Chapter 50 I just hope Mrs. Jiang can take a step towards me

The moon was dim and the stars were sparse. The cold moonlight came in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the dim light shone on Xu Xian's peaceful face. She had her eyes open but couldn't fall asleep. The bloating and pain in her lower abdomen made her uncomfortable, and the conversation from a few hours ago lingered in her mind.

The door lock made a slight noise. Realizing that Jiang Shibai had returned from the study, Xu Xian quickly closed his eyes and pricked up his ears to listen.

The man's footsteps were neither fast nor slow, deliberately slowed down to the point of being almost inaudible, and she couldn't judge the trajectory of his movements.

Not long after, the curtains made a slight noise, which was particularly clear in the quiet room. The man seemed to pause in front of her bed for a moment, and then lay down on the bed on her right side.

Feeling Jiang Shibai entering the bed, Xu Xian's body became completely tense, her eyes were tightly closed, and even her breathing was deliberately light, for fear that he would find out that she was not asleep.

She hadn't figured out how to face him yet.

After the slight movement, there was no other movement beside him. Xu Xian thought he was asleep, so he quietly opened his eyes. The room was pitch black with only the faint sound of breathing beside him.

Suddenly, a deep voice came from beside me, standing out in the silence. "Can't sleep?"

Xu Xian was almost frightened, his heart almost jumped out of his chest, his breathing stagnated, and after he finally calmed down, Jiang Shibai's voice came to his ears again.

"I know you're not asleep."

Jiang Shibai slowly opened his eyes, and his head, which was stuck in the pillow, tilted slightly. The blackout curtains were very effective, and he could only determine her location by following the direction of her breathing sounds.

He knew she was not asleep as soon as he entered the bedroom. She didn't like sleeping in a bright environment, and her breathing was very irregular.

Xu Xian pursed his lips and murmured "hmm" softly. Perhaps feeling that it was too perfunctory, he explained, "My lower abdomen hurts a little, it's okay, you go to sleep first."

She thought her movements disturbed Jiang Shibai, and now she felt embarrassed facing him.

The next second, the quilt made a slight rise and fall. Before Xu Xian could distinguish it carefully, a big hand appeared on his swollen and painful lower abdomen. The man had a high body temperature, and his hand was also hot, covering his lower abdomen and making it very warm.

He was rubbing her lower abdomen rhythmically, trying to ease her pain.

Xu Xian froze for a moment, then said in a muffled voice, "Actually, there's no need to rub it. It hurts on the first day, but I'm used to it."

In the past, she would always feel pain for a while on the first day of her period, but she would just endure it, or take painkillers if that didn't work.

Jiang Shibai paused his palm movements for a second, then resumed the rhythm of the massage as if nothing had happened. His voice was very soft, as if he was talking to himself, "Are you feeling better now?"

He consciously rubbed his lower abdomen in circles, and the hot temperature penetrated into his lower abdomen little by little through his skin.

Not sure if it was a psychological effect or if his method was really effective, but Xu Xian inexplicably felt the heaviness in his lower abdomen ease a lot, and nodded.

Then she realized he couldn't see, so she changed her words and said, "Much better, thank you!"

Her voice was ethereal, and each word seemed to be carefully considered before being spoken, with an imperceptible caution.

Jiang Shibai remained silent, but his hands never stopped moving. In the dark night, his deep eyes were always fixed on her face, dim and unclear.

After a while, he opened his thin lips slightly, and a slow and gentle voice came out from his throat, as if he was afraid of scaring Xu Xian.

"I'm sorry about tonight. I spoke a little harshly and scared you." Don't be afraid of me and distance yourself from me.

He concealed the second half of the sentence.

Xu Xian turned his head upon hearing this and locked onto his direction in the pitch-black environment. The two faced each other, their subtle breathing seeming to be entangled together.

"I should be the one saying sorry. It's me who hasn't adapted to being a wife."

She always knew her problem and always thought about divorce in the future, so she didn't care about anything and never considered Jiang Shibai's thoughts.

Going to a nightclub tonight and ordering a male model is a disguised betrayal in marriage. It seems that there is no physical or mental infidelity, but loyalty to the marriage has been lost.

What's more, what she said tonight was really too much.

After the words fell, the man beside him did not make a sound. Xu Xian asked tentatively: "Are you angry?"

"Why do you ask?" Jiang Shibai was slightly surprised.

Xu Xian bit his lower lip and said in a sweet voice, "Because you left the kitchen without saying a word and didn't return to the bedroom."

She had never seen Jiang Shibai ignore her, so she automatically assumed that he was angry with her.

He was angry that she went to the nightclub tonight and ordered a male model, and spoke without careful consideration, which hurt him.

Jiang Shibai laughed silently, with a hint of smile in his eyes. Does she care about his emotions?

"I just need to calm down."

He has always had excellent self-control and self-discipline, but when facing Xu Xian, his emotions are always easily affected by her. He was afraid that jealousy and loss would make his reason out of control, so he went to the study without saying a word.

Now that I think about it, it does have a bit of a cold and violent connotation.

Xu Xian's neck stiffened slightly from tilting his head for so long. He shifted uncomfortably and asked in confusion, "Why are you calm?"

Shouldn't she be the one who needs to calm down?

"Reconsider the way we get along with each other." Jiang Shibai has been trying hard to bring the two closer together, but in the end he doesn't know whether what he did was right.

Should you be deliberate or just let things take their course?

He didn't find the answer.

"Isn't this something I should reflect on?" Xu Xian blinked, his twinkling eyes shining particularly brightly in the dark night.

"So what did you reflect on?"

Xu Xian was instantly choked upon hearing this, and after a long while he timidly replied, "You're not boring at all. Every time you stir up my emotions, I'm actually very happy. Besides, I'm not tired of looking at your face either. You're really handsome."

“I like the way we get along.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xian clearly felt the big palm on his lower abdomen stop, and it took a long time before it resumed the frequency of kneading.

She always felt that these words were strange, like a confession.

The next second, when Xu Xian was still pondering the meaning of his pause, he heard a questioning voice in his ear.

"It's not appropriate for Mrs. Jiang to cheat on her husband while wearing her wedding ring!" The narrow-minded Jiang Shibai actually cared most about Xu Xian's choice of male model. He stared at her face with calm eyes.

Xu Xian: “…”

Man, you can change your face faster than anyone else. You can be elegant one second and accuse someone of a crime the next.

"Who is cheating? I'm just taking a look to broaden my horizons." Xu Xian curled her lips. She didn't want to cheat, she really just wanted to have a simple experience.

Seeing this, Jiang Shibai's eyes were filled with a doting smile, and his voice was neither hot nor cold, "Am I not good enough for you, Mrs. Jiang? Or am I not knowledgeable enough for you?"

Xu Xian: “…”

Seeing he couldn't win the argument, Xu Xian simply played dirty and shouted angrily, "Jiang Shibai!"

"I'm here!" Jiang Shibai held back his laughter.

"sleep."

After saying that, Xu Xian pulled the quilt over his head to escape reality.

Jiang Shibai chuckled, his shoulders shrugged slightly, and the big palm on his lower abdomen also trembled. Xu Xian's face under the quilt became redder and redder, and his breathing became unstable.

After laughing enough, he reached out and lifted the quilt from her head, his voice filled with endless tenderness and indulgence, "Don't be afraid of suffocating yourself."

"None of your business." Xu Xian angrily pulled the quilt back, but did not cover his head with it.

"Okay, I don't care. I just hope Mrs. Jiang can take a step towards me." Jiang Shibai's voice became more serious.

He didn't expect Xu Xian to take ninety-nine steps towards him. Just one small step would make him willingly walk the rest of the way.

After a while, a sweet and soft voice appeared in the quiet night, "I promise you, Jiang Shibai."

Not Mr. Jiang, not Mr. Jiang, just Jiang Shibai.

A hint of ambiguous darkness flashed across Jiang Shibai's eyes, his heart beat like thunder, and his thin lips curled up silently in the dark night.

He is playing a trick on you.