Chapter 110: Shen Yu, Admit Defeat

It was just after 1am when Shen Yu put down her work and went upstairs to bed.

Asaba Li Xiang's small hands seemed to have magical powers, as a mere pinch on his cheeks had left him distracted all night.

The light in the living room on the first floor was still on. Shen Yu came up gently and switched it off, this time without seeing the light emanating from under the door of her room.

When Shen Yu returns to his room and closes the door, Bai Xiaomeng jumps onto the bed, creeps onto his chest, yawns lazily and stretches his little paws around his neck to sleep soundly.

The room is silent with the lights off, only the window is faintly illuminated by the moonlight. In the dimly lit room, Shen Yu's eyes are unblinking as he stares at the ceiling in awe, his right hand gently stroking the cat.

He is not a fool, so he can naturally sense how special Asaba Li Xiang is to him.

Had it been myself two months ago, I would have started distancing myself from her when I first noticed the first signs of this particular emotion, only now ......

Shen Yu is pretty sure she doesn't hate the feeling, even if she still talks tough, but her heartbeat is honest.

Shen Yu panics when Li Xiang's presence disrupts all his future plans for his life.

One moment he starts to wonder if she really likes him, another moment he wonders if his heart is really in it, or another moment he thinks about what he really wants out of life, and then he compares it to the past two months and realizes that he actually quite likes it ......

This is a red flag.

Shen Yu took a deep breath and immediately closed his eyes, forcing himself to memorise pi.

"3 ...... Li Xiang ............ Li Xiang ... ......... pears ......"

Bastard! Can't sleep at all!

Shen Yu climbed up and went to the bathroom to wash his face, using cold water, focusing on the spot where Asaba Li Xiang had just pinched his cheek, but no matter how he washed it, the warmth from the finger remained stubbornly on his face.

He gave up and went back to his room, tucked in and stared at the ceiling in disbelief.

Bai Xiaomeng was also curious as to what he was thinking when he was still awake in the middle of the night, so he rubbed up against him again and fell asleep with a snore.

In psychology, determining what you want is usually a more complex matter; in contrast, determining what you don't want is much simpler.

Shen Yu then changed his mind and started to imagine what he didn't want -

For example, Asaba Li Xiang has moved away.

Shen Yu didn't want this to happen, even though his brain kept telling him 'you should cheer! But he just didn't want her to go, even if she was silly and he had to take her to and from school by himself every day, so he was used to it anyway. Sometimes when he got to the library first and Asaba Li Xiang wasn't there yet, he would subconsciously look in the direction she came from.

Another example is the marriage of Asaba Li Xiang to someone else.

When I thought of this, the image of her in her white wedding dress immediately appeared in my mind, she was smiling happily, as she usually did to him, only this time it was not to him, but to another man, so my heart immediately turned upside down, and my thoughts went as fast as the speed of light, moments of my life kept flashing in my mind, such as the way she cooked, painted, mopped the floor, nagged and nagged a lot. The way she cooked, painted, mopped the floor, nagged and nagged, and was happy to receive a present. ......

There was a momentary weightlessness and an immediate panic in his eyes.

Shen Yu calmed down and thought about what he should do, while quickly analysing the current situation.

There's a story about a woman who wants to be with me for the rest of my life, so I lost my sword and killed my horse.

Furthermore, now that one is in a state of insomnia, it is well known that late at night, people are in a more emotional state, and if one has a sad song, one might even get depressed.

Not to mention the fact that Li Xiang has never really shown him anything, so maybe it's just his own cheeky self-interest?

According to Li Xiang's character, if she liked her, she would have confessed her love immediately, and then she would have rejected her without hesitation, and her worries would have been gone.

Yes, yes, this must be the case, let's wait and see, the water is not hot enough to kill him anyway ......

Maybe Li Xiang is just an impulsive person who is making a lot of noise now, but in time she will behave.

"Sleep sleep sleep!"

Shen Yu closed his eyes and silently recited 'self-made love' over and over again for over 900 times before drifting off to sleep.

These days, insomnia has become the norm and he's experienced it.

......

In Li Xiang's room, she's sleeping with Shen Yu's jacket in her arms.

The jacket is a godsend, just cuddle up, you're guaranteed no insomnia and it's making her feel more and more confident about boiling frogs.

Shen Yu is not aware that he is being cooked in a pot, the water is warm now, he does not want to move, he has a good reason: because Li Xiang did not confess to him, so there is no danger for now, everything is self-interest ......

Little did he know that the witty and brave Li Xiang had no intention of confessing.

As long as the frog doesn't have to jump out of the warm water, she uses a low and slow heat to slowly simmer the frog until it can't resist confessing to her, and then it's ready to be served.

In those first few days when he was sure of his feelings, Asaba Li Xiang could not wait to run up to him and tell him: "I like you, let's get married!

The more she noticed Shen Yu's subtle changes, the more relaxed Li Xiang became. Even if he notices something, she can still deny it. She just wants to simmer him down until he can't help himself.

She had already gotten to know Shen Yu first anyway, so she had to get Shen Yu to get acquainted with her, and she had already thought of a name for the baby, Shen Xiangning.

She likes the name, the baby must be named that, and mother and daughter will be stuck with him for life! Haha!

......

It's the last day of October, a weekend with high autumnal temperatures.

After the frost, the mornings at Sunan are always a little misty and the marigolds and goldenrod in the yard have grown so tall and green that it looks like spring.

As the sun shows its face and the temperature begins to rise, the frost and dew on the leaves slowly evaporate in the sunlight.

Asaba Li Xiang went to sleep contentedly and woke up with the Shen Yu jacket she was holding in her arms draped over her. There is always a different kind of temptation when a girl wears her beloved boy's clothes, like holding his belt or wearing his white shirt with the top three buttons unbuttoned.

Li Xiang's skin is very white, very white, the whitest girl Shen Yu has ever seen, this white is not like the European and American kind of white, her white vaguely has a kind of pink and greasy feeling, as if a gentle pinch will pinch out water.

She opened the window and her skin felt as if the seasons were changing, the cool breeze bringing the smell of autumn.

Li Xiang tiptoed in her slippers and opened the door, first poking her head out to see if Shen Yu was awake, but the door to his room was still closed. The door was then opened to clean and prepare breakfast.

For today's breakfast, Li Xiang took the ingredients out of the fridge, including lean meat, fresh shrimps, spring onions, lettuce, shredded carrots and eggs.

Shen Yu is still awake, so it's not too late for him to wake up, otherwise it won't taste good if it takes too long to soak.

Li Xiang took the empty bucket, went to the washing machine and took out all the clothes she had washed last night, both hers and Shen Yu's, so she took them out to the balcony to dry.

Hang them one by one on hangers, smoothing out the folds and propping them up with poles.

If Shen Yu had been taller, he would not have needed a pole, he would have just put his feet up and stretched his arms to hang his clothes.

The young girl's soft body stretches out as she dries her clothes, overflowing with moving energy. Two small finches flutter their wings and land on a branch not far away, combing their feathers and taking a curious look at her as well.

That's what Li Xiang did before Shen Yu woke up, and by the time she was ready to return to the bathroom with the empty bucket, it was only half past eight.

The door to Shen Yu's room opened and he blinked his somewhat sluggish eyelids and yawned as he walked out, not seeing her first.

Li Xiang saw him first and smiled sweetly at him, " Shen Yu ~Oh ha yo~!"

"Good morning ......"

Shen Yu looked at her and saw that she was in good spirits and full of energy and thought to himself, "You've been sleeping too well, you came downstairs at 12 o'clock last night and pinched my face.

While he was brushing his teeth, Asaba Li Xiang was also in the bathroom, holding a mop to clean and prepare the floor for mopping.

"It's clean, no need to mop it up ......"

"Yes, you have to mop once a week, Shen Yu. Don't worry, it'll be quick, I'll cook you noodles afterwards."

Shen Yu does not speak, swishing and brushing her teeth, looking at the mirror in front of her, from which she can be seen behind her, and not afraid to get dirty, wearing gloves and wringing the mop, but unfortunately with small hands, so she has to do it little by little.

"I'll do it."

Shen Yu, with a toothbrush in her mouth, helped her wring out the mop, and when she put pressure on it, the water came out with a clatter.

Asaba Li Xiang watched him help and felt warm inside, suddenly asking him, " Shen Yu, did you stay up late last night?"

Shen Yu froze and remembered that she had secretly pinched his face, so his cheeks still felt a little tingly, when she hadn't used any force.

"No, I went to bed very early, do I look sleepy to you?"

"Is that so? ......"

Li Xiang leaned on the mop with one hand and cocked his little head to look at him, his eyes seemed to flash a sly-like smile, "But I saw you sleeping when I came downstairs at twelve o'clock eh, you looked so sleepy ......"

Shen Yu washed his hands, not looking at her, and went back to the sink to continue brushing his teeth, but still unable to resist glancing at her twice through the mirror, "Really? I didn't know you were down."

Asaba Li Xiang came over again, and Shen Yu hated her so much that he pulled away.

She said, "So you don't know that I pinched your face in secret?"

What kind of trick is that? You're playing with a self-destructing truck here! You ran upstairs last night after pinching yourself, and now you dare to mention it?

Shen Yu's face was unchanged, but his mind was racing before he replied, "Is there such a thing? I didn't even know that."

"I lied to you ta!"

After that, Li Xiang ran outside in a huff with the mop in his hand.