As they were back in the car, s.h.i.+ Enxi suddenly remembered something that made her lips form into a mischievous smirk.

"Let's pa.s.s by the hospital, dear." 

Lu Mello was caught off-guard by how she suddenly addressed him. Despite feeling happy with the way she was addressing him, he felt like she was up to no good.

"Why the hospital?" He curiously asked.

She turned to him with a bright smile. "It's for you, of course. If I am going to 'make love' with you on our wedding night, I want to be sure that you are clean from any of the s.e.xually transmitted diseases that one can get."

"Darling, if you don't want to have yourself examined then I guess we have to move our wedding night into another time." She reached out and placed her hand on top of his hand. "You don't want that, do you?"

"Why would I have any STDs? I have never slept with any women you know!"

A small gasp was heard from s.h.i.+ Enxi, "Oh my! Then you're still a virgin?"

"..." Lu Mello's ears became red. How dare she play around with him? If she wanted to play then fine! He'll play with her!

"Sweetheart, what's wrong in being a virgin? Shouldn't that be a great thing?" He took a quick glance at her, his lips curled up into a smirk. "You're going to be the first woman I'll taste."

Lu Mello touched the small touch screen in the car and looked for a nearby hospital. After finding one, he followed the route that was on the map.

s.h.i.+ Enxi sighed sadly, shaking her head in disappointment. "Ahh... I prefer experienced men, you know."

"We can work with that." He chuckled. "It'll only be a matter of time before I'll gain enough experience."

"Oh?" She raised a brow at him, "Are you planning on sleeping around with other women to gain experience?"

"Of course not. What made you think of that?" He laughed lightly. This time, he held her hand back and brought it to his lips, placing a soft kiss on the back of her hand. "You're the only woman I have. Since you are my wife, isn't it normal for me to practice my baby-making skills with you? The more I practice, the more experience I'll get!"

"..." Heat spread across s.h.i.+ Enxi's face upon hearing his brazen words. For some reason, she could suddenly feel her heart thumping strong. 

Lu Mello saw her red face from the mirror which made his smirk grew. "I will do any tests you want me to do only if you do it with me."

"H-huh?"

"It's only fair for me to know that you're also clean, right?" He finally parked the car in the hospital's parking lot. He turned to her and smiled. "Even if you're a virgin like me, we need to do the tests together."

The look on s.h.i.+ Enxi's face changed upon hearing his words. Lu Mello remembered something that he suddenly felt bad for accidentally stepping on one of her mines. The atmosphere in the car became heavy as she suddenly became serious.

"I'm sorry-"

"Who said that I was a virgin?" She interrupted. Although she was looking at him with cold eyes, she had a mocking smile on her lips. 

He tightened his hold on her hand when she tried to pull it away.

"I don't need your pity so don't give me that look, Mr. Lu. I don't need your sympathy." She spat coldly.

She turned away from him, "Maybe I really need to have myself examined, right? Who knows what kind of disease I might have. I'm sure you don't want to have it, right?"

"That's not what I mean, Xi'er." 

She scoffed, "Yeah right." She looked back at him and smiled, "You know what happened, right? You must be disgusted with me so let go of my hand."

Lu Mello stared at her for a while, not releasing her hand. He could see the hate and anger in her eyes but in them, he could see the sudden disgust she had for herself.

s.h.i.+ Enxi felt a lump in her throat but she was not going to give in and show any weakness to him or to anyone. No, she promised that she was already over in being such a weak girl. The fist she was clenching became white but her face remained the same, "Did I change your mind in sleeping with me?"

She hated w.a.n.g Hao so much since he took away her childhood from her. When Lu Mello found out about it, he was filled with anger for w.a.n.g Hao. The anger he felt for him was still there even now. It was boiling up inside him that he wanted to hit and kill w.a.n.g Hao himself just for the things he did to s.h.i.+ Enxi.

The woman in front of him was trying her best to stay strong. She was full of hate that she decided not to give her trust to anyone so easily. That hate blinded her so much that she wasn't able to see that there were still people around her who truly cared for her in the past. It was because of her hate towards the w.a.n.g family that ruined her life. It was because of that hate that she always thought that she didn't deserve to be happy.

"You know, Mello... If I am given a chance to change everything, I won't... They deserve to die. I am going to kill them all over again, even worse than I did in this lifetime!" These were the words she shouted at him before she jumped off the cliff in their past life. The hate she had for them was immeasurable that she even brought it to her deathbed.

Lu Mello wanted to take that hate away from her. He wanted to let her feel that she didn't have to hold on that hate and ruin her life for it.

s.h.i.+ Enxi thought that Lu Mello released her hand was because he didn't want to hold her anymore but she didn't expect him to reach out and touch her cheek gently.

"You are beautiful, do you know that?"

"Ah?"

He removed his seatbelt before he leaned and rested his forehead against her forehead. "Xi'er, I don't want you to ruin your future because of your past. It may made you the person you are today but don't let it ruin you. Whatever happened to you, it doesn't define you right now."

He closed his eyes, "I may only have an idea on what happened to you but that will not stop me from loving you. The s.h.i.+ Enxi I know is strong and beautiful." 

Her lips were stretched into a straight line. "How can you say that so easily? ... How can you say you love me?"

He pulled away from her and smiled genuinely, "I am your husband, my job is to shower you with love."

Her lips curled up slightly, "I'm not going to fall for that lip-service."

Lu Mello chuckled lightly, "Well... I guess the only way to prove it to you is by showing it, right?"