This was a huge gamble. She had better not make him lose again.
Cui Lingyao nodded solemnly.
"...I won't lie to you," she promised in a low voice. "From now on, I'll be extra good to you."
Anyone hearing this would have thought it was some philandering young master sweet-talking an innocent young woman.
Who could have guessed that the roles were completely reversed?
The man who was so decisive and ruthless in public was actually like this in front of his wife.
Looking utterly wronged, needing to be coaxed again and again.
Fortunately, this was the couple's private pillow talk. With no one else around, Xie Jinbai's expression remained unchanged as he listened. He wasn't embarrassed in the slightest; in fact, he quite enjoyed it.
'It was so rare for her to promise him anything.'
'She had only to coax him so casually, and he was already bursting with joy. He really was pathetic.'
But such a deep-rooted anxiety couldn't be completely soothed with just a few words.
