Chapter: 2379

This woman was Su Shoudao's lifelong love, his wife, Du Ha Qing.

The Du family in Yanjing was quite powerful; although their assets might be slightly inferior to those of the Su family, they were not far behind in terms of background, status, connections, and overall strength on certain special levels.

In fact, they even had an edge over the Su family in some aspects.

After all, in any corner of the world, money is not the only standard for measuring one's strength.

Du Ha Qing was renowned as the most celebrated beauty in Yanjing at that time, unmatched by anyone else.

Her family background made her almost like a dream lover to all the young heirs in Yanjing.

Su Shoudao was among them.

Now, Du Ha Qing, although already over 50 years old and having borne two children, still took care of herself as if she were a 30-something woman, charming and captivating.

Du Ha Qing saw Su Shoudao return home with a hint of concern in her voice: "How late you are coming back today? Are you tired?"

Su Shoudao forced a smile and said, "No problem, I'm not tired. There's been a lot going on over the past two days."

Du Ha Qing nodded slightly, she had never been concerned about Su Shoudao's work since she married him. Because she felt that men's affairs were not something she needed to intervene in. So, she never asked about the details of his work.

Seeing Su Shoudao looked very tired, she opened her mouth and said, "Go change your clothes first, I'll put some water for you, take a good bath, turn off your phone when you go to bed tonight, and don't wake up naturally tomorrow."

Su Shoudao felt touched in his heart and hurriedly said, "Don't bother yourself, old wife. I can put the water myself."

Du Ha Qing said, "The water in the bathtub is the one I just used. It takes a long time to change the water, go change your clothes and rest for a while first."

Su Shoudao smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll use the water you've washed before and take a bath for a bit."

"Don't tell me how to do it! The water you've used isn't clean, I'll just wait for you to refill the tub."

"Never mind never mind." Su Shoudao chuckled and hurried into the bathroom, taking off his clothes as he said, "How can my wife's bathwater not be clean? Just ignore me, I'm going to take a bath for a bit!"

Du Ha Qing saw him take off all his clothes, shook her head in resignation, and said, "Alright, go ahead and take a bath. If the water gets cold, add some hot water, and I'll just lie down on the bed and read a book."

Su Shoudao laughed hurriedly and said, "Okay! You go ahead!"

Du Ha Qing left the bathroom, closing the door behind her, and then lay comfortably on the luxurious bed, picking up a book called Anna Karenina from the bedside table.

This is a literary masterpiece by Russian author Leo Tolstoy, writing about the tragic pursuit of love by Anna Karenina.

Du Ha Qing had read this book countless times before and could recite it word for word. Yet, she would still pick it up every now and then to re-read it, feeling a certain connection to the protagonist.

At times, she felt that she was somehow similar to the female lead in the story - although from a noble family and considered beautiful by others, she had always failed to find true love.

Her husband, just like Anna's, was obsessed with his career. Although he deeply loved her, he became too old-fashioned and let himself feel defeated without finding joy in life.

She could only find comfort and solace through her children. JrNovels.com