CHAPTER 263: CHAPTER 254: A STRAIGHT MAN’S GIFT 2

Tu Hengsha, refusing to give up, retorted, "I haven’t eaten pork, but haven’t I at least seen a pig running?"

"Tu Hengsha!"

She covered her ears again, shouted at.

"Have you ever seen someone walking a pig?" Her eyes were practically on fire...

"No... that’s not what I meant at all! Mr. Su, you’re too dirty-minded! Who takes a bird for a walk just for fun?" Why is it that every time she says something, Mr. Su interprets it differently? It’s so unfair to her!

"Walking a bird!" Ronggui felt like he was going crazy! Ever since he met her, all the words in his dictionary have been expanding in meaning...

"I... I was wrong... wrong..." Faced with Mr. Su’s dangerously direct look of dominance, she simply grabbed the pile of skincare products and ran far away, obediently sitting in front of the mirror to apply them. Yet, she was not convinced, humph, it was you who said the word ’walking’!

This brand she had never used, and when she finished applying and took a closer look, she realized it was a whitening series!

In an instant, Tu Hengsha was livid, turning around to question, "Ronggui! You just said you weren’t bothered by my dark skin, and what is this supposed to be?" She wanted to throw the bottle at him but feared that if she did hit him, she’d feel heartache, so she just tossed a box at him, hitting him square on the forehead.

Ronggui was stunned for a moment. He meant well, just trying to give her a gift.

"I told you! Knowing you this long, I never expected you’d give me skincare products! It’s true what they say, ’no such thing as free lunch,’ isn’t it? So, you don’t mind I’m dark, but what’s this about?"

Ronggui felt a headache coming on, "No, your skin isn’t dark at all..." Right, how did he even think of buying her skincare? It was because he noticed that her face was darker than the rest of her, and he felt sorry for her, a young woman running around in the sun doing news coverage...

"What do you mean? You’re saying my face is dark? You didn’t just meet me today! When I first met you, it was summer, and I was even darker then! So why didn’t you mind before..."

So the little quail, who shrinks into a ball when scolded, actually becomes rather formidable...

"No, I never minded. I just thought your face was a little darker, so I wanted..."

"So I’m still dark, right? You’re the one who’s dark!"

"... " He surrendered. Whatever his girlfriend said was true. He wouldn’t argue, "Alright, alright, I’m dark, I’m dark, okay? You’re the fair one!"

"Ronggui! Lying with your eyes wide open? What do you mean? Are you just brushing me off? Pretending? Anyone with eyes can see you’re the light-skinned one! Are you mocking me?"

"..." Now it was his turn to feel like crying. Saying she’s dark was wrong, saying she’s light was wrong too. What was he supposed to say to be right? "You... even if you’re a bit dark, you’re still beautiful!"

"You see! Deep down, you still think I’m dark! Finally speaking the truth! And beautiful? You forget how you used to call me ugly?"

"..." Mr. Su pinched the bridge of his nose, "I was just joking back then..."

"You’re sleeping on the floor tonight!" Tu Hengsha tossed the spare blanket onto the sofa, climbed into bed herself, pulled up the blanket to cover her head, thinking that every time she slept like this, he would pull her head out, she adjusted the blanket down further, unwilling to deal with him!

After a while, she heard the water running in the bathroom, knowing he was taking a shower.

She wanted to steel herself to sleep but couldn’t help but listen to his movements with every beat of her heart! She felt truly disappointed in herself!

Hmm... the water stopped... footsteps are coming out... where’s he going by the window?

Hmm... sound of the curtains... footsteps coming towards the window...

The blanket was lifted, someone was about to come in.

She turned and held it down with all her might, "Sleep! On! The! Floor!"

"It’s snowing outside, the floor’s cold!" He tugged at the blanket, looking rather pitiful.

Snowing? She was slightly taken aback. It was in that split second that he took the opportunity to squeeze himself under the blanket.

She was furious, the floor heating was so ample, the ground was hotter than the bed, how could it be cold?

Mr. Su was just a big bully!

She turned away from him, disgruntledly closing her eyes.

Someone tried to embrace her, but she kept shifting away, resisting, until she was tightly held and felt warmth and moisture near her ear, and a soft male voice gently sang: "Sleep, sleep, my dear baby..."

She froze, her entire body stiffening.

A long time ago, when she was very young, her father used to sing such a song to lull her to sleep, right?

While she was lost in thought, she was gently turned around, pulled into his embrace, the soft singing continuing.

Gradually relaxing, she was held tighter, she felt a little aggrieved, pinching his waist, "Mr. Su bullies me..."

Gentle kisses landed on her face, "Alright, it’s all Mr. Su’s fault!"

She hummed, indicating reluctant acceptance on her part.

He patted her back like one soothing a child, "It’s late, sleep. I’ll wake you to watch the sunrise in the morning."

What sunrise with all this snow? she thought drowsily, then remembered why she’d been angry with Mr. Su and realized she was really childish and boring. She almost felt like this nagging little woman wasn’t herself; her persona was clearly that of Hongliu Road’s little tyrant! But then, perhaps even a little tyrant, being pampered and coaxed by one person like this, felt satisfying, too...

As these flighty thoughts floated by, she fell asleep under his gentle rhythmic pats.

In the end, they never got to watch the sunrise. With the snow outside, she wasn’t even sure if there was a sunrise to see. It was Mr. Su who woke her up, though in a rather special way, and then someone all too eager had his way not once, but twice!

By the time everything was done, it was nearly ten o’clock!

Luckily, he still remembered breakfast and had it delivered to the room.

She lay sprawled on the bed, simply wanting to catch up on sleep but was forcibly carried out of the blankets by him, brought to the bathroom. He supported her as she rinsed her mouth and wiped her face, then carried her back out and fed her breakfast, bite by bite.

Such meticulous "service" she accepted rightfully, though with a bit of punitive grievance, as someone wanted to be full and satisfied, there was a price to pay in labor!

Once she was nearly done eating, Ronggui tucked her back into the blankets, urging her to sleep a while longer but unable to resist nagging, "Actually, right after eating, you shouldn’t sleep immediately. Want to take a walk?"

His answer was a pillow thrown at him...

Tu Hengsha slept until the afternoon, only being called awake because it was time to eat...

He had ordered the meal, even got her favorite snacks.

Seeing the time, she couldn’t help but complain, "You promised to take me boating, make kites, make lanterns, make silver jewelry, and now? You’re only interested in one activity! Mr. Su, you’ve become superficially interested!"

He did feel a bit apologetic, but in the morning, seeing her cheeks flushed from sleep, her face looking so adorably soft, he couldn’t help himself...

He didn’t know why he was like this, as if something inside him was out of control. After all, he had lived without a girlfriend for so many years, never like this before... fanatically so.