Although they had gone to bed very early...
Yun Xiaoran had not slept particularly well. Holding such a fragrant, soft, adorable wife in his arms made it awfully hard to fall asleep.
Even though he was exhausted, the best he could manage was to drift in and out of sleep.
Shen Jin had suffered even more.
With a grown man lying beside her-and the man she loved most, at that-how could she possibly sleep?
So both of them began waking up before dawn.
Shen Jin woke first. Although she had gone to sleep early, she really was the first to wake.
She slowly opened her eyes, then lifted her head to look at Yun Xiaoran.
The conflicting urges to sleep and stay awake kept circling through her mind.
It was terribly uncomfortable, but there was nothing she could do about it.
Feeling Shen Jin turn over after waking, Yun Xiaoran slowly woke as well. He looked at her. "What is it?"
"You're awake too?"
"Mm."
Shen Jin blushed a little as she looked nervously at Yun Xiaoran.
"Since we didn't... do that last night, were you disappointed?"
Uh... Yun Xiaoran had only just woken up, but her question instantly chased away all his sleepiness.
"What do you mean? Were you planning to...?"
Still, Yun Xiaoran looked at Shen Jin as she gently stroked his head, and said:
"No, it wasn't a problem."
"Oh. But you sound a little angry."
"It's fine. I'm not an animal who absolutely has to have it. Besides, I can still hold out for now..."
Yun Xiaoran gave a light cough as he looked at Shen Jin.
Only after hearing that did she relax and continue hugging him.
"Once all this is over, we can do... that..."
"Do what then?"
Yun Xiaoran looked at Shen Jin,