Growing Fond of You, Mr Nian

“Can’t you sleep?” he asked her.

“Em,” Yan Su responded with a muffled voice.

After all, she never slept with a man except for that time when she was super drunk. The man on her bed was nearly naked, and that made her nervous.

“Is this your first time sharing a bed with a man?” Mo Liuxi chuckled.

Yan Su felt embarrassed.

“Good girl. You’ll get used to this.” Mo Liuxi rubbed her hair.

Yan Su stayed silent. He’s not going to sleep with her every night, is he? She had too many thoughts in her head, so she didn’t fall asleep until 3:00 a.m.

…

The next day, she was woken up from a deep sleep by Mo Liuxi. “Good girl, Jiaojiao called.”

Yan Su opened her drowsy eyes. She saw a pretty boy whose hair was slightly messy, and his upper body was bare. He was sitting on her bed, looking at her, stroking her forehead.

Her brain wasn’t working at all. She thought she was in a dream. It took her a while to recall what happened last night.

She sprung up from the bed and blushed, even though the night had passed. “What time is it?”

“Nine.”

Mo Liuxi prepared her dress, then squeezed toothpaste on her toothbrush. Yan Su washed up and put on the dress. She even asked Mo Liuxi to zip her up.

At half-past nine, Jiaojiao arrived. She glanced at the messy bed and the two pillows which were both clearly used. Yan Su noticed where her eyes went but pretended nothing had happened. Still, she felt very awkward.

Jiaojiao ordered breakfast for two from the hotel. Yan Su had breakfast together with Mo Liuxi, then prepared to leave with Jiaojiao. Before she left, Mo Liuxi went back into the bedroom and said to her, “I’ll go shopping this afternoon, then fly back to China. I’m not flying to Guangzhou tomorrow with you because you’re going home tomorrow night anyway.”

He was also a public figure now, so following her around was a little inconvenient.

After leaving the room, Jiaojiao sighed. “He took a five-hour flight here only to spend a night with you. I’m impressed. What a passionate boy in love.”

Yan Su was touched as well. Before, she always flew for hours to see Shi Xiang in another city. Many times, she didn’t get to see him because he said that he was busy, and she had to fly all the way back home.

Thinking back, she realized how silly she was before. It turned out that being loved felt so great. Of course, she cherished all that Mo Liuxi had given her. She was once in his place. What he did, touched her more deeply than it could ever touch other girls.

“Jiaojiao, wait here for a second. I forgot something in the room,” she said.

Jiaojiao paused briefly, trying to figure Yan Su out. “Be quick,” she said.

Yan Su took out the card key and returned to the room. Mo Liuxi heard the noise from the door, so he lifted a corner of the quilt and said, “Did you forget something?”

“Yeah.” Yan Su walked to the bed, bent over, lowered her head, kissed him on the lips, then said, “I forgot to give you a good morning kiss.”

Mo Liuxi’s eyes popped. That was only a small kiss, but she rarely made that kind of romantic move. He was stunned for a few seconds.

A few seconds later, he suddenly pulled her into his arms, kissed her lipstick off her lips, then put his forehead against hers, breathing heavily. “Good girl. If you don’t leave now, I might lose control of myself.”

Yan Su blushed a scarlet color. She said in a low voice, “Liuxi, thank you for flying all the way here to keep me company.”