Du Xiaoxian felt that tonight was like a dream. Her mother once told her a story, which was about a beautiful fairy who was about to be captured by a monster when a hero suddenly showed up. The hero descended from the sky on a colorful auspicious cloud, stepping on the wheels of fire and with golden light shining above his head. He beat the monster into the ground and saved the fairy. Then they lived happily together ever after.
Du Xiaoxian did not think that she was in deep trouble, but the moment she turned her head and saw Gu Nianbin, she really saw the golden light over his head, which made him shine bright under the dim light. It was as if he had descended from the sky, and she almost burst into tears with joy. At that moment, her mind went blank. She did whatever Gu Nianbin told her to do. She quitted the job and let him take her away just as he wished. The Young Master had come to find her. Knowing that he still liked her meant more than anything for her. Du Xiaoxian felt that she suddenly owned everything in the whole world.
However, sitting here right now, she still felt that it was unreal. Why would the Young Master come looking for her? He clearly didn’t like her anymore. She kept staring straight at Gu Nianbin with her big eyes wide open. She was afraid that it was just a dream. When she woke up, her Young Master would disappear. Although she had already engraved his appearance in her heart, she was still reluctant to move her eyes away. The Young Master was smiling at her. He was so handsome with smile on his face!
For the first time ever, Gu Nianbin felt somewhat uneasy under Du Xiaoxian’s almost greedy gaze. He ruffled her hair and asked, “Why are you staring at me like this? Don’t you recognize me?”
When his hand touched her head, Du Xiaoxian closed her eyes and enjoyed such a familiar feeling. She secretly pinched her thigh hard. It was very painful, so it couldn’t be a dream, it was real. The Young Master was really standing in front of her! She leaned her body against him and whispered, “Young Master.” Then she closed her eyes.
Gu Nianbin didn’t expect Du Xiaoxian to lean her body on him. He was very joyful but then felt something was wrong. She was all soft, sliding down along his body. Gu Nianbin was shocked and picked her up quickly. Du Xiaoxian’s face was red and her breaths were unusually hot. Gu Nianbin lowered his head and touched her forehead with his forehead to feel. The heat made him panic—Du Xiaoxian was running a fever!
Gu Nianbin carried her to bed at once. Then he went to the bathroom and got a wet towel to put on her forehead. The cold feeling made her frown, and her lips moved. Gu Nianbin lowered his head and asked, “What do you want?”
Du Xiaoxian’s lips moved again. Her voice was too light to be heard, “Young Master.”
Gu Nianbin held her hand and whispered, “Yes, I’m here. Xiaoxian, I’m here.”
Du Xiaoxian seemed to be unconscious and kept muttering, “Young Master… Young Master…”
Her faint voice almost broke Gu Nianbin’s heart. He simply jumped onto the bed and wrapped Du Xiaoxian in his arms, whispering in her ears, “I’m here, I’m right here. Xiaoxian, I won’t leave you…” He heaved a deep breath. “I will never, ever leave you.”
Du Xiaoxian seemed to have heard his words in the coma and her lips rose slightly into a faint smile. Because of the fever, her lips were unnaturally red and incomparably bright and gorgeous. Gu Nianbin was stunned for a moment and quickly looked away.
Du Xiaoxian was extremely skinny. She curled up in Gu Nianbin’s arms like a poor little kitten. Her mumbling stopped and her breathing eased gradually, but the two blobs of redness on her cheeks and the hot air she was breathing out from her nose showed that she was still having a fever. Gu Nianbin was annoyed at himself. He blamed himself for not noticing that she was having a fever in such a long time. Actually, throughout the night, he was also dizzy and confused, totally not himself who was calm and composed in normal days. Especially the moment when he saw Du Xiaoxian, he also found it a little unreal. It was only been a few days since she left, it felt like years.
Half an hour later, he changed a towel for Du Xiaoxian and gently touched her face. Her temperature decreased slightly. Because she needed to sweat to reduce the heat, Gu Nianbin wrapped her in a quilt and held her in his arms. Du Xiaoxian would bury herself deeper in his embrace occasionally when she felt cold. Gu Nianbin was so hot that his head was covered in sweat, but he was reluctant to let her go. Another half an hour later, he touched the back of Du Xiaoxian’s neck. It was all wet. Gu Nianbin was relieved. She had sweated a lot, which was good. Then he touched her forehead and found that her body temperature lowered as he expected.
Now Du Xiaoxian also felt it was hot, so she stretched her hands out of the quilt. Gu Nianbin wiped the sweat off her forehead and asked her gently, “Xiaoxian, you’re sweating. How about taking a shower?”
Du Xiaoxian mumbled and snuggled in his arms.
Gu Nianbin smiled. He put her on the bed and went to the bathroom to fill up the bathtub. After that, he returned and found Du Xiaoxian kicked off the quilt, but she still hadn’t woken up. Gu Nianbin patted her face gently, “Xiaoxian, take a shower before sleeping, okay?”
Du Xiaoxian rubbed her face against his palm and looked very comfortable, making Gu Nianbin reluctant to wake her up. After hesitating for a moment, he picked her up and walked into the bathroom.
When Gu Nianbin was taking off Du Xiaoxian’s clothes, she seemed to feel something wrong and opened her eyes slightly to see what was going on. What she saw was Gu Nianbin’s gentle look, so she was relieved at once. But Gu Nianbin was a little embarrassed. He was about to explain when the girl closed her eyes again.
Looking at the half-naked young girl in his arms, Gu Nianbin’s heart suddenly missed a beat. His face and ears turned red, just like an inexperienced teenage boy. His hand froze in mid-air for a long time before he finally decided to remove the rest clothes off Du Xiaoxian’s body gently.
As soon as Du Xiaoxian was put in the water, she sobered up completely. She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the water surface in shock that had submerged her. Gu Nianbin coughed awkwardly and drew Du Xiaoxian’s attention. Du Xiaoxian raised her head. The moment she saw Gu Nianbin, the fright in her eyes disappeared. But she still looked dumb and said, “Young Master.”
“Take a bath first. Call me when you’re done.” Gu Nianbin ruffled her hair and turned around to leave quickly. He was not a lustful man, but his body had given him the dangerous signal, so he must go out and calm down.
It was after Gu Nianbin left the room when Du Xiaoxian realized that she was naked. Her mind went blank. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to sink herself to hide under the water. However, she overestimated her size. This bathtub, tailored for Gu Nianbin, was actually too big and too deep for Du Xiaoxian who was skinny and small not reaching even 1.6 meters tall. As soon as she slipped down the tub, her entire body was buried in the water. She had just had a fever and was too weak to push herself up from the slippery porcelain tub. Her feet slipped and she sank beneath the water all over. Basic instinct to survive made she scream loudly, and she made countless splashes in the water with her hands.
Hearing the screaming, Gu Nianbin rushed in from outside and reached into the bathtub to save Du Xiaoxian. He was about to grab her when he found she already wrapped her arms around his neck like an octopus in panic.
The little girl really had some strength. Gu Nianbin was almost strangled to death by her. He held her in one hand and wrapped her in a bath towel with the other before prying her hands, “You’re strangling me to death.”
Du Xiaoxian let out a shout and hurriedly checked Gu Nianbin’s neck, which truly turned red from her strangling. She was so worried that tears were about to flow out of her eyes. “Sorry, Young Master, I didn’t mean to hurt you. I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”
“Alright, it’s fine. You’re not strong enough to strangle me to death.” Seeing that she was frightened, Gu Nianbin was regretful and pressed her head against his chest. He shushed twice softly, “You just recovered from the fever. Don’t talk too much. It’ll waste your strength.”
Du Xiaoxian calmed down and finally realized the real problem: she was still naked in Gu Nianbin’s arms! She might be unsophisticated and lack adult guidance about sex, but her instinctive reaction made her realize that this was too improper. She let out a soft cry and covered her eyes with her hands. Immediately, she turned red from head to toe like a cooked prawn.
Holding her like this, Gu Nianbin also didn’t know what to do. He didn’t want her to mistaken him as a playboy. In fact, he was everything but a playboy. However, he did had taken off her clothes and seen her naked body. Moreover, in the whole process, he was indeed filled with improper desires and almost lost control. It was really strange that her skinny and small body could easily turn him on, lighting up a fire of desire inside his body.
Gu Nianbin was a healthy and normal man, and he would always let nature take its course when it came to basic needs of the body. Normally, if it were someone else, he would not hesitate to go with his desire. However, it was Du Xiaoxian whom he did not want to scare. Compared to physical desire, what he valued more was inner satisfaction. Right now, his little girl was right here in his arms with her hands tightly covering her eyes, even her scalp was red. He was very satisfied, so satisfied that he wanted to laugh. He couldn’t help but kiss her on the forehead and then carried her into the room.
He dried her hair and then let her lie on the bed. Du Xiaoxian wrapped herself in a bath towel and hid under the quilt without even exposing her hair.
Gu Nianbin sat cross-legged on the floor and gently pulled the quilt. “Don’t you feel hot like this?”
The air conditioner wasn’t on in the room, so of course Du Xiaoxian would feel hot. But she didn’t intend to get out no matter how hot it would become. Her brain was not smart enough to figure out what she should do in this situation.
Gu Nianbin patted the quilt and said, “I’m going out. Come out and get some air. Don’t smother yourself.”
Du Xiaoxian kept still until she heard the door was closed. She secretly popped her head out. Gu Nianbin really went out. She heaved a sigh of relief and pulled the quilt wide open. But she still wrapped the towel around her body to feel security.
After a while, Gu Nianbin knocked on the door from outside and said, “I’m coming in!”
Du Xiaoxian hesitated for a moment and felt that she was still too embarrassed to face him now, so she quickly hid under the quilt again.
Gu Nianbin opened the door and saw a ball arched up on the bed. He laughed. Then he threw some clothes on the bed and said, “There are no women’s clothes here. You can wear mine first. I’ll bring your clothes tomorrow.”
Du Xiaoxian nodded under the quilt, but she didn’t realize that Gu Nianbin couldn’t see her like this. She waited for a moment but didn’t hear the noise that Gu Nianbin left. Gu Nianbin stood by the bed and didn’t hear her reply. The two of them waited quietly for each other’s response.
It was too hot in the quilt. Du Xiaoxian couldn’t take it anymore. She thought that the Young Master must have gone by now, so she lifted the quilt and jumped out to take a few deep breaths before looking up and seeing a familiar figure. She exclaimed softly in shock and turned around to pull the quilt. But Gu Nianbin reached out to grab her and happened to grab the corner of the bath towel. As soon as Du Xiaoxian turned around, the bath towel fell off.
Gu Nianbin…
Du Xiaoxian…