Chapter 103 - Tired
Under the careful watch of Lu Chen, the family of three continued roaming around the area for almost an hour before returning to the hotel. Along the way, Lu Qiang and Xiu i happily talked about their day so she didn’t have an opportunity to check her phone at all.
"Quickly wash up then I’ll read you a story before sleeping, okay?" Xiu i brushed Lu Qiang’s hair and hugged him before pushing him towards his room. Lu Qiang nodded while Lu Chen entered his room with all the shopping bags in his hand.
Xiu i returned to her room and washed up as well. After changing into her pajamas, she on her bed and continued rubbing her hair to dry it. After a few minutes, she stepped out of her room and entered Lu Qiang’s room while her towel still hung around her shoulder.
"Which story do you want for bedti today?" Xiu i’s face was filled with tenderness as soon as she saw Lu Qiang in his usual printed light blue pajamas. She pulled him towards the bed and rubbed his wet hair for drying.
"Hmm..." Lu Qiang beca silent for a short while before finally deciding on sothing. "Then can I listen about Grandma’s story again?"
"Grandma’s story, huh. Okay, sure. I’ll tell you that story again after I dry your hair."
"Then mom, what about your hair?" Lu Qiang pointed at Xiu i’s wet hair.
Before Xiu i could open her mouth, another voice responded for her.
"I’ll help your Mom with hers." Lu Chen remarked as soon as he entered the room. He was in his navy blue pajamas and wearing his gold-rimd glasses he would always wear at night.
"Wife, scoot over a little bit on this side so I can rub your hair."
"Oh." Xiu i absentmindedly nodded and followed what he said. While holding Lu Qiang with his shoulders, she scooted aside a little bit to make space for Lu Chen.
The area of the bed behind her imdiately dipped as soon as Lu Chen sat on it. He quickly grabbed the towel around her neck and started rubbing her hair while slightly massaging it as well.
Because this was the first ti soone rubbed her hair, Xiu i felt a bit tingly around her neck. She didn’t know if it was just because she wasn’t used to it or if she was actually very sensitive when soone touches her hair.
She continued drying Lu Qiang’s hair while Lu Chen dries hers. If anyone sees this picture, they would surely look in envy with how picture-perfect it was.
After that short bonding ti, Xiu i imdiately tucked Lu Qiang to bed. Lu Chen decided to sit beside Lu Qiang’s bed to watch over them.
Xiu i laid beside him while starting telling stories about her mother’s story in the military. She knows it’s a weird bedti story for a child but after Lu Qiang listened to her parents’ story when she visited them before, the kid would often pester her to tell their stories instead of the normal bedti stories for children. She was very skeptical at first but gradually got used to telling it after a few days.
Ten minutes later, Lu Qiang finally fell asleep. After giving him a kiss on his forehead, Xiu i sat up from the bed and turned to Lu Chen who seed to be sleeping as well.
Xiu i looked over him worriedly. Won’t he got a body ache if he sleeps in that position?
She quickly got off the bed and walked over to his side. She reached out to him and lightly patted his crossed arms.
"Chen?" She whispered.
Lu Chen’s eyes imdiately opened as soon Xiu i patted him. He looked at Xiu i who was now saying to him to go back to his bed to sleep. He seed to still be so out of it as he dozes off while staring at her.
Seeing this, Xiu i grabbed his hand to pull him up.
"Let’s go." She said, finally pulling him to make him stand up. Lu Chen didn’t fight back and allowed her to drag him outside of the room.
"You seem tired. You should have just went straight to sleep ah." She said. Lu Chen shook his head.
"Then, goodnight." She said. Before she could take a step towards her room, Lu Chen tugged her hand lightly to stop her from walking away.
"Spend so ti with a little more, okay?"
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Before she could even reply, Lu Chen pulled her towards the living room. He sat on the sofa so Xiu i was just about to sit beside him when she was suddenly pulled by Lu Chen forward.
Xiu i stiffened in her place after realizing her current position. She was now sitting on Lu Chen’s lap. She felt lost and she could hear heart drumming crazily within her ribcage in nervousness.
Lu Chen acted moved very naturally while snaking his arms around her waist. He rested his chin on her shoulders and relaxed.
Not used with their current position, Lu Chen could sense that Xiu i’s stiffness while hugging her.
"Relax, wife." He whispered in her ear which tickled Xiu i’s ears. She reacted and unconsciously avoided him but with her locked in his arms, she couldn’t do anything.
Xiu i bit her lip as she tried to distract herself with different thoughts. She didn’t push him away because she wanted to try in getting used to this. It’s not like she’s uncomfortable with this kind of skinship because she hated it, rather, she’s uncomfortable because this was the first ti she’d ever gotten this intimate with a male person after she completely matured.
Behind her, she was unaware of Lu Chen’s thoughts.
Lu Chen was genuinely tired at that mont so after seeing Xiu i, all he wanted to do was to bury her in his arms to seek comfort. His work, his cousin’s death, and his father-in-law’s accident were getting to him. He is still a normal human after all. So right now, he was acting a bit spoiled in front of her to get so comfort.
After staying in that position for a while, Xiu i leaned forward to reach for the remote control of the television.
Lu Chen did not stop her and allowed her to turn it on. Xiu i was slowly switching the channels when a random thought hit her.
"Ah! Did you bring the paper bag that Mrs.Kim gave ?"
"It’s on the counter."
"Then let grab it for a minute." She slightly pushed Lu Chen, signaling him to release her but Lu Chen stopped her from getting away and tightened his hug instead.
"Later."
"Chen, co on."
"No." He buried his face on her hair and continued, "Just take it later."
"..."
Fine, Lu Chen seed to have no intention of letting her go any mont now.
She returned her attention to the television and switched the channel once again. She was just about to switch to another channel when she heard so news that paused her movents.
"This afternoon, Vice Premier Xiu got into an accident...."
The next words did not register in Xiu i’s mind because as soon as she heard her Dad’s na and that he got into an accident, her mind imdiately went blank.
...Dad got into an accident?
Her heart began to palpitate as dread suddenly filled her mind. She absentmindedly pushed Lu Chen’s arms away to grab her phone in her room.
She didn’t even bother unlocking her phone and hit her mother’s number in speed dial. After a few rings, the call was imdiately picked up.
"Mom? How’s Dad?"
"i’er, calm down first okay." Hearing her daughter’s panicked voice, Yu Shi Huang tried calming her down.
"Is Dad okay? Please tell , is he okay?" Xiu i almost begged on the phone.
"Your Dad is fine. He’s completely fine. So calm down, okay?"
Xiu i didn’t imdiately believe it, thinking that her mom might be just telling her that so she won’t panic and worry.
"Mom, is Dad really fine? Tell , he’s really fine right?"
"Yes, honey. You’re Dad is really alright. I wish you could talk to him right now but he’s in the middle of a eting with your second brother right now."
Hearing that, Xiu i sohow cald down a little bit. She was still unsure whether her Mom was telling the truth so she won’t get a panic attack but she changed her mind after thinking that if sothing serious had really happened, she’d surely receive a random call from one of her brothers which usually tips her off that sothing had happened.
This ti, Xiu i didn’t know that the reason why she wasn’t tipped off at all because her second brother called Lu Chen instead of her.
Xiu i worriedly asked her mother for his Dad’s current condition and what really happened. She was too worried and focused on the call that she did not notice Lu Chen was leaning on the door fra of her room. In his hand is his phone ssaging Xiu Mo Ruo of Xiu i’s current condition.
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