Ah Xuan Doesn't Trust Me

Old Master Su: "..."

Hua, is it really appropriate to discuss such private matters between you and your husband so openly?

Huo Shen tightened his grip on his chopsticks.

"Cough, cough, cough—"

Lin Xuan let out a series of coughs.

"Hua, aren’t you just misleading everyone?"

"Grandfather, Mr. Huo, please don’t misunderstand. Hua was just giving me a massage, so her hands are a bit tired," Lin Xuan explained.

This was the truth!

He wasn’t lying at all.

Huo Shen’s eyes darkened further.

Old Master Su chuckled. "Little Xuan, no need to explain. I’m an old man—I understand, I understand."

Lin Xuan: "..."

It really was just a massage!

But seeing Huo Shen’s sour expression, Lin Xuan felt smug.

Whatever.

Let them misunderstand.

After all, Hua often used her hands to help him out anyway.

"Alright, I’ll feed you."

Lin Xuan indulged her, slipping back into his habit of hand-feeding Su Hua.

Watching the two of them being all lovey-dovey, everyone else in the dining room felt full—

Full from the sheer amount of dogfood they’d been force-fed.

Huo Shen couldn’t take it anymore.

"Old Master Su, I have some matters to attend to. I’ll take my leave now."

After receiving Old Master Su’s nod, Huo Shen hurriedly left.

Once in his car, he cast a heavy glance at the stately villa.

Lin Xuan was clearly afraid he’d steal Su Hua away—that’s why he’d deliberately made those suggestive remarks and acted so intimate with Hua’er in front of him.

He was flaunting his victory!

Fine.

Let Lin Xuan have his moment of triumph.

Su Hua would belong to him sooner or later.

And so would the Su Family!

Once he had Su Hua and the Su Family in his grasp, he’d make sure Lin Xuan suffered beyond imagination.

After dinner at the Su Family home, Su Hua and Lin Xuan also prepared to leave.

Once in the car, Su Hua arched a brow. "Xuan, feel better now?"

Lin Xuan froze.

So Hua had known he was being petty and jealous earlier? That’s why she’d played along with those ambiguous remarks.

Honestly, being protected by his woman felt pretty damn good.

"Sort of," Lin Xuan admitted, rubbing his nose.

Su Hua pressed her lips together, clearly unsatisfied with his answer.

Without warning, her soft body pinned him against the backseat.

The driver, sensing the escalating situation, quickly raised the partition.

Better safe than sorry.

If he accidentally witnessed something he shouldn’t, and disturbed Madam Su and Young Master Lin’s intimacy, he’d be finished.

At that moment, Lin Xuan, trapped beneath Su Hua, was utterly bewildered.

What was going on?

Hua seemed upset, but he couldn’t think of anything he’d done wrong...

Then, her voice cut through his thoughts. "Xuan, you don’t trust me?"

Lin Xuan protested immediately. "Hua, when have I ever not trusted you?"

"You suspect there’s something between me and Huo Shen," Su Hua said flatly.

Lin Xuan coughed awkwardly. "Hua, you’ve got it wrong. It’s obvious he likes you, and I got a little jealous, so I couldn’t help but provoke him. I was targeting him, not doubting your feelings for me."

Hua had even kissed his corpse at its most grotesque.

If that wasn’t love to the bone, what was? How could she possibly be interested in another man?

As he spoke, Lin Xuan suddenly remembered something and switched to accusing mode. "If you think that counts as distrust, then you’re the one who doesn’t trust me!"

"What?" Su Hua blinked.

Lin Xuan began counting off on his fingers. "Every time a woman gets close to me, you get all possessive. Take Shen Qianqian, for example."

Because of Shen Qianqian, Hua had "punished" him in bed multiple times out of insecurity.

His kidneys had nearly packed their bags and fled on a freight train.

Hearing this, Su Hua clenched her fists slightly.

Back then, she really hadn’t trusted Xuan.

During those two years, he’d resisted her, loathed her, and seized every chance to escape her.

After the incident with Qin Ruoyao’s wedding, Xuan had suddenly started treating her well. She’d worried—was his abrupt change just an act?

She’d been terrified he’d take a liking to some other woman, drop the act, and leave her again.

Even now, though she’d removed the surveillance from his phone and stopped having his every move reported by bodyguards—

Though she’d chosen to trust him completely—

That nagging insecurity still lingered in her heart.

But she could never tell Xuan she didn’t trust him...

Lin Xuan continued, "Hua, I know you do trust me. It’s just like how I couldn’t help but make that guy who’s after you eat dirt."

"Hmm."

The cold aura around Su Hua dissipated entirely.

"For any man who dares to covet me, Xuan, you have my permission to do whatever you want," she declared.

"Gladly."

Lin Xuan agreed without hesitation.

Anyone eyeing his Hua deserved to be crushed.

"Also," Su Hua added, "Huo Shen—I barely remember him. I could never like him."

She’d always been aloof, never one to mingle easily.

So their childhood "closeness" was likely exaggerated on his part.

During her years with the Shadow Organization, they’d had zero contact.

After returning to the Su Family, she’d seen Huo Shen a few times, but they’d hardly spoken.

Later, when he’d taken over Su Corporation’s overseas operations, their interactions had been strictly work-related.

Nothing more.

Lin Xuan grinned smugly. "I know. You’d never like him because... you only like me."

"Xuan."

Su Hua remained pressed against him, her soft lips brushing his ear as she whispered, "You can rest assured—my body is yours, my heart is yours. No other man will ever touch either."

Her expression was deadly serious.

"So Xuan, you never have to worry about me falling for someone else."

Lin Xuan gazed at the earnest woman atop him and nodded just as solemnly. "Hua, same goes for me."

Su Hua’s eyes curved at his promise.

"If that’s the case," she murmured, her red lips curving, "then Xuan, you’d better prove it to me."

With that, she captured his mouth in a kiss.

[Author’s note:]

Five hours of hair-styling later, I’m dead tired, wuuu~

Thanks to Duan Yue for the explosive shower of flowers!

And to Chaos Grand Immortal Emperor and other darlings for the gifts!

Goodnight, I’m starving—off to devour dinner (which I still haven’t eaten)!

Uu.