Chapter 304: Would She Think He’s Too Lewd?
"Oh, it’s gotten so late! We should go to sleep!"
When Shen Nian said this, she didn’t really mean anything by it. She had simply noticed how late it was and was just marveling that she had sat there chatting with Lu Cheng for so long.
She was also just thinking that Lu Cheng must be exhausted after his long journey and needed a good rest.
When she said "sleep," she really, truly just meant sleep!
However, Lu Cheng clearly heard a different meaning in Shen Nian’s words. Because after she spoke, the tips of his ears couldn’t help but turn red.
In fact, that flush quickly spread to the rest of his face.
If it had just been his ears, Shen Nian might not have noticed. But with his cheeks blushing too, there was no way she could miss it.
"Why is your face so red?"
Shen Nian asked as she looked at Lu Cheng. However, the moment the words left her mouth, her own face flushed red.
’She understood why Lu Cheng was blushing. So, it was because of what I just said!’
’But I clearly didn’t mean it like that! How could Lu Cheng read so much into it?’
’Lu Cheng, oh, Lu Cheng. What in the world is going on in that head of yours!’
"Um, what I mean is, it’s already very late, and you must be tired from your trip. It’s probably time... to get some rest!"
To keep Lu Cheng from misunderstanding again, Shen Nian had thought through every single word before she spoke. ’There’s no way he could misinterpret that, right?’
It was true, no one would misunderstand what Shen Nian said this time. But her deliberate explanation also told Lu Cheng one thing: he had been overthinking it before.
And worse, she knew he had been overthinking it.
At this realization, the blush on Lu Cheng’s face, far from fading, actually deepened.
"Um, I’ll just... go in and get the bed ready!"
The atmosphere was making Shen Nian nervous. Afraid she’d say the wrong thing again, she simply ducked into the bedroom.
In truth, there was no bed to make. After all, she had already prepared it when she was tidying up earlier.
All they had to do was come in and go to sleep.
’Ugh, why did I think about sleeping again! But it *is* just sleeping! Why has that word suddenly become so loaded?’
’He’s a bad influence! A bad influence! He’s corrupted me!’
Covering her face, Shen Nian quickly flopped onto the bed and pulled the covers over her head, wrapping herself up tightly.
’Mmph. My face must be so red right now. I can’t let anyone see me.’
Lu Cheng watched Shen Nian run into the bedroom, frozen in place for a long moment.
’At first, he worried, ’Is she angry? Does she think I’m a pervert?’’
But as she turned, Lu Cheng saw the blush on her face. He knew then that she hadn’t run off because she was angry, but because she was shy.
’Was it because of what I was thinking? So she got shy, too?’
Lu Cheng, who had been red-faced and embarrassed himself just a moment ago, couldn’t help but smile at the thought.
He let out one laugh, then another. It was a good thing no one was around. If anyone saw the great Young Master Lu acting so foolishly, they would probably be shocked.
Smiling, he glanced at the bedroom door. He didn’t rush in. Instead, he quietly stood up, picked up the bowl from his late-night noodles, and headed for the kitchen.
’After all, I can’t have my wife wake up tomorrow morning and have to wash my bowl for me, can I?’