Chapter 39 Will you sleep with me?
While Xu Qingwu was still worrying about how to appease Cen Xihuai, there was a knock on the door and in came Xie Ying, a tall and thin man wearing a white coat.
"Sister-in-law, Fourth Brother is not here?"
"He said he had to go out for something. What do you want to see him about?"
"No, I came to see you."
Xie Ying asked a few questions about her physical condition, left his business card and asked her to contact him at any time if she had any questions, and then left the ward.
Xie Ying called Cen Xihuai, who answered the call quickly. Xie Ying found him in the smoking area.
Cen Xihuai stood tall and slender, standing by the window and gazing into the distance, a half-burned cigarette between his fingertips, his back looking inexplicably lonely.
"Didn't you say your sister-in-law has rhinitis? Did she get rid of it after marriage?" Xie Ying walked over, asked him for a lighter, and shared one with him.
"Go back and take a shower after you finish smoking." Cen Xihuai threw the lighter to him.
"Anything bothering you?"
Cen Xihuai didn't even raise his eyelids: "It's no use telling you."
"No, tell me why it's useless?"
"You don't have a wife."
Xie Ying was like someone's tail was stepped on, and he said angrily: "It's great that you have a wife. If you have to be controlled even for smoking, what's the point of getting married?"
Xu Qingwu didn't care whether he smoked or not. Quitting smoking was just his personal behavior. He had no addiction to smoking. In addition, Xu Qingwu had allergic rhinitis, and he didn't want to cause trouble to his wife.
But there was no need to tell others such things. Cen Xihuai put out the half-remaining cigarette butt in his hand and threw it into the trash can, saying in a flat tone: "There are so many interesting things, you don't understand. I'm leaving now, so smoke less."
Xie Ying had just lit a cigarette when the man was about to leave. He stared at Cen Xihuai's ruthless back, took a deep breath and exhaled a cloud of smoke.
A man who values women over friends!
Cen Xihuai drove home and took a quick shower, then packed two sets of clothes and toiletries for Xu Qingwu before returning to the ward.
Xu Qingwu had finished hanging the last bottle of water for the day and was lying on her side playing with her cell phone. When she saw him come in, she sat up quickly and smiled at him as if she had heard a military order.
“You’re here!”
Cen Xihuai put the clothes aside and asked her, "Do you want to wipe your body before going to bed?"
When Xu Qingwu saw the neatly folded clothes, she realized that Cen Xihuai had just returned home. She thought he left because he didn't want to see her.
Although he had already taken a shower before, he was still a little sweaty after all this trouble. It would certainly be more comfortable to wash off. Xu Qingwu said good.
"I help you?"
"No, I can do it myself."
Cen Xihuai didn't say much, went to get her some hot water, wrung out the towel and handed it to her. Xu Qingwu took it into the bathroom and wiped her body.
"Give it to me when you're done using it, and I'll replace it with a new one."
"good."
Xu Qingwu handed over the used towel, and Cen Xihuai gave her a new hot towel.
After a simple wipe, Xu Qingwu came out of the bathroom, feeling a lot more refreshed.
Xu Qingwu thanked him out of habit. Cen Xihuai nodded. Xu Qingwu asked him, "How many days did the doctor say I'll be in the hospital?"
"It depends on the recovery."
"You go home and sleep tonight. I can do it by myself."
The single room is very large, but there is only a 1.25-meter bed and no separate bed for accompanying patients.
Cen Xihuai washed the towel, hung it on the hanger, and then walked over.
"I've showered."
Xu Qingwu looked at him puzzledly.
"I'm sleeping on the sofa."
Cen Xihuai closed the ward door, tucked the quilt in for her, and then lay down on the sofa on the other side.
The sofa was a single-seater sofa. He was tall and had long legs, so when he lay down, half of his legs hung outside the sofa.
The sofa was facing the end of the bed. Xu Qingwu could not see Cen Xihuai's face, but only his exposed legs. It was obvious that this posture was very uncomfortable.
Guilt surged into my heart like a tide, wave after wave.
I can't sleep at all.
After tossing and turning for a while, Xu Qingwu looked up and saw that the clock on the wall was pointing to eleven o'clock.
I don’t know if Cen Xihuai is asleep.
"Cen Xihuai?"
Xu Qingwu called him softly tentatively, but no one answered.
There was a blanket on the bed. She got out of bed quietly, picked up the blanket and went to the sofa.
Cen Xihuai was still lying flat with his hands on his chest, and looked like he was asleep.
“The sleep quality is really good!”
Xu Qingwu muttered softly and stretched out the blanket to cover him to prevent him from catching a cold in the middle of the night and adding another patient to the family.
My wrist suddenly tightened.
Cen Xihuai held her wrist, opened his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "What are you doing?"
Xu Qingwu tried to pull her hand away but couldn't break free. She whispered, "I was afraid you might catch a cold so I wanted to cover you with something."
"No, go to bed."
"I can't sleep."
“Counting sheep.”
Cen Xihuai let her go, refusing her blanket and her kindness.
He took good care of her, but didn't want to pay attention to her and spoke harshly.
It's obvious that he's sulking.
Xu Qingwu remembered the advice given in the group earlier and grabbed his hand and shook it: "Hubby, can you sleep with me?"
Cen Xihuai didn't move.
It seems that acting cute is of no use at all, he is completely immune to it!
Xu Qingwu was about to give up when he grabbed her hand. His pupils were dark under the dim light.
"The bed is very narrow, are you sure?"
Xu Qingwu nodded: "It's better to squeeze in than to sleep on the sofa."
Cen Xihuai threw the blanket aside, stood up, picked her up and put her on the bed.
This guy is really getting better and better at hugging.
Xu Qingwu complained inwardly as she moved to the side, trying to make more space for him.
The next moment, a warm chest pressed against her, and Cen Xihuai put his arms around her waist and held her in his arms.
"Go to sleep."
"oh."
The man's presence was too strong, and I couldn't sleep at all.
There is a 3*3 big bed at home. Except for fulfilling obligations and the days of menstruation, there is usually enough space in the middle for two more people to sleep.
Xu Qingwu's nose suddenly twitched: "Did you smoke?"
Cen Xihuai's body stiffened: "I took a shower, maybe I got some on the way."
"I've never seen you smoke."
“I’m trying to quit.”
If someone who has quit smoking starts smoking again, it means something is bothering him. Xu Qingwu asked him, "You are angry today, aren't you?"
Cen Xihuai: “No.”
Xu Qingwu brought up the agreement they had made before moving out: "Maintaining a marital relationship requires effective communication. You were clearly angry but didn't tell me. Didn't you violate this?"
"I'm not angry."
“But you’re not happy!”
Cen Xihuai was silent, and Xu Qingwu understood that he was not angry, but just unhappy.
Xu Qingwu struck while the iron was hot and asked, "Because my brother said that about you?"
"no."
"What is that?" After waiting for a while without Cen Xihuai saying anything, Xu Qingwu urged him, "Effective communication, if you don't speak, you are violating the rules."
"We'll talk after you recover."
"Right now." Xu Qingwu insisted, "Otherwise I won't be able to sleep."
Cen Xihuai compromised: "Okay."
Xu Qingwu was not used to talking with her back to him, and she couldn't see the other person's expression clearly, so she carefully moved her body and turned to face him.
Xu Qingwu: "Go ahead."
Cen Xihuai lowered his head and looked at the person in his arms: "Do you have any objections to me?"
"No!" Xu Qingwu was surprised. "Why do you say that?"
"Today is your second time coming to the hospital. As your husband, I always find out later than others..." Cen Xihuai paused and continued, "I wonder if it's because I'm too busy and neglected you, making you feel insecure around me."
This was completely different from what Xu Qingwu had expected.
She thought Cen Xihuai was angry that she didn't tell her about her illness, which made him lose face when being blamed by Chen Ze.
I didn't expect that he thought so much and even found the reasons within himself.
Only then did Xu Qingwu realize that in this marriage, Cen Xihuai had been managing it well, but she had never been able to get into the role of a wife.
Xu Qingwu said frankly: "No, I'm just used to being alone. I'll be patient and it will pass."
No matter how good the Shen family was to her over the years, she subconsciously thought of herself as an outsider. She was afraid of bothering others, just like when she was a child and was mistreated by the nanny, she was afraid that the Shen family would think she was troublesome and so she endured it silently.
Hearing her say this calmly, Cen Xihuai's heart seemed to collapse, and he had a very strange feeling, a little blocked.
Cen Xihuai: "I hope you can clearly state your needs and tell me what you want, such as asking me to sleep with you just now."
"Okay..." Xu Qingwu felt a little embarrassed when she thought of her previous clumsy act of coquettishness.
"For example, if you have a stomachache today, you should come up to me. No meeting is more important than my wife."
"Well..." If she had told Cen Xihuai directly at that time, he wouldn't have been scolded by his brother. "I'm sorry, I've caused you a lot of trouble."
"I love your troubles."
Hearing this, Xu Qingwu's heart warmed, but she still wanted to explain clearly: "At that time, Zhou Zhou came to deliver sleeping soup packets. He also wanted to come to the hospital, so I took his car here. I thought I was fine."
It’s Zhou Zhou again.
Cen Xihuai's voice was a little dim: "Do you like Doctor Zhou?"
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