The Strife Begins

Carrying Xia Muzhu to the edge of the bed, Lin Yu tossed the person in his arms onto the mattress.

Xia Muzhu landed on the bed.

Both her soft body and the soft bed trembled and bounced.

However, judging by the amplitude and duration of the bounce...

Xia Muzhu completely outperformed the bed beneath her!

Watching Lin Yu start to take off his clothes, a shy Xia Muzhu reflexively raised her hand. With a seemingly casual motion, she gently brushed away a few strands of hair scattered near her lips.

Just in case they got in the way later.

It was the middle of summer.

Lin Yu wasn't wearing much.

In just a few quick motions, he stripped off his outer layer.

Xia Muzhu couldn't help but steal a glance at him, then shyly looked away. She allowed her anticipation to turn into a little kitten, gently scratching and biting at the very tip of her heart.

Whenever she couldn't hold back anymore, she would secretly peek again.

Lying on the bed, Xia Muzhu alternated between being too shy to look and being unable to resist looking.

Standing by the bed, Lin Yu did something unexpected after taking off his shirt. He stopped. Instead of removing the rest of his clothes, he swiftly slipped under the covers.

Like a giant silkworm pupa, Lin Yu shimmied over toward Xia Muzhu under the blanket, and then shimmied a bit more.

Once he was close to her, he reached out his arm.

Sliding his arm through the gap between Xia Muzhu's waist and the mattress, Lin Yu hooked his hand around her slender waist and pulled her soft body into his embrace.

Just like that, holding Xia Muzhu, Lin Yu began casually chatting about everyday things.

Like the roasting, deadly temperatures in N City a few days ago.

A few funny little incidents that happened while shopping online.

Certain restaurants that were both expensive and terrible.

And all sorts of other amusing things in life.

As Lin Yu held Xia Muzhu and gently chatted with her about daily life, he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart, as if he were making a noble sacrifice.

Men, after all.

When the mood strikes, it's common for the big brain to be defeated by the little brain.

Faced with Xia Muzhu's absolutely stunning, SSR-tier seductive figure, it was impossible for Lin Yu not to be tempted.

But having been apart for so long, Lin Yu felt he shouldn't just eagerly dive straight to the main event the moment they met.

Wouldn't that give Xia Muzhu the impression that he only lusted after her body?

Even though he did, in fact, really lust after her body...

But he needed to make Xia Muzhu understand that what he liked was her as a whole person.

And not just her body!

So, upholding this noble idea of focusing on feelings rather than physicality, Lin Yu painstakingly suppressed both his physical and psychological urges and continued to chat with Xia Muzhu.

Xia Muzhu rested her head on Lin Yu's chest, listening to him ramble about trivial household matters.

She liked him.

So no matter how boring the things he talked about were, she loved listening to them.

It's just that... wasn't talking about this stuff right now a bit inappropriate?

Xia Muzhu pouted her lips slightly, feeling a little unhappy.

Lin Yu's earlier behavior had raised her expectations quite high.

Now he wasn't doing anything at all, which inevitably made her feel a bit disappointed.

Moreover, at this moment, another question popped into Xia Muzhu's mind.

They hadn't seen each other for so long.

Yet upon seeing her, he didn't want to do anything.

Had she lost her appeal in his eyes?

She thought about it.

Xia Muzhu felt that shouldn't be the case.

She had a mirror at home; she knew she was beautiful. She also knew that compared to other women, she possessed a unique and exceptional advantage.

So regarding her own attractiveness, Xia Muzhu still had a certain degree of confidence.

Then why was Lin Yu behaving so well?

After ruling out herself as the cause, the only remaining reason had to lie with Lin Yu.

Thinking of it this way, Xia Muzhu's mind suddenly cleared.

Come to think of it, with so many women around him, the demand exceeding his supply was probably the norm.

At this thought, even though Xia Muzhu had already accepted the fact that Lin Yu had many women, a wave of sour jealousy inevitably welled up from the bottom of her heart.

Feeling both jealous and angry, she couldn't swallow her frustration. She reached out and made a pinching motion in the air, pretending to pinch the flesh at Lin Yu's waist.

Just like a middle school boy who, after being bullied by a girl, doesn't dare fight back and only dares to raise his fist behind her back, mimicking the posture of hitting her.

Xia Muzhu also chose this method of venting her anger, which had zero damage and zero insult.

After venting this stifled frustration...

Xia Muzhu unconsciously sighed in her heart.

They all say that men are completely different people before the age of twenty-five and after.

Lin Yu's burden was so heavy. If things continued like this, he probably wouldn't even last until twenty-five...

...

No way!

For the sake of Lin Yu's health, she had to figure out a way to help him.

Xia Muzhu secretly made up her mind. She couldn't let Lin Yu's well dry up like this from all output and no input.

Before, she always got him some goji berries and oysters, but it seemed the medicinal effect wasn't quite enough anymore.

She heard that deer antler and animal whips were supposed to be quite nourishing?

Maybe she should buy some tomorrow for him to try?

If that still didn't work...

She would have to consider finding an old practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine to take a look at Lin Yu.

Two people.

Lying in the same bed.

Each harboring their own thoughts.

And each restraining themselves.

If nothing unexpected happened, the two of them might have fallen asleep in this agonizingly restrained embrace.

That is, until Xia Muzhu's neck got a bit sore from lying there. While adjusting her posture, she accidentally bumped into something...

Xia Muzhu lifted her face and looked at Lin Yu, her eyes sparkling.

Lin Yu lowered his head, looked at Xia Muzhu, and blinked.

The conflict began!

...

...

Early morning.

After waking up, Xia Yueshan was very observant and tactful enough not to disturb the two of them.

He packed his schoolbag by himself and then happily trotted off to school.

Although he had forged a life-and-death grudge with Lin Yu in the early hours of the morning...

He still knew how to control certain boundaries.

That bastard didn't come back to visit his older sister very often anyway.

So during this rare time, he might as well let the two of them have some quality time together.

After Xia Yueshan closed the door and left the house, the living room fell into a peaceful silence.

It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky, right about the time Xia Yueshan was finishing his lunch at school, that this silence was belatedly broken by the soft sound of a door opening.

Xia Muzhu walked toward the kitchen while tying up her long hair behind her head.

Upon arriving in the kitchen, she set about preparing something to eat.

A few simple side dishes and a pot of thick brown rice porridge quickly took shape under her spatula.

After placing the plates of side dishes on the dining table, Xia Muzhu picked up two bowls and started serving the porridge.

First, she scooped out a bowl of brown rice porridge for herself and set it aside.

When it came to serving Lin Yu's bowl of porridge, she hesitated a bit.

Actually, judging by Lin Yu's performance last night, it seemed he didn't need any of those miscellaneous supplements after all...

However.

Better safe than sorry!

There was never anything wrong with starting maintenance early!

With this thought in mind, Xia Muzhu grabbed a small pinch of dried goji berries from the kitchen cabinet and sprinkled them over Lin Yu's bowl of porridge.