Mr Carlos Huo, She's Your Wife

Hearing the noise in the living room, Wesley looked at his watch to check the time. 'It's about time for dinner, ' he thought. He stood and told Megan, "Come and eat. You can do the rest after dinner."

"Okay,"

They walked out of the bedroom to find that Blair was nowhere to be found. The table was set, chock-full of various dishes. The smell reached Wesley's nostrils, and his stomach growled obligingly.

Megan jogged over to the table excitedly and said, "A six-course meal and soup. Man, I'm starved! Let's wash up, Uncle Wesley."

Wesley pondered for a while and said, "Wait a sec. I'll be back."

Then he turned and left the apartment. The smile on Megan's face vanished as she watched him leave.

Wesley rang the doorbell a few times, but Blair didn't come to the door. Anxious and impatient, he keyed in the password to her apartment and slipped inside.

The apartment was dark. It seemed no one was home. "Blair," he called. But no one answered.

He believed Blair wasn't home.

'She cooked dinner, but left my apartment. She didn't eat, she didn't even say goodbye. What the hell?'

Because he couldn't find Blair, Wesley grew anxious.

He took out his phone to call her, only to realize that he didn't have her number.

Blair had once tried to friend him on WeChat, but she changed her mind in the end.

Looking around her empty apartment, Wesley grew more irritated by the minute.

After leaving his place, instead of going back to her own apartment, Blair took the elevator, went downstairs and walked out of the apartment complex.

bought for Wesley in the cabinet, ' she remembered, not long after she had left the building. 'Never

won't have to go through the

fallen. They were in deep winter, and you could see your breath in the air, but Blair only wore a thin coat. The cold wind chilled her to the bone. Roaming the streets, she had no destination in mind. She had to take a walk and try to make herself feel better.

after so many days had put her in the

they were not alone. There was

bugged her, especially when Wesley had stayed so long in that bedroom alone with Megan. She wondered what they were doing in

either. That would be rude. She waited and waited for what seemed like forever, until she couldn't take it anymore. She had to get out

snack bar near her apartment building, holding a piece of fishcake in her chopsticks. It was sodden, dripping dashi broth back into the bowl. As he got closer, he could see the bowl full of boiled eggs, daikon, and konjac on a bed of ramen noodles. Oden. She was shaking from the cold. Anxious to eat something to warm herself, she blew onto the food to cool it off as she repeatedly

was too cold or she was too hungry, she didn't wait for long enough before she put a piece of steaming fish tofu into

her tongue got burned and she chewed in a hurry while covering

soup and let out a long sigh. Then she put her chopsticks in

before she could put the food in her mouth, someone held her wrist and pushed the

standing next to her with a grim face and tightened lips.

sweats. 'It's so cold outside, and he didn't bundle up. Is he looking for me? Did he leave in a hurry? Was he

Blair. The grimness on his face scared her

frigid right hand without answering and pulled her to

her out of

oden. He let go of her, picked up the bowl and poured all of it into his mouth. His cheeks bulged like a chipmunk

the same bowl as me. It's like

that, he showed her the empty disposable paper

my food?" she asked pitifully. That snack bar was locally famous, the food fantastic. She loved it, but had been too busy preparing for exams to come here. So she finally made it here today. However, she

let her have

but noticing she was only

"Wait up. Let

stop. He led her into the

It was only then that Wesley spoke. "I invited you over to have dinner,