As soon as the words left her mouth, Jiang Zhirou was momentarily stunned.
Apparently, she hadn't expected Chi Yu to refuse so resolutely.
The next second, the man's voice rang in her ear again.
"Do you know why you always grind your teeth when you sleep in Country A?" Chi Yu asked her.
Jiang Zhirou: …
How could she know! It was all made up by her!
There was no way she could know!
Jiang Zhirou's face showed a bit of embarrassment.
She pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.
Chi Yu's voice, like a demonic incantation, rang in her ear again.
"Because you didn't sleep with me."
"When you slept with me, you never had the problem of grinding your teeth. You always slept through until the next day. Don't you remember?"
As Chi Yu said these words, he stared at Jiang Zhirou intently.
Jiang Zhirou twitched the corners of her mouth and couldn't say a word.
How could this man have two different sides? Saying something like sleeping through until the next day so seriously.
Didn't she know how one could sleep through until dawn?
Her mind was filled with such thoughts that she was too embarrassed to say them out loud.
Chi Yu, on the other hand, was quite straightforward.
Seeing his attitude, Jiang Zhirou decided not to pretend anymore. Instead, she retorted, "Don't you have any idea how you can sleep through until dawn?
"Professor Chi, do I need to list all the details for you?"
As soon as Jiang Zhirou finished speaking, her gaze dropped slightly.
Those students from Hanlin University really had discerning eyes.
If she hadn't experienced it herself and known that it was true, she would almost have thought that there was a video of Chi Yu on the campus network.
Otherwise, how could everyone know so clearly?
"Where are you looking?"
Seeing her glance down at his private parts, Chi Yu coughed lightly to remind her.
There was no trace of panic on Jiang Zhirou's face for being caught. Instead, there was a sense of novelty in teasing Chi Yu and a thrill that went straight to the top of her head.
Seeing the embarrassed look on his face, Jiang Zhirou became even more excited.
"I have a question for you."
Suddenly, she spoke up, her expression a bit serious.
Seeing her suddenly turn serious, Chi Yu also put away the joking look on his face and stared at her seriously.
After a while, Jiang Zhirou slowly said, "Do you know... that you're the number one on Hanlin University's must - try list?"
Hearing this, a hint of embarrassment clearly flashed across Chi Yu's face.
Jiang Zhirou didn't miss this fleeting expression.
So he knew about it himself.
Jiang Zhirou became even more excited, feeling a kind of thrill as if she had stripped someone naked and kneaded them mercilessly.
Seeing the upturned corners of her lips, Chi Yu had an idea. He stepped forward and pinned her against the wall.
He lowered his voice and leaned close to Jiang Zhirou's ear. "Baby, do you think... I deserve to be ranked first on this list?"
Chi Yu's warm breath sprayed on Jiang Zhirou's ear. She subconsciously tensed up, and the hand hanging by her leg tightly grasped the edge of her pants, trying to calm her emotions.
Chi Yu quickly noticed her action, and a deep smile spread across his lips. "It's been so long. Baby, you couldn't have forgotten about me... How about... trying it now?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Zhirou suddenly pushed him away, her eyes clearly flustered. "I'm tired today!"
The calm and teasing look she had just now was completely gone.
Jiang Zhirou secretly swore in her heart.
For the rest of her life, she would never act playfully in front of this man again.
He was definitely an action - oriented person and would really do it.
Looking at the woman with red - tinted ears in front of him, the smile in Chi Yu's eyes grew even stronger.
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore." Chi Yu reached out and ruffled Jiang Zhirou's hair. He took the suitcase from her hand and walked towards the master bedroom. "You sleep in the master bedroom. I'll sleep in the guest room."
"You haven't had a good sleep these days. Training must have been really tiring, and you've lost a lot of weight. Sleeping in a familiar bed tonight, you should be able to sleep through until dawn."
Jiang Zhirou stood there, stunned, following Chi Yu. She had thought that she had no choice but to sleep with Chi Yu tonight, but unexpectedly, the man suddenly said these words.
She was quite surprised.
She stood aside and watched as Chi Yu carefully made the bed for her. Then he lit an incense by the bedside and turned on the warm - yellow lamp on the bedside table. After preparing everything, Chi Yu straightened up and walked out of the bedroom.
Just as the door was closing, Chi Yu looked at the person inside the room tenderly and whispered, "Good night."
"Good night."
Jiang Zhirou responded reflexively.
After Chi Yu left the bedroom and returned to the guest room, the smile on his face gradually faded as he closed the door.
Even if 'Qingmian' hadn't proposed to sleep in separate rooms, Chi Yu would have brought it up.
He was even a bit relieved that the words had come from 'Qingmian's mouth. Otherwise, he didn't know how to explain it to 'Qingmian'. She was too sensitive. Once he said the words 'sleep in separate rooms', Qingmian would definitely start to overthink.
Recently, he didn't know if it was because of the after - effects, but his ears would start to hurt in the middle of the night. In this situation, he definitely had to sleep in a separate room from 'Qingmian'.
She was already prone to waking up at night. If his ear problem caused Qingmian to not sleep well, he couldn't accept that.
It was almost two o'clock in the morning when Jiang Zhirou finished taking a shower and was about to go to bed. For some reason, maybe because she had slept too much on the plane, she had no intention of sleeping at all.
She paced back and forth in the room.
Everywhere in the room seemed to carry Qingmian's shadow.
She scanned the room with her eyes. All the clothes hanging on the outermost layer of the closet were Qingmian's. All the skin - care products on the dressing table by the bed were for women, and presumably, they were also Qingmian's.
Jiang Zhirou didn't deliberately recall everything that had happened in this room. It made her feel both strange and familiar.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Zhirou finally lay down on the bed.
She didn't sleep a wink all night.
...
...
Early the next morning.
Jiang Zhirou woke up very early.
She didn't seem to be used to sleeping in. Her biological clock made her wake up automatically at seven o'clock every day.
She threw off the thin quilt, got out of bed, walked into the bathroom to wash up, and then changed into a clean set of clothes. After everything was ready, Jiang Zhirou pushed open the bedroom door and walked out.
"Why would he apply to our company?"
As soon as Jiang Zhirou walked out of the room, she heard Chi Yu's voice.
She stopped in her tracks.
Just then, Chi Yu suddenly looked up and happened to see her standing outside the door.
Then, Chi Yu quickly said a few more words into the phone before hanging up.
He looked in Jiang Zhirou's direction.
"Why did you wake up so early?"
Seeing that he had hung up the phone, Jiang Zhirou took a step towards the living room. "The sun is too bright. I was woken up by it."