Chapter 21 (2/2)

Zuo Hancheng had not said anything since he left the bed. When she pulled at his sleeve, he looked back to see her looking apologetically at him while curled up under the blanket.

Initially, upon realizing that he had crossed the line in the way he treated her, he was feeling rather befuddled. However, upon seeing the trace of regret in her eyes and her hand that was tugging at his sleeve, he gave a light smile. Somehow, he was touched by the tenderness of this small yet affectionate gesture of hers. “Don’t worry. Go to sleep.”

Anaho felt even more apologetic the moment she heard that. After releasing her grip on the blanket, she sat up and placed a hand on his body. ‘So cold.’

He was in the bathroom for quite a long time, it was probably around twenty minutes long. ‘He took a twenty-minute long cold shower!’

Zuo Hancheng furrowed his brows and glanced at her. “Are you trying to tempt me?”

Anhao quickly withdrew her hand. “No. It’s just that… your body is way too cold.”

Upon seeing the inexplicable coldness in his eyes, Anhao feared that she would be skinned alive without a proper burial if she were to touch him again.

She gathered up her blanket and curled up on her side of the bed. “I won’t touch you anymore, but I seem to recall a lecture on TV saying that it’s not good for men to take a cold shower at times like this…”

“What kind of nonsensical lecture did you watch?”

“…Nothing, just talking nonsense! I’m gonna sleep now!”

Seeing that his frown had deepened further, Anhao hastily burrowed back under her blanket and covered her head.

At the beginning, she was truly exhausted, but after what had happened she found herself very much awake. Snuggled under the blanket with darkness all around her, all that she was focused on was the movements of the other person.

Not long after, Zuo Hancheng finally lifted his side of the blanket and slid under it. He suddenly reached out and pulled Anhao into his arms. As she was still wide awake, her body instantly stiffened. “Zuo…”

“Just sleep. I won’t touch you.”

While embracing her in his arms, he gently patted her head like he was coaxing a kitten that he had frightened just now.

His voice was still rather hoarse and his body was no longer cold like it was moments ago. As Anhao rested in his arms, she could smell a masculine, clean and fresh scent that came along with the fragrance of his shower gel.

Being held like this in his arms, Anhao should naturally feel more tensed up. However, it could be due to the pleasant fragrance he was exuding, or that she had never been embraced in such a way that gave her a sense of protection; she started to feel sleepy.

Being so intimately close to him like this, the thought that the man would rather take a cold shower rather force himself on her was still running through her head. Just because she was young, it did not mean that she was ignorant to the point where she did not understand such things.

Therefore, she could not help but silently ask while in his arms, “Zuo Hancheng… why did you marry me…?”

He did not reply, and the air was filled with their shallow breathing. However, after what had transpired and what he had gone through, Anhao was pretty sure that he was still awake,

As such, she resorted to mumbling to herself in his arms, “You’re obviously wealthy. And you probably hold quite a lot of power too, considering how terrified the Xu family was when in your presence. So, why would such a person like you marry me?”