When Wang He Di leaves the small village he grew up in, to find work in the streets of glamourous and dangerous Shanghai, the first thing that catches his eye is the beautiful Shen Yue, a young woman also trying to make her fortunes in the "Paris of...
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Yue sits at her dressing table doing her makeup silently with a scowl on her face. He Li starts to cry as she applies her mascara. Yue does not immediately get up instead opting to continue with her lashes until she is done. Just as she is putting her curler down in order to stand up, He Di, who is putting on his cuff links, speaks in an agitated voice saying,
"Don't you think you should feed her?"
This makes Yue's blood boil so she ignores him and starts rouging her cheeks, while He Li's screaming gets louder.
"Yue!" He Di barks, the irritation sweeping over him.
Again Yue says nothing, now reaching for her lipstick and spreading it across her lips.
Unable to concentrate on his cuff links from all the wailing noise, He Di chucks them onto the table and then goes to the bassinet to pick up the crying baby. At seven months old, He Li has really grown into her features with adorable pinchable cheeks like her mother and piercing eyes like her father. He Di start to rock her in his arms.
"Shh shh Lili, good morning precious. You must be hungry right now aren't you Baobao? You must be so hungry. If only Mama wasn't being so stubborn then she would give you some of her nutritious milk, wouldn't she my precious? Shh shh Lili don't worry about a thing, everything is good, everything is fine..."
Yue snorts when he says the last part and He Di glares at her but it does not faze her. She picks up her perfume bottle and dabs it onto her neck, wrists and behind her knees. Feeling annoyed with her, He Di leaves the room with the baby and finds Mrs Kwan.
"Good morning Mrs Kwan."
"Good morning Mr He Di."
"Please may you feed Lili some formula and then get her ready for the day?"
"Of course Mr He Di."
Mrs Kwan reaches for the baby and smiles at her, clucking away in a soothing tone that magically halts the crying.
He Di breathes a sigh of relief and then makes his way back into the bedroom. Upon opening it, he is confronted with Yue's lithe body in nothing but her black lacy silk bloomers and despite the tense atmosphere between them, he immediately feels his manhood twitch. She has removed the robe she was wearing earlier and is about to slip on her delicate black lace bra. Yue looks up and catches He Di staring at her with that look in his eyes. Is he serious right now? She thinks to herself. The nerve of him! She pulls a face at him and quickly turns around so that her breasts are now hidden from him while she puts on her bra. He Di is abruptly brought back to reality by this move and frowns at her enticing back. What does she think she is doing? She is his wife and he has every right to stare at her breasts if he wants to! Flustered, upset and horny for her at the same time, he marches up to the dressing table to pick up the abandoned cuff links.
From the corner of his eye, He Di watches his wife put on one of her fancier dresses and he stops what he is doing to look at her properly. She is looking really beautiful, her makeup is stunning her hairstyle is impeccable and the dress is accentuating her in all the right places. She looks very edible indeed. But this makes He Di feel irrational. All of this just to drop Yuèqín off at school?
