This was the third or fourth time he had apologized to her; Jian Hang didn’t count.

When he apologized before, he always said that he was sorry, but this time, he directly said that it was his fault.

They all appeared to be apologies, but the intuitive feelings were different.

His arms wrapped around her waist without any force, just as gentle as his ‘I was wrong.’

Jian Hang looked at the watch he handed over. In the small town of Oia, he used the watch to test her attitude.

Today, he used the watch again to make peace.

Before receiving the marriage certificate, she never would have expected that he would lower his posture in their marriage.

After all, there were unpleasant moments during the initial blind date.

If she didn’t stand him up on the first blind date, she didn’t know how they would be getting along now.

Jian Hang took the watch from his hand and closed the chapter on this little friction between them.

Now freed from holding the watch, Qin Moling put his other arm around her back and hugged her gently, “Thank you.”

His apology, him handing her the watch, or him putting his arm around her waist—none of them were as lethal to Jian Hang as this gentle hug.

At this moment, Jian Hang was completely bewitched and thought that if there were conflicts again in the future, he need not apologize. With a warm, encompassing hug like this, she would readily forgive him.

Qin Moling let go of her and went back to unpack the suitcase he had just brought in.

Jian Hang’s rationality came back instantly. She glanced at him and changed her mind. If there was another conflict in the future, such a short hug would definitely not work!

Let him apologize.

She went to fill her water glass and put his watch on his side of the bedside table.

… …

In the cloakroom, Qin Moling opened his suitcase. He just packed a few sets of clothes as token. His other clothes would be slowly moved in tomorrow when he had time.

He hung his shirt in the cabinets, next to Jian Hang’s.

The suitcase that Jian Hang took when they went to Oia town to take their wedding photos were only half unpacked before she had to go down for dinner; there were still many odds and ends that were not put away.

He unpacked her suitcase in full and tidied up the contents, sorting them out neatly according to her habits.

After putting things in order, Qin Moling went back out to the bedroom.

Jian Hang had come back after pouring herself some water and was busy working, sitting in front of the laptop.

Qin Moling raised his hand to unbutton his shirt and went straight to the bathroom.

There were still several bottles of essential oils in the built-in refrigerator. Every bottle was untouched and the outer packaging hasn’t even been opened.

When he checked, there was only two months of warranty left.

He closed the refrigerator, walked to the bathroom door, and said to Jian Hang, “If you don’t like that brand of essential oil, ask Aunt Geng to change it for you.”

Jian Hang looked up and was confused by the question, “What essential oil?”

Qin Moling explained, “The essential oil for bathing in the refrigerator.”

Jian Hang put down the mouse and walked over, “Where is the refrigerator?”

Qin Moling: “…”

Only after Qin Moling pointed it out did Jian Hang see that there really was a small refrigerator in the bathroom.

This was because she was ignorant; she didn’t realize that today’s refrigerator doors could be hidden so delicately.

She took out two bottles of essential oil and looked at them. One was cherry blossom and the other was rose. They were both scents she liked very much.

Qin Moling couldn’t tell from her face whether she liked it or not, “It has almost reached the end of the warranty period. Just tell Aunt Geng what essential oil brand you usually use.”

“It’s only due in two months, this can still be used.” Jian Hang put the essential oil back in the refrigerator. “Aunt Geng should have put it in a long time ago. I didn’t notice that there was a refrigerator here.”

Qin Moling said, “I put it there. But I forgot to tell you.”

Jian Hang looked confused.

Qin Moling explained, “I put it there when I first moved in the villa.” Except for the night when he put the game figure by her bedside table, he never came in her bedroom again.

Jian Hang nodded, not wanting to continue the conversation, so she simply remained silent.

He had never thought about sleeping in a separate room from the beginning. It was she who proposed to live in the second bedroom.

“You go and take a shower, ” Jian Hang closed the bathroom door and left.

She remembered that her suitcase in the cloakroom had not been unpacked yet.

Pushing open the door of the cloakroom, the suitcase she left open in front of the wardrobe was missing.

On the jewelry table, Qin Moling had already sorted out all her belongings.

Jian Hang suddenly felt that their blind date was quite good. Although Qin Moling did not give her love, he still had a lot of care and thoughtfulness towards her.

… …

Jian Hang prepared the clothes she would wear to work tomorrow and sat back in front of her laptop.

There was not much work today and she had already finished it. The information in front of her was not something she had to read tonight. She forced herself to calm down and go back into work mode, reading the information.

The bathroom door opened, and soon there were footsteps, but Jian Hang didn’t look up.

Qin Moling walked to the bed and fixed his eyes on his watch.

That night at the hotel in Oia, Jian Hang put a silk scarf under his watch to prevent it from rubbing against the table surface. Today, she put the watch directly on the bedside table without caring about whether it would get worn out.

He turned around and glanced at Jian Hang, not sure if she was still angry.

Jian Hang didn’t know what Qin Moling was thinking. 

Earlier, when he took off his watch, he put it on the bedside table, and he put it directly on the table surface. Jian Hang thought that since he could put it casually anywhere he wanted, then she also just put it on the bedside table as it was.

Marriage First, Love Later translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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