Chapter 719 484: Alpenliebe

Taking a hydrating skincare mask from her vanity, Jiangg Yao put on a headband to hold back her stray hair. After applying toner, she slowly placed the thin sheet mask over her face.

The instantaneous, icy-cool sensation made her instinctively close her eyes.

"I've been staying up so late. Thank goodness for these masks, they're the only thing keeping my skin smooth and supple. Humans really have some great inventions..."

Chen Yuan said nothing, just kept staring at Jiangg Yao, looking like he wanted to say something but was holding back.

She sat up straight and held her hand out toward Chen Yuan.

After a few seconds, he understood. He pulled over the large, soft pillow Jiangg Yao liked to lean against and handed her the phone from the table.

As Jiangg Yao lay back, she let out a sigh of contentment, her body sinking halfway into the massive pillow.

"Not bad. Very perceptive," she said, opening her beautiful eyes.

She casually swiped at her phone screen a few times and opened the anime she hadn't finished. Jiangg Yao made a fist. "I'm definitely finishing 'So I'm a Spider, So What?' today! I couldn't bring myself to finish it yesterday, so I saved half of it. I'm pulling an all-nighter!"

"Then I'll..." Chen Yuan finally couldn't hold back any longer.

Jiangg Yao glanced at him.

"Fine, fine. Go see my sister. That impatient look on your face is so annoying..."

Chen Yuan turned and left immediately.

'I can't let Ningning wait too long.'

However, he had only taken a few steps when Jiangg Yao's voice suddenly called out from behind him.

"Stop!"

"Are you ever going to let this go?" His patience worn thin, his expression soured as he frowned and spoke.

"Are you yelling at me?"

Behind her face mask, Jiangg Yao's expression immediately turned woeful, the very picture of pitifulness.

"Okay, okay, what is it now? Just spit it out." All he wanted to do was leave, so he had no desire to get bogged down.

"Come here. Let me give you a hug before you go," she said, her voice soft and coaxing.

"Uh... okay."

Remembering her tenderness in the bathroom just now, Chen Yuan couldn't bring himself to refuse and walked over.

But when he stood by Jiangg Yao's bed and opened his arms for her to hug him, she didn't embrace him properly. Instead, her hands kept sliding downward. He felt a ticklish sensation at his waist, and a strange feeling coursed through his body.

A moment later, before he could even ask what she was doing, Jiangg Yao remarked, "Still got some energy left, huh... Just to be safe."

"Huh?!" Chen Yuan felt as if he'd been struck by lightning and immediately tried to pull back.

He might be a male college student in his prime, but even he couldn't handle Yaoyao being this relentless.

"Be good. It'll be quick."

A smile played on Jiangg Yao's lips as she offered him a sweet grin, but her seductive voice made Chen Yuan feel like he was gracefully descending into hell.

...

「Some time later.」

Chen Yuan walked out of the hospital room, his face a mask of exhaustion.

'I used to look forward to this kind of thing, but there's a limit to everything. A guy has a cooldown period, you know? It's too cruel not to even give me time to rest.'

'Right now, I feel like some bullied handmaiden who has to serve her master's every need—bathing, dressing, washing up—only to be taken advantage of afterward.'

'The humiliation is indescribable.'

...

Arriving in front of Jiangg Ning's hospital room, Chen Yuan adjusted his posture before going in, despite his physical exhaustion. He not only straightened his back but even ran a hand through his damp hair a few times.

Jiangg Yao had been right. There really was a kind of delicate barrier in his relationship with Ningning. He always wanted to show her his best side, and the negative side effect of that was a lack of physical intimacy.

He pushed the door open and tiptoed inside.

"Ningning..." Chen Yuan called out softly.

The brilliant smile on his face was like that of a husband of eight years escaping his shrew of a wife to secretly meet his first love.

Jiangg Ning looked up from her desk and saw Chen Yuan.

"You're here," she said with a small smile.

"Still studying? You've been working so hard lately." He couldn't help but marvel, looking at the books piled on her desk.

"Yeah, I was so busy for a while with so many things going on. Now that I finally have time to settle down and study properly, the quiet environment here is really perfect for focusing."

"Should I wait for you, then?"

"No need, I was just taking a moment to organize my notes," Jiangg Ning said, putting away a few books, her cheeks slightly flushed with shyness. "We can wash up now."

"Okay."

He could hear the THUMP THUMP THUMP of his own heart as it began to race uncontrollably.

Jiangg Ning walked past him first. A fleeting, natural fragrance wafted past his nose. She seemed a little reserved as she walked to the bathroom door, then peeked out with half her face after going inside.

"...Um, the protective film and the other things for the shower, I put them in the storage box on the desk. Could you bring them over...? I'm going to get undressed first."

Chen Yuan nodded vigorously.

The moment Jiangg Ning disappeared through the doorway, a huge grin spread across his face.

"Yes..." he whispered, clenching his fist.

'An unprecedented achievement.'

'The first time, the very first time.'

'Jiangg Ning is finally not so opposed to us being intimate. Now, even something as suffocatingly steamy as showering together is actually happening.'

'Before, I wouldn't have even dared to dream of this.'

'Ningning... my beautiful Ningning, my wife... have you finally been moved by my persistence?'

Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel incredibly ecstatic.

He felt like throwing his arms in the air and shouting for joy.

"Pervert! Degenerate! How can you face Yaoyao after this?"

Suddenly, a tiny, thumb-sized version of Jiangg Yao, shrunk down dozens of times, appeared beside his head. She had little devil horns, crimson wings, and was carrying a giant hammer.

She was righteously scolding him.

It gave Chen Yuan a fright.