Chapter 446 - Working Hard

Soren looked up and faced Cloe. Then his eyes wandered towards his brother-in-law, Cui Xukun. 

"Nothing happened to me," replied Soren to Cloe's earlier question.

"Then why are to parading in front of my door?" she questioned.

"I'm not," he retorted. He pointed at the door beside hers, "I'm parading in front of this door!"

Cloe looked at the door he pointed at and nodded her head in understanding, "So, you're here to see your wife?" Soren nodded his head in reply while she frowned, "Then why are you standing in front of the door? Don't tell me you're wife is not letting you in."

Soren gave her a bitter look. He wished he would refute that but she was somewhat on point here. 

"Jie didn't open the door?" asked Cui Xukun.

"No," replied Soren. 

"Did you call her?" 

"I did," answered Soren. "Her phone is powered off."

While Cui Xukun pursed his lips, Cloe asked in a gossipy tone, "Is she mad at you? Did you guys fight?"

Soren glared at her and knocked on her head, "Stop spouting nonsense with me. We are very happily married."

Cloe rubbed her head, "Then why are you locked out?"

Soren sighed out, "This is her personal space. I don't have the passcode for the door."

"Don't make excuses. If she isn't mad at you, why isn't she opening the door for you?"

"Because she is sleeping," replied Soren with certainty.

"Huh?" Cloe was dumbfounded by that response.

Cui Xukun laughed awkwardly at her side and told her, "Well, actually, when my sister is sick, she sleeps like a log. No sound can penetrate through her iron walls." He actually felt quite embarrassed talking about it. For the first time, he felt like his sister was embarrassing him. Well, actually, she had done it way too many times. But it was the first time before his girlfriend!

"And she forgets to eat as well," added Soren. "I'm just worried that she didn't eat anything all day. I brought her some chicken soup wolfberry and red dates to nourish her body but she isn't even opening the door." He then looked at Cui Xukun, "Oh, right. You! Open the door for me."

Cui Xukun immediately reacted and entered the passcode. As the door opened, Soren rushed in. In just a minute, he came back to say, "I'll see you some other day, Cloe. For now, have a good day!"

"What good day? It's night already," muttered Cloe to herself, and then she shook her head. "Tsk. It was actually difficult to imagine him as a wife spoiling man but now, I can see it."

Cui Xukun sighed from her side, "You haven't seen anything yet."

"What do you mean?"

Cui Xukun didn't go into details, "Let's just say that my brother-in-law has worked hard for this marriage."

Cloe shrugged her shoulders, "He should be working hard. He was the one who insisted on marrying her." It's not like she knew absolutely nothing about Soren's love life. They had been in college together and when Soren had fallen for Cui Xuqing, he used to always have a sweet smile on his lips that made him seem adorable and quite foolish.

She even remembered how tired she was of listening to him bragging about how amazing his girlfriend was. She was actually surprised when Soren told her that he was gonna propose marriage to Cui Xuqing right after graduation. She thought he was rushing into a relationship but he had said, 'When it's the right person, it really doesn't matter.'

But in fact, it was also because Cui Xuqing was older than him and Soren knew that even if he was willing to wait, she might not be. So, he had to strike when the iron was hot. 

It had to be said that he had never regretted his decision. If anything, he was thankful to his younger self for choosing to seize his chance and get his wife. 

"You're right," agreed Cui Xukun. "But it's also because of their age gap. My Jie was always confused about Soren's feelings because she believed he was too young and his feelings were momentary. She had even warned him that if he got into this marriage so early, he'd regret it one day. But brother-in-law was certain that he'd never regret it. He said, 'Qing, you're so amazing that I'm afraid someone else will snatch you.' And that's why he couldn't wait at all."

"That's not what he told me," said Cloe as she opened the door of the apartment. "He said if he waited any longer, she'd realize that she had better options than him."

They both looked at each other and saw something in each other's eyes. They both were amused.

Unknowingly, Cui Xukun had walked inside her apartment and he only realized it after he had already taken off his shoes. He suddenly froze, not knowing what to do. Should he walk inside or should he take a step back from here?

Noticing his dilemma, Cloe helped him out, "Just come inside already. I wasn't purely joking when I said I was gonna invite you to my place."

Cui Xukun was surprised to hear that and instantly perked up as he stepped inside. "Then, sorry for intruding."

Cloe looked at his feet and said, "I don't have extra slippers though. Especially, men slippers." She added, "Just wear your shoes. I'm not that particular about this."

Cui Xukun said, "I'm okay like this. It's not that cold either."

"If you say so," replied Cloe. "Come inside and sit down. Tell me what you want to drink."

"Just water," replied Cui Xukun. "Water would do."

"How boring!" said Cloe. "What's fun about water?" She went to get water for him and said, "How about you see what you want to eat? Let's order take out."

"We just ate before coming back though."

"It's been two hours," reminded Cloe. "I'm hungry. Just look what we should eat."

Seeing her bossy side, Cui Xukun could only nod his head in agreement. How could he dare go against her? If she said they were gonna order take out, what could he possibly do? He could only order!