Why should I sleep separately?

By dinnertime, Yin Baozhu still had not returned. Wei Zisu could not help wondering why she was not out of school yet.

Yin Zhengchuan said, "She's in high school. Her evening study sessions don't end until after nine."

Wei Zisu was surprised. "Your sister's already in high school!"

Yin Zhengchuan said, "Yes. Didn't I tell you?"

He really had not. He wished he could avoid mentioning that girl in front of Wei Zisu altogether and pretend he did not have a sister who coveted her sister-in-law so much.

Wei Zisu fell silent, thinking, That StellaLou plush meant for little kids... should I still bring it out?

After dinner, the formalwear arrived.

There were more than twenty outfits in total: three each for Yin Zhengchuan's parents, five for Yin Baozhu, and the rest for the young married couple.

They tried on outfit after outfit, following the designer's advice and Qin Qin's suggestions. Each of them kept three, one each for the morning, afternoon, and evening of the wedding.

Qin Qin kept praising Wei Zisu's figure and looks. Yin Zhengchuan stared in a daze several times, looking like a fool.

He thought Wei Zisu looked good in anything!

But whenever he thought about how every one of these outfits would be worn as a matching pair for their wedding, he could not help feeling a rush of sweetness.

After ten, they finished choosing their formalwear, and Yin Baozhu came home.

The moment school let out, the girl had asked the driver whether Brother Zisu had arrived. The driver said he was already at home.

She immediately squealed with delight, constantly slapping the seat along the way and urging the driver to go faster and faster.

As soon as she entered the gate, she dashed inside impatiently.

Wei Zisu had yet to change out of his final outfit, a white suit, and was in the living room while the designer checked for anything that did not fit properly.

A blue figure came flying in, launching herself straight at Wei Zisu in a sliding tackle! She even knocked the young female designer flying along the way.

The sudden embrace left Wei Zisu reeling. He stumbled back two steps before steadying himself.

Yin Zhengchuan, who had just come out of the dressing room, saw this and glared, shouting, "Yin Baozhu, let go of him!"

Auntie Sun, who had witnessed the whole thing, said anxiously, "Oh my, Baozhu, what are you charging so hard for? If your sister-in-law had a baby in his belly, you'd have knocked it right out!"

After saying that, she did not forget to go and help up the designer, who was dazed from her fall.

"You all right? There, there, a little pat on the head to chase the fright away."

Wei Zisu looked down at the adorable girl clinging tightly to him and asked, "You're Baozhu?"

Looking at his handsome face in the flesh and his smiling mouth, Yin Baozhu nodded shyly. But she still refused to let go, even burying her face in Wei Zisu's chest.

Yin Zhengchuan: ...

"Dad!" Yin Zhengchuan shouted toward the inner rooms. "Come out and do something about Yin Baozhu! She..."

She's hugging my wife!!!

Qin Qin had just changed out of his formalwear. Coming out of his room and seeing Yin Baozhu back, he smiled gently. "You're home, Baozhu? You finally met your Brother Zisu. Are you happy?"

Yin Baozhu nodded vigorously, rubbing her cheek up and down against Wei Zisu's clothes, making Yin Zhengchuan furious.

He had not even hugged Wei Zisu like that yet, but the brat had beaten him to it. He could guard against anything but a thief in his own house!

Qin Qin told Wei Zisu, "This girl has liked you for five years now. Didn't you shoot a commercial before, playing a Mermaid? She fell in love with you at first sight. After that, she'd often sit waiting by the television. Whenever your commercial came on, she'd get down on one knee in front of the screen and propose to you with a ring."

Yin Baozhu's ears turned red, and her smile grew even shyer.

Hearing this, Wei Zisu thought she was utterly adorable, smiling until his eyes curved.

Yin Zhengchuan, who was being thoroughly ignored beside them, clearly saw Yin Baozhu secretly making faces at him. He was so annoyed he wanted to roll his eyes.

After a long while, Yin Baozhu finally released Wei Zisu and immediately signed, "Brother Zisu, I like you."

Qin Qin said, "Zisu, Baozhu just said she likes you. She's been unable to speak since she was little. She..."

Wei Zisu said, "I know, Dad. Zhengchuan told me."

Then he bent slightly and said to Baozhu, "I like you too, Baozhu."

Yin Zhengchuan: ...

Wait, could you really say "I like you" so easily?

Then what did that make the confession he had spent so long working up to, yet still lacked the courage to say?

Usually, the first thing the girl did after school was eat. Then she would complain about how tiring studying was and how much homework she had, clamoring to go to bed. Today, however, she seemed pumped full of energy and would not leave Wei Zisu alone. She even wanted him to accompany her into the fitting room while she tried on her formalwear.

Luckily, Wei Zisu did not agree, and her father stopped Baozhu's antics too. Otherwise, Yin Zhengchuan would definitely have gone mad.

After eleven, everyone had finished choosing their formalwear. The designer left with her team, nursing her workplace injury.

Qin Qin urged Baozhu to go to bed. Holding Wei Zisu's hand, she somehow made it look like a tragic parting forever.

"Brother Zisu, I can't bear to leave you. Tomorrow's Saturday, so I don't have school. Can I stay with you all day?"

Wei Zisu said, "Of course."

Only then did Yin Baozhu relax, not forgetting to raise her eyebrows at her brother in a challenge.

"Brother Zisu, I have something nice to show you tomorrow."

"All right, see you tomorrow. Go to bed."

Wei Zisu's words were the ones that worked. Yin Baozhu finally went to bed.

Qin Qin sighed and shook his head. "That child..."

Though his tone held some reproach, the immense affection in it was still clear.

They were words Wei Zisu had never heard from his own parents.

"It's so late, Zisu. You two should get some rest too. There's still plenty to do tomorrow. It's bound to be tiring."

Wei Zisu said, "All right. Get some rest too, Dad."

"Yes, all right."

Wei Zisu headed toward Yin Zhengchuan's courtyard as soon as he stepped outside, while Yin Zhengchuan lingered behind, so nervous he did not know whether to follow him or what to do.

Qin Qin saw through him at a glance. Once Wei Zisu was some distance away, he laid a hand on his son's shoulder and said, "I have plenty of guest rooms in my courtyard. Why don't you stay here for the night?"

Yin Zhengchuan lifted his head and puffed out his chest. "N-no need. He's my legally wedded wife. Why should I sleep separately?"

With that, he strode after him.

Wei Zisu showered, put on the pale yellow pajamas Yin Zhengchuan had prepared for him beforehand, and returned to the bedroom, only to find Yin Zhengchuan spreading bedding on the footboard platform of the enclosed canopy bed.

Before he could ask, Yin Zhengchuan explained, "You take the bed. I'll sleep here. Actually... I could sleep in the study too, but, well, I'm worried bugs or something might crawl over at night, so I thought sleeping here would let me keep them away from you."

Wei Zisu smiled and said nothing.

The lights went out.

Yin Zhengchuan lay down with his back to the bed, outwardly calm while his heart pounded wildly. This was his first time sleeping together with Wei Zisu. Though they were not in the same bed, they were so, so close!

And Wei Zisu was sleeping in his bed!!

That meant Wei Zisu's scent would definitely linger on it.

Orange...

Just thinking about it made him happy.