After the Divorce, My Wife and I Were Both Reborn

Chapter 98: Chapter 98: She’s Just That Beautiful

Lin Yanwan sat in his chair, casually flipping through the concept art drafts he had just drawn. Thinking of her earlier worries, she couldn’t help but ask him.

"After the scores are released, what are your plans for applying to college?"

Jiang Xia grabbed a stool and sat down beside her. He took her left hand with his right, lacing their fingers together tightly, and couldn’t help but smile. "How do you want me to apply?"

Lin Yanwan pressed her lips together, saying nothing. ’Of course, I want us to apply to the same university. It doesn’t matter if it’s the best one, as long as we can be together. But... would that make me seem selfish?’

The best fit for Jiang Xia was obviously one of the country’s top-ranked Schools of Fine Arts, but she wasn’t sure if she could get into a school nearby.

If they ended up in a long-distance relationship, it would probably be miserable for both of them.

’What if...’

"Just say what you’re really thinking. You don’t have to consider my feelings," she said softly.

Jiang Xia sighed helplessly. "Baby, the scores don’t even come out until tomorrow. There’s not much point in talking about this now, is there?"

"?"

’All I want is to know his attitude. How is that pointless? It’s not like we have to decide on a university right this second.’

Jiang Xia saw right through his wifey’s thoughts. He asked in return, "Do you want to be apart from me?"

"I don’t," Lin Yanwan said without hesitation.

"What a coincidence. Neither do I."

He continued on his own, "I’m a petty guy. I can’t handle being in a different city from you. And I don’t want other guys to think you’re single and start chasing you like crazy. Even if you’re not interested, I’d still get jealous just seeing them dote on you."

"So?" she asked, raising a delicate eyebrow, inwardly delighted.

"So, to prevent all that from happening, I’ll have to keep you tied firmly to my side, of course."

Jiang Xia used his other hand to pinch her cheek and said with a smile, "My dearest baby, are you reassured now?"

"Mhm," Lin Yanwan nodded, her face blushing.

"But as for which university we actually apply to, we’ll have to wait for the scores to come out and figure it out. What if I just barely scrape into a Tier 1 university, while you get into Qingbei?"

"That’s easy. I’ll go to your university," she said seriously.

Jiang Xia didn’t doubt the truth in her words for a second. He knew his wife all too well. If that day ever came, she would absolutely do it without a second thought. After all, they couldn’t live without each other for the rest of their lives.

It was just like during the hardest period of their past life; she never had a single complaint. But the more she was like that, the more guilty he felt.

"Baby, speaking of which, you were doubting me just now, weren’t you?" His tone shifted as he began his merciless cross-examination.

Lin Yanwan’s gaze instinctively flickered away. "Wh-what do you mean?"

"We dated for four years, were married for eight, and we’re bound together across two lifetimes. Even our parents have called each other in-laws several times, and Xiao Man calls me ’brother-in-law’ every day. I’m pretty sure that if we don’t get married in this life, Elder Yue himself would object, and my mom would break my legs. And yet, despite all that, you still doubted my feelings for you!?"

"I didn’t..."

Feeling a pang of guilt, she tried to get away, but Jiang Xia grabbed her wrist and pulled her toward him. Lin Yanwan lost her balance and fell right onto the bed.

Her short, white floral dress flipped up inappropriately, revealing a pair of slender, fair, and smooth legs. Ignoring the white lace safety shorts underneath, the tantalizing flash of snowy skin was so dazzling he couldn’t look away.

Her two delicate, pale feet dangled naturally over the edge of the bed, swaying gently. It sparked an impulse in him to take them in his hands, to caress and play with them, gently teasing his nerves.

Blushing, Lin Yanwan clamped her legs together and smoothed down her skirt, trying to block his scorching gaze.

But that very movement made something in Jiang Xia’s mind snap. He lunged forward, pinning her heavily beneath him.

Their eyes met, and his breathing gradually grew heavier.

’My wifey is beneath me, and we’re in my bedroom right now. We’re not wearing much since it’s summer... This is the perfect chance to do something.’

Just as his imagination was running wild, Xiao Man’s knock suddenly sounded from outside the door.

"Brother-in-law, Sister, are you in there? Xiao Man is a little scared all by myself."

"Get up, you." Lin Yanwan gave him a captivating look, then pushed him away with both hands. "Ah, ow, ow~ Your hand is on my hair."

"Sorry." Jiang Xia quickly stood up and pulled her to her feet. He glanced at the door and muttered under his breath, "That’s Xiao Man for you, always so thoughtless."

"What were you thinking? Even if Xiao Man hadn’t interrupted, it wouldn’t have happened! No lewd stuff!"

Lin Yanwan, face still red, continued to straighten her short skirt and hair. ’That guy is getting bolder and bolder, trying to get intimate with me at home. What if Mom comes back and sees?’

"I wasn’t thinking about it at first! I was just talking to you honestly. But who told you to be so tempting just now? A guy my age is a walking tinderbox!" Jiang Xia said, his face a mask of grievance.

"Alright, hurry up and go check on Xiao Man."

"Oh, right."

Jiang Xia had almost forgotten about his little sister-in-law again. He took a deep breath, barely managing to suppress his urges, and walked over to open the door.

"Xiao Man, we’re here. Is your tummy still hurting?" he asked with a gentle smile.

"It doesn’t hurt anymore."

His little sister-in-law blinked, looking at her sister’s scarlet face and then at the rumpled bed. In that instant, something seemed to click in her little head.

’Are Brother-in-law and Sister hiding in the room secretly making a baby?’

’How exciting!’

"You want to watch Cat and Mouse, right? Come on, Brother-in-law will take you. But the computer isn’t in here; we have to go to the study. We can only watch one episode, though."

"I still want to watch it, even if it’s just one episode!"

Watching Jiang Xia lead her sister away, Lin Yanwan let out a long sigh of relief. ’Thank goodness Xiao Man showed up. Otherwise, who knows how badly he would have bullied me.’

She turned her head and looked around. The room was still tidy, and he had kept many of his little habits from their married life. For example, propping the pillows upright, folding the air conditioner quilt and placing it by the pillows, and always rolling his socks into pairs before putting them away.

Most importantly, the ashtray that had once been a permanent fixture on his desk was gone.

He had remembered that detail clearly. She hated the smell of smoke.

Lin Yanwan sat back down in the chair, gently pulled open a drawer, and took out the drawing paper inside. She flipped through it casually, then froze.

’Except for the drawing of Cat and Mouse on top, all the others were of her?’

She furtively glanced back at the door, terrified that Jiang Xia might suddenly burst in.

Then, suppressing her racing heart, she blushed and carefully looked at the drawings he had made of her. There was one of her resting peacefully on the desk with her eyes closed, one of her standing on the balcony tucking her hair behind her ear as she gazed into the distance, and one of her earnestly playing the piano, fingers on the keys. But of course, the most numerous were the drawings of her with a shy look in her eyes.

’Honestly, I’m not that pretty.’