"What else can we do?"

Bai Lu nestled against Xiao Cheng's chest, paused for a moment to listen to his steady, strong heartbeat, then chuckled and patted him gently: "If you can't dream about it, you can't dream about it."

"I just wanted to try it out, so I had you fall asleep holding the Seven Stars and Moon hairpin, to see if you'd dream about your ex..."

Bai Lu paused for a moment. In the past, she would have switched to a normal reason in that split second.

But at this moment, she suddenly hugged Xiao Cheng's waist tightly, moved up a little, and whispered in his ear, "I just want to see if you dream about your past life."

"Did you see this hair clip in your past life? It was a birthday gift from my parents, and I gave it to someone who saved me as a token of gratitude."

Xiao Cheng was slightly taken aback. Bai Lu raised her hand and patted his chest, steadying his heartbeat which had stopped for a beat.

"But this is not the essential point. It is good to dream about it, but it doesn't matter if you don't. The point is that we dream occasionally when we sleep. Holding the seven stars and the moon to fall asleep is just to increase the chance and see if we can fall asleep."

Whether we dream about it or not has nothing to do with our lives and has no impact on our relationship.

Xiao Cheng felt as if the ceiling was collapsing. Just as he solved one puzzle, an even heavier mountain pressed down on his heart.

It could be fatal at any moment.

His usually fluent speech became heavy and unsteady as he uttered: "If it weren't for me..."

"If it's not you, then it's not you."

Bai Lu was incredibly curious about Xiao Cheng's heartbeat; why did it always stop and then start again?

Is this really normal?

The abnormal Xiao Cheng called out in an abnormal voice, "Lulu..."

Perhaps because she was listening to his heartbeat, Bai Lu instantly understood the unfinished words Xiao Cheng had to say.

She hugged him tightly: "You're my husband! Even if, by chance, the person who saved me wasn't you, and might appear here again in the future, it still wouldn't replace you in my heart."

After the last sentence, the boss's fluctuating heart rate finally returned to normal.

Bai Lu was overjoyed, laughing so hard she was shaking, when the next second her head was forcefully pressed into a large hand.

"If you laugh again, I'll give you 365 more kisses." The boss's tone was chilling.

Bai Lu felt a chill on her head, but she resolutely refused to bow to evil forces and stubbornly corrected them: "It's 363. You returned two the day you picked me up from school."

Xiao Cheng explained the significance of the division in a straightforward manner: "That is the intimacy that should exist when reunited after a long separation."

“That’s not what you said back then,” Bai Lu argued.

Xiao Cheng: "What did I say?"

Bai Lu subconsciously opened her mouth, but suddenly remembered that Xiao Cheng had made her pay back 119... After she had fooled him, she had no choice but to pay back two the next morning. If you really think about it, this was an old debt.

If Xiao Cheng is going to bring up old grievances... I'd better not say anything!

"Why did you stop talking?"

Xiao Cheng pinched the chin of the person hiding in his arms, his deep eyes narrowing slightly: "I'll give you a kiss every year from now on."

Bai Lu was startled and subconsciously reached out to touch his forehead: "Are you delirious from the fever?"

"The average human lifespan is only about 70 years. If I can live to be 100, that would be a long life. How could I possibly live to be 365? I'm not a monster."

Xiao Cheng didn't remove his hand from her forehead, nor did he let go of the girl's chin. He simply said, "Until we're old."

The tone was slightly harsh; it wasn't a joke, but rather like making some prior agreement and demanding a promise.

"All right."

Bai Lu rubbed her face against his palm: "Then I'll become a monster with you."

Xiao Cheng felt relieved, his palm softened, and his tone became gentle: "Go to sleep."

"You... just fell asleep?" Bai Lu was a little surprised.

In Xiao Cheng's eyes, there was something indescribable, something obvious, something surging and then receding...

want.

"Weren't you supposed to be getting your beauty sleep?" Xiao Cheng pinched the girl's surprised and dazed face: "Didn't you say that staying up late would give you dark circles under your eyes? It's already one o'clock."

Bai Lu suddenly realized.

He remembered every word she said and thought of her day and night.

The big boss is definitely the best!

Bai Lu was so touched that she pressed her face against the boss's and said, "Honey, I love you so much!"

In all his years, Xiao Cheng had only ever had his face kissed by Bai Lu, and only in this kind of strange and unusual way of being intimate had Bai Lu aroused his passion.

"Don't mess with me."

"I know, I won't mess with you, you're not gentle at all."

Bai Lu winked at him suggestively: "Don't you think 'Don't play with fire' sounds better?"

Xiao Cheng cleared his throat, and a soft chuckle came from the gentle warmth pressed against his cheek, his eyes darkening slightly.

So you're playing with fire?

Bai Lu decisively shook her head.

But his face didn't move away; with each shake, his face would press against the big shot's, very intimately.

It's a very sincere expression of liking.

Very... provocative.

"White Dew".

"what?"

"Um."

What does "um" mean?

The moon rose above the willow branches, and my pajamas fell under the bed.

The red curtains sway gently, warm and cozy, as we entwine under the covers.

The spring night is fleeting, and the sun rises high.

From then on, the emperor stopped holding morning court sessions.

...

The sun rose higher and higher, but it turned out to be a mistake; it was from then on that the eldest sister-in-law stopped attending court early.

Bai Lu felt like she hadn't slept for long, but it also felt like she had slept for a long time. She opened her eyes a few times, but it was still dark.

She has a biological clock, but Xiao Cheng took it away. When she groggily opened her eyes, she realized that it wasn't dawn yet.

The curtains were drawn.

When she slowly got out of bed and went to draw back the curtains, unsurprisingly, she was blinded by the bright, dazzling sunlight.

I was stunned for a full second before I realized that I had to go back to my "parents' home" to pay New Year's respects today.

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