In This Life, I Will Extremely Pamper My Short-Lived Husband

Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Investment without Loss

Chapter 76 -76: Investment without Loss

After Xie Yanchuan leaned over, Xu Jinzhi slightly raised her head and kissed the corner of Yanchuan’s lips, then said with a smile, “This is your reward.”

It was just a fleeting kiss. Jinzhi quickly lay back down, after all, her back ached and her waist was sore; she couldn’t hold herself up for long.

But Yanchuan still stood there stunned, watching Jinzhi intently. A few seconds later, he couldn’t help but lean towards Jinzhi.

He seemed to want to kiss Jinzhi.

It was then that Jinzhi realized something was amiss and quickly put her hand up to stop Yanchuan!

The two of them looked at each other, and Yanchuan seemed to come back to his senses, while Jinzhi hurriedly said, “Not now!”

She was still feeling uncomfortable and didn’t want to spend several days unable to get out of bed, so she said with a forced cheerfulness, “There will be plenty of time for that later.”

Yanchuan seemed a bit disappointed, his face showing a touch of dejection, but he said nothing. After all, he’d been restraining himself all this time. It was only after being kissed by Jinzhi just now that he’d lost a bit of his self-control.

…

The following day.

After resting for the whole day, though Jinzhi still felt somewhat uncomfortable, she went to the company, and Yanchuan went about his work as usual.

It’s just that Jinzhi’s workload was lighter, and she didn’t have as much to deal with.

During a meeting, Jinzhi encountered her own father.

But Xu Zhen didn’t show Jinzhi any good expressions from beginning to end; it was clear that he had yet to accept the fact that she had already registered her marriage with Yanchuan.

Jinzhi didn’t mind, after all, she thought Xu Zhen would naturally come around after cooling off for a couple of days, so she wasn’t too worried.

After the meeting ended, Xu Zhen was heading back to his office, and Jinzhi still followed him, all the way into the elevator.

“What are you following me for? Don’t you have anything better to do?” Xu Zhen thought Jinzhi wanted to placate him and said so displeased.

Jinzhi offered an ingratiating smile, “I have something important to discuss with you.”

Hearing it wasn’t to placate him, Xu Zhen’s already bad mood worsened, but since Jinzhi had said it was important, he couldn’t just say he wouldn’t listen.

So Xu Zhen stayed silent with a stern face until they got back to his office.

Xu Zhen said coldly, “Speak, what’s the important matter?”

Jinzhi dropped her smile and told Xu Zhen about the incidents that occurred on the day they registered their marriage.

Xu Zhen’s expression was grim, as if he had accidentally swallowed a fly, feeling terrible inside. He had previously always thought Xie Linchuan was not too bad!

Now it appeared that Linchuan was nothing but trash!

Was this how he handled affairs?

Watching her father’s furious demeanor, Jinzhi consoled him, “Don’t overthink it. I am just giving you a heads up not to give them much face recently.”

Indeed, she was married to Yanchuan and nominally a daughter-in-law of the Xie Family, but in the Xie Family, aside from Yanchuan, Jinzhi looked down on everyone else.

Even with Old Master Xie, whom Jinzhi didn’t care much for, she still showed some respect, as he was one of the few who showed concern for Yanchuan.

As for the others, Jinzhi’s idea was just to deal with them politely and nothing more.

Of course, that’s provided they also act politely; otherwise, she was not one to have such a good temper.

After all, she was not raised by the Xie Family.

“Do you think I was confused back then? Why did I choose the Xie Family?” Xu Zhen asked Xu Jinzhi without any sarcasm, very sincerely.

Xu Jinzhi didn’t speak, her gaze flickering, hiding a trace of guilt that was not easy to detect.

After all, whether it was in her past life marrying Xie Linchuan or being with Xie Yanchuan in this life, the final decision was always made by Xu Jinzhi herself.

Despite having memories from her past life, knowing that the Xie Family would be thrown into chaos by Xie Linchuan and Liang Shiyu, she still chose to marry into the Xie Family, simply unable to part with Xie Yanchuan.

But Xu Jinzhi truly felt that none of that was an issue because, in both her past and present life, the couple Xie Linchuan couldn’t bully her.

She only got to slap them in the face, metaphorically speaking.

“There’s nothing else, I’ll be going first,” said Xu Jinzhi.

Xu Jinzhi turned to leave, and as she reached the door ready to close it, she turned back to look at Xu Zhen with a smile, “Dad, I won’t be coming home these days.”

Seeing Xu Zhen’s expression change, Xu Jinzhi quickly closed the door and left, leaving Xu Zhen to stew in his own fury.

However, when she got off work in the evening, Xu Jinzhi did not go looking for Xie Yanchuan, nor did she head straight to his place. Instead, she arranged to have dinner with Song You.

As Xu Jinzhi’s best friend, Song You was always at the forefront of gossip. Seizing the opportunity of Xu Jinzhi’s free time, she grabbed her, planning to interrogate her thoroughly.

Their relationship was so close that their conversations were always unreserved, and they dared to say anything no matter how outrageous.

While chatting, Song You handed over the bag she brought with her to Xu Jinzhi, “I’ve prepared a wedding present for you.”

“What is it?” Xu Jinzhi smiled as she took it, unconsciously wanting to open it to see what was inside; given their relationship, opening presents in front of each other was hardly impolite.

Just as Xu Jinzhi was about to take the box out of the bag, Song You stopped her, “Don’t look yet!”

Xu Jinzhi looked up, utterly perplexed as to why she couldn’t look.

Song You couldn’t help but laugh, looking rather wretched in front of Xu Jinzhi, as if she was about to reach out with some evil intention.

A shiver went down Xu Jinzhi’s spine, only to hear Song You continue, “You might as well wait until you get back and study it with Professor Xie from your family.”

Upon hearing this, even without understanding, Xu Jinzhi got the hint. She looked at Song You in shock, unable to help cursing, “What kind of trick are you playing!”

“What’s wrong? Just tell me if you want it or not!” Song You retorted earnestly.

“Me!” Xu Jinzhi couldn’t finish her sentence, just looked at Song You, fell silent for a few seconds, and then continued, “Who am I to be picky about gifts from others? I’m not that impolite.”

“Just pretend, why don’t you!” Song You couldn’t help but want to swear.

Xu Jinzhi didn’t respond, simply placing the bag beside her and continued to drink with Song You.

When Xie Yanchuan arrived to pick up Xu Jinzhi, both of them, although still lucid, were somewhat tipsy.

Song You looked at Xie Yanchuan, then spoke seriously to Xu Jinzhi, “He’s very handsome! Investing in him won’t let you down!”

“Mm-hmm!” Xu Jinzhi nodded vigorously, equally serious in her reply, “It won’t.”

Xie Yanchuan just watched the two of them sizing him up without getting angry, only looking at Xu Jinzhi with a hint of helplessness.