My Aloof Husband Can't Stop His Devoted Affection-Chapter 438 - 023: Want to see her, want to talk to her, want to see her smile

Chapter 438: 023: Want to see her, want to talk to her, want to see her smile
Yun Qi lay on the bed, waiting for almost fifteen minutes or so. During more than a consecutive month, he hadn’t had a good night’s sleep or rested well. So, these fifteen minutes of waiting were entirely him holding on, in fact, by around the second minute, he almost fell asleep, but as soon as he thought of Ye Lingran, he forced himself to stay awake.
After about another three or four minutes, the sound of a door opening came from the direction of the bathroom. Yun Qi raised his eyes and saw a delicate figure with sparkling eyes still carrying some mist emerging into his sight. The petite and thin frame was cloaked in a large white T-shirt, the collar too loose, so much so that the fair shoulder was exposed. Coupled with the pair of straight long legs below, it made his pupils shrink slightly, his Adam’s apple gently rolling, and his mind went blank. This was also the first time he had been dazed in 28 years.
Noticing his gaze, Ye Lingran bashfully lowered her head, raised her hand to pull up the clothes slipping off her shoulder, suddenly feeling a bit uneasy standing there. She shifted her foot in slippers slightly, moved two steps forward: "Well... I’ll share a room with Yun Xi! You should sleep early, good night." After speaking, she wanted to escape his gaze again.
But Yun Qi had already guessed she would flee. Just as her words fell, Yun Qi quickly got up since she wasn’t far from the bed. As soon as he got up, stretching out his arm, he grabbed her hand. Pulled by Yun Qi, Ye Lingran stumbled back two steps, unsteady, and directly turned and fell towards him.
At this moment, Yun Qi was also supporting himself on one leg. Her falling was somewhat unexpected, but he steadily placed his hands on her waist. To prevent her from getting hurt, he held her tightly in his arms. After falling, Ye Lingran lay in his embrace, and he seemed to be in a very comfortable state lying on the bed, their actions were extremely intimate and ambiguous.
The light fragrance of the bath lingered around the tip of Yun Qi’s nose, causing his Adam’s apple to roll again. Glancing at her exposed fair collarbone, he couldn’t help but look away, raising his hand to cover his gaze with the back of his hand, helplessly laughing: "Are you doing this on purpose to torment me?"
"Ah?" Ye Lingran, also a bit embarrassed, stared blankly at him, not quite understanding his words.
Only then did Yun Qi move his hand away, smiling at her: "I might not be as much of a gentleman as I appear on the surface."
"What... do you mean?" Upon hearing this, Ye Lingran was stunned for a moment but quickly realized, glancing down at the collar of her clothes since lying in his embrace made her hands inconvenient. In embarrassment, she had to bury her head in his arms, blocking his view with her head, angrily saying: "Then why are you still looking, close your eyes." Saying this, the hand beneath his arm instinctively pinched his waist.
Feeling the pain on his waist, Yun Qi burst into laughter, the other hand again on her waist, teasing: "Why are you blaming me now?"
"It’s your fault." Ye Lingran nestled in his embrace, muttering in retort.
Yun Qi, helpless, looked at the little person in his arms, his heart becoming even more cheerful: "Alright, alright, it’s my fault, my fault, I shouldn’t have looked."
Hearing him say this, Ye Lingran was even more embarrassed, feeling a bit begrudged in her heart, twisting his waist again. Yun Qi winced in pain, tightening his grip on her waist a bit: "I’ve already admitted it’s my fault, and you still pinch me? Hmm?"
"I just feel like pinching you." Ye Lingran said irritably: "Close your eyes, I’ll get up." Saying this, she tried to retreat from his embrace.
But Yun Qi was unwilling, holding this warm and soft jade to sleep was also a very nice thing. Just as she was about to get up, Yun Qi pressed her down again, slightly turning so she lay on the bed more comfortably, yet still holding her in his embrace, kissing her soft hair: "Don’t move, it’s late, let’s sleep! Otherwise... you might have to bear the consequences."
Ye Lingran froze all over, as an adult, she naturally understood what he meant by this, subconsciously swallowing her saliva, but still stammered: "But... I... sleeping... here... I..."
As she spoke, Yun Qi picked up the nearby thin quilt to cover them, then took the white remote not far away, turning off the lights in the room directly. The originally bright room instantly darkened, stopping Ye Lingran’s words abruptly, she blinked dazedly, about half a minute later, she heard his even breaths.
Is he... asleep?