Everyday Romance After Becoming a Billionaire

Seeing Su Ran dawdling, half-undressed but not quite, like a shy young maiden, Shan Weizi stifled a laugh. She turned, pulled a long sword from the wall, and threatened, "Are you going to undress or not? I don’t have all day!"

"Why are you in such a hurry! I’ll do it, I’ll do it, alright?"

’My god,’ Su Ran thought. ’I’ve never met such a shameless woman. She’s even more impatient than I am.’

’A grown man like me is being forced at swordpoint by a woman who wants to sleep with me?’

’No one would believe it if I told them. Even the most outrageous clickbait sites wouldn’t dare write a headline like this.’

PHEW~

Su Ran let out a long breath. ’Jinyu, Wanqing, Aina, Xie Yiren, I can’t give my second time to you. I have to survive.’ Once he came to terms with it, he decided that ’life is what’s most precious.’ In a flash, he stripped off his shirt, strode over to the bed, and felt the blankets. He sighed, "Sigh... The electric blanket isn’t even on. It’s freezing, and we still have to do it. Fine, you hurry up too. Let’s get this over with quickly."

However...

"I should warn you, you’d better put down that sword. Otherwise, when it hurts you later, what if you accidentally stab me with it? I’d be a real goner then."

Heh heh...

"I just told you to take off your clothes, and you’re already thinking that far ahead? Do you think I, Shan Weizi, am that kind of easy woman? Heh heh..." Shan Weizi planted her sword on the ground, holding her sides as she laughed so hard her face cramped. "I was telling you to take off your clothes and take a bath. Did you think I was telling you to take *me*?"

"Sigh... Weizi, can you please not speak in half-sentences every time? You make it so easy for me to misunderstand. I almost thought you were..."

"I was what? Say it!"

"I... I almost thought you were a slut."

"What the... You called me a slut! Su Ran, you stop right there! If you’re a man, you’ll stand still! Don’t you run, let me stab you just once! Stop!"

"I’m not an idiot! I’m not just going to stand here and let you kill me!"

"Stop!"

As if Su Ran would dare to stop. With a shrew in the house, his only option was to run.

A disciple sweeping the courtyard passed by and heard the utter chaos inside the room. ’What a pair of bickering lovers,’ he thought.

Shan Weizi was so furious she’d lost any semblance of a proper lady. ’He already called me a slut, why should I act like a lady now?’ She stomped one foot on a stool and launched herself directly at the dodging Su Ran. Su Ran dodged again, and Shan Weizi was about to crash right into the sharp corner of a shelf. Seeing this, Su Ran shot out a hand, grabbed her slender arm, and pulled her into his embrace. "Alright, stop messing around. You were a split second away from being wiped out."

"It’s your fault for insulting me," Shan Weizi grumbled. Then she realized her face was pressed against Su Ran’s chest and she was hearing a man’s heartbeat for the first time. "Your... your heart is beating so fast." She looked up and asked, "Is it asthma?"

PFFT...

Su Ran nearly coughed up blood. "Seriously, Shan Weizi, can’t you wish me well for once?" He looked down at the devastatingly beautiful face in his arms, her lips just inches from his.

"Are you thinking about kissing me?" Shan Weizi asked.

"Not at all, really!" Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the blade of the long sword in Shan Weizi’s hand was pointed right at him. ’If I did kiss her,’ he figured, ’I’d get a sword to the throat.’

"Okay, okay. I just prepared a bucket of hot water behind the screen. Go take a bath. It’s my fault for not telling you how cold it gets on the mountain so you could prepare. Go soak for a bit. I’ll go get you some cold medicine."

Shan Weizi pushed Su Ran away and left the room. She stopped, gazing out at the wintry courtyard, taking a deep breath to compose herself. She touched the spot over her heart. The moment Su Ran had pulled her to safety was still replaying in her mind. It seemed her heart had been moved in that instant.

...

Su Ran went behind the screen. There was a large wooden tub filled to the brim with hot water, with some flower petals scattered on top. On a clothes rack next to the tub hung Shan Weizi’s hanfu and underwear.

Su Ran didn’t stare for long. It was too cold, so he took off his pants, slipped into the tub, and immediately felt the warmth.

「A moment later.」

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. Shan Weizi came in, holding a packet of 999 Cold Remedy.

"Su Ran, cover up what you need to cover up. I’m bringing in your medicine."

"It’s fine, come in. I’m wearing pants in the bath."

"Okay."

If it were any other guy, Shan Weizi wouldn’t have been so kind. But this was Su Ran. Her ’rumored boyfriend’ was still a boyfriend, which had invisibly closed the distance between them. Add to that the fact they were always chatting online, and their relationship had become genuinely good, so she didn’t feel the need to be so guarded about certain things anymore.

She carried the bowl past the beaded curtain and the screen and came to the large wooden tub. She watched Su Ran lying comfortably in the bath, playing with the flower petals on the surface. Su Ran had never taken a bath in a wooden tub before and found it novel. It was much more comfortable than a regular bathtub. He decided to buy one online and put it in Chuyuan.

"Those are all flowers I picked. Why would a guy like you use so many of them?"

Shan Weizi ’complained’ as she lightly slapped Su Ran’s hand that was playing with the petals. "Here, I mixed this 999 Cold Remedy for you." After handing him the bowl, Shan Weizi went over to the clothes rack to tidy up.

Su Ran watched as Shan Weizi put the hanfu she had changed out of, as well as his own dirty clothes, into a basin and set it aside. She turned back and said, "After you’re done bathing, throw your clothes into the basin, and I’ll wash them for you."

The medicine was a little bitter, but it tasted sweet going down.

"Okay."

Su Ran didn’t refuse. He didn’t want to turn down a woman who was willing to do his laundry.

"Shan Weizi, you’re a very virtuous woman."

"Don’t get too touched. The washing machine will wash them. Did you think I was going to hand-wash your clothes? You’re overthinking it."

She paused, then walked two steps to stand behind Su Ran. "Didn’t you say before that your shoulders get sore from reading my novel? Since you saved me just now, I’ll give you a shoulder massage." As she spoke, she raised her hands, placed them on Su Ran’s shoulders, and began to gently massage them.