Gu Jia saw Xu Huanshan limping in and immediately grew nervous, hurriedly standing up to greet him.

"What happened?"

"Did you get hurt again?"

Xu Huanshan's old face flushed red; he was too embarrassed to say he had pulled a muscle in his groin.

He waved his hand, "It's nothing, just a slight strain. It'll be better in a couple of days."

"Can't you be a little more careful?"

Muttering a quick complaint, Gu Jia helped Xu Huanshan sit on the sofa. While pouring him water and grabbing a towel, she asked:

"How was the soccer game?"

Mentioning soccer immediately perked Xu Huanshan up.

"Let me tell you, this Old Chen is a sports genius."

"Sports... genius?" As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Jia's pretty face flushed crimson.

She swallowed with a gulp.

He was indeed exceptionally gifted.

Xu Huanshan continued rambling on, completely failing to notice the change in Gu Jia's expression.

"I taught him the basic techniques once, we practiced a little, and then I took Old Chen onto the field."

"Guess what happened?"

Gu Jia raised an eyebrow, playing along with a smile, "What happened?"

"I received the ball, saw that the opponents were playing deep, so I passed it to Old Chen."

"Old Chen caught the ball, accelerated, dribbled past the opposing forward, midfielder, and defender, and charged all the way to the edge of the penalty area by himself."

"Then, a powerful shot!"

Xu Huanshan spoke with great animation, looking as excited as if he had been the one to take the shot.

Gu Jia pursed her lips, trying her best to remain calm. "Did it go in?"

Since Xu Huanshan watched soccer at home every other day, she knew a little about how hard it was to score.

However, she had no concept of a novice dribbling past several people and charging into the penalty area on a breakaway.

"Heh heh," Xu Huanshan chuckled, "Unfortunately, he put too much power into it, and the ball flew over the crossbar."

Gu Jia curled her lip, "I thought he scored."

Xu Huanshan wasn't happy with her attitude and waved his hand, "Hey, in soccer, being able to break through layers of defense on a breakaway and reach the penalty area is already better than 90% of amateur players."

"And he's a novice!"

Breakaways, layers of defense, penalty areas, novices...

Every one of these words made Gu Jia uncontrollably think of that morning.

Her moral upbringing made her feel she shouldn't be thinking about that incident, and she felt a bit ashamed and annoyed. "Alright, hurry up and go take a shower."

"You stink!"

Xu Huanshan wasn't done yet, "Wait a second, I'm not finished."

"Didn't you say he was single?"

"Hmm?"

Gu Jia was clearly taken aback.

A smile played on the corners of Xu Huanshan's mouth, "He brought two very pretty girls with him today."

"When he introduced them, one was his secretary, and the other was his girlfriend."

"girlfriend?"

Xu Huanshan nodded, "A very quiet, demure young girl. She's quite tall with a slim figure. Standing next to Old Chen, they looked like a good match."

Xu Huanshan didn't dare mention the even prettier Zou Yu, fearing it would make her overthink.

Gu Jia recalled the situation and smacked her lips. "Then I must have misunderstood. Last time, he seemed to say he was living alone upstairs for the time being, but he didn't say whether he was single or not."

Xu Huanshan nodded. "Yeah, that might be it. He didn't come back to Junyue Mansion with me today, so he probably has other properties."

"It's quite normal for him to have multiple properties... He probably went back with his girlfriend..."

As she spoke, Gu Jia felt a bit sour inside, and she waved her hand in annoyance.

"Oh, just go take a shower. Whether he has a girlfriend or not has nothing to do with us."

Xu Huanshan sighed, stood up, and chuckled foolishly at Gu Jia. "Alright, listening to my wife, going to shower now."

Watching Xu Huanshan's back, Gu Jia rubbed her flushed face and muttered to herself.

"girlfriend..."

After pondering for two seconds, she immediately felt that she shouldn't be like this.

She gently patted her cheeks. "Gu Jia, pull yourself together."

"Forget about that incident."

"What does his business have to do with you?"

"Stop thinking about this nonsense."

"Managing your home well is the most important thing."

...

At night, Xu Huanshan lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

He turned over and nudged Gu Jia, "Wife~"

They were an old married couple; she knew exactly what he was after the moment he made a move.

He wanted to "do his homework."

The moment she thought about agreeing.

A face suddenly appeared in her mind, and Gu Jia was startled, shivering.

Without thinking too much, she instinctively moved away the arm Xu Huanshan had draped over her.

She spoke up to reject Xu Huanshan.

"Oh, your leg is strained, can't you behave?"

"What if it gets worse?"

"Uh..." Hearing Gu Jia's cold tone, Xu Huanshan regained a bit of clarity.

He told Gu Jia it was a strain, but he knew the actual situation.

Soft tissue contusion.

If he didn't practice restraint and just indulged himself, causing some real problem, the consequences would be severe.

He had to chuckle awkwardly, "Alright then~"

Gu Jia breathed a sigh of relief and began to coax Xu Huanshan like a child.

"Old... lately, everyone in the company has been busy developing new clients. As the boss, don't drop the ball."

Just thinking of that person made it feel awkward for Gu Jia to call him "Hubby," and she couldn't bring herself to say it.

"I've also received the bag I asked Manni to find."

"I'll go back to Mrs. Wang and the others' afternoon tea tomorrow."

"Gulp~" Gu Jia swallowed, easing her own tension, before finally calling out, "Hubby~"

"Given the company's current situation, we both need to work hard together."

Thinking of the company's terrible cash flow, Xu Huanshan nodded solemnly.

After this interruption by Xu Huanshan, Gu Jia also couldn't sleep.

She stared at the ceiling upstairs with wide eyes.

This position was also the bedroom upstairs.

But it wasn't the master bedroom; it was the guest bedroom near the living room, the one she had "ruined" that day.

"girlfriend..."

"Pretty?"

"Female secretary?"

Gu Jia drifted off into a daze, her mind wandering, and she didn't know what time she finally fell asleep.

She had a very long dream, dreaming that the hooligan was actually harassing her right in front of Xu Huanshan.

And when it got to the final step...

Gu Jia woke up abruptly, breaking into a cold sweat.

"Phew~" It took a long time for her to realize it was just a dream, and she let out a long breath.

"Thank goodness it was just a dream~"

She turned her head to look at Xu Huanshan, who was still sleeping soundly.

Gu Jia's sense of shame reached its peak.

She felt very self-reproachful, blaming herself for not being able to control her own mind.

Gu Jia bit her lip, unconsciously trying to recall the dream she just had, but the more she thought about it, the blurrier it became.

After sitting on the bed for a while, Gu Jia rolled out of bed.

She had to go distract herself.

Otherwise, she would be driven crazy before anything even happened.

Gu Jia changed into sportswear and went downstairs for a morning run.