The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 458 - 458 458 Refusing the Husband Comes with a Price

458: Chapter 458: Refusing the Husband Comes with a Price 458: Chapter 458: Refusing the Husband Comes with a Price The next morning, at the Purple Garden Pavilion villa where Lin Fei and Mu Shanshan lived.

Living room!

“Auntie, why are you sleeping here?

Could it be that you had another argument with Miss last night?!”

Early in the morning, as Aunt Lan was about to prepare breakfast for Lin Fei and Mu Shanshan, she found Lin Fei sleeping on the sofa in the living room.

After waking him up, she asked with a slight concern.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

At this moment, dressed in a pink tracksuit that accentuated her exquisite and graceful figure, adding beauty without compromising her purity, Mu Shanshan quickly descended the stairs, intending to go for her usual morning jog.

“Miss, how can you let your husband sleep in the living room?!

Even if he did something wrong, you could at least let him sleep in the guest room.

How could you let him sleep on the sofa?

If he catches a cold, he might suffer again.”

Seeing Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO, descending the stairs and knowing from the previous evening that she had been waiting for Lin Fei in the living room, Aunt Lan could not help but realize that it was probably Mu Shanshan who had ordered Lin Fei to sleep on the sofa.

Not wanting to see the discord between Lin Fei and Mu Shanshan escalate, Aunt Lan immediately voiced her complaints towards Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO.

As for Lin Fei, her nominal husband, Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO, could afford to ignore him occasionally or even scold him when displeased.

However, when it came to Aunt Lan, who had raised her from a young age, Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO, clearly would not retort.

Nevertheless, she harbored no sense of wrongdoing about making Lin Fei sleep in the living room.

Consequently, faced with Aunt Lan’s reproach, Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO, simply chose not to respond.

Her cold, slightly chilly gaze shifted directly towards Lin Fei, evidently suggesting that it was up to him to answer for her.

Receiving his CEO wife’s suggestive look, Lin Fei, who had just been woken up by Aunt Lan, could no longer remain silent.

“Aunt Lan, it’s not Shanshan’s fault.

Last night, I came back late and didn’t want to disturb Shanshan by going to our room, so I decided to sleep on the sofa.”

“I might be old, but I’m not senile.

While it’s true you came back late, whether you chose to sleep in the living room or were forced to, I’m not confused about.”

Clearly aware that Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO, had been waiting for Lin Fei in the living room the previous night, Aunt Lan was somewhat skeptical of his explanation.

However, Aunt Lan also knew it wasn’t entirely appropriate for her to intervene too deeply into the private matters between Lin Fei and Mu Shanshan.

Thus, she didn’t explicitly challenge Lin Fei’s story.

But in the end, Aunt Lan subtly reminded Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO, with a few words.

After speaking, Aunt Lan shook her head and turned to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

Leaving only Lin Fei and Mu Shanshan, the couple, standing face to face in the living room.

…

“It’s clearly your fault, I really don’t know why Aunt Lan always sides with you!”

Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO, stared at Lin Fei for a few seconds with her cold, slightly chilling eyes before speaking out.

Clearly, Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO, was annoyed that Aunt Lan did not scold Lin Fei for coming home late.

Instead, she subtly hinted that it was wrong for Mu Shanshan to have made Lin Fei sleep in the living room.

“Aunt Lan isn’t taking my side, she just doesn’t want to see us in conflict.

You don’t see this point, and that’s why you think she’s taking sides.”

Lin Fei casually explained this to his CEO wife, hoping to prevent her from misunderstanding him further.

He stretched lazily, intending to head upstairs to catch up on some sleep.

However, as Lin Fei caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye of Mu Shanshan, the CEO wife, her exquisite figure outlined by the tracksuit, talk from last night about her easing up on their “bedroom strategy” suddenly resurfaced in his mind.

From that moment, Lin Fei’s heart grew cold as he ascended the stairs.

“Wife, are you going for a morning run?”

Initially frowning, Mu Shanshan contemplated what Lin Fei, her nominal husband, had said.

However, Lin Fei’s invasive closeness and his rhetorical question made Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, instinctively respond with a cold snort at him!

Running in the morning was something Mu Shanshan had maintained since childhood and intended to continue indefinitely as her routine exercise.

It had become a necessary daily activity for her.

At one time, Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, had promised Lin Fei that they would go for morning runs together every day.

However, since Lin Fei moved into the Purple Garden Pavilion, not only had he failed to join her for the morning runs, but even coming home in time for dinner with her had become a luxury.

The reason she had forced Lin Fei to sleep in the living room, despite his cold, was not that she lacked any concern for him.

It was simply because he had infuriated her!

After all, they had been married for over half a year, yet Lin Fei often stayed out, leaving her to “guard the empty house” alone.

In short, Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, was determined to be a qualified wife.

The problem was, Lin Fei didn’t give her a chance!

How could you expect her, CEO Mu, not to be angry?!

And he had the nerve to ask if she was going for a run when she actually didn’t want to run at all.

What she wanted was— to hit her husband!

“Wife, if you don’t mind, wait for me a moment.

I need to use the restroom quickly, and then I can join you for the run.”

“No need!”

In the heat of her anger, Mu Shanshan instantly refused Lin Fei as soon as he finished speaking.

Now he felt like accompanying her for a run because she was angry?

Too little, too late!

With that, Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, had no further intention of dealing with Lin Fei, her nominal husband.

She stepped forward, intending to go out for a run.

Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, intended to leave Lin Fei behind and go running.

However, Lin Fei clearly did not intend to give her that chance.

“Lin Fei, what are you doing?!”

Before she could take a few steps, Lin Fei had lifted her onto his shoulder.

Shocked, angry, and embarrassed, Mu Shanshan slapped Lin Fei’s back while she rebuked him sharply!

“The weather forecast last night predicted rain this morning.

To avoid letting you get soaked and still not miss your exercise, I, your husband, decided to sacrifice myself and suggest we exercise in bed instead.”

Having kindly offered to join Mu Shanshan, the CEO’s wife, for a morning run only to be ruthlessly rejected, and already frustrated from sleeping in the living room, Lin Fei was in no mood to continue indulging his wife.

Refusing him, her husband, early in the morning was a habit that needed to be corrected!

It so happened he hadn’t slept well on the couch last night, and seeing Mu Shanshan, the CEO’s wife, dressed so innocently and appealingly, lacking her usual aloof CEO demeanor;

Taking her back to the bedroom to catch up on some sleep seemed like an excellent idea…