My Alleged Husband

Chapter 154: Chapter 138: Reconciliation_1

This breakfast, Li Jiayuan really enjoyed her meal, and Li Haixiao, seeing Jiayuan eat so much, finally felt at ease. Ever since Xiao Wei left, Jiayuan had hardly touched her food. If not for the sake of the child’s safe birth, she probably wouldn’t have eaten at all. Even after the child was born, Jiayuan didn’t eat much. But now, she finally started eating again, and Li Haixiao was truly happy. Xiao Wei, seeing Jiayuan eat the food he had cooked, felt delighted as well, but the happiest must have been Nian Jun—his parents were on the road to reconciliation!

Li Jiayuan noticed Li Haixiao and Xiao Wei staring at her and suddenly felt a bit embarrassed. She looked up at Li Haixiao and Xiao Wei and said, ”Dad, what are you both staring at? Aren’t you hungry? I’m so hungry I can’t stand it...”

What could Li Haixiao say? He was very pleased. If a person says they’re hungry, it means they still have hope. He was genuinely relieved. If Xiao Wei hadn’t come back, who knows when Jiayuan might have starved to death!

”Nothing, if you’re hungry, then eat more; there’s still plenty here,” Li Haixiao told Jiayuan.

”Then I won’t be polite! I’m really starving, having not eaten properly for several days. Suddenly eating such delicious food is just so joyous. If you won’t eat, then I’ll just finish it all myself,” Li Jiayuan told Li Haixiao.

”Go ahead and eat your fill; everything here is yours, and that should be enough for you, right?” Li Haixiao softly said to Jiayuan.

Xiao Wei watched Jiayuan devour the food he had cooked and was thrilled. He couldn’t help but wonder whether Jiayuan eating his cooking would mean she’d forgive him.

Jiayuan seemed to see right through Xiao Wei’s thoughts and said to him, ”Don’t get me wrong, I’m just too hungry, so I ate a bit more of your cooking. But don’t think that this means I forgive you!”

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Xiao Wei was really speechless. Who wouldn’t forgive someone after eating their cooking? Does such a person exist?

Xiao Wei thought to himself: Forget it, given that she hasn’t eaten properly in so long, let her eat her fill first. I believe that if I treat her well from now on, she will definitely forgive me.

Li Jiayuan stopped talking and focused on the food in her bowl. She really found Xiao Wei’s cooking delicious; the more she ate, the more she wanted, like she would want more even after being full. She really felt an urge to tell Xiao Wei, ”I forgive you, as long as you keep cooking for me.”

But as soon as this thought crossed Li Jiayuan’s mind, she quickly shook her head and dismissed it; she didn’t want to be seen as a person without principles, able to be bought over by a single meal.

Fifteen minutes later, the food on the dining table was all gone. Li Haixiao and Xiao Wei couldn’t help but widen their eyes as they looked at the empty plates on the table, neither of them having eaten anything. Yet now, there was not a bit of food left. They almost couldn’t believe their eyes—had Jiayuan eaten all this? Was this still the gentle and refined Jiayuan they knew?

Only after finishing did Jiayuan notice the strange looks in Li Haixiao’s and Xiao Wei’s eyes. She wiped the corners of her mouth and said to Xiao Wei and Li Haixiao, ”Dad, I’m sorry, I finished everything. If you’re hungry, I can go and make another meal for you.”

Li Haixiao and Xiao Wei snapped out of it and said to Jiayuan, ”No need, just you being full is good enough.”

Li Jiayuan finished eating and left. Xiao Wei hurriedly followed after her, grabbing her hand, and said, ”You ate my cooking, so shouldn’t you forgive me now?”

Li Jiayuan cocked her head and said to Xiao Wei, ”Oh? When did I say I would forgive you? Shouldn’t you make breakfast for me to eat since you’re living at my place?”

Xiao Wei realized then that Li Jiayuan was blatantly playing hard to get. But what could he say? He had no choice but to swallow his pride and keep trying to please her.

”Then, may I ask if the lady is satisfied with this morning’s breakfast?” Xiao Wei let out a few breaths and asked Li Jiayuan gently.

Li Jiayuan wanted to laugh at how pitiful Xiao Wei looked, yet she couldn’t let herself. She had to maintain a serious demeanor as she tested him further to see how far he would go.

”This morning’s effort was not bad, but there is room for improvement. If you’re sincere, then let me taste what you cook for lunch today!”

”Yes, as you command, miss. I hope the miss will give a favorable review after tasting the lunch,” Xiao Wei said, bowing slightly.

”If you really cook well, I’ll definitely give you a good review. But if it’s not good, then I’m sorry, but please leave my home,” Li Jiayuan replied with a teasing smile.

”Please rest assured, I will do my best. I hope that after lunch, the miss will forgive me. Please don’t hold my petty actions against me. Don’t stoop to my level. I will take good care of you, so please don’t ask me to leave. Let me stay by your side and serve you!”

Seeing Xiao Wei so humbly submissive made Li Jiayuan’s heart soften. As he turned to leave, Li Jiayuan hugged him from behind, burying her head in his shoulder. She said, ”I’m sorry, it’s my fault. I’ve been willful. You’ve been so good to me; how could I hurt you? Let’s make up!”

Xiao Wei felt happiness strike him unexpectedly. He turned around, hugged Li Jiayuan, and stuttered, ”Do you really forgive me? Are you not angry with me anymore? Or are you just teasing me because of the breakfast I made?”

Li Jiayuan wiped tears from the corner of her eyes, nodding desperately. ”I forgive you. I’m not playing around, I really forgive you. I’ve missed you every day this past year. What happened a year ago with that collaborative case was my fault. I shouldn’t have allowed greed to cloud my judgment and hurt you. You loved me so much, and yet I said those horrible things to you. I deserve to die. Thank goodness heaven didn’t take you away from me and brought you back. Do you know? Only after you left did I realize how hard true love is to find! Every day with you by my side made me so happy, but every day after you left was like dying a little more. I wish you could stay by my side forever. Now that you’re back, please don’t leave again, okay? Stay with me, please?”

Li Jiayuan finally let out what had been in her heart for so long. She had always wanted to say it, but the opportunity had never come.

Listening to Li Jiayuan’s words, Xiao Wei hugged her tightly, as if afraid she would slip away the moment he let go. He said, ”My dear, do you know? The fear of losing you was unbearable. Seeing our child so adorable, I regret not coming back sooner, not leaving out of spite. If I hadn’t left, you wouldn’t have had such a hard year — it’s all my fault. In the future, let’s move to the United States. I have a house there, my company; it’s like another home for us. We would be very happy living there. I hope you and our child will come with me to the United States, will you?”

Li Jiayuan didn’t understand why Xiao Wei said he had a house and a home in the United States. Had his achievements over the past year in America really been that significant? She didn’t want to be separated from Xiao Wei again. She nodded continuously and said, ”Wherever you are is where I’ll be. Only where you are is our home!”