After Xu Honglei finished dealing with the Internet Café’s affairs, he returned home and found Zhou Xiaowen asleep in his bed like Sleeping Beauty from a fairy tale. Her even breathing showed that she was sleeping soundly.
What made Xu Honglei’s blood surge was seeing her dressed only in a pink, frilled pair of panties and a white bra, boldly displayed before him.
Her thick, jet-black hair was disheveled and covered half her face. Her fair skin looked smooth, without blemishes such as scars, pimples, or moles.
Her slender waist held no excess fat. Though her thighs were slightly thick, her legs were long and shapely.
Xu Honglei could not help sighing, “The heavens favor her.”
Looking farther down, he saw a pair of fair, tender feet that were long and slender. Her ankle contours were prominent, and the lines from her toes to her heels were smooth and natural. The skin on her feet was still fair and clean, without a blemish; she seemed more than qualified to be a foot model.
Her toenails were painted pink, and her ten fair, rosy toe pads lined up like Tapioca pearls, making them exceptionally alluring.
After admiring her, Xu Honglei walked over and patted her shoulder.
As he expected, her skin was smooth and tender.
“Hey, wake up!”
“Hmm? Mm...” Zhou Xiaowen kept her eyes closed and answered perfunctorily. She turned onto her other side as if trying to avoid anyone disturbing her sleep.
“Hey, hey, wake up!” Xu Honglei raised his voice.
This time, however, the little beauty in bed was too lazy even to respond. She did not make a sound and lay there without moving.
“Hey, get up. Go back to your own room. I’m going to sleep!”
For Xu Honglei, sleeping without the air conditioner on such a hot day was impossible. He had to sleep in this room.
“Hmm?—Mm!” The little beauty in bed made a faint, displeased sound, like a student grumbling when reluctant to get up after staying up late.
Xu Honglei put his hands on his hips and, irritated, admired the Sleeping Beauty before him a moment longer. He opened the Bedroom door, then the door to the small room.
When he returned, Xu Honglei composed himself, then lifted Zhou Xiaowen, who wore only a bra and panties, and carried her toward the small room.
She was a little heavy, but Xu Honglei considered the chance to carry her openly worth the effort.
A soothing feminine fragrance filled Xu Honglei’s nose. At that moment, he understood what it meant to be surrounded by soft jade and warm fragrance.
He set down the sleeping Great Beauty, adjusted her pillow, pulled the small blanket beside her over her navel, and turned on the bedside fan, setting it to oscillate.
At last, with tremendous willpower, he closed the door to the small room and returned to his own bedroom.
He could not stay there any longer, or he would make a mistake.
He could not miss the advantages he was entitled to take, but he still had to uphold his principles. A person ought to have some boundaries.
Besides, after finally receiving a Rebirth, Xu Honglei wanted to make more money and enjoy life. He could not start by earning a Three-Year Minimum Sentence—that would be far too “criminal.”
Early the next morning, Xu Honglei made tomato-and-egg soup, prepared a dish of pickled vegetables, boiled some plain noodles, and knocked on Zhou Xiaowen’s door.
“Are you up? It’s time for breakfast. After breakfast, you have to go to work. I made you some noodles.”
After a while, Zhou Xiaowen came out of the small room, her cheeks flushed and her lips sealed.
She ate the noodles in small bites, looking troubled, as if she were about to cry.
“What’s wrong? Did you sleep badly last night and overheat? I can’t do anything about that. I can’t install an Air Conditioner in that small room for you.”
“Boss, did you do something to me last night?” Zhou Xiaowen looked at Xu Honglei with tear-filled eyes.
“Of course. Who told you to sleep so soundly that I couldn’t wake you, no matter how much I called?”
“But you can’t...” Zhou Xiaowen burst into tears.
Xu Honglei put his hands on his hips and shouted indignantly, “What did I do? I kindly gave you a place to stay, but you can’t take over my nest and seize my room. I can’t sleep at night without an Air Conditioner.”
Then he said helplessly, “Yes, I carried you back to your room last night, but isn’t that better than sleeping in the same bed as you?”
“After all, I’m a young man Full of Vigor. If I lost control and something irreversible happened between us, it wouldn’t be good for either of us!”
Hearing Xu Honglei say this, Zhou Xiaowen’s eyes widened. She cautiously asked, “You only carried me over last night and didn’t do anything else?”
Xu Honglei gave her an ambiguous smile and answered with a question: “Do you want me to do something else to you?”
Zhou Xiaowen hurriedly shook her head, lowered it shyly, and went on eating her noodles.
Xu Honglei continued smiling. “If I had done anything to you, I would have left traces. Wouldn’t you have noticed?”
“It’s not as if I’ve done it before. How would I know? Zhou Xiaowen muttered. Still uneasy, she asked again, “You really didn’t do anything else?”
Xu Honglei inhaled, exhaled, and said in an indifferent tone, “Zhou Xiaowen, I admit that you’re quite beautiful.
“But I’m a native of Huhai. I have a house, a career, and prospects. I don’t look bad, I’m young, and my conditions are good in every respect.
“If I wanted a woman, I could find one openly. It shouldn’t be difficult. Do you think I’d need to Go to Prison over a woman?”
Zhou Xiaowen looked into Xu Honglei’s eyes, nodded, and wiped away her tears before smiling through them. “That’s true. Maybe I was overthinking it.
“You don’t know this, but the reason my previous factory fired me was that the Production Supervisor had bad intentions toward me and kept touching me. In the end, I slapped him.”
Xu Honglei smiled and said, “That’s what I say, but I’m still a young man full of vigor. You can’t keep using yourself to test your boss. Your boss may not be able to restrain himself every time!”
“From now on, remember to secure the Door Bolt tightly when you go to bed. If I lose control one night and sneak in to do something to you, don’t blame me for not warning you!”
Zhou Xiaowen said with a beaming smile, “boss, I believe in you. You wouldn’t!”
“You’d better not believe in me. I don’t even believe in myself. Impulse is a devil, and sometimes it isn’t something a person can control.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll secure the Door Bolt tightly. I’m also going to prepare a big stick. If you dare sneak in, I’ll hit you until your head splits and bleeds.”
Zhou Xiaowen smiled brightly, her brows dancing with delight.
Xu Honglei nodded with a smile. “Mm, that’s more like it!”
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