Ye Chen, after taking a bath, as usual, lay on one side of the bed, covering himself with a separate quilt. He habitually picked up his phone to handle some pending WeChat messages.
When Xiao Churan came out of the bathroom after her bath, Ye Chen noticed that at this moment, Xiao Churan was wearing a light pink spaghetti strap nightdress. The nightdress was made of silk material, its shiny surface emitting a soft glow, and her skin, due to the recent drinking, appeared fair with a rosy tint. Under the mutual reflection, it made her even more captivating and astonishing.
Although Xiao Churan had a tall and slender figure, it was perfectly proportioned. Her chest was full and perky. The nightdress had a large and low neckline, making that fullness seem as if it was about to burst out. When they trembled slightly with her body’s movement in the nightdress, the swaying soft light of the nightdress became even more alluring.
The waistlines on both sides of the nightdress cinched inward, perfectly presenting Xiao Churan’s slim waist curve. This career woman, who usually wore professional attire, actually possessed an S-shaped curve from both front and side views that top models would envy.
Xiao Churan had bought this nightdress a long time ago, but she had never worn it.
The reason she had not worn it was that she always felt this skirt was too revealing.
Actually, nightdresses, for comfort, inherently do not cover the body too much. Moreover, sleepwear is worn at home, in the bedroom, such private environments, and no one would wear it out, so there is no question of whether it is exposing or not.
Xiao Churan’s situation had always been different from others.
Other single women, in their own boudoirs, could wear sleepwear however they wanted, even going without if they pleased.
And married women, in their bedrooms with their husbands, naturally had no restrictions and did not need to worry about anything.
Xiao Churan was neither a single woman nor a normally married woman. Although she and Ye Chen shared a room, because they had never broken through the final barrier, there had always been an indescribable awkwardness.
Therefore, although she had bought this nightdress, she had never dared to wear it at home.
But today was different. For today, she had spent a long time building up her mental preparation, so she had specially brought this skirt out.
Ye Chen was dazed looking at her. As a young and vigorous man full of vitality, his heart naturally felt some palpitations at this moment. But out of respect for Xiao Churan, he did not want to stare at her blatantly, so he suppressed the impulse in his heart and shifted his gaze to the phone.
Xiao Churan saw through his thoughts. She knew that Ye Chen was as nervous as she was.
So, she reached out and turned off the main light in the bedroom, leaving only the two dim bedside lights.
Then, she slipped into her side of the quilt, lying flat on her back, her beautiful eyes staring unblinkingly at the ceiling.
A few minutes later, Ye Chen suddenly felt Xiao Churan lift a corner of his quilt from the side. Before he could react, Xiao Churan had already squeezed into his quilt.
Xiao Churan’s silk nightdress felt cool to the touch, but the exposed skin of her body was exceptionally hot. The dual sensation made Ye Chen’s body instantly stiffen.
In his life, there had been two instances of such intimate contact with a woman: once when he was on the verge of death and Lin Wan’er carried him from the hot spring, and another when he lost consciousness and was tightly embraced by Helena.
Due to the special circumstances, he actually had no clear memory of those two times. But the Xiao Churan beside him now was different. Ye Chen felt that the sensation on every inch of his skin was so clear, so real, so profoundly impressive.
He was unclear about Xiao Churan’s motive for doing this and just subconsciously asked: “Wife, you… you how…”
The words were already on the tip of his tongue, but Ye Chen still could not ask too directly.
They were legally married. If he suddenly asked his wife why she had squeezed into his quilt, it sounded awkward and felt even more awkward to ask.
Xiao Churan also knew what he meant. Gathering her courage, she said: “Ye Chen, we’ve been married for so long, it’s time to take it a step further, don’t you think?”
Ye Chen was both surprised and delighted, still somewhat uncertain, and said: “Wife, didn’t you say before that we should upgrade step by step?”
Xiao Churan, feeling shy and ashamed, said: “Actually, since I agreed to marry you, I should have had marital relations with you. But at that time, I was young and ignorant. Although I didn’t resist Grandpa’s arrangement, there was always some subconscious soft resistance in my heart, so for so many years, we’ve maintained this abnormal relationship…”
At this point, she sighed, and said to Ye Chen very seriously: “Actually, I figured it out a long time ago and thought about changing this situation. But at the beginning, I had set the tone there, and suddenly overturning it, I still had some reserved feelings in my heart. But no matter how reserved, I always have to take this step, so I made up my mind to give myself to you today, as my birthday gift to you!”
Ye Chen was silent for a moment, without taking any action, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
He naturally loved Xiao Churan deeply.
But he had always felt that Xiao Churan might not truly love him.
It was just that their years of living together had cultivated familial affection between them, but while familial affection was cultivated, love had not been cultivated at the same time.
However, he had never forced it.
