NOVEL NEXT Chapter 4
Chapter 4: The Female Lead’s Psychological Shadow! Hot Temper:
[Ding! Su Wanqiu is terrified of you, obtained 234 Emotion points…]
Xu Hao picked up his chopsticks and began to eat. After all, looking at the luxurious dishes, he was a bit tempted.
But seeing Su Wanqiu motionless across from him for some time, he frowned.
“What? Don’t you like it?”
Su Wanqiu was still a little startled by the earlier incident. Upon hearing Xu Hao’s question, she quickly shook her head and said, “No…”
“Then why aren’t you eating?”
Xu Hao picked up a piece of beef and put it in her bowl.
She had to eat. With her health already deteriorating, without nutritional replenishment, how could she keep up with his pace?
Seeing Xu Hao picking food for her, Su Wanqiu felt a bit flattered…
Nervously, she picked up her chopsticks and started eating from her bowl.
“Wanqiu… how long have we been married?”
In the quiet living room, only the sound of eating could be heard. Suddenly, Xu Hao asked.
Su Wanqiu was a bit puzzled but still answered, “15 years.”
“I didn’t realize it had been so long…”
Xu Hao sighed.
But in his heart, he understood. After being abused by him for so many years, it was no wonder her favorability was so low.
Su Wanqiu felt that something was wrong.
Today, Xu Hao’s behavior gave her a strange feeling.
She didn’t know why he suddenly treated her so well or what he meant by asking how many years they had been married.
Could it be…
A lightning bolt flashed through her mind.
Su Wanqiu trembled.
She thought of Xu Hao’s previous wife.
The woman who gave birth to eight children for Xu Hao had died of cancer…
After so many years of being together, she had vaguely noticed something was amiss.
The youngest child was three years old when she had just married him, and he was kidnapped shortly after.
She didn’t know what he looked like now.
But… judging from the appearance of the several daughters, they had nothing to do with Xu Hao.
Moreover, Xu Hao had never touched her from beginning to end…
Su Wanqiu speculated that Xu Hao’s children were probably not his. He must have had issues in that regard.
This thought was kept hidden deep in her heart.
If Xu Hao found out…
Su Wanqiu felt a chill down her spine.
Thinking about how Xu Hao’s previous wife suddenly died due to cancer, but who knew what the truth was?
She knew Xu Hao’s true face, and he could definitely cover up a murder as an accident…
Could it be… Xu Hao was going to kill her to silence her?
Thinking of this possibility, Su Wanqiu’s face turned pale instantly, her body trembling uncontrollably.
[Ding! Su Wanqiu feels fearful and uneasy about you, obtained 666 Emotion points…]
“Huh?”
Feeling that the atmosphere was a bit tense, Xu Hao wanted to ease the tension with some small talk.
How did this make her even more frightened?
In this situation—
To kindle affection, to reach the pinnacle of ‘you in me, and me in you,’ was impossible…
Though it couldn’t be a ‘mutual affection,’ at least there should be some interaction, right?
Otherwise, what was the difference between that and having a corpse?
Xu Hao couldn’t understand why she was afraid. Seeing the red wine on the side, he opened it and poured a glass for each of them.
“A candlelight dinner, it’s too wasteful not to have wine…”
After putting the wine bottle down, Xu Hao raised his glass and smiled at Su Wanqiu.
“Wanqiu, let’s be romantic.”
The more Su Wanqiu thought about it, the more frightened she became.
Xu Hao’s words couldn’t be disobeyed, so she reluctantly picked up the glass and clinked it with his.
Seeing Xu Hao finish his wine in one gulp, she dared to drink her wine…
…
After finishing the meal, Xu Hao picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth.
Being wealthy was indeed extravagant; there was so much food left over from a table full of dishes…
Now that they were full, it was time to do something meaningful.
Xu Hao’s gaze fell on Su Wanqiu.
Sensing Xu Hao’s gaze, Su Wanqiu’s hand trembled, almost crying.
Today, Xu Hao’s series of actions were too strange…
She felt like eating her last meal.
[Ding! Su Wanqiu feels fearful about you, obtained 888 Emotion points…]
Ah, seriously?
They had just chatted, and the wine was just drunk for nothing?
He wanted her to relax a bit; how did it make her even more scared?
But whatever, today he was really in a bad temper.
He won’t let go of the fat sheep right in front of him…
Su Wanqiu stood still, not eating her meal. How could this be?
Xu Hao felt it necessary to help out a bit. He moved over and sat down next to her.
Picking up the chopsticks, he picked up a piece of fish.
“Here… Wanqiu, this is your favorite… uh… what do you like?”
Now, it was awkward.
After they got married, they never ate together.
She didn’t really know what the other liked to eat…
Su Wanqiu felt fear in her heart.
Faced with food continuously being put into her bowl according to her tastes, she could only helplessly take small bites.
Finally, the fear in her heart reached its peak, and she put down her chopsticks and burst into tears.
“Mr. Xu, I was wrong, I won’t tell anyone about your secret, please don’t kill me, okay?”
???
Xu Hao was filled with question marks.
He was being so good to her, and she actually thought he was going to kill her?
How much psychological trauma did his predecessor leave her with?
Then Xu Hao was puzzled again.
“You know my secret?”
Su Wanqiu was dumbfounded.
Who else would have told her?
Seven daughters didn’t look like him, and although they’ve been married for over ten years, and he had never touched her?
That says it all…
“Hmph… dare to say I’m no good, today I’ll show you how powerful I am.”
Xu Hao grabbed her hand, startling Su Wanqiu.
Immediately, she felt her hand involuntarily move in a certain direction…