CH 48

To tell or not to tell.

Zhen Zhen got home at midnight. She walked into the bedroom, the light were turned off and someone pulled her onto the bed.

‘Zhen Zhen, did you dress up to out with another man?’ Yue Gu Zai asked.

‘Gu Zai, get off me,’ Zhen Zhen said. ‘You’re hurting me. I didn’t go out with another man.’

‘Then who was the man I saw you with before?’ Yue Gu Zai asked.

‘Gu Zai, are you talking about big brother Tu Hang…’ Zhen Zhen asked.

An hour later, Zhen Zhen was hitting Yue Gu Zai’s chest.

‘Zhen Zhen, I’m sorry,’ Yue Gu Zai said. ‘I lost my mind when I saw you with another man.’

‘You were rough with me,’ Zhen Zhen said.

‘Didn’t I satisfy you?’ Yue Gu Zai asked.

Zhen Zhen covered Yue Gu Zai’s mouth.

‘Don’t say it,’ Zhen Zhen said.

Yue Gu Zai pulled Zhen Zhen’s hand down.

‘You can move again,’ Yue Gu Zai said.

Zhen Zhen jumped out of bed, and she ran to the bathroom.

Yue Gu Zai was happy he made up with Zhen Zhen. He would rather be shark bait than sleep apart from Zhen Zhen. Besides, he was the leader of Ni Sheng, no one would dare to turn him into shark bait. Even though Zhen Zhen explained to him Tan Tu Hang was Nan Ma’s friend, he was jealous Zhen Zhen didn’t dress up for him.

Zhen Zhen got back into bed after she showered.

‘Zhen Zhen, forgive me,’ Yue Gu Zai begged. ‘I promise our son will go to school.’

‘Um,’ Zhen Zhen said. ‘And I get to spend the day at Nan Ma’s home tomorrow.’

‘Deal,’ Yue Gu Zai said.

The next day, Zhen Zhen took a taxi to Nan Ma’s home. Shu Tang Jue opened the door for Zhen Zhen. Zhen Zhen couldn’t help but recoil at the sight of Shu Tang Jue, she hadn’t forgotten what happened in Italy.

‘Come sit in the living room and drink tea,’ Shu Tang Jue said. ‘Small rice grain is changing clothes.’

Zhen Zhen shook her head, she was too scared to drink anything Shu Tang Jue made.

‘Small rice grain doesn’t know my identity,’ Shu Tang Jue said. ‘I hope you won’t tell her.’

Zhen Zhen only heard Shu Tang Jue’s unspoken threat.

‘You’re a genius,’ Shu Tang Jue said. ‘You know that no one will gain anything if small rice grain knows the truth.’

Nan Ma came out of the bedroom, and she walked into the living room so Zhen Zhen couldn’t reply to Shu Tang Jue’s request.

‘Zhen Zhen, why did you visit me today?’ Nan Ma asked.

‘I’ll go cook and let you two chat,’ Shu Tang Jue said.

‘I want to eat braised ribs,’ Nan Ma said.

‘You should cut back on meat,’ Shu Tang Jue said.

‘Shu Tang Jue, who’s your sugar mummy?’ Nan Ma asked. ‘You dare nag?’

Shu Tang Jue smiled at Nan Ma, and he walked into the kitchen.

‘Nan Ma, big brother Tu Hang said you’re living with a man,’ Zhen Zhen said. ‘Is he the man?’

‘Yes,’ Nan Ma said.

‘How did you two meet?’ Zhen Zhen asked.

‘I found him homeless on the streets and I brought him home,’ Nan Ma said. ‘I have a spare room and I can afford to support a toy boy.’

‘Nan Ma, he’s…’ Zhen Zhen said.

‘The food is ready,’ Shu Tang Jue said.

Shu Tang Jue’s intimidating smile made Zhen Zhen shiver.

‘Zhen Zhen, the food will got cold if you sit here all day,’ Nan Ma said.

‘Nan Ma, I remembered I have something I need to do,’ Zhen Zhen said. ‘I’ll eat with you another day.’

Zhen Zhen ran outside and she took a taxi home.

When Zhen Wu saw Zhen Zhen returned home, he thought she looked worried about something.

‘Mum…’ Zhen Wu called.

Zhen Zhen didn’t hear Zhen Wu, she ran straight upstairs to the bedroom.

Zhen Wu walked to Yue Gu Zai’s study room to talk to Yue Gu Zai about Zhen Zhen’s strange behavior. He didn’t care if Yue Gu Zai was in the middle of a meeting, because if something bad happened to Zhen Zhen then Yue Gu Zai would ground him.

‘Dad, your wife is acting strange,’ Zhen Wu said. ‘She came home, and hid in the bedroom like a scared turtle. Dad if the meeting isn’t important, go upstairs and check up on her. If you don’t go and something bad happened to her, you can’t ground me. Teacher is waiting outside for me. He wants to take me to play golf. Bye dad.’

‘The meeting is over,’ Yue Gu Zai said.

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End of Chapter Forty-Eight