Oh no! His rural wife is sweeter than a peach!

Hearing that he was sick and had a fever, Lu Luozhi's heart ached.

She hurriedly asked, "What's your fever level? Have you seen a doctor? Are you at a hotel or somewhere else?"

"Yes, I saw a doctor. My fever reached 38.2 degrees Celsius. I'm lying in a hotel bed now."

"Did you take your medicine?"

"have eaten."

Lu Luozhi could hear the pain in his voice, and a pang of heartache welled up in her heart.

"No, you were fine when you left this morning, how come you suddenly have a fever?"

The way he tore up the books this morning was no joke, and he seemed quite energetic, didn't he?

It might be because he took a cold shower last night.

Ying Yuchuan was silent for a moment before speaking, "You want to know the reason?"

His voice was hoarse and sickly.

"I want to know."

Lu Luozhi didn't think much of it and just said those words naturally.

After all, he's sick, so we need to know why he's sick.

At this point, Ying Yuchuan paused for a moment, but after only two seconds, he spoke again.

"Well, if you want to know, I'll tell you. I caught a cold because I took a cold shower last night."

"Huh? Why did you take a cold shower...?"

The words that slipped out were suddenly stopped when I belatedly realized what I was saying.

Last night, I took a cold shower.

When these words are put together, it means...

Even the thick-skinned girl blushed deeply when she finally understood the meaning.

The call fell silent for a moment.

He didn't speak again, and neither did she.

Biting her lower lip, Lu Luozhi felt as if her face and neck were on fire, burning hot, like flames at a thousand degrees Celsius.

As if sensing her embarrassment, Ying Yuchuan broke the silence between them.

"It's nothing, don't worry about it. It's just a normal physiological way for men to relieve stress."

She scratched her face awkwardly, then coughed lightly before finding her voice.

"Um, you should rest well since you're sick. I'll hang up now..."

"But I want to talk to you."

He interrupted her softly, "Luozhi, I want to talk to you, I want to hear your voice."

No amount of sweet talk seems to compare to these words coming from his mouth.

As Lu Luozhi listened, her heart pounded uncontrollably, and her face flushed even more intensely.

Her bright red color made her look like a ripe red apple, tempting and delicious.

I don't know why, but I suddenly miss you so much.

A low, husky male voice came from the phone, as if expressing a distant longing.

Upon hearing these words, Lu Luozhi was stunned for a moment, and her heart began to pound wildly out of control.

No one can withstand the impact of his words.

Let alone an ordinary person like her?

In the past twenty-three years, she had never heard such blunt words.

He said he suddenly missed her so much.

Why does he seem like a different person after going out for a while? Lu Luozhi always thought he wasn't the kind of man who would say any touching love words.

What now?

Holding her phone, she slowly squatted down against the foot of the bed, pressing her other hand against her chest, where her heart was pounding wildly, almost bursting out of her throat.

Thump thump thump—

The more you try to control it, the more wildly and unrestrained your heartbeat becomes.

"Lu Luozhi——"

He was calling her again.

Lu Luozhi snapped out of her daze and responded with a hoarse voice.

"Yes, I'm here..."

Do you miss me?

A single sentence, like ants, densely burrowed into her heart.

The deer-shaped branch breathed shallowly, exhaling.

His attitude changed so quickly tonight that it made her head spin and she couldn't process it for a moment.

Does she miss him?

She asked herself the question.

There was also Li Wan standing between them.

A woman he doesn't know if he's let go of.

And this woman who suddenly appeared in his life, the woman he was engaged to, the woman he suddenly got his marriage certificate with—did he keep her in his heart?

"Um?"

He waited for her answer with extraordinary patience, as if he absolutely had to get an answer from her.

"No, we're married now. It's too formal to call each other by our names. Let me ask again."

He paused for a moment, then uttered an affectionate word he had never said before, "Wife, do you miss me?"

Wife?

Hearing such an intimate word from his mouth, Lu Luozhi gasped slightly in surprise.

My whole body trembled slightly, whether from nervousness or from the excitement of hearing him shout like that for the first time, I don't know.

At the same time, he began to wonder if his illness was making him so sentimental.

Sitting on the carpet, she hugged her bent knees with one arm, looking somewhat dazed.

His words were more and more shocking than the last; how could she bear it?

I just found out that Li Wan and that father and son surnamed Fang are related. Now, I don't know what's wrong with him again... He must be so sick that he doesn't even know what he's saying, right?

Wife? He calls her wife.

My goodness, it feels like winning the lottery...

Ying Yuchuan waited a long time for her response, then let out a deep sigh, as if he was helpless against her.