Then she leaned her arms on the dining table and put her little face in front of him.

"If you eat any more, I'll feel sleepy soon—"

Huo Tingzhou paused while cleaning up the dishes. Ever since that day, he found that she always liked to tease him no matter what.

His tone was a little helpless, "If you don't want to eat, then don't eat."

After saying that, he immediately changed the subject.

"Do you want to take a bath? I've heated up some hot water for you."

Take a bath?

Jiang Si wanted to take a bath, but there was no bathtub here.

Before he could open his mouth, he heard Huo Tingzhou say, "You were painting this afternoon, and I had nothing to do so I went out and bought you a bathtub. Go back to your room first, and I'll carry the bathtub up to you."

Following the direction of his finger, Jiang Si saw a wooden bathtub.

The material is uncertain, but the barrel wall is smooth and warm, and you can tell it is carefully selected.

Jiang Si grabbed him. The bathtub was so big that it would be very heavy to move it upstairs.

And it seems that there is no room in the bathroom.

The sleeping room is even more crowded, and it is troublesome enough to pour out the bath water later.

"Just wash it downstairs."

There is a utility room in the courtyard, which was originally used to store winter vegetables and coal briquettes.

Later, gas was connected to the family compound and this storage room became vacant.

There was nothing in it now except a few old pieces of furniture.

When Jiang Si packed her clothes and came down, Huo Tingzhou had already prepared the hot water.

"Don't soak in the water for too long or you'll feel dizzy. I'll be outside. Call me if you need anything."

Jiang Si looked at him with amusement. What could possibly happen if she just took a bath?

But the fact proves that sometimes you still can't be too confident.

Just after Jiang Si had soaked comfortably for more than ten minutes, she suddenly heard a slight squeaking sound.

Then there was another sound of scraping wood, which sounded very harsh.

When I looked up, I saw a huge rat running back and forth on the wooden beam.

Jiang Si's pupils shrank in shock, and the next second she let out an uncontrollable shrill scream.

"Azhou——"

"There are... there are rats..."

I don’t know if it was because her scream was too sudden or the mouse was scared silly by her, but just after Jiang Si shouted the three words "there is a mouse",

A dark shadow fell from the beam.

With a plop!

It fell into the bathtub where Jiang Si was taking a bath!

The moment Jiang Si's eyes met the mouse's, she was frightened to death.

She wanted to move, but she couldn't. Her body didn't obey her at all.

In horror, she heard a bang!

The door was kicked open forcefully from the outside, and Jiang Si didn't even see what happened.

Huo Tingzhou had already pulled her out of the bathtub, and her entire body was wrapped tightly in a thick woolen blanket.

When he regained consciousness, he was already in his bedroom.

"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!"

"It's okay! It's okay!"

Huo Tingzhou kept stroking her back as he spoke.

Jiang Si didn't say anything either, but hugged his waist tightly like a koala.

"I want to take a shower..."

Having soaked in rat-feed water, she felt sick just thinking about it.

"good."

Huo Tingzhou picked her up and carried her to the bathroom on the second floor. He stood guard at the door while she took a shower.

After Jiang Si finished taking a shower, Huo Tingzhou changed the blanket and took her back.

Although the fear in her heart had not completely dissipated, Jiang Si always felt inexplicably at ease as long as he was around.

As Huo Tingzhou kept saying "don't be afraid", Jiang Si's emotions finally calmed down.

only……

The close contact between them through the thin clothing made it impossible to ignore a certain reaction.

Jiang Si was not an ignorant girl, she understood what the wedding night meant.

"Azhou——"

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Si raised her head.

She hooked her hands around his neck, and as she moved, the blanket slid down silently.

Revealing her slender neck and round shoulders.

The next second, Huo Tingzhou's breathing also stopped for a moment——