029 - What Should I Do?

Beep beep beep… Beep beep beep…

At seven o'clock in the morning, the orderly sound of the alarm rang beside her ear, and the dappled rays of dawn streamed across Xia Yuwei’s bed and body. She never liked to draw the curtains tightly at night, preferring the sensation of morning sunlight spilling over her skin.

Xia Yuwei rolled over in bed, half-awake and longing to drift back to sleep. She seldom stayed up so late, and now she was still terribly tired. Yet, accustomed to a disciplined life, she switched off the alarm and forced herself up.

Seeing that there was no movement in the living room, she tiptoed into the bathroom to wash up. First, she combed her tangled hair and tied a casual bun on top of her head, then began brushing her teeth. Ah, the headache from not sleeping well...

Suddenly, she felt someone embrace her from behind. She didn’t even need to think to know who it was. Her head throbbed even more.

Lu Yichen leaned down, pressing himself against her back, his hands fastening tightly around her waist. Yet Xia Yuwei’s mouth was full of foam, and she couldn’t scold him.

"Weiwei, I want to take a shower!" he declared before she could say a word.

With toothpaste bubbles in her mouth, Xia Yuwei thought, If you want to shower, just do it. I never said you couldn’t!

"Why don’t you shower in the morning? You should wash up, too..." he added.

Xia Yuwei nearly rolled her eyes. If she didn’t know about this young master’s obsession with cleanliness, she would have suspected some ulterior motive. At last, she finished brushing her teeth, set the toothbrush and cup aside, and took a deep breath. "Lu Yichen, get your hands off me!"

"Is this pink towel yours? It looks so nice..." Lu Yichen asked, as if he hadn’t heard her.

"Yes!" She pried his fingers off and fled, pushing him into the bathroom and shutting the door behind him. "Shower away! And hurry up—I don’t have much time to dawdle at home. When you’re done, go home quickly; your family is looking for you. Who knows, they might call the police soon..."

"Oh… But I don’t have any clothes to wear. What should I do?" He spoke as he undressed.

Three dark lines appeared on Xia Yuwei’s forehead… Truly, pampering a young master is no easy task, especially one with such obsessive cleanliness.

"What do you expect me to do?!" Couldn’t he endure wearing yesterday’s clothes for even a few minutes?

"I don’t know, I’ll leave it to you. If you can’t fix it, I’ll just stay naked in your house..." Hearing Xia Yuwei’s exasperated voice, Lu Yichen was clearly amused.

"Lu—Yi—Chen!" She bit out his name, syllable by syllable, and then lowered her head, defeated. "Fine. Throw your clothes out, I’ll wash and dry them for you… Will that do?"

"My clothes are usually dry-cleaned..." he fussed from behind the door. Still, the door opened, and a bare arm extended, handing out everything: shirt, trousers, underwear. Xia Yuwei blushed and gritted her teeth, snatched them away, and hurried to the laundry on the balcony. She tossed the clothes into the washing machine, poured in detergent, and pressed the start button. All that remained was to wait for them to finish washing and drying.

When she returned with the clothes, she found the bathroom door open—but Lu Yichen was nowhere to be seen.

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