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Chapter 24 - Virtual vs Actual

Inside her office in Empire Estates, Zhou Yuexi was leisurely sitting on her recliner chair while on the phone with her husband.

"Bye, now. I need to continue on working. I need to do my best to provide for our future family.", Zhang Yixing said on the other line.

For the nth time, Zhou Yuexi was dumbfounded by Zhang Yixing's glib tongue. Whenever her husband would say sweet nothings, it always affects her like teenager getting noticed by her long time crush.

"Don't you have anything to say to cheer me on, darling?"

Zhou Yuexi panicked when she heard her husband's words. "What should I say? Should I really say something? WHAT SHOULD I SAY?!", she screamed in her head.

"Umm... I don't know what to say... But if I was there, I'd hug you.", she said, unsure if what she said helped.

Zhang Yixing chuckled as he felt Zhou Yuexi's helplessness through the phone. No matter what his wife did, it always inexplicably pleases and he couldn't help but smile or laugh. It's like Zhou Yuexi was his happy pill, something that he needed to be happy.

"I'll just imagine that you are here hugging me then. Haha, have fun doing your work darling. Bye!", Zhang Yixing farewelled as he ended their phonecall.

Even after their phone call ended, Zhou Yuexi still didn't continue on doing her work. She just blankly stared at her phone and recollected their conversation a while ago.

To think of it, it was their first ever phone call and never in her imagination did she expect it to be like that. They had such a light air between them as they talked but there was still a tinge of sweetness that could be felt.

It was such a short exchange but the two of them enjoyed it. They both felt indescribable phenomenons in their body that they never felt before, something new to their system. But the one thing their sure of is that they are both happy after talking to each other.

Of course they felt good, what they felt was the feeling of brewing love and fondness for each other! However, the two of them were clueless to what they felt was. Not that they care though, what's important to them is that they both enjoyed each other's company.

Zhou Yuexi snapped out of her daze when she remembered the amount of work she needs to finish for both Empire and Moonlight.

...

Time passed by quickly, and it was already noon. Even so, Zhou Yuexi was still emersed in her work bubble that she didn't notice it was already lunch time.

She was so focused on her paperwork that she didn't even notice that someone has entered her office.

"Seems like your working gard for our future too... but you should stop now and eat your lunch darling."

Zhou Yuexi was startled to suddenly hear her husband's voice inside her office that her head immediately perked up to look at the speaker's direction. And true to what she heard, Zhang Yixing was indeed right there smiling brightly at her holding two paper bags that contained their food. For a second, she thought she was just missing her husband, enough for her to imagine hearing his voice but now she proved her self wrong.

She was happy to see her husband whom she missed for not being able to see him for half a day, that she couldn't hide the smile that was painted on face as her face as soon as she saw Zhang Yixing.

"You're here!", Zhou Yuexi beamed as she arranged the pile of papers in her desk and kept them in their respective folders. "I thought Lu Han will send me my lunch but you're here!"

When she made sure she securedly hid all the files for Moonlight Corporation under the files for Empire Estates, only then did she stood up from her recliner and walk over to Zhang Yixing who stopped from placing their foods in the coffee table in her office.

Zhang Yixing looked at her with an accusing, hurt look. "I'm already right here but you're still thinking of other men."

Faced with her husband's accusation, Zhou Yuexi was caught off guard. "Hey! That's not what I meant! I'm actually very happy that it's you.", she protested which earned her a laugh from Zhang Yixing.

"Haha... Darling, I was just teasing you.", Zhang Yixing chortled. "I told you I miss you so I wanted to use our lunch break to see you and recharge my energy."

"Come let's eat.", he said as he bent over to finish arranging their food on the table.

When he straightened up he was startled to feel a pair of arms wrapped around his waist from the back. His heart mushed and swelled with joy when he realized what his wife did. He opened his mouth as if wanting to say something but ended up closing it again and just enjoyed the warm feeling of being embraced by Zhou Yuexi.

"I also told you that I would hug you.", Zhou Yuexi said as she rested her head against her husband's lean back.

Zhang Yixing's mouth was close to ripping from the wide smile that he had on his face. It was evident how satisfied he was with the treatment Zhou Yuexi was giving him.

"Ahhh! This is definitely better than just imagining her hugging me!", Zhang Yixing concluded in his mind. "Haaa... I can stay like this all day..."

"This is also the reason why I went here. The moment you said you wanted to hug me, I was shaken and couldn't concentrate on anything. I missed you even more that I couldn't wait till 5 to see you. So I went here instead of Lu Han.", Zhang Yixing explained.

He removed Zhou Yuexi's arms around him and turned around to face his wife. Then, he grabbed her hands and placed them around his waist again to hug him and he placed his arms around her as well.

Zhou Yuexi looked up to him and met his eyes which were staring straight at her as if trying to melt her with his stare. Unable to stand the intensity Zhang Yixing's eyes were exuding, Zhou Yuexi looked down and hid her face against Zhang Yixing's chest. It became her mannerism to do that whenever she's in her husband's arms, another thing that Zhang Yixing liked about her.

Zhang Yixing kissed the top of her head with a smile on his face and said, "Let's eat or the food will turn cold."

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As the two of them ate, Zhang Yixing was super attentive and continuously placed different dishes on Zhou Yuexi's rice bowl. He wanted to make sure his wife ate a lot. It became his mission to help Zhou Yuexi to gain some weight and muscle.

Zhou Yuexi on the other hand enjoyed the meal being served by her husband. She usually doesn't have the appetite to eat but ever since they got married, Zhang Yixing always ate every meal with her and she was quickly getting used to it.

Seeing the positive effect on her wife, Zhang Yixing proposed, "Let's spend every day like this. I'll go over every lunch and eat your meal with you so I can make sure you finish your fill. Are you okay with that?".

As her mouth was still full, Zhou Yuexi wasn't able to say anything in response so she just nodded as a sign that she agrees with his proposition.

"Also, it would be better if you hug me everyday. It's like I feel recharged again after being drained from all the work I do. You can be my energy pill.", Zhang Yixing added.

Zhou Yuexi was flattered to know that she had that much effect on her husband. She just said she would hug him as she didn't know what she was supposed to say. But it turns out that what she said and did was the best that out wins all other options.

"Deal!", she readily agreed. It's not like she's losing out in Zhang Yixing's proposal. She enjoys her husband's company and inexplicably likes being in his arms as well.

However, her happy bubble bursted when she realized something. "How did you get here anyways? Did my employees see you?", Zhou Yuexi consequently asked Zhang Yixing which he answered with a vague smile.

"What? Answer me!", she demanded.

Zhang Yixing scratched his head and relented to his wife. "Don't worry I didn't expose myself. I used your private lift from the basement parking till here. The only employees that saw me are your secretarial team outside and Ye Zixuan outside. Other than them, there's no one else."

Zhou Yuexi sighed in relief when she heard his explanation. However, unbeknownst to them, they were already the stars in the gossips on the office chat of the Empire Estates employees.