Chapter 273 - 270: Misfire

Chapter 273: Chapter 270: Misfire

Jiang Xia feigned sleep, his breathing long and steady, pretending he hadn’t heard her. Lin Yanwan couldn’t help but pout. ’How could he have fallen asleep so fast? It’s obvious he’s deliberately avoiding it.’

Still, she was actually quite happy about it. She was putty in his hands, yet even with her permission, Jiang Xia hadn’t taken things further as she’d imagined.

This meant that Jiang Xia’s love for her was from the heart, not purely carnal.

But she still felt a little empty inside.

To prevent her from getting handsy in the middle of the night, Jiang Xia suddenly turned over, carefully guiding her to lie on her side. The small folding bed was just big enough for two people to sleep on their sides.

This way, he could also wrap his arm around her waist, holding her more comfortably as they slept.

"Stay like this. Don’t move." Jiang Xia buried his head in the crook of her neck, pressing gently against her body.

Lin Yanwan’s face was beet red. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and tried to stop thinking about things that made her blush and her heart race. She just pressed herself back against him, settling snugly in his arms, and drifted into a deep sleep.

Hearing her steady breathing, a smile slowly formed on Jiang Xia’s lips. He carefully tucked the blanket around her and gradually drifted into a sweet, risqué dream.

In the end, of the two folding beds they had prepared, only one was used.

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The rain had fallen all night. As the sky was just beginning to brighten, Lin Yanwan groggily opened her eyes. She habitually reached a hand out behind her, and her face quickly flushed.

’So, Jiang Xia is...?’

She ducked under the covers to confirm. It was just as she thought. ’He must be having a nice dream. His cerebral cortex is still in a state of extreme excitement.’

’Then again,’ she thought, ’he’s at that vigorous age, and I was pressed so tightly against him. I’m mostly to blame for what’s happening to Jiang Xia right now.’

’Luckily, I didn’t let him take all his clothes off last night. He still has that one piece on. Otherwise, I’d be worried about an accident happening.’

She had wanted to linger in his arms for a while longer, but she decided against it now.

She removed Jiang Xia’s arm from around her stomach, slipped out of bed quietly, and found her clothes on the other folding bed to get dressed.

She took out her phone to check the time. It was just past six. She walked to the bedside, lifted the curtain slightly, and saw that the sky outside was still dim, but the rain had stopped.

She had slept very well last night. Even when the thunder outside had been deafening, as long as she was in his arms, she felt a sense of peace she had never known before.

She crouched beside Jiang Xia, quietly watching him sleep. His eyes were gently closed, his eyebrows shaped like sharp sword blades, his nose straight, and his lips perfectly formed. The buzz cut he got during military training had grown out quite a bit.

She had to admit, Jiang Xia was really handsome. In her past life, part of the reason she’d gotten together with him was because of his looks.

’Thinking of his recent predicament,’ she mused, ’I’ll definitely have to tease him mercilessly when he wakes up.’

Lin Yanwan slowly leaned over and kissed his lips.

"Good morning, hubby."

About half an hour later, Jiang Xia woke up on his own. He subconsciously reached for the person beside him, but his hand only grabbed air.

He opened his eyes and lifted his head, scanning the office, but he couldn’t see Lin Yanwan anywhere. ’When did she get up? I didn’t even notice.’

Just as he was doubting himself, Lin Yanwan suddenly pushed the door open and walked in.

She was wiping her face with a damp paper towel, looking like she had just gone to the restroom to freshen up.

"You’re awake?"

"Yeah."

"I have some bad news for you," she said with a grin.

Jiang Xia blushed. "Don’t say it, I already know!"

"Hahaha, you can get embarrassed? Weren’t you so proud when you told me about it before? You even blamed me for distracting you."

Jiang Xia argued righteously, "It is your fault! Who was the one sleeping next to me? All that pressure is stimulating, and it’s easy to lose control at this age, you know!"

Lin Yanwan wasn’t about to admit it was her fault. She picked up his clothes from the side and tossed them to him, saying huffily, "Hurry up and get dressed. We still have to go back to school. You don’t want to go through another day of work in this state, do you?"

Jiang Xia nodded. Whether it was to take a shower or change his underwear, he had to go back to the dorm. It would be hard to explain things if his godmother and the others showed up later.

"What time is it?"

"Almost seven."

"Then we need to hurry."

Jiang Xia quickly got up and dressed. Without bothering to wash up, he put away the folding bed and blanket, then took his wife’s hand and left the company building.

It was cold outside, and the ground was soaked. It had been raining for three or four consecutive days, and the average temperature in the Imperial Capital had dropped below ten degrees Celsius. A gust of cold wind was enough to give you goosebumps all over.

"Hold on to me, it’ll be a little warmer. I’ll try to ride slower, so it won’t be as cold."

"Okay."

Jiang Xia let out a soft puff of white breath, took out his key to unlock his bicycle, and started riding toward Bauhinia Apartment with Lin Yanwan on the back.

Lin Yanwan wrapped her arms around his waist and slipped her hands inside his clothes. With Jiang Xia breaking the wind for her, she just had to tuck her head as far as she could behind his back to keep from feeling too cold.

The two didn’t say much along the way. Jiang Xia focused on riding, and they soon arrived at her dormitory building.

"I’m going to go back and take a shower and change into some clean clothes. I’ll call you in a bit, and we can go to the cafeteria for breakfast together," Jiang Xia said.

"Okay, I need to go back to my dorm for a shower too."

After locking up the bike, the two parted ways in front of the girls’ dormitory and headed back to their respective rooms.

Jiang Xia took out his key and opened the door to find his two roommates already up and washing up.

Seeing that Jiang Xia, who hadn’t come home last night, was back, Zhou Zijian quickly spat out a mouthful of toothpaste foam and sidled up to him. "Brother Jiang, where were you last night? You didn’t come back to the dorm or even call."

"Ahem, nowhere special. Just spent the day out with my wife. You two don’t need the bathroom right now, do you? I’m gonna take a shower."

With that, he grabbed a change of clothes from his locker and hurried into the bathroom.

It was a short sentence, but it was packed with information.

The other two roommates looked at each other, utterly shocked.

He’d spent the whole day out with his girlfriend and didn’t come home... did that mean they got a room last night?! And with Goddess Lin, no less!

What they couldn’t understand was, why did he come back here to shower? Can’t you shower at a hotel?