The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 636 - 633: Missing 10_1

Eight or nine out of ten men won’t!

Why?

Because you’re my wife—isn’t that what you’re supposed to do?

This is ’slaying the familiar.’

Imagine this: nowadays, a maternity nurse’s salary often reaches several thousand, or even ten thousand. You wouldn’t dare shout at them. Instead, you must provide good food and drink, entertain them courteously, and fear any neglect. Yet, the treatment many housewives receive is even worse than that of a maternity nurse. If you’re a full-time housewife with no income, your in-laws and husband might readily show you contempt, shout at you, and find all sorts of faults.

Why?

Because you’re his wife.

Your treatment isn’t as good as a maternity nurse’s? You deserve it.

Yan Xixi couldn’t help but sigh.

"What are you sighing for, silly?"

"I also think marriage is terrifying. Many people’s quality of life decreases after marriage."

He asked curiously, "Are you also afraid your quality of life will decrease?"

She immediately laughed. "Not me! I believe my quality of life will greatly improve after I get married."

"..."

She waved her new car keys triumphantly. "Isn’t it? Look, Lunkhead, my car’s already a few grades higher..."

Wan Donglin couldn’t help but laugh, yet he put on a stern face. "Don’t celebrate too soon."

She pouted. "I don’t believe you’d ’slay the familiar’ either."

He said fiercely, "You don’t believe me? Then just wait and see. After we’re married, I’ll ’slay the familiar’ too. Mark my words, you’ll be crying your eyes out then."

She got anxious and threw her arms around his neck. "Lunkhead, promise me you won’t... You absolutely won’t..."

"..."

"Lunkhead, you love me. You wouldn’t have the heart to treat me like this, right?"

"Miss, I told you, that was just a hormonal impulse..."

"No, it’s not! Quick, say you love me. Say it..."

He hugged her, grinning. "It’s clearly ’I want to sleep with you,’ silly. Nobody loves you..."

She burst out laughing in his arms, but somehow, a small seed of disappointment sprouted in her heart. Was it because he still wouldn’t say it? Was it really always just a hormonal impulse?

Is there really such a vast distance between that and love? Or are they, in fact, the same thing?

「At the weekend, Yan Xixi didn’t get up until almost ten o’clock.」

She vaguely remembered Wan Donglin leaving very early. As usual, he’d kissed her before he left, but she had been sound asleep at the time, too groggy to hear anything he might have said.

She had brunch, then played on her phone for a while. Feeling bored, she sent him a message, but there was no reply.

Figuring he was busy, she didn’t bother him. Two hours later, she sent another message, but again, no reply.

What on earth was he doing?

By eight o’clock in the evening, she couldn’t hold back her impatience any longer. She dialed his number, only to find it was turned off.

She didn’t give up and kept calling, but his phone remained off.

By ten o’clock, she was in a full-blown panic. How could this be? He never turned his phone off. He hadn’t come back, there was no word from him, not a single piece of news. She forced herself to wait, but by midnight, there was still no news.

She couldn’t stand it any longer and dialed Zhang Xiang’s number. To her shock, even Zhang Xiang’s phone was off.

Utterly shocked, she immediately contacted Xu Xiaoya.

Xu Xiaoya was already asleep and asked groggily, "Xixi, what’s wrong?"

She sounded frantic, "Xiaoya, can you get a hold of Zhang Xiang?"

"Xixi, what happened? I’ll try right away, hold on..."

Five minutes later, Xu Xiaoya called back. "This is weird. I can’t reach Zhang Xiang. Not just him, but the two guys who are always with him are unreachable too... Could they have turned their phones off to sleep, since it’s so late? I mean, I’ve never called them this late at night before... Xixi, why are you trying to find them?"

Yan Xixi’s voice was icy. "Because Wan Donglin’s phone is off too. I haven’t been able to reach any of them all day..."

Xu Xiaoya was instantly wide awake, an instinctive feeling of dread washing over her.

Three or four people, all with their phones off at the same time.

Was this a coincidence, or had something happened?

"Xixi, try not to worry... I’ll keep trying their numbers..."

Yan Xixi quietly hung up.

But she didn’t give up. Throughout the night, she kept trying, but his phone remained off.

「It was already eight o’clock the next morning.」

Wan Donglin seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Yan Xixi stood rooted to the spot, barefoot and completely dazed. Her phone fell to the carpet, unnoticed.