Shen Mingzhu didn't understand why Xie Lang instinctively dodged her kiss. So she looked at the man in front of her discontentedly and gritted her teeth. "Why did you dodge?" Xie Lang really wasn't used to Shen Mingzhu being so proactive. So he quickly said, "Of course I have to dodge. You're a drunkard! If you remember all these things tomorrow, you'll just blame me in the end!"
Hearing this, Shen Mingzhu raised her eyebrows. Looking at Xie Lang, she said, "I won't. How could I blame you for anything!"
As she said this, Shen Mingzhu propped herself up a bit more forcefully. The hairpin on her head could no longer hold on and slipped off. Her long, cascading black hair fell over her shoulders.
Xie Lang's heart skipped a beat at the sight. Seeing the smile on Shen Mingzhu's face when she looked at him, he even felt his breath catch. He wanted to turn around and leave to calm down.
But then, seeing the hairpin fall, he was worried that Shen Mingzhu was still dizzy. If he left, she might just fall onto the hairpin. If she accidentally got hurt, she'd surely feel bad tomorrow.
Thinking this way, Xie Lang gritted his teeth and stepped forward to pick up the hairpin. But just as his fingertips touched the hairpin, Shen Mingzhu grabbed him. Being pulled like this, afraid of crushing the person in front of him, he could only use his last bit of strength to fall onto her lap.
"Ouch—"
Shen Mingzhu had used quite a bit of strength when she pulled. So when Xie Lang fell onto her lap, it hurt so much that she instinctively gasped. Her eyes instantly turned red.
"You're so heavy!"
Tears welled up in Shen Mingzhu's eyes. Looking at Xie Lang lying on her lap, she accused him first. "It hurts so much!"
[!!! I'm so angry! Shen Mingzhu, you're accusing others first!]
[You're in pain! It was you who reached out and grabbed me first!]
[Forget it. Calm down! Calm down! I'm a magnanimous person and won't argue with a drunkard!]
Seeing this, Shen Mingzhu frowned. She was a bit confused. Xie Lang was lying on her lap, but his voice seemed to come from beside her ear. So she instinctively frowned tightly and thought for a while but couldn't figure it out.
Xie Lang was startled. After hearing Shen Mingzhu accusing others first, there was suddenly no sound. So he quickly looked up and saw the person in front of him looking thoughtful and staring at him in an unfathomable way.
He felt a shiver down his spine under Shen Mingzhu's gaze. He quickly got up and moved away to check the wound on Shen Mingzhu's foot.
Shen Mingzhu stopped her previous fussing and quietly let Xie Lang take off her shoes and socks. She stared at him intently, as if looking at something very curious. She reached out and casually threw the hairpin that Xie Lang hadn't managed to pick up onto the small table beside her.
"Clink—"
Hearing the sound of the hairpin hitting the ground, Xie Lang instinctively looked up at Shen Mingzhu. Seeing that it was she who had thrown the hairpin and that she wasn't hurt, he let out a sigh of relief and continued to check her wound.
[Alas, Shen Mingzhu is really troublesome when she's drunk. At first, I thought her dazed look was cute, but now it seems just terrifying!]
[I should have checked and made her drink less. Sigh.]
[Drunkard!]
Shen Mingzhu stared at Xie Lang. Finally, she suddenly said, "I'm not a drunkard!"
Xie Lang was startled. When he got up, he saw Shen Mingzhu looking at him dazedly. There wasn't even a hint of sobriety in her eyes. So he was both angry and amused and replied, "If you're not a drunkard, then who is?"
Seeing this, Shen Mingzhu reached out her hand. She spread out her right hand and looked up at Xie Lang without saying a word.
Xie Lang didn't understand what the person in front of him wanted to do for a moment. So he obediently reached out his hand. The next moment, he was pulled into her embrace.
Having had the experience of the first and second times, Xie Lang was quick this time. He propped his other hand on the side of Shen Mingzhu's body and gritted his teeth as he looked at her.
"Be careful! Do you believe that if I hadn't paid attention just now, you'd be crying now!"
Xie Lang gritted his teeth. Before he could say the next sentence, he suddenly felt Shen Mingzhu let go of his hand.
He was stunned. The next moment, a hand pressed on the back of his head. Xie Lang instinctively didn't resist. So suddenly, he felt a burning sensation on his lips.
Shen Mingzhu's normal body temperature was a bit cooler than his. Whenever Xie Lang reached out his hand, he could feel that her hands and feet were cold. So he would frown and wrap his big hand around hers to warm it up little by little.
He was in a daze for a moment for no reason. When he came back to his senses, he felt Shen Mingzhu bite his lip. The bite wasn't hard, but it made Xie Lang gasp.
"You! You! You!"
There was only helplessness left in Xie Lang's heart. He thought it was really funny that he had had expectations for a drunkard just now. So he propped himself up and wanted to get up.
Shen Mingzhu sneered and exerted force. In an instant, he lost all his strength and she absorbed the warmth from his body.
There was a warm sensation on his lips. A faint smell of alcohol wafted into his nose, mixed with the familiar jasmine fragrance that made Shen Mingzhu feel at ease. So she instinctively softened her movements and closed her eyes.
The force that Shen Mingzhu exerted on him suddenly became lighter, but Xie Lang lost the desire to get up and escape. He was willing to be controlled by that small hand.
After a long time, when Shen Mingzhu let go due to lack of strength, Xie Lang was just about to speak when he saw her look at him and say, "You're so noisy."
Xie Lang's inner thoughts had been so noisy. Shen Mingzhu was drunk and couldn't distinguish that the person in front of her wasn't speaking with his mouth. So she could only frown and be forced to listen.
When the noise suddenly stopped and she couldn't hear the person in front of her inner thoughts anymore, she let out a satisfied sigh and then said indifferently, "Go to sleep."
After saying that, sleepiness came over her.
Xie Lang gritted his teeth. Looking at the culprit who had made his breathing unstable and who closed her eyes and fell asleep, he secretly made a note of it for Shen Mingzhu in his heart!
You're in trouble, Shen Mingzhu!
While scolding in his heart, Xie Lang blew out the candles in the room, leaving only one flickering in the darkness.
He washed up, took off his shoes and socks, and got into bed. He hugged Shen Mingzhu, whose face was red from sleep, into his arms before closing his eyes in peace.
When she woke up.
Shen Mingzhu didn't open her eyes at first. She heard the shallow breathing sound beside her ear. So she opened her eyes first. When she turned a little, she saw Xie Lang sleeping beside her.
Xie Lang slept lightly. When he heard the movement, he instinctively opened his eyes. When he saw that it was Shen Mingzhu looking at him, he closed his eyes again and fell into a deep sleep.
Shen Mingzhu had been really troublesome last night. She would open her eyes and say something from time to time, always saying that he was noisy, and then she would be all over him.
Xie Lang had been so aroused that his whole body was on fire. But the culprit always closed her eyes and fell asleep. This happened several times. In the end, Xie Lang even felt a bit numb and was extremely tired when he finally fell asleep.
Seeing the dark circles under Xie Lang's eyes, although Shen Mingzhu didn't remember very clearly and her memory of last night stopped at the moment when she was looking at the lights outside the window, she still instinctively felt a bit guilty.
Could it be that it was her fault that Xie Lang looked like this?