It was nearing noon and Zhang Yixing invited Zhou Yuexi to have lunch before getting the tea leaves for Elder Zhou.
He wasn't really hungry but he wanted to make sure that Zhou Yuexi gets to eat nutritious food at the right time. He strongly disapproves of how his wife disregards the importance of meals.
Zhou Yuexi is overly thin but not to the point that it's disturbing, she just really has a small frame. Actually, her body is sexy enough to make Zhang Yixing feel aroused. She has an unrealistically small waist, with the needed curves in the right places. Zhou Yuexi doesn't have an hour glass body but she can still be considered as sexy. Specially since she's blessed with height, her long legs once exposed would surely make all the onlookers admire them, some might even drool.
Though, Zhang Yixing still wants her to eat healthily and gain a bit more weight. He's worried that her body might not be able to cope up with all the workload she has, considering that she is pretty invested in her company.
When they arrived at a Chinese restaurant near the resort, there was already a room booked for them. As soon as they got seated, the servers laid aromatically steaming foods on the table.
Zhang Yixing already pre-ordered the foods to be served when he made the reservation. He wanted them presented in a way that will make his wife's ill appetite disappear in thin air.
True to his demands, the restaurant crew made sure to make each dish's apperance as salivating as it can be. It was so pleasing to the eyes and the accompanying smell was great as well, sufficient enough to boost one's appetite. All dishes were spicy to further raise the appetite boosting factor.
Zhou Yuexi sniffed the fragrant scent of freshly cooked meat and chili but her brows instantly knitted when her nose got assaulted by a smell she can not stand, celery. Her eyes scanned throughout the food filled table and stopped when she saw the suspect. There was stir fried ground beef with celery and leeks.
Zhang Yixing noticed the hostility Zhou Yuexi was giving the beef with celery dish so he asked a server to remove it form their table.
"You don't like celery?", he asked.
Zhou Yuexi just wrinkled her nose as reply and Zhang Yixing nodded in acknowledgement.
"Anything else that you don't eat?", Zhang Yixing probed.
"Bell pepper, basil, oregano, liver, blood, and anything unsanitary. Aside from those, there's nothing else.", Zhou Yuexi listed.
Zhang Yixing made a mental note on what not order the next time they eat outside.
"How about your favorite foods?"
Zhou Yuexi thought for a while before answering. "Hmm... Food is very broad and there's a lot of things I like. What kind of food are you asking?"
"Okay, let's break it down. What's your favorite dish?", Zhang Yixing complied.
Zhou Yuexi answered without a second thought. "Szechuan Beef!"
"Favorite fruit?"
"Strawberry and kiwi.", Zhou Yuexi said with shimmering eyes as of craving for the fruits at the moment.
"You like sour stuff.", he inferred.
Zhou Yuexi nodded in agreement. "I'm not a someone with a sweet tooth so, I don't like sugary stuff that much. You can make me taste a little bit of it, but that's it.", she reasoned.
Zhang Yixing put on a worried look on his face. "But I plan on pampering you till you're spoiled rotten, won't that make me a sweet person? How are you going to like me then?"
Zhou Yuexi deadpanned at how Zhang Yixing focused on her words. "I was talking about food okay?!"
Zhang Yixing was amused with Zhou Yuexi's reaction to his words. "I was just teasing you. Start eating or the food will get cold."
Zhang Yixing picked his chopsticks up and placed Zhou Yuexi's favorite Szechuan Beef into her bowl of rice.
Seeing that there's already food in her bowl, Zhou Yuexi snapped out of her daze, picked up her chopsticks and started eating.
Whenever Zhou Yuexi runs out of viand in her bowl Zhang Yixing quickly puts another serving in it. He really makes sure that Zhou Yuexi eats a lot.
As Zhang Yixing observed Zhou Yuexi eating, he couldn't help but adore her cute yet graceful way of eating. Whenever she puts a bite of the foods she like into her mouth, her satisfaction is written all over her face and all of those didn't miss the watchful eyes of Zhang Yixing who loves seeing her reactions.
Zhou Yuexi was about to put another spice of beef into her mouth when she noticed that Zhang Yixing was just staring at her. She then felt conscious of the way she eats.
"Why is he staring at me that way? Is there something on my face? Is my way of eating ungraceful? Do I eat like a pig?", Zhou Yuexi questioned her self.
Zhou Yuexi felt bashful of being watched on so she said, "Why aren't you eating? Don't stare at me."
Zhang Yixing smiled. "What should I do? Out of all the food in front of me you are the one that suites my appetite."
Unable to stand being flirted with, Zhou Yuexi blushed when she heard her husband's line. She resorted to lowering her head and continuing to eat in silence. She was too shy to even look Zhang Yixing in the eyes.
Zhang Yixing, though, was satisfied with the reaction Zhou Yuexi gave. He never fails to find his wife's expressions comical. Whatever reaction Zhou Yuexi gives, he ends up finding them amusing and smiling like a fool.
"At least she doesn't repulse my initiative.", he told his self.
"Quit playing around and eat.", Zhou Yuexi said with a tiny voice.
Zhang Yixing immediately complied.
This time Zhou Yuexi was the one to initiate a conversation. "How about you? What are your favorite foods?", she asked.
"For dishes, I also like Szechuan beef plus Kung Pao Chicken. For fruit, mango. Comfort food is vanilla ice cream. Snack, I seldom eat that so none. But of course, you are still my favorite out of those."
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They're lunch ended with Zhang Yixing always finding a way to tease his wife and Zhou Yuexi blushing into different shades of red. After that, they swung by the tea house near there to get Elder Zhou a premium grade pack of tea leaves. Then, they went straight to the most high end shopping mall in Imperial, where only the top socialites get to shop at.
Before they got out of the car, Zhou Yuexi didn't forget to put on a face mask as she didn't want to be the talk of the socialites in Imperial. She knew that a girl shopping with Zhang Yixing would most certainly be the center of everyone's attention, especially of those who are eyeing him as their prospect husband or son-in-law. Zhang Yixing is the most sought after bachelor in Imperial after all.
Zhang Yixing got out of the car first and then went to the other side to open the door for Zhou Yuexi.
"Thank you!", Zhou Yuexi said.
"You are always welcome my darling."
Zhang Yixing walked into the mall and Zhou Yuexi followed right behind him.
When Zhang Yixing looked at his side, he didn't see Zhou Yuexi so he looked at his back and found her there.
"Why are you walking behind me? Come here.", he said as he faced her and held her shoulders. "You're not my secretary and you're also not my assistant. You are my wife, the only person rightful to walk side by side and hand in hand with me. That's your place, embrace every bits of it."
Zhang Yixing then took Zhou Yuexi's hands and anchored them on his. "I'm your husband, I'm all yours. Put your mark on me, own me. It's already enough that your face is hidden behind that mask of yours, all I want you to do now is stake your possession on me. Let everybody know that someone has already tied down the mighty Zhang Yixing."
Zhou Yuexi was shy hearing Zhang Yixing's words. She was never one to boast her power over something that's why she wanted to keep her identity as Zhang Yixing's wife hidden.
However, her husband doesn't feel the same way. After all, what could anybody do when she's already his wife legally. And surely nobody is dumb enough to up straight bully a Zhang, most especially the wife of the mighty Ice King Zhang Yixing. It's pretty obvious that all hell would freeze over if someone dares to mess with the person that could make the Ice King serve someone so patiently even if his patience is as thin as a hair strand to other people.
Zhang Yixing wanted Zhou Yuexi to gain the same air of confidence he carries because he doesn't want his wife to look like someone easy to target. He himself is aware of Zhou Yuexi's worries as he understands that other powerful families in Imperial would be infuriated once they know that he is already out of the eligible bachelors list an that they may try to harm Zhou Yuexi just make him eligible again. However, that would never happen, not under his watch.
Unbeknownst to them Zhou Yuexi herself has got quite a temper as well. She may be nicest the person on Earth but you would never want to get on her bad side. Just as she has said before, she's not afraid of the danger coming her way, she's just too lazy to even give a damn about them. She could always be the villain to everyone's happy story if only she chooses to but that would be so time consuming so she chooses not to.
If Zhang Yixing is branded as the Ice King of the business world, Zhou Yuexi is truly worthy of being his queen. She has capabilities and attitude that's on par with what Zhang Yixing has, she just doesn't show it yet. Once Zhou Yuexi unravels the other side of her, everyone will never have the guts to say that she is unworthy of being Madam Zhang.
But as for now, let's enjoy the sweet and innocent Zhou Yuexi. Let's leave the temperamental side of our dearest Zhou Yuexi reserved for the future.