Chapter 713: Lest You Lose Control

"This is the consequence of provoking me! I'm in no mood to take advantage of you today! We'll see about this!"

Cai Xiaotang tossed out these words and left without looking back, leaving someone behind rubbing his chin, not bothering to take another look.

It wasn't until evening—Cai Xiaotang, who had spent the whole day in the living room, finally dawdled her way back to the room.

Unlike yesterday, Li Xiao was not working in the study this time; instead, he had already obediently gotten into bed and was leaning against the headboard reading a book.

Cai Xiaotang swept a glance at him, then walked toward her "territory" without looking aside.

The sofa was still the same as yesterday, so cramped that one couldn't stretch their legs.

Cai Xiaotang didn't say a word, simply washed up, wrapped herself in the quilt, and turned her back to Li Xiao.

Yet, her ears were unconsciously listening to the movements on his side, and her heart was in a chaotic mess.

It was only the second day...

When would days like this ever end?

"Ready to sleep?"

Li Xiao's voice suddenly sounded.

Cai Xiaotang couldn't be bothered to respond to him and simply didn't speak.

Li Xiao didn't mind, but his tone seemed to carry a hint of a smile as he continued, "I thought you were planning to... before you went to sleep."

He deliberately stopped halfway through, staring at Cai Xiaotang's back with deep, dark eyes.

His chin was still throbbing with a dull pain, reminding him of the consequence of provoking someone.

Cai Xiaotang, meanwhile, subconsciously tensed her entire body.

After a long while—the light from the floor lamp was dimmed, and Li Xiao didn't speak again.

Only then did Cai Xiaotang let out a sigh of relief; she wanted to turn over, but was afraid of seeing that person, so she had to stay stiff like that.

Why did she feel...

That the half-sentence Li Xiao hadn't finished was meant to say...

Could it be that she wasn't planning to take advantage of him before going to sleep?

Tsk...

She was starting to let her imagination run wild again!

Cai Xiaotang slammed her eyes shut, forcing herself to fall asleep quickly.

One hour later—Li Xiao calmly put down the book in his hand.

Hearing that someone's breathing had become steady and long, he tiptoed out of bed and, just like yesterday, carried her back to the big bed.

Then he carefully "bullied" her for a while.

Cai Xiaotang slept soundly, even finding a comfortable position in his arms with peace of mind.

Yet, someone's state was a bit "terrible"...

Li Xiao helplessly and amusedly swept a glance at the "normal reaction" below him, and could only smile bitterly as he held her tighter.

She's only this well-behaved when she's asleep...

Better solve the matter quickly; if this continues, even if he has no problems, he'll be driven to have problems...

The next day—Cai Xiaotang opened her eyes to see a face magnified right before her; she was stunned for a moment, then immediately pushed him away and sat up in one motion.

Although her expression was somewhat flustered, she was overall much calmer than yesterday.

"Damn... what's the situation..."

Cai Xiaotang muttered in a low voice, looking toward the sofa with a hesitant expression.

How did she end up in bed again?

Could it be that she really sleepwalks?

That shouldn't be...

"Hmm..."

Li Xiao seemed to feel the emptiness in his arms and slowly opened his eyes.

He immediately saw someone sitting beside him with a blank expression, seemingly not having come to her senses yet.

Li Xiao's eyes instantly regained some clarity, and without waiting for Cai Xiaotang to speak, he took the initiative and said, "Sleepwalking again? So... this is the method you use to take advantage of me?"

"Who cares about taking advantage of you! I was just..."

Cai Xiaotang was completely baffled; she frowned at Li Xiao, her brain spinning rapidly.

No...

She had never sleepwalked before!

Even if she suddenly developed such a habit, it was impossible for her to go nowhere else but straight to his bed!

She had even seen on the news before that some people would sleepwalk in the middle of the night to go to the kitchen and make a midnight snack!

"Hey! Was it you who did this on purpose!"

Cai Xiaotang always felt something was wrong.

"Me? What would I do on purpose?" Li Xiao looked innocent: "Are you trying to say I deliberately carried you to bed? To let you take advantage of me voluntarily?"

Cai Xiaotang: "..."

That's right, that's exactly what she thought!

But... what was the motive?

If the verbal teasing was just for fun, there was no need to do something like this, right?

Cai Xiaotang was left speechless by Li Xiao.

Li Xiao, however, "kindly" offered her a way out: "Maybe you felt the sofa was uncomfortable and came to the bed yourself in the middle of the night. Since that's the case, you might as well sleep in the bed from the start. If you don't trust yourself, just put a few pillows in the middle, so as not to... lose control..."

Hearing those last four words from him, Cai Xiaotang was finally thoroughly defeated.

She knew all too well what it felt like to be rendered speechless by someone using her own words against her.

A moment later—"Hey! I want to change to a bigger one!"

Cai Xiaotang pointed indignantly at the innocent sofa.

Li Xiao curled his lips into a smile: "No."

"Why!"

Cai Xiaotang was displeased.

Li Xiao spoke in an insufferable tone: "Because this is my room, and I don't like furniture that ruins the overall style of the room appearing in here."

"Then I'll buy one with a similar style!"

Cai Xiaotang immediately had a countermeasure.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiao nodded: "That's acceptable, but that sofa... I remember it cost six figures, and I won't accept any furniture cheaper than that as a replacement."

"Six... six figures?"

Cai Xiaotang was shocked.

A piece of junk sofa like this was actually this expensive?

She might as well be sleeping on top of piles of cash!

Though... for things used by a certain someone, this price seemed normal...

But unless she had been kicked in the head by a donkey, she would never spend six figures on a sofa!

Although it wasn't that she didn't have the money, but...

Seeming to know what she was thinking, Li Xiao's voice sounded again.

"Oh, right, I just transferred ten million to you yesterday; buying a six-figure sofa isn't a big deal, just buy whatever you want."

Cai Xiaotang felt like she was going to vomit blood.

Listen to that!

Is that even something a human would say!

He knew perfectly well that she wouldn't use his money!

Forget it...

Cai Xiaotang closed her eyes, suddenly flipped off the bed, grabbed her quilt from the sofa, threw it directly onto the large bed, and suddenly stepped forward to hook Li Xiao's chin, meeting his gaze.

"Sleep then! One half each! If you really get taken advantage of, don't blame me and don't cry!"

After coolly dropping this "hooligan declaration," Cai Xiaotang sauntered into the bathroom.

Once the door was closed, she couldn't help but lean against the door and squat on the floor, letting out a sharp sigh of relief.

She was truly crazy...

Why was it that the more she wanted to stay away from him, the closer she kept getting?

And every time, she would get so angry at that guy that she would end up following his lead...

Tsk... it's not like they haven't slept together before!

Anyway, it's only for this period of time!

It's just that her sleeping posture is too much of a problem; what if she ends up in Li Xiao's arms again...

A few days later—Cai Xiaotang finally ended her vacation completely.

She tidied up early in the morning and went to the company to report in, in a good mood.

As soon as she walked through the door, she was surrounded by her colleagues.

"Xiao Tang, you're finally back. During the few months you were gone, we thought you had secretly gone off to get married!"

Someone spoke up to tease her, hitting the nail on the head immediately.

A flash of unnaturalness quickly crossed Cai Xiaotang's face, and she hurriedly replied: "No way, I just hadn't had a vacation in too long and went out for a good trip..."