Chapter 225: Chapter 225: Stop Rubbing, It Hurts (1) Chapter 225: Chapter 225: Stop Rubbing, It Hurts (1) Lu Wanwan clenched her teeth, “You also know it was before the shower!”
There’s a huge difference before and after–the pain that shouldn’t be there would start to ache.
Gu Annan, with downcast eyes, replied indifferently, “How many times have you said that from just now until now?”
Even with her head against the pillow, she felt her face heat up.
If this continued, she wondered if the pillow might catch fire.
“Just spray it a bit; don’t keep rubbing it, it hurts a lot.”
Gu Annan glanced at the woman criticizing him, “More nonsense and you’ll hurt for a month.”
Lu Wanwan found it hard to accept. Wasn’t it because of him that Ji Jiayi had caused her to end up ?
After applying the medicine, she tucked her hand under the quilt.
Although it was still a bit painful and her body felt weak, lying in bed after a bath felt extremely comfortable. She felt sleepy.
Soon, the body on the other side of the quilt moved closer to her, his long arm came around, and his hot lips landed on her face, leaving her without the strength to struggle.
Shortly after, his close body halted.
Gu Annan felt her almost fearful trembling and released her lips.
“You smell of medicine,” he said faintly, letting go of her and turning away.
For a long while, all was quiet. Lu Wanwan, with her eyes open, saw Gu Annan with his back to her, seemingly without any intention to come closer again.
She lay under the quilt, biting her own fist, feeling a kind of palpitation she had never experienced before.
Just when she thought Gu Annan wouldn’t pay attention to her for a while, she felt for the first time that she was very close to him.
The phrase ‘I don’t want to marry a cripple’ kept flashing through her mind.
Although the words weren’t nice and he spoke them in a very cold and sharp tone, she still couldn’t help but feel her heart race.
Yet at this time, seeing him turn his back to her, rather than embracing her into sleep as usual, she felt particularly anxious.
So distant, yet so close–it was torturous.
Lu Wanwan found herself more and more unable to sleep. She shifted little by little towards him until she touched his back.
The temperature made her want to draw close.
“Stop fidgeting while sleeping,” he said without turning around, his voice like a warning.
Lu Wanwan mustered her courage and lightly tugged on his shirt, whispering softly, “I just want to say, I’m sorry…”
Gu Annan’s spine tensed as if it stiffened, yet he still didn’t turn around; his voice, however, was very calm, “Sorry for what?”
“Next time I’ll be more careful not to wind up all beaten up.”
Lu Wanwan watched his back, quiet for a moment, as if thinking.
He didn’t move either.
After a long while, not knowing whether Gu Annan had fallen asleep, she said, “It wasn’t just because of the banquet… I didn’t know you minded it so much…”
Gu Annan turned around, his pupils in the unlit room gleaming like stars.
He looked at Lu Wanwan, whose wide-open eyes were full of apologies.
Four years had passed, and he thought she had changed a lot, even though it was for other purposes. In the past, she clung to him, saying sorry even when she was wrong. Now, even though they slept in the same bed every day, she was careful and cautious around him.
From the type who become fierce when cornered, she had changed to someone who would silently walk away after hearing harsh words.
“Gu Annan?” Lu Wanwan didn’t know what he was thinking, nor did she know if his calmness was an acceptance of her apology. She just gripped his shirt to remind him.
He held her hand that was gripping his shirt but didn’t pull it away.
His other hand moved to her thin face, gently caressing it with his fingertips.