"Recording statements today was tiring."
She hesitated and stuttered as she explained.
The man obviously didn't believe it, "Really?"
She withdrew her hand from his grasp and nodded obediently, "Really."
Xu Jingxi sized her up from head to toe, carried her back to the sofa, and threw her messy clothes on the carpet. He squatted in front of her, inspecting the red marks on her wrists.
Being out of sight for only a few dozen hours, she always managed to get into some messy situations.
He pressed the bell to have the hotel butler bring over some medicinal plasters to apply on her.
That night, the moments of intimacy were forcibly halted.
Leh Ying watched the man half-kneeling in front of the sofa and asked softly, "When the sir arrived, there was a scent of perfume on him..."
It was perhaps the first time since they had been married that she questioned his fidelity.
He answered calmly, "It's from a flight attendant."