Ye Fan's smile was especially warm and indulgent tonight.
It felt like the first stirrings of spring in March.
The softness of his smile reflected the reluctance that he secretly felt against leaving his wife.
He stared at his lovely, mesmerizing wife and, for the barest of moment, wavered.
She was the only person who could soften the steely determination in his heart.
If he had met Qiu Mu-Cheng sooner and become her husband sooner, perhaps Ye Fan might have set aside his hate and desire for revenge.
But Ye Fan couldn't turn back now.
He had gone down this road for ten years.
He had gone too far. The only way was forward. No matter how appealing the warmth of his family and how mesmerizing the beauty of his wife, he
could not turn back now.
The moon looked cold and lonely outside.
A chilly wind rippled across the evening air like a cold stream gushing down the mountains while warmth quietly filled the mansion on Mount Yunding, where a lovely young woman was blushing at the sight of a young man's smile.
Qiu Mu-Cheng was naturally embarrassed by what Ye Fan had said.
Despite their many years of marriage, they had not truly behaved like a couple until the past year.
Qiu Mu-Cheng was no longer as embarrassed as she had been at first when she shared embraces and kisses with Ye Fan. Nevertheless, talk about having children still mortified Qiu Mu-Cheng.
Any mention of the subject would send her flushing like a ripened cherry and tensing up self-consciously.
She would feel her heart race and swell with both anticipation and uncertainty.
While Qiu Mu-Cheng's thoughts were racing wildly in her head, Ye Fan had left to get a small tub of water to soak her feet.
He had been teasing Qiu Mu-Cheng. He didn't honestly want children.
In fact, he had never thought about becoming a father.
He had poured his heart and soul on training and on planning Operation Sparks all these years.
In fact, marrying into the Qiu family and taking Qiu Mu-Cheng as his wife had been a part of his plan.
But Ye Fan had not foreseen that he would fall for Qiu Mu-Cheng.
Nevertheless, he had no intentions of having children with her.
He wasn't ready for it.
He wasn't ready to be a father.
Ye Fan didn't like to be unprepared and he didn't like unplanned surprises.
He was worried that he wouldn't be a good father too. He was worried that he would become his father and that his child would hate him like how he hated his father now.
Besides, how could he be a father when he wasn't doing a good job at being a husband?
"Come on, my dear wife. Let's soak your feet."
Ye Fan had gotten the small tub of warm water ready.
"Thank you, my dear husband.”
This was Qiu Mu-Cheng's happiest moment in the day.
Mr Chu, the man who commanded Jiangdong and struck fear in the hearts of everyone, was just a gentle, loving husband before her. She brimmed with
happiness.
The feeling of being surrounded by warmth and love must be something that every woman yearned for. Every woman relished for the sense of security and safety that she got from the man whom she loved.
Ye Fan had spent most of his time away for the past few years.
Qiu Mu-Cheng's thoughts would run wild during those lonely nights.
She would wonder if Ye Fan was having an affair and if he was sharing his nights with another woman.
The uncertainty that she had felt then had been unbearable.
But that vanished whenever Ye Fan was back.
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