Chapter 23

After lunch, Lu Anning and Sui Jingxing were sent back to their room by their mother to take a nap.

Even Sui Jingxing was a little confused about this.

It is true that they have a lunch break at noon, but usually they are not forced to take a nap as long as it does not affect others’ rest.

He never liked taking naps at noon since he was a child. Even when he was a new recruit and everyone followed the same schedule, he would just lie on the bed with his eyes closed and would never really fall asleep.

“What are you two standing there for? Come in quickly.”

Lu Anning shook her head. She wanted to sleep with him at night, and she didn’t want to do the same at noon.

“Jingxing has to train all day, how can he not take a nap at noon?”

“Lu Anning, you too, didn’t take a rest yesterday at noon, and you were so sleepy when you took the bus back this afternoon. Go get some sleep.”

Lu’s mother pushed them both back to the room and considerately closed the door.

The two people in the room looked at each other, feeling a little awkward.

“How about getting some sleep?”

Since he said so, Lu Anning had no choice but to nod and obediently climb onto her seat on the bed.

Sui Jingxing turned the fan to the lowest speed, set it to the oscillating mode, and followed him to bed.

Lu Anning was lying on the bed with her back to him, her eyes wide open, staring at the wall in a daze.

I feel more comfortable when I’m asleep. When I’m asleep, I don’t even know he’s around, and my heart isn’t as complicated as it is now.

Outside the room, Lu’s father was somewhat puzzled by his wife’s behavior.

“They obviously don’t want to sleep, why did you drive them into the room?”

“Don’t you notice that there’s something missing between Lu Anning and Jing Xing?”

“What’s missing? Isn’t this good?”

“What’s good?”

“Lu Anning would take the initiative to talk to us, but she has never taken the initiative to talk to Jing Xing in the past few days. Every time Jing Xing asked, she answered, and her eyes would unconsciously avoid him.”

“Hasn’t it always been like this? You know Lu Anning is not used to getting along with outsiders.”

“If Lu Anning went back with us this time, I wouldn’t say anything, but she has decided to stay here, which proves that she and Jing Xing will not be separated.”

“They were husband and wife before. Anyone who sees this kind of relationship between husband and wife will find it strange.”

“They’ve only been together for a little over a month, they should be fine after a while.”

“not necessarily.”

Lu’s mother is not as optimistic as Lu’s father. They will be going home in a few days, and they must create more conditions for the young couple to get along with each other before leaving.

And she seriously suspected that they might not have slept in the same room before, otherwise why were most of Jingxing’s clothes placed in the closet in the outer room instead of the inner room?

The closet inside is clearly still empty!

Also, they react strongly to accidental skin touch.

If they accidentally touched each other, Jingxing would remain relatively calm, but Lu Anning would immediately take a step back to avoid contact with him. They didn’t seem like a couple who had slept in the same bed for more than a month.

Lu Anning in the room had no idea that their behavior had aroused the suspicion of Lu’s mother. She was just picking at the mat under her body out of boredom.

She didn’t like sleeping on it at all. It was not very comfortable. Once she sweated a little, her skin would stick to the mat, which was very uncomfortable.

She still likes the feeling of being in air-conditioning and covered with a quilt.

After lying there for about ten minutes, I heard Sui Jingxing’s steady breathing behind me, as if he had fallen asleep.

Lu Anning quietly turned her head to look at him, and seeing that his eyes were closed, she quickly turned around and faced him.

She had been lying on her side, not daring to move, and her left arm was numb from the pressure.

If Sui Jingxing was awake, she wouldn’t dare to adjust direction.

Turning towards him, I looked at the man’s clear profile, straight nose, and long eyelashes, which was truly pleasing to the eye.

In the past, due to her health reasons, she had never thought about finding a boyfriend. Even though she was already 26 years old, her parents never urged her.

She knew her own physical condition, and finding a partner would only mean having one more person, or even a family, to share the worries.

She doesn’t want to do this, and she won’t do it.

However, the fact that she is not looking for a partner does not mean that she is disdainful of boys. She still pursues the physical beauty of people.

What she often does when she is bored is to look at photos of various handsome men and beautiful women on the Internet.

The reason why I do this is because I saw an “expert” on the Internet say that if you look at handsome men and beautiful women for ten minutes every day, not only will you become more beautiful, but you will also live longer.

There are endless handsome men and beautiful women on the Internet, and the new ones are updated very quickly, but they can’t resist her inner love.

She had collected several gigabytes of pictures of handsome men and beautiful women on her previous computer, but unfortunately she couldn’t bring them over.

Xinran often complains that she is like a sea king, falling in love with everyone she meets.

There’s no way, she’s already so miserable, it’s not too much for her to look at beautiful things.

It’s not because she is a fangirl. Her idea is very simple. She just wants to live a few more years.

Even though she had seen countless people on the Internet, she had to admit that Sui Jingxing’s face could rank among the top three in her heart.

First on the list is “David,” the perfect man created by her idol Michelangelo.

Of course, the reason why David ranked first is more because of her personal feelings towards painting. If the two were really compared, Sui Jingxing might be a little more handsome.

Thinking about the difference between the two, she gently stood up, supported her body with her right hand, and leaned over to look at Sui Jingxing’s facial features.

The teacher who taught her painting at that time said: “If you want to learn how to draw a portrait, you must have a certain understanding of the facial structure of the human body, and you must first feel its overall outline with your own hands.”

She stretched out her left hand and gently traced the position of his facial features, including his brow bone, eye sockets, and nose bridge. At the same time, a black and white sketch of the portrait gradually formed in her mind.

Sui Jingxing, who was being stared at by her in an absorbed manner, was actually not asleep at all. He just didn’t want to embarrass Lu Anning next to him, so he chose to close his eyes and pretend to be asleep.

He thought the little girl would fall asleep slowly because of boredom, but she not only didn’t fall asleep, but turned over and later stood up and stared at him.

Feeling her approaching, he tried to restrain himself and stay calm.

I just don’t know if my ears are red, I hope not.

Based on his understanding of Lu Anning over this period of time, he knew that she was very shy and didn’t dare to look him in the eye. He thought she would run away after looking at him for a while, but he guessed wrong.

He wanted to know what she was doing, and after much hesitation, he opened his eyes.