi's face, which had finally recovered its color, suddenly turned gloomy again. He glared at her fiercely, closed the car window, and sped away without a trace.and looked at him indifferently: "Young Master Huo coming over"Qin Shi hadn't expected Su He to guess that Huo Chenxi would come over, and she laughed and said, "That's right."Su He's face darkened sl...