Don't Underestimate Yourself

On the second night of their marriage, Wen Leyu did not sleep well.

For the first half of the night, she curled herself into a ball, both afraid of Li Ye and longing for him.

In the end, Li Ye merely held Wen Leyu gently all night, their hearts pressed close as they drifted into dreams, leaving Wen Leyu filled with guilt over having let her imagination run wild for most of the night.

After sleeping poorly at night, naturally she did not get up early in the morning.

By the time Wen Leyu got up the next morning, Li Ye had already brushed his teeth and washed up. He had laid out the clothes his little wife was supposed to wear that day at the bedside and prepared a hearty breakfast as well.

This made Wen Leyu, who aspired to be a virtuous wife and loving mother, feel terribly embarrassed. It was only the third day of their marriage—how had she already become a lazy woman?

Seeing Wen Leyu get up with sleepy eyes, Li Ye ate breakfast as he said, "Have something to tide you over first, then go put on some makeup. Otherwise, if you go home with dark circles under your eyes later, our mom will think I've been treating you like a servant girl!"

"I have dark circles?"

Wen Leyu jumped in alarm and ran to look in the mirror. Only after quite a while did she return with her lips pursed, muttering as she ate.

"You liar!"

"..."

Wen Leyu indeed had no dark circles, but Li Ye could see her exhaustion as clear as day.

She probably had not slept well on their wedding night, and then came the following two days. Three consecutive days of insufficient sleep—no matter how springy that collagen