"Sure, please wait a moment."
The flight attendant replied politely.
Jiang Zhirou's mind was still lingering on the word "wife" she had just heard.
She didn't know if it was the magic of these two words or something else, but she felt dizzy.
She murmured softly, "Who's your wife?"
The voice was soft, but it just happened to reach Chi Yu's ears.
Just then, the flight attendant came over with a blanket.
"Here's the blanket you asked for. Would you like me to pour some hot water for your wife?"
"Thank you," Chi Yu nodded and replied politely.
He carefully covered Jiang Zhirou with the blanket, then looked at her with a smile and said, "It's really too early to call you wife now. I haven't proposed yet. I was being too hasty."
Jiang Zhirou wasn't really bothered by the title. On the contrary, she thought it... seemed quite natural.
However, when she heard Chi Yu's cautious answer, she felt inexplicably unhappy.
"Are all you physics majors so cautious?"
There was a hint of mild aggression in her tone.
Chi Yu caught the word "you" in her sentence. He lowered his head and leaned closer to the woman beside him. "You? Besides me, who else around you studies physics?"
Jiang Zhirou didn't expect Chi Yu to suddenly get so close. Her back was pressed tightly against the chair. The distance between them was so close that if she took a tiny step forward, her lips would touch Chi Yu's.
"Hmm?"
Chi Yu leaned in a bit more, exuding a strong sense of pressure.
The faint fragrance wafting from him kept getting into Jiang Zhirou's nose.
Her heart rate instantly soared at the speed of light, and her face flushed all the way to her ears.
Seeing her nervous and shy look, Chi Yu secretly smirked in his heart.
The next second, he suddenly pulled back.
Jiang Zhirou instantly let out a sigh of relief.
If it had been a few more minutes, she really wouldn't have been able to hold on, and their lips might have touched.
Looking at Chi Yu's expression, she didn't even need to think to know that he did it on purpose!
So this was what Shen Qingmian liked.
Jiang Zhirou sighed in her heart.
Once she got her body in better shape, in a situation like this, she would just punch Chi Yu in the face.
But unfortunately, she couldn't do it now. Judging from her current physical condition, as soon as she reached out her hand, before she even touched Chi Yu, he would surely grab it.
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhirou secretly encouraged herself.
She must get her body in good enough shape to protect herself within a month.
Just then, the flight attendant came over with a cup of hot water.
Chi Yu took it from the attendant and handed it to Jiang Zhirou. "Drink some hot water and have a good sleep."
Jiang Zhirou didn't decline. She took the cup from Chi Yu.
Whether it was because her body was warming up or for some other reason, soon, Jiang Zhirou felt her eyelids getting heavier. She unconsciously closed her eyes.
Not long after, Chi Yu heard her steady breathing beside him.
Chi Yu reached out and supported her head, gently leaning it on his shoulder.
Jiang Zhirou was sleeping soundly and didn't notice the movement of the person beside her at all.
Just as Chi Yu carefully let go of his hand, Jiang Zhirou rubbed closer to him, as if looking for a comfortable position.
Chi Yu didn't move at all, afraid that even the slightest movement would wake the woman beside him.
He tilted his head slightly and looked at the woman beside him with gentle eyes.
Jiang Zhirou's eyebrows were slightly furrowed as she slept.
Chi Yu reached out his hand to smooth them out, but at the moment his fingers were about to touch Jiang Zhirou's forehead, he stopped.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally withdrew his hand.
This time, let her have a good sleep.
...
...
It was already midnight when they arrived in the imperial capital.
The business hours of Muminlou only lasted until 10 p.m.
Jiang Zhirou thought it was too late and wasn't really in the mood to eat. She rubbed her slightly sore eyes. "Let's go straight home. I don't have much of an appetite now."
Chi Yu nodded and followed her suggestion.
Not long after, they arrived at Yuhaiwan.
As soon as Chi Yu opened the door, Xiaoju ran out.
She rubbed against Chi Yu's feet and meowed.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhirou immediately recognized that this was the cat Shen Qingmian had brought home.
She silently moved aside, trying to keep a bit of distance from the cat.
Chi Yu picked up the cat without noticing Jiang Zhirou's little movement.
While rubbing the cat's head, he talked to Xiaoju. "Your mom's finally home. The two of us aren't homeless savages anymore."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhirou subconsciously stopped in her tracks and glanced in Chi Yu's direction.
She didn't know if Chi Yu said this on purpose or if he really thought so, but these words went straight into her heart through her ears.
Chi Yu always knew how to make people feel needed.
She seemed to... like this feeling a bit.
Jiang Zhirou quickly averted her gaze and walked towards the guest room from memory.
Noticing something was wrong, Chi Yu put down the cat in his arms and quickly walked behind Jiang Zhirou. He grabbed her wrist. "You've only been away from home for a month, and you can't even find your own bedroom?"
Jiang Zhirou pulled her hand out of his grasp and stopped. She looked up at the man in front of her. "I know, but let's sleep in separate rooms for now."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chi Yu's expression instantly froze. He stared blankly at the woman in front of him. "Why do we need to sleep in separate rooms?"
There was a hint of grievance in Chi Yu's tone.
Jiang Zhirou didn't know how to answer his question for a moment.
She couldn't just bluntly tell Chi Yu that she wasn't Shen Qingmian and that she couldn't share a bed with him.
Maybe the moment she said this, Chi Yu would kick her out of this house.
Jiang Zhirou didn't dare to bet on Chi Yu's tolerance for Shen Qingmian, nor on his resistance to her.
She still needed the identity of Shen Qingmian to live in the imperial capital and investigate what had happened to her in the past. She mustn't expose her true identity now.
Jiang Zhirou stole a glance at Chi Yu standing in front of her.
He frowned slightly and stared directly at her. It seemed that if she couldn't give a complete answer tonight, Chi Yu would be able to stand there and wait for her.
After hesitating for a while, Jiang Zhirou met Chi Yu's gaze and started making up an excuse.
"I've noticed recently that I grind my teeth in the middle of the night. You don't sleep very well, and I'm afraid I'll disturb you. Let's sleep in separate rooms for a while. When this situation improves, we can sleep together again. What do you think?"
Jiang Zhirou looked at Chi Yu expectantly, waiting for his answer.
The next second, the man's firm voice reached her ears.
"Not good."