"Lu Zihao and I had a serious argument but there was no fistfight if that's what you're concerned about," Jin Liwei explained. "He and I have already resolved the issue between us. This matter is over."

Iris wanted to ask more questions but decided against it after sensing that Jin Liwei wasn't in the mood to share more details about what happened between him and her brother. Although she felt dissatisfied, annoyed and also worried, she restrained herself from bothering Jin Liwei at this time. There was something odd about him that was urging her to let him be for now and to provide him comfort instead.

"Fine," she said.

He looked relieved after she let the matter drop which only made her more curious about what really happened between the two most important men in her current life. For a second, she thought of leaving the suite to look for her brother to ask him instead because Jin Liwei wasn't talking. But seeing Jin Liwei's bruised back slathered with the ultra-strength pain gel, she still chose to stay with her man in the end. 

It was so difficult to hold back her curiosity but for her darling, she would do it. 

Jin Liwei was doing a great job in enduring the pain which must feel terrible if he had to resort to using the ultra-strength pain gel instead of the regular one. She knew that he was pretending to look fine to prevent her from worrying.

Knowing this made her heart ache for him as if she could also feel the pain of his injuries. And if it were possible, she wished that she could share his pain, if only to lessen what he was enduring. She knew, however, that he would never allow it because he also didn't want her hurting in any way.

She wanted to sit by her man's side and hold him but couldn't because of the strong medicinal scent of the pain gel. It was a strong, sharp scent different from the revolting smell of body odour but nevertheless still made her feel dizzy and nauseous.

Thinking about the pain gel's strong scent, she started to worry whether she and Jin Liwei would be able to sleep on the same bed tonight or not. Since she couldn't take the gel's smell, the only answer was to sleep separately. Her mood plunged in an instant.

"I'm really alright, love," Jin Liwei said after noticing her sullen mood. "Don't worry anymore."

She harrumphed and crossed her arms over her chest. "For now, I'm not going to ask anymore what transpired between you and Big Brother while I was sleeping because you clearly don't want to tell me anything. But I still want—no, I need to know why you're suddenly hurt again. You said that you two didn't fight but why did you end up like that?!"

Jin Liwei was silent. She could see that he was debating whether to tell her or not.

"Husband!"

The moment she said that, Jin Liwei's face broke into a smile. "Yes, my dear wife?"

"You!" Her hand was suddenly itching to smack the stupid grin off his face. "I'm being serious here!"

"I know, dear wife. Can wife say it again?"

"Say what?"

"Husband."

She bared her teeth at him and was about to snarl when his smiling face dimmed into something sad and lonely. That extinguished her annoyance in an instant. His expression squeezed her heart and made her want to fulfill whatever request he had of her right now. Whatever happened between the two men must have been very serious to elicit that kind of expression from her man.

"Husband, tell me what happened. Why are you hurt again?"

Jin Liwei sighed and got up to sit from his face-down lying position on the couch. The butler stepped forward to assist him. Iris also wanted to help but couldn't because of the strong smell of the pain gel. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]

Afterwards, he finally told her what happened. He skipped over the details about his confrontation with her brother but he confessed that Lu Zihao had made him so furious that he started destroying the furniture in her piano room.

"Either wreck the furniture or fight with Lu Zihao. I chose the furniture. At least they won't fight back."

"Oh, Liwei." Her feet automatically hurried towards him. 

"Stay back, love. The smell will make you feel sick."

She stopped and looked frustrated that she couldn't get near him because of the medicinal scent. Then determination flashed in her eyes.

"I…I'll go and talk to Big Brother. I don't know what you two talked about but he must've said something horrible to you for you to get so mad like that."

He scowled. "No, don't go! You're not going to talk to him today, Xiulan. Leave him for now to process everything we talked about during our argument."

"But—"

"No buts. He's also like me and should be in a terrible mood after what happened. He might upset you if you go and talk to him right now." His tone was final that brooked no argument. 

She studied his hard expression and decided not to push too hard today. "Fine. I'll talk to Big Brother another day."

Jin Liwei stood up but didn't go to her, mindful of the gel's smell on his body. "And you."

"What about me?"

"I'm not going to stop you if you really want to talk to Lu Zihao. I respect the sibling bond between the two of you."

She tilted her head to the side, feeling a little confused about the direction of their conversation, but still nodded and waited for him to continue.

"I already spoke about this with him. Now, it's your turn." His expression turned grave as he looked at her straight in the eyes. "I don't ever want to see you afraid of Lu Zihao again. Do you understand?"

She wasn't able to reply right away.

"Why do you sometimes fear him, Xiulan?"

Still no reply.

"Evelinka?"

Her eyes widened and her mouth fell open with a gasp. "W-what did you just call me?!"

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