"Pei Ge, did you purposely lock me outside the door last night?"
"Yes, of course. I did it on purpose."
Her answer was clearly outside his expectations yet still within expectations.
"What?" He could hardly believe his ears and looked at the woman still eating breakfast in disbelief.
"I said that I locked you outside the door on purpose." She put down her chopsticks and turned to face him with a calm look.
Why?
Before he could voice out this question in his heart, she spoke once more.
"You said you're not coming home last night, so I locked the door. Why? Is there a problem with that? It's just proper for me to lock the doors if I'm staying by myself in such a large house." She smiled slightly at him, looking all innocent.
"…" For a moment, he did not know how to respond to her as he felt a little guilty facing her.
