If You Could Hear My Heart

Chapter 704: Chapter 704: Tell me, is your daughter-in-law good or not?

Xu Chaomu stepped forward and looped her arm through his, snuggling up to his side, “Let’s go inside.”

“Mhm.”

He and she entered the Shen Family home side by side, walking up the steps back to the living room.

However, Shen Chi was indeed a workaholic. As soon as he returned to the Shen residence, he opened his laptop and got busy with the exhibition preparations.

Xu Chaomu sat beside him, watching him work.

Although she didn’t understand it, she felt much better just being close to him.

Shen Chi was quite pleasant when he wasn’t losing his temper.

She peeled an apple, sat beside him, and alternately took a bite herself and then offered him a bite.

Initially, Shen Chi was very disdainful, frowned, and refused to eat.

But Xu Chaomu was persistent, “Are you disgusted with me or not?”

“No,” Shen Chi muttered, tapping on the keyboard.

“If not, then eat.” Xu Chaomu forcefully presented the apple to his mouth, insisting he eat it.

Shen Chi, out of options, wore an expression as if he’d been forced to eat dog food. Helpless, he still took a bite.

Now Xu Chaomu was happy, and thus she started the pattern of eating a bite herself and then feeding him a bite, finding the apple more delicious than ever.

“Go play by yourself, and don’t disturb my work,” Shen Chi said sternly.

“The necklace I designed, are you satisfied with it?” Xu Chaomu asked.

“Whether I’m satisfied or not is not for me to say.”

“Oh,” Xu Chaomu responded.

He sat beside her, working and paying her little attention, so she reluctantly took out the baby sweater she’d been knitting.

She had been very idle recently, and the sweater was more than half done; it was nearly finished.

Not bad, in a few months, she would be able to dress her baby in the sweater.

So, Shen Chi worked on one side, and she knitted on the other, creating a harmonious scene. Sometimes, when the maids came in, they couldn’t help but feel envious.

The butler occasionally brought them some fruit, and she thought this version of Shen Chi and Xu Chaomu was really nice.

Only, she heard that the old master didn’t like Xu Chaomu very much.

While Shen Chi was working, suddenly, he received a call from Xiao Mo.

“What’s up?” he asked.

“Boss Shen…” Xiao Mo stuttered, hesitating.

Shen Chi glanced at Xu Chaomu beside him, stood up, and left the living room.

“Speak.”

“Boss Shen, Jian Sisi has disappeared.”

“Didn’t you throw her into a mental hospital?” Shen Chi’s tone was icy.

“Yes, but the day before yesterday, she suddenly vanished, and the director has already called the police. She’s emotionally unstable, so she shouldn’t have gone far, unless… she’s been abducted,” said Xiao Mo.

“You must find her.”

“Understood.”

Shen Chi pursed his lips and hung up the phone. This Jian Sisi was also a menace.

When Shen Chi came back, Xu Chaomu was still knitting the sweater, her head bent in concentration.

“Getting all secretive over a phone call, could it be a little lover?” Xu Chaomu joked half-seriously.

“Yes, a busty little lover,” Shen Chi replied earnestly.

He was just cracking a joke and sat back on the sofa to get back to work.

Xu Chaomu “tsked” dismissively, “I don’t believe anyone would be with you. With your temper, only I could put up with you. No helping it, what can I say? I have a good temperament. Oh dear, Boss Shen, you are truly fortunate to have married such a wonderful wife.”

A twitch formed at the corner of Shen Chi’s mouth. Who compliments themselves like that?

Seeing he wasn’t responding, she blocked his view, preventing him from looking at the laptop.

“Tell me, is your wife good or not?”

“I’m not telling,” Shen Chi glared at her with an icy face.

“If you don’t tell, you’re sleeping on the floor tonight.”

“Try me,” Shen Chi said in a deep voice.

“I’m not afraid of you,” Xu Chaomu decided that she’d make Shen Chi sleep on the floor that night.

She stopped bothering him at work and stood up to take a walk in the garden, leaving him alone in the living room with the computer.

The weather was especially nice today. The evening at the end of summer was comfortable. Many flowers had already wilted, but the fragrance of fresh grass still lingered in the air.

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In the distance, the green mountains stretched endlessly, surrounded by trees. It was indeed a tranquil scene of an old road by the long pavilion, fragrant grass reaching up to the sky, the evening breeze tousling the willows, and the sound of the flute fading with the sunset beyond the mountains.

Xu Chaomu liked such moments, quietly strolling in the Shen Family garden, observing the sky, the sunset, and the flower branches.

After having dinner in the evening, she walked in the garden for a while more.

Because of the injury on Shen Chi’s leg, he didn’t accompany her.

However, when Xu Chaomu returned from her walk, she entered her room, closed the door, and truly didn’t allow Shen Chi to come in.

She meant what she said about him sleeping on the floor and was not soft-hearted about it.

Humming a tune, she went to take a bath, removing her clothes and lying in the bathtub that was filled with rose petals.

However, suddenly, in the middle of her bath, she heard the sound of the door opening.

Yes, it was the sound of the door opening.

She quickly sat up in the bathtub and wrapped a towel around herself.

She had just secured the towel when Shen Chi burst through the door and pushed open her bathroom door.

There stood a man in a white shirt, leaning against the doorway with a wicked look at her.

“So bold now, not letting me into your room,” Shen Chi said, arms crossed as he watched her.

Xu Chaomu stood in the bathtub, her face blushing, “Get out, I’m taking a bath.”

“Perfect, let’s bathe together.”

With that, Shen Chi began unbuttoning his shirt.

His movements were graceful, especially when unbuttoning the cuffs; his entire being was charming, not sleazy.

“Who wants to bathe with you, get out. If you don’t go, I will,” Xu Chaomu said and indeed began to climb out of the bathtub.

Shen Chi held her down with one hand while continuing to strip off his shirt with the other.

“Xu Chaomu, Little Fairy, in the cave, you kept rubbing against me and seducing me. Now, isn’t it my turn, hmm?” Shen Chi hooked up the corner of his mouth.

In the cave, he had truly been tormented by her temptation, his whole body aflame with desire, yet he had to watch without touching.

Speaking, he took off his white shirt.

As the shirt came off, he revealed a muscular body, a perfect figure, and a healthy skin tone. His body was drool-worthy, without an ounce of excess fat.

Xu Chaomu swallowed hard. She realized he… seemed to be serious.

“We are both educated people, so let’s… talk it out… If we can resolve this without getting physical, we should… let’s negotiate, okay?” Xu Chaomu glanced at him.

“You’re the educated one, not me,” Shen Chi said in a heavy tone.

One quick move, and he pushed her down in the bathtub.

Due to the forcefulness of his actions, the water splashed, petals scattered, and a few even fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the bathtub was large enough.

After putting her in the bathtub, he pulled off the towel she was wrapped in.

“Shen Chi! You beast!” Xu Chaomu shouted, reaching for her towel.

But Shen Chi had already thrown the towel to the floor, affording her no chance.

“No need to repeat, I know I’m a beast,” Shen Chi quirked his lips and started unbuckling his belt.