Chapter 12: Sleep Well. After Three Years, She Should Sleep Well For…

She took the initiative to stay… Wen Zhaoyin felt guilty but smiled. He always showed her different sides of himself, letting her discover different surprises.

Although his behavior was completely opposite to that person, it wasn’t entirely unacceptable.

“Alright.”

“I didn’t mean stay to sleep with me, but stay here to sleep, as in not leaving.” Meng Huan tugged at her sleeve with his other hand.

He was simply too clear about this woman’s train of thought. If he didn’t make it this explicit, she would definitely still leave today.

Before, when he didn’t want her to stay, she would just leave. But now he wanted her to stay.

“Okay?”

“You just said that you would do anything as long as you could. It turns out you were deceiving me after all? Even this small request is not possible…”

Just as Meng Huan was about to sort out his thoughts and continue to act pitiful to accuse her.

Wen Zhaoyin nodded seriously, “Alright.”

Wen Xi, who was watching the whole process from the side, greatly admired the young gentleman in his heart. It was said that the family head was very opinionated and would not be easily swayed. The young gentleman was really too capable. Just by tugging at her sleeve and saying a few words, he made her agree to stay.

If it were him, he probably wouldn’t even dare to say such blatant words.

He thought wildly, feeling that even if he dared to say such things, it wouldn’t achieve the same effect and might even be ridiculed.

Wen Xi felt a bit timid. Although he didn’t understand feelings at all and had no experience with love, he could sense that the family head seemed to treat the young gentleman very differently. It wasn’t something he could easily blend into.

Although the young gentleman was unconventional and didn’t follow the rules, he was magnanimous and treated the servants extremely well. It seemed not bad if he could always serve by the young gentleman’s side.

Pei Lan on the side saw him standing there in a daze, frowning tightly. He used to look quick-witted, but why did he become dumb as soon as he got involved with Young Gentleman Meng?

She quietly tugged at him, “Let’s go down. This is none of our business anymore.”

When these two people left and the things on the table were cleared, the room immediately became much more tranquil.

Since Wen Zhaoyin agreed to stay, she needed to add many things to the room, not only bedding and pillows. Most importantly, the confidential documents that needed to be sorted and the official papers that needed to be reviewed all had to be moved here, along with brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, and other things arranged on a table.

The youngest third-rank official in the current dynasty, responsible for assisting the Chief Censor in supervising the entire court as the Deputy Censor-in-chief, this was never an easy job.

Moreover, she came from a family of martial officials. Since ancient times, civil and military officials didn’t mix well. Her official career had been even more difficult than daughters from humble families.

Since entering officialdom, Wen Zhaoyin had never slept before midnight. Every five days when she had to attend the morning court session, she needed to start getting ready before dawn.

After eating her fill, she sat in a chair, correcting and writing. The brush in her hand never stopped.

Meng Huan had nothing to do after eating his fill. He originally wanted to directly proceed to the main topic, but seeing her doing serious work, he couldn’t go up and disturb her. So he played Go against himself on the chessboard.

Wen Zhaoyin was writing, so there were two extra pairs of candles on her side, making it the brightest place in the room. As he played, he would occasionally look up.

However, after he looked up many times, the brush in her hand stopped, and she raised her head, “If you’re really bored, come help me grind the ink.”

Grinding ink, Meng Huan had never done it before, but he was quite bored. Putting down the chess pieces in his hand, he walked over, picked up the ink stick, and started rotating it in the inkstone.

He ground for a while without any effect. A fair white hand pressed on his wrist, “Never learned before? Don’t know to add water?”

Actually, Liu Shu was originally going to teach ink grinding. He had planned to let Meng Huan start learning on the seventh day, but he was dismissed after being reported on the sixth day, so naturally, it was never learned.

Wen Zhaoyin raised her hand to add some water, then picked up the book again to read, shaking her head lightly with some helplessness.

Meng Huan felt that he was being looked down upon. Rolling up his sleeves, he started grinding the ink again, deliberately using some force to make noise and disturb her.

Sure enough, after reading for a while, she couldn’t continue. Putting down the book, she stopped his hand, “I see you seem to have some dissatisfaction in your heart?”

He put down the ink stick and nodded frankly, “Yes, am I that unattractive to you? For such a long time, you don’t even look up at me once.”

He had always been straightforward, different from all the men in the world. It was unknown what kind of environment cultivated his personality.

Wen Zhaoyin got up and pulled his hand, leading him towards the bed, “I’m also a bit tired. Let’s take a short break and have a hand talk match.”

Hand talk? Use hands to do it? Meng Huan was thinking of all sorts of nonsense, but in the end, he walked over with her and sat down in front of the chessboard.

“…” If you want to play chess, just play chess. What’s with this ‘hand talk’? He thought it was going to be something else.

Not noticing his little mood, Wen Zhaoyin was attracted by the arranged chess pieces on the board. After looking for a while, she asked, “This doesn’t seem to be Go?”

Of course, it wasn’t Go. This was Gomoku.

Meng Huan felt a bit proud. Recently, he always felt that his intelligence and martial arts were being crushed by her, which made him quite stifled. Today, he could be considered to have made a small comeback. Ancient people were ancient people after all, lacking knowledge.

“This is called Gomoku. The rules are especially simple. Whoever can connect five pieces in a line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally first wins. Want to play a match?”

He didn’t dare say anything else, but he had played Gomoku for a long time. He couldn’t say he had an undefeated record, but nine wins and one loss were still there.

Generally, to make a woman like you, you must show something she doesn’t know or isn’t good at, making yourself appear greater. At that time, it would also be twice as effective in improving the relationship.

“Let me teach you how to play. It’s very simple, but it’s normal for a beginner to lose. Prepare yourself mentally in advance.”

Wen Zhaoyin narrowed her eyes and elegantly picked up a chess piece, answering, “Alright.”

About half an hour later.

Meng Huan didn’t want to play anymore. He couldn’t continue. Apart from winning the first match when explaining the rules, he never won again.

And he even told her to prepare mentally. He was simply losing face to the extreme. What kind of brain did this woman have? How could she be so good at Gomoku too?

“No more! No more! Losing every match is too embarrassing!” He kicked off his shoes and lay on the bed, rolling back and forth in a tantrum.

Wen Zhaoyin walked over and fixed him with both hands, not letting him roll around without any image. Her long hair fell, making his nose itchy. “One more match. This time I’ll let you win.”

These words not only failed to coax Meng Huan back but made him even more unhappy. “Annoying, annoying. Who says it so explicitly like you! I won’t play even if you kill me!”

She tried to pull him up with force, but Meng Huan lay there like a dead fish, soft and difficult to pull up. “Actually, there are patterns and techniques in playing chess. By inferring based on the techniques, it’s not easy to lose.”

“There are also connections between different chess games. I often play Go with others, so that’s why I was lucky to win a few times against you.”

This person was really impossible to pull up. She could only let go of her hands. “It just so happens that I’m also well-rested. You lie down for a bit first. I’ll continue handling official duties.”

After saying that, she really waved her sleeves without taking away the clouds, turning around to walk towards the desk.

Meng Huan suddenly sat up and grabbed her sleeve. “What official duties are you still handling? Doing the real thing is more important.”

Just now, when he was being pressed down, he already had a feeling. He never suppressed his thoughts and wouldn’t restrain himself in this aspect. When he thought about it, he wanted to do it.

He sat on the edge of the bed and raised his foot, lightly brushing her calf through the layers of fabric. His intention to ignite the passion was very obvious.

It just so happened that Wen Zhaoyin was also someone who could be easily aroused.

The situation quickly became uncontrollable. The damn official duties were long thrown to the ninth heaven… After expressing herself, she rarely indulged in laziness. Listening to Meng Huan’s dissuasion, she didn’t get up to continue working overtime but fell into a deep sleep beside him.

It had been more than three years. It was time for her to have a good sleep.