After rejecting my celebrity husband

Chapter 1585: Chapter 1589: Your Aunt Xu Xia Left Her Mark on Me

Her heart was beating too fast, and her breath had already lost its calm. Xu Xia was really afraid he’d notice something unusual about her.

Wiping away the droplets on her cheeks, Xu Xia lifted her face to look at her reflection in the mirror.

Her hair was slightly disheveled, her face was flushed with a tempting red, her eyes were filled with a watery look, and her lipstick was smudged, long devoured by him into bits and pieces. On her exposed neck outside the dress, there were several marks he’d left, making the dim bathroom light feel ambiguous and heart-throbbing.

”Need me to come in and help?!”

Outside, Leng Zirui’s lazy voice drifted in.

”No need!”

Xu Xia quickly refused, swiftly wiped her face clean, took out a makeup box to touch up, tidied her slightly messed-up hair, applied some powder to slightly cover the marks on her neck and shoulders, then turned to hold the doorknob. She took three deep breaths, feeling her mood was calm enough, then smiled and opened the door.

”Shall we go?”

Leng Zirui glanced at her sideways, turned to grab his coat from the chair, draping it over his arm, and then extended his right arm to her.

Xu Xia hesitated for a moment, then reached out to hook her arm into his.

The two of them, like a couple, walked out of the guest room, went downstairs, and headed to the nearby dining room.

Xu Xia recalled what happened with Huangfu Ao earlier and hurriedly said, ”Oh right, earlier Huangfu Ao came knocking for a long time, and I didn’t dare to open the door for him.”

Leng Zirui chuckled to himself but said out loud, ”You did well, maintaining your vigilance like that!”

Her stubborn insistence made him reluctant to make her feel as if she was overreacting.

In the dining room, the banquet was winding down. Shen Yizhou and Tong Ya had already changed clothes and were standing at the door bidding farewell to guests. When they saw the two of them approaching, they immediately greeted them with smiles.

”Come on, we were just about to eat!”

With so many guests to entertain and toasting all around, plus a trip to the hospital, they hadn’t really eaten much.

As they entered the dining room, the group gathered around the table to sit down.

Huangfu Ruo glanced at Xu Xia and Leng Zirui, immediately smiling and saying, ”Oh, Miss Xu, you’ve finally come out?”

”This concerns national security, be serious!” Leng Zirui rolled his eyes at Huangfu Ruo, placing the peeled shrimp in Xu Xia’s bowl, ”Eat up!”

Huangfu Ruo burst into laughter, and beside her, Qin Lan gently nudged her arm.

Huangfu Ruo was naive, but Qin Lan was wise and clever. Seeing that Leng Zirui was trying to smooth things over for Xu Xia, she quickly hinted to her young wife to hold her tongue.

Around the table, the other people were perceptive enough not to bring up the earlier incident and simply gathered around to eat.

The little girl, Qin Wanwan, had already eaten plenty of cake and such earlier, so she wasn’t very hungry, just sitting on her chair looking around. She noticed the drool stain on Leng Zirui’s collar and immediately exclaimed.

”Oh, Uncle Zirui, your neck is bleeding!”

Bleeding?!

Leng Zirui raised his hand to touch his neck, finding the lipstick there, and smiled mischievously.

”Wanwan, it’s not bleeding. This is... your Aunt Xu Xia’s seal on me!”

”Why?!” The little one asked, puzzled.

”Well, you should ask your Aunt Xu Xia!” Leng Zirui chuckled.

Xu Xia glared at him, wishing she could find a hole to crawl into.