Old Madam slowly said, “Silly child, of course we’ll live together.”

After that, An Xun couldn’t stop thinking about her words. For eight hours straight, without pause, he felt he had fallen into Old Madam’s trap.

The villain had set the trap well, and like a naïve, unknowing lamb, he’d found himself caught in a moment of mental blankness. The villain spoke kindly, praising him until he was floating on air and moved to tears. From then on, he took a big tumble and fell into a pit with no way back.

An Xun sat on the large bed in the master bedroom, surrounded by a decor style distinct from the secondary bedroom, filled with black and white tones that reflected the owner’s cool personality, even the bedding was in dark colors.

He hugged his knees, full of regret and fear.

No wonder Old Madam called him a silly child.

He really was foolish. A word or two and he’d sold himself.

On the other side, Tao Nian, who had been woken up by several of his calls, was also anxious for him.

[Nian Nian]: I told you, play less with the Bo family, you just wouldn’t listen.

[Nian Nian]: Look at your IQ, can you outplay the Bo family?

[Nian Nian]: Just wait to be bedded.

An Xun felt as if his heart had turned to ash. He wasn’t really going to be bedded, was he?

He did long for the life of an adult omega, but only when watching little videos when the desire hit. Other times… forget it. In reality, they all said alphas were too rough and didn’t know how to be gentle.

An Xun grimaced.

[Gulu Gulu]: I’m going to die, really, no kidding.

[Nian Nian]: Trust Bo Xiangzhou’s character.

An Xun was desperate.

[Gulu Gulu]: What if I can’t trust his character!!

Tao Nian coldly threw out his answer.

[Nian Nian]: Then you’d better fend for yourself.

[Nian Nian]: Need me to send you the link?

An Xun faced with a big question mark, what link?

After some thought, it clicked.

[Nian Nian]: Bo Xiangzhou looks inexperienced, what if you end up hurt in bed?

Reading the straightforward words, An Xun’s fingers blushed with embarrassment as he typed.

[Gulu Gulu]: Who said I definitely have to be bedded!! We’re just sharing a bed, not the same blanket!!

An Xun’s intuition was exceptionally sharp. Though he couldn’t hear the noises outside, his wildly beating heart told him that Bo Xiangzhou was about to appear in his line of sight.

He put down his phone, pulled over the pink quilt from the secondary bedroom to cover his body, and lay down clutching the corner of the quilt, a few strands of hair shielding his forehead in a timid and meek display.

Bo Xiangzhou, seeing him like this, didn’t say much, only lifted another quilt and suggested, “If you’re not used to it, you can sleep with the night light on. Don’t stay up too late.”

“Okay.” An Xun replied, “President Bo, I tend to toss and turn at night…”

Bo Xiangzhou turned off the main bedroom light, “No worries.”

The master bedroom’s bed was even larger than the secondary, spacious enough for two. The room was left with just a night light on. An Xun moved as gently as possible, crawling to the very edge of the bed and turning back to glance at Bo Xiangzhou. The light was too dim to see his face clearly, but by listening to his breathing, An Xun guessed he might have fallen asleep, so he moved even more cautiously, stretching his arm several times to check.

Adjusting the light to a warm low brightness, An Xun crawled back under the covers, holding his breath throughout the process, his toes curling up in nervousness.

The quiet night amplified every sound, making his senses even more acute. He dared not breathe loudly, curling up and shrinking himself under the covers.

Worried Bo Xiangzhou might notice him using his phone, he cautiously exposed a small gap, seeing the alpha maintain his position, he felt a bit more at ease but still kept his guard up.

He turned on Do Not Disturb and silenced his phone, more thrilling than playing with his phone under the desk while the teacher lectured at school.

[Gulu Gulu]: Wuuu, I’m going to suffocate to death.

Tao Nian quickly replied.

[Nian Nian]: Wear headphones and listen to ASMR.

[Nian Nian]: Buddy, I can only help you so much, hope you don’t end up in Bo Xiangzhou’s bed in the middle of the night.

An Xun scoffed.

[Gulu Gulu]: Nonsense, that’s impossible.

He scrolled through sleep aid videos, choosing a forty-minute simulated ear-cleaning session.

With headphones on, he couldn’t hear anything else, his movements in bed now larger than before. Bo Xiangzhou, lying next to him, opened his clear eyes, staring at the bulge resembling a small mound for a good half minute before closing them again.

A dreamless night.

Bo Xiangzhou, like clockwork, noticed An Xun half-asleep, seemingly not quite awake yet, changed clothes directly in the bedroom to save trouble.

But that sleeping position…

Bo Xiangzhou frowned slightly, a bit wild but still decent enough.

Getting up without incident, he went downstairs and made a cup of hand-ground coffee, adding ice cubes to bring out a richer flavor. Calculating the time, he expected An Xun should be awake by now. After watching half an hour of financial news in the study, he leisurely returned to the bedroom.

The situation was completely unlike what he had expected; An Xun was sleeping deeply, snoring slightly, lying face down in a twisted posture, one leg exposed, the pants rolled up to the knee, his calf slender, smooth, and dazzlingly white, a section of the quilt kicked off to the floor, one earphone fallen beside the pillow, the other missing.

Half the bed was a mess from his sleeping.

Just a few dozen minutes not seen, how could he sleep like this? Could it be that beneath the facade of a demure omega lay a heart as bold as any?

Bo Xiangzhou suppressed the shock in his heart, finally unable to bear the sight, he tucked the quilt corner properly, turned off the night light, and picked up the earphone hidden under the covers, placing it and the one beside the pillow back in the charging pod together.

Then he opened a new bottle of vitamins, took a cup of tea, and stepped out of the bedroom again.

The room was infused with the faint pheromones of an alpha, which, with the help of the pheromones, let An Xun sleep until he naturally woke up.

Waking up, he was startled by his own sleeping posture, so he grinned ear to ear and went off to find Tao Nian to share his joy.

[Gulu Gulu]: Nian Nian, I’ve made progress, my quilt actually didn’t fall off this time!

[Gulu Gulu]: I told you, my bedding is faultless.

An Xun’s smile reached his ears; he reached for his earphones but didn’t find them, his smile disappearing momentarily.

He stood up, shook the quilt, and then poked his butt under the bed looking, but still found nothing.

Full of puzzlement, he opened the charging pod and was instantly stunned; the perfectly honest sleeping posture he woke up to now had a perfect explanation.

He wanted to slap himself; could a sleeping position change overnight?!

Checking the time again, 10:25 AM, everything went dark before his eyes; he felt he wasn’t far from being a discarded husband from a wealthy family.

An Xun spent a lot of time online looking for excuses. At lunch, he sat slowly across from Bo Xiangzhou, embarrassedly saying, “President Bo, I’ve been overworked the past few days and lacking in sleep, so I might sleep longer than usual.”

Bo Xiangzhou: “Hmm.”

An Xun: “?”

Dammit, alpha, if you have something to say, just say it! What does hmm mean?! Does it mean you agree or not?!

Suppressing his defiance, An Xun continued, “Oh, and don’t get me wrong, my sleeping position isn’t usually like this. I don’t know why, but today it was especially bad. If I disturbed you, I’m really sorry.”

Bo Xiangzhou’s expression unchanged, but after listening to An Xun’s words, he lifted his eyelids and asked in a soft voice, “Since it’s not usually like this, how do you know today’s was bad?”

Damn, he’d been too focused on explaining and hadn’t thought that far ahead.

An Xun wanted to kneel before him; he should have listened to Tao Nian and played less with the Bo family.

The alpha’s gaze fixed on his face; he dared not show any emotion that didn’t fit his docile character.

After a mental storm, An Xun feigned ignorance and shyly smiled, “President Bo, I have a little habit; I get a bit restless sleeping in unfamiliar places. My sleeping position isn’t great to begin with, and it’s even worse in unfamiliar places. I heard from Uncle Lin that you got up quite early today; I’m worried my bad sleeping posture woke you up. I found the quilt on the floor this morning—I don’t know if you saw it, but I thought I should explain it to you first.”

The reason sounded believable.

Bo Xiangzhou believed it somewhat, but the slight doubt in his heart deepened with An Xun’s explanation.

An Xun continued to feign ignorance, “I also found a strange phenomenon, my earphones automatically went to the charging pod. President Bo, I didn’t sleepwalk last night, did I? I don’t remember ever having a sleepwalking problem.”

An Xun tilted his head, his face showing just the right amount of a pleasing smile.

Bo Xiangzhou looked into his eyes, pure and clear.

Bo Xiangzhou: “No.”

“That’s good.” An Xun grinned foolishly.

Returning to his room, An Xun took a deep breath.

[Gulu Gulu]: Aaah, I made it through.

[Gulu Gulu]: Bo Xiangzhou is too scary, I need to tie myself up with a rope when I sleep from now on.

Tao Nian replied after a few seconds.

[Nian Nian]: How was it, aside from that, did you sleep well last night?

[Gulu Gulu]: Just so-so, relatively harmonious.

[Nian Nian]: I guess, give it another ten days and it won’t be harmonious.

An Xun threw him a bomb, and after the screen filled with bomb effects passed, he replied: I guess, all your guesses are wrong.

·

Days passed in a flash, and all over Jiang City, people could be seen discussing the union between the Bo and An families.

The news of Bo Xiangzhou’s marriage was released unexpectedly, catching everyone off guard. Once announced, it stirred up a high degree of discussion, dominating the top ten trending searches for several days, maintaining a high level of conversation.

Four Seasons Cloudtop Hotel.

The wedding took place in the evening, the Bo family choosing the auspicious time of 18:08 to start the banquet. An Xun was woken up at seven in the morning by the styling team to get ready.

Tao Nian, too excited to sleep all night, messaged him as soon as he woke up.

[Nian Nian]: You’re getting married, I’m so nervous.

[Gulu Gulu]: I’m not marrying you, what are you nervous about?

[Nian Nian]: You don’t understand, hurry up, tell me about your makeup, is it looking good?

The makeup and such were all communicated between Bo Xiangzhou and the stylist. An Xun just went through the motions, letting them test the makeup on him without any complaints or opinions, obediently following Bo Xiangzhou’s instructions.

The bits and pieces of wedding preparations allowed him to piece together what his makeup looked like, but today, he realized the real-life makeup was nothing like what he had imagined; it was completely different.