Chapter 288 - Work Hard to Woo My Wife

After Li Qin Yao had washed up and had her breakfast, the couple head out and decided to walk around L City via public transport. This time, they decided to play tourist.

Although riding on a packed bus was not something enjoyable, Zhang Yu Han found that he liked standing to close to his wife, staring at each other's gaze while whispering sweet words.

Following the advice on the blog earlier, the two of them went to an aquarium date. Fortunately, it was weekdays, or else, the place would be crowded with people. 

The two of them played around the aquarium and to look at the fishes, feeding sharks and finally, stopped by to watch the penguin show. As it has been a while since the two of them had a date, the two of them spent their time chatting and cuddling each other as they walked. When they were tired enough, Zhang Yu Han took her to the cafe to rest. 

Once the waiter walked away with their order, Li Qin Yao supported put her hand under her chin and supported her elbow on the table. Then, she started to stare at her husband and smiled.

Zhang Yu Han was used to find his wife staring at him and thus, he no longer asked why she was looking at him. Anyway, he enjoyed his wife's attention and adoring gaze.

"I never thought that you would be someone who would enjoy going to an aquarium," Li Qin Yao said after some time. 

"I saw on the internet that this place is great for a date."

His answer made her laugh. "You looked around the internet?"

Zhang Yu Han had a serious face on his face as he answered, "Of course, I need to work hard to woo my wife."

Li Qin Yao thought that the thing that he liked about marriage life was how she get to continuously learn about him and herself. 

Sometimes, Zhang Yu Han would drive her mad and the two would argue over something small like how he would forget to restock the milk in the fridge when he had finished them. But most of the time, her husband had always been sweet and considerate towards her. 

Li Qin Yao knew that she was falling further in love with him every day. As this feeling grew, Li Qin Yao began to fear that someday, this feeling would change and their relationship would no longer be the same.

Seeing the slight frown on her face, Zhang Yu Han knew that his wife was thinking of something weird again. He reached his hand and pinched at her nose softly. When he pulled his hand again, Zhang Yu Han let out a chuckle when he saw that his wife was protecting her forehead. 

"What strange thing are you thinking about now?" Zhang Yu Han asked.

"How do you know that I was thinking of something strange?" Li Qin Yao tilted her head as she looked at him in a puzzled expression.

His lips curled into a smile. "It was apparent from the expression on your face."

Li Qin Yao touched both her cheek and wondered what kind of face did she make just now for him to be able to guess at her thought.

Of course, Zhang Yu Han would not tell her that whenever the two of them were together, he always had his eyes on her. After watching her face and studying her expression for some time, he was able to guess a bit at what she was thinking.

"Are you not going to say what's on your mind?"

Li Qin Yao lowered her head as the waiter came over to serve their drink. She turned to thank the waiter and stirred at the juice in front of her. After taking a sip from it, Li Qin Yao then shared her thoughts.

Initially, Li Qin Yao was worried that her husband would flick at her forehead after he heard her worries. Li Qin Yao was aware that she deserved to be flicked at her forehead when she had those thoughts in her head. However, this time, Zhang Yu Han did not flick at her forehead, and instead had a warm smile on his face.

Li Qin Yao blinked as she wondered whether her husband was trying to make her lower her guard before he launched his attack.

"Qin Yao, I am someone who believes that a relationship requires hard work by the parties involved. Be it in a friendship, the relationship between family members or in a husband and wife's relationship," Zhang Yu Han said. "Some would say that, if it's real love, then you shouldn't have to work at it, but I don't think that it was true at all. As long as both of us are willing to work hard to love each other, then this feeling will only grow." 

Li Qin Yao was momentarily stunned at his words. Sometimes, she had forgotten that marriage would require hard work for it to succeed. If one of them had stopped working to make their relationship better, then, the relationship would only be tiring. But, if both of them were committed to each other, then, they will work hard to make their relationship work. 

She had watched how a couple who were so in love when they were young turned hostile at each other once they thought that they did not have to work so hard after they were married to each other and had kids.

It was something that she did not want to experience.

How sad it would be to have something so beautiful turned rotten just because they did not work hard to care for the relationship.

Marriage was not only worth the effort but required the effort.

Didn't they say that people tend to value most of the things that they invested in? Didn't they say that the result of hard work is always satisfying?

As these thoughts went through her mind, Li Qin Yao looked at her husband with a smile. Then, she made a silent vow to herself to work hard on their relationship as well.

At this time, Zhang Yu Han extended his hand and flicked at her forehead.

Li Qin Yao rubbed at the spot and watched her husband with aggrieved eyes. 

As expected! Her husband would launch his attack when she was the least on guard!

Seeing the way his wife was looking at him Zhang Yu Han chuckled. "This way, you would remember to stop thinking about some strange stuff." He reached out his hand again and helped to massage her forehead. "Is it painful?"