Mu Qi tilted his head slightly, looking bewildered.
Yun Shunián didn't speak. She merely held onto Mu Qi's shoulders, stood on her tiptoes, and showered his face and neck with kisses.
"My Mu Qi is so, so cute!" Yun Shunián sighed contentedly after she was done.
Cute?
Mu Qi stared blankly at Yun Shunián, confused.
"Mu Qi, did you grow up eating 'Ke Ai Duo'?" Yun Shunián kissed Mu Qi's lips again. Mu Qi instinctively held Yun Shunián's waist, his confusion deepening.
Yun Shunián, however, found Mu Qi's naive expression even cuter, making her want to tease him even more.
"Husband, I'm not leaving. Go to sleep peacefully." After a moment, Yun Shunián took Mu Qi's hand and they both fell onto the bed.
"Why did you suddenly call me that today?" Mu Qi's heart fluttered at the soft, tender two words from Yun Shunián's lips, but he still asked with a hint of unease.
"Because it's Valentine's Day, and because I want to comfort you. But more importantly, because I just want to call you that. Do you have a problem with that?"
Seeing Yun Shunián's expression, as if she'd ignore him if he dared to object.
Mu Qi instinctively denied it immediately.
So this was the reason? Was it this simple?
Mu Qi felt as if he were floating on clouds, enveloped in tenderness.
"Alright, don't think too much. It's tiring to overthink."
Seeing that Mu Qi's mood had improved, a large stone was lifted from Yun Shunián's heart. Then, drowsiness overtook her, and she found a comfortable spot in Mu Qi's embrace and fell asleep.
Mu Qi, however, feeling the soft waist beneath his hands, was too stirred to sleep for a long time.
The one he loved most was in his arms, and the person in his arms claimed to love him back.
Mu Qi's heart was filled with disbelief and apprehension, fearing it was all a fleeting dream.
But if it were a dream, Mu Qi wished he would never wake up.
Thus, Mu Qi lay on his side, gazing at Yun Shunián, and the moon gazed upon Mu Qi.
A night passed. Yun Shunián's eyes fluttered open hazily. The first thing she saw was Mu Qi's incredibly handsome face.
Yun Shunián immediately leaned in, kissing him on the left and right.
Yun Shunián thought to herself that being weak-willed in the early morning was understandable.
"Mu Qi, you look so well-behaved," Yun Shunián said, nuzzling her fluffy head against Mu Qi's chest.
Well-behaved?
For Mu Qi, this was another word, after "cute," whose meaning he knew but which felt utterly foreign.
"Do you like it?" Mu Qi was already contemplating how to appear less well-behaved.
"Of course, I like it. As long as it's you, Mu Qi, I like it." Yun Shunián said this and kissed Mu Qi heavily twice more.
"As long as you like it." Mu Qi's mood was like that of a concubine favored by the emperor, overwhelmed with joy and surprise.
Finally, after Yun Shunián had had her fill of clinging to Mu Qi, she got up and stretched lazily.
Yun Shunián no longer worried about Mu Qi, and after a full night's sleep, she was full of energy.
However, she suddenly had the feeling that she had forgotten something.
What had she forgotten?
Yun Shunián rubbed her forehead, trying hard to recall, but couldn't quite grasp it.
Suddenly, Yun Shunián felt a damp tickle on the back of her neck.
Startled, Yun Shunián instinctively recoiled her neck.
The next second, Mu Qi hooked her waist with one arm and pulled her back onto the bed.
The darkness in Mu Qi's eyes was profound. Yun Shunián's heart began to pound wildly with just a single glance.
Mu Qi didn't make a move immediately. Instead, like a hunter admiring its prey, he scanned Yun Shunián from head to toe, scrutinizing her.
Mu Qi's gaze and actions were too aggressive. Yun Shunián could only grip the bedsheets tightly as if they were her lifeline.
"Mu Qi, isn't it time for breakfast?" Mu Qi's prolonged gaze, without acting, made Yun Shunián feel as if she were being slowly tortured.
"Later." Mu Qi's words were followed by him leaning over and kissing Yun Shunián with a fervor that left her trembling.
...
After an unknown amount of time, Yun Shunián on the bed, her eyes like crescent moons, could barely open them and felt too weak to move.
Yun Shunián vaguely saw Mu Qi by the bed, fully dressed, showing no sign of their earlier passion.
She inwardly cursed him as a beast, but this composed Mu Qi made her feel incredibly relieved. Her usual Mu Qi was too heart-wrenching.
Often, Yun Shunián felt that Mu Qi had no true passions besides herself, which brought her secret joy, but also made her ache for him constantly.
"Have some." Just as she was thinking this, Yun Shunián was suddenly lifted by Mu Qi, and a bowl of warm porridge was placed at her lips.
Yun Shunián immediately opened her mouth and swallowed the porridge in one go.
Mu Qi: "Is it delicious?"
Yun Shunián was utterly depleted of energy and couldn't discern taste. She simply nodded quickly, urging Mu Qi to bring the porridge closer.
However, in her haste to eat, she overlooked the deep glint in Mu Qi's eyes.
The next second, instead of receiving more porridge, Yun Shunián's lips were parted by Mu Qi, and he kissed her deeply.
Yun Shunián's eyes widened instinctively, then blinked as if in disbelief.
Fortunately, Mu Qi, mindful of Yun Shunián's current weakness, released her quickly.
"Indeed, it's good." Mu Qi leaned back slightly, touching the corner of Yun Shunián's eye, a gesture that seemed both tender and provocative.
Mu Qi, who Yun Shunián had perceived as pure and reserved, had suddenly transformed into this. She uncomfortably turned her head away, a flush spreading across her face. Su Dan Novel Network
However, Mu Qi, who had been intently watching Yun Shunián, became uneasy at her movement.
Mu Qi then forcefully cupped Yun Shunián's chin and turned her face back. Yun Shunián's shyness became more apparent, her gaze dropping to avoid Mu Qi's.
"Resisting me? Are you tired of me?" Mu Qi again lifted Yun Shunián's chin forcefully, questioning her with a hint of fierceness, though beneath it lay an irrepressible anxiety and a deep-seated fear of losing what he had finally gained.
"I'm shy, shy, shy!" Hearing Mu Qi's words, Yun Shunián, a mix of shyness and annoyance, buried herself in Mu Qi's embrace.