eyes. ‘Ah…’
Gu Jing was disappointed Zhen Lang’s back faced her.
‘Are you a peeping tom? Help me wash my hair,’ Zhen Lang said.
Gu Jing’s body relaxed. She hung the wet towel over the edge of the bathtub. Then she put shampoo on Zhen Lang’s head and she rubbed the shampoo through his hair. Although she fought with Zhen Lang for many years, it was the first time she washed his hair.
Zhen Lang closed his eyes and he enjoyed the sensation of his wife’s hands rubbing his scalp. ‘Little girl, do you know about my relationship with the old man?’
‘Um,’ Gu Jing said and she continued to wash Zhen Lang’s hair.
‘Do you remember the day the old man chased you and begged you to let him train you?’ Zhen Lang asked.
‘Do you mean the day the old man chased me from elementary school to my home? The old man begged my parents and me to let him train me,’ Gu Jing said.
Gu Jing remembered that chicken flapped and dog barked day. She never met anyone as thick face as the old man. Even the principal thought the old man was sincere and the principal wanted to wrap her up and give her to the old man to train. The old man sat in front of her family home for days even on weekends to the point her neighbours thought her family owed him money. But she thought it was strange the old man wanted to train her instead of Zhen Lang.
‘I said to the old man if you let him train you then I’ll let him train me too,’ Zhen Lang said.
Gu Jing pulled Zhen Lang’s hair. ‘You were the trouble maker!’
Zhen Lang laughed and he let his wife pull his hair.
Gu Jing held Zhen Lang’s cheeks and she turned his head around to face her. ‘After I let the old man train me, why didn’t I see you train with me?’
Gu Jing thought the old man tolerated Zhen Lang because of her, but she realised the old man let Zhen Lang watch her train so Zhen Lang could secretly learn the old man’s martial arts skills too.
Zhen Lang kissed his wife’s lips. ‘If I trained in front of you then you wouldn’t protect me anymore, and you wouldn’t bully me anymore.’
Gu Jing was used to Zhen Lang’s kisses and she let him kiss her.
‘Honestly I wasn’t interested in training. I only wanted to see you. I know you love being active and I knew you wanted to train. But I was scared you’ll be injured, which was also why my dad-in-law and mum-in-law didn’t want to let the old man train you either. If I don’t let the old man train me then how would I know if your body can cope?’ Zhen Lang said.
Gu Jing felt her heart overflowed with sweetness. ‘Why did you want to follow me? Did you follow me to bully me?’
‘It was you who chose me. If I don’t follow you there’s no one else who’ll want me. Jing Jing, you need to be my maid.’
‘Ah!’ Gu Jing cried out.
Gu Jing lost her balance and she fell into the bathtub. Only her ankle cast stuck out over the edge of the bathtub.
‘My love, what are you doing?’ Zhen Lang asked.
Gu Jing lifted her head above the water and she pitifully choked on Zhen Lang’s bath water.