Chapter 33

Yuning lifted the corner of her skirt and said coquettishly: “No way! I don’t care, it’s because you are busy with work that I met my grandparents so late.”

Shang Yanci was calm and composed: “Okay, I’ll listen to my madam.”

After choosing the style of the skirt, Pei Yuning went back to the bedroom to wash up, and Shang Yanci went downstairs to boil milk for her.

After boiling the milk, Shang Yanci returned to the bedroom. The sound of water flowing in the bathroom echoed with the sound of rain falling outside the window.

Shang Yanci put the milk on the thermostatic cup mat to keep it warm. He picked up the obscure foreign language book that Pei Yuning had read last night, leaned on the sofa, and read while waiting for her.

Shang Yanci only realized the passage of time after he had turned half of the book in his hand. Looking at the time on his wrist, Pei Yuning had been in the bathroom for two hours. The sound of water stopped, but she didn’t come out.

Shang Yanci’s face darkened and he immediately stood up. He walked quickly to the bathroom door and knocked on it: “Madam?”

Pei Yuning could tell something was wrong with his tone and responded while opening the bathroom door: “Ayan, what’s wrong?”

Shang Yanci pinched her waist and hugged her tightly in his arms.

Pei Yuning didn’t understand and was stunned for a moment. Could it be that Shang Yanci thought that she slipped into the bathtub and drowned herself?

Pei Yuning comforted her uncertainly: “Ayan, I can swim, and every time I take a bath, I set an alarm to prevent myself from falling asleep. Don’t worry.”

The strength of his embrace on her loosened a little, Shang Yanci bent down and rested his head on the crook of her neck: “Why did you stay in there for so long?”

Pei Yuning whispered: “I’m taking care of my skin. I have to see my grandparents tomorrow, so it takes a little longer than usual. I forgot that you haven’t taken a shower yet. Go take a shower now, and I’ll go outside to take care of my skin.”

Shang Yanci held her and would not let her go: “Next time, leave the bathroom door open after taking a shower so that I can see you.”

Pei Yuning: “Okay.”

The water droplets on the curly hair dripped onto the back of Shang Yanci’s hand. He let go of Pei Yuning and led her to the mirror. He rolled up his shirt cuffs, took out the hair dryer from the cabinet, adjusted the gear, and while blowing her hair, he said, “Remember to blow-dry your hair before taking care of your skin next time.”

“Got it.” Pei Yuning looked at the two people in the mirror.

She had a facial mask on her face and was wearing a suspender nightgown. Her height was about Shang Yanci’s shoulder level, and she had a very different body shape. Standing in front of Shang Yanci, she looked very small, but she was 165cm tall, not short at all. It was just Shang Yanci who was too tall.

When he held me in his arms just now, I felt really safe! But he might have been really frightened by his own bad thoughts at that time, and he couldn’t help but lose his composure. He didn’t control the strength of his hug, which caused her a little pain.

Shang Yanci stood sideways, blowing her hair very gently, lifting her curly hair and blowing it back to avoid touching the mask on her face. From time to time, he would put his fingertips on her scalp and touch the roots of her hair to see if they were dry.

Pei Yuning felt very comfortable being touched by him. She felt like she was turning into a kitten and wanted to wag her tail at him.

After all the hair was dried, Shang Yanci put away the hair dryer and picked up the curling comb to comb Pei Yuning’s hair.

Pei Yuning looked at him through the mirror. Shang Yanci combed his hair very gently. He looked serious and focused, as if he was doing something very pious.

Pei Yuning didn’t feel any pain until her curly hair was combed straight. In the past, when she combed her hair herself, she couldn’t help but pull it painfully a few times. Sometimes, when her curly hair got tangled and she couldn’t comb it smoothly, she would angrily throw away the curling comb and want to use scissors to cut off the curly hair.

For some reason, Pei Yuning suddenly wanted to kiss him, but it was too inconvenient with the mask on her face.

Shang Yanci: “How long will you need to use the mask?”

There was a cell phone next to him, but Pei Yuning lifted up his wrist and looked at the time on the watch: “It will take another ten minutes.”

Shang Yanci: “Then I’ll wash now and be out in five minutes, and then you go in for skin care.”

Pei Yuning looked at the sink full of skin care products. It would be too troublesome to take them all out, so she nodded: “Okay, no need to rush.”

​​”Yeah.” Shang Yanci went out to get his bathrobe.

Pei Yuning followed him out like a little tail.

Putting on his nightgown, Shang Yanci handed her the milk on the bedside table, walked into the bathroom and closed the door.

Pei Yuning drank milk and sat on the sofa. The foreign language book was placed on the table. Shang Yanci had read half of it, and Pei Yuning picked it up and continued reading.

Nearly five minutes later, Shang Yanci came out of the bathroom with a white towel in his hand, wiping the moisture off his hair: “Madam, I’m ready.”

Pei Yuning put the bookmark back to the place where he had looked before and looked at his hair: “Ayan, aren’t you going to blow-dry your hair?”

Shang Yanci: “I’ll call you when I come out. Come in for skin care, it’s getting late.”

Pei Yuning walked to him: “I’ll help you blow your hair, the mask still has four minutes.”

Shang Yanci paused in wiping his hair: “You want to help me blow my hair?”

“Yes.” Pei Yuning pushed him into the bathroom.

Taking out the hair dryer, Pei Yuning looked at the height of both of them: “A Yan, lower your head.”

Shang Yanci looked at the height of the sink, picked up the dry towel next to it, picked up Pei Yuning, and put him on it. The height was just right: “Blowing like this will not tire your arms.”

Pei Yuning turned on the hair dryer: “Are you so considerate to everyone?”

Shang Yanci supported his hands on her sides, his mouth curled up, and whispered: “I’m only considerate to my wife.”

Pei Yuning would not respond to his sugar-coated bullets.

Soon, Shang Yanci’s hair was blown dry.

The set alarm clock rang, and Pei Yuning had to take off the mask: “I still need twenty minutes to do my skin care.”

“Okay.” Shang Yanci walked out of the bathroom and looked at his watch. It was already early morning. It was just an ordinary video meeting, but it delayed her sleep time.

Half an hour later, Pei Yuning came out of the bathroom and sat on the bed.

Shang Yanci put down the book in his hand and looked up at her: “Do you want to charge your phone?”

Pei Yuning glanced at the battery level of the phone: “No.”

Shang Yanci: “Then turn off the lights and have a rest.”

Pei Yuning: “Okay.”

The bedroom fell into darkness, and the spring rain outside the window stopped at some point. Shang Yanci’s breathing was particularly clear and audible at this moment.

Pei Yuning’s hand explored the quilt carefully, and it seemed as if there was a galaxy between Shang Yanci and her.

At this moment, the night is deep, the light and shadow are dim, and the night is infinitely magnifying her greed.

The fingertips touched Shang Yanci’s little finger.

She took the initiative to cross the Milky Way.

Greed reaches critical point.

Pei Yuning said softly: “Ayan, are you asleep?”

Shang Yanci: “No.”

He was not asleep, and could clearly feel her fingertips touching his little finger, but he remained calm and said nothing, allowing her to do whatever she wanted to his body. Pei Yuning thought of the scene in the morning and felt a little embarrassed and annoyed, so she withdrew her tentative hand.

But Shang Yanci grabbed her left wrist in the next second, and then took her hand and interlocked their fingers.

His palm was warm and large, with thin calluses on his fingertips, and he affectionately pinched her ring finger that was wearing her wedding ring.

Pei Yuning was eager to try again, and moved closer to him in small steps. She crossed the Milky Way and leaned on his shoulder, at the moment when she was sober.

Shang Yanci said calmly: “Can’t you sleep?”

Pei Yuning lay on his side, and groped his right hand to the place where his heart was beating.

“Boom, boom, boom–“

Pei Yuning said in a charming voice: “Your heartbeat is more honest than you.”