Chapter 110 "Husband".
After destroying the evidence, Xia Mian took a shower, washed her face, and dried her hair, dawdling for almost an hour. But the bathroom was not a place to linger; she had to go out and face reality eventually.
He took a deep breath, opened the door a crack, and looked left and right through the gap.
Then he successfully made eye contact with Zhou Pingchuan.
—The other person had changed into pajamas, was sitting on the headboard, and was quietly flipping through a document.
After realizing he was being "spyed on," he raised his left eyebrow: "Wait a little longer, it'll marinate a bit more."
aestivation:"……"
Are you mocking me for being afraid to come out?
Xia Mian snorted coldly, then walked out with her head held high and chest puffed out. As she walked, she nervously raised her arm and sniffed from top to bottom.
Has he really been pickled to the smell of a toilet?
How can someone be handsome then?!
Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!
But he certainly couldn't show weakness in front of Zhou Pingchuan, so he first tightly pinched the hem of his bathrobe together, then pretended to be calm and sat sideways on the edge of the bed, moving both legs onto the bed at the same time, as if he was guarding against some thief.
This action would seem silly on someone else, but when he does it, it's like a mermaid who has just become human and hasn't yet learned the correct way to use her legs.
Zhou Pingchuan couldn't help but tighten his lips.
"why are you laughing?"
Zhou Pingchuan remained silent.
"I'm going to sleep. If you want to look at something, go to your own room and don't turn on the light and disturb me."
As he spoke, Xia Mian crawled into bed, pulling the covers up tightly. Because he'd been cooped up in the bathroom for so long, his cheeks and ears were flushed, making him look even more like a cute mermaid.
Zhou Pingchuan hadn't originally planned to pay him any attention, intending to read the entire document before going to sleep. But perhaps because mermaids were such a rare species, Zhou Pingchuan couldn't bear to refuse and pressed the "goodnight" button.
The lights went out and the curtains in the room slowly closed.
Suddenly, everything around them went completely dark.
Xia Mian blinked, then began to regret it. She should have left the lights on; at least she could have anticipated the other party's actions.
Since she couldn't see, she could only rely on her hearing. Xia Mian pricked up her ears and first heard the slight clattering sound of documents being placed on the bedside table, followed by the rustling of the blanket being pulled.
He quickly scurried to the side of the bed, so far that he could easily fall off if he turned over, and used his toes to draw a chasm between the two of them: "Use this line as the boundary, you sleep on that side, I'll sleep on this side, and neither of us is allowed to cross the line."
Zhou Pingchuan replied, "We are a legally married couple, so the question of crossing the line shouldn't be relevant."
Yes, husband and wife are truly inseparable, it is indeed one of the closest relationships in the world. Xia Mian was speechless, yet unwilling to admit defeat: "But you haven't fulfilled your duties as husband and wife!"
After he finished speaking, he realized that the term "marital obligations" could be ambiguous.
As expected, Zhou Pingchuan replied, "Then shall we carry it out now?"
Xia Mian gritted her teeth in anger: "Stop pretending, you know what I'm talking about!"
Zhou Pingchuan knew exactly what he meant—he was still blaming himself for pulling him away from his so-called "friends".
Zhou Pingchuan had initially intended to let the man go after scaring him so much that he hid in the bathroom for an hour, but since the man wouldn't let it go...
Zhou Pingchuan suddenly turned around, bracing his arms on either side of Xia Mian, exuding a strong sense of aggression: "Xia Mian, I don't want you to make friends like this."
It was alright in the car. Although there was a partition, Xia Mian knew Uncle Wang was in the front, so her panic wasn't too strong. The main thing was that there wasn't much she could do in the back seat.
But now, with only the two of them in the huge suite, and in such a sensitive place as the bed, Xia Mian, like a little lion whose territory had been invaded, instantly bristled: "Why do you restrict me from making friends? Besides, what business is it of yours if I date Chang Yi?"
Oh, his name is Chang Yi.
For the sake of Chang Yi, he had been struggling with himself until now. Zhou Pingchuan leaned down and lowered his head.
The light was so dim that Xia Mian could only vaguely see the other man's Adam's apple and the sharp lines of his jaw. At that moment, the Adam's apple, which was more prominent than a normal man's, was sliding up and down: "I can do you anytime I want right now."
"!!!"
Summer hibernation caused numbness in his spine and even his entire body, his hands were so numb he could barely move them: "...Nonsense! You dare! Have you ever read any science articles? Rape within marriage is illegal!"
Zhou Pingchuan chuckled, a hint of sarcasm in his voice, roughly meaning: You'll see if I dare.
His laughter was more terrifying than his anger; Xia Mian's hair stood on end, and alarm bells rang in her mind.
As it turned out, his intuition was right. Zhou Pingchuan finished laughing, slightly bending his elbow to minimize the distance between them. His right hip also pressed between his thighs.
Xia Mian's eyes darted around frantically as she frantically planned her escape route, devising plan one, plan two, plan three. But she had barely begun to implement it when, with a slight turn of her body, her opponent's knee shot up.
Upon reaching the deepest point, we unexpectedly discovered something interesting.
At first, Zhou Pingchuan heard the sound of running water in the bathroom and assumed the other person was washing their mouth or face. It turned out...
Xia Mian also sensed it. Her body stiffened at first, and then a wave of emotions, including grievance, anger, and shame, surged over her.
Yeah, so what if he's not wearing a bra? Boys have that kind of reaction when they're excited, is that wrong?
"Zhou Pingchuan, don't push your luck!" He raised both hands, using all his strength to press against the other's chest. He thought: If Zhou Pingchuan really did something to him, although he didn't have the power to kill Zhou Pingchuan, he could die with Zhou Pingchuan in his arms. He wouldn't accept this humiliation!
"Preventing you from associating with Chang Yi is considered going too far?" Zhou Pingchuan retorted.
"Why can't I date Chang Yi? I want to have friends to hang out with, and I want to build my own social circle," Xia Mian's voice trembled at the end. "I only have a few friends, is that not allowed?"
He found that he could be strong in front of anyone, but he was particularly vulnerable and emotionally broken down in front of Zhou Pingchuan.
But now she can hold back her tears, staring at the other person with red eyes.
He thought Zhou Pingchuan would continue to refute him.
Such a domineering person is always the one to do things their way and can never tolerate others having different opinions from them.
But as she waited, the other party remained silent. Xia Mian's muscles tensed; she resolved to fight to the bitter end, no matter what.
After a long while, a soft sigh came from above, and then the shadow covering the eyes disappeared.
Zhou Pingchuan returned to the spot he had marked out with his toes: "You treat him as a friend, but he may not treat you as a friend. It's late, go to sleep."
***
What's the meaning?
Xia Mian's first thought was: Chang Yi is plotting against him?
No, Chang Yi and he follow completely opposite paths, so there's no way they'd have any conflict over resources, and they get along quite easily and pleasantly. Why would Chang Yi scheme against him? There's no need.
After a while, Xia Mian belatedly realized that Zhou Pingchuan meant... Chang Yi might like him.
Xia Mian had never been in a relationship before. The reason she could sense that Liu Er and Zhou Ting liked her was because their actions were so obvious, they were just one step away from confessing their feelings.
Chang Yitian called him brother every day, but he was a virgin and very oblivious to the truth.
However, after Zhou Pingchuan pointed it out, recalling various details, such as Chang Yi's pale face in the barbecue restaurant, he could more or less sense something.
So that's why Zhou Pingchuan suddenly went crazy today.
Not long after getting married, his partner went out and cheated on him with someone who admired him. Anyone would find that unbearable.
He...wrongly accused Zhou Pingchuan.
And they said a lot of nasty things.
As angry as she was just now, Xia Mian felt just as guilty, so guilty that she wanted to sit up and slap herself.
Xia Mian, you deserve to die!
But he seems to be born without the skill of "apologizing". In the past, when he was angry with his parents or friends, he would throw out a way out, and the other person would understand and take the opportunity to continue playing happily.
Then...give it a try?
Xia Mian used her usual trick, sliding her foot towards Zhou Pingchuan and touching his calf with her toe: "Um, are you sleeping comfortably? If not, you can come a little closer."
Unfortunately, Zhou Pingchuan was neither his parents nor his friends, and remained silent.
"You probably don't have enough blankets, right? Come over a little, it's okay."
Zhou Pingchuan: "No need."
Xia Mian was furious. How could the CEO of a top conglomerate be so petty? He's really difficult to deal with!
But if this misunderstanding can't be cleared up, he definitely won't be able to sleep tonight. Xia Mian thought and thought but couldn't come up with a good solution, so in the end she could only rub against Zhou Pingchuan's side and say, "Okay, don't be angry, I admit I was wrong, okay?"
This was a typical straight-man's way of apologizing. Zhou Pingchuan's mood was already a bit somber, but this sentence made him both laugh and cry.
Xia Mian pressed her advantage: "Third Master, please forgive me."
Many people called him Third Master, but for some reason, Zhou Pingchuan suddenly remembered how Xia Mian addressed him when Ren Xiping came to his house: "What did you call me?"
Xia Mian didn't immediately understand: "Third Master."
Zhou Pingchuan: "Change to another one."
His words were nonsensical, and Xia Mian couldn't connect them to what Ren Xiping had done that day. Torn between "appeasing Zhou Pingchuan" and "suffering from chronic insomnia," she finally had a moment of madness, gritted her teeth, and uttered two words: "...husband."
husband.
Zhou Pingchuan twitched his ring finger.
Hmm, this one works too.
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