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—Is Ah-Yuan going to sleep?

—Ah Yuan, go to sleep. I might be back very late, so don't stay up late waiting for me.

—Hmm…I want to go home, I want to see A-Yuan.

—I don't want to drink, I want to kiss A-Yuan.

—These old men are so annoying. They don't talk about serious business, but instead talk about all sorts of dirty, obscene topics. I don't want to listen to them at all.

—They ordered another bottle of wine…I really want to escape…

—I'm a bit drunk. I miss my wife and my son.

—Who invented social obligations anyway? They're keeping me from going home to see my wife.

—A guy with a receding hairline asked me why I was always looking at my phone… I told him I was reading my wife's messages, and they all laughed at me for being henpecked. But being henpecked is great, I love it when Ah-Yuan keeps me in check.

"Wife, A-Yuan, I miss you so much. Do you miss me? Have you dreamed about me?"

—Ahhh, they finally finished drinking and saw hope of going home.

—I'm home! Ah-Yuan, wait for me!

These messages were sent intermittently, with intervals ranging from more than ten minutes to as short as two minutes. It seems that Pei Xingzhi sent them secretly when they weren't paying attention.

Xie Zhaoyuan sat up in bed with a yawn and read Pei Xingzhi's message several times, word by word. The more she read, the brighter her smile became.

Pei Xingzhi was a little different from usual when he had drunk too much.

Although he usually clung to Xie Zhaoyuan and liked to nag in her ear, his nagging back then was more mature than it is now.

Xie Zhaoyuan counted that Pei Xingzhi sent a total of eighteen messages after she fell asleep, and almost every message called him "wife". Almost every sentence included two cute interjections, and he even typed out screams. He also gave unpleasant nicknames to people he disliked.

"Humph……"

Xie Zhaoyuan couldn't help but chuckle. The more she looked at Pei Xingzhi's information, the more adorable he seemed.

She opened the chat window, intending to reply to Pei Xingzhi's ramblings, when Pei Xingzhi suddenly sent her a video.

The video is only thirty seconds long, and the cover image is a blurry picture of Pei Xingzhi.

Xie Zhaoyuan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly opened the video.

"Ah, I wish..."

In the video, Pei Xingzhi clearly called out Xie Zhaoyuan's name, and Xie Zhaoyuan smiled, her heart instantly racing.

Pei Xingzhi seemed to have anticipated that Xie Zhaoyuan would be moved by him after seeing the video, so after calling her name, he winked ambiguously at the camera.

"!!!" Xie Zhaoyuan's eyes widened slightly, her mind in complete chaos.

When Pei Xingzhi was drunk, he was like a seductive fox. His cheeks were flushed, and the corners of his eyes were also red. He was clearly no longer conscious, but his eyes were moist and bright, like a clear, deep spring.

In the center of the spring, only Xie Zhaoyuan sat.

“Yay…” Pei Xingzhi smiled and gave a thumbs-up to the camera. After making the gesture, he started winking and posing, admiring his handsome face, as if he were using the video as a camera.

The video is thirty seconds long. Pei Xingzhi spent ten seconds greeting Xie Zhaoyuan and twenty seconds admiring himself.

"Xingzhi, are you video chatting with Zhaozhao?" Xie Mingyi suddenly asked from the passenger seat.

“…Huh?” Pei Xingzhi hurriedly moved his phone away. “No, I didn’t make a video call. I felt my face was a little hot, so I just took a picture with the camera.”

"Oh..." Xie Mingyi didn't think much of it.

Pei Xingzhi hurriedly ended the recording, leaving Xie Zhaoyuan with only a shy and awkward figure.

"..."

Xie Zhaoyuan watched the video again and found it both funny and cute.

If Pei Xingzhi were in front of her right now, she would definitely cup his face and give him a few big kisses!

The place where he was entertaining the guests was not far from the Xie family's residence, and Pei Xingzhi arrived home in less than half an hour.

He tiptoed to the door and carefully pushed it open.

The room was brightly lit, and Xie Zhaoyuan was sitting on the bed, looking at him with a smile.

"I'm home."

He paused for a moment, then laughed: "Didn't you say you were already asleep? Why is the TV still playing on the tablet?"

Xie Zhaoyuan paused the TV, and the smile on her face suddenly turned a little mischievous: "I was asleep, but someone kept sending me WeChat messages, which caused my phone to ring every few minutes, so I was woken up."

“…I’m sorry.” Pei Xingzhi adjusted his glasses and lowered his head in embarrassment.

Xie Zhaoyuan put down the tablet and stretched out her hands to Pei Xingzhi: "Don't apologize, hug me."

Pei Xingzhi stood at the door, hesitant to come in: "A-Yuan, I'll carry you tomorrow. I'm covered in alcohol right now, it'll bother you."

“…Alright then.” Xie Zhaoyuan put her hand back down in disappointment.

Pei Xingzhi gently coaxed her, "A-Yuan, be good. I'll go to the guest room to take a shower first, and I'll come see you again in a little while."

Xie Zhaoyuan: "Oh."

Pei Xingzhi reeked of alcohol so much that he didn't even dare to enter the room. He asked Xie Zhaoyuan to throw him a clean set of pajamas, then took the pajamas to the guest room to take a shower.

The bathroom was warm. Pei Xingzhi carefully washed himself from head to toe three times, and then immediately brushed his teeth three times, trying his best to get rid of the smell of alcohol on his body.

However, because he was used to the smell, he wasn't sure if there was any lingering smell of alcohol on his body, so he had to call Xie Mingyi down and ask him to smell it for him.

"No, the smell of alcohol is still a bit strong." Xie Mingyi circled around him and sniffed him, his expression serious.

"Sigh..." He sighed in disappointment, took a few steps back and sat down on the bed. "Never mind, I'll just sleep in the guest room tonight."

Xie Mingyi patted his shoulder and gently comforted him, "Don't be sad, I'll have to sleep in the guest room tonight too."

“Hmm…” Pei Xingzhi nodded, looking unhappy.

He knew he wouldn't be able to hug his wife tonight, and he felt secretly sad for a while before making a video call to Xie Zhaoyuan to apologize.

Xie Zhaoyuan didn't blame him; instead, she even asked to sleep with him on video call.

He felt a little happier then, and quickly threw off the covers and rolled into bed to sleep with Xie Zhaoyuan on his phone.

……

Having spent the night alone in the empty room, Pei Xingzhi slipped out of the guest room at the crack of dawn the next day and sneaked back into Xie Zhaoyuan's bed.

Xie Zhaoyuan was sleeping soundly when she was suddenly awakened by a series of soft, close kisses.

“…Pei Xingzhi?” She opened her eyes groggily and saw Pei Xingzhi touching her face, kissing her cheeks like a chick pecking at rice.

"I'm here," Pei Xingzhi replied, then leaned down and sealed her lips with his.

"Hmm..." She frowned, because she was still sleepy and couldn't quite resist Pei Xingzhi's passionate kiss.

Pei Xingzhi grabbed her fidgeting hand and pressed it against his heart, deepening the kiss little by little.