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Xu Yu didn't move when he felt Ji Shengsheng tracing his eyelashes with his hand.
He slept very well last night; he hadn't slept this well in many years.
Ji Shengsheng's hand slid from his eyelashes down the bridge of his nose to the tip of his nose.
Before long, warm breath came close to his cheek and moved toward his lips.
Ji Shengsheng's attack was different from his.
She teases a kitten like a butterfly, and fawns over humans like a kitten. Soft, non-aggressive, and nonchalant, she can leave at any moment.
But as long as it's Ji Shengsheng's thing, he's willing to enjoy it; he can sleep forever and never wake up again.
“Sigh…” Then, he heard Ji Shengsheng sigh softly.
Nothing could have startled him more than that sigh.
He was about to open his eyes when he heard Ji Shengsheng's smug expression.
She muttered to herself softly—
"What a magnificent face."
"...He's my boyfriend!"
"I really envy myself."
A smile appeared on his face.
If time could stand still forever, then let it stand still in this moment.
After expressing her feelings, Ji Shengsheng didn't touch him again. Instead, she quietly got some paper, lay down next to him, and started drawing.
He waited a long time, far too long, but he was never "taken care of" again.
I had no choice but to pretend that I had just woken up.
"What are you drawing?" Xu Yu turned over and hugged Ji Shengsheng, preventing her from escaping.
"...Nothing was drawn!" Ji Shengsheng immediately turned off the computer and folded up the white paper in front of her.
Xu Yu placed his hand between the screen and the keyboard, promptly stopping her from shutting down the computer.
"I really can't show this to you." Ji Shengsheng looked at Xu Yu, then kissed his cheek. "This is my privacy..."
"Okay." Xu Yu let go of her hand, lay flat, and stopped making things difficult for her. "I won't look."
"You're the best." Ji Shengsheng grabbed her laptop and ran off the bed.
She didn't come back for a long time.
Xu Yu touched the side beside him; Ji Shengsheng's body temperature had disappeared.
When he got up to look for her, Ji Shengsheng was engrossed in her drawing and didn't even notice him when he walked right up to her.
Xu Yu promised to respect her privacy, and he would keep his word.
After dealing with some work matters, Xu Yu watched Ji Shengsheng's retreating figure.
She's too thin; she's lost a lot of weight since three years ago.
Based on recent observations of his eating habits, he has irregular eating patterns, poor appetite, and eats very little.
Xu Yu tried his best to arrange the foods that Ji Shengsheng used to love to eat at every meal, but it seemed that she no longer had the appetite she used to have. She would pick up her chopsticks, but would put them down after only a few bites, and then tell him that she was "full".
While Xu Yu was distracted, Ji Shengsheng had already put down the board and was replying to messages on her phone.
Who could it be?
Did you let her stare at her phone for so long?
I looked at him for so long but didn't think of him, and didn't sit down next to him.
Late winter in Taoyuan is very cold. Ji Shengsheng is never by his side, and Xu Yu doesn't like winter in Taoyuan.
Thinking about it, Xu Yu picked up his phone and replied to the message he received from Xing Xing last night.
Xing Xing arranged to meet him.
Let's meet then.
Xu Yu had just put down his phone and was about to pull Ji Shengsheng over when, unexpectedly, the person had already snuggled into his arms.
Holding Ji Shengsheng like this, lying together on the sofa, always made his heart race.
Ji Shengsheng was intently sending messages in his arms.
Seemingly tired of one position, she changed positions on him.
Feeling relaxed and carefree.
"Who are you chatting with?" Xu Yu heard his own voice.
I shouldn't have asked that.
They will argue. Ji Shengsheng will leave.
"With Xiao Qi."
After finishing her part-time job, Xiao Qi returned to school, and Ji Shengsheng communicated and coordinated with her homeroom teacher regarding her accommodation on campus.
The class management in the repeat class is very strict; even cell phones are confiscated.
So for the past month, Xiao Qi could only ask to use her phone to reply to her messages after she transferred her living expenses.
This morning, she received a rare daily message from Xiao Qi.
So take the time to find out about her recent situation.
The situation is somewhat unusual.
Normally, schools would give students a holiday on New Year's Eve and during the Spring Festival.
However, Xiao Qi did not reply to her messages during the Spring Festival, nor did she accept the New Year's red envelopes she sent. But on the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, she suddenly sent her a lot of words of thanks.
"I might have to go to Yunlan, and I'm worried about leaving it behind." Ji Shengsheng looked up at Xu Yu. "Xu Yu... could you come with me?"
Am I your first choice?
Xu Yu didn't seem to be in a hurry for her answer; he kept kissing her.
Ji Shengsheng knew what he cared about.
Xu Yu might think that she intentionally asked Xing Xing to accompany her to Yunlan that time.
"Xu Yu, will you still be getting jealous when you're eighty years old?"
"Say it again?"
Making fun of Xu Yu comes at a price.
He bit down along her earlobe and then down her jaw.
"Xu Yu, will you still be jealous when you're eighty years old?" Ji Shengsheng bravely challenged Xu Yu's authority.
"That depends on whether you'll still be attracting attention when you're eighty."
Ji Shengsheng: "...What do you mean?"
...Where does she have it?
She rarely sees any boys other than Xu Yu.
Can you?
"Of course I wouldn't!" Ji Shengsheng dodged backward, deliberately letting Xu Yu reach out and hug her. "...You're really wronging an innocent person."
"Really?" Xu Yu reached out and put his arm around her, inviting her to sit up.
Ji Shengsheng wrapped her arms around his neck and asked, "Xu Yu, can we stay together until we're eighty?"
"able."
Yesterday, Ji Shengsheng seemed to have mentioned that her back was sore, so Xu Yu kindly massaged it for her, saying, "Only if you eat properly."
"Then I'll eat properly."
Despite saying that, Ji Shengsheng didn't finish a single bowl of rice at noon.
Not only that, she ate almost nothing but rice today.
Even though she was used to her not keeping her word, Xu Yu still found it annoying.
Are you unhappy?
As they were about to leave, Ji Shengsheng leaned close to Xu Yu and said, "...I didn't attract any attention, so why do you look so serious?"
"If you keep acting so serious, I might actually start attracting unwanted attention!"
The moment when she angered him and lost control in bed a few days ago is still fresh in her mind, but only a few days have passed, and Ji Shengsheng seems to have completely forgotten about it, repeatedly jumping on his trigger points.
Xu Yu endured it.
As if determined to make him feel better, Ji Shengsheng wrapped her arms around the back of his neck: "Xu Yu, have you finally desensitized?"
Just as he was about to pick her up, he heard Ji Shengsheng praise, "You're so great, brother."
"Brother?" Xu Yu asked, confirming.
Seemingly oblivious to his confusion, Ji Shengsheng happily said, "I knew everything would be alright once the misunderstanding was cleared up."
“What does ‘brother’ mean?” Xu Yu pressed.
"Don't you like this title?" Ji Shengsheng asked thoughtfully.
She wanted to give Xu Yu a more intimate nickname, and it took her a long time to find the right one this morning, but Xu Yu didn't seem too happy with it.
"Then, baby?"
Xu Yu did not respond.
She wasn't sure if this meant she disliked it, but it seemed like she didn't hate it.
So Ji Shengsheng hugged Xu Yu and asked, "Brother, or... baby?"
She didn't see that Xu Yu's ears had turned red.
She thought the bright red marks on Xu Yu's neck were from her arm.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Seeing Xu Yu's serious expression, Ji Shengsheng also became serious.
"Thinking about something."
What are you thinking about?
"I'm thinking about how to punish you."
Ji Shengsheng quickly dodged away: "...You're going to bully me again."
"Brother, baby, I behaved very well today and I won't let you bully me in any way."
Xu Yu chuckled to himself.
She did perform very well.
Tell him sweet nothings, give him a nickname that makes his heart flutter, stay by his side, and respond to his actions...
If you insist on punishing her, you'll have to try to find a reason.
"Ji Shengsheng, you're not eating."
So that's why you're unhappy...
Ji Shengsheng pointed in astonishment at the remaining half bowl of rice: "...I ate the rest of that half bowl."
"Too little."
She got even thinner during the time she was by his side.
Her legs, hidden beneath her loose sweater, were so thin he could easily break them.
"But I really don't want to eat," Ji Shengsheng pouted. "I have no appetite for food anymore."
The thought of having to eat makes me feel like I'm wasting my time.
If it weren't for spending the Lunar New Year with her family, and if she didn't want to be with Xu Yu, she would have just eaten some bread to pass the time for lunch and dinner.
Seeing Ji Shengsheng's confident and assertive manner, Xu Yu had no way to deal with her.
"Am I too thin? Did I hurt you?" Ji Shengsheng had no idea what images were flashing through her mind.
Xu Yu was also surprised by what she was thinking about every day.
However, he soon found out.
As she was about to leave, Ji Shengsheng felt a little guilty for some reason. She tidied up the few drawings she had made on paper and tried to hide them in a clipboard.
Unexpectedly, in the chaos, they all fell to the ground.
While helping her pick it up, Xu Yu inadvertently saw what she had drawn.
"Ji Shengsheng, do you apply what you learn, and then use it to learn more?"
Not only did I draw those times, but I also drew them in a nine-square grid.
Ji Shengsheng quickly snatched the paper from his hand, stubbornly saying, "...This is my privacy."
"Are you sure it's only yours?"
Ji Shengsheng scratched his head: "...I won't show this to anyone else, I'm just keeping it to myself."
"Isn't it a pity to just look at it yourself?"
Ji Shengsheng had no choice but to reluctantly part with it: "Then you can keep it for two days and return it to me."
"Um."
"By the way, you still haven't answered me... Did it hurt you?"
Xu Yu: "..."
Even if it's uncomfortable, that's not a reason for her to eat properly.
"Then I'll try my best to eat." "Otherwise, the experience won't be good later."
Xu Yu: "..."
If it unexpectedly achieves the effect he wants, then it's not impossible.
Despite numerous obstacles and setbacks before leaving home, Ji Shengsheng finally sat down at the table and finished the remaining half bowl of rice.
"You don't eat vegetables?"
“…I want to proceed step by step,” Ji Shengsheng said, trying to be coquettish. “You should praise me for every little bit of progress I make.”
Xu Yu: "Ji Shengsheng."
“…Okay, okay,” Ji Shengsheng hugged his arm, looking aggrieved, “Brother.”
Xu Yu said helplessly, "...You're great, you ate a bowl of rice."
"Thank you for the compliment, brother. I love you." Ji Shengsheng kissed her cheek.
What can he do?
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