9 Hubby

Her words sounded calm but the effect they had on him was indescribable.

"What?!..Is there something wrong in loving a car more than a man?" Wu Jinyan asked innocently. Indeed, to her driving a sports car on a breezy night was more fun and relaxing than spending time with a man.

Gu Zichen stared at her with his jaw dropped to the ground. He thought she helped him genuinely but this woman was saying she saved him only because...

Forget it.

She's now his wife. He could deal with her in anyway he liked and at anytime he wanted. There's no way she could escape from him.

"If you want, I can get you the same car" Gu Zichen said as he turned to look at the road and drove ahead.

"No..no need. I was just joking. How can a car match upto a life?" Wu Jinyan answered politely. 

"It's okay. It doesn't cost me much anyway" 

"No.. It's not about the cost...That model is a little outdated. There's actually a new model coming up next year from the same company. It's said that there will be only ten cars produced worldwide. If you really want to buy me a car, then get me that one"

Gu Zichen sighed and shook his head in disbelief. He never saw a shameless woman like her but now she was his wife. He could only blame himself for being impulsive.

"Alright..then..Do you want to bring anything from your place? I hope you won't object to us living under the same roof" He said calmly as if he wasn't bothered living with a stranger.

Wu Jinyan bit her lip as she thought for a moment. No matter what, it's true that she was now a married woman. It's only correct for a married woman to live with her husband.

"I don't think there will be much but I should at least grab some necessary stuff"

She soon brought him to her apartment but made him to wait outside the door. She just couldn't let him enter her house that looked a lot similar to a pig sty. Within a few minutes, she walked out all packed.

Gu Zichen saw her hugging a plush toy with her right hand and a pillow with her left hand. She was holding them so carefully as though she was carrying her precious babies. He was confused and asked "Just these?"

"Yeah..I told you I just need few necessary stuff"

He then saw her take a step away and caught sight of a luggage suitcase. "What about this one?"

"My hands are full. You bring that one" She skipped towards the elevator, leaving her luggage in his care.

'Right. Her hands were indeed full just by holding a unicorn plushtoy and a four leaf clover pillow' Gu Zichen took a deep breath to control himself. He grabbed the suitcase and walked behind her wondering if all grown women still care about their toys like her.

They soon reached an housing estate named Golden Meadows. Wu Jinyan knew this residential area was that kind one where only prominent and top class rich families could afford to own houses.

The house she entered was a two floored villa with a huge front yard, a flower garden and a swimming pool.

She too once lived in a house that was more or less similar to this place. But she found this villa more beautiful and peaceful as she was now in a place she could call her home. This place had no such people who would bully her and play with her heart like in Wu residence.

She smiled at the housekeeper and the maids lined on both sides of the entrance door before walking into the room shown to her by one of them.

"This..." She found it strange. The decor of the room appeared more suited to be a woman's room than a couple's room. She doubted if they were living only under the same roof but not in the same room.

She didn't mull over such intricate issues and simply unpacked her luggage to freshen up.

She walked down when she was informed that the dinner was ready. She saw the table with several dishes placed on it but she still felt it was empty. She was hungry as she didn't eat anything after her breakfast but still decided to wait for the other person to make the table complete but she didn't see him even after waiting for more than ten minutes.

All the maids had complex expressions on their faces. They looked as if wanting to speak something but stood silent as they also felt it wasn't their place to speak.

"Have you people not informed him?" Wu Jinyan asked and patiently waited for the answer.

"Madam..that.." After a minute of awkward silence, one of the maid finally opened her mouth with much difficulty but didn't dare to speak further.

"What?! Don't tell me you didn't.."

"Madam...Master asked to prepare dinner only for you. And also he never had time or liked to eat at home" the housekeeper blurted out the truth.

"What?!"

The table was filled with food that's enough to feed more than two people. She wished she would no longer eat alone after getting married.

'Did this man planned to make her eat alone? On their wedding night!' But she would not let that happen.

"I'll go, look for him" Wu Jinyan stood up and walked straight towards the study room. The maids ran behind her with an intention to stop her. They knew their master hated being disturbed while working. But Wu Jinyan already knocked on the door.

She heard no response and stood there for a few seconds to calm down before pushing the door herself.

A waft of intoxicating smell assaulted her senses the moment she pushed the door. She walked towards the man standing near the window and saw the smoke flowing out of his thin lips in circles. He looked stunning with that white smoke faintly masking his finely carved features.

But she felt as if she was suffocated to death in his stead. She immediately opened the windows.

"Gu Zichen..." Wu Jinyan lifted her hand and almost snatched the cigarette from him. Only on watching her actions did he put out the cigarette in the ashtray full of butts, while blowing out the last portion of smoke in him.

"Why are you here?" His voice was so dry and hoarse, she already guessed the amount of torment his lungs suffered.

Wu Jinyan was infuriated hearing him. 'Why was she there? To watch the show of death he was playing. Did she give him her precious blood so that he could torment his body like this?'

She threw that thought aside for a moment and looked at his face that was devoid of expressions. But his eyes had an array of emotions that couldn't go unnoticed. She didn't know what made him to have such complicated look but she still asked what she wanted. "You..are you not eating?"

Few seconds later..

"Gu Zichen... I'm asking you.."

"Hey..."

Ten minutes later,

"Gu Zichen.."

"Are you really not eating anything?"

"If you are not eating..then I'm also not eating"

"You...."

Twenty minutes later..

"You really want me to starve along with you?"

"Gu Zichen.." She yelled his name for the hundredth time but received no answer.

It had been almost thirty minutes...but this man was so stubborn to open his mouth and say something. She was so frustrated, she wanted to rip his body open.

If not for that handsome face and those captivating eyes she liked, she would have already killed him with her own hands.

She took a deep breath. Now, she had to use her last card even if she hated to use it.

Gu Zichen looked down at the soft hands hugging his elbow and moved his eyes towards the woman's face. He saw her sullen face and pouted lips. She blinked with her long lashes moving like a fan. She looked just like a cute kitten as she clung onto him.

"Hubby...Are you really not eating with me?" Wu Jinyan mumbled with teary eyes and adorable expression, displaying all her cuteness.

"Alright..Let's go"