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Pei Luoyi shot a suspicious glance at him before lowering her gaze. Her sight landed on his hot hands which were clutching hers.

"No need, I'm not used to letting others do this sort of thing for me."

As she spoke, she tried to take back her wrist from the man's warm palm, but the man's slender fingers showed no signs of letting go. On the contrary, she could feel his strength tightening as soon as she said those words.

Pei Luoyi helplessly closed her eyes and let out a long breath before speaking coldly to the man, "Young Master Gong, you've been living the life of a rich young master. I appreciate your kindness, but you can't do this, so please don't force yourself, alright?"

She actually wanted to add another sentence to stop forcing her, but the moment the words reached her mouth, she swallowed them back down.

This man is so stingy, who knows where his anger lies. If he were to say it out loud, it would be better to not say it.

Gong Yan looked at her, silently spitting out two words, "Not good."

Pei Luoyi looked at him for only two seconds before shrugging her shoulders and tossing the hair dryer to him, "As you wish."

With her back facing the man, she lifted her hand to brush her long hair behind her back and threatened, "But let me put it first, if you're not skilled enough and damage my hair, I won't let you go."

The hair dryer was so free and easy. When Pei Luoyi heard the whirring sound behind her, she was still a bit worried.

She had kept her hair for more than half a year and had raised it for more than half a year. Now it was exactly the length she liked, and she had wanted to find a time to scald a roll, but she hadn't been free since she met this man.

Now, when he was being pinched by a man and blown about, a little carelessness or half a year of meticulous care might have been wasted.

However, the initial worry gradually disappeared with the man's gentle movements.

The man's fingers went through the ends of his hair. His movements were not very proficient, but it did not feel as rough as he had expected. Warm wind occasionally blew past his ears, causing a slight tingling sensation.

Pei Luoyi's back was facing the man, so she was unable to see the concentration and gentleness in his eyes.

Unlike his short hair, it was getting late when he dried the woman's shiny black hair.

Pei Luoyi touched her hair, which had already been blown dry. She rolled up a small tuft of her hair and let out a sigh of relief.

She took the hair dryer from the man and lowered it back to its original position. Then she straightened her back and looked at the bed.

Then came the awkward question.

There was only one bed in the room. After Gong Yan handed the hair dryer back to her, he pulled off the quilt and lay down.

Pei Luoyi looked at him. In front of a patient, she found it difficult to speak.

"Cough, cough."

She put her fist to her lips and coughed twice, indicating the man's presence.

It worked.

Gong Yan was about to pull down his pillow to rest, but upon hearing that, he opened his eyes and looked at her, maintaining an arm under his body to support his upper body, he looked at her and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Pei Luoyi glared at him. The man's face was as calm as ever, without a hint of emotion in it at all. He hadn't expected that he would fall asleep before any problems were solved?

Her red lips opened and closed, and her fingers moved between the two of them. After a long while, she finally managed to squeeze out a complete sentence, "You, you'll sleep on the bed … "Then where should I sleep tonight?"

This question might not have crossed his mind, or he didn't think it was a problem at all. When the question popped out of his mind, he didn't think much about it.

It wasn't until he saw the conflicted expression on the woman's face that he started thinking about it.

He withdrew the blanket and moved to the side.

"The bed is very big. If you don't mind, you can go to the living room and sleep on the sofa."

What a thoughtful suggestion.

Pei Luoyi forced out a smile that could not be more fake, and chuckled, "Then I still don't want to fight with Young Master Gong. I wish you a good dream, and I'll go."

Turning around, the expression on her charming face changed.

Pei Luoyi had only taken a few steps when she stopped and went back to open the wardrobe. She then pulled out a thin blanket from the lower level of the wardrobe and stood up to leave.

Before he left, he even closed the door for the man.

The door closed, covering the view of the living room.

Looking at the closed door, the expression in Gong Yan's eyes darkened.

The lights in the room were turned off, so that only the man's shallow breathing could be heard.

Outside the door, Pei Luoyi was afraid of the dark, so she turned on a floor lamp beside the sofa.

Her black hair was covered with a dark gray sofa pillow, and she was covered with a thin carpet of the same color.

The warm orange light fell softly and evenly on the exposed side of the woman's face, her long, curling eyelashes casting a pale shadow across her eyes.

Due to the constant temperature and air conditioning, the house was not very hot. However, after sleeping for a while, Pei Luoyi still opened her eyes, rolled over, and lay on her back, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

He shifted his gaze to the door that was tightly shut. The light in his eyes converged into a ball and finally dispersed. It was as if a star had fallen from the sky and sunk into the ground.

Sometimes, it might be better not to think logically. If you just went on feeling, you might not have to worry about thinking.

But women are a type of animal that worries about gains and losses. Before something is uncertain, it is hard not to try to clear it up with your thoughts.

It was just like how she was now, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

After an unknown period of time.

Pei Luoyi keenly sensed the slightest movement from the door, and in that instant, her eyelids reflexively closed up. Accompanied by her steady breathing, she camouflaged herself as if she had been sleeping for a long time.

The door opened and the tall man's body was half hidden in the darkness of the room, half illuminated by the warm light of the living room.

Pei Luoyi originally thought that the man was thirsty and would come out to drink water in the middle of the night, but unexpectedly, she heard his footsteps heading in her direction.

The figure under the blanket stiffened imperceptibly.

However, she still did not open her eyes. She only breathed irregularly for a few seconds. When the man walked to the sofa, she forcefully suppressed her breathing. Only the deafening sound of her heartbeat could be heard, indicating her inexplicable panic.

The man seemed to be squatting down, or sitting on the carpet under the sofa. Because she didn't dare open her eyes, she didn't know what position he was in, but his warm breath would occasionally brush against her face like a feather.

Pei Luoyi still did not dare to move.

Under the warm yellow light, the woman's beautiful sleeping face was like a dream.

Gong Yan watched on silently, his black eyes as calm as water, without a single ripple. However, his rough fingers slowly caressed that piece of unreal skin, gently caressing it.