Chapter 27: Sleeping Companion

Recently, Shu Xin had been struggling with restless sleep and occasional bouts of insomnia.

Being the only one living upstairs, she had taken to keeping her door open at night. This way, if anything happened downstairs, she could hear it immediately.

The commotion from Yan Mo and the others fighting Zai Xinyuan’s group in the stairwell of the 24th floor was anything but quiet. Naturally, it woke Shu Xin up.

She didn’t rush downstairs to check. Since Yan Mo hadn’t come up to call her, the situation was likely under control.

She simply threw on a coat over her pajamas and went downstairs, settling onto the living room sofa. She watched the surveillance feed while waiting for them to return.

The moment Yan Mo entered, he saw Shu Xin sitting upright on the sofa, waiting for him. Walking over, he reached out to touch her face. “Why did you come down? Did the noise wake you?”

“I couldn’t sleep well.” Shu Xin shook her head, wrapped her arms around Yan Mo’s lean yet powerful waist, and buried her face against his firm abdomen, her voice muffled as she spoke.

Bu Xiangwen and Mu Qimai, upon spotting Shu Xin the moment they entered, tactfully avoided lingering. They silently slipped away to their own rooms—after all, living with a couple meant constantly being fed dog food.

They weren’t afraid of going hungry, but even if there was no actual food, there was always an endless supply of romance to make them feel stuffed.

Yan Mo rubbed Shu Xin’s head, bent down, and effortlessly scooped her up. Carrying her upstairs, he gently placed her onto the bed. However, the moment she landed, she clung to his waist, refusing to let go.

“You little clingy thing, be good and let go first. I won’t leave. I’m just going to wash up and come back. I’ll sleep with you tonight.”

“Alright, you said it! No backing out.” Hearing that Yan Mo would stay with her, Shu Xin immediately loosened her grip and even urged him to hurry up and wash up.

She didn’t quite understand why, but tonight, she especially wanted to be near Yan Mo. Every moment, she needed to feel his presence, as if it was the only way to confirm something important.

Yan Mo, being as attentive as he was, instantly noticed Shu Xin’s unusual mood. He wouldn’t feel at ease unless he personally kept an eye on her. So, in her bathroom, he quickly rinsed off the dust and bloodstains from the earlier fight.

Perhaps it was because she knew Yan Mo was still in the same room, using her bathroom, but listening to the sound of running water from inside, Shu Xin found herself unable to stop her mind from wandering into inappropriate territory.

Scenes from various romance novels she had read before, where the male lead would emerge from a shower and engage in all sorts of intimate scenarios with the female lead, kept flashing through her mind. The worst part was, she couldn’t help but mentally insert herself and Yan Mo into those scenarios.

Her face grew increasingly red as she tried to shake off the inappropriate images, only to realize it was a futile effort.

That embarrassment reached its peak the moment Yan Mo stepped out of the bathroom with his sleep robe loosely draped over him. Shu Xin felt like her body temperature had skyrocketed to the point where she might spontaneously combust.

Panicked, she averted her gaze from Yan Mo’s exposed chest and chanted in her mind: Lust is emptiness, emptiness is lust. Desperately, she tried to calm her racing heartbeat and the rapid flow of blood surging through her veins.

And yet, the man who had unwittingly stirred up all these inappropriate thoughts in her remained completely oblivious. Without hesitation, he climbed onto the bed, filling the room with the fresh, crisp scent of cleanliness from his shower—an aroma so familiar and intoxicating that Shu Xin instinctively wrinkled her nose and took a few small sniffs.

“Heh~”

Yan Mo, having caught her little movement, chuckled in amusement.

Being pressed against his chest, Shu Xin felt the vibration of his laughter. Somehow, his voice, carried through his chest, sounded even more alluring than usual.

At last, she understood the true meaning of the phrase: So good it could make your ears pregnant!