Chapter 739: Let's Go Back to Sleep

The next day.

When Shen Wanci woke up, it was already noon. The sunlight outside was bright and dazzling, making her eyes ache. She felt all over sore and soft, lying in the bed unwilling to move.

Bo Jingzhou didn't know when he had left, at this moment he was no longer in the room. She stretched her waist and rolled around on the large bed.

"Bang bang."

A knock on the door, followed by a low voice from the servant outside: "Madam, there's a Miss Qin here to see you. She's in the downstairs living room now."

The servant was sent by Jiang Yazhu to help them decorate the bridal chamber because she was worried they wouldn't be able to manage it on their own. They haven't left yet.

Hearing that Yue Zhi had arrived, Shen Wanci hurriedly got up and dressed. "Where's Jing Zhou?"

The young master is downstairs.

After washing up, Shen Wanci went downstairs and immediately saw Qin Yuezhi sitting on the sofa. As she approached, she noticed her haggard face, dark circles under her eyes that even makeup couldn't conceal. She teased, "What did you do last night? You look so exhausted, like a fairy drained your energy."

The servant brought over a cup of warm honey jujube tea, and several plates of snacks. "The young master asked you to have some snacks first to fill your stomach, dinner will be ready in twenty minutes."

Qin Yuezhi leaned lazily against the back of the sofa, with a pillow supporting her lower back. Hearing this, she listlessly raised her eyelids and replied, "I'll go..."

She leaned into Shen Wanci's ear and whispered a few words, covering her mouth. The woman was holding tea and drinking it, but after hearing this, she choked and coughed repeatedly. She gave a thumbs up: "You're amazing. So you ran to my house to hide from trouble?"

Qin Yue's smile widened, revealing her teeth. "Let me stay for a few days? I'll choose the room farthest from the master bedroom. I'll be out and about every day, never disturbing your world as a couple."

The ferocity of an older man after his first time was something she learned about last night. At the beginning, she could still rely on her limited knowledge and experience to take control, but later she was completely overwhelmed.

I can't keep up physically, and my skills are lacking as well.

After a night of this, she hadn't experienced the feeling of ecstasy, but she had definitely felt death. Thankfully, thanks to her diligent training for over twenty years, she was able to get out of bed.

After leaving, she hesitated for only a second before rushing to Yiting Courtyard. After last night's ordeal, she needed at least half a month to recover.

She had thought about going home or to a hotel, anyway the two of them didn't live together now, but she was afraid Huo Tingdong would pester her.

"You don't know how insane he is, I even suspect he's the ace VIC of movies like A Life Less Ordinary..."

Qin Yuezhi was so excited that she sat up straight all of a sudden, then grinned and fell silent.

This fucking hurts.

Shen Wanci looked at her twisted face, feeling both heartbroken and amused: "I've had someone clean your room."

As Bo Jingzhou carried a dish out of the kitchen, he overheard this sentence. No wonder his eyelids had been twitching since morning; now he finally knew why. "No, she can't stay here."

Shen Wanci apologized to Qin Yuezhi, then hurriedly got up and walked to Bo Jingzhou's side, softly coaxing him, "Jingzhou, Yuezhi will just stay for a few days."

Bo Jingzhou looked at her with a hint of grievance: "We just got married yesterday, and these days are our honeymoon. It's not convenient to have too many people living in the house."

He had been out of town receiving medical treatment for half a year and had only just returned to Beijing. Company affairs were not yet fully sorted, and he still had several cooperation projects in hand. He couldn't let go for a while, so his honeymoon vacation was only taken for a few days. Rarely taking a holiday, he didn't want to go to popular tourist spots and travel hard, so he planned to stay at home.

As long as I'm with Wanwan, it doesn't matter where we are. Staying home is perfect.

But if Qin Yue were to move in, the house would be like a glaring spotlight. Every time they're together, they have endless things to talk about. At that point, what would he even have to say? They might even start having late-night talks by candlelight, and end up sleeping together after getting too tired. Leaving him all alone in an empty room.

The more he thought about it, the more horrified he became, and the more determined he was not to let Qin Yue weave her way in.

"Shen Wanci: 'Yuezhi has to work during the day, only coming back at night, so we barely see each other.'"

"...How come she suddenly wants to live here with us?"

Although he and Qin Yuezhi couldn't stand each other, after so many years of knowing each other, and with Wanwan in the middle, he still understood her character to some extent. She wasn't someone who lacked tact, so she must have encountered something that made her want to live here.

Shen Wanci smiled: "She's hiding from Huo Liushi."

He didn't say the specific reason, and just left it at that.

Upon hearing this, Bao Jingzhou simply hummed softly in response and didn't pursue the topic further. "Go wash your hands and eat," he said.

Shen Wanci thought he agreed, smiling and nodding: "Good."

Qin Yuezhi had finished her meal. "I'm going to take a nap first. You guys eat, don't worry about me."

Ho Tingdong, that beast, didn't let her sleep until after 4 am. At 7 am, she was woken up by her strong biological clock. Even though she was exhausted, she shivered and got out of the warm bed, leaving his house without looking back, afraid of being dragged back if she was even a step late.

Lack of sleep, a hangover, intense exercise, all these factors combined, she was completely out of it right now, seeing double.

Shen Wanci instructed the auntie to make the bed. Seeing Qin Yuezhi tremble and stand up, she couldn't help reaching out to support her.

Qin Yuezhi slept very well this time. Her previous habit of being picky about her bed was gone, cured by sleep. When she woke up, it was dark outside. The light in the room was dim, but she could still faintly make out the outlines. The moment she opened her eyes, she met a blurry figure sitting on the edge of her bed.

"Ah."

She jumped, flipped over from the bed and sat up before she saw it was a person.

"Awake?"

That was Huo Tingdong's voice, low and deep, matching the dim light.

Hearing the familiar voice, Qin Yuezhi's heart, which was beating rapidly, finally returned to calm. She patted her chest and glared at Huo Tingdong irritably: "It's so dark in here, you're like a ghost, silently sitting by my bed without a sound? What are you doing?"

Huo Tingdong leaned in towards her, in the darkness, his eyes shone like stars, his warm breath brushed against her lips. Qin Yuezhi thought he was going to kiss her, and memories from last night surged through her mind, scaring her back with a jolt. She hugged the blanket, looking at him warily, "What are you doing?"

But he simply reached out and switched on the lamp, then looked at her, saying slowly, "I came to pick you up. Seeing that you were sleeping so soundly, I didn't wake you. Who knew you could sleep like this?"

"Can I sleep?" Qin Yuezhi sounded like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, bristling as she asked, "Who's to blame for me sleeping so long?"

"My fault, I'm sorry," Huo Tingdong picked up the coat next to him and put it on her, readily responding: "Let's go back to sleep, don't disturb Jingzhou and the others here."