Eating Breakfast Together

First, Tai Leng Han went to the kitchen, opened the food containers, arranged the dishes on plates, and set them on the dining table. After everything was set, Tai Leng Han was hesitating whether to call Zhao Wan Ru down for breakfast when Zhao Wan Ru, wearing a light blue nightgown, came downstairs. In the morning sunlight, the jade-like blue nightgown further accentuated Zhao Wan Ru's fair skin, making her resemble a lost little fairy descending to the mortal world. Tai Leng Han gazed blankly at his 'wife,' nearly dropping the chopsticks in his hand.
Zhao Wan Ru saw Tai Leng Han by the dining table and nodded with a smile, gently greeting him:
"Good morning! You're up early."
Tai Leng Han was once again stunned by Zhao Wan Ru's smile, stammering in reply:
"Good... morning... I... I bought two portions of breakfast. Would you like... to eat together?"
Zhao Wan Ru walked down the stairs to the dining table, looking at the hot, fragrant dishes on the table, and praised:
"They look delicious!"
Tai Leng Han secretly rejoiced inwardly, but maintained a cold demeanor outwardly, silently pretending to casually pick up the remaining pair of chopsticks on the table and offer them to Zhao Wan Ru.
"Thank you."
Zhao Wan Ru took the chopsticks and politely thanked him. Tai Leng Han also courteously replied:
"No need to be polite."
Zhao Wan Ru sat down, eating while pondering a problem. In her previous life, she had been married to Tai Leng Han for over three years, and even now, after experiencing separation by life and death, when Tai Leng Han offered her a pair of chopsticks, she politely thanked him. Tai Leng Han also politely replied, "you're welcome/no need to be polite." But clearly, this kind of interaction between them was precisely what constituted being overly polite.
In her previous life, throughout three long years of living under the same roof with Tai Leng Han, her spirit was cold and disheartened, so she didn't find this behavior strange. But just now, she suddenly realized that today was the first day after their wedding, and the strangeness between them was understandable. However, after three years of living together, she and Tai Leng Han still politely responded to each other as they did today; to put it elegantly, they respected each other like guests, treating each other with formal courtesy.
But in this day and age, for a "married couple" to still maintain such a distance only proved that their feelings for each other were extremely superficial and cold. If so, Zhao Wan Ru suddenly felt bewildered about Tai Leng Han's feelings for her. Was this how a man behaved towards the woman he loved?
Zhao Wan Ru pondered, her gaze involuntarily falling upon the man across from her, who was eating his breakfast with his head bowed. How hateful. How could he be so handsome? Inside Zhao Wan Ru, two conflicting emotions clashed: on one side, a smoldering flame of hope lingering from her previous life, and on the other, the icy coldness emanating from that handsome face.
Tai Leng Han had long felt Zhao Wan Ru's gaze on him. Initially, he pretended not to notice, continuing to eat with his head down, but after a long while, that gaze remained fixed, so intense that it made Tai Leng Han feel a bit uncomfortable. However, Tai Leng Han still maintained the composure of a cold-faced CEO; he was very good at hiding his emotions. Otherwise, in her previous life, Zhao Wan Ru wouldn't have lived together for three years without discovering her "husband's" feelings.
However, at this moment, Tai Leng Han's cheerful, chirping inner thoughts were incessantly echoing in Zhao Wan Ru's ears.
[Wan Ru is actually eating breakfast with me.]
[Does this mean she hates me a little less now?]
[Should I smile at her? I'm so happy!]
[But... what if my smile scares Wan Ru? No, it's best to just hold it in. Don't let Wan Ru think I have any ill intentions...]
[But I'm so happy. I really want to smile.]
[Oh dear, pinching my thigh really hurts. But thankfully, I can hold back my smile now.]
[But... why is Wan Ru still looking at me? Does she have something she wants to tell me but finds it hard to say?]
Zhao Wan Ru was distracted by Tai Leng Han's incessant inner chatter echoing in her ears. Seeing Zhao Wan Ru appear distracted, seemingly lost in thought, Tai Leng Han feigned nonchalance, put down his chopsticks, gently wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin, and calmly looked up to ask:
"Is there something you want to say?"
"Huh?"
Zhao Wan Ru only now realized that she had been lost in thought and had been staring intently at Tai Leng Han. Would he think she was infatuated with his appearance?