The obedient girl glances up, and the tyrannical tycoon kneels down to pamper her.

This time, the mattress sank in, and a heat source appeared next to it, like a volcano.

Xing Yanzhao lay down and turned over.

The two stood back to back, separated by the Chu River and Han Border.

Xing Yanzhao's shoulders were as broad as a towering mountain, while Luo Huai was as petite as a flower in comparison. The quilt was pushed up so high that even when they were back to back, the cold wind would still blow into the quilt, not to mention the Chu-Han border between them.

Especially the back of his neck, Luo Huai felt goosebumps from the cold.

“Brother Zhao…”

"Hmm?" Xing Yanzhao turned over and lay flat, feeling much better.

Luo Huai also lay down flat.

The back of my neck is no longer cold.

It's cool on the side.

She couldn't even touch the blanket on the side of her body that was close to Xing Yanzhao; it was completely empty.

"..."

The size difference is too great.

Xing Yanzhao also felt the draft and realized that the two of them were too far apart. He moved closer to the middle and said, "Come over here too, otherwise we'll both catch a cold tomorrow."

"Don't worry, I won't eat you."

"No..." Luo Huai couldn't explain what it was, but she obediently moved closer to the middle, her shoulder resting against the man's bare arm, feeling a surge of heat.

My arms were hot, but the wind kept blowing in.

Luo Huai was both amused and exasperated.

Given their huge size difference, there are only two ways for Xing Yanzhao to sleep in the same bed without getting drafty: either Xing Yanzhao can sleep on his side with Luo Huai in his arms, or Luo Huai can use Xing Yanzhao as a sofa and sleep on top of him.

The lesser of two evils.

Luo Huai chose the first one.

But she made Xing Yanzhao turn around so she could sleep with her back against his.

Xing Yanzhao had no objection and did as instructed.

He could only feel a cold kitten rubbing against him from behind, softly nestled against his back.

It's warm now.

Luo Huai breathed a sigh of relief. At first, his body was stiff, but as the bed became warmer and warmer, his eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and he slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

My whole body relaxed as a result.

Xing Yanzhao was still tense, and after an unknown amount of time, just as he was about to fall asleep, the person behind him turned over and the blankets on him were all rolled away.

A cold wind swept over his entire body.

Looking to the side, I saw that Luo Huai had already wrapped himself up like a cocoon.

Xing Yanzhao: "..."

The next day.

Luo Huai was awakened by the heat. When she opened her eyes, she saw a man's chest, his outstretched arms above her head, and his arms around her waist like vines.

I was completely unable to move.

Being so close to the Flaming Mountains, it's no wonder Luo Huai is sweating from the heat.

She reached out and gave it a push.

No push.

Push it again.

The hand around her waist tightened, holding her even more tightly.

"Brother Zhao?"

“Brother Zhao…”

"Brother Zhao, it's so hot..."

On the third shout, the man above finally opened his eyes and loosened his grip.

Luo Huai climbed out of his arms, sat down, and asked, "Why is it reversed?"

"I'll freeze to death if I don't hold you like this while we sleep." Xing Yanzhao also sat up, leaned against the headboard, raised his hand to comb his hair back, and reached for his phone with sleepy eyes.

A photo of Luo Huai turning over and monopolizing the blankets appeared before my eyes, with only her head showing.

Luo Huai felt ashamed.

"I, I didn't mean it."

"I did it on purpose. If I don't hold you while you sleep, there won't be a blanket," Xing Yanzhao said bluntly.

Luo Huai was momentarily at a loss, and asked him, "Aren't you hot?"

"It's not hot." When I can sleep with my wife in my arms, heat is nothing.

Luo Huai looked at his forehead: "You're sweating."

Xing Yanzhao: "..."

It was his turn who couldn't do it.

"No, can you use your sabotage skills on other people?" Xing Yanzhao raised an eyebrow, readily admitting that he was lying.

He smiled.

Luo Huai couldn't help but laugh along, saying, "I'll understand next time."

It seemed that from that morning onwards, Luo Huai was no longer afraid of him.

……

Today is Sunday, and since everyone has nothing to do, we're staying at the old house for lunch as usual.

I just finished eating and was about to leave.

My cousin and his family of three came over. They said they had left something behind yesterday. They had only been to the ancestral hall and the old house, and they planned to come back to look for it.

My uncle went to find him immediately.

Only Tang Zhu and her daughter remained here.

Tang Zhu said to Grandpa Xing and Grandma Xing, "Uncle, Aunt, I'm so sorry to disturb your peace and quiet."

The old man and woman laughed and said it was alright, they would look carefully.

Tang Zhu gently patted her daughter's back.

The little girl started looking for someone.

Luo Huai noticed the little girl looking at him and subconsciously pointed at himself: "Looking for me?"

Xing's mother immediately snorted coldly.

The displeasure was impossible to hide.

If Old Mrs. Xing hadn't immediately glanced at her, Xing's mother would probably have said something else.

"No, sister-in-law, you're blocking the aunt I'm looking for." The little girl walked over.

Luo Huai turned to the side, and behind him stood Pei Youyou.

Pei Youyou had subtly backed away the moment she saw Tang Zhu's daughter, and turned to slip away as soon as she saw her approaching.

"Aunt!"

Tang Zhu's daughter calls Luo Huai "sister-in-law," but calls her "auntie"!

Not only did they call out to her, but they also ran up and grabbed her hand.

Pei Youyou looked distressed, unable to shake off the look, and dared not look at her mother-in-law.

"Auntie, I found you! Thank you for telling me yesterday that my mom was looking for my sister-in-law. I helped my mom!"

Pei Youyou: "!!!"

Why does this kid say that so directly?

"What? You're talking nonsense. When did I ever say that?" Pei Youyou hurriedly pried her hand away, then looked at her mother-in-law and the others, explaining, "I really didn't. She's just talking nonsense."

“Mom, I’m not lying.” The little girl ran up to Tang Zhu, tilted her head and said, “It really was Auntie who told me. Mom, you were looking for Sister-in-law, so I went to call her. I didn’t lie.”

“Mom knows you didn’t lie. We don’t care what others say or do. We’ll just thank them.” Tang Zhu pinched her daughter’s cheek and said with a smile, “Although Mom didn’t want to find your sister-in-law, Mom and Dad were still very happy to see her come to see us off.”

"I'm happy when my parents are happy!" The little girl stood on tiptoe and kissed her mother on the cheek.

Tang Zhu picked her up completely.

"Don't carry her, she's heavy, I can handle it." Just then, her uncle came back, took his daughter in his arms, and said to her tenderly, "You're so big now, it'll be tiring for Mommy to carry you."

"It's alright, honey." Tang Zhu smiled, never looking at anyone else.

Little did they know that Mr. and Mrs. Xing looked extremely unwell.

The old man and woman also looked very serious.

Pei Youyou had just called out "Mom" when Xing's mother moved away from her, telling her daughter to come with her first, leaving her there alone, unsure whether to go or not.

In the end, Xing Zhengyu pulled him away.

"Uncle and Aunt, we've found the things, we'll be leaving now." The uncle politely took his leave, glancing at Xing Yanzhao.

The two nodded.

Luo Huai, who had been completely oblivious, snapped out of it and turned around to ask, "Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, can I go see my uncle and aunt off?"

The old man grunted in agreement.

The old lady waved her hand: "Go ahead, don't rush back."

It means you can talk more.

Luo Huai stepped forward and followed. The little girl saw her and said, "I want to get down and hold hands with my sister-in-law!"

Tang Zhu asked with a smile, "You like your sister-in-law?"

"I love it!" The little girl took Luo Huai's hand, her eyes crinkling with laughter.

Luo Huai smiled along and said after leaving the old house, "Thank you, Uncle and Aunt."

“I told you I’d give you an explanation,” my uncle said. “Last night we showed her the photo and she pointed to Pei Youyou. Almost everyone in our generation knows about the things between me, your aunt, and your in-laws. Pei Youyou must have heard it from her family. You’re hardly in this circle, so it’s normal that you don’t know.”

Tang Zhu also said, "I didn't expect that this would involve you all."

"Thank you so much for making this special trip," Luo Huai said sincerely. "It's just a small matter, but you've really gone to so much trouble."

Tang Zhu smiled, gently smoothed her hair, and parted her red lips slightly: "How can this be a small matter? Your husband specially asked us to come over, timing it perfectly so that everyone could hear about it."