She knew from Lei Zhao that the target of Gu Zhi, the psycho, was her all along—just because his sister, Gu Ren, fell in love with Wang Lu?

Ridiculous! Yan Mei thought that it is completely ridiculous to experience such a thing. Gu Ren was so in love with Wang Lu, and because of that love, with her knowing that he is married to her, she would tell Gu Zhi, his older brother to PUNISH her?

”I’ve been tortured for so long… I have endured this much… I was hurt and I was drugged… I almost lost my sanity…”

Yan Mei kept mumbling to herself, but Lei Zhao could hear it. He furrowed his brows in worry as he never saw this silent angry expression on Yan Mei’s face.

He had to admit that seeing her this way sent chills down his spine. With Yan Mei’s anger boiling inside her as if looking for a way to escape, Lei Zhao gulped as he eyed Yan Mei, nervous of what she is feeling.

”It was all because of her love towards him that I deserve to be punished!?”

Yan Mei’s voice was loud this time. It got the other customers’ attention, Lei Zhao’s eyes widening as he saw that Yan Mei was about to lose it.

”I already broke up with Wang Lu, didn’t I? Why should I be punished until—”

”Wifey, Wifey!”

Lei Zhao immediately stood up, instantly walking to Yan Mei’s side as he held both of her shoulders in an attempt to calm her down.

”We’re going to handle this, okay? We’re going to make things better,” he whispered, making sure that Yan Mei would hear him.

Yan Mei was still glaring at Lei Zhao. Her body was still trembling as she thought it ridiculous for her to be punished to such lengths just because Gu Ren was obsessed with Wang Lu.

”I thought he was dead,” Yan Mei mumbled, “But why is he still alive? I know that Wang Lu had done something about this,” she added, Lei Zhao, sighing as he grabbed his chair to sit beside her.

”We’re going to do something about this, alright? There is nothing to worry about,” he replied, Yan Mei’s eyes now furrowing in confusion and at the same time, doubt.

”Oh? What are you two going to do? And you seem friendly with my ex-husband now. Don’t you two hate each other?”

Lei Zhao heaved another sigh, “We’re going to do what we can, alright? I know we hate each other but we have the same goal, Yan Mei,” he said, Yan Mei raising a brow at him.

”Same goal?”

”Yes.” A smile crept on Lei Zhao’s face, “We have a common goal: to protect you.”

A light scoff came from Yan Mei as she rolled her eyes at Lei Zhao. She then crossed her arms in front of her chest out of frustration as she still felt irritated, but at least, she has calmed down now.

”Whatever you two are doing, you guys are so unpredictable,” she just commented, making Lei Zhao laugh as he playfully ruffled her hair, Yan Mei, narrowing her eyes at him.

”Put this thought aside now,” Lei Zhao said lovingly, “We are out on a honeymoon, remember?”

Yan Mei turned her body to look at her husband, “Says the guy who let me sleep first. Says the guy who let me go to the spa alone.”

”Aah…”

Yan Mei has a point. He now feels guilty seeing Yan Mei this way, a nervous chuckle coming from him as he now started opening the crab for Yan Mei to eat.

”I’m sorry, Wifey,” Lei Zhao apologized, “But I will be giving you my full attention now, I promise,” he added, Yan Mei looking at him with still doubt in her eyes.

”You even prioritized talking to my ex-husband,” she complained, making Lei Zhao chuckle as he found what she said funny. “Is he more important than you wife?”

”Wifey…” Lei Zhao was doing his best to coax Yan Mei. “It is that you are important that’s why I swallowed my pride and talked to him even though we hate each other. It is to protect you.”

”Hmm…”

Yan Mei found what he said convincing. Seeing that the expression on her face softened, another chuckle sounded from Lei Zhao as he got a chunk of the crab and extended his hand towards her face in an attempt to feed her.

”Now let me give all the attention that you need, Wifey. I promise that everything will be given to you now, alright? I’ll make every moment count.”

Now Yan Mei could not help but smile. She playfully rolled her eyes at Lei Zhao as she opened her mouth, her husband feeding her with the crab that he opened for her.

”Good Wifey,” Lei Zhao said, doting on his wife. “I promised I’ll make it up to you. I will definitely make sure of that.”

Yan Mei nodded as she chewed on her food, a smile still plastered on her face. Lei Zhao then started eating his meal starting with the shrimps first as Yan Mei got some oysters for her to eat.

Both of them were now talking about anything under the sun. From time to time, they would talk about what they would do once they go back to City S.

Every time Yan Mei would stray back to the issue and with her company, Lei Zhao would always have to divert her attention from those issues so as to not make Yan Mei worry.

”Are you always this workaholic?” Lei Zhao asked, eating one oyster. “Remember we came here to escape from the city and from work. Now I would be the one throwing tantrums if you think of work more than enjoying with your husband.”

Yan Mei narrowed her eyes, “Oh? But what did you two last night and earlier? Didn’t that—”

”Ah, hush!” Lei Zhao put a shrimp on her plate, shutting Yan Mei up. “What I did was all for you and was important. I did promise to give you my full attention, alright?”

Yan Mei laughed, shaking her head as she took a bite of her shrimp. Lei Zhao chuckled as they continued eating, already enjoying the atmosphere as it was no longer heavy as it was a moment ago.

***

After lunch, Yan Mei and Lei Zhao started walking by the shore. They had their fingers interlocked with each other as they took a stroll, looking at the sea as they enjoyed the sun hitting their skin.

”Do you want to go somewhere after this?” Lei Zhao asked, Yan Mei, looking up to her husband in wonder.

”Nothing in particular… is there someplace where we could visit here?”

”Well…” Lei Zhao looked at the far end of the island, pointing at some boulder as Yan Mei followed his finger with her eyes. “There is a locked cave there,” he said, completely getting the attention of Yan Mei as she cocked her head to the side in curiosity.

”What is with the cave? Can we explore it?”

Lei Zhao shook his head, “It is not advisable to explore the cave for the customer’s safety. They could if they want to, but patrons rarely do that so they only take pictures outside.”

”Oh!”

Somehow, an adventurous side of Yan Mei emerged, making her want to see for herself how the cave is inside.

”Can we visit it then?”

Lei Zhao looked down to stare at his wife, “Do you want to?”

Yan Mei raised a brow at him, “Then why did you point the cave if you’re not going to suggest it to me? You were asking where you want us to go… so I assumed you want us to explore the cave.”

Lei Zhao chuckled as he realized that his wife made sense. He planted a kiss on top of her head, Yan Mei giggling as she felt loved with Lei Zhao’s small action.

They may be married now and may have stayed longer together, still, Lei Zhao has the capability to make her heart swoon and to make her feel giddy as if she was a teenager who fell in love with a man for the first time.

”Then we could visit there later before we eat dinner. Yeah?”

”Yes!” Yan Mei’s eyes glistened as if it were stars on the sky because of her excitement. “It’s something new that we have to experience,” she added, Lei Zhao, nodding in agreement.

The two of them continued walking as they stopped in front of a coconut tree, the two of them sitting under its shade to look at the sea beyond them.

Yan Mei rested her head on Lei Zhao’s shoulder as Lei Zhao wrapped his arm around her shoulders. Both of them finally started to enjoy the alone time that they had with each other.

Somehow at this moment, both of them wished that time would stop so they could stay with each other longer before going back to reality in City S.