CHAPTER 355: 0225 NO SAYING STUBBORNLY

If Yun Qian couldn’t manage anymore, what would happen?

No one knows. Perhaps only Xu Chang’an understands what the girl looks like when she can’t go on.

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Xu Chang’an thought of the girl’s words, "I can’t," and couldn’t help but smile.

Even though Yun Qian was already flustered, her face still appeared calm and proud, though the light in her eyes had dimmed.

To Xu Chang’an, this was naturally very cute.

So, he wouldn’t entertain any improper thoughts just because the girl said, "I can’t go on."

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Above the Frosty Heaven, countless runes scattered fearfully.

Indeed.

She wouldn’t die.

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Soaking in a hot spring is a very comfortable thing, even for someone as physically unwell and utterly ordinary as Miss Yun.

But of course, only when Xu Chang’an is by her side.

To Miss Yu, sharing a bath with her husband is a happy occasion, but the frail Miss Yun can’t stay in the warm spring for too long. This was a rule set by Xu Chang’an.

Miss Yun, who doesn’t follow the rules, must be reprimanded.

At this moment, Yun Qian’s long hair floated sparsely on the water’s surface, resembling ink.

Sitting in the hot spring, due to her short stature, only half her head was visible. Her originally fair face was entirely flushed, like a scalded fruit.

Xu Chang’an was already used to it. Yun Qian was simply oxygen-deprived in the water.

Low blood pressure led to insufficient blood supply to the brain, causing her to gulp for air. She was just blowing bubbles here; it was dreamlike that she didn’t pass out.

Certainly.

For Xu Chang’an, this scene was all too real, having once happened in reality.

Thinking back to when he first saw Yun Qian sitting in the warm water blowing bubbles, sinking, it had scared him greatly.

A verb.

It really gave him a fright, thinking that the girl was truly at her limit.

It turned out to be just a false alarm.

Over time, he found it harmless to her health and suspected that the spring’s miraculous properties actually cleared her mind when she awoke.

Xu Chang’an walked over and steadily supported Yun Qian’s waist, lifting her from the spring with a bend of his knee, and teased helplessly, "Miss, are you still bragging?"

Yun Qian: "..."

The sluggish Yun Qian instinctively reversed her arms to hug him.

"Forget it." Xu Chang’an didn’t overthink it. He carefully set Yun Qian on the warm stone at the edge of the spring, washing her as usual when she got dizzy in the bath.

Since this was a live spring, the water quality kept renewing and purifying, and the girl was clean, there was no fear of contaminating the spring water.

Soon.

He took the girl’s hand, but as soon as he let go, Yun Qian’s hand weakly skimmed the water’s surface. Xu Chang’an had to hold her hand to wrap her in a towel.

At this moment, Yun Qian finally regained her senses, breathing lightly.

"Back with us?" Xu Chang’an sat beside her.

"Mm." Yun Qian found herself sitting at the hot spring’s edge, feet dipping into the warm water.

"Still bragging?" Xu Chang’an put on a straight face.

"Bragging... me?" Yun Qian blinked.

"You said it hadn’t been long, only a quarter of an hour... Miss, you wouldn’t end up like this in just a quarter of an hour."

"I’m not as strong as I thought," Miss Yun said seriously, then pondered a bit, before saying, "You’re teasing me again."

Xu Chang’an: "..."

Sitting at the edge, with her fingers clutching his clothes, she reproachfully said "bullying"... it truly struck his heart, with actual impact.

Hmm.

The ability to imagine a girl’s expressionless words like this was a skill in itself.

But he quickly adjusted his mood, saying, "I’m not bullying you."

"I’m not human?" Yun Qian tilted her head.

Xu Chang’an’s voice faltered, "I’m not bullying Miss."

"Is that so." Yun Qian nodded, her fair finger tracing a straight water line on the warm stones beside her legs, then she said, "If it’s on the bed... considered bullying?"

"...Considered." Xu Chang’an thought to himself that her frail body, Wen Chun’s affection, was naturally bullying.

It was even wearing her out.

Therefore, he resisted.

"Then it counts." Yun Qian earnestly said, "Hot springs and affection are the same to me."

"The same? How are they the same?" Xu Chang’an was confused by Yun Qian’s words.

Are they truly the same?

Besides sharing a ’warm’ character, there’s no similarity.

Unlike Yun Qian, he didn’t think of Wen Li; his thoughts only drifted towards Yun Qian.

"It’s both with you two," Yun Qian added.

"I eat with Miss, and that’s the two of us as well." Xu Chang’an quickly retorted.

"Both need to conserve some energy." Yun Qian extended one finger.

"Miss, whatever you do, don’t recover your energy." Xu Chang’an said without a second thought.

Yun Qian nodded, then mimicked Xu Chang’an by extending one finger herself, softly saying, "Hot springs and affection... both tire me, but I really like them."

Xu Chang’an’s expression halted, his face beginning to turn awkward: "Like? If you’re tired, don’t like them... no, no, I was talking about Miss being oxygen-deprived."

"Oxygen deprivation, right, there’s more." Yun Qian extended her second finger, "In both hot springs and affection, I’ll be oxygen-deprived and breathless, unable to stand firm... hmm."

"Miss, stop talking." Xu Chang’an closed his eyes, resting one hand on her neck, the other covering her mouth, silencing her.

Xu Chang’an: "..."

Yun Qian: "..."

The lovers exchanged glances, Miss Yun’s eyelashes quivered lightly.

"I give up." Xu Chang’an said.

He realized that he truly had no means against the girl, completely his nemesis, Heart Demon, even in a dream, Yun Qian could have him wrapped around her finger.

As Xu Chang’an let go, the girl took a shallow breath and then asked, "Do we have to be reserved even in a dream?"

"No need."

"Was what I said unreasonable?" Yun Qian adjusted her towel, altered her posture, picked up a nearby fruit, and took a bite, then said, "If it tires us, it’s with the two of us, and we like it, it’s the same thing."

A blush crept up Xu Chang’an’s face. He knew he was no match for Yun Qian in this conversation and could only turn away: "Miss, you’re being stubborn again."

Stubborn?

Me?

"You said earlier, using the same trick a second time wouldn’t work on you?" Yun Qian abruptly said.

"What’s the matter?" Xu Chang’an turned back, his pupils shrinking.

He saw Yun Qian, a small piece of fruit in her mouth, drawing back her slightly raised chin, and was about to lean in.

A man, always forgetful.