The Young master's fake bride and her lucky system-Chapter 310: How sincere are you?

He couldn’t speak to the goodness of Mandarin tower’s mandarin chicken as it was not something he had actually eaten before despite having been to the hotel a number of times. For this reason, he couldn’t accuse her of lying to him.

He pinched her chin and told her instead, "That chicken had better be worth all the trouble."

Alix smiled cunningly and replied, "I do not play when it comes to food. I just might be the best food critic in Beijing. Trust me, it is the best in the city. When have I let down with a food recommendation?"

Her memory seemed to be so short that she had already forgotten about the pizza which she swore was the best but he could hardly eat two bites of it.

"By the way, how sincere are you with the professor in your sessions?" He changed the topic so suddenly.

It was something that had been on his mind since the professor mentioned that she was truthful and open.

Aix didn’t think much of the question and she answered it with ease. "As much as possible, she is trying to help after all and you are paying her a lot of money so it would be a waste not to put her skills to use. I must admit that sometimes I don’t like her though." She frowned and opened up to him. "She is like a hammer pulling a ten thousand inch nail out of a thick concrete wall."

"That nail doesn’t exist." He informed her. She was making up things as she usually did.

"I know that, I am just trying to make you understand with a clear picture and that was the first thing which jumped into my mind." She explained.

He sighed, defeated. A ten thousand inch nail couldn’t possibly be the first thing that jumped into her mind. It didn’t matter what metaphors or words she used to describe professor He’s sessions at the end of the day. He understood her well because he experienced the same thing as her. It wasn’t easy exposing the inner most parts of yourself to another human being.

"She told me that you were frightened of me when...no, terrified I believe is the word she used." He looked at her and asked gently, "Do I still terrify you?"

He had asked this question before, but back then he had asked if she was scared of him. She had said no, but professor He mentioning it had him questioning himself again.

She shook her head and laughed softly. "I would not be sitting comfortably on your lap if i was terrified of you. I would not even be here at home with you right now. I would have bought a secret apartment already and i would be spending most of my time there."

Her eyes turned curious and she asked, "Did you really not know that I was afraid of you? For crying out loud, within hours of us meeting you told me that you would break my legs and we would be two cripples in this marriage, your words not mine."

She recalled that moment vividly and she would never forget it.

"I married you in place of my sister. I knew you would be furious and so would your family. I remember thinking that I was entering a lions den when that car slowly pulled up in front of the old mansion after the wedding. I was trembling, so afraid."

She chuckled and shook her head.

"We are not that bad." He said gruffly.

She raised her brows and wondered if he knew what he was speaking on. The Zhang’s were good to each other but often cold to outsiders. When she married him, she was an outsider that the entire family united against.

"I went to bed hungry on my first night in the old mansion Caishen. Nobody knocked on my door to check on how i was doing or ask if i needed anything.

Things have changed but the experience is not one I can ever forget. Overall, that day was a bad day."

Her body was suddenly pulled into a tight hug. She caught a glimpse of guilt in his eyes just before a part of her body leaned entirely against his chest.

"I have never apologized for that, have I?" He asked.

"I never expected you to and i have never blamed you." She answered.

He was a victim too that night, a victim of the Lin family’s deceit. There was more on his mind than the bride he didn’t ask for.

The Zhang’s too were caught off guard that day. They had ordered for a luxury Rolls Royce and someone delivered a beat up mini van. In front of all their guests that they had called to see the shiny Rolls-Royce, they had been forced to unveil the mini van and endure whispers and humiliation.

She couldn’t blindly blame them as well for the negative attitude they showed her back then. It had just been a bad day in the Zhang household all around.

"Still, I am sorry. We shouldn’t have treated you like that. You were not the one to blame for all that happened." He said.

She closed her eyes and rubbed her head against his neck like a little kitten seeking affection from it’s owner. Everyday, he grew on her more and more by simply being a good man.

He had his shortcomings like minor control issues which pushed him to make decisions for her without her say so sometimes. This had been obvious with the Jonny/Jenny incident.

He could also be a little jealous and guarded, like a kid with a toy he didn’t want others playing with for too long.

But, she had her issues too and she chose to believe that they would work through all these little matters with time.

"I do hope that you will forget it all. Your mind should only have good memories, not bad ones." he told her.

She raised her head and thought about most of the events that had followed up since then. Things were not so bad, Caishen was also very good to her. The elders were nice, Yura treated her sincerely, Zhang Bo and Zhang An were like close friends. Xiaobo loved her as if she was his mother. She didn’t have complaints about her treatment in the Zhang family.

"I do, i have good memories now and i think they will be better in future." she told him. She turned kissed the side of his neck which she could reach out of the blue and smiled. "We will make even better memories together i believe. Come on, i am sure the children are starving out there and your brother is either entertaining or driving them mad with stories of his glorious acting days."

She got up and removed the towel from her head. "By the way, i have decided to hire my own attorneys. I think i...."

Her phone which was sitting on the jewelry counter rung and she abandoned what she was saying to answer the call. It was her auntie Mo calling.

"Hubby, it’s my mother. I have to answer this." she told him.

He nodded and gestured at her to go ahead so she answered the call and whined in a coquettish voice, "Mother, i don’t know what shoes to wear tomorrow?"

Caishen laughed softly and shook his head. Alix was becoming more childlike as she interacted with her new mother.