My Evil Cinderella: Taming a Villainous Wife Chapter 42 - I can hear the both of you, loud and clear.

Shi Enxi felt her hand was sore after helping Lu Mello in dealing with his business and she was already regretting on teasing him earlier.

Lu Mello joined Shi Enxi and took a bath together with her. At the end of it, Shi Enxi changed into her pajamas. Lu Mello helped her in drying her hair since she didn't want to carry any heavy things at the moment.

"I'm hungry." Shi Enxi sighed.

"I'm all clean, should I serve myself to you right now?"

"..." In response to it, a small grumble was heard from Shi Enxi's stomach.

Lu Mello chuckled lightly, "Alright, I'll prepare you some real food."

After he dried and brushed her hair, he went out of the room to get some food for her.

Meanwhile, Shi Enxi decided to look around his room. His room was neat and beneath the balcony was the swimming pool. The place was so big and she could see the wide garden from the room as well. It was so beautiful and serene.

She decided to go out of the room and walk around until her feet brought her to the kitchen. The strong smell of the stir-fried rice Lu Mello was cooking hit her nostrils.

"So that's why you're not coming back yet." She walked toward him and stood beside him.

"Hm? You couldn't hold your hunger any longer?" 

"Yep. My stomach is complaining so much."

"Don't worry, it's almost done." He leaned and placed a kiss on her temple before he focused on the food he was cooking.

A faint blush appeared on Shi Enxi's cheeks. The way he was treating her was making her heart jump all of a sudden!

Why was he being so sweet to her? Even if they know each other for so long, this was their first time in being a couple, right? The wall she has for others was something that Lu Mello was breaking off so easily.

No! She has to stay strong and alert!

Shi Enxi refused to believe that he was being genuine to her. She just can't trust him so easily! She was not going to fall for his trap! She only needs to be ready for whatever he has planned for her. For now, she'll play along with him in their married couples roleplay.

"Here I was wondering who was in the kitchen, it's actually just the two of you."

Shi Enxi turned and saw an elderly woman.

Lu Mello turned off the stove and turned to the elderly woman with a smile. "Nanny Mo, shouldn't you be asleep right now?"

"How can I? I could smell something delicious from my room."

Lu Mello chuckled softly, "I have cooked enough food for us, you can join us."

"I would love to." Mo Jing turned to Shi Enxi with a kind smile. "Ah, are you the woman that Mello has been talking about to me lately?"

Shi Enxi blinked a few times. He was talking about her? 

Lu Mello grinned and place his hand on Shi Enxi's waist, "Nanny Mo, meet my wife Shi Enxi. Xi'er, this is Mo Jing, the head maid in this place. She is a part of my family here."

"Ah, so you finally married her?" Mo Jing chuckled lightly. "It's nice to finally meet you, Madam Lu. You can just address me as Nanny Mo."

Since Mo Jing didn't look like a threat to her, she smiled back and politely said, "Likewise, Nanny Mo. Also, you don't have to address me that way. You can just call me Xixi."

"Anyway, enough with this formalities!" Lu Mello interrupted with a bright smile on his lips. "Darling, Nanny Mo, please take your seats. It's almost done!"

The two women went to the dining table and took their seats.

While waiting for the food, Shi Enxi decided to have a conversation with Mo Jing by asking, "Nanny Mo, if you don't mind, may I ask what kind of things Mello told you?" 

"He told me that you were a very beautiful woman." Mo Jing grinned, "And that seemed to be true."

"If I have to be honest, I always thought that Mello here will end up with someone else."

Shi Enxi knew who Mo Jing was pertaining to. It looked like Fan Xiao Yao was well known in the Lu family. Everyone approved of her for Lu Mello.

"But I guess, in life, things won't always go the way we want." She placed her hand on Shi Enxi's arm. "The marriage between you and Mello might be abrupt but I know that one day, your feelings for each other will become mutual."

Mo Jing could see how well-mannered Shi Enxi was. She has been working under the Lu family for years and she has met different kind of people so she could tell if one was just pretending to be nice. She noticed that there was still a bit distance between the two couple but she knew it would only be a matter of time before that would disappear. She saw the chemistry she had with Lu Mello when they interact with each other so she was not totally against her.

"Thank you Nanny Mo." Shi Enxi smiled shyly at her. "You seems to be really close to him."

"I took care of him ever since he was a child." Just then, a wonderful thought entered her mind. "Do you want to see his childhood photos?"

Shi Enxi's eyes sparkled in delight, "I would love to see some of his baby pictures."

"Mello has always been an adorable child but now..." She paused and sighed, "Even if he's the usual cheerful boy I have taken care off, that adorableness of his has leveled up. There were times where I wished that he'll remain a sweet little boy, you know."

Lu Mello cleared his throat, a faint blush on his cheeks. "I can hear the both of you, loud and clear."

Mo Jing chuckled, "It's not like we're trying to keep this conversation from you."

Shi Enxi nodded. She leaned and hugged Mo Jing's arm from the side, "Nanny Mo is right. What's wrong with talking about you?"

"There's nothing wrong in it." Lu Mello was pleased to see that the two were getting along with each other. He placed the bowls of stir-fried rice with beef in front of them. 

Chapter end