Rebirth of an Idle Noble Women (200-end)

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Yu Ning was feeling laden with grief as he trudged back down.

Then, recalling the battlefield of blood that Jiang Shuxuan had been standing in just now, Yu Ning shrank into himself for a moment, his footsteps picking up as he hurried down to follow Luo Wenlang.

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Inside the room, Jiang Shuxuan narrowed his eyes, looking at the direction of the door before turning around and walking towards Gu Xiqiao in an unhurried manner. “I’ll help you dry your hair.”

He reached out to take the towel from Gu Xiqiao’s hands. The bones of his knuckles stood out prominently, and he didn’t wait for her reply before taking the towel, his fingers brushing against hers. He had always been diligent in his care for her, but today felt different, and Gu Xiqiao could still feel the lingering warmth where he had brushed against her.

He was bent over slightly, his lips at her ear as he spoke into it. His voice was deep, a little hoarse and hypnotic. When he spoke, his breath was warm in her ears.

The room was quiet save for the rustling of the towel, and it magnified Gu Xiqiao’s feelings multiple times.

She wanted to turn her neck, but before she could move, Jiang Shuxuan pressed a hand to her neck. “Don’t move, I’m not done yet.”

He was really taking his time, almost as though he was toweling her hair strand by strand, meticulously combing through each strand with the towel.

Gu Xiqiao blinked, her long eyelashes trembled slightly with the movement. A faint blush was seeping into her usually pale, white face, the pupils of her eyes gaining a slightly pink hue as the time went on. Her body was also feeling unusually hot, and she tried to ignore it, but ultimately couldn’t. She bit her lower lip, then opened her mouth to ask, “Just now, you went and resolved the problem of those mutated beasts, right?”

“Yeah,” Jiang Shuxuan replied distractedly, his eyes dark with something that wasn’t anger that she couldn’t see as she was looking somewhere else. “There shouldn’t be any problems in the short term.”

“That’s good.” Gu Xiqiao’s mind was working quickly. She had always been smart, and even at this time, there were a lot of topics that she could pull out to talk about. She was trying hard to dispel the strange atmosphere that was in the room at this moment.

“You…”

Just as she opened her mouth to start again, Jiang Shuxuan chose this moment to become impatient, throwing the towel to one side and placing his hand on top of her head directly.

A layer of white mist covered the top of her head after a tick, and Gu Xiqiao’s wet dripping hair instantly dried.

Gu Xiqiao couldn’t say anything at his actions, an exasperated look on her face after she realized what he had done.

The next second, her chin was lifted up gently.

Their eyes met, and Gu Xiqiao saw his eyes, which were usually cold and distant, holding an unknown emotion in them. The breath was knocked out of her instantly.

She could feel his breath on her face, as he had leaned in closer to her after he had dried her hair.

Jiang Shuxuan took his time studying the face in front of him. The slender arch of her eyebrows, her long, delicate eyelashes, the clear and shining pair of eyes, the straight, sharp nose, and thin lips that resembled the color of cherry blossoms… He liked every single feature he saw on this person, to the point that he knew that his current affection toward her was overflowing.

She didn’t know this, but when he woke up every morning, he would observe her face for a long time in the morning, as if he would never see enough of it in his lifetime.