“…” She was speechless at the cold-as-an-arrow stare he was giving her.
“I ask you, yes or no?”
“Do … you think it’s … normal for us to be in this relationship right now?”
“What’s so abnormal about it? You’re carrying my child in your belly now, what’s wrong with sleeping in my bed?” Even though he tried his best to lower his voice in a public place, the strong aura still clearly manifested his anger.
“But … between us, it’s no longer as simple as me sleeping in your bed.” Zhao Lanlan looked up to meet his eyes.
Her heart, clearly, was gradually derailing, and even she was a bit unable to control it. This feeling, made her a little panicked, so that she couldn’t help but want to escape. She was afraid of falling again …
Xia Feiqing was stunned, and a touch of hurt crossed from the bottom of his eyes.
“So, this is your way of objecting to me kissing you?”
“…” she bit her lip, unable to speak. Was it an objection? But, when he kissed her, she was clearly enjoying it.
Perhaps …
All she objected to was him walking all over her heart once more.
“Okay, I understand.” Xia Feiqing took a deep breath, “In the future, I won’t kiss you again. You can keep whatever distance you want from me. Is that satisfactory?”
She didn’t say anything, and there was some acid in her heart, and some … unexplained loss …
“Is the bed off the table?” He asked patiently.
“Still buying.” She was obstinate.
Xia Feiqing’s eyebrows jumped vaguely as he repeated word for word, “You sleep in my bed!”
“I’m sleeping in your bed, but …” Her eyes landed on his shoulder, “Don’t you have trouble sleeping? You can sleep well in a different bed.”
“Buy it for me?” Xia Feiqing’s eyes shifted, the hurt that had just flashed in his eyes had completely disappeared at this moment.
She nodded a little uncomfortably and gave a muffled ‘hmm’. He raised an eyebrow, “Fine, I’ll hang out with you then.”
The two of them just walked through the furniture town side by side, occasionally sitting on this bed, occasionally sleeping on that one. It’s kind of like being a newly married couple picking out furniture.
“How about this bed? I feel quite comfortable lying down.” Xia Feiqing laid down on a bed and tried it out.
Zhao Lanlan reached out and pressed twice, shaking her head, “No, this mattress is a bit soft, sleeping for a long time isn’t good for your waist and back.”
“What about this one?” He lay down again in a different place.
She just looked at it and shook her head, “It’s too big. It takes up space in the den. Pretty much a single bed will do.”
“Okay, then change again!”
…
Along the way, looked at a lot of mattresses, Xia Feiqing always patiently accompanied, the two people get along quite calm.
Just …
For days after they returned, Zhao Lanlan knew that something was really different between them.
He did what he said he would do, always keeping his distance from her. For example: when she fell asleep on the couch at night, instead of carrying her directly into the room, as he had done in the past, he patted her awake and let her sleep in on her own. When the poultice on her shoulder needed to be changed, he didn’t fake it out anymore, even when she was sitting right there, and he sought out Mrs. Xia from a distance.
And …
He wouldn’t ask for a thank you gift from her again, not even for the intimacy of a stick-up.
Between them, they seemed calm and distinctly pulled apart a bit.
Zhao Lanlan flipped through the book, and thinking about this, she didn’t have much heart to read any further. Raising her head, she looked at the clock on the wall, it was already 9pm.
He … hasn’t come back …
Is it a social occasion again? Will you be drinking again?
“Lan Lan, why are you still reading this late?” Mrs. Xia came to the kitchen to pour water and saw her still sitting on the sofa, “You’re not waiting for Feiqing, are you?”
“Huh? Oh, it’s not …,” she explained sheepishly as she got up a little uncomfortably, “I just saw something interesting and lost track of time for a moment. Going to bed now.”
“Well, hurry up and go to sleep, Feiqing is traveling today and definitely won’t be back.”
She was stunned, “He’s traveling?”
“What? Didn’t Feiqing tell you?” Mrs. Xia said, “Just called me, I thought he had already told you earlier.”
Zhao Lanlan shook her head, “I just found out.”
“That was probably an impromptu decision. It doesn’t matter, turn around and wait for him to come back, I’ll scold him properly!” Mrs. Xia sensed her slightly lost emotion, but she herself was unaware of it and just smiled, “No need, mom, it’s getting late, you take an early rest, I’ll go to bed as well.”
Zhao Lanlan waited for Mrs. Xia to go upstairs first before returning to the bedroom herself.
Did not turn on the light, directly put down the book, lifted the covers and lay down. In the darkness, opened his eyes stunned for a moment, touched the bedside cell phone, looked at it, and there were no missed calls.
She suddenly realized that he really kept a good distance between them. Even on business trips, he could keep it to himself. It was also true that they weren’t a couple anymore, so naturally he didn’t need to report his trips to her.
Obviously, she thought so, but why did she feel so bad?
Biting her lip, she stared at the screen for a long time, and finally, she just turned her phone off.
The night was, surprisingly, sleepless.
She didn’t close her eyes and sleep until it was a little brighter. At noon, the family nanny called her to eat, and she wilted mentally and got up, eating very little.
Mrs. Xia was worried. Called the doctor over, looked at it, and after nothing was wrong, gave another injection.
The house phone rang, Mrs. Xia went to answer it, and after a moment, twisted her face around, “Lanlan, it’s Feiqing’s phone, he wants to talk to you.”
“Oh.” Zhao Lanlan still obediently took the phone over.
“Mom said that you ate very little at noon, and your spirit is not good today, what’s wrong?” Xia Feiqing’s voice came from over there, after a night’s absence, his tone was the same as before, as if nothing had happened.
Instead, she just gave him two muffled words, “It’s fine.”
“Where’s the cell phone, why does it stay off?”
“Too much radiation.” She remained brief in her response.
Having touched two nails in a row, Xia Feiqing had already heard that her mood wasn’t quite right, “You’re having a temper tantrum with me?”
She yawned, “I’m sleepy, off to bed. Bye.”
After saying that, without waiting for Xia Feiqing over there to say anything, she directly hung up the phone.
Back to the bedroom, lying down on the bed, took the cell phone hesitated for a long time, and finally did not turn on the phone. Was really sleepy, she rolled over in bed for a while, then fell asleep.
In the evening, at ten o’clock or so, Xia Feiqing came back with his luggage.
Mrs. Xia had already fallen asleep, heard the commotion and came down from upstairs, when she saw her son, she lowered her voice and asked, “Have you had dinner?”
“You don’t care, hurry up and go to sleep, it’s getting late.” Xia Feiqing returned to her.
“Can you not care? If you don’t have any, I’ll make you some.”