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.

remembered, not long after she had left the building. 'Never mind.

finds it, then I won't have to go through

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

Wesley again after so many days had put

alone. There was Megan. Blair couldn't

that bedroom alone with Megan. She wondered what they were doing in there, and her thoughts went into some ugly corners, tugging at

be rude. She waited and waited for what seemed

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

she was too hungry, she didn't wait for long enough before she

wasn't surprising that her tongue got burned and she chewed in a hurry

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

her mouth, someone

saw Wesley, standing next to her with a grim face

was only wearing 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

are you here?" asked Blair. The grimness

without answering and pulled her to

to lead her out of the snack bar.

back at the steaming oden. He let go of her, picked up the bowl and poured all of it into his mouth.

ate from the same bowl as

her the empty disposable paper bowl, threw it

eat 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.

let her have any soup.

only

keep up with him. "Wait up. Let go of me. I want to

into the

leaned on the wall, panting. It was only then that Wesley spoke. "I invited you over to have