Mr. Shang, please be passionately in love after marriage.

The red light ahead is entering its countdown phase.

The Maybach started again the moment the light turned green.

This time, Shang Hanzhou slowed down as before, and the Maybach stopped in the parking lot at the main entrance of the hospital.

She didn't answer, and he didn't press her for an answer.

Cen hope got out of the car.

Shang Hanzhou was by her side. He usually worked at the hospital, so Cen hope was very familiar with the medical procedures. Moreover, the injury on her hand was actually very easy to treat.

It's okay to go to a small clinic.

The doctor used cotton swabs to disinfect her hand, which had been bitten and was quite painful when the medicine was applied to it.

Cen hope turned her head to the side, and her other hand, which was resting on her knee, unconsciously clenched into a fist.

Shang Hanzhou stood beside her, his cold face as always. He stepped forward and covered her eyes with his warm palm, and she buried her face in his waist.

A subtle bergamot scent lingers in the air.

My nose suddenly stung, and my eyes started to burn; I felt inexplicably like crying.

She held back her tears.

It wasn't a big wound, and it only took a few minutes.

"alright."

The doctor threw the cotton swab into the trash can.

Cen hope had also calmed down. She gently pushed him away and silently told herself not to cross the line.

Shang Hanzhou did all this because they were husband and wife.

But she couldn't be greedy; she could only do her best to hide all the surging feelings she had for him, so that he wouldn't discover a single one.

Having promised him to treat each other with the utmost respect, she could not overstep the bounds.

"Thanks."

She sniffed and said softly.

The bright overhead light illuminated the man's hard, defined facial features.

Shang Hanzhou remained calm, showing little emotional reaction to her very polite words.

"Um."

He responded and strode out, with Cen hope following slowly behind him.

He has long legs, and in just one minute, the two had already created some distance between them.

Shang Hanzhou seemed to notice, paused for a moment, and then slowed down his pace to wait for her to catch up.

Got in the car.

The atmosphere was even more silent than when we arrived.

Cen hope was fidgeting, racking her brains to think of a topic to ease the tension, when the WeChat video call started.

It was Lin Xingyou who called.

She immediately breathed a sigh of relief and answered the call.

"Xibao, have you finished dealing with things on your end?"

Lin Xingyou was worried about her after not hearing from her for so long, but Cen hope smiled with relief and said softly, "It's all alright now. I'm going back now."

"That's good. I made you some late-night snacks, all your favorites."

She was still laughing: "I feel like I'm going to gain weight."

"You're so thin, you'd be just right if you gained a little weight!"

Lin Xingyou argued confidently, "Then text me when you get downstairs, and I'll come pick you up."

"OK."

Cen hope nodded, the video call ended, and the smile that had just appeared on her face gradually faded away.

This subtle change didn't escape Shang Hanzhou's notice, and his high brows furrowed imperceptibly.

She seemed more comfortable with her friends than with him.

This realization made his heart, which had finally calmed down, a little restless again.

His wife disliked him even less than he had imagined.

He had taken her to Lin Xingyou's neighborhood before, so even without asking, Shang Hanzhou knew how to get there.

The Maybach stopped downstairs in the residential area.

Cen hope obediently said goodbye to him, while Shang Hanzhou didn't say anything. The Maybach turned around and drove in another direction.

She stood there, watching his car drive further and further away until it disappeared from sight, before silently turning her gaze away and walking upstairs.

She didn't make Lin Xingyou run down to pick her up again.

Standing at the door, she knocked, and after a short while, Lin Xingyou ran over and opened the door.

"Xibao, what's wrong with you?"

As soon as the door opened, Lin Xingyou noticed that something was wrong with her; she was clearly disappointed.

Cen hope pursed her lips, and when she opened her mouth, her voice was a little choked up.

"Yuzu, I think I can't hide my feelings for him anymore."

Out of respect for her status as "Mrs. Shang," he cared for her and looked after her, but she still gradually fell for him.

Especially when I see him worrying and getting nervous for me.

That strange feeling that he might like me would keep popping up again and again.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xingyou immediately understood her meaning. With a look of heartache, she stepped forward and hugged her, saying firmly, "If you can't hide it, then don't hide it!"

"Just tell him boldly that you like him! And that you've liked him for many, many years."

Cen hope pressed her forehead against her shoulder, closed her eyes, her eyelashes fluttering slightly, and said nothing.

This was something she had never imagined.

She and Shang Hanzhou got their marriage certificate by accident. She had promised him to treat each other with respect when they got the certificate, but she overstepped that line, which would only make him dislike her.

"hope Bao, you're just too considerate of others."

Lin Xingyou said with exasperation, "If I like someone, I don't care if they like me back or not. I'll harass them first. If they don't like me, then they're just blind."

Cen hope couldn't help but laugh at her statement.

She relaxed her shoulders: "That makes sense."

Lin Xingyou took her hand and led her inside.

"Actually, I think Mr. Shang might have really fallen for you."

No, it won't.

Cen hope shook her head.

On the day they got their marriage certificate, she actually overheard what Shang Hanzhou and Fang Nian were saying.

Fang Nian asked him, "Mr. Shang, isn't it a bit too heartless of you to say 'treat each other with the utmost respect' to your wife?"

No one gets married expecting their wife to treat them with the utmost respect from the start, without any emotional connection.

Shang Hanzhou said indifferently, "If she can't accept it, she can ask for a divorce."

Fang Nian: "..."

At that moment, she was glad that she hadn't told him that she liked him.

The feelings of liking that were not expressed then will never be expressed again.

If one day it becomes impossible to hide it any longer...

She thought she would do as he asked and take the initiative to divorce him.

"Let's not talk about this anymore."

Cen hope cheered up and asked her, "I've decided to stay here for a few more days. You won't find me annoying, will you?"

Lin Xingyou put her hands on her hips: "How could that be! This is the house we used to live in together, it was originally your home."

"OK,"

With her words, Cen hope felt relieved.

She took out her phone, opened WeChat, and her finger hovered over Shang Hanzhou's familiar profile picture as she began to compose a message.

【I'd like to stay at Youzi's place for a few more days. Assistant Fang can come pick me up then, so you don't need to trouble yourself to make the trip.】

She didn't expect Shang Hanzhou to reply so quickly.

Shang Hanzhou: [?]