262 — The Aftermath Of The "Music Rehearsal" At Director Zhou's House

Feeling light and cheerful, Li Chuanmo had a spring in his step as he gathered the dirty bedsheets on the bed before changing them to new ones and putting the discarded clothes into the laundry basket.

Left alone, Pei Yueran sank deeper into the warm water. She really wished she had help as lifting her hand was a chore, but with what happened, she doubted she could face him anytime soon.

Even closing her eyes brought the embarrassing memories back in full force. It felt like her body was not her own, her voice was not her own and even her mind was not hers either.

Setting aside the Young Madam Pei Yueran who was gentle and elegant, the tough and competent 'office Pei Yueran' and the 'charmingly coquettish Pei Yueran' when in Li Chuanmo's embrace, were totally different people.

Only in his arms would she act so unrestrained, be so trusting, and feel so ... desirable.

So although the anger was there, the pleasure overwhelmingly won out. The only problem was that the embarrassment levels were sky-high too.

Knowing her mother was outside and probably heard everything made her want to scratch more marks on his back even now.

He really was such a shameless rogue! How would she ever get rid of this embarrassment? That's why, pleasure aside, she had to properly let him see her 'anger'.

As she mulled over reasonable excuses to give her mother, she slowly nodded off.

Li Chuanmo finished arranging everything and sat down to wait, but when twenty minutes passed without a sound, he got up to check.

"Honey, do you need me?"

Pei Yueran, who had fallen asleep in the warmth, got startled awake by his voice.

Instead of responding, she carefully got up and tested her leg for strength before snatching the towel off the hanger and wrapping herself up.

Not getting a response, Li Chuanmo felt a bit paranoid. He was about to break into the bathroom when the door opened and she came out, studiously ignoring him.

His worry forgotten, all he could focus on was the contrast her slightly red skin made with the white towel. Looking at the various markings all over the places the towel couldn't cover, he had a sheepish look on his face for once.

He had to admit that he was really a beast ah.

Now in full coaxing mode, he presented the comfortable pajamas that he had picked out and hovered around as she turned to change.

Seeing him look at her so brazenly, her anger surged again, overriding the embarrassment, "What are you looking at?"

Alright, I can't argue with her.

Carrying this mindset, Li Chuanmo turned his back for her to change, all the while imagining what was beneath her towel and how she moved to put on the clothes.

It was obvious that Chairman Li loved self torture.

To distract himself, he went to the bathroom to wash up. As to whether the cold shower helped to dispel the images in his mind, only Chairman Li knew.

By the time he came out in a towel, she had moved back into the bed. Casually putting on matching pajamas, he returned to bed and took his place, enveloping her in his arms before she could say anything.

Pei Yueran rolled her eyes but couldn't be bothered to say a word. Just standing for that long had depleted her strength that was already lacking originally.

They stayed that way in silence for a few minutes before Li Chuanmo ventured to speak, "Wifey, should I rub the ointment for you?

Pei Yueran snorted. Where was he going to rub? She felt sore from head to toe, as if she had been dismantled and reassembled. Did he really think she would allow him to continue eating her tofu in the name of helping her?

This dream was too beautiful.

Undeterred by her response, he shamelessly asked, "Wifey, is there something you're dissatisfied with?"

Pei Yueran just wanted to bite him. The nerve he had to ask that kind of question! Was she supposed to praise him for springing such a surprise on her? Or complain that he had almost tossed her to death?

He should just be thankful that she didn't kick him out!

"Honey, are you angry with me?" This time, his voice dropped a bit.

Alright, it was this tone of pretending to be pitiful that always got to her, and it was obvious he knew it. 'A whole chairman, who are you pretending to be pitiful for?' She roasted him again inwardly.

"I'm too tired to talk. Leave me alone." Indeed, she really was.

"Honey."

"Don't call me that."

Honey, Honey again! Could it be that she was the only one embarrassed by this form of address? How could he call her that after everything, knowing what it represented?

It had become an innuendo of sorts between them, but more embarrassing was the fact that the effect it had on her wasn't small at all, causing a certain place to tighten involuntarily.

No, she was determined not to lose her head this time.

If only she asked, Li Chuanmo would definitely tell her yes, he wasn't embarrassed at all, instead, seeing her blush hotly in the dim lighting as he called her that made him more 'excited'.

"Honey."

Hearing that slow, seductive voice, she wanted to roll out of his arms, but he held her fast. Maybe he had teased her too much already? He decided to relent.

"Ranran, don't be angry," he continued to say. It was just that he didn't sound sorry at all.

"What did you do that for?" Pei Yueran finally asked. She really couldn't believe that she got such 'imperial treatment' just because Su Qianhua cast aspersions on his virility.

"I was jealous."

Pei Yueran was incredulous. Jealous? of who? Gu Nanze? He was just a colleague!

"I told you I haven't even spoken to that colleague in a while. We weren't all that close." She didn't even think twice before distancing herself from Gu Nanze.

When Pei Yueran became passionate about passing a point across, her tiredness miraculously disappeared.

"Not just that. I was jealous because you told Su Qianhua what you haven't told me. Why didn't you tell me your concerns about children? I thought we talk about everything?"

He couldn't stand hearing about other guys, but worse, he couldn't bear her shouldering her worries alone. It was today he had a better understanding of how she felt when he kept certain things from her.

Pei Yueran also calmed down. She forgot about that. She wanted to discuss it with him later today, but now was as good a time as any.