After finishing the meal, Fu Wenwen walked to the door. Xiao Liuzi and Liu Fang handed the bowls to Fu Wenwen. Lin Feng looked at Fu Wenwen and finally understood why she had said she wanted to talk.
After coaxing Lin An to sleep, Fu Wenwen came out and saw Lin Feng sitting in the living room, seemingly waiting for her.
"I was wrong," Lin Feng said immediately upon seeing Fu Wenwen.
"...What did you do wrong?" Fu Wenwen asked, looking at Lin Feng with amusement. He said he was wrong, but what was wrong?
"Uh... I invited someone to watch over you without your consent?" Lin Feng guessed softly, looking at Fu Wenwen's expression.
"Is that wrong?" Fu Wenwen gave him a look of exasperation. Lin Feng stiffened. "Then... making decisions on your own...?"
"..." Fu Wenwen poked him and sat down opposite Lin Feng. "What's going on? Tell me."
"Peng Ge and I thought of a plan to catch a turtle in a jar, to force Fu Liqun to deal with me, and to see who his backers are," Lin Feng said slowly. "Who are the people helping him behind the scenes..."
"I was afraid he would be cornered and take his anger out on you... so I asked Wang Hu to send people to keep an eye on things, in case you and Lin An got hurt," Lin Feng said seriously, looking at Fu Wenwen.
"Do I seem that weak in your eyes?" Fu Wenwen considered telling Lin Feng her true strength for a moment.
"No, you are very strong in my eyes," Lin Feng said, taking Fu Wenwen's hand and smiling. "I'm even a little jealous of Lin An."
"..." Fu Wenwen gave Lin An a sidelong glance. "He doesn't have a mother. Even if you love him, you're too far away in the army. And the Lin family still bullies him. He lacked love since he was young, so while he still needs us, let's make up for the love he's missed, so he doesn't become another you!"
"I know," Lin Feng said. That's why he was jealous of Lin An, for meeting a mother like Fu Wenwen when he needed it most. "That's why I'm even more jealous."
She wasn't his birth mother, yet she loved him more than his birth mother, giving him the greatest acceptance and filling his emotional void.
Fu Wenwen pinched Lin Feng's face, feeling a mix of heartache and amusement.
"Are you competing with your own son for affection, huh?"
"I can't help it, he's too lucky," Lin Feng said with a smile, letting Fu Wenwen's hand play on his face.
"For the next period of time, there might be danger. Are you... afraid?" Lin Feng's smile faded as he gently held Fu Wenwen's hand and asked.
"Yes," Fu Wenwen said with a smile. Lin Feng paused. "But I want to stand by your side and fight together, not be a dodderer behind you."
Hearing Fu Wenwen's words, Lin Feng's eyes burned with passion. He gazed at the woman before him, his eyes blazing like a fire that threatened to consume her.
"When this is over, let's get married again, okay? I want to give you the most complete wedding, to let the whole world know how much I love you," Lin Feng said deeply, holding Fu Wenwen's hand.
Fu Wenwen's face seemed to be scorched by the fire in Lin Feng's eyes, a blush spreading across her cheeks. Her bright eyes and pretty face were like ten miles of peach blossoms, captivating.
"Are you sure, that it's me for this lifetime?" Fu Wenwen asked, looking at Lin Feng.
"Yes," Lin Feng nodded heavily and knelt on one knee. "Comrade Fu Wenwen, I promise, besides you, I won't look at any other woman. My eyes will always only be on you. I'll obey you. If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west. If you tell me to sit, I'll never stand. Please give me a chance to love you."
"Although I'm touched, your probationary period isn't over yet, so I'll temporarily agree," Fu Wenwen chuckled, hooking Lin Feng's nose. As Lin Feng looked up in surprise, Fu Wenwen imprinted her mark on his lips. "With this stamp, you are my man from now on. There's no going back."
"Yes, ma'am," Lin Feng stood up and saluted Fu Wenwen.
Their eyes met, and they couldn't help but draw closer. Lin Feng lowered his head and kissed the lips he had longed for.
They were passionately entwined, reluctant to end the kiss for a long time.
Lin Feng reluctantly released Fu Wenwen, carried her to the room, and gently placed her on the bed. He kissed her forehead. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight," Fu Wenwen whispered, watching Lin Feng's retreating back.
After taking a cold shower, Lin Feng returned to his room and lay on his small bed, a sense of sorrow in his heart.
When would he be able to hold his soft and fluffy wife? He couldn't sleep alone...
Fu Wenwen lay down for a while. After everything had calmed down at home, she got up, changed her clothes, smeared black on her face, and once again became the "black girl" from that night. She agilely flipped out of the window into the courtyard, then scaled the wall to leave.
Unbeknownst to her, on the small platform on the second floor, someone who couldn't sleep stood and watched everything.
When Lin Feng saw a nimble dark figure scale the wall and leave their home, he tried to hypnotize himself, to make himself believe he was hallucinating. That person... couldn't be her.
With a blank face, he slowly walked downstairs, to Fu Wenwen's room. Lin Feng still held onto a sliver of hope that it wasn't her.
But the moment he opened the door, Lin Feng's blood seemed to freeze. On the large double bed, only Lin An lay alone. And in Fu Wenwen's spot, a lump was concealed by the quilt.
It looked like someone was there, but such a trick was like child's play to Lin Feng; he saw through it easily.
"Who... is she?" Lin Feng had already investigated Fu Wenwen. She was a native of Jiangcheng, having grown up there. All her movements indicated she couldn't possibly be a spy sent by another country.
But how could such a delicate woman possess such skills?
Lin Feng recalled the 'master' who was once his equal, and that Wang Hu was 'her' subordinate.
Then he remembered Liu Fei and others in Yong'an Town deliberately trying to please them, selling at a surprisingly low price when they could have made a fortune, even giving things away as half-purchases and half-gifts.
The unnatural expressions on Wang Hu and others' faces when they saw him with Fu Wenwen...
Fu Wenwen's natural act of bringing food to Wang Hu's men today...
Finally, Lin Feng couldn't avoid thinking about when Lin An was kidnapped by human traffickers, how Fu Wenwen had refused to wait for reinforcements, and even though she had rescued the child, she had still chosen to go to the bandits alone...
When he first met her, she was holding a bench, smashing Xu San, Xu San, a capable subordinate of Wang Youcai...
Connecting all these clues, Lin Feng arrived at his answer.
Fu Wenwen was the 'master' he had encountered back then.
Lin Feng's first reaction was disbelief. How could the seemingly delicate and helpless Fu Wenwen, who evoked a desire to protect, be the master who defeated Chen Long?
Lin Feng returned to the second floor and sat on the terrace again, letting the cold night wind blow on him, along with his burning heart...