“No talking!”
Li Yanxing truly had no idea what risqué remarks Lu Chiwan might come up with next.
He hastily wrapped the towel around himself, got off the bed, and went to change clothes.
If he hadn’t overheard Lin Mu secretly planning to buy her ice cream earlier, he wouldn’t have rushed out without properly dressing.
“Husband, you’re so manly!”
Lu Chiwan held back her risqué remarks and opted for a slightly more subtle description.
Li Yanxing paused mid-step upon hearing the young girl continue, “Why do you need to change in the bathroom? Can’t you just change here?”
“I always change right in front of you!”
“You’re showing me, not Lin Mu. What are you shy about?”
“Is there any part of your body I haven’t seen before?”
Li Yanxing couldn’t take it anymore.
Did she pick up the wrong script?
“You’ve seen it?”
Li Yanxing turned to look at her, pressing for an answer.
“I’ve slept with you, of course I’ve seen it. Or were you too shy to let me look when we were together?”
Lu Chiwan rested her chin in her hands, staring at the seductive Apollo’s belt on Li Yanxing’s torso, and murmured with admiration, “Truly, my husband’s waist isn’t a waist—it’s a life-threatening scimitar. My husband’s legs…”
Li Yanxing took a long stride and retreated into the bathroom to change.
He refused to let her continue commenting on his legs.
Li Yanxing changed into casual homewear.
Lu Chiwan watched with appreciative eyes.
This man’s face was probably heaven’s finest masterpiece—exquisitely sculpted features, clear and handsome brows that were utterly captivating. The defined lines of his profile carried a slight chill, adding to his sensual and wicked allure.
When he smiled, the slight curve of his lips always seemed somewhat careless, both lazy and roguish.
In a suit, he appeared aloof and noble, as if untouched by worldly matters.
In homewear, he remained peerlessly distinguished, though with a touch more softness—like an immortal who had strayed into the mortal realm.
“Husband, you’re really so handsome.”
Lu Chiwan made no attempt to hide her infatuation.
Although Li Yanxing felt somewhat disdainful of her foolish behavior, he still found it lifted his mood.
“Husband, I praised you. Why aren’t you praising me?”
The young girl was dissatisfied with his silence.
Li Yanxing had always been a man of few words.
While Lu Chiwan had always been extremely talkative.
The stark contrast between them made Lu Chiwan seem like a constantly chirping little sparrow, chattering away without end.
Faced with her babbling, Li Yanxing responded with his usual dismissiveness, “Fine, you’re beautiful too.”
Lu Chiwan nodded, “Mhm, so we’re the perfect match—a talented man and a beautiful woman.”
“Husband’s waist…”
“Time to sleep!”
Li Yanxing walked over, pulled back the covers, and got into bed. In one motion, he scooped her into his arms and held her tightly.
He lowered his head to seal her lips with his.
He couldn’t be bothered to argue with her, so this was the only way to make her shut up.
Lu Chiwan happily nestled in Li Yanxing’s embrace, openly reaching out to stroke his abs, occasionally giving them a squeeze.
Li Yanxing grunted softly, “Stop messing around.”
Lu Chiwan only grew more brazen in her touching, muttering discontentedly, “If I can’t use it, can’t I at least touch it?”
“Since you can’t perform anyway, husband, let me satisfy my hands at least.”
Li Yanxing: “…”
He lowered his head and gently nibbled her plump, pale earlobe, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll show you right now whether I can perform or not?”
Lu Chiwan froze for a moment, then her deer-like eyes lit up, “Then show me!”
With that, she reached to tug at Li Yanxing’s pants.
Li Yanxing was utterly helpless against her. He grabbed her hand with one hand and pulled her into his embrace with the other, growling fiercely, “I haven’t slept for three days and I’m about to drop dead! It’s time to sleep!”
“Oh.”
Lu Chiwan’s heart ached for him. She stopped bothering him, but her hand remained pressed against his body, never withdrawing from inside his clothes.
Li Yanxing closed his eyes.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t hold on any longer due to exhaustion.
It was that he couldn’t hold on any longer because of her teasing.
His earlier claim about having issues was completely fabricated – he was a perfectly normal man.
He just never expected that his self-control, which had always been strong and never interested in women, would prove so useless against this young girl’s casual flirtations, collapsing without a trace.
Right now, he felt like taking another cold shower.
But if he went to shower, that little mouth and curious mind of hers would undoubtedly press for answers, determined to get to the bottom of things.
If she kept bothering him for just a bit longer, his “problem” would indeed become no problem at all.
He slept straight through until 6 AM, only waking when Lin Mu called.
Opening his eyes, Li Yanxing was greeted by the young girl’s serene and delicate profile. Her long eyelashes cast shadows, and she seemed somewhat recovered, her pale face showing signs of vitality.
Her soft hand still rested on his abdomen – even in sleep, she hadn’t forgotten her “appreciation” for him.
He even wondered if it was precisely because this young girl was bold, strangely-minded, and loved to act spoiled that someone as cold-blooded and ruthless as Chen Yang treasured her so, even sacrificing numerous elite subordinates and risking exposure to rescue her.
But at this thought…
Li Yanxing frowned and immediately cut off the train of thought. He didn’t want to connect Lu Chiwan with any other man right now.
After a moment, he leaned down and pressed a gentle kiss to the corner of the girl’s beautiful eye before getting up to leave.
Lin Mu was waiting outside.
After changing clothes, Li Yanxing went out.
“Yan Ge, how was your… sleep?”
Lin Mu deliberately emphasized the word “sleep.”
Li Yanxing thought about it – how long had it been since he’d had a full night’s sleep?
It seemed like never since he was eight years old.
But last night, he slept from 11 PM straight through to 6 AM – a full seven hours.
If Lin Mu hadn’t called him, he wouldn’t have woken up at all.
This was the first time since he was eight that he’d slept through the night without waking up halfway, not even dreaming.
Normally, managing two hours of uninterrupted sleep was already rare for him.
Doctors were helpless against his severe insomnia.
“Yeah, pretty good.”
Li Yanxing walked a few steps before turning back to glance at the hospital room, instructing, “Have Aunt Jiang come take care of her. Get her whatever she needs or wants.”
“As for Brocade Creek Bay… if she wants to change the style, let her do it while I’m away on business, so we’ll have somewhere to live when I return.”
Although renovating the layout was a major project, Young Master Li had the money to make miracles happen. He could just hire multiple teams of workers to work overtime on his own property.
And since it was only the exterior being changed, it would be relatively quick anyway.
Lin Mu followed behind Li Yanxing, listening while unconsciously nodding, couldn’t resist quipping, “Yan Ge, you really… did sleep quite well.”
When you sleep well, nothing seems like a problem.
Seven full hours of sleep – how could it not be good?
Li Yanxing didn’t refute him, simply agreeing, “Indeed, extremely good.”
Lin Mu: “?”
Didn’t Brother Yan originally say he was using the young girl as bait to fish, but now you’ve become the fish yourself, swallowing the bait you set?
And… wasn’t the young girl just seriously injured and waking up? How could you be such a beast to make a move?
When Lu Chiwan woke up at noon,
Aunt Jiang had stewed chicken soup to nourish her body.
A Xia brought over several sets of happy clothes and daily necessities, along with a phone Li Yanxing had arranged for Lu Chiwan, as well as an unlimited Black Card.
“Young Madam, if you need anything else, just let me know.”
A Xia wasn’t tall, about 1.6 meters, with a very ordinary appearance, probably around thirty years old. She didn’t talk much but was very dutiful in her work.
Lu Chiwan was fiddling with her new phone when she heard A Xia’s words. She looked up and flashed a gentle smile, “Nothing for now, thank you, A Xia.”
“Young Madam, you’re too kind.”
“Oh, by the way, the Young Master instructed that if you wish to modify the decoration and layout of Brocade Creek Bay, I can call the designer over later. You can directly discuss any requirements with the designer.”
“Since you need to recuperate here for a while and the Young Master is also going on a business trip, this is a good opportunity to get everything sorted out.”
Hearing this, Lu Chiwan’s eyes instantly sparkled like stars.
A Yan agreed to let her make changes as she pleased?
So Lu Chiwan didn’t hold back. After the meal, the designer arrived.
A Xia listened on the side. This wasn’t just a modification—it was like stripping the Manor’s skin and painting on a completely new layer.
She didn’t know if the Young Master would be angry when he returned, especially since that unique industrial style was entirely designed by the Young Master himself.
At the time, the feng shui master had specifically warned that the Young Master’s decoration style had too much negative energy and wasn’t suitable for living.
But the more the feng shui master said so, the more the Young Master liked it. Fortunately, he hadn’t lived there much.
Now…
Lu Chiwan excitedly shared her ideas with the designer.
However, some of her ideas were particularly difficult to communicate to the designer, who thought she was being fanciful and didn’t understand renovation.
After discussing for a long time, Lu Chiwan decisively dismissed the designer A Xia had arranged.
Aunt Jiang brought her paper and pens.
Lu Chiwan took the paper and pens, sketching and drawing for three days until a complete design draft was finished.
Both A Xia and Aunt Jiang were astonished when they saw it.
“Young Madam, your design is truly beautiful. You should become a designer.”
“I didn’t expect I could draw so well either. I just had ideas in my mind that I wanted to put on paper.”
Lu Chiwan looked at her design draft, biting her pen as she fell into deep thought.
Li Yanxing had always told her she hadn’t even finished elementary school.
If someone who hadn’t finished elementary school had such talent, wouldn’t she become a genius if she had studied a few more years?
Lu Chiwan took photos of the design draft she had drawn and sent them to Li Yanxing.
Her WeChat account was newly registered, as were all her social media accounts.
Li Yanxing said her phone, ID documents, and other belongings had turned to ashes in the explosion accident.
Thus, her ID card was also new.
She didn’t have much on her past social media accounts anyway, so it was better to start fresh.
The truth was, Lin Mu hadn’t had time to forge many things, and they hadn’t expected deceiving Lu Chiwan to be so troublesome.
Lu Chiwan didn’t mind too much. Her newly registered WeChat nickname was: A Yan’s Little Princess.
These past few days, Li Yanxing had been busy negotiating business deals. After finishing the contracts, he still had other matters to handle and wouldn’t be back for a while. He rarely replied to messages.
Lu Chiwan sent over the design drawings without expecting an immediate reply from him.
However, Li Yanxing responded quickly this time, “Have A Xia find someone to follow the design.”
His tone was strictly businesslike.
Holding her phone, Lu Chiwan sighed unhappily.
Before he left, he had been holding her while she slept, kissing her, and whispering sweet nothings in her ear. Yet once he went abroad, he barely said a few words to her, and even ignored her when she sent him stickers. Could it be that he had someone else outside?
Seeing her unhappiness, A Xia quickly said, “Young Madam, please give me the design drawings. I’ll definitely find someone to decorate it exactly as you want.”
“Alright, thank you.”
Lu Chiwan curved her eyes into a smile and handed the design drawings to A Xia.
A Xia took the drawings and left the hospital room but couldn’t help glancing back a few times.
Through their interactions over the past few days, she had come to understand this young madam a little better.
She couldn’t help feeling that the young madam didn’t seem like the type to be someone’s mistress.
The young madam had a very clean aura and was kind-hearted. Although she had a bit of a temper and was somewhat delicate, her delicacy wasn’t at all annoying.
It was as if she were a princess who should have been pampered since childhood, raised in a very good environment.
Although the eldest young master came from a noble background, he had never experienced a normal life. He probably didn’t understand these things.
With these doubts in mind, A Xia left the hospital.
In the following days, apart from supervising the renovation progress daily through video surveillance, Lu Chiwan focused on cultivating her mind, taking good care of her health, and occasionally watching dramas or reading books.
Every day, she sent Li Yanxing good morning and good night messages, along with a few risqué remarks.
Li Yanxing ended up staying away for a full month.
Originally, it was supposed to be a ten-day trip, but due to Li Shiming’s last-minute arrangements, he was delayed abroad for an entire month before returning.
Lu Chiwan’s recovery was also slow.
She hadn’t fully recovered from the aftereffects of her previous car accident when she encountered this incident. Additionally, Brocade Creek Bay was undergoing constant renovations.
Lu Chiwan stayed in the hospital for almost a month as well, only moving back to Brocade Creek Bay three days before Li Yanxing’s return.
She hadn’t been idle during this month, registering accounts on all the popular social media platforms.
She also became an avid online shopper, buying all sorts of random things in large quantities.
She linked the card Li Yanxing had given her, which had no spending limit—it would only be suspended if she managed to bankrupt President Li.
During this month, many people tried to “visit” her, but A Xia turned them all away.
Especially Yao Meizhu, who came three or four times but was never allowed in.
People sent by Old Madam and Li Shiming also came twice, but A Xia remained impartial and stopped them as well.
With Li Yanxing’s orders, no one dared to force their way into the hospital room to take Lu Chiwan out.
No one told Lu Chiwan about any of this.
As a result, Lu Chiwan lived a carefree and leisurely life.
“Young Madam, your packages have arrived. This is already the tenth delivery today.”
A Xia and Butler Du, along with bodyguards, carried in the items Lu Chiwan had bought from Taobao.
The packages, large and small, were tightly sealed, making it impossible to tell what was inside.
“Thank you for your hard work. I’ll send red packets to everyone in the group chat later.”
“Just leave them here.”
Seeing the boxes of items, Lu Chiwan was overjoyed, her delicate face brimming with smiles.
After a month of recuperation, her health had mostly recovered. She ate well, slept well, and had even gained a little weight. Her complexion was rosy, and she looked even more exquisite and beautiful than before.
After receiving the packages, Lu Chiwan hardly left her room for the rest of the day.
Aunt Jiang and A Xia didn’t know what she was busy with and didn’t dare to ask further.
At 1 a.m., Li Yanxing’s plane landed on the private tarmac.
He stepped off the plane with a grim expression.
Lin Mu looked concerned. “Yan Ge, maybe we should still go to the hospital—”
“I’m not dying.”
“Take me back to Brocade Creek Bay.”
Lin Mu didn’t dare to persuade further, but seeing how urgently Li Yanxing wanted to return to Brocade Creek Bay, he couldn’t resist asking cheekily, “Yan Ge, missing your wife?”
Li Yanxing leaned back in his seat, closing his eyes for a brief rest, looking utterly exhausted.
Lin Mu had expected to be scolded.
To his surprise, Li Yanxing merely replied in a faint voice, “Mm.”
Lin Mu stomped on the accelerator, genuinely startled.
He had thought that after a month apart, Yan Ge’s impulsive feelings would have faded and he’d regained his rationality.
Who would have thought that Yan Ge, just back in the country and not even tending to his injuries, would rush off to see the young lady as if his lovesickness was beyond cure.
They arrived at Brocade Creek Bay exactly at 2 a.m.
Butler Du had specially brought people to greet them.
But the moment Li Yanxing stepped into Brocade Creek Bay, he froze.
In just one month, this Brocade Creek Bay was no longer the Brocade Creek Bay he remembered. Compared to the previous industrial-style decor, it wasn’t just different—it was completely unrecognizable.
The aesthetic had undergone a dramatic shift. Though it still employed a gray-and-white palette, the living room was now filled with various hanging paintings and furniture arranged in warm, elegant tones.
The contrast with Li Yanxing’s former gloomy, eccentric heavy-industrial style was stark.
“Who told her she could turn the house into this?”
Li Yanxing’s brow furrowed deeply, a menacing aura spreading around him.
He wasn’t accustomed to such a cozy style.
A Xia hurriedly explained, “Young Master, the young mistress sent you the design plans, didn’t she?”
Li Yanxing was taken aback, only then remembering. He had been busy with meetings at the time, glanced at them briefly, replied casually, and then paid no further attention to the matter.
So, he had tacitly approved it.
“Where is the young mistress? Asleep?”
“Probably—”
“What do you mean, ‘probably’?”
Li Yanxing’s expression turned cold. “I asked you to take care of her, and this is how you do it?”
“Young Master, the young mistress locked herself in all day today. We don’t know what she was busy with, and she wouldn’t let us interfere, so—”
Before A Xia could finish, Li Yanxing was already heading upstairs.
The upstairs followed the same style—warm and bright, giving him an unreal sensation.
He hesitated at the door for a moment.
Three minutes later, he pushed it open.
The sight in the room made Li Yanxing freeze instantly.
Before he could gather his thoughts, the bathroom door suddenly opened, revealing a stunning figure.
Li Yanxing: “?”
Seeing Lu Chiwan in that black, tight-fitting strapless minidress, Li Yanxing’s eyes flickered.
Though this outfit used considerably more fabric than the string-like nightgown from that evening.
It perfectly outlined the young girl’s slender waist and curves, flawless and exquisite.
Her delicate collarbone was clearly defined, with soft, graceful lines, and her skin was smooth and fair, pure as snow.
Her exposed legs were long and lovely, with a perfect shape—slender and straight, exuding a seductive charm that was utterly captivating.
A slender waist, long legs, fair skin, and breathtaking beauty—a peerless vision in this world.
Even the most rational man would find it hard to resist.
Li Yanxing, who had just returned from a month-long business trip, was greeted the moment he opened the door by his young wife’s devastating blow.
“Hubby, you’re back! Did you miss me?”
The young girl stood barefoot at the bathroom door, blinking at him with a charming, adorable expression.
Li Yanxing’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he instinctively wanted to run.
If he didn’t run now, he would truly be done for.
However, before he could even make a move, the young girl had already rushed over barefoot, leaping toward him.
Fearing she might fall, Li Yanxing had no choice but to reach out and catch her.
A sweet floral and fruity fragrance filled his embrace—a delicate blend of cherry blossom and freesia, fresh and elegant, incredibly pleasant to the senses.
“Husband, I love you!”
Lu Chiwan wrapped her arms around Li Yanxing’s neck, her legs clinging to his sturdy waist as she cooed, “Let’s go take a bath~”
Li Yanxing: “…”
He was finished.
Utterly defenseless.