Nothing much was happening these days, so they slept until noon, unwilling to get up, just wanting to lie there in a half-awake state.

They felt like their bones were turning to jelly, the more they slept, the more they didn’t want to get up. They cuddled on the sofa, whispering sweet nothings.

After lunch, Yu Xia felt they couldn’t keep wasting away like this, so she took out her yoga mat and started exercising to make up for the indulgence of the past two days.

Xie Qingci had nothing to do, and his girlfriend flew away from him, not allowing him to come near. He could only find something to pass the time.

On a quiet afternoon with the sun blazing outside and few willing to walk around, in the cool living room where the air conditioner hummed softly, one was puffing and panting through a fat-burning workout, while the other wore headphones for a course.

The course was somewhat different, and Xie Qingci was engrossed in learning. Yu Xia, tired from her workout, went to fetch some water and glimpsed what he was doing as she passed by, pausing in her tracks.

"What are you watching?"

Xie Qingci: "A course on female physiology."

"Why are you watching that?"

Xie Qingci: "To better understand your body, to avoid misunderstandings. Plus, this teacher says it can increase our..."

"Stop, stop," she quickly interrupted him, "It’s indeed a good course, study well."

So she wouldn’t think she was pregnant every time she had a bit of sour food.

"It really is a good course, very interesting. Do you want to watch it together?" Xie Qingci invited her.

"Alright, I could use a break." Yu Xia kneeled beside him with her cup of water.

The teacher in the video was explaining about the female body and physiological cycles, and some diseases more prone to women compared to men.

Xie Qingci listened while humbly consulting with her, "Do you have such troubles during your period?"

"Of course, the first three days are a period of weakness, especially in the summer when it’s stuffy, and I can’t drink cold beverages or eat iced foods. In such a weakened state, encountering various irritations naturally makes one more irritable."

Xie Qingci: "But I rarely see you with such troubles."

She took a sip of water and gave him a sidelong glance, "Humans learned to control their temper many years ago."

Xie Qingci touched his nose and pointed to the video, "But the teacher says suppressing temper during this time is likely to cause both physical and psychological problems."

"What am I supposed to do, take a knife out and start slashing people? Maybe next time during my period I’ll use you as a test subject, then you’d understand why the key to interpersonal relationships is patience."

He twirled a pen in his fingers, earnestly saying, "Let’s try it then. What about this infection issue? Will I infect you?"

Yu Xia looked at him, then back at the text explanation in the video, shaking her head, "Normally, no. But theoretically, given the generally shorter female reproductive structure, the probability of infection is higher. The main focus for protection is on hygiene—especially you."

"And this corpus luteum rupture? Is it common?" The video described this condition as severe.

She didn’t understand much either: "I’ve only seen it on the internet, but indeed, if a problem does occur, it can be quite dangerous."

Xie Qingci nodded.

The video had moved on to explaining pregnancy in women, with the teacher using a model to simulate the size of a pregnant belly at each stage.

From a grain of rice to a watermelon, then compared with real pregnant bellies, by the time it’s the size of a watermelon, stretch marks similar to the texture of a watermelon appear on the woman’s belly.

Continuing on, the belly grows even larger, and from the side, it looks like a huge water balloon, ready to drop at any moment.

Then the teacher in the video forcefully pushed a large balloon, used to simulate size, out of a uterine model.

The balloon was compressed, and the female reproductive structure was forced to stretch to an unimaginable extent.

Watching this, Xie Qingci furrowed his brow tightly.

Yu Xia felt it was like when she had brought Yu Yue, that kid, to watch a documentary on the origin of humans, seeing his expression, she added:

"And this is just the normal situation. If the baby is too big or the mother’s cervical opening is too small, that’s real agony. I’ve heard some need external assistance during childbirth, requiring scissors to cut through."

Xie Qingci’s brow furrowed even more as he looked at her in disbelief, struggling to ask, "Cut?"

"Yes."

He looked like he’d been shell-shocked, and Yu Xia was a bit worried he was overstimulated.

"Maybe you should switch to a different video? This one seems designed to warn women against getting pregnant recklessly."

He didn’t move, choosing instead to finish watching this video, and then started the second one.

[Learn how to please your partner based on physiological structure]

Yu Xia paused with her cup in hand, patted his shoulder, and stood up, "Take your time learning."

Xie Qingci pulled her back, and she landed right on his lap.

Thankfully there wasn’t much water left in the cup, or else it would have spilled all over them.

"Let’s learn together." Xie Qingci planned to switch the sound to the speaker, but after thinking it over, he didn’t. Instead, he shared one side of the earphones with her.

Yu Xia felt awkward and struggled a bit.

"You can learn this yourself, why involve me? I’m rested enough, I want to continue my workout."

"This is a matter for both of us. Watch it closely, so you won’t ask later where I learned improper tricks."

"..." She was a bit embarrassed and angry, "This kind of proper course can’t teach those tricks of yours."

Xie Qingci raised his eyebrows mischievously.

"Then should I find another course? Learn together?"

Yu Xia: "Learn with your big-headed ghost!"

She is a decent person!

Xie Qingci pressed down on her struggling arms, trapping her in his embrace, then pulled in the tablet, placing it in front of her.

"Learn seriously, darling, I want to be pleased too~"

That lingering tone was so seductive, it gave Yu Xia goosebumps. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

A soft female voice in the earphones was introducing key points of knowledge, and Xie Qingci pinched her chin to make her look carefully.

She glanced at him, recalling a saying—if he put as much effort into studying, he would have gotten into Qinghua University long ago.

Managing to listen to four or five points, Yu Xia wanted to escape again.

Only to be pulled back into place between Xie Qingci’s legs.

"Why are you running? This is content meant to make you happy."

"So you should learn it alone, it has nothing to do with me."

He disagreed, looking at her with deep eyes, "It has a lot to do with you since the educational content is based on public data, there’s individual variance. What if I learn it wrong? Being kicked to the couch again is unbearable."

"..."

In the end, she was forced to finish the entire video.

She didn’t need to look in a mirror to know she now looked the same as when Yu Yue was made to study hard for elementary language improvement lessons—bereft, soul leaving her body.

Xie Qingci still had a third video to watch, but he decisively exited the learning interface.

"The teacher says that incorporating theoretical knowledge into practice is the only way to gain real understanding, to truly test if one has grasped the concepts. I want to invite you to integrate and apply the theoretical knowledge we just learned, what do you think?"

He even extended his hand like he was inviting someone to join in a business venture.

Yu Xia slapped his hand away, but it was firmly caught by Xie Qingci.

Xie Qingci: "Oh, you agreed impulsively with excitement."

Yu Xia: "..." Shameless!