The Film Emperor's Secretly Married Wife Ch. 70

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Yu Jingxing had rolled up the sleeves of his white shirt, showing his strong arms, and casually kept accelerating. The engine let out a roar like never before, smooth and wild all at once.

By the time they arrived, it was like the two of them had lost half their lives.

The assistant whispered to Sister Sun in secret, "I'll never dare to have any fantasies about Brother Xing again."

To avoid the rush hour traffic on the way to Lianghe Private, they'd taken a long detour toward the outer ring—but still got there super fast.

The price was that Sister Sun wanted to throw up, and the assistant was shaking all over. She'd lived this long and never known a car could go that fast.

Yu Jingxing's white shirt was only a little wrinkled. He had tossed his suit jacket aside, and now smiled gently at Sister Sun. "Don't tell her."

Sister Sun tried her best to keep a professional smile. "Yes, Mr. Yu."

She was sure—if the young madam had gotten in that car, she would've stepped out pale as a ghost and fainted on the spot.

It would've shaken her organs loose, no joke. But Mr. Yu couldn't bear to let that happen.

Qi Zhen had no idea and asked, "Where's Sister Sun?"

Yu Jingxing replied, "I sent her back."

Qi Zhen gave a soft "oh," then sneakily glanced back at Sister Yuan and the others. She shook Yu Jingxing's hand and said, "Last time Sister Sun's assistant came to pick up the crown, I got totally spooked. She turned out to be the straight-A senior from our department—the one who gets scholarships every year. She even let me copy her notes before."

Yu Jingxing let out a quiet "mm" and helped her put on his jacket.

He held Qi Zhen's slightly cold hand, face serious like he was teasing a child. "Even copied the top student's notes and still didn't get good grades?"

Qi Zhen looked down at her toes in shame. "......"

Yu Jingxing sighed. Honestly, there wasn't much he could do.

He didn't even expect her to get any particular grades or achieve anything. As long as she stayed healthy, he was content.

Their family had more than enough resources to keep her happy. Once she graduated, she could travel, read, nap, shop—whatever she wanted. There was nothing she could ask for that her family didn't already have.

When he wasn't filming, he had plenty of time off. He wouldn't let her get bored alone.

But Qi Zhen still told him, "I'm someone with dreams, you know. You gotta believe in me."

She really loved horror novels. Even though she wasn't as focused or hardworking as she used to be since they got married, she hadn't forgotten her passion.

Yu Jingxing gave another quiet "mm," holding the car keys. "I believe in you."

Everyone got in the car. Qi Zhen sat in the passenger seat watching him, only to have him put sunglasses on her to cover up her puffed-up, angry eyes.

Li Yuanyuan and Jing Zi were usually the ones who loved teasing her most, but with her husband around—protective to the extreme—they didn't dare say much.

So for a while, no one spoke.

After a moment of silence, Qi Zhen couldn't hold it in and mumbled to him, "You don't actually believe in me."

Yu Jingxing turned the steering wheel slowly, his voice calm. "I do."

Qi Zhen's voice was soft and whiny. "Hmph."

Too perfunctory. Like a broken record.

Behind his tea-colored sunglasses, Yu Jingxing's eyes stayed calm as he said, "I just want you to be happy."

Qi Zhen felt a little happy inside, but was too shy to show it. She couldn't help but slowly swing her legs.

Li Yuanyuan was done. Her eyes were blank.

She stiffly lowered her head and texted Shao Kang to act cute:
[I want some sweet talk. Say something nice to me?]

Shao Kang: [Are you playing truth or dare or something?]

Shao Kang: [Alright, no problem.]

He browsed through Baidu to look a quote:
[I love you. You are my treasure [heart] [rose]. Loving you, my heart sinks into the dust, but even in the dust, it blossoms...]

Li Yuanyuan closed the chat:
[Go die.]

Qi Zhen seriously rummaged through the glove compartment and found snacks to hand to Li Yuanyuan and Jing Zi. "He said it'll take a while to get to the restaurant. It's in the east side of the city, so we'll be making a bit of a loop. Have a little something first."

Li Yuanyuan looked down at the chocolate chips from J Country in her hand, then at the honey-flavored chips in Jing Zi's hand. The car was packed with sweet snacks, chips, strawberry milk, yellow peach jelly...

Was this even a car?

No, this was a wholesale market.

She seriously suspected that every one of Dream Guy's cars was stocked full of little girl sweets, like bait to lure lolis.

Qi Zhen looked at Yu Jingxing with a completely different expression now—full of chubby joy and admiration, plus a touch of you totally get me kind of devotion and trust.

After she finished eating, Yu Jingxing opened the sunshade and said to his baby wife, "Close your eyes and rest. I'll wake you up when we're there."

Qi Zhen was super obedient and fell asleep just like that, her baby-fat cheeks even cuter while she slept.

Snoozed, sleeping like a baby.

The restaurant was near Haicheng's main river. Li Yuanyuan had heard of this place—it was a proper French restaurant with a local Haicheng twist.

Qi Zhen held his hand and asked, "You didn't make a reservation?"

Then immediately felt like she'd asked a dumb question.

Yu Jingxing, wearing sunglasses, looked down at her and said, "I'm friends with the owner."

When he wasn't smiling, he could look kind of cold.

Qi Zhen just nodded. "Oh."

Yu Jingxing was treating, but since Li Yuanyuan and the others were just going with the flow and didn't know the place well, they didn't want to randomly order anything.

Yu Jingxing asked if they wanted any drinks. Out of habit, he ordered two different kinds of girly cocktails for the ladies—soft, glowing pink drinks in tall glasses, looking pretty and gentle.

Qi Zhen stared at her own cup of kid's orange juice in silence.

Jing Zi felt bad. "Baby, drink mine instead."

Qi Zhen turned to look at Yu Jingxing.

He took off his sunglasses and calmly said, "Nope. Be good."

She shook her head at Jing Zi and took a sip of her orange juice.

Honestly, with the whole group sitting together, if they weren't talking about Qi Zhen, they didn't really have much to say. But after a few sips of her drink, Li Yuanyuan got a little tipsy.

She took a deep breath, hesitated, then finally gathered the courage to say, "I really like your work! Um, I especially love Swords and Souls and Across the Ocean, and... and all the others too. I've watched them... so many... times..."

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