novelinnhs Chapter 23 What happens when a man and a woman are alone together?
Chapter 23 What happens when a man and a woman are alone together?
"No, this definitely won't work!"
"We're friends, it's normal for friends to do this kind of thing."
"But, but..."
Jiang Youyu's face turned red with anxiety.
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't come up with a reasonable excuse.
Even she herself couldn't convince herself.
If you like a boy, you should just walk right into his trap. Why push him away?
It's only a day or one night anyway.
The total time he has spent with you is far more than just a day or two.
Ginger-fed baby fish!
Please, please stop being so stubborn!
"But what? Is staying at a friend's house such a terrible thing?"
It's not bad at all!
"But we're friends of the opposite sex..."
I'm so angry! What are you even saying?!
"Aren't friends of the opposite sex still friends?"
"Of course!"
Jiang Youyu said it very loudly.
She quickly realized her lapse in composure and coughed lightly.
"Whatever, I can't do anything about it anyway."
"You said it yourself."
Gu Zhibei walked towards the girl's bedroom.
Jiang Youyu's eyes widened, and she said urgently:
"What are you trying to do!"
"The sheets are in your closet in your room, don't you think?"
Gu Zhibei paused, turned to look at her, and spoke in a serious tone.
"Even though we're friends, we can't sleep in the same bed, Xiao Jiang. Please have some self-respect."
"Get out!!" Jiang Youyu roared.
She quickly maneuvered her wheelchair and rushed into her bedroom.
Gu Zhibei knew perfectly well what she was in such a hurry for.
It's just that they're afraid their little secrets will be exposed.
He waited a while before following them inside.
As soon as he entered, Gu Zhibei noticed that the pillow had been turned over.
"What are you looking at?" Jiang Youyu asked warily.
Gu Zhibei withdrew his gaze: "Looking for spellcasting materials."
Jiang Youyu didn't understand.
All she wanted now was for this wretched guy to get out of there so he wouldn't discover anything.
"Do you need your sheets changed?" Gu Zhibei asked.
Jiang Youyu replied curtly, "It was just changed not long ago, we don't need it."
"What a pity, I wanted to experience what the sheets smell like after a girl has slept on them."
Gu Zhibei uttered a regretful sound.
He glanced at Jiang Youyu, who was enduring humiliation and remaining silent, and did not try to scare her any further.
He took out a bed sheet, a quilt, and a pillowcase from the top shelf of the wardrobe.
Gu Zhibei usually changes Jiang Youyu's bed sheets and duvet covers, so he knows exactly where they are.
He took what he needed and left the girl's bedroom.
The house that Jiang Youyu lives in now is the old house where her family lived a long time ago.
Although it's an old house, it's not small in size.
Besides the master bedroom, there are two other rooms that can be used as guest bedrooms.
Jiang Youyu stayed in a smaller guest room because she didn't like rooms that were too big.
Perhaps smaller rooms make people feel safer.
Gu Zhibei quickly spread the bedding in another guest room.
He has done most of the housework himself since he was a child, so he is very skilled at it.
Jiang Youyu watched the whole time as the boy made the bed.
In fact, the two of them would stay together every day when he came here.
Even on weekends, when Gu Zhibei came to her house to read or do his homework, Jiang Youyu would sit quietly to the side, occasionally glancing at him casually.
However, they had long since taken it for granted and considered it a matter of course.
It seems that whenever we meet, we should stay together all the time.
Now, the two of them will spend one night together under the same roof.
Jiang Youyu found it somewhat unsettling.
"Gu Zhibei," she suddenly called out to him.
The boy put down the blanket, which had a familiar scent on it, since it was a blanket that a girl had used.
He asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
"I go to bed very early at night," Jiang Youyu said dryly.
Hearing her easily refuted excuse, Gu Zhibei felt somewhat helpless.
It's like when you're acting opposite someone and they pull out an unusually contrived plastic toy gun, and you have to act like you've been shot to avoid a situation where the gun is pointed at your head but you're clutching your stomach.
If that were the case, it wouldn't just be her who would be ruined.
If we consider the premise that "he knows her secret," we can see many suspicious aspects in his behavior.
Therefore, Gu Zhibei had to rack his brains to come up with a reasonable excuse for her to "conceal" himself.
"You're already nineteen. No matter how early you go to bed, you won't develop much more."
Gu Zhibei glanced at her with considerable regret.
Jiang Youyu's face darkened.
Even though she was no shorter than other girls her age when she was little.
But for some reason, after graduating from elementary school, my body seemed to stop developing.
Occasionally, only some odd parts of his body would grow a little bit, but he completely lost his ambition to grow taller.
Even now, she is only 1.58 meters tall.
She looks like a little girl.
This forced her to falsify her height data every time she had a physical test, adding two centimeters to her measurements.
She's only 1.5 meters tall, which is quite short, and she doesn't want to be looked down upon.
Jiang Youyu said coldly, "No matter what, you are not allowed to disturb my sleep after nine o'clock."
"Yes, sir."
Gu Zhibei shrugged.
"By the way, tomorrow's Saturday, how about you go out for a walk with your best friend?"
"…don't want."
"You haven't left the house in six months. Do you have some kind of disease that kills you if you're exposed to sunlight?"
"I'm not going," Jiang Youyu said, emphasizing her words.
Every time this topic comes up, she gets extremely upset.
Gu Zhibei didn't expect her to evolve into a little vampire who wasn't afraid of sunlight; he was just using this to bring up the topic he really wanted to discuss.
"Didn't you always want to fire that cook?"
Jiang Youyu felt a little uncomfortable.
Generally, when I'm with Gu Zhibei, it's usually when he has something to do.
She rarely had such simple, casual conversations with boys.
Jiang Youyu snorted coldly: "Just say what you want to say. Don't think I can't see through your little scheme."
She actually figured it out?
Gu Zhibei was both surprised and helpless, so he had no choice but to frankly state his purpose:
"If you're willing to teach a fourth-grade girl to draw, you can save this money... We buy our dinners from her family's little restaurant every day."
He then briefly described Zhou Suisui's situation again.
Jiang Youyu pursed her lips and remained silent for a long while before suddenly speaking:
"You really want me to say yes?"
"You'll still listen to my opinion?" Gu Zhibei raised an eyebrow.
The girl, however, used his words:
Is there anything wrong with asking friends for advice?
"May I suggest you become my maid?"
"roll."
Gu Zhibei was disappointed that his wish for a maid CG was not fulfilled.
He said, "Of course I hope you'll agree; Zhou Suisui is a very likable child... but I'm just asking you, not asking you."
"..."
Jiang Youyu lowered her head and remained silent for a long time.
Just when Gu Zhibei thought she was going to refuse, the girl suddenly said:
"I decide the timing. If I decide I don't want to teach anymore, you're not allowed to plead for her."
"If one day I really have to act as a lobbyist, I will definitely stand on your side," he said.
Gu Zhibei could see that Jiang Youyu was extremely unwilling, but she still agreed.
Was it to save that money?
There may be a small part of the reason, but the vast majority should be attributed to "it was his request".
Thank you, Mom, for giving him such a lovely friend.
With a sigh in his heart, Gu Zhibei walked towards the girl.
He started taking off his clothes.