Chapter 46: Eight Years in vain

Xu Mo looked at the man who had suddenly appeared in a state of surprise. His sudden appearance was indeed unexpected, but also reasonable. After all, he had asked her last night if she wanted to get a full-body checkup on Saturday, and she had said no, why not tomorrow? There was no need to trouble him to take time off and come, she could just do it herself. He didn't respond at the time, and the two of them finished their dinner in silence. But although he knew she was coming to the hospital for a checkup today, she knew he had been very busy recently, so she didn't expect him to come by at noon.

Zhao Tingyu was slightly aware of the subtle alienation between the two. He raised his eyebrows, calmly put away the medicine on the table, and said lightly: "It's not a disturbance, just having a meal together."

It was almost noon and the urban white-collar workers in the office building came down to eat one after another. Many people of all kinds walked in and out of the transparent floor-to-ceiling glass windows, some in pairs talking and laughing, and some alone.

The low, deep sound of the cello playing in the western restaurant was remarkably clear in the silence. Xu Mo tilted her head upwards, while Lin Jingchuan stared at her with his eyes lowered. Xu Mo shifted her seat and patted the seat with her delicate white hand. "Why are you here? Have you eaten yet?"

Lin Jingchuan was silent for a moment, then sat down beside her. Under the table, he clasped Xu Mo's wrist with his right hand and inserted his five fingers into the gap between hers.

Xu Mo's finger moved, and he pressed down the moving finger with an expressionless face.

Zhao Tingyu looked up at him and said calmly, "I saw Xu Mo getting a checkup alone at the hospital this morning. I thought her husband was very busy at work, but now it seems that's not the case. If he was really busy, how could he have time to hang out here at noon?"

Lin Jingchuan met his gaze and said, "No matter how busy you are, you have to come pick up your wife. Even if you can't be together all the time, it's basic to respond to everything. You can't be like her predecessor, who was together for eight years and didn't even know that his girlfriend had a stomach problem."

Zhao Tingyu frowned: "Xu Mo, do you have a bad stomach?"

Xu Mo nodded: "It's indeed normal, my health is not particularly good."

Lin Jingchuan: "She's under a lot of pressure at work and is prone to minor health problems. You don't even know this. Have you worked for eight years in vain?"

Zhao Tingyu pressed his eyebrows in anger. "So you should have left her alone in the hospital for examination? So she suddenly got into a car accident after marrying you? She has never been in such a serious accident in her life, so this is how you take care of her?"

"It was an accident." Lin Jingchuan's eyes were slightly cold. "She got into a car accident while trying to save a cat that suddenly jumped out on the road. The chances of such a thing happening are very small. I won't let her drive in the future as long as I'm around."

"So why are you here so late? Are you really that busy? You don't even have time to accompany me to the hospital for a checkup?"

"I……"

"Are you done arguing?"

With a clang, the silver chopsticks landed on the plate. Xu Mo calmly stood up, frowned slightly, and said to the two of them, "I'm leaving first."

She patted Lin Jingchuan's shoulder, meaning for him to make way for her. Lin Jingchuan looked up at her, his brows covered with a hint of gloom. He made way for her and, of course, left with her.

Zhao Tingyu exhaled deeply and thrust the fork forcefully into the charred pork elbow.

Xu Mo walked out of the restaurant quickly, but she was injured and couldn't walk fast. Lin Jingchuan quickly caught up with her and grabbed her wrist: "Where are you going?"

Xu Mo said, "I'll take a taxi home."

"I'll take you there." Lin Jingchuan lowered his eyes and looked at her somewhat indifferent profile. "Why did you leave so suddenly just now? I was already here. Why did you still need a taxi?"

Xu Mo said, "I just want to have a good meal. You guys are making so much noise that it's making my ears ring."

In the morning, the doctor told her that she was not feeling well. She also learned that Zhao Tingyu was ill. She also suffered a major setback in the workplace. She already had a lot of worries, and the noisy environment only made her more upset.

But Lin Jingchuan knew nothing about this. All he saw was her impatience.

How long have they been married, and she's already impatient with him? Considering the cold treatment he's received during this period, Lin Jingchuan was in a trance for a moment.

He suppressed his unhappiness and tried to speak to her in a calm tone: "Get in the car first, I'll take you home."

There was a bit of traffic jam in the CBD at noon, and the car could not drive fast. Lin Jingchuan stopped at a red light. There was a child in front playing like crazy, jumping across the road, and the adults behind followed him in a panic. He felt that the scene in front of him was very irritating, and his lips were pursed. He glanced at the woman with long hair in the passenger seat. The light blue knitted skirt made her temperament seem even more alienated and cold. At this moment, she was playing games on her mobile phone with a focused expression.

Lin Jingchuan broke the silence: "How were the results of the examination this morning?"

Xu Mo raised her head after she finished the fight, which was five or six seconds later. "It's okay, nothing serious."

Lin Jingchuan slid his thumb across the steering wheel, the red light turned green, and he drove past at high speed.

It was already half past twelve in the afternoon when she got home. Xu Mo changed into home clothes as soon as she entered the house, feeling much lighter. She walked out into the living room and saw Lin Jingchuan sitting on the sofa, his left elbow resting on the armrest, his eyes closed and resting.

Xu Mo walked to the sofa and sat down beside him. Lin Jingchuan opened his eyes the moment she approached.

Xu Mo asked, "Are you tired? Do you want to take a break?"

"No, I have to leave soon. I have a meeting at one o'clock in the afternoon."

Xu Mo pursed her lips: "Oh."

She leaned on the sofa and said, "Don't worry about coming to pick me up later. It's quite troublesome. I just suffered some minor skin injuries, no broken bones or anything. I can go to the hospital for a check-up myself. There's nothing wrong. Don't bother."

Lin Jingchuan tilted his head and stared at her from the moment she spoke her first sentence, his expression growing colder and colder. By the time she finished speaking, his gaze seemed to have frozen into ice. He asked, "Trouble? So you think that me coming to pick you up is a trouble for me?"

Xu Mo didn't say anything. She could feel that he was not in a good mood. She looked at the white marble TV wall in front of her. Her silent face was reflected on the TV screen.

Xu Mo said, "I just think you're already very tired from work, so there's no need to spend time on me."

"I'm a little tired. I'm going to rest first." Xu Mo said.

After a pause, she stood up, and after a while, she added with her back to him: "Meeting Zhao Tingyu in the hospital today was an accident, don't think too much about it."

Lin Jingchuan's gaze fell on the slender, white arms beneath her pure white cuffs. The flawless, cylindrical shape seemed soft and fragile. In just a month after the New Year, she had lost a lot of weight due to hard work and the car accident. The man's eyes darkened, his Adam's apple slowly rolling. He pulled her into his arms, followed by a barrage of kisses.