Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 224

Chapter 224: Chapter 224 Who is that person?

Lin Jiayi hadn’t let him touch her since she got pregnant, having kept her distance for over half a year already.

The doctor clearly said they could after three months, and he even heard brothers from the same village saying that there was no need for avoidance during pregnancy, that things could continue as normal.

Why was Lin Jiayi so delicate?

It wasn’t his fault, not his fault at all; it was Lin Jiayi who didn’t want him to touch her.

He was a normal, healthy man; he couldn’t always hold back, and today he had drunk a bit too much, with alcohol adding to his mischief.

Psyching himself up, Li Guangyuan finally pushed open the door in front of him.

The lights were off in his mother’s room; she must have been resting already, but their room still had the oil lamp burning.

Li Guangyuan parked his bike under the eaves, their room’s door was open, too.

"Why are you coming back now?" Lin Jiayi asked as she saw Li Guangyuan.

Li Guangyuan glanced in the direction of the neighboring room and pushed Lin Jiayi back into theirs.

"Keep your voice down, they’re all sleeping, don’t wake everyone up."

The man’s approach came with a faint scent, one that didn’t belong to Li Guangyuan.

Lin Jiayi immediately widened her eyes, "You haven’t told me yet, where have you been all day in this rain? What did you do that made you come back so late?" freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Li Guangyuan closed the door with the back of his hand and explained in a low voice, "Where else could I have gone? I went to see if there was a night market, thinking if there were stalls, I’d set up one, too; sell something if I could. But everyone was afraid of the rain, so I just wandered around. Haven’t you always wanted me to try other businesses? Then the rain started pouring..."

"Even if you got caught in the rain, it stopped early. You’re back so late; you must be hiding something from me, right?"

A flicker of guilt crossed Li Guangyuan’s face, and he turned to walk into the room, "What would I hide from you? Our home is over 20 miles from the county; when the rain stopped here, it didn’t stop there, only stopping at dusk. Once it stopped, I hurried back."

He gave a nonchalant explanation and casually took off his clothes.

Lin Jiayi thought about it, the rain did indeed come sporadically, often falling in one village and not another.

Just as she relaxed, she looked up and saw the red marks on Li Guangyuan’s back.

In that moment, Lin Jiayi felt her breath stop for an instant, and she quickly grabbed Li Guangyuan’s arm, dragging him to the light.

Li Guangyuan was confused by her pulling, "What are you doing? It’s late, let’s rest. I’ve been on the run all day, exhausted."

Lin Jiayi stared intently at his back, her voice sharp, "What did you actually do? How did these marks get on your back? Which wench scratched you? Good for you, Li Guangyuan, slaving away at home, taking care of the elderly and the young, and I’m pregnant with your child, yet you’re out there flirting with women – was it that widow?"

Li Guangyuan felt a jolt in his heart, now only remembering how vigorously he and Tian Cuihua had been fooling around, that flirtatious Tian Cuihua scratching and biting him; he reminded her not to scratch, but who could pay attention to that when things got intense?

"Jiayi, I really didn’t do what you said, I’ve been around town looking for a proper business, isn’t that what you wanted? If you think I’ve been outside to find other women, then from now on I’ll go nowhere. I’ll just stay home every day to accompany you, it’s not like we have a shortage of land to farm at home—I can support us just by farming."

The fists suddenly stopped mid-air. Lin Jiayi, with tears still on her face, looked at Li Guangyuan’s calm face and his deep eyes, which jolted her back to her senses.

Stay home every day? Impossible. Wasn’t she counting on having better days ahead?

Seeing her calm down, Li Guangyuan went straight to bed without any intention of comforting her.

......

When Lin Chuxia arrived at Xiyang Food Factory, Su Wensong and Pang Yongli were already waiting there, and the ingredients purchased early that day have been placed inside the workshop.

"Mr. Lin, are these correct? These are the best ingredients chosen according to your requirements, and these seasonings are the freshest available on the market."

Lin Chuxia checked the ingredients one by one and then took a handful of seasonings to sniff, which were indeed not bad.

Today, she planned to make a pot of beef sauce for everyone to taste, to boost everyone’s confidence. Calling Pang Yongli over, she intended to eventually pass on the key to making the beef sauce to him.

He and Ma Yingzi, the couple, had talent in food making, whether it was the heat control or the flavor. With just a little guidance, they could achieve the effect she desired.

Of course, these seasonings were only the basics, the essence still lay in her secret recipe.

"Not bad," Lin Chuxia patted her hands and glanced around at the prepared household wares, "Then I’ll get started. For lunch today, we’ll have an extra dish for the workers of our factory."