My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 173: How Can He Calm Down?

Chapter 173: Chapter 173: How Can He Calm Down?

"No blankets?" Zhou Shuyan surmised when he saw Lu Youxi’s hands were empty.

Lu Youxi nodded a bit gloomily, "When they went to the Imperial Capital before, they took all the blankets with them and only left one here."

Lu Youxi sighed helplessly, "I said I would buy new ones in the Imperial Capital, so they didn’t need to bring such heavy and space-consuming things, but they couldn’t bear to toss them, thinking they were still good and could continue to be used."

Zhou Shuyan smiled and nodded, "That’s understandable."

"Then we’ll just have to share one blanket," Zhou Shuyan said with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, "But if you don’t feel comfortable, I can go without it. It’s not that cold yet."

"There are limits to our situation, and I’m not so inflexible," Lu Youxi muttered, "It’s October already, quite cold. The nights in the Imperial Capital have grown cooler, and here in Hexing Village, it’s even colder, how could we possibly not cover up at night?"

While saying this, Lu Youxi went to retrieve the sole remaining blanket from the wardrobe.

Zhou Shuyan closed his book, got out of bed, took the blanket from Lu Youxi’s hands, unfolded it, and spread it over the bed.

"I’ll sleep on the outside," Zhou Shuyan said, "This is your first time sharing a bed with someone, right? This bed isn’t big, and I’m afraid you might forget and roll off in your sleep."

"I’m not that silly," Lu Youxi muttered, but still moved to the inside according to Zhou Shuyan’s suggestion.

At this point, Lu Youxi wasn’t sleepy at all, and the addition of Zhou Shuyan by her side only made her more nervous and even less able to fall asleep, so she sat inside with her heart racing too fast and embarrassed to lie down.

"Can’t sleep?" Zhou Shuyan sat next to Lu Youxi and saw her sitting there stiffly, seemingly at a loss for what to do.

"Mm..." Lu Youxi nodded awkwardly.

"I brought a few books with me," Zhou Shuyan said, and then got out of bed, bent over, and found three books in his luggage, along with the one he was just reading, making a total of four, "Do any of these interest you?"

Lu Youxi saw that all four books were novels.

One was "The Three Musketeers," one "Les Miserables," and there was also "War and Peace" split into two volumes.

Lu Youxi glanced at them, she noticed that Zhou Shuyan had been reading the second volume of "War and Peace" when she had first come in.

She truly hadn’t expected Zhou Shuyan to read these novels, nor had she expected him to have the patience to do so.

The pace of society was becoming faster and faster, and there were fewer and fewer people who could sit still to read these paper books.

In this era, it was somewhat better, but in the future, as smartphones became widespread, there would be too many entertainment apps occupying people’s fragmented time.

Whether it was movies or books, there would be someone to summarize and digest them for you, explaining a two- or three-hour movie, a novel of a million words, or even a TV series of thirty or forty episodes, all in three minutes.

People would then have even less patience to spend their time and attention on lengthy novels, hours-long movies, or multi-episode TV series.

After all, by watching a YouTuber’s edit and commentary, one could also know what it’s all about.

As for Lu Youxi, in her previous life at this time, she was busy studying in college, working part-time to support her studies, and had no time for these things.

Later, all her time was spent on work, leaving even less opportunity for such leisure and pleasure.

Lu Youxi spaced out for a moment, but genuinely felt an interest, and wanted to try out the feeling of reading quietly here; just thinking about it was wonderful.

After a moment, Lu Youxi chose, for some reason, the first volume of "War and Peace."

Zhou Shuyan smiled, put away the other two books, kept the second volume for himself, and handed the first to Lu Youxi. The two then began reading together, leaning against the headboard.

When Lu Youxi turned the pages, she mused to herself that she certainly wasn’t choosing the first volume of the same book because Zhou Shuyan was reading the second.

Before long, Lu Youxi found herself immersed in the book.

Neither of them spoke, and the only sound in the room was the rustling of pages being turned.

However, Lu Youxi was indeed tired.

The intense concentration she had while reading gradually relaxed, not as tense as before.

After her entire body relaxed, the exhaustion from a day’s labor washed over her.

Lu Youxi didn’t know how long she had read, her eyelids grew heavy and started to struggle against one another.

Gradually unable to resist the drowsiness, she closed her eyes without realizing it.

The fingers that had been pinching the edge of the book relaxed their grip.

The book fell onto her lap, and without the control of her fingers, the pages flipped and fell until the whole book closed.

Lu Youxi’s head slowly nodded off, wobbling on her neck as if it might snap off at any moment.

When Lu Youxi’s head heavily nodded again, Zhou Shuyan promptly reached out his palm to support Lu Youxi’s head.

His palm moved with Lu Youxi’s head until she leaned back.

Zhou Shuyan then used his palm as a pillow, supporting the back of her head.

Then, he removed the book from her lap with movements that were light, slow, and quiet before lifting the quilt.

With his palm that had been supporting her head now slowly shifting to support her back, Zhou Shuyan used his other hand to move under her knees.

Gently, he lifted Lu Youxi from the head of the bed, laid her down, and tucked her in with the quilt.

Zhou Shuyan could tell that Lu Youxi was truly tired, for not even this woke her.

Instead, it was when he laid her down, and once she felt the entire bed underneath her, that Lu Youxi comfortably hummed twice in pleasure.

First, she stretched her back and legs while lying on her back, then turned her face to rub it against the pillow.

Finally, she rolled over, curled her legs slightly, found a comfortable position, and fell asleep with a relaxed expression.

Zhou Shuyan couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight of her like this.

She fell asleep quickly and completely forgot her discomfort.

But Zhou Shuyan, who Lu Youxi had disturbed, couldn’t sleep.

Lying in the same bed, under the same quilt as her, Zhou Shuyan realized his heart was not as calm as Lu Youxi’s had been earlier.

At least Lu Youxi was asleep now, but his heart was pounding like a drum.

He had actually lost interest in his book a while ago.

When sitting next to Lu Youxi earlier, he was just turning pages unconsciously, not absorbing a single word.

He could only feel the warmth coming from Lu Youxi’s arm, which was nearly pressed against his.

Moreover, sitting so close to her, the faint fragrance from Lu Youxi’s body became stronger, forcefully permeating the air around him.

The sweet, fragrant scent, how could he possibly calm down?

Zhou Shuyan resignedly sighed, got up to turn off the light, and came back to lie down. He watched Lu Youxi’s sleeping face in the moonlight shining through the window, quietly enjoying the night.

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