Chapter 335 : It’s Not Easy Being the Head of Household 19 (1/2)
Ling Yue went to check out the other rooms, but pretty much all of them were leaking.
It had always been his Master who repaired the roofs. Ling Yue stayed in the tower after his Master left, so he was completely unaware that situation occurred in the temple whenever it rained.
It was unsafe to wander around the mountain in such a downpour.
“Only Junior Brother’s room isn’t leaking. You go sleep there.”
Ling Yue avoided the leaking areas and walked to the bedside.
Shi Sheng hugged the blanket as she sat on the bed. Her brief stint outside had caused her hair and clothes to get soaked, plastering themselves to her skin.
“Where are you sleeping?”
“I’ll sleep here.” Ling Yue pointed at the bed Shi Sheng was sitting on. He was fine with making do for the night.
“Then I’ll sleep here too.”
Ling Yue, “…” ‘This bed can only fit one person ah! The other side is getting soaked by the rain!’
“Then I’ll go sleep in Junior Brother’s room.”
‘If she won’t go, I’ll go, okay?’
“I’m going too.” Shi Sheng made to get off the bed with her blanket.
“Prime Minister, men and women should keep their distance.” Ling Yue emphasised the last word through gritted teeth.
Shi Sheng cocked her head to the side with an innocent expression on her face. “I wasn’t planning to do anything to you, just sharing the bed. Once you enter my residence[1], we’ll also be sleeping together, so this counts as practice.”
‘Who needs to practice to sleep???’
Ling Yue felt he had no way to communicate with this woman. But just as the two fell into a stalemate, it started leaking where Shi Sheng was sitting too.
She shrugged and spoke with a smile, “This ain’t my fault.”
The two of them still ended up sharing Gu Su’s room in the end.
Though Ling Yue said Gu Su’s room wasn’t leaking, he meant it wasn’t leaking near the bed.
Some thatch had been placed above the bed to divert the rainwater towards the side instead.
Shi Sheng gave Ling Yue an odd look, making him feel a bit awkward.
He rarely came to this place. Most of the time, Gu Su was here alone, so he didn’t know about these things.
Gu Su’s bed was very small, barely large enough for two people to fit on it with a sliver of room between them.
Shi Sheng let Ling Yue sleep on the inside.
Ling Yue felt rather nervous as he dawdled, before climbing onto his side of the bed.
The leaking rainwater seemed to fall into his heart—which was racing so fast, he thought it was beating in time with every drop of water.
Shi Sheng clambered up on the bed. Seeing Ling Yue leaning away from her, she frowned. “Come over here.”
“I don’t take up much room.” Ling Yue shook his head, slight wariness appearing in his eyes.
Shi Sheng, “…” ‘Do I look that desperate? Really now.
Besides…there’s nothing embarrassing about wanting to screw my own man! I just want to, okay?’
“Let me help you dry your hair.” Shi Sheng raised the towel that had appeared at in her hand some point.
Ling Yue’s hair was even wetter than hers, because he had gone out to check the other rooms in the rain.
Ling Yue flushed. ‘Just what was I thinking?’
He sat up and moved over. Shi Sheng half-knelt on the bed and untied his hair, before gently helping him wipe it dry.
He could feel her body heat and the tips of her fingers occasionally brushing against his neck.
Their cool tips seemingly caused small currents to dance across his skin, which soon extended to the rest of his body.
“Alright.” Shi Sheng ran her hand through his hair. Although it wasn’t very dry, it was still better than before.
Shi Sheng gave her own hair a perfunctory drying, planning to strip off her wet outer garments.
“What are you…” Ling Yue shrank back at some point.
“Taking off my wet clothes!” She swiftly stripped off her outer garments, revealing the dry clothes beneath.
“Your outer garments are wet, too. You’ll easily get sick if you keep wearing them, so take them off.”
Ling Yue stared at Shi Sheng for a moment before slowly taking his outer garments off.
“Time to sleep.”
The two had their own separate blankets.