Chapter 20 Explanation, Do You Believe It?

Lin Xuan carried Shen Yuchu inside and saw that his home had changed.

It was no longer the look of a bachelor’s apartment. Instead, there were women’s belongings everywhere, even the sofa cover had been changed to a yellowish-brown color.

At a glance, it looked like a home shared by a man and a woman, complete with a child’s rocking horse.

Next to the rocking horse were children’s shoes, socks, and clothes…

The scene—a man returning home to a slightly messy but lively home—left Lin Xuan speechless, unsure how to explain things to Shen Yuchu.

What he saw, Shen Yuchu saw too.

However, Shen Yuchu didn’t react at all.

Lin Xuan awkwardly placed her on a chair. He nervously rubbed his hands, eager to explain. “I was on a mission for a while. Li Chunqiu is a college classmate of mine. She and her daughter were helpless, so I gave her my house key.

That… that… she, she…” Lin Xuan pursed his attractive thin lips.

“She and her daughter just… stayed here. It snowed heavily a while ago… no, it rained heavily.”

“It rained heavily, and you… you know, she and her daughter stayed here. So… so, we didn’t live together. Do… do you believe me?”

Lin Xuan stammered, his face flushed as he explained.

He didn’t dare carry Shen Yuchu to his bedroom. The living room had been taken over by Li Chunqiu and her daughter.

He wasn’t sure what state his bedroom would be in. If it was also messed up, he wouldn’t be able to explain it.

But Shen Yuchu had already seen the living room, so it was done.

After speaking, Lin Xuan quickly went to his bedroom. He looked around.

Thank goodness…

Thank goodness…

It was the way it was before he left on his mission. He thought about bringing Shen Yuchu in, so he smoothed the bedsheets.

Then he hurried out, but in his haste, he tripped over a child’s shoe.

Lin Xuan felt something under his foot, he looked down and saw a child’s shoe.

He bent down, picked up the small shoe, and placed it neatly against the wall.

He went back to Shen Yuchu. “Rest in the bedroom first. I’ll get you some water and your medicine.”

Shen Yuchu wanted to resist, but her foot hurt too much. She couldn’t walk and needed help.

The key was – she didn’t have any shoes! And her foot was useless!

She let Lin Xuan carry her to the bedroom and put her on the bed.

When he put her on the bed, he touched her foot. To be fair, Lin Xuan hadn’t taken care of women much.

The fact that he could be so considerate was already remarkable.

“Ow! Ouch…” Shen Yuchu winced, pain evident on her fair face.

Lin Xuan held her on the bed and saw her expression. “Does it hurt?”

Shen Yuchu frowned and nodded slightly.

Lin Xuan leaned down to look at her foot, but in doing so, he brushed against her cleavage.

Shen Yuchu was wearing a bright red, V-neck short-sleeved shirt. Lin Xuan usually only trained or went on missions.

Previously, because of Shen Yuchu’s mother, Lü Chunhuan’s framing, he had been forced to marry her.

To be honest, he disliked her and intensely avoided contact. For three years, he hadn’t taken any leave.

The last time he took leave was because the army forced him to go home.

However, that leave completely changed his opinion of her.

After touching her, seeing she didn’t react, he suppressed his inner turmoil and focused on her leg.

No… her foot!

However, seeing her fair legs and her swollen, injured foot, his breathing quickened.

Lin Xuan quickly turned away, avoiding Shen Yuchu’s face, his gaze fixed on her swollen ankle.

“I… I’ll put some medicine on it!” Lin Xuan’s throat felt dry.

He swallowed. But in his haste to get the medicine from his pocket, he dropped it.

Lin Xuan quickly picked it up. After grabbing the medicine, he apologized with his back to Shen Yuchu: “Sorry, my hand slipped.”

“…”

He received no response. Still with his back turned, he held the medicine and breathed heavily.

His bedroom was large, yet he felt short of breath.

After picking up the medicine and opening the box, Lin Xuan reached for a nearby trash can.

Without thinking, he looked up and saw Shen Yuchu’s form-fitting skirt and her underwear.

She wasn’t wearing any safety shorts!

Damn…

Gulped.

Lin Xuan swallowed, his dark eyes trembled slightly. Then he saw that Shen Yuchu had closed her eyes. She seemed… to have fallen into a light sleep…

Lin Xuan looked at her thick eyelashes, fluttering occasionally, her bright red lips slightly parted.

And her delicate chin, her beautiful collarbone, and…

Lin Xuan’s deep eyes were fixed on her, his gaze lingering on her body.

Hmm!

He frowned. He had never looked at her so carefully, so clearly.

And her quiet sleeping beside him was even more…

Lin Xuan was now experiencing an initial reaction towards her!

Even he was surprised.

He clearly disliked her!

He clearly didn’t want to see her!

But for some reason, since she left home, he had been constantly thinking about her. Even on missions, he would subtly ask others if they had seen her…

However, when he saw her again today, there was surprise, joy, panic, and even reluctance.

Indescribable emotions surged in his mind.

He didn’t know what was wrong with him.

Even on missions, he had never experienced such complex emotions.

Lin Xuan looked at Shen Yuchu lying there, his Adam’s apple bobbed. He slowly leaned towards her…