He buried his face in the crook of her neck, inhaling her scent, and spoke in a low voice.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"Not a very long time... No, I mean... I wasn’t waiting for you..." Gan Tang lifted her face, "I just had something to tell you." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

His large hand gently caressed her slender neck, and the man lifted his face to meet her gaze.

"What is it?"

"I accidentally damaged the curtain in the master bedroom, could you switch rooms and sleep somewhere else tonight?" Although she observed for some time at night and didn’t notice anything unusual, the thought of what she had discovered during the day still made her uneasy about him staying in the master bedroom. As for the damaged curtain, of course, she had done it on purpose, "I think... the room next to my guest room is nice, it’s especially quiet at night, why don’t you sleep there?"

The guest room she was referring to was right next to her own room. During the time after dinner, she had carefully inspected it and found that room’s window obliquely faced a very tall camphor tree which perfectly covered the window, making it the safest room in the entire main building.

The reason she hadn’t gone to sleep so late was precisely to make him change to a different room.

She smiled at him, "Then that’s settled, good night."

Waving at him, she turned and walked towards Gan Tang’s room. The man extended his arm and wrapped it around her waist from behind, bringing his lips close to her ear.

"I’m going to take a shower over there, bring me my pajamas."

"I’ll call the maid."

"I don’t like other women barging in on me while I’m showering."

He planted a kiss on her neck, then released her and strode out the door.

"Huangfu Jue!"

She called out his name in a hurry.

Without stopping, the man took long strides out of the room, "Don’t make me wait too long."

What was this all about? She was trying to save him, and this guy was treating her like a maid.

Pouting, she turned to glance at the partially hanging curtain, then strode into his walk-in closet. She picked his bathrobe off the rack, grabbed a shirt and a suit, and after a bit of thought, she took underwear and a tie from the drawer and held them all in her embrace.

Returning to the door of the guest room, she pushed it open and dumped everything she was holding onto the bed, then walked to the bathroom door and knocked gently.

"I’ve left your clothes on the bed, I’m heading out now."

Inside the bathroom, there was no reply, just the faint sound of running water.

"Huangfu Jue?"

She raised her voice.

Still, there was no response from within.

Worried, she pushed the bathroom door open, and as her eyes adjusted, she saw the man, naked, standing under the showerhead, his hand sweeping the water from his hair.

Crystal clear water cascaded down his spine, pausing momentarily at the sexy dimples at his waist, and then continued to flow downward...

Her gaze fell upon the man’s attractive buttocks, and her breathing tightened; she quickly turned around, attempting to escape.

"I’m sorry, I..."

"Towel!"

"Can’t you get it yourself?" she retorted, still facing away from him.

"Hurry up, water got in my eyes!"

The man urged from behind her.

What was wrong with him? Even Gan Tang, her son, never got water in his eyes when taking a bath!

She frowned, turned back around, and saw him already facing her direction, stretching out his hand waiting for the towel. Avoiding looking at his body, she reached for the towel and walked over to hand it to him.

"Here you go!"

She pressed the towel into his hand and immediately turned to leave.

Behind her, an outstretched palm reached over and held down the door from her shoulder’s side.