At first glance, those words sounded like they meant nothing. But if you thought deeper, they carried a lot of meaning.
Zhou Zuizui was sitting on top of him, completely unable to move. His long fingers rubbed gently at the back of her neck, bringing a faint ticklish feeling that made her heart tingle. Her breathing got a little tighter. She stared silently at the man in front of her, not knowing what to say anymore.
She honestly never expected Shen Nan to be this direct about opening up the topic. Overall, both of them clearly had feelings for each other… If Zhou Zuizui didn’t like Shen Nan, she wouldn’t have married him so decisively back then. How could she say yes to everyone else but only be willing to take the initiative with Shen Nan?
Back then, a lot of it was out of spite. But later she thought — if it had been anyone else, she probably wouldn’t have dared to gamble with her own marriage.
From the moment they walked in the door, she already guessed Shen Nan was going to grab her and talk. But she also couldn’t quite believe it would happen this fast.
That’s why, when she went to change clothes just now, Zhou Zuizui deliberately picked a skirt… She didn’t even know what kind of naughty plan she was cooking up in her heart.
It was hard to explain.
Shen Nan lowered his eyes and stared at her for a long time. Only after she quieted down did he speak seriously: “Do you know what I want to say?”
Zhou Zuizui: “……”
This guy was really sneaky and bad. He was clearly about to take the lead and say it himself, yet he still had to ask her.
She lifted her eyes and glared at him: “Are you gonna say it or not? If not, I’m leaving.”
Shen Nan gave a low laugh. His gaze swept up and down her body openly and hotly before he said: “Go where?”
Zhou Zuizui: “…Lots of places.”
Shen Nan scoffed, pinched the back of her neck and said very bluntly: “You can’t bear to leave.”
“……”
She lifted her eyes and looked at Shen Nan.
His eyes were full of sincerity and heat. He lowered his head and looked at her: “Before this, I always thought — as long as we got married, it would be fine. Even if we were just polite and respectful to each other right now, it didn’t matter. We still had plenty of time. We could take it slow.” He reached out, held Zhou Zuizui in his arms, and spoke right against her ear: “But now, I don’t want to wait anymore.”
He didn’t want to wait until time slowly passed and they gradually got to know each other better. He couldn’t wait, and he didn’t want to wait.
The two of them didn’t have much time together anyway, so he wanted to cherish every single minute and second, spend them all with the person in front of him. Not keep competing and arguing, pretending they had no feelings when they clearly did.
He leaned close to Zhou Zuizui’s ear and said softly: “I don’t want to take it slow anymore.”
Every minute and second they had was incredibly precious.
Before coming back, Shen Nan had always thought — after coming back, they could go slow, no rush. If she liked living free and easy, then give her that freedom. As long as she was healthy and safe, that was enough. But after coming back, he realized his thoughts had changed. He still wanted to give her freedom, but even more, he wanted to spend every moment he could with her.
In a way, Shen Nan fell for Zhou Zuizui at first sight.
Honestly, at Shen Nan’s age, he had never really dated when he was young, and he never had those kinds of thoughts before. After high school he went straight into military academy. Training was so hard he could fall asleep without even showering. After graduating and joining the troops, it was pretty much the same — still exhausting. Sometimes to save someone or complete a mission, he wouldn’t sleep for days and nights. Naturally, he had no energy to think about romance.
Right after graduating, he just wanted to climb up through hard work. He came from a good family, but the better his background, the more he wanted to prove himself on his own. Shen Nan never wanted to rely on his family. He had his own stubborn pride, so he worked harder than everyone else.
Basically, besides the boys and girls from the military compound, he had almost no contact with outsiders. There were women in the troops too, but Shen Nan wasn’t interested. His teammates even teased him for being “frigid.” But he knew he wasn’t — he just hadn’t met the right person.
The first time he saw Zhou Zuizui wasn’t during the arranged blind date. It was much earlier.
He had seen her photo in Grandpa Shen’s room once. At the time it didn’t leave a deep impression — he only vaguely remembered. Then later… they actually ran into each other once. Shen Nan even helped the girl in front of him, but she didn’t remember.
After that came the blind date. Shen Nan didn’t show any resistance. Zhou Zuizui was the one who resisted quite a bit at first. But maybe because — like she said — she had admired soldiers since she was little, they ended up talking a lot. Later they were arranged to go out together often. To make Shen Nan tell his family he wasn’t satisfied with her (so she could get out of it), Zhou Zuizui deliberately took him to bars several times and got herself drunk every single time.
Thinking about it, Shen Nan pinched Zhou Zuizui’s earlobe and lowered his eyes to look at her: “Do you understand what I mean by saying this?”
Zhou Zuizui pressed her lips together and looked up at him.
How could she not understand? Neither of them was the overly sentimental type. At first maybe a little, but once they said it out loud, it suddenly felt natural.
At the beginning, her feelings toward Shen Nan were just admiration. But women are emotional. Once you start having a good impression of someone, everything else naturally follows.
A man who protects you at all times, even willing to go against his own parents for you.
How could she not be moved? She just refused to admit it because of pride.
Shen Nan looked at her and gave a soft sigh: “Do I really have to say it even more bluntly?”
Zhou Zuizui stared at him: “If you want to say more, go ahead.”
Shen Nan heard her words and laughed in frustration.
“What do you mean ‘go ahead’?”
Zhou Zuizui burst out laughing. She reached up, hooked her arms around his neck, and refused to lose: “You’re the one who started it, remember.”
Shen Nan glanced at her: “Mm.” He reached out and ruffled her hair: “Who did you learn this stubborn, never-give-up personality from?”
Zhou Zuizui: “…You.” Her eyes curved into smiles: “If I didn’t have this stubborn side, you probably wouldn’t even look at me, right?”
A man like Shen Nan — the soft, sweet, gentle type — he probably wouldn’t even glance at. Men have a natural desire to conquer, and it just so happened that Shen Nan liked Zhou Zuizui’s type: stubborn, unwilling to admit defeat, a tough and resilient woman.
This conversation wasn’t super direct, but both of them were smart. They understood each other perfectly. For them, a lot of things didn’t need to be spelled out — one hint was enough. Zhou Zuizui didn’t force Shen Nan to say the words “I like you.” The fact that he was willing to say all this to her was already more than enough.
Thinking about it, she leaned in on her own and kissed him.
He took the initiative to speak, so she took the initiative to act. Perfect match.
She sucked on Shen Nan’s lips, her whole body clinging to him, using every technique she had learned.
After kissing for a while, Zhou Zuizui started feeling a bit discouraged. She clearly learned all this from Shen Nan last night — how come this guy… didn’t have any reaction at all? While she was struggling with that thought, Shen Nan suddenly took control. He kissed her back fiercely, aggressively, like he wanted to swallow her whole.
He bit her lip, sucked hard, pried open her teeth, and dove right in, hooking her tongue and tangling with it.
The kiss came on strong and fast — she couldn’t even react.
Once everything was said out loud, it all felt natural and right.
The two of them sat on the sofa kissing. Outside it was still broad daylight. Sunlight came through the clouds and into the room, adding a soft glow inside.
Everything was out of control now. They kissed like they couldn’t bear to let go.
Zhou Zuizui couldn’t breathe at all. She was kissed until she almost passed out. She reached up and pushed Shen Nan’s shoulders. Shen Nan finally let go of her red, swollen lips and laughed: “That’s it?”
He was mocking her stamina.
Zhou Zuizui heard it and couldn’t take it anymore. She bit down hard on his chin. The next second, she was thrown over his shoulder and carried straight into the bedroom.
Shen Nan slowly leaned over her, hands braced on both sides of her body. While kissing her, his hands never stopped moving…
She was lying on his bed in that long skirt, looking like she was waiting just for him. Shen Nan’s eyes darkened as he looked at her. He knelt in front of her, lowered his head and kissed every single spot, not missing anything.
The sound of clothes rubbing together made a soft rustling noise that sent tingles straight to her heart. Zhou Zuizui reached up and hooked her arms around his neck, tilting her head back to press herself even closer to him.
She was taking the initiative.
Shen Nan’s breathing got rough and heavy. His eyes darkened as he looked at her…
This was his wife.
The two of them kissed passionately. At some point the curtains in the room had been drawn shut. Inside it was pitch black, just like the middle of the night.
Shen Nan kept doing everything he could to make Zhou Zuizui feel good, to please her, to make her comfortable — like he was trying to prove what she said a while back about him “not being capable.” Shen Nan was determined to show her just how capable he really was.
But in the end, Shen Nan was fine… and Zhou Zuizui was the one who gave out.
When he first entered her, Zhou Zuizui’s voice went hoarse from shouting. Her whole body was covered in sweat. Their sweat mixed together. In the closed room, there was an indescribable smell — the kind that made it obvious exactly what had happened inside.
Their bodies were pressed so tightly together, no space at all between them.
At the beginning, Shen Nan was still a bit restrained. He used the most classic position. But after trying once, the bad side of this man came out. He flipped Zhou Zuizui over… and by the end, the two of them even moved into the bathroom.
Zhou Zuizui clung to him, taking every one of his thrusts.
Again and again, without end.
…………
When it finally ended, Zhou Zuizui was completely exhausted.
She curled up in Shen Nan’s arms, not even wanting to move a single finger.
And Shen Nan kept his word — he really didn’t let her leave the house that day. Outside, the sky had already turned dark. They didn’t actually do it that many times — maybe three or four — but they stayed glued together the whole time, like they couldn’t bear to separate.
Shen Nan lowered his eyes, kissed her forehead, and teased: “Tired?”
Zhou Zuizui glared at him: “What do you think.”
Her voice was completely hoarse.
She didn’t know if all men were like this, but in bed… they especially loved making you say all kinds of dirty, random things. Just thinking about those words now made her face burn up.
Thinking about it, Zhou Zuizui rubbed her face against his neck and suddenly said: “I’m hungry.”
They hadn’t even eaten lunch. They just spent the whole time in the room and on the bed.
Shen Nan gave a low laugh. Toward his woman, he could spoil her as much as possible: “What do you want to eat?”
Zhou Zuizui thought for a second: “There’s no food at home.”
Shen Nan hummed, rubbed her head: “Then sleep for a bit at home. I’ll go out and buy some, then come back.”
“It’s already so late and you’re still going out?”
Shen Nan nodded: “It’s fine.”
Zhou Zuizui watched Shen Nan get out of bed and put on clothes. She didn’t say anything else, just silently sighed in her heart about a soldier’s stamina… damn, it really was impressive.
No words.
From what she’d heard, most guys would be done after two rounds — no energy left. Forget about getting up to buy groceries and cook; they probably wouldn’t even have the strength to carry their girlfriend into the bathroom. But Shen Nan… not only did the second part, he was going to do the first part too.
Thinking about it, she whistled and praised him: “Captain Shen’s stamina… really something else.”
Shen Nan: “……”
Looking at his completely fearless wife, he laughed helplessly. He grabbed his jacket, walked to the side of the bed, raised an eyebrow and asked: “Still daring to tease me?”
The hidden meaning: See if your body can still handle it.
Zhou Zuizui pulled the blanket over herself, acting spoiled: “Hurry up and go. I’m so hungry. I want to eat a lot of things… and dessert too.”
Shen Nan laughed helplessly, leaned down and kissed her once more, then put on his clothes and left.
Once he was gone, Zhou Zuizui wanted to sleep, but she also wanted to check her phone. She felt around but couldn’t find it. Then she remembered — she must have left it in the living room.
She struggled to get up, went outside to grab her phone, then crawled back into bed.
As soon as she picked up the phone, she saw a bunch of messages from Xia Wen.
Xia Wen: Sis, drinking tonight?!
Xia Wen: Did you and your husband finally talk it out?! From my analysis of you two, you both clearly like each other, you’re just too stubborn. In love, sometimes it’s okay to give in a little. Acting cute works too.
Xia Wen: Where the hell did you disappear to!!!
……
Xia Wen: If you don’t show up soon I’m gonna think you fell asleep or something. Sleeping in the middle of the day?!
Zhou Zuizui saw it and gave a light laugh. She replied to Xia Wen: You guessed right.
Zhou Zuizui: I’m in bed, but I’m not sleeping.
Xia Wen: ??? The way I’m thinking???
Zhou Zuizui: Which way are you thinking?
Xia Wen: ????? Spill it right now! Did you two finally talk it out?
Zhou Zuizui: Pretty much talked it out, yeah.
Xia Wen: So that’s why you ignored me the whole afternoon and stood me up? What were you doing all afternoon? [smirking emoji]
Zhou Zuizui looked at the emoji and burst out laughing. She was honestly feeling pretty happy and couldn’t resist telling Xia Wen a little: Exactly what you’re thinking. Gotta say, my husband’s stamina is really damn good.
Xia Wen: ………… Finally ended two years of drought. Congrats, girl.
Zhou Zuizui: …………
They chatted a bit more. Xia Wen didn’t ask too many questions. Both of them knew the other was happy — that was enough.
Xia Wen: Then keep going. I’m off to have fun. Let’s hang out when you have time.
Zhou Zuizui: Okay.
She turned off her phone and went back to sleep. Half-asleep, she heard someone come back home. After that, she didn’t have much awareness anymore.
When Zhou Zuizui woke up again, Shen Nan was leaning down kissing her.
Their eyes met. Zhou Zuizui gave a drowsy hum and mumbled: “Done?”
“Yeah.” Shen Nan scooped her up in one go and carried her outside: “Eat something first.”
“Okay.”
Shen Nan was actually pretty good at cooking. Both of them were the all-rounder type — they could do anything and make anything. The dishes on the table looked, smelled, and tasted amazing. Zhou Zuizui took one bite and her eyes almost squinted shut from happiness.
So good.
Shen Nan glanced at the girl eating across from him and gave a soft laugh: “Slow down. No one’s stealing it from you.”
“I’m hungry.”
She really was. All that “exercise” burned way too much energy.
Hearing that, Shen Nan gave her a few deep looks, his throat bobbing up and down: “Mm. Eat more then.”
After they finished eating, Shen Nan — being the hardworking type — took the initiative to wash the dishes and clean up. Zhou Zuizui curled up on the sofa, turned on the TV, mostly out of boredom and a bit of tiredness.
“Still sleepy?”
“Kinda okay.” Zhou Zuizui looked at him. “When does your leave end?”
Shen Nan pressed his lips together. He lowered his eyes and looked at her for a moment before saying: “Report back to the unit the morning after tomorrow.”
Zhou Zuizui: “……”
No wonder he said they didn’t have much time together. Every single minute and second was extra precious.
Shen Nan watched the changes in her expression, bent down closer: “Unhappy now?”
Zhou Zuizui shook her head. She reached up and hooked her arms around his neck: “Not unhappy. Just… feel a little bad for you.”
Even after getting injured, they still had to go on missions. Still had to serve the country. Shen Nan’s injury had healed, but going back this soon still felt too fast.
Shen Nan lowered his head and kissed the top of her hair. His voice came out low and deep: “No need to feel bad. Right now I’m really satisfied.”
If it wasn’t for being a soldier, he probably wouldn’t have made it this far with Zhou Zuizui. Shen Nan felt incredibly grateful to his past self for choosing this path.
Protecting the country, protecting his woman.
Their eyes met. Zhou Zuizui leaned in and kissed him again. She really didn’t want to waste even a tiny bit of time.
Shen Nan looked at the girl hanging off him and laughed: “You trying to squeeze me dry?”
Zhou Zuizui bit his lip and threw him a flirty look: “That weak?”
Shen Nan gripped her waist and laughed in frustration.
He was mainly worried her small body wouldn’t hold up — otherwise he’d make her cry from it.
But Zhou Zuizui didn’t care. The moment she thought about him leaving the day after tomorrow, she felt reluctant. They had only just opened up to each other, and in less than forty-eight hours they’d already have to separate.
She bit him hard like a little leopard, hands roaming everywhere.
……
Afterward, Shen Nan leaned down and asked her: “Who’s weak now?”
Zhou Zuizui rolled over and ignored him.
“Sleepy.”
That night, the two of them went to bed early.
Bodies and hearts completely joined together.
The next day, Zhou Zuizui and Shen Nan didn’t go anywhere. They just stayed home all day, ignoring every call to go out.
By evening, they did it twice more — like they were trying to make up for the two missing years. In Shen Nan’s words… it might take quite a while to fully catch up.
He said it so bluntly that Zhou Zuizui wanted to hit him.
Even when this man wasn’t being serious, he was still so damn likable.
She was probably really falling hard.