Chapter 778

Saturday morning.

Li Luo woke from sleep, gazing at the ceiling, then turned to look at the sleeping beauty beside him.

Xu Youyu was sound asleep beside him; likely exhausted from last night, she didn't stir even when Li Luo sat up in bed.

Li Luo leaned against the headboard, gently stroking her cheek, then bent down to kiss her forehead before getting out of bed to wash up.

He picked up his scattered clothes from last night, put them on, and looked at Xu Youyu still asleep in bed, rubbing his nose, savoring the moment.

Sister Youyu… Whenever he recalled the small moments between him and Xu Youyu in his past life, then realized he had now spent the night with her in this life, Li Luo couldn't help but feel his heart flutter.

Even though their relationship had progressed months ago, Li Luo still occasionally felt dazed, as if it weren't real.

But this sense of unreality was shattered by Xu Youyu's tangible warmth, becoming intensely real, filling him with deep satisfaction.

Especially during their intimate moments, watching the girl beneath him moan softly, Li Luo always slipped into a blur of fantasy and reality.

Utterly dreamlike.

"Where are you going?"

Woken by the sound of Li Luo opening the door, Xu Youyu stirred sleepily, opened her eyes toward the doorway, and mumbled, "You're not thinking of ditching me after one night, are you?"

Li Luo had already opened the door and was about to leave, but hearing her words, he turned back, walked to the bed, tilted her chin up, and smiled, "What do you think?"

"Who knows? Maybe you're one of those scumbags who seduces and abandons, then runs off after sleeping with someone." Xu Youyu huffed.

"How could I ever?" Li Luo bent down and kissed her cheek, "If you don't believe me, I can prove it."

"How?" Xu Youyu asked curiously.

"Isn't it simple?" Li Luo yanked off the blanket and moved to pin her down.

Seeing this, Xu Youyu panicked, begging frantically: "No no no! I'm exhausted! Don't touch me!"

"Aren't you the one who asked me to prove it?" Li Luo asked innocently, "I'm just doing it now."

"No, no need!" Xu Youyu quickly pulled the blanket back over herself and said, "I believe you—don't prove it."

"Heh." Li Luo chuckled, stopped teasing her, pinched her cheek, and said, "I'm going for a morning run. I'll bring back breakfast."

"Got it." Xu Youyu closed her eyes again, "Let me sleep a bit longer."

"OK."

He kissed her lips once more, then finally stepped out of the hotel room, strolling leisurely to the edge of Xihu to begin his morning run.

After circling Xihu for over an hour, Li Luo returned near the hotel, had breakfast, then brought back extra food to feed Xu Youyu, followed by a shower.

After eating, Xu Youyu went back to sleep; Li Luo joined her in bed, holding her soft, fragrant body, and slept until noon.

"What are we doing today?" Xu Youyu asked, leaning against Li Luo after waking.

"What do you want to do? I'm all yours."

"We already saw Xihu yesterday—I don't feel like going out today." Xu Youyu yawned, "How about we just stay in the hotel all day?"

"You've become this lazy?"

"That's not laziness—that's knowing how to enjoy life."

"Fine, whatever." Li Luo chuckled, rolled over, and pinned her beneath him, "But if we're staying in the hotel, we've got to do something, right?"

"It's noon—can't you be a little more restrained?"

"Then I won't move. You stay in the hotel, and I'll stay inside you."

"Get lost." Xu Youyu rolled her eyes, shoved him away, got out of bed, and walked into the bathroom to wash up.

Not long after, the two emerged from the hotel, hand in hand, finding a well-reviewed restaurant nearby for lunch.

After eating, they strolled again along Xihu, then wandered into the nearby Yintai shopping street.

Xu Youyu picked out two winter outfits for Li Luo and paid swiftly.

Li Luo held the bags, teasing, "Good thing our third-floor wardrobe is big enough—otherwise I'd have no space left for future clothes."

"You're enjoying the benefits and still complaining," Xu Youyu rolled her eyes, "Zhu Sheng and I bought little compared to Chanxi—she keeps buying you new clothes every few weeks. Your closet's probably overflowing."

"No problem—we'll move into the villa soon."

Li Luo's master bedroom was enormous, with a massive walk-in wardrobe attached.

Because Ying Chanxi owned many clothes too, the wardrobe was placed between Li Luo's and Ying Chanxi's bedrooms, with doors opening on both sides.

The wardrobe's size likely exceeded that of a normal family's master bedroom; combined with the wardrobes in each of their four bedrooms, it was more than enough to hold all four of their clothes.

"Wear the clothes I bought when we go to Jingzhao City," Xu Youyu grinned, "Chanxi and Zhu Sheng are going—I'm not. So let these clothes go with you instead."

"Alright." Li Luo nodded, wrapping his arm around her slender waist as they continued strolling.

They spent two hours at an arcade, then went to a billiards hall after dinner to burn off calories.

When they returned to the hotel, Xu Youyu was once again pinned to the bed by Li Luo.

They rolled together on the bed, kissed by the window overlooking Xihu, the entire room filled with traces of their passion—lost to the world.

Naturally, Xu Youyu took another day off.

【Sleep Early to Grow Taller】: I feel my waist is about to give out… Requesting one more day off—I'll definitely resume updates tomorrow!

Near midnight, readers of "Gu Dao Changqing" received another leave-of-absence notice.

【Is a stroll around Xihu really worth this?】

【Are you sure your waist is from strolling Xihu?】

【Has Early Sleep got a boyfriend? She's got back pain every day.】

【Isn't her boyfriend Chongran?】

【Wait, really?】

【Wait, but Chongran's been updating normally—he's even serializing two novels at once.】

【Don't compare Chongran's speed to other authors—he's not human.】

【They're really dating? I never heard a thing.】

【Guessing, but they're pretty close.】

【Ran Shen keeps promoting this book in his own novels all the time—who else gets this treatment? If there's no shady stuff going on, I don't believe it.】

【No way, Ran Shen! Can you go easier tonight?】

【Early Sleep Sister, stop typing yourself—dictate to Ran Shen, he types faster.】

After readers saw Xu Youyu's single chapter post, they began complaining.

But everyone had grown used to Xu Youyu's update pace—four thousand words daily, rain or shine, and she always took one day off per week.

After so long, readers had become accustomed to it, effectively PUA'd into submission.

If Xu Youyu suddenly posted a massive update one day, readers would probably feel unsettled.

Readers were slightly annoyed by Xu Youyu's two-day consecutive absence, but still accepted it.

Only certain special readers found it harder to accept.

【Why is Senior Sister taking another day off?】

In the master bedroom of Bihai Lanting, Ying Chanxi was crouching in front of the wardrobe packing her bags when she idly checked her phone and saw Xu Youyu's leave notice; she couldn't help muttering.

【She took off yesterday too.】 Yan Zhusheng, lying in bed scrolling her phone, heard her sister's complaint and replied casually, 【What's so strange about that?】

【Even if she's going out to play, she shouldn't be this distracted—her readers are all waiting for her updates.】 Ying Chanxi muttered.

【But we won't be around next week, so Senior Sister can update properly then—she doesn't need these one or two days.】 Yan Zhusheng countered.

【Which side are you on?】 Ying Chanxi snapped. 【Why do you always contradict everything I say?】

【You're so jealous, and now you're taking it out on me.】 Yan Zhusheng said. 【I'm going to tell Li Luo.】

【Go ahead and make things up.】 Ying Chanxi huffed, continuing to pack Li Luo's things, then asked, 【Have you packed your own luggage? Our flight is tomorrow at 1 p. m. —we have to be at the airport by morning.】

【I'm done.】 Yan Zhusheng said. 【Aren't you done already? You said you packed long ago.】

【I still have to pack Li Luo's stuff.】 Ying Chanxi said. 【He didn't come back—he went to stay with Senior Sister—so I have to do it for him.】

【You're so virtuous, Sister.】 Yan Zhusheng complimented.

Ying Chanxi chuckled, crouching on the floor continuing to pack.

Just then, her phone rang.

She picked it up and saw it was Li Luo calling.

Seeing Li Luo's name, Ying Chanxi's face lit up instantly; she answered quickly: 【Hello? Why'd you think to call me?】

【I missed you.】 Li Luo replied without hesitation, making Ying Chanxi beam—but then he asked, 【What are you doing right now?】

【I'm packing your luggage.】 Ying Chanxi said. 【We're staying there a week—we need to bring extra clothes.】

【Oh right.】 Li Luo nodded; his breathing on the other end sounded slightly heavier. 【As for clothes… Youyu gave me two new winter outfits—I'll bring them back tomorrow, perfect for wearing over there.】

【Oh… I'll leave some space in your suitcase then.】 Ying Chanxi replied, then sensed something odd—she hesitated and asked, 【What are you two doing? Is there some strange noise?】

【No.】 Li Luo replied calmly. 【You're imagining things—what noise?】

【Maybe I am.】 Ying Chanxi didn't dwell on it, still focused on packing. 【So when will you two be back? We leave for the airport at 11 a. m. —we can't miss the flight.】

【Okay.】 Li Luo nodded. 【We'll be back at ten—then Youyu can drive us to the airport.】

【Fine.】 Ying Chanxi agreed. 【Is Senior Sister next to you?】

【Mm… yeah, why?】

【Nothing.】 Ying Chanxi pursed her lips, suddenly having a troubling thought.

Thinking of what she herself had done, she began to suspect—was Xu Youyu now doing something similar?

But Ying Chanxi wasn't that petty—she didn't feel the need to verify such things. After finishing her chat with Li Luo, she prepared to hang up.

But Yan Zhusheng had already gotten out of bed and came over, reaching for the phone: 【I want to talk to Li Luo too.】

【Don't you have your own phone?】 Ying Chanxi rolled her eyes but handed it over—only to watch Yan Zhusheng walk out of the bedroom with it. 【Hey, where are you going? Can't you talk here?】

【You keep busy, Sister—I'll be right back.】 Yan Zhusheng said, stepped out, closed the door, walked to her own room, then asked into the phone: 【Li Luo, are you on speaker?】

【No.】

【Turn it on.】

【Done. What now?】

【Senior Sister.】 Yan Zhusheng said into the phone. 【What are you doing right now?】

Hearing Yan Zhusheng's question, Xu Youyu laughed softly and replied: 【Guess?】

【You're definitely doing something bad.】 Yan Zhusheng wrinkled her nose. 【Sister's too slow to notice—I knew Li Luo calling meant something was off.】

【You're still smart, Zhusheng.】 Xu Youyu chuckled. 【Then guess what we're doing?】

【... Clapping?】 Yan Zhusheng paused a few seconds, then hit the nail on the head.

【Where did you learn that word?】 Li Luo asked, half-amused, half-exasperated.

【From Senior Sister's novels.】

【You really are devoted to studying…】 Xu Youyu laughed. Then she hummed twice. 【Zhusheng, try it next time—feels really exciting when you call.】

【Mom won't allow it.】 Yan Zhusheng sighed. 【I'll ask Mom later—see if she'll agree.】

【Huh?】 Xu Youyu blinked. 【You haven't yet? What about Xixi?】

【Sister hasn't either.】 Yan Zhusheng asked. 【Li Luo, what do you say?】

【Mm… not yet.】

【No wonder…】 Xu Youyu's tone turned reproachful. 【You two are useless—I'm the only one absorbing all the heat.】

Li Luo: 【... You're just bad at it—stop making excuses.】

【I'm hanging up.】 Yan Zhusheng had only wanted to confirm—now that she had, she had no interest in being their entertainment, so she hung up decisively, returned to the room, and handed the phone back to Ying Chanxi.

【What did you two talk about?】 Ying Chanxi asked suspiciously.

【I asked why you still haven't slept with Li Luo.】

"W-what are you saying?!" Ying Chanxi's face flushed crimson as she stammered, "That kind of thing… shouldn't it wait until after marriage?"

"Oh, really?"

Yan Zhusheng replied like that.

On the other side, in the Liu Yingli Hotel by Xihu.

Xu Youyu sat astride Li Luo, doing exactly what Ying Chanxi believed should wait until after marriage.

"When you called XiXi just now, your voice sounded so calm—but your reaction was very real," Xu Youyu traced her finger across Li Luo's chest, grinning. "It's very obvious."

"It's only because you suddenly used my phone to call over," Li Luo gripped Xu Youyu's slender waist with both hands. "What if she figured it out?"

"So what?" Xu Youyu leaned down, pressing tightly against Li Luo's chest, and kissed his lips. "We'll end up sharing a bed eventually anyway."

"... You're sure?"

"If my husband wants it, and XiXi agrees, what's wrong with that~"

(End of Chapter)