My Aloof Husband Can't Stop His Devoted Affection

Chapter 258 - 254: Ten-Complete Replenishing Soup

Cen Jin was stunned, staring blankly at Jiang Baizhou who had picked her up, exclaiming, "You... what are you doing?""Of course, I’m accompanying my wife to sleep." Jiang Baizhou raised his eyebrows, his tone leisurely and relaxed.

"Hey... the dishes and the TV..." Cen Jin instinctively grabbed his shirt with one hand, pointing bewilderedly at the TV in the living room and the dishes on the table.

"They can’t run away by themselves, there’s no rush to tidy them up tomorrow, and the electricity for the TV doesn’t cost much, I can afford it." Jiang Baizhou said as he carried her towards the bedroom, showing no intention of stopping.

Cen Jin was speechless, letting him carry her into the bedroom. As he gently placed her on the bed, Cen Jin wanted to pull up the quilt, genuinely ready to sleep. However, Jiang Baizhou had other ideas; he leaned over, pressed her down, and looked down at her, "Wife, it’s still quite early today."

Cen Jin lay flat on the bed, blinked innocently, and thought to herself, ’Uh-oh,’ then pretended to be dumb, "So... what?"

Jiang Baizhou’s lips curved slightly, looking at her with deep meaning, but he didn’t speak.

Just that burning gaze was worth a thousand words, and Cen Jin felt flustered, understanding what that look meant, she let out a forced laugh, "Well... I think it’s not that early, now it’s also..."

"Not even ten o’clock."

"..."

"I think... there might be room for negotiation on this matter, no matter how we say... mmm..." Cen Jin was stammering and hadn’t finished when Jiang Baizhou lowered his head and kissed her chattering little mouth, swallowing her words, while his other hand slowly touched a certain ’peak’ through her cotton pajamas.

"Mm..."

Cen Jin felt the slight chill from his palm and couldn’t help but moan, her hands instinctively pushed against his chest.

Hearing this tinkling like the sound of stream water, Jiang Baizhou’s Adam’s apple bobbed harshly, his eyes growing more clouded, the hand propping the pillow changed to hold her neck, deepening the kiss, making the room’s atmosphere become even more ambiguous.

***

The next day’s sky was still gloomy, though it didn’t rain, the cold wind was biting. Jiang Baizhou got up early, looked at Cen Jin who was still sound asleep, leaned over, kissed her forehead, and murmured softly, "It’s cold, sleep a bit longer, I’ll go to work first." After speaking, he didn’t forget to tuck her in.

"Mm." Cen Jin responded groggily, her eyes too tired to open, she squirmed a little and continued sleeping.

Jiang Baizhou’s lips curved slightly before getting up to wash and change clothes, then he headed out the door.

When he arrived at the clinic, Wei Xuan came up to him: "Doctor Jiang, I’ve placed your breakfast on your desk, also today’s schedule and documents are sorted and marked with bookmarks, all placed on the right side of your desk."

"Mm." Jiang Baizhou replied blandly, walking towards the staircase.

"Old Jiang, wait for me, wait for me." Jiang Baizhou had just climbed two steps when Lu Xize pushed the double glass doors of the clinic open and walked in, waved at him, and exchanged a glance with Wei Xuan as a greeting: "Morning."

"Doctor Lu, good morning." Wei Xuan responded with a smile.

"Old Jiang, I asked you to wait a moment." Seeing Jiang Baizhou had no intention of waiting for him, Lu Xize quickly caught up, put a hand on his shoulder, and looked sideways at him with dissatisfaction and a bit of suspicion, "Are you deaf? I said... you, hey, it’s only been two days, but you look like you’re in way better spirits than before! Have you been drinking some Ten-Complete Replenishing Soup?"

Jiang Baizhou gave him a faint glance, his face showing no excess emotion, still maintaining his usual indifference: "What’s it to you?"

"Can’t I just ask casually?"

"Buddha Jumps Over the Wall."

"What the hell is that?"

"Ten-Complete Replenishing Soup."

"Damn, are you serious?" Lu Xize’s eyes widened in disbelief at him.

"You asked casually, I answered offhandedly, no need to take it to heart." Jiang Baizhou pulled his lips faintly, his tone calm and composed, stepping into his office.

Lu Xize stood there, face full of despair, standing speechlessly in place, "..."

After he entered the office, Lu Xize followed him inside, Jiang Baizhou lazily glanced at him, took off his coat and hung it on the standing rack, pulled out his swivel chair and sat down, opened the breakfast bag on the desk, bit into a steamed dumpling, and formally looked at him, "What have you been up to these past two days? Couldn’t reach you."

Lu Xize pouted, "I’ve been super busy these past two days."

"Tell me, how busy can you be?"

Lu Xize sat on the chair in front of the desk, comfortably crossed his legs, and leaned leisurely against the backrest, "Ah, it’s about that time when I got hit on the head, didn’t we go through legal procedures? It’s been mediating these past two days."

"Result."

"What else could it be, the guy’s just a seventeen-year-old kid, still studying, I can’t really send him to court or jail, it’s just that his attitude was so arrogant, even after bashing me up, he didn’t apologize at all and didn’t think it was a big deal, just wanted to teach him a lesson. But I really don’t like his parents, they’re just too... ugh, doesn’t even bear mentioning." Lu Xize spread his hands helplessly, his expression turning thoroughly resigned by the end, showing he was clearly frustrated.

"Their attitude was bad?"

"More than bad, it was sky-high." Lu Xize pointed emotionally at the ceiling, his face almost twisting out of shape, then after a pause, continued, "However, this person you know, not just know, your wife Cen Jin is quite familiar with her."

This sentence caught Jiang Baizhou’s interest, who had been calmly eating his dumpling, he looked up at him, "Someone my wife knows?"

Lu Xize nodded, "Mm, can you guess who?"

"Spit it out." Jiang Baizhou had no patience for guessing games, he returned his gaze, speaking coldly.

"It’s that wild girl Yun Xi who threw me over her shoulder in the bar last time and sent me to the police station, that brat is her brother, named Yun Yisheng. That damn girl was obviously in the wrong, yet she’s acting all justified, she’s been driving me crazy these past two days." Lu Xize felt a headache just recalling Yun Xi’s arrogant, haughty temperament.

Jiang Baizhou rarely chuckled, "Rare to have a woman who can give you a headache, that’s not easy."

"I say, your words aren’t very nice, what’s with the ’not easy’? You talk like you’re very happy, as if such a person didn’t come along too soon?" Lu Xize was very dissatisfied and scornful of his attitude and tone.

He couldn’t help but roll his eyes thinking back to Yun Xi always opposing him.