As a man, especially when it came to his wife, a woman he could dote on legitimately, no one could resist such tenderness.
Rong Jingyang was no exception.
Leaning on his cane, he sat on the bed and reached out to pick up Du Ruoxin. "Want to sleep more?"
Du Ruoxin snuggled into her husband's embrace, her heart pounding. She closed her eyes and said softly, "I had a nightmare last night, it was so scary."
Rong Jingyang's lips curved slightly. Was Ivy the source of her nightmare?
Even he hadn't realized how much more indulgent and patient he had become with Du Ruoxin.
"Oh?" the man asked, his voice trailing upwards, playing along. "What nightmare?"
Du Ruoxin sniffled, her dejected mood tinged with vulnerability. "I dreamt that just as you fell in love with me, something snatched you away."
Snatched away?
Was he food?
Rong Jingyang asked with a half-smile, "And then?"
Du Ruoxin held him tightly. "Isn't that a nightmare? I can't lose you. You are the only color in my life."
Losing Rong Jingyang would drive her mad, make her wish she were dead.
Especially after this period of "love," she couldn't lose him. She was already bewitched by him.
But Ivy was constantly eyeing the man she loved, and more fatally, Rong Jingyang still had feelings for Ivy.
She didn't know—
She didn't even dare to think—
If faced with a choice between her and Ivy again, whom would Rong Jingyang choose?
No!
She didn't want such a choice!
She wanted to nip it in the bud, forever and ever, to give Rong Jingyang only one choice—that was her! Only her!
But how?
How could she make Rong Jingyang's heart and eyes only see her, and her alone?
Du Ruoxin fell into thought.
Rong Jingyang was taken aback by her words. He—was her—life's—only—color?
The words were a bit heavy.
But he also knew that Du Ruoxin had loved him to the point of madness from the very beginning.
That was why when she wanted a divorce, Rong Jingyang didn't believe it.
"Alas," Rong Jingyang sighed inwardly. "What are you worried about? What are you thinking?"
Rong family rules: Divorce is absolutely forbidden.
From the moment he married her, their fates were intertwined for a lifetime.
Du Ruoxin opened her eyes, her fingertips tracing his chest—You know, you clearly know.
Ivy!
The two words that caused her heartache and hysteria lodged in her chest.
Du Ruoxin had wanted to say them several times, but she ultimately held back.
Rong Jingyang had promised to deal with Ivy as soon as possible.
She—
Believed him!
Du Ruoxin took a deep breath, wrapped her arms around his neck, and sat up, her bright, starry eyes looking directly into his. "Anyway, remember this, I love you. My life only allows for undivided attention, no straying or looking elsewhere."
Neither body nor soul.
The love she desired was undoubtedly a lifelong, exclusive devotion.
Just like her mother-in-law and father-in-law, who only had eyes for each other throughout their lives, never seeing anyone else.
Rong Jingyang's dark eyes narrowed: "—"
Du Ruoxin, as if nothing had happened, flopped back onto the bed, giving him a beautiful and charming smile. "Mr. Rong, you go ahead and get busy. I'll sleep a little longer."
Rong Jingyang nodded. "Mm." Holding his cane, he stood up and said, "Call me when you wake up."
Du Ruoxin: "Okay."
However, just as she was about to close her eyes and sleep, a childish voice broke through the door.
"Mommy~"
Well, the little ancestor was awake, so there was no point in sleeping.
Du Ruoxin began her daily routine of taking care of her child.
Fortunately, it was Monday. After sending Rong Doudou to school, the rest of the day belonged to her.
Du Ruoxin returned to the nanny van. Because she had been too energetic last night, she was severely sleep-deprived, and her entire brain felt like it was throbbing.
She reclined the seat, just about to doze off and catch up on sleep, when a phone call disturbed her peace.