President's Substitute Wife

Ming got in the car, too.

He drove me away.

I was in the passenger seat and through the right rear-view mirror I saw Sean standing still.

The car stopped at the parking space downstairs of Ming’s house. He got off first and opened the door for me.

He reached for me with one hand. “Be careful.”

“Thank you.” I put my hand on Ming’s and stood up.

With Ming’s help, I limped into the elevator.

In the elevator, I told Ming about the recent project.

Because my clothes were all wet. When we got to the door, Ming took out the key to my room and asked me, “you have your old clothes in your house. I’ll bring one for you. You take a bath in my house.”

Bathing was an awkward and special thing. I leaned against the door of my house. “I can go back to my house and take a bath first, and then I’ll go to your house and let you check my foot.”

As I said that, I wanted to get the key.

Ming hid the key behind him, smiled and shook his head. “I’m sorry, you can’t.”

“Why?”

“You hurt your foot so I don’t trust you to bathe alone.” Ming said. He took out the key to open my house for me. He went to change his shoes first and helped me to take my slippers. He said, “don’t worry, I won’t peek when you bathe.”

His words made me blush.

Ming brought me a chair and set it aside for me to sit down. I realized he was going to change my shoes, and I said, “I’ll do it.”

“It’s okay. I’ll do it.”

He put his hand on my hand and stopped me.

He changed my slippers for me.

When I entered my house, I found that although I hadn’t come back in five years, this house was not old.

The whole room

covered with beige cartoon

to the bedding. “This is...”

“Every month, I will find someone to clean and change the bedding. Because the previous bedding was washed too many times, it broke, so I bought a new one for you.” After Ming finished, he looked at me and asked in a gentle

at the cute kitten head on the bedding, I couldn’t help smiling and nodding, “yes, but I’m thirty. If I use this pattern, will I be laughed at?”

my hair. He looked at me with gentle and firm eyes and said, “you are always a child in front of

His tone was serious and not perfunctory at all.

I looked at him and felt somehow

my room alone and looked at my clothes five years ago.

with some historical knowledge. I liked classical

first, but he gradually liked it

I hadn’t worn these clothes in

took out a T-shirt and

I also took out a bath towel.

I found that there were all kinds of skin care products on the wash basin, which

was shampoo on the side shelf.

I couldn’t help being stunned.

“Ming, these skin care products...” I shouted out.

pointed to, he was not surprised and explained, “I’ve been thinking about when you might come back to live, so I’ve been helping you buy skincare products, but I don’t understand women’s things. The nurses in the hospital recommended them to

“Thank you.”

Seeing this, my heart was not

Ming was really thoughtful.

are the new ones I bought

“Thank you.” Except for thank you, I really didn’t know what to say.

I took some basic skincare products, as well as shampoo, conditioner and body wash for bathing, and then Ming and

Ming’s room was as clean as I saw it years

put on my clothes. When I wiped my hair and came out, there were several bottles on the tea table. Ming was looking at one of

When he saw me, he immediately put down the book in his hand and walked quickly to my side. He helped me to sit on the sofa and said gently, “the medicine at home is not complete. I’ll help you to see it. I’ll go out and

Ming half knelt in front of me and held my left foot

I felt intense pain and couldn’t help but breathe.

frowned. “You didn’t hurt the bone, but I’d better go out and buy

He got up and went out.

about to leave, he told me, “don’t move.”

“OK.”

I nodded.

After Ming went out, I didn’t move. I sat