"It's not up to me to decide," Gu Junzhu pinched the tip of her ear, "whether I'm henpecked or not, you'll have to ask Madam Gu!"
"Of course you're not!" Ye Xingbei jabbed her finger at his chest. "You, henpecked? I think you're fearless of heaven and earth. I've never seen you afraid of anyone!"
"That just means you don't know me well enough," Gu Junzhu lowered his head and captured her lips, speaking indistinctly as he did, "I used to only be afraid of my dad. Now I'm also afraid of you… afraid of you getting mad, afraid of you getting sick, afraid of you being unhappy, afraid of seeing you sigh, afraid of you running into problems you can't solve..."
Even with his murmured words, his voice was still so alluring it made her bones go soft.
Ye Xingbei's heart melted into a warm puddle, her body turning to water as she clung to his embrace, holding onto him tightly, unwilling to let go for even a second.
It was a long while before she softly said, "Me too..."
