Chapter 40

The water temperature was just right. Qiao Suisui lay half-reclined in the bathtub, letting out a comfortable sigh.

The already empty bathroom now only had the sound of her sliding in the water while sitting in the bathtub. After soaking for a while, her eyes couldn't open a bit. She wanted to try hard to hold on, because her sixth sense told her that Zongfang must be observing her somewhere, but her upper and lower eyelids kept fighting, and her consciousness sank uncontrollably.

Qiao Suisui fell asleep in the bathtub just like that.

I don't know how long it had passed, but the man finally appeared. He walked to the side of the bathtub, half-squatted, reached out to smooth the wet hair sticking to her ears and neck, and then just stared at her, not knowing what he was thinking.

Her face was only the size of his palm, her skin white and glowing. At this time, because of the heat, it was slightly red. When she was asleep, her long eyelashes hung down, making one's heart soften into a piece.

The man's arm was resting on the edge of the bathtub, half of his hand hanging in the water, just watching her sleeping face for a long time, then reached out and pinched her cheek, squeezing a lump of meat out of the young girl's soft and smooth face, then let go, then pinched it again, repeating this seven or eight times, until the person in the dream frowned slightly, before he barely let go.

Zongfang hooked his lips, watching her and couldn't help but laugh, but after laughing, he didn't know what he thought of, and his face turned cold again.

"Cunning human."

After talking to himself, he pinched her nose tip forcefully as if in revenge, watched her frown and hum uncomfortably, her little mouth opening and closing unconsciously. He let go of his hand and then leaned in to kiss her.

Zongfang pried open her teeth. It was originally a punitive kiss, but because of her unconscious compliance, it became gentle and lingering unconsciously.

He let go of her lips with attachment, the feelings in his eyes hadn't had time to be retracted, and he felt the water temperature had begun to cool, so he picked her up and wrapped her from head to toe with a bath towel. Seeing that she was still fast asleep no matter how she was handled, Zongfang knew he had tossed her too hard.

He didn't delay any longer, held the small ball in his arms and put it on the bed, covered her with the quilt to her chin, and then wiped her hair with a towel.

There is no time flow in the space, but Zongfang enjoyed this moment incomparably, and even had the thought that it would be nice if they never went out.

After drying her hair, the man lifted the quilt to check her body, and saw bruises on her waist and inner thighs, then frowned.

He was forgetful for a moment and didn't remember that his hand strength was so great. Her skin was originally delicate, and usually, just gripping her wrist would leave red marks, let alone the strength during passion.

Her body was made like this, then...

The man's gaze moved to her lower abdomen, and his large hand covered that softness the next second, his eyes filled with some hidden worry. There was no inspection equipment in the space, and he couldn't determine if she would have a miscarriage after such an intense combination...

He lay down beside Sui Sui, wrapped her and the quilt together with his powerful arm. Qiao Suisui was lying on her side, and as soon as Zongfang hugged her, she easily leaned into his arms, suddenly returning to the time in Suote, when they also hugged each other to sleep every night like this.

"Are you only this obedient when you're asleep..."

Zongfang's chin rested on the top of her hair. He lowered his head and kissed her forehead, then closed his eyes too.

Qiao Suisui had a dreamless night and slept very well. When she woke up, the light was no different from before she fell asleep, but she felt relaxed all over, and her mood improved.

Just as she wanted to turn over and sit up, her waist suddenly loosened, and there was movement beside her.

"Awake?"

"Why are you..."

She wanted to ask "Why are you here," but then thought that if she asked this, he would definitely be unhappy, so it was better not to anger him at this time, so her tongue turned, and she said: "... only appearing now?"

Sure enough, the man seemed to be pleased by this sentence. Although his expression was still light, the fierce look like yesterday was gone.

"I thought some ungrateful person couldn't wait for me to leave."

"How could that be..."

Qiao Suisui thought in her heart, if you left, how could I get out?

"Is there anywhere uncomfortable?"

She shook her head, her fingers subconsciously clutching the corner of the quilt, and asked hesitantly: "When are we going out?"

Hearing this, Zongfang's eyes darkened, and he smiled and asked: "Isn't it good to stay here with me all the time?"

Qiao Suisui's heart jumped, thinking he was going to imprison her again, and said: "But this is not reality after all, and there is no one..." She said, and saw the man stop smiling, his face sank again, so her voice got smaller and smaller, and finally she just opened her mouth and made no sound.

She lowered her eyes, thinking secretly: She didn't want to go to the step of fish dying and net breaking, but if Zongfang really didn't let her go, she could only stop considering others.

Zongfang saw she was a bit dejected, hanging her eyes and not speaking at this time, which was clearly unhappy, and that irritability in her heart came up again.

"Qiao Suisui."

"Hmm?"

"Do you keep your word?"

Seeing she didn't react, Zongfang asked again: "You said as long as I let you live a normal life, you would stay by my side obediently. Is this true or false?"

She was stunned, having an impression of this conversation, but the meaning didn't seem to be that meaning. However, looking at the man's serious eyes, her heart beat very fast, understanding that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to gain his trust, and she had to seize it.

"Yes."

She blurted out, not giving herself any time to feel guilty.

"After we go out, take me to Suote to play. I only stayed in the research center before and haven't seen what the outside looks like at all."

Zongfang looked at her tilting her head and fantasizing, was silent for a few seconds, and then gave an "Mm."

He hugged her from the front, his large hand touched the back of her head, and stroked her smooth hair one by one.

"Remember what you said."

The two people hugging couldn't see each other's faces. Although they were close to each other in the most intimate posture, both of their expressions were calm.

For the rest of the time, Zongfang simply made a nutritious meal for Qiao Suisui. Because there were no clothes to change, she was still wearing that bathrobe when she came out.

Seeing that she stayed in the toilet for a long time, Zongfang asked: "Is there anything wrong?"

She shook her head and said no.

"Is there any bleeding?"

"Hmm?"

At this point, she suddenly realized that he had been asking if she had any discomfort since she opened her eyes because he was afraid she would have a threatened miscarriage like last time.

"No... no."

Next, both of them tacitly didn't mention whose child she was pregnant with.

Her heart suddenly had a kind of indescribable sourness.

This person who had always been self-centered seemed to be more and more centered on her, not only paying attention to her habits, taking care of her in almost every possible way, but also being nervous from time to time because he did that kind of thing with her without knowing she was pregnant.

She moved her lips tangledly, wanting to say something but swallowed it back.

She thought Zongfang would take her out after eating, but didn't expect the two to come to those containers yesterday again.

(End of chapter)