Wan Jia continued munching happily. She had tasted lots of food before. This was obviously not the tastiest but it somehow had a special feel to it, with a tiny tinge of familiarity.

"Is the chef in love?"

Lu Aotian couldn't stop himself from laughing out. "Stop thinking about the chef and enjoy the food."

Wan Jia finally caught on what was happening. "Wait, you cooked it?"

Lu Aotian remained silent.

"Oh my God! Why didn't anyone tell me I'm eating food prepared by President Lu himself? I would have savored it more carefully." His cooking skills had improved by leaps and bounds! Ever since reuniting with him, this was the first time he had cooked. How could he not tell her earlier?

Lu Aotian didn't know what to say about his silly wife. "It's not too late. There's still a lot of food."

"What's the use? I'm already full." She pouted.

Lu Aotian looked at her in disapproval. "You eat too little. How exactly is your body structured?" If she wasn't finding excuses to skip meals, she was eating too little. The only exception was when she was allowed to eat sweet food, which she would stuff herself with and make one speechless.

"I'm really full. It's not healthy to eat too much."

"Then I'll cook for you some other day."

"Mmh." Happy now, she let him lead her to the main bedroom.

...

"Is there really not anything you want to say to me?" Wan Jia asked. Lu Aotian was acting really strange tonight. Evrything looked normal about him but he seemed to have something on his mind.

He wrapped his arms around her in a warm hug. "Shaoting and I are going somewhere tomorrow. We will be gone for a week."

Wan Jia raised her head and looked at him with a raised eyebrow, as though waiting for him to complete his statement.

"Is this really all you have to say?" She asked when he didn't seem to say anything else.

"Mmh."

"You're not going to tell me where the two of you are going?"

He let out a sigh. "Can I not?"

Wan Jia didn't look happy about it. "Why are you being all so mysterious? Am I not your wife? What happened to sharing each other's burdens?"

Lu Aotian rubbed her head. "It's not that I don't want you to share my burdens, I just don't want to tire you out."

"It's okay if I get tired out."

"Really?" Lu Aotian looked at her mischeviously. Without any form of warning, he took her in his arms and carried her to the bed, laying her on it carefully. "If you want to get tired, there are other ways."

Wan Jia blocked his incoming kiss. "Don't try to change the topic."

Lu Aotian held her hands above her head and kissed her. "I want to protect you, not put you in danger."

All of a sudden, Wan Jia pushed him off her disdainfully and got up. "It's always about protection. Do you know, I'm actually tired of this so called protection you talk of every time. What do you take me for, a two year old?"

Lu Aotian was not surprised. He knew it would come to this one day. It just came sooner than he expected.

He pulled her back to bed and held her in his arms. "Shaoting and I never seem to be in danger because we are fast and can fight." Although Lu Shaoting wasn't nearly as good as his brother, he was better than special class mercenaries. On the other hand, after training for so long, Wan Jia couldn't be considered as good as an A level mercenary. She still had much to learn.

"But you are a woman, and you are not as strong as us. If you knew too much, it would be dangerous. What if someone kidnapped you to get information about me?"

Although his reason was more or less plausible, she was not convinced. "You are saying that if I stay at home and be obedient, I'll be safe, but if I follow you to where you are going, I'll be in danger? This reasoning doesn't hold water at all." Wasn't she supposed to be safer near him, since he was able to protect her?

He understood what she was thinking from her tone. "Normally, you will be safe around me. But how can you be safe if I'm doing something..."

"Dangerous?" She completed the word he was unable to say using her own. "Why would my husband be doing such things? Do you really expect me to be fine knowing that my husband is putting his life in danger?"

"That's not what I was going to say."

"What's the difference? Or are you saying that I'll be a burden to you?"

Lu Aotian was helpless. What kind of logic was this, and did she have to be so stubborn? "Baby, can you not be like this?"

She remained silent.

Lu Aotian kissed her head. "Are you worried that I'll be in danger? Listen, I'll get back here in one piece. Not a single hair missing. I promise."

She looked at him strictly. "Not a single drop of blood missing either, right?"

"Mmh."

"Shaoting must be safe too. Nothing must happen to him either." Naturally, she was worried about her brother-in-law too.

"Don't worry. As long as I'm alive, nothing will ever happen to my brother." He would protect him with his own life.

Half assured, Wan Jia got out of his arms. "I'm going to take a bath. Do you want to come too?"

Lu Aotian was stunned from the sudden invitation. She was not one to say such bold things. "Should I take that as some sort of invitation?" He teased.

"Maybe." She grabbed his hand when she saw that he wasn't moving, and placed it on her chest. "Come on, I dressed up for you. Aren't you going to undress me?"

Ahem...indeed, bath it was.