And now, Bai Xue seemed somewhat adorable to him.
That's how a girl should be, fragile and cute, needing protection, able to play coy, charm people, being innocent but not foolish, not the type that insists on being tough, if you're strong, she has to be stronger!
"Su Yan, are you my husband Su Yan?" Bai Xue cupped his face as if she wanted to see him clearly.
"Yes, I'm your unfortunate husband, Su Yan!" Su Yan retorted brusquely, "Let's go home."
It's freezing outside, does she want to freeze to death in these thin clothes?
"Unfortunate?" Bai Xue pouted.
"How can it be unfortunate! You should consider yourself lucky to have married me!"
"Lucky?" Su Yan raised an eyebrow. What good luck was she talking about?
"Of course, you're lucky! Isn't it wonderful to be with me, Bai Xue? Good looks, good figure, intelligence, deep love for you, I'm capable of handling things inside or outside the home, and pampering you like a distinguished lady at public gatherings and like a charming enchantress at home. You'll not find someone as perfect as me anywhere! Others would burn incenses for generations without finding someone like me. Isn't having such a perfect person so easily a blessing indeed?"
Su Yan did not expect Mrs. Su to be this narcissistic, praising herself as if she were incomparable.
But...
After reflection, his wife Mrs. Su did have remarkable qualities.
Just as she described.
What did she mean by deep love?
Was she saying, she loved him?
"So, you really love me?" He was not ashamed to ask.
"Of course, why else would I marry you? Do you think I'm a masochist and married you to put up with your daily sarcasm and disdainful looks?" If she did not love him, he would not be able to hurt her, and she would readily retaliate any little slight he gave her.
This answer left Su Yan taken aback.
No, rather it stunned him.
It's often said that in vino veritas, drunken words are sober thoughts; what she said must be true.
She would never have admitted this if she were sober.
She loves him?
Why does she love him?
After the way he treated her!
He didn't ask why she loved him, because, what difference would it make to know the answer?
"Su Yan, give me a chance to let you understand me. Once you know me, you'll see that I'm not who you think I am. You would realize that only I, Bai Xue, can stand beside you in battle!"
"What I want is a gentle wife, not a female fighter to stand beside me in battle." Su Yan was already strong. He didn't need anyone's support. His ideal wife was like Bai Wanrou, soft and vulnerable, needing protection, a tranquil sanctuary for him when he returns home, not a domineering woman like her.
No matter how good she was, she was not what he wanted.
Similar to his liking for millet porridge and distaste for bird's nest soup. Even if the bird's nest is so good and precious, he just doesn't like it.
"I'm not a female fighter, I can be gentle to you, too!" She also wanted to be gentle towards him, but every time he provoked her, it triggered her to retaliate.
"Bai Xue, you don't have to change. You're fine as you are." In truth, without their prior grudges and his biased dislike for her, he admired someone like Bai Xue.
"It's just that you don't like me right?" She said with bitterness.
Right, Su Yan couldn't answer, especially when he met her dewy eyes.
"You're drunk, I'll take you to your room." He picked her up and his brows knitted together slightly.