Upon hearing this, Zhou Gu didn’t feel wronged. He promptly agreed, bid farewell to Xie Yuan, and returned to his lodging.
After Zhou Gu left, Xie Yuan fiercely massaged his forehead before he too went to rest.
When Zhou Gu arrived back at his lodging, he saw the light on inside. Su Rong was already lying on the bed. The floor was heated to the point that she only wore a thin garment. The blanket covered her waist, exposing her upper body. The button at her collar was unfastened, revealing a small amount of her skin. Her skin was white and smooth.
Zhou Gu only took one look before averting his eyes and standing in the doorway, blushing and unable to step into the room.
Su Rong hadn’t fallen asleep and was waiting for Zhou Gu. Hearing footsteps, she turned her head and saw Zhou Gu standing at the door, looking nervous and flustered, "What’s wrong? What did Uncle Xie say to you? Why do you look like this?"
Zhou Gu didn’t say anything.
Su Rong sat up forwardly, "Did Uncle Xie scold you?"
Zhou Gu raised his hand to cover his face, shaking his head and nodding at the same time.
Su Rong tried to hide her helplessness and walked barefoot to him, "What’s the matter? Uncle Xie is so annoying, did he bother you late at night? Did he advised you not to live together with me?"
Zhou Gu shook his head, murmuring, "No."
"Then what happened?" Su Rong reached out to remove his hand from his face. "Why is your face so red? You don’t look right..."
Zhou Gu looked at Su Rong, suddenly reached out and fastened the unbuttoned button on her collar. He then sighed at relief, "Go back to bed, the floor is cold. Why did you come down barefoot?"
After looking at the cleanly fastened button, Su Rong then looked up at him, perplexed, "My neck felt tight, it was uncomfortable to sleep. What are you doing?"
Zhou Gu pulled her hand and took her back to bed, "You lie down first, then I will tell you."
Su Rong whined, "You’ve been hesitating and going around in circles, when have you ever been like this?" She obediently lied down, "Okay, go ahead!"
Standing by the bed, Zhou Gu sighed several times, "Uncle Xie said that since we are in the middle of a war and we are both injured, I am not allowed to take advantage of you, nor are you allowed to take advantage of me."
"But we haven’t." Su Rong said with widened eyes, "We made up quickly after our quarrel that day, didn’t we?"
"He meant that kind of advantage." Zhou Gu said.
"Which kind?" Su Rong looked at him.
"That kind." Zhou Gu blushed.
Su Rong was confused. She looked at the rising flush on his face, suddenly understood, "Oh, you mean our nightly goodnight kiss?"
Zhou Gu blushed, "No."
"Then what is it?" Su Rong looked at him, not understanding.
Zhou Gu looked at Su Rong’s perplexed face, thinking it wasn’t that he was slow. Understandably, Su Rong couldn’t get it either. Uncle Xie might have thought too much. He flushed and said, "Uncle Xie said, since we can’t prepare for our wedding during the war, if we are to live together, we must, must take precautions. We can’t get pregnant."
Su Rong: "..."
Zhou Gu immediately declared, his face still red, "I haven’t thought about that, Su Rong. You chose me to be your king and husband, you, you can’t wrong me. I, I still want our wedding night."
Su Rong: "..."
She held her forehead.
She hadn’t expected that Uncle Xie had kept Zhou Gu back just to say this. She hadn’t thought of this either, had she?
Speechless for a moment, she couldn’t help but chuckle, "So that’s what you meant."
Zhou Gu looked at her.
Su Rong sat up and reached out to pull him over, barely containing her amusement, "Alright, I haven’t thought about it either. Uncle Xie, he thinks too much. I think I need to have a talk with him. My good friend, who used to be so straightforward, becomes so stuttery after talking to him. I have to settle this with Uncle Xie."
Zhou Gu blushed, embarrassed and angry, "Aren’t you ashamed at all?"
Heaven knows, when Xie Yuan told him, he almost turned around and ran away. It was so shameful. Even after he walked back in the cold wind, the heated flush on his face had not faded.
"What’s there to be shy about? You can think of Uncle Xie as half a father. Have you ever been shy in front of my father?" Su Rong stretched out her hand and pulled his, "Hurry up and get into bed! You’ve been outside for so long, your hands are freezing."
Zhou Gu obediently got into the bed, murmuring softly, "Uncle Xie is not like the others."
"Hmm, he is a role model and likes to lecture. He’s just like Grand Tutor Qin of the Eastern Palace, both make you scared." Su Rong understood Zhou Gu’s feelings.
While taking off his coat, Zhou Gu shook his head, "He’s not exactly like Grand Tutor Qin. Tutor Qin likes to preach a lot of theories that make people’s heads numb, but Uncle Xie doesn’t need to say much. His words and actions alone put people under pressure."
Su Rong laughed, "Maybe it’s because I’ve got thick skin and a black heart. I’ve grown up in front of Uncle Xie since I was a child, so I don’t feel the same way as you." She patted his shoulder and comforted, "It’s said that you are affected by the company you keep. If you stay with me for a while, you will learn to be just like me. Being thick-skinned can make you invincible."
Zhou Gu: "..."
He hesitated, "Do I really have to?"
Su Rong looked at him, "Really?"
Zhou Gu immediately replied, "For the sake of our future children, I’d better not learn from you. Someone has to set a good example for our children."
Su Rong: "..."
So he was implying that she had taught him bad habits.
But he made a good point.
She laughed and nodded, "Okay! If you don’t want to, you don’t have to. Let’s sleep!"
After all, blushing looks good on him. She didn’t seem to have anything as high-class as blushing.
Zhou Gu nodded, hesitated to undress and looked at Su Rong who was watching him without blinking. In the past, he would have pounced on her for a kiss, but he dared not do it now. He was afraid he would not be able to stop and get carried away. After all, no one had reminded him in the past, and he had never thought about it. Now it felt like a burden had been added to his heart, making him afraid to move. He stiffly pulled the quilt and obediently lay down.
Su Rong turned her head and reached to hold his hand, "No goodnight kiss tonight?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Zhou Gu blushed and said, "I dare not anymore."
Su Rong blinked at him.
Zhou Gu put his hand over her eyes and told her not to look at him. "You need to behave and not provoke me. Or else I might really go to sleep somewhere else."
If it had been in Jiangning County, he would have had self-control. When she asked for a hug, he had considered it improper and had not dared to hug her. But now it was different. Now he had almost no self-control in front of her. The sweet girl laying next to him and the thoughts of their wedding night made him afraid he might not be able to control himself.
Su Rong also noticed how tense Zhou Gu was today, she felt very helpless, "All right!"
She secretly thought, she must go to Xie Yuan and argue about this tomorrow. Seriously, Zhou was bullied to a pitiful state. Her lovely fiance returned home with – as the saying goes – a double trip on his own feet, and he looked wrong upon returning. She didn’t know how long it would take for him to get back to normal.
What a worry.
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