"You look like a panda," The man chuckled again.

She swatted away his hand, "Did you invite me to come here for another fight? If yes, then I'll leave now."

Her weight was becoming her sore spot lately. Why did he have to poke it like that?

He grabbed her hand firmly, "Pretend like I didn't say anything."

She followed his gaze, "You prepared this?" She did not expect him to do something like that.

The man shook his head seriously, "The hotel staff did it according to my ideas.''

"What I meant is I was surprised that you will plan something like this," She smiled at him. She initially thought it was the date night preparation for some other couple.

"Let's have dinner first, shall we?"

Looking at the extravagant spread of dishes before her, she could barely control herself from drooling.

She had had all types of snacks during sightseeing but now that there was dinner in front of her, she was hungry.

But keeping the last thread of self-control in check, she looked at him, "Fine, I'll eat your food but that doesn't mean I have forgiven you."

He sighed helplessly, "Fine."

She wanted to drink wine but the man didn't let her touch it which made her wonder whether he had put it on the table for just show.

After their dinner, they sat on the large porch swing bed placed in the middle of the terrace. On both their sides, there were cushions and she sat at an appropriate distance from him.

The swing was like a big couch but the only difference was that it was not placed on the floor as it swayed along with their small movements.

The sweet fragrance of orchids lingered in the air drifting around them with the soft breeze of midnight.

Yu Mei asked him to turn off the fairy lights and the place was back to being dark again.

"You don't like light?" He looked at the girl's reflection under the moonlight. She kept gazing at the citylights with so much excitement as if she has never seen them before.

"I don't hate light particularly. But to be honest, I prefer dark nights over the brightest days," She softly said looking, "I find solace in the darkness. I don't have anything to pretend about."

He glanced at her in a daze.

'Are you a vampire? Why do you look so pale?'

'I overworked yesterday. By the way, I might turn out to be a vampire. I do find solace in the darkness just like them,' The distant reply of the girl rang in his mind.

"What are you thinking about?" Yu Mei snapped her fingers in front of his face.

Jun Zixuan shook his head slightly.

"So…what did you want to talk about?" She asked as she dangled her legs off the swing before swaying them back and forth.

He looked at her for a few seconds before opening his mouth to speak, "I wanted to apologize for my behavior."

She paused her movements. She took off her shoes and folded her legs on the swing. Picking up the cushion from the side, she put it on her lap and propped her chin on both her palms, "You must compensate me for the emotional distress and mental shock."

He nodded without hesitation, "Alright, what do you want?"

"For now, I want a rose from your garden and in the future, you will give me a stem of the plant. Okay?" She tilted her to the side to look at him.

His lips twitched slightly, "You can ask for anything except that."

Looking at his expression, she frowned, "You are so stingy. I just asked for one rose and a stem in exchange for my forgiveness. What are you hesitating about? Where is your sincerity?" She scoffed before looking ahead.

"Alright," He relented.

Her eyes sparkled and her lips tilted up at an angle where he could not see. Silly, did you think I will make do with one flower? I am going to pack up your whole garden for divorce alimony?

"Despite the compensation, I am still indignant. What did you pinch my cheeks for? Do you know it was red for one whole day? Moreover, we already discussed the thing regarding me pretending to be a bitch in front of your mother, didn't we? Why did you have to react like that?" When it came to that, she found it very unfair.

Just because you have strength, you will apply it to me? Humph!

After that incident, she decided to strengthen her body fast.

"You were pretending that time?" He looked at her questioning.

She glanced back at him, "What do you think?"

In fact, rather than getting angry at him, she is more upset about their situation.

Who would not doubt her real intentions? The previous owner was a scheming person and she was often rude to others so it didn't come off as a surprise when he took her act for real.

He sighed, "She is suffering from Leukemia for two years."

She stilled for a moment before looking at him. It took her a few moments to realize that he was talking about his mother.

She didn't interrupt him as the man continued, "Back then, she refused to cooperate with the treatment process and chemotherapy which resulted in our marriage."

So, this was the reason why an outstanding man like him was married to a girl like Yu Mei Zhen who was a nobody…she thought to herself.

"How is her condition right now?" She asked him.

Looking at her cool mother-in-law, she never once thought that something was wrong with her.

"Her condition is improving but she is on her medications. The doctors suggested her to live in a good environment and not pressurize herself with anything. At this time, agitation and all won't do good for her recovery…"

Although his expressions remained indifferent, but she could feel the dejection around him.

"I hope she will be better soon," She patted his shoulder, not knowing what else to say at a time like this.