Chapter 396: A fleeting clinginess

Xu Wan lay on him, not knowing where to put her hands. She paused for a moment, patted his shoulders lightly, and then was hugged tightly by Zong Zhao, with his chin on her shoulder and he closed his eyes.

"Madam, dinner is ready..." As soon as Cuizhi came in, she saw the two of them sitting on chairs and hugging each other. Xu Wan had her back to her and couldn't see their expressions clearly, but she could see that Zong Zhao's face didn't look good.

Cuizhi realized something was wrong, so she quickly put down the food, turned around and walked out, closing the door.

Xu Wan hugged him for a long time, and when she felt his frenzied mood calm down, she whispered, "Are you feeling better? Come over and have some food, or you won't be able to sleep well at night."

Zong Zhao reluctantly let her go, but then held her hand. He said nothing, neither agreeing nor refusing.

It seems that he is not very willing.

Xu Wan took his hand and raised it, then asked softly again: "Let's go? I'll go over and have something to eat with you."

He said hoarsely, "Okay."

The tall man was like an obedient cat. She led the man by the hand to the dining table and he sat down. The dinner was not simple, but Zong Zhao chose a bowl of lean meat porridge. He held Xu Wan with one hand and held a spoon with the other.

He was very quiet and didn't say a word.

Xu Wan looked at his profile, and from time to time glanced at their tightly held hands, her heart softened. He was so clingy, like a child who couldn't leave anyone.

Subsequent developments further confirmed her guess.

After watching him finish dinner, she went to the bathroom to take a bath, and he sat outside waiting, not in the bedroom inside, but sitting outside the bathroom waiting, as if he would not feel at ease without her.

After Xu Wan finished washing, she called him in. He hesitated for a long time and said, "I don't want to wash today."

Xu Wan: “…”

Your excuse is so fake.

He looked like he didn't want to go in by himself, but Xu Wan couldn't accompany him to take a shower, so she scratched her head and tentatively said, "Shall I sit here and wait for you too?"

Zong Zhao hesitated for a few seconds before he went over obediently.

Xu Wan laughed. He really was...

It's quite different from usual.

At night, the two of them lay in bed, still under two quilts, facing each other. Xu Wan wanted to talk to him and make him happy.

Before I could even open my mouth, I heard him ask, "Can I hold you while you sleep?"

Xu Wan was silent, then nodded and said, "Okay."

The next moment, Zong Zhao rolled her up with the quilt, like a big kangaroo.

This action made Xu Wan burst into laughter. She teased, "Will it really work if you hug me like this?"

Zong Zhao said in a muffled voice: "Yes."

He just wanted to hold her.

Xu Wan thought for a moment, broke away from his arms, and under Zong Zhao's lost gaze, she crawled into his quilt.

The woman's face suddenly approached and appeared in front of him. Zong Zhao was caught off guard and felt his heart skip a beat.

Xu Wan put her hands on his waist, and when she looked up, she seemed to be radiating light. When his chest was beating, Zong Zhao heard her ask, "Would it be more convenient to hold me like this?"

I don’t know what purpose or idea Xu Wan had, but she just wanted to do this and say this.

The embarrassment and discomfort caused by Zong Zhao's sudden return had long since disappeared like a cloud after living with him day and night.

Zong Zhao raised his hands and put them around her.

In such a quiet night, without anyone to disturb them, and even unable to see the expressions on each other's faces, the most direct physical contact broke the barriers between them, allowing them to get closer to each other in the collision of body and mind.

Xu Wan was held in his arms, feeling sleepy.

In a trance, I seemed to hear his hoarse voice saying, "I have liked you... for a long, long, long time."

Xu Wan was too sleepy to open her eyes. She just rubbed against him and replied subconsciously, "I know, I know everything."

Zong Zhao paused, stroked her hair with his big hands, and whispered, "You don't know...it's been longer than you know."

It was so long that the colors in her memories faded, so long that... because of his lack of initiative, she had never known him, let alone remembered him.

Xu Wan closed her eyes and mumbled incoherently: "When was that? Last life?"

He did not respond.

I don't know if he fell asleep.

Xu Wan laughed softly and said in a daze: "I was just talking nonsense..."

In the early morning, Xu Wan was awakened by the heat.

The weather in early autumn shouldn't be so hot. She opened her eyes and saw the source of the heat in front of her. It was Zong Zhao's chest in white pajamas. Xu Wan's brain froze for a few seconds before she figured out what happened last night:

Zong Zhao was in a bad mood and slept with her in his arms all night.

They slept in the same quilt.

It was her initiative.

People are always very emotional at night, but extremely sober in the morning, especially when the person in question does not get up early to go out for the first time.

Xu Wan quietly stepped back, trying to create a comfortable temperature. Suddenly, her body felt lighter. Zong Zhao withdrew his arm that was pressing on her waist. Xu Wan quickly rolled into the bed, venting her body heat towards the wall.

There was a rustling sound behind me. It was Zong Zhao getting up and getting dressed. After a while, I heard him say, "I'll go wash up first. I've put your clothes on the small table beside the bed."

"Oh, okay." Xu Wan sat up from the bed, looked at his back as he left, and quickly grabbed her clothes and put them on.

The clingy Zong Zhao from yesterday was like a flash in the pan. After waking up from a sleep, he returned to his old self, being polite and knowing his limits.

Xu Wan thought about it and raised her lips slightly. In fact, she felt that Zong Zhao, who was more clingy, was more interesting. Although he was especially like a child, as if he couldn't live without her. His eyes and body only wanted to be close to her...

But it's a good feeling to be needed by someone.

When Xu Wan came out after washing up, Zong Zhao had already asked someone to bring in breakfast.

She sat down, took the spoon he handed her, and asked casually, "Aren't you going out today?"

She regretted it as soon as she finished saying it. Zong Zhao had already found the evidence, and all that remained to be done was to settle accounts with the other two people.

Zong Zhao took a sip of porridge and replied calmly, "No hurry, come one by one."

Xu Wan swallowed and thought to herself that it was true. General Zhao had just passed away yesterday, so the funeral would have to take several days at least.

She asked again: "Then do we still need to go there?"

Zong Zhao said, "It was originally used."

Xu Wan continued: "But?"

Zong Zhaochen handed her a pair of chopsticks and said calmly, "But I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and will go over and smash his coffin as well."

Xu Wan: “…”

When it comes to calm madness, it has to be you.