This close, she could smell his scent and feel his breath against her hair. This scenario reminded her of the time she rolled around on the bed smelling her husband's manly scent.
Now, it was happening in real life.
She was smelling his manly scent mixed with the faint hint of tobacco directly from his body.
It was making her uncomfortable.
With her hand pressed against her chest, she stuttered softly, "Can we... c-can we not sleep like this? I'm uncomfortable."
"No."
'Ugh!'
Guan Xi's face tightened. "Oh."
She knew it.
Xiao Jiuyan was really just a cold and ruthless old man.
Xiao Jiuyan's arms tightened around her as he looked down.
"Go to sleep," he said calmly, his mood already improved.
"Master Jiu, can I ask you a question before you go to sleep?"
She was already expecting that she wasn't going to get a good night's sleep tonight.
"What is it?"
"It's... it's just that you're so beautiful..."
...
Guan Xi had initially thought that she would not be able to fall asleep in his arms.
It was not specific to him, per se.
She just did not like having people around her while she slept, especially if they were so physically close.
Just the thought of sleeping in Xiao Jiuyan's arms was enough to scare her into staying awake.
However, reality was cruel, and the truth was ruthless.
She actually fell asleep very quickly in his arms.
At 7 AM, the alarm rang.
Guan Xi got out of bed, feeling refreshed.
As expected, Xiao Jiuyan was already gone by the time she woke up.
After eating her breakfast, Guan Xi asked the driver to take her to school.
Although she was technically already a member of the Xiao family, she still didn't want to catch a ride with Xiao Jingming to school.
She didn't want her classmates to know about her real relationship with Xiao Jingming.
She arrived at the university with 10 minutes to spare.
She took her time walking to her classroom.
"Don't you want to know who Gu Wenxi is? Look, that's her..."
"She's Gu Wenxi? She's pretty good-looking, but she's selling herself. Isn't she the oldest daughter of the Gu family? She shouldn't be short of money..."
"Why would she sell her body like that? It's not like she needs money..."
"Look, look, look! That Gu Wenxi, the one in the white dress and white shoes! She's the one they said is a mistress..."
"How dare she come to school!"
"How can she even show her face around here? Didn't she used to go around seducing men in the school before? I heard that she tried to get together with Young Master Xiao last time. She's overestimating herself..."