When Bai Xiaoruo came out of the bathroom after washing her hair and taking a shower, Xuan Mingyu's workspace had already moved from the backyard to the guest room.
A light drizzle started falling outside sometime earlier.
Bai Xiaoruo, wearing a bathrobe and rubbing her wet hair with a towel, came out and was startled when she saw the back of a man sitting at the desk. She quickly covered her chest with her hands.
Because I took off my contact lenses, I couldn't see things very clearly.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Hsien Ming-yu.
Bai Xiaoruo breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time became more vigilant.
When did he come in? There wasn't a sound.
"No need to cover it up, I have no interest in washboards," Xuan Mingyu suddenly said in a cool voice.
"You!" Bai Xiaoruo was immediately filled with shame and indignation.
His eyes were clearly fixed on the notebook, and he didn't turn his head. How could he know that he was covering his chest with his hand?
"Um...are you going to take a bath? How about I...I'll run the bathwater for you..."
How embarrassing! Every time I'm with him, I can't speak properly. Bai Xiaoruo, what are you so nervous about?
After a while, seeing that Xuan Mingyu still didn't pay attention to her, Bai Xiaoruo felt a little awkward. Should she run the bathwater for him now?
Just as Bai Xiaoruo was about to sit on the bed to continue rubbing her hair, Xuan Mingyu, who was sitting at the desk, suddenly closed his laptop, stood up, and walked towards Bai Xiaoruo.
"What, what are you going to do?"
He didn't speak, but approached her step by step. Bai Xiaoruo clenched her hands tightly against her chest and kept backing away.
What is he going to do? All I did was ask him if he wanted me to run his bath. Is he going to get angry?
Oh no, what if he hits the girl?
"You, you... don't do anything reckless! I, I, I..." With no way out, Bai Xiaoruo stumbled and fell onto the bed.
The moment Bai Xiaoruo collapsed onto the bed, she was so frightened that she immediately closed her eyes, thinking to herself that she really couldn't escape tonight.
One second, two seconds... a minute passed, and it seemed that nothing had happened.
Or am I just overthinking things?
Bai Xiaoruo slowly opened her eyes and saw Xuan Mingyu standing in front of her, looking impatient. "You're pressing on my clothes."
"ah?"
Reminded by Xian Mingyu, Bai Xiaoruo then noticed that there was indeed something sitting on her bottom. It wasn't a soft mattress, but a bag of clothes that had been placed on the bed at some point, and a neatly made suit was also placed on the bed.
However, she sat on it all.
Bai Xiaoruo suddenly stood up and kept apologizing to him: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I didn't know you put your clothes here."
Xuan Mingyu simply turned slightly to the side, took out a bathrobe from the bag, walked past Bai Xiaoruo in front of him, and went straight into the bathroom.
Soon after, the sound of water came from the bathroom.
Bai Xiaoruo stood there, head drooping, looking very annoyed.
I'm such an idiot; I never manage to have a proper conversation with him, and I always end up making him angry.
Looking at the suit on the bed, thankfully, it wasn't wrinkled from sitting on it. Bai Xiaoruo carefully picked it up, hung it on the hook of the clothes hanger, and carefully smoothed it out.
She took out a hairdryer from the drawer, dried her hair, and combed it straight. As sleepiness gradually crept in, Bai Xiaoruo lifted a corner of the blanket, crawled into bed, found a comfortable position, closed her eyes, and quickly fell asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Bai Xiaoruo vaguely felt the blanket beside her being pulled away from the other side. The next second, the mattress on the other side quickly collapsed, followed by an unfamiliar male scent.
Bai Xiaoruo suddenly opened her eyes, turned over, and saw the man lying next to her. She was so frightened that she quickly sat up. Xuan Mingyu, who had already closed his eyes, was also instantly wide awake by her.
"You, why are you sleeping here?"
"The question you asked is just as idiotic as your name."
"What?" Bai Xiaoruo was stunned. How was her name idiotic? And how was this an idiotic question? She was still a pure and innocent young girl in the prime of her life. A strange man lay down next to her without saying a word. Who wouldn't be startled?
Xian Mingyu sat up, his face full of displeasure. "Don't worry, I have absolutely no interest in a little girl like you. If it weren't for this damn homecoming, do you think I would want to sleep with you? Either you go to sleep quietly and don't bother me, or you go sleep on the sofa, or get out!"
Bai Xiaoruo had just opened her mouth to retort when Xuan Mingyu pulled the blanket over himself and lay down again.
He had his back completely to her, so she couldn't see the expression on his face.
Bai Xiaoruo swallowed all the words she had wanted to say in rebuttal, and was completely speechless.
He's right. How could I forget? They're already married, husband and wife. Isn't it normal for them to sleep together? What's the big deal?
But isn't he being a bit too domineering? Why should he be the only one who can sleep in the bed while she has to go to the sofa to sleep? There's only one blanket in the whole guest room. If she goes to sleep on the sofa, she'll freeze to death in the middle of the night.
At a time like this, it's impossible to go out to change rooms and find blankets, lest it arouse suspicion from my father and stepmother.
I guess I'll just have to make do and sleep here for the night.
Bai Xiaoruo pulled her bathrobe tighter. Although he said he wasn't interested in her, who knew if he might suddenly become beastly again like that night?
To avoid waking up Xian Mingyu and getting scolded by him again, Bai Xiaoruo tiptoed and lay down quietly, also with her back to him, pulling the blanket up a little. Sleepiness swept over her again, and she soon fell asleep.
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