Yuan Wei was provoking him again!
He was already forcing himself to restrain his urges, yet Yuan Wei kept teasing him like this!
A dark glint flashed in his pitch-black eyes.
Earlier, with outsiders present, he couldn’t let himself go. But now they were alone in their own room—with Yuan Wei provoking him like this, why should he hold back anymore?
So what if it wasn’t dark yet? Drawing the bed curtains would make it dark.
Xiao Lingzhao stopped restraining himself. Gripping Shen Yuanwei’s wrist, he suddenly leaned in close until their noses touched. “Of course it’s good-looking—even better than my face. Would you like to see?”
Shen Yuanwei stared directly at his handsome face, so near she could feel his breath, and refused to back down. “Really? Aren’t you just praising yourself? I don’t believe it—why don’t you undo your clothes and let me see?”
Xiao Lingzhao let out a low chuckle.
He had initially worried that letting himself go might frighten his wife, but he was mistaken—his wife clearly wasn’t scared at all.
Since that was the case, why shouldn’t he follow his heart?
His wife’s calming presence could suppress his violent tendencies and soothe his pain. Just holding her hand had intoxicated him so deeply—he had long yearned to hold her close, with no space between them.
Unable to wait any longer, he stood up, went to bolt the door, then turned back to gaze at Shen Yuanwei with a smile. Step by step, he approached her.
While watching her, he placed his slender fingers on his belt and slowly untied it.
The belt landed softly on the floor.
Next, he unfastened the layers of his bright red wedding robes, revealing his firm abdominal muscles and lean waist.
Noticing Shen Yuanwei still watching eagerly, waiting for him to continue, the corners of his lips curved into a faint smile. His voice was seductive.
“Yuan Wei still wants to see? I’m already like this, yet you remain fully dressed—that doesn’t seem fair to me, don’t you think?”
Shen Yuanwei was admiring his well-defined abs when she heard his heavily suggestive words and couldn’t help laughing.
Since when did such matters require fairness?
She looked up at Xiao Lingzhao, meeting his burning gaze, and felt her cheeks grow warm.
Did he really expect her to undo her belt as well?
Although they were married, this was still a man she had only known for half a day. Wasn’t this pace a bit too fast?
In her previous life, she had lived into her twenties without ever having a boyfriend. Now, after transmigrating and preserving her innocence for over two decades, was she really going to give herself to a man she had just met?
Seeing Shen Yuanwei fall silent, Xiao Lingzhao smiled, his eyes glinting. “You… want me to do it for you, hmm?”
As he spoke, he bent down, leaning closer to Shen Yuanwei.
Watching the handsome man draw near, Shen Yuanwei suddenly felt nervous.
Ahhh, she admitted it—she was all talk and no action, a timid little coward!
Before the wedding, she had known what to expect after marriage and had mentally prepared herself. But now that the moment had arrived, she was genuinely flustered!
She wanted to retreat!
In other stories where couples married first and fell in love later, they always slept in separate rooms at first—no one consummated the marriage right away. Shouldn’t they follow that normal procedure too? If they spent a month or two getting to know each other, things would happen naturally, and she wouldn’t feel so nervous, right?
Hesitating for a moment, Shen Yuanwei said to Xiao Lingzhao, “How about… we just talk tonight?”
The smile on Xiao Lingzhao’s face stiffened slightly. He fell silent, gazing at her with a trace of quiet resentment.
If she didn’t want him, then why had she provoked him earlier?He had been trying to restrain himself, yet Yuan Wei coaxed him into removing his robes, only to tell him they were just going to chat tonight?
He didn’t want to just chat.
Not at all.
Xiao Lingzhao stared at Shen Yuanwei with unwilling glances. He had intended to act like a gentleman, nodding gently and agreeing with a soft “Alright,” doing his best to accommodate his little wife. But he didn’t want to be a gentleman—who would want to act like one with their own wife?
After wrestling with his feelings for a long while, he mustered the courage to tell Shen Yuanwei, “I won’t.”
Shen Yuanwei was taken aback, watching this usually assertive man remain silent for so long only to utter two words so lacking in confidence. She couldn’t help but laugh.
Smiling, she coaxed Xiao Lingzhao, “Just agree with me, okay? We only met today, and I think it’s too fast. Let’s just chat tonight, alright?”
Xiao Lingzhao’s dark eyes fixed on her. “Too fast? That’s not what you said earlier when you wanted to see my body…”
Shen Yuanwei’s face flushed. “Then… then you can put your clothes back on? I’ll pretend I didn’t see anything?”
Xiao Lingzhao was both amused and exasperated.
She had already seen everything—how could she pretend she hadn’t?
Leaning in closer, Xiao Lingzhao gazed into her eyes and whispered word by word into her ear, “Not allowed. Unless you let me see you too, then we’ll be even.”
The tips of Shen Yuanwei’s ears turned red.
She leaned back, turning her head away, and murmured, “How can that be? I’m a girl. How could I just let anyone see me…”
Xiao Lingzhao chuckled softly. “Mm, you’re a girl, but I’m not just anyone. I’m your husband…”
His voice grew even softer as he looked at her flushed cheeks. “And I don’t just want to be your husband. I also want to be your man.”
Shen Yuanwei’s heart fluttered.
How could this man be so smooth!
How was she supposed to resist him?
As Xiao Lingzhao drew closer, Shen Yuanwei reached out to push him away.
But his robes were already undone, and her hand brushed against his bare skin. Her fingers trembled, and she immediately withdrew her hand, hiding it behind her back.
She looked up at him with a pitiful expression. “Please, not tonight, okay? We only met today…”
Xiao Lingzhao’s lips lightly brushed against the base of her ear before pulling away. “What does it matter that we only met today? We’re going to spend a lifetime together. Consummating the marriage is inevitable sooner or later, isn’t it?”
Shen Yuanwei covered her ear and whispered, “But wouldn’t it feel better if we did it after we’ve developed feelings?”
Xiao Lingzhao smiled at her. “If we consummate the marriage now, I can still make you feel just as good.”
Shen Yuanwei was stunned for a moment, her heart racing again.
Who said this man was innocent? He was anything but!
Covering her chest, she moved aside. “That’s not what I meant!”
Xiao Lingzhao stared intently at her. “But that’s what I meant. I’ll make you feel good—I’ll satisfy you. Let’s try, alright?”
Listening to his deep voice, Shen Yuanwei’s heart pounded uncontrollably under his assertive tone.
She had really tried her best to slow things down!
But this man wasn’t listening to her!
And he, who was usually so reserved, was now breaking the rules and tempting her like this!
She wasn’t some saint—was it really so strange to have no resistance to her own husband?Forget it, forget it. She had already died once before, so why dwell on such things? No one knows if an accident might come before tomorrow. One must cherish the present and seize the moment to enjoy life!
Shen Yuanwei made up her mind—she would seize the moment!
Xiao Lingzhao was so handsome—it wasn’t like she was at a disadvantage, right?
Thinking this, Shen Yuanwei silently gazed at the red embroidered patterns on the bed canopy and murmured in a voice barely audible, “Fine, I’ll give it a try. But I’m not very skilled… The Young General seems quite adept at undoing belts, so… you do it yourself.”
Xiao Lingzhao had thought Yuan Wei’s long silence meant she was determined to refuse. Just as he was feeling disappointed, he suddenly heard her words, and his heart couldn’t help but stir!
“Alright, I’ll do it myself.”
No sooner had he spoken than he eagerly raised a hand to pull aside the bed curtains, while his other arm wrapped around Shen Yuanwei’s waist. Layer by layer, the curtains fell, completely obscuring their figures.