Xu Zhe was still engrossed in his novel, as if Xu Zhengxi had just come home from get off work and they hadn't been apart for sixty-one days, or one thousand four hundred and sixty-four hours.
"Pretty?" Xu Zhengxi actually wanted to ask, "Pretty than him?"
Xu Zhe gave a faint "hmm".
"A campus romance story about a top student and the school heartthrob who harbors a pure and deep crush on the female lead. After hearing that she is in a relationship, he tears off his disguise and no longer restrains himself from her, even forcing himself to love her."
"The setting is the strongest high school in Beijing, and both the male and female leads are top students, just like me and Qin Yuyang..."
Before he could finish speaking, his lips were sealed, followed by a long, restrained, and intense kiss.
Xu Zhengxi was indeed displeased to hear the name Qin Yuyang, but he didn't want to show it at the moment. He was fully engaged, but the person under his lips was passive and distant, completely different from the one on the way back. He simply assumed she was shy.
After all, it's been so long since we've been together. She'll probably be shy about being completely honest with each other right away.
"I'm going to take a shower." Xu Zhengxi suppressed his impulse and temporarily let her go.
He went to the bathroom with a smile on his face, the corners of his lips turned up so high he couldn't put them down. Xu Zhe looked incredibly cute to him.
Hearing the sound of running water coming from the bathroom, Xu Zhe nestled in the blankets, staring at the ceiling and sighing.
She was used to being obedient and compliant, used to pleasing Xu Zhengxi. Now, she wanted to make him angry and hate her. This was a completely unfamiliar task for her.
The sound of water stopped, and after a short while, Xu Zhengxi came out wearing only a pink bath towel.
Xu Zhe's room didn't have his bath towel or bathrobe, so he had to wrap himself in her little pink bath towel.
He didn't care about the pink color, nor did he care that it had been used by Xu Zhe; on the contrary, he enjoyed this intimate, unreserved relationship.
His body was firm and well-defined above the towel, and even after being trapped by his opponent for so long, his superior physique remained unaffected.
Xu Zhengxi walked to the bedside, wondering how to guide the person under the covers step by step, but saw that the person's eyes were tightly closed.
"Asleep?" Xu Zhengxi leaned closer to her face.
Her face was rosy and delicate, with a light pink hue on her cheeks and the tip of her nose. Long eyelashes covered her eyes; if you stared at them for a while, you could see them trembling slightly.
Xu Zhengxi's smile vanished. Was Xu Zhe pretending to be asleep?!
He didn't wake her, but continued to trace her face with his gaze. He hadn't been able to look at her properly in a long time, and now he couldn't wait to make up for it all.
Xu Zhe's eyelids are fair and white, and upon closer inspection, one can see bluish-red capillaries on them, which twitch every few seconds with each blink.
Xu Zhengxi gently stroked her head, one stroke at a time, her eyelids blinking more and more slowly until she finally stopped moving.
Her even breaths brushed against Xu Zhengxi's face, her sweet scent lingering in his nostrils. A smile returned to his lips; he had plenty of patience to help the little girl get used to their previous intimacy, despite her shyness.
"It's not going to happen tonight," Xu Zhengxi sighed softly. She went back to her room, put on her bathrobe, and then came to Xu Zhe's side, crawling into the blanket and hugging him tightly from behind.
Xu Zhe slept exceptionally soundly. Although the room was heated, it couldn't compare to the warmth of a firm, hot embrace.
When Xu Zhe woke up in the morning, even his feet, which were usually icy cold, felt warm. He snuggled closer to the covers with his eyes still closed...
Her eyes widened instantly, her gaze filled with disbelief as she awoke from her shock.
Feeling the vibrant life force made her face flush and her heart race.
"You're awake." The man's deep, tender voice sounded in my ear.
Warm breath sprayed behind his ears and the side of his neck, and Xu Zhe's senses, which had been cold for a long time, couldn't help but tremble.
"Sleep in a little longer on the first day of winter break." Xu Zhengxi pulled the person into his arms, the soft, fragrant little guy making him not want to go to work, he just wanted to stay with him and cuddle...
"I need to go to school." Xu Zhe moved closer to the bed, away from the burning heat behind him.
If she didn't move it, she felt like she was going to be burned dry.
"Why would you go back to school after you've finished your last exam?" Xu Zhengxi asked, puzzled.
He had just arrived in Lingnan yesterday, and the first thing he did was go to the school so that he could talk to the counselor while Xu Zhe was taking her exam and find out how she was doing in her studies.
The counselor brought over the exam papers from the past few days, and the students' scores had improved significantly compared to the midterms.
Knowing that she could start her winter break right after finishing her exams, he planned to take her on a long vacation after he finished his work this week.
"I applied to stay on campus during the winter break." Xu Zhe's forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat.
She originally thought Xu Zhengxi wouldn't come back before the Spring Festival, so she applied to stay on campus during the winter break. Now that he's back, it seems like she should stay on campus even more.
"Stay on campus? Is it to join a research group or prepare for some exam?" Xu Zhengxi was confused by her. He had only been a freshman for one semester, and she was telling him he wanted to stay on campus?
Xu Zhe was speechless. She didn't know how to deal with Xu Zhengxi's question. She stayed at school simply to avoid going back to the Xu residence.
“There’s no need to stay at school, so just enjoy your winter break.” Xu Zhengxi pulled him back into his arms and gently sucked on his red earlobe. “I’ll take a vacation after I finish this week’s work, and we’ll go on holiday to the South Island.”
"I don't want to go." Xu Zhe tried to keep his tone as cold and hard as possible.
Xu Zhengxi paused for a moment: "If not the South Island, how about Qiong Bay? Or would you like to travel abroad?"
“I don’t want to go to any of them.” Xu Zhe took a deep breath. “I just want to live on campus and live the life a normal student should live.”
Xu Zhengxi was starting to misunderstand her. It had only been two months since they last met, and he seemed to have no idea what she was thinking or what she liked.
“Normally, students should spend their holidays with their families. The Spring Festival is just around the corner, so they can’t stay at school any longer.”
He was more patient than before, not annoyed by her inexplicable tantrums, and gently persuaded her.
Xu Zhe raised his voice: "Normal students spend the Lunar New Year with their families. Do you see any students spending it with men?!"
Xu Zhengxi: "..."
"Also, normal students date their peers, do you ever see someone ten years older than you acting like an older brother?!"
Xu Zhengxi frowned, his eyes darkening. He turned her around to face him, staring directly into Xu Zhe's eyes, which were like bottomless black holes, swirling with a huge vortex that seemed to want to suck her in.
"Anything else?" He parted his thin lips slightly, his aura chilling.
Xu Zhe shifted his gaze to the intricately patterned crocheted curtains:
"Also, you shouldn't have forced me to be with you without even asking. Do I like you? Do I want to be with you? Do you even know what love is?"
"As an adult ten years older than you, don't you consider these things at all?!"
Xu Zhe spoke these words with a stern face, using the coldest voice she could muster.
"Is this why you live at school?" Xu Zhengxi stared at her face, as if trying to find a flaw in her prank on that little face.
Xu Zhe swallowed hard, his throat dry from the early morning:
"Also, Qin Yuyang likes me a lot. He would do anything to protect me when we were in danger. I was really touched by him."
"You don't care about our feelings at all. You just announce your relationship whenever you want. Your arbitrariness, domineering and selfishness are truly disgusting!"
After finishing his sentence, Xu Zhe steeled himself and got up to move away from his body, which was gradually losing its fever.
No matter how angry he is, no matter how sad he is, it's better than causing him to fall from a high place and end up in jail.
She went into the bathroom, intending to quickly wash up and leave.
I had just finished brushing my teeth, and the water stains around my mouth hadn't even been wiped away when I was picked up by the waist...
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