485: Chapter 485: Are you really going to make me sleep on the floor?
485: Chapter 485: Are you really going to make me sleep on the floor?
In Fang Min’s room, it was a stare-down between big eyes and small eyes.
“What have you done, who let you stay and sleep here?” Fang Min was still somewhat displeased as she spoke.
If she and Tangyu were in that kind of relationship, then sleeping together would be just that, sleeping together.
After all, in this era, boyfriends and girlfriends are basically not like that.
Fang Min was also of a certain age, and naturally, her thinking wouldn’t be like some young girls’.
But the problem was that they were not in that kind of relationship, so how could they sleep together?
Although Fang Min didn’t dislike Tangyu, acting in a play shouldn’t involve risking your own body.
Moreover—after sleeping together like this, who would believe that Tangyu was just a shield in the future?
So Fang Min’s heart was actually a bit chaotic, and things were becoming as mired in complexity as if sinking deeper into a quagmire.
Tangyu replied innocently, “Didn’t your parents insist on me staying to sleep?”
“…Couldn’t you have refused?
Couldn’t you have said you had something else to do?
If you really wanted to leave, who could have stopped you?” said Fang Min.
“I said I had something to do, I said I had to leave, but your mom still insisted on keeping me, I really had no choice.
Besides, didn’t you see the eagerness in your uncle and aunt’s hearts?
I really didn’t have the heart to leave forcefully.
Also, if I had left forcefully, wouldn’t this shield of mine be essentially exposed?
I think your parents are very perceptive,” Tangyu explained.
Fang Min instantly fell silent.
What Tangyu said wasn’t unreasonable—the mother-in-law proactively letting the son-in-law stay overnight, which son-in-law wouldn’t want to?
Those who wouldn’t probably have something wrong with their brains.
If Tangyu had forcibly wanted to leave, it really would have raised Fang Min’s parents’ suspicions.
Now thinking about it, they dared to do such a thing, probably also with a bit of a testing intention, right?
Fang Min didn’t understand others, but when it came to her own parents, she had some understanding.
“Alright, let’s not talk about that.
Just now when my mom asked us about our lifelong matter, why did you say you listened to me on everything?” Fang Min pressed.
At this, Tangyu was even more innocent: “What else could I have said?
Of course, I said that I’d listen to you on everything.
I was afraid I’d say something wrong.
If I said there was no rush, wouldn’t that seem as if I didn’t take you seriously?
If I said I agreed, wouldn’t this matter be set in stone?
Therefore, naturally, I said I’d listen to you.
After all, it’s your parents’ matter, and it is better if you talk about it.
If I said anything, it probably would have upset your folks.
I’m just a shield, so when I shouldn’t talk, I don’t talk.”
“…”
Fang Min fell silent again, and after a while, her expression softened.
“What you said makes sense.
Alright, I accused you wrongly just now, thank you.”
“Hehe, Min, why be so polite,” Tangyu replied with a smile.
Fang Min still felt a bit troubled inside; continuing like this, she would only sink deeper and deeper.
How would she eventually resolve this entanglement of lies?
She did indeed have the courage to tell the truth, but deep down in her heart, there always seemed to be a voice stopping her from revealing it.
Sometimes she would even entertain a bold thought: Could it be that she had started feeling something for Tangyu?
How could that be possible?
How could she think like that?
Therefore, every time she thought about these situations, Fang Min’s mood became a little more complicated.
“Are you really okay not going back tonight?
Won’t your girlfriend suspect you’re fooling around outside?” Fang Min asked, and after speaking, she herself blushed a bit.
To say that Tangyu was fooling around outside—wouldn’t that be with her?
After the events at Miyun Town, Fang Min and Lin Feifei had become friends, and thinking of Lin Feifei, Fang Min couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty.
“It’s okay, what could be wrong?
I’m already fooling around now, aren’t I?
It would be normal for her to suspect,” Tangyu said with a smile, now daring to spend the night outside because he had already planted the Flame Demon Scorpion King in Lin Feifei’s body, so Lin Feifei no longer needed Tangyu’s Pure Yang Qi for treatment.
The effect of the Flame Demon Scorpion King was only more potent than the Pure Yang Qi.
This was the first time Tangyu dared to stay out overnight because he would never have dared before no matter what.
“…”
Fang Min rolled her eyes at Tangyu; this guy really knew how to hit a nerve, truly a bit deserving of a scolding.
“It’s really okay.
I’ll make a call and explain, Feifei is not such a petty person.
Besides, I can’t lose my personal freedom just because I have a girlfriend, right?
Feifei can understand this,” Tangyu said.
Fang Min finally felt somewhat relieved.
Now that things had come to this point, they could only go with it.
“I’m going to take a shower first, you call back and explain,” Fang Min said, thankful that her room had an en-suite bathroom.
“What about me?” Tangyu asked.
“What about you?” Fang Min replied.
With a mischievously sly smile, Tangyu said, “Let’s take one together.”
Fang Min’s face immediately turned red, she glared at Tangyu, and seeing that she was really getting angry, Tangyu quickly surrendered, “Uh, just joking, don’t take it so seriously.”
Fang Min gave Tangyu a look and then took her clothes and turned to enter the bathroom.
Tangyu pursed his lips and could only take out his phone and walk to the window to make a call.
Fang Min ended up taking a full hour shower before coming out, and Tangyu, half-lying on the bed, let out a yawn, “Min, if you don’t come out, I’m going to fall asleep.
Hehe, why did you have to get so clean?”
“Don’t you know girls always take a long time to shower?
Get down now, don’t lie on the bed all dirty, go take a shower,” Fang Min said.
Tangyu rolled out of bed, “Yeah, I’ll shower and sleep, Min, wait for me, I shower quickly.”
“…”
“Oh right, Min, I seem to not have clothes to change into.
Nevermind, I generally don’t wear clothes after showering at night anyway,” Tangyu said.
“…” Fang Min’s face turned red again.
“Then don’t take a bath.”
“Er, how can that be okay, I’m someone who values civilization and hygiene, how can I not take a bath.”
“I don’t care, I’ll make up a bed on the floor for you later.
You’re sleeping on the ground today.”
“What, Min, you’re making me sleep on the ground?”
“Yes.”
“You’re really making me sleep on the ground?”
“Really.”
“…All right, then I won’t take a bath.”
“…”
That evening was obviously going to be a long and sleepless night.
Tangyu was joking about not taking a bath, of course.
Although Fang Min had brought her father’s pajamas over, it was clear that Tangyu didn’t want to wear them, so she had to put her dirty clothes back on.
When Tangyu came out after her bath, the bedding on the floor really was ready.
It was still autumn now, so the night was just a little cool, not cold.
Tangyu had no choice but to sleep honestly on the floor bedding.
Fang Min, in the bed, looked at Tangyu obediently sleeping on the floor, and felt a twinge of reluctance in her heart.
After all, he was a guest; how could they let a guest sleep on the floor?
But—if not the floor bedding, then let him sleep on the bed?
Fang Min was definitely not going to do that.
That would be like throwing lamb into a tiger’s den.
She might as well kiss her innocence goodbye.
“Tangyu, are you cold sleeping on the floor?” Fang Min asked.
It was also her first time sharing a room with a guy, and the feeling was really somewhat strange, causing her to wrap herself tightly in the blanket.
“A bit, the chill is secondary.
It’s just that your house’s floor is too hard, it’s really uncomfortable to sleep on.
I’m guessing I’m going to have a sore back, stiff legs, and cramps tomorrow,” said Tangyu.
Now that Tangyu had said this, Fang Min felt even worse.
After all, he was doing all this to help her, and she was making him sleep on the floor.
She did feel quite guilty.
“Tangyu, can I ask you a question?” Fang Min suddenly said.
“Hmm, of course, you can, ask anything you want.
Today, you have special privileges.
Even if it’s about my privacy, I’ll tell you everything,” Tangyu replied.
“…I want to ask why, when you already have a girlfriend, you would still come to help me.
Aren’t you afraid that Lin Feifei will get angry and jealous once she finds out?” Fang Min asked.
In fact, she had wanted to ask this question for a while.
If Tangyu were single, then perhaps she wouldn’t feel so guilty.
Tangyu laughed and said, “Because if I don’t help you, no one else will.
I can’t bear to see you troubled by these issues every day.
As for Feifei getting angry and jealous, well, she might get jealous, but angry—not really.”
“Why wouldn’t she get angry?
What woman could stand seeing her boyfriend get so close to another woman?” Fang Min asked.
Tangyu said, “No reason, because she is my woman.”
Fang Min was stunned to hear that.
At first glance, it might seem like a strange kind of logic.
Because she’s your woman, no matter how you flirt outside, she won’t get mad at you?
Did he think he was the Emperor or something?
But on second thought, it was thought-provoking.
Tangyu’s words suggested extreme self-assurance on one hand and on the other hand, seemed to convey a certain message.
Because she is his woman, she should accept his flirtatious nature?
If this had been before, Fang Min might not have understood, but after the trip to Miyun Town, she was beginning to grasp Tangyu’s meaning.
Tangyu was not one for monogamy; his love could not be possessed by just one person.
To be so candid, perhaps only he could be like this.
If anyone else were in his shoes, Fang Min would have denounced him as a philanderer.
But with Tangyu, she weirdly felt that it was just how things should be.
A man like Tangyu really was hard for any one woman to hold onto.
At this thought, Fang Min’s mind was in turmoil.
Why did she even have this sort of thought?
Oddly enough, these thoughts just surfaced unbidden, as if some invisible message in the universe was implicating her, and she couldn’t understand why.
“You know that both Liu Shanshan and Guo Momo like you, right?
I’m a woman and I can tell.
Liu Shanshan makes it very obvious, and although Guo Momo doesn’t show it much, I can tell and feel that she’s interested in you; it’s just that she’s been suppressing it deeply,” Fang Min added after a long silence.
Tangyu of course knew that Liu Shanshan liked him.
As for Guo Momo, well, he didn’t feel much from her but didn’t completely miss the signs either.
“I know,” Tangyu said.
“So what are your feelings?” Fang Min asked again.
“I like them too,” Tangyu admitted honestly.
He really did like Liu Shanshan and Guo Momo and would like both to be his girlfriends if possible.
Fang Min fell silent once more.
Was this an honest betrayal?
But then again, it wasn’t betrayal, because Tangyu also liked Lin Feifei.
It’s just that he was too worldly and passionate.
Fang Min had no doubt about Tangyu’s love for Lin Feifei, nor his feelings for Liu Shanshan and Guo Momo, because she could tell that Tangyu was not frivolous.
His feelings were genuine, which only meant he was very passionate.
“Men should flirt while they’re young,” was that what he was proving?