Chapter 23

Luo Wan picked up the phone and put it to her ear, softly saying, “Hello.”

The clear and tender voice melted Sheng Qing’s heart.

This was the first time he had heard her speak so softly while awake. Previously, he could only hear it when she was in her sleep.

Thinking of her delicate appearance in his arms, he felt as if a fire was burning in his heart.

Sheng Qing felt like he was sick, unable to resist just one word from her.

How embarrassing!

But he hadn’t forgotten the purpose of making this call, which was to see if his little wife had been frightened.

In his heart, Luo Wan was still a little flower from the countryside, in need of his careful care.

Sheng Qing’s voice was hoarse as he asked, “What are you doing?”

Luo Wan was wrapped only in a bath towel, with wet hair draped over her fair back.

Without hurrying to dry it, she lay on the bed talking on the phone.

“Just finished showering. Thank you today.”

After some thought, Luo Wan felt she should express her gratitude properly. After all, he had indeed helped her today.

Although even if he hadn’t intervened, she could have managed to escape, it just wouldn’t have been as easy.

“Are you okay?” Sheng Qing still sounded a bit worried, asking, “Were you scared?”

“Hehe, I’m not that delicate.”

“…

“That’s good. Luo Rou will be detained for a few days to teach her a lesson. During this time, don’t go back to your family. I’m afraid they might cause trouble for you when I’m not around. That waitress has also been fired. You won’t encounter such unpleasant things when you go there in the future.”

The man seldom spoke so much at once, as if eager to make a good impression.

Luo Wan was very moved. It turned out that this man had done so much for her without her knowing.

“In fact, that waitress didn’t do anything wrong.”

Luo Rou did deserve a bit of a lesson, but the waitress only had a bad attitude. It wasn’t right to make someone lose their job over a minor issue.

At his words, Sheng Qing’s eyes narrowed, his tone firm. “My temple is too small to accommodate such a big Buddha, daring to disrespect his own boss lady.”

“Is that your business?” Luo Wan was surprised.

She hadn’t heard that the Sheng Group was involved in jewelry.

So the significance of the man’s hard work lay here.

Luo Wan’s reaction satisfied the man’s vanity.

“This is my private property. Your husband’s business spans the globe, and you’ll know in the future.”

“So just stay by my side and behave yourself. I won’t let my woman suffer.”

Luo Wan felt her chest being filled with something, and there was a feeling like tears were about to flow from her eyes.

From childhood to adulthood, she never experienced parental love. Later, she followed her master to the border. Her master was the kind of person who kept his emotions in check and was very strict with her, so she never felt such straightforward warmth.

“Thank you.”

The girl choked up as she thanked him again.

Sheng Qing immediately noticed something unusual.

He hung up the phone directly and sent a video request.

When the video connected, the screen showed the girl’s round, watery eyes, still with traces of tears.

His heart suddenly ached.

Just as he was about to speak to comfort her…

“Ah.”

Luo Wan composed herself before looking straight at the man on her phone.

Then she immediately covered her eyes. She questioned, “Why are you taking a bath?”

In the video, the man was half-lying in the bathtub, his muscular body clearly visible.

Sheng Qing’s concern was directly frightened away by this remark. Perplexed, he said, “Taking a bath is normal.”

“Exhibitionist, taking a bath and still video calling.”

While covering her eyes, Luo Wan reached out and randomly tapped on the phone screen, trying to close the video.

The man noticed her intention and spoke up to stop her, “Don’t hang up.”

He had helped her in the afternoon, so he couldn’t be too rude now.

Luo Wan placed the phone upside down on the bed with a smack.