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One could only say that the man beside her was, on one hand, so wealthy it was astonishing, and on the other hand, so naive it felt like he came from the faraway Pluto.
What he wanted was her entire heart, the whole thing!
Gu Nuan felt her mind starting to fog up again, suddenly unable to distinguish north from south in the world. She had thought he was just a clever man, thought his temperament was like that of a kindergarten child. They were originally from two different worlds, but at what point had this marriage, originally just a contract, slowly started to change? Follow current novels on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝙣𝙚𝙩
She remembered what he had said tonight, that he had always known about Lin Yishan and Su Yixia’s affair.
It clearly meant that from the beginning, his decision to marry her under a contract was all carefully planned.
No matter what the original intention was, this man was undoubtedly like a wolf, cunning and deceitful, setting a trap for her—Gu Nuan—to jump into.
Of course, Gu Nuan was not completely naive; she had known from the start that this man must have had some purpose in marrying her. But what she never expected was, was she his purpose?
Gu Nuan was highly skeptical.
This man had everything, and with such a wealthy status, it was destined that he wasn’t lacking women. What would he want with her, a partially deaf woman?
No, it couldn’t be her.
Forcefully banishing this illogical thought from her mind, Gu Nuan started counting sheep to hypnotize herself.
But tonight, it was another person’s turn to be sleepless.
Feeling her body motionless and probably hearing very relaxed breaths come out, Xiao Yebai abruptly turned over and stared at her figure in the night.
She was almost half his size, her delicate curves barely visible under the blanket.
In that instant, he had to turn back around, facing away from her, not looking.
He feared that if he looked further, he wouldn’t be able to control himself. Men’s thoughts in this regard are different from women’s; they are mostly impulsive.
He didn’t want to regret it.
Especially since her attitude tonight had somewhat annoyed him.
What matter was so secret that even he wasn’t told?
He believed in his capacity to solve all her problems.
The issue was, even if he said this, he felt she wouldn’t speak.
This woman, sometimes so independent it frustrated him. He so wished she would act coy, reliant upon him like a little bird nestled in his embrace. But he knew all too well, it seemed more likely that he would be the one acting coy in her embrace.
He never knew how uncomfortable it was to be sleepless beside the woman he liked.
Xiao Yebai sat up in bed, intentionally making noise as he got up.
Gu Nuan, perhaps because she hadn’t slept last night, was dead asleep tonight, seeming impossible to wake no matter how much one might try. Speaking of which, he was responsible for this outcome due to his actions last night.
In the darkness, only staring at her soundly sleeping face, he suddenly stood up and rushed into the shower to cool down.
The next morning, when Zang Xiaolian came to pick him up, he, unsurprisingly, saw the raccoon-like circles under his eyes and almost dropped his eyeballs in astonishment.
"Second brother, you didn’t sleep last night?"
"How could I have slept? Your sister-in-law was too fierce last night."
He was fierce one night, she was fierce another.
Zang Xiaolian’s mind was a complete mess, not knowing who was fiercer.
As Xiao Yebai yawned, he remembered that this conversation must never reach her ears.