Chapter 44 Sleeping Together
In the steaming water vapor, a hand groped in the white mist, grabbed the shower faucet, and turned off the hot water.
Delphinium walked out of the shower, wiped the water off her body, untied her hair, and looked at the mirror in the bathroom.
In the mirror, a girl with long azure blue hair looked at her expressionlessly, her well-proportioned and slender body looking as fragile as a doll.
This seemed to be the first time she would take a bath with this body since her comeback, Delphinium thought.
When she was young and just became a magical girl, she would occasionally need to clean this body, but she would always close her eyes, blushing and washing as quickly as possible. Even when looking at the opposite sex in the mirror, she would feel quite nervous because of the restless hormones, and she would not dare to look at it for too long.
It has been a long time. Now, after being married for many years, when I look at this childlike body, I no longer have any distracting thoughts in my mind.
It's better to say that things change with time. In her eyes now, the magical girl's transformed state is no different from a weapon. This body is both a weapon and a protective gear. To her, it is like a soldier's armor, except that it looks weak and gorgeous on the outside.
However, the power of magic is enough to make time stop for the magical girl. Occasionally, when she looks in the mirror at her appearance that has not changed in more than a decade, she will have a sense of time dislocation, as if she is still in the past.
Unwilling to dwell on this emotion, Delphinium closed her eyes, averted her gaze from herself in the mirror, and stopped thinking about it.
After putting on the clothes prepared by Xia Liang and rolling up her long sleeves and trouser legs, she walked out of the bathroom and saw Xia Liang rummaging through the closet for a pillow.
"Let me help." She suggested, and the two of them started working together.
There was only a small single bed in Xia Liang's room, so for the sake of sleep quality, she decided to use her parents' master bedroom.
In her words, "It's empty anyway, so it's a good thing to use it to entertain guests."
It took about ten minutes to tidy up the bed and put the extra things into the cupboard. Looking at the bed in front of her, Delphinium had a complicated expression.
Although she looked like a little girl, she was essentially an adult man. She was going to lie on the same bed with a girl who was about the same age as her daughter and whom she had only known for a month. The moral pressure made her feel heavy.
During this time, Xia Liang had returned to his room in slippers, holding the pillow on his bed. He was standing by the bed, looking at Cuique with anticipation.
The matter is at a critical juncture and only the finishing touch is needed. Refusing will only hurt the child.
With all sorts of thoughts in her mind, she couldn't say a single harsh word in the end. She could only sigh and say, "Then turn off the lights and go to bed."
"Um!"
Xia Liang, who had been waiting for a long time, responded happily.
After closing the door of the master bedroom and turning off the ceiling light, Cuique and Xialiang got into the quilt and lay down on the bed.
Because she had a lot of concerns in her mind, Cuiqiao deliberately kept a distance from Xia Liang to ensure that physical contact would not easily occur between the two.
It's not that she has any idea about Xia Liang. In fact, facing such a child, she can't mobilize the thinking of a man to look at the opposite sex. She just feels that she should have the responsibility of an adult and maintain basic etiquette.
It’s a pity that although she thought so, Xia Liang didn’t think so.
After lying on her side with her back to Xia Liang for a while, Cuique hadn't even warmed up the pillow under her head when she felt a pair of hands reaching out from behind and hugging her.
"Ah, it's really soft and fragrant when I hug you. It feels better than hugging a pillow..." Xia Liang's voice came from behind her.
Kuei-ching was held in her arms, her face was a little stiff, she pushed twice with her hands but to no avail, she could only ask helplessly: "Can you let go?"
"No." Xia Liang's answer was also very straightforward.
"Don't you feel crowded sleeping like this?"
"This is a rare opportunity for me to hold my little senior while he sleeps. I will hold him until my arms are sore."
“…You are being too willful.”
"After all, it was you, the young senior, who asked me to do this. I am such a willful child tonight." Xia Liang replied in her ear.
After hearing this answer, she knew there was no room for negotiation. She could only close her eyes and sigh, "I regret it now. I feel like I'm really in trouble."
"Hehe, young senior seems to be very similar to Xiaolu in this respect." Xia Liang behind him didn't care and instead laughed softly.
"Where?" Delphinium simply asked back.
"Hard on the outside, but soft on the inside." Xia Liang commented, "What he said was very unpleasant to hear, but his actions were often the opposite."
"I'm going to get out of bed."
"No." Saying this, Xia Liang held Cuique's hand a little tighter.
Unable to help but sigh again, Cuiqiao obediently let Xia Liang hold her for a while. When she found that the girl behind her still didn't seem to be asleep, she asked again: "What we talked about tonight, about your parents... do we need to tell Baimei?"
"Need not."
"Why?"
"If I just say this, given Xiaolu's personality, she might start to sympathize with me."
Xia Liang whispered, "I don't want our relationship to become strange because of 'sympathy'. I want to build a good relationship with Xiaolu and become true friends. If the element of 'sympathy' is mixed into this relationship, I will feel very unhappy."
"It's okay if I tell you?"
"Hey, after all, the young senior is a mature adult, right?"
Having said that, Xia Liang paused for a moment, and as if to confirm, asked Cuique: "Is it okay to think this way?"
"As long as you like it, it's your own family affair. It's your freedom whether you want to talk about it or not." Cuiqiao closed her eyes and her tone gradually softened.
Just as she said this, she suddenly felt her shoulders getting wet.
She was silent, and tilted her head slightly to see Xia Liang burying her face behind her shoulder. In the darkness, her bangs covered her face, so that she couldn't see her expression at all.
But Delphinium could probably guess that she was crying.
Why she was crying at this time was something Cuique couldn't understand. She could only feel that Xia Liang didn't want her to expose his feelings, so she closed her eyes again, pretending that she knew nothing, and let Xia Liang hold her.
"Thank you, young senior."
Not long after, Xia Liang's somewhat hoarse voice came again from behind.
She knew that it was inappropriate for her to cry at this time, but it had been a long time since someone needed her, listened to her so much, and even took the initiative to tell her that she could be more "willful". So many "long-lost" things gathered together made her feel as if she was in a beautiful dream again.
"Nothing." To this, Delphinium simply responded lightly, because she knew that at this time, the appropriate attitude was to accept it calmly.
"Young senior."
"Um?"
"I will do my best in the certification test."
Xia Liang lowered his voice, revealing a certain determination in his words: "I will also work hard to become stronger, and then one day, I will stand by your side."
Delphinium's breath hitched slightly.
"...You can do it, you all can." Then, she encouraged Xia Liang in a cold but gentle voice.
After saying this, she seemed to remember something, and then said with some hesitation: "But since this matter is mentioned, I just made a decision, but I don't know what you think."
"What's wrong?"
"Starting next time, study will be arranged at your home."
Cuiqiao was still leaning against her when she said this, so in the darkness, Xia Liang couldn't see Cuiqiao's expression clearly.
But she knew what her expression looked like.
Burying her face behind the Delphinium, she was so happy that she tried hard to restrain the corners of her mouth that were raised, and then she replied softly: "Well, I'm honored, really."
(End of this chapter)
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