Chapter 43: Separate Rooms

Li Zhenguan blinked, not moving, but instead unconsciously curled the hand resting on her body again.

Then he stubbornly and quietly said: “I won’t.”

“I won’t get up.”

If Wang Zhao was an inexperienced person, she might have really held back. But perhaps influenced by the initially romantic atmosphere in yesterday’s not-so-pleasant dream, or because of their now official relationship, plus the mood this morning, Wang Zhao felt that if she held back any longer, she would truly be a paragon of virtue.

In fact, Wang Zhao had gained an understanding of the physiological conditions of men and women in this world, but this understanding was still at the level of academic research, too formal and theoretical.

To put it simply, since coming to this world, Wang Zhao had rarely actively explored how her body differed from her previous world, nor had she explored how the desires of men and women differed in this world.

Her hand pressed firmly on Li Zhenguan’s shoulder, while her other arm wrapped around his waist, unconsciously caressing.

This action pressed Li Zhenguan’s body down a bit more. Their gazes met, and Li Zhenguan’s ears had turned half red. His black and white eyes seemed to hold a layer of moisture, glistening.

He lowered his voice and whispered something barely audible in Wang Zhao’s ear, making her suddenly feel that perhaps she didn’t need to suppress herself so much.

The temptations and desires of the human world are many, and sex is perhaps the most normal one. Under the influence of various factors, Wang Zhao suddenly felt that perhaps she didn’t need to be so restrained.

However—

Looking at the man on top of her, she reasonably doubted that in the upcoming sexual encounter, she would definitely be the one in the dominant position. Otherwise, with Li Zhenguan’s current state, Wang Zhao feared she might be worn out by the end.

In the end, the two only engaged in some light fooling around on the bed before getting up.

Wang Zhao wasn’t so muddled as to be consumed by such things, forgetting that today was the first day after their marriage, and she was very aware of Li Zhenguan’s current physical condition, after all, she had accompanied him to the last three prenatal check-ups.

So neither of them went to the final step. Mainly because Wang Zhao felt like she had overlooked some very important things, and the past of her original self that she had yet to touch also made her hesitate.

However, after getting up, Wang Zhao still asked with some hesitation: “How do you feel? Is there any discomfort anywhere?”

Pregnant men were a fragile group in Wang Zhao’s mind, because she easily equated the role of pregnant men in this world with that of pregnant women in her previous world. She was very attentive to Li Zhenguan’s attitude in some small matters and asked for his opinion.

Li Zhenguan’s face was bright red, mainly because after the morning’s events, he found it difficult to face Wang Zhao with a normal expression. He just shook his head slightly.

Only then did Wang Zhao not mind. She took out the already ironed clothes from the wardrobe and handed them to Li Zhenguan beside her: “No need to hurry, change slowly. I’ll wait for you in the room and we’ll go out together.”

Li Zhenguan sat on the bed, wrapped in the quilt, his head almost buried in the blanket in front of him. However, he still raised his head to carefully glance at the woman who had her back to him and was arranging her shirt, then nodded once. Realizing she might not see, he also responded verbally.

Then he rustled as he took the clothes from beside him into the quilt and started changing. For some reason, even though they had been intimate, Li Zhenguan still felt it was a very embarrassing thing to dress under Wang Zhao’s gaze.

Wang Zhao of course saw Li Zhenguan’s actions, occasionally catching glimpses of bluish-purple marks on the fair skin exposed outside the quilt. She paused imperceptibly, unable to resist the itch in her throat, coughed once, then slightly turned her back, looking towards other corners of the room.

However, when this person got out of bed, he almost fell, scaring Wang Zhao into quickly turning back to hold him, preventing him from falling to the floor.

Li Zhenguan’s face also paled, momentarily dazed, sitting on the bed looking at Wang Zhao with a scared expression.

Wang Zhao held her forehead.

It was still her fault. Even if Li Zhenguan had invited her, as a woman, she shouldn’t have fooled around with a pregnant man in broad daylight early in the morning. Just yesterday, Zhang Ke had told them to sleep in separate rooms, and she had agreed. If Zhang Ke found out about this morning’s incident, who knows how he would scold her.

She sighed, loosened her arms around him, half-squatted in front of Li Zhenguan, and this time without rolling up his pant legs, placed her hands on Li Zhenguan’s legs over his clothes, gently massaging from top to bottom.

“This kind of thing won’t happen again,” she said softly, lowering her head.

Li Zhenguan looked up at her and stammered, “Actually, I’m fine.”

Wang Zhao said, “Then you almost fell off the bed just now. And it’s better to be more restrained with this kind of thing.”

The latter part of Wang Zhao’s words was profound. If one didn’t know better, they might think Li Zhenguan was insatiable. So when he heard this, his face instantly turned bright red. Li Zhenguan, teased by Wang Zhao, couldn’t say a word for a long time, and this silence continued until they reached the hotel.

The wedding actually needed to last about three days, but Wang Zhao’s side had shortened the time. The main activities were on the first day, and by the second day, only some close relatives and friends were left to eat and dance together, with activities in the evening mostly for young people to revel in various ways.

Wang Zhao accompanied Li Zhenguan to meet the great-grandfather and other elders, received a pile of red envelopes, smiled and greeted a lot of people, and then went to have lunch with others at the hotel, opened champagne together, and then sat chatting.

Those who remained were all young people. The necessary socializing had been done on the first night by Wang Zhao and Li Zhenguan, so today they only needed to enjoy themselves. However, they still needed to set aside time to take photos with others. In the end, Wang Zhao felt the muscles in her face becoming soft, so she reverted to her cool, indifferent expression.

In the evening, everyone went to eat at a buffet. A band was hired to play in the venue, and people could dance in the middle of the hall. The opening dance was started by Wang Zhao and Li Zhenguan.

They didn’t dance for long, mainly because Li Zhenguan wasn’t suitable for vigorous exercise now. The two danced for a while to liven up the venue and then quietly left the dance floor. Like the previous evening, they found a quiet place to watch the lively scene of others in the venue.

Wang Zhao called a waiter and had them bring a glass of warm milk for Li Zhenguan.

He would drink a glass of milk every morning and evening, but this morning they left in a hurry and even had breakfast in the car, not even saying goodbye to Wang Xuechun and Zhang Ke.

Today’s event ended earlier, and there weren’t many drunk people. After seeing off the guests, Wang Zhao and Li Zhenguan were preparing to go home, but an embarrassing incident occurred.

She had invited many classmates, especially many from university, and those who had good relationships with her could also chat with Chen Fangli. One woman, perhaps having drunk a bit too much, couldn’t hold back her drunken behavior just as she was about to leave and get in the car, and began to speak about her inner thoughts.

At the same time, she was clutching Wang Zhao’s arm and wouldn’t let go. The car was parked at the hotel entrance, and the automatic door couldn’t close because she kept pulling on Wang Zhao’s arm. A group of people started to tug back and forth at the entrance, and the key was that this woman had quite a loud voice.

“Wang Zhao,” she said loudly, with the appearance of someone already drunk, “We all thought you would marry Chen Fangli. When we graduated, we even had the wedding gifts prepared. But you, damn it, you ended up marrying a man four or five years younger than you.”

“Indeed, the old can’t compare to the new. People are animals that like the new and tire of the old. I didn’t expect you, Wang Zhao, to be this kind of person.” The woman was half-sitting in the car, with people beside her trying to pull her back and make her shut up.

Didn’t they see Wang Zhao’s smiling expression? No matter how you looked at it, it was the calm before the storm.

That classmate was still apologizing to Wang Zhao and Li Zhenguan on behalf of the woman: “This idiot just broke up with her boyfriend recently. Seeing you two being loving at the wedding probably made her lose control. Wang Zhao, we’re all old classmates, don’t take it to heart. When this idiot wakes up, who knows how much she’ll regret it. At that time, I’ll definitely make her call you two and apologize.”

What could Wang Zhao say? In this situation, she could only smile and send them off. She pressed one hand on the woman’s finger bones in the car, using a clever force to pull the other’s hand off her arm.

However, as she turned around, she caught a glimpse of Li Zhenguan’s expression beside her. There was no change, as if he hadn’t heard what the two people in the car had just said. She thought for a moment, and somehow felt uneasy in her heart. She still stopped her steps and turned to speak to the two people in the car.

“I’m not sure what others think, but you are all my old classmates. Since you’ve spoken out here, I don’t mind saying a few more words. You’re all classmates of mine and Chen Fangli’s, we’ve known each other for many years, so it’s normal to have a bias. But I believe that when I was with him, I didn’t do anything improper. We broke up just because of some other objective reasons.”

“Moreover, the breakup was initiated by Chen Fangli. Now that I’m with my husband, I haven’t done anything to wrong Chen Fangli, and it doesn’t warrant such words from you. I don’t mind much, but I’m afraid Zhenguan might be upset hearing this, and it might affect his reputation,” Wang Zhao said calmly.

“I hope not to hear such words again in the future.”

Li Zhenguan stared at her in a daze.

The classmates in the car and Xu Yingchun and others who hadn’t left also looked at Wang Zhao who had said these words. Most people’s expressions were either embarrassed or ashamed. Wang Zhao didn’t pay much attention anymore and left first, holding Li Zhenguan’s hand.

When they were sitting in the car going home that night, Li Zhenguan beside her seemed to have developed hyperactivity, unable to resist glancing at the woman sitting to the side again and again.

Wang Zhao had long noticed Li Zhenguan’s actions, and now put down her phone: “Do you have something to say?”

Li Zhenguan was startled for a moment and shook his head.

But Wang Zhao had something to say.

She felt that the current atmosphere was quite good, suitable for bringing up this matter.

So with this thought, she opened her mouth: “I’ve been thinking, we should sleep in separate rooms from now on. You sleep in the bedroom, I’ll sleep in the study. I’ve already asked Dad to get the bed there ready.”

Li Zhenguan was truly stunned this time. He looked at the person beside him foolishly, still not quite reacting, feeling his stomach start to ache. He was a bit bewildered.

Just now, Wang Zhao had righteously spoken those words in front of her classmates, making him happy for a long time.

“Why sleep separately?” Li Zhenguan thought for a moment, thinking it was because of what happened this morning, and explained, “I’m really fine. It was just me being careless that I fell off the bed, it has nothing to do with you.”

Wang Zhao had thought this through carefully. For some reason, she always felt that things were developing too fast in her relationship with Li Zhenguan, missing something. Moreover, thinking of the morning’s events, she couldn’t help but cough uncomfortably.

Li Zhenguan was truly a clingy person. His bedroom skills were obviously very naive, but it just made people unable to control themselves. Even with her strong self-discipline, she would probably fall into the trap a few times.

This also made her deeply aware of the gender differences in this world, and that she herself had some indescribable needs in certain aspects.

Mm, to be precise, Wang Zhao found it somewhat difficult to face her own changes in this aspect, needing some time to overcome it.