Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 122 Sleeping Together
Trapped in a thick and soft quilt, Pei Nai looked at the fluffy and soft hair of Gu Jinheng beside him. He was still lying there in a daze, as if he didn't dare to move.

Pei Nai said, "I turned off the lights?"

"Ah."

Pei Nai waved his hand, and the wind from the Ten Thousand Hate Palm blew accurately, extinguishing the candles in the house one by one, leaving only two dim candles.

She didn't dare leave the room completely dark, because Gu Jinheng hadn't slept in the dark for ten years and he might become physically disturbed.

Take it one step at a time.

Under the warm yellow light, the bed seemed somewhat cozy.

Pei Nai looked at Gu Jinheng's profile. The light shone across his upright nose, and his entire outline in the quiet room became a scene that made her heart beat fast.

She patted her side, "Why don't you come over?"

Gu Jinheng still maintained the same posture as when she pushed him down, with his legs under the bed and his upper body lying flat. He only moved when he heard this.

He stood up, took off his cloud boots in the dim light, and moved over with his hands on the quilt.

Very unskilled and seemed a little embarrassed.

His eyes flickered, confirming with her whether he could do it.

Only after receiving Pei Nai's approving look did he lie down beside her.

Pei Nai stretched out his arm, "I'll massage your head and cover your ears later, you'll sleep better."

Gu Jinheng finally came closer, Pei Nai put her arms around his neck and let him lean on her chest.

Gu Jinheng stuck close to her, carefully avoiding her wounds. His hand trembled slightly and then he held her waist.

Pei Nai took off the hairbands that were tied on both sides of his head and threw them aside. He slowly put his five fingers into his hair and pressed the acupoints for him.

When her fingers just touched the top of Gu Jinheng's head, he trembled slightly twice.

Pei Nai was fine and not too unfamiliar with the close relationship after ten years, but Gu Jinheng must have found it a little uncomfortable.

Listening to the incessant sound of rain outside, the two of them sat in silence, sharing the "tranquility" in the room.

After a while, Gu Jinheng suddenly spoke, his voice choking, "Nai'er, this all seems like a dream, I'm actually a little scared."

"What are you afraid of?" Pei Nai asked casually.

Gu Jinheng spoke in a low voice, "I'm afraid that when I wake up, I'll still be in those ten years, not knowing your whereabouts, with only your portrait and old clothes around me. That feeling is like falling into the ocean, unable to land or breathe. I only know that I will be lonely for the rest of my life, and all this is what I deserve."

Pei Nai was heartbroken by what he said, and could only hug him tighter and said, "It's not a dream, I'm back, don't be afraid."

Gu Jinheng buried his head in her arms and said nothing for a long time.

Pei Nai stroked his hair with one hand and patted his back gently with the other hand to comfort him.

After a while, Gu Jinheng continued to speak, his last voice trembling, ironing his ear, "If I don't do well in the future, tell me and I will change. You can hit me or scold me, whatever, just don't leave me alone after getting angry, okay?"

"Okay." Pei Nai responded.

Gu Jinheng's words came one after another, and it seemed that he finally had the chance to say, "What do you want? Tell me, and I will try my best to make it. If you want something, I will buy it for you, or learn to make it for you. Just let me know, okay?"

"Okay," Pei Nai smiled, "Why are you so eager to buy things for me?"

Gu Jinheng's voice was a little hoarse, "You are right, I bought Mingyue Tower for Liu Nianxuan, but I never gave you any gifts. Those fifteen birthday gifts were all made up later. I owe you a lot, and I always feel that I can't make it up to you. Just tell me what you want, and I will prepare it. Don't be angry with me." Pei Nai gently touched the tip of his ear, causing Gu Jinheng's body to tremble twice. Pei Nai felt a little bit of success.

Pei Nai asked the question that had puzzled her before, "When did you develop feelings for me? I never saw you express it."

Gu Jinheng slowly raised his head and looked at her.

Under the pale yellow candlelight, his moist and red eyes were gentle, "I gradually fell in love with you after we got married. I can't remember exactly when, but my love for you is getting deeper day by day."

He seemed to feel shy again when Pei Nai looked at him. He lowered his head and leaned against Pei Nai before continuing, "No one has ever treated me like you do, for no reason and without asking for anything in return. It's me who didn't tell you how important you are to me."

Before Pei Nai could reply, Gu Jinheng gently grasped Pei Nai's underwear and said, "The Duke of Duan Ding's Mansion never makes me feel safe. The only thing that makes me feel at home is you waiting for me at home."

This is the answer to the question that Pei Nai asked him for the first time after she was reborn as Ming Zhi. At that time, he didn't know her identity. Pei Nai asked him what home was, but he said he had no home.

Pei Nai didn't respond and withdrew his arm after a moment.

Her actions forced Gu Jinheng to no longer rely on her. Gu Jinheng supported himself with his hands and stood up in confusion, looking at her with worry in his eyes, as if he was afraid that his words would make her angry.

But Pei Nai said, "I like your voice very much."

Then she raised her upper body slightly, stared at Gu Jinheng's slightly open lips, and pressed down on them.

Gu Jinheng's eyes suddenly deepened. He raised his body and happily welcomed Pei Nai's kiss.

Gu Jinheng's lips were a little cold, and the touch caused by the temperature difference made Pei Nai's lips tremble.

Gu Jinheng seemed to have regained his past memories, no longer unfamiliar and immature.

He occasionally bit Pei Nai's lips, listened to Pei Nai's rapid breathing, and then went deep again, entangled with her tongue tip, with a sense of possession.

His Dandao divine energy surrounded her, soothingly permeating her veins and flowing along her blood.

Although she was almost unable to breathe, she felt so comfortable that even her toes were tense and curled up.

Then, Pei Nai noticed something was wrong with his body, and knowing too well what he was about to do, she gently pushed him away.

There was a silver thread peeling off and hanging on Gu Jinheng's lips. No one knew where it came from, but it gave people an infinite sense of shame.

Gu Jinheng wiped the moisture from the corner of his mouth, curled his lips and looked down at her. He regained his old rhythm, and with the light sweat on his forehead, he looked quite alluring.

Pei Nai's heart was itching.

She quickly raised herself up and kissed him on the forehead before separating.

Using the last bit of her sanity, she pressed him back into her arms and panted, "Sleep!"

Gu Jinheng chuckled twice, put his cheek against her, tucked the corner of the quilt for her, and then did nothing else.

Pei Nai gently cupped his exposed ears with his hands to block out the heavy rain sounds.

The two of them hugged each other and fell asleep.

Pei Nai woke up several times in the middle of the night in a daze, and vaguely saw Gu Jinheng covering her with a quilt.

But before she could fully wake up, Gu Jinheng touched her eyebrows with his fingers like he was coaxing a baby to sleep, and wrapped his palm around Pei Nai's cheek, transmitting his Yuan Qi to her, making her whole body numb and leading her to sleep.

Before she fell asleep completely, she felt Gu Jinheng gently kiss her forehead.

(End of this chapter)