Embracing My Wife - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Mint Flavor

After Gu Nanbei entered the bathroom, the scene in the dorm was quite complicated.

The roommate was anxiously wringing her hands and pacing back and forth in front of the bathroom door. The girl she brought with her was still sobbing and questioning what her roommate meant.

Xu Anran’s bed was against the bathroom wall, and since the dorm’s soundproofing was poor, she could hear the sound of the water, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

It was like a fall from a peak, followed by a gentle meander in a secluded place.

Gu Nanbei’s figure was so perfect.

Xu Anran couldn’t help but wonder what she was doing inside. Was she walking barefoot on the white tiled floor? Was she curling her toes because of the cold? Was she letting the water droplets slide over every part of her body?

She must be, right? She must be.

Xu Anran took a deep breath, feeling a little uncomfortable from the heat.

“Is there any shower gel?” The sound of the water stopped, and the person in the bathroom asked.

It was such a detached voice, as if nothing had happened. She had completely removed herself from the melodrama of the three people, as if she had just passed by casually, borrowed a bathroom, and was simply washing off the rainwater.

Xu Anran only heard a click, and a tight string deep inside her snapped. In just a few seconds, her affection intensified.

She heard herself say with a trembling voice, “Yes, do you want me to bring it in?”

The roommate outside held the shower gel, wanting to bring it in, but the girl clung to her tightly, her tears flowing like the rain outside.

She hugged her roommate’s arm, “Xiaoxiao, who is she? Didn’t you say you liked me? Can you just ask her to leave? Can you just like me?”

No one outside was bringing the shower gel into the bathroom.

Xu Anran counted in her heart.

Sure enough, when she counted to one hundred, a voice came from inside again. Gu Nanbei said to Xu Anran, “Okay, bring it in.”

Xu Anran held the doorknob and pushed the ajar door open a crack. She let out a breath and handed the small bottle of shower gel inside. “It’s mint-scented.”

Gu Nanbei’s long fingers reached out from inside, took the bottle, and retracted. She didn’t rush to close the door and instead said thank you.

The gap was small but had a mesmerizing charm. Xu Anran’s eyes flickered slightly. She saw the roundness of Gu Nanbei’s shoulder and the porcelain white of her chest.

And everything else that was so impressive about her body.

…

Xu Anran remembered this intimate scene for five years. While the memories of others faded, she could recall every single detail.

Especially in her dreams.

She would always dream of herself pushing open that bothersome door, shamelessly looking at Gu Nanbei’s body with the most explicit gaze, like a hooligan.

Or even more outrageously, pinning her against the wall, breathing on the nape of her neck, and biting her pink lips.

Dreams couldn’t be controlled, but they could be fulfilled.

Xu Anran thought her crush would be like those in all the angsty youth novels—a passionate beginning that would eventually fade away quietly.

She never thought she would see Gu Nanbei again.

It was the same rainy night, and the same mint-scented shower gel.

Xu Anran stood by the bathroom door with the small bottle.

She was waiting for Gu Nanbei’s voice to say, “Bring it in.”

The hotel bathroom door was frosted, designed to be very alluring. From the outside, one could vaguely see the person inside showering.

The person was under the showerhead. She lifted her long hair, her long fingers stroking her neck…

It had been five years. She had been thinking about this for five years.

Xu Anran took a deep breath. She didn’t want to wait any longer.

The door opened with a gentle push.

Xu Anran didn’t have to peer through the tantalizing gap to see what the person inside was doing. Instead, she could shamelessly look at the perfect body in the bathroom.

Under the orange light, Gu Nanbei’s skin, as soft and smooth as jade, was exposed to the air. She was very pale, so pale that it made a person want to bully her.

Xu Anran thought, she was being seduced.

Even though she pushed the door with such force, and her footsteps were so loud, Gu Nanbei deliberately didn’t look at her, deliberately teasing her.

A minute later, Gu Nanbei slowly turned around. When her gaze swept over Xu Anran’s face, her eyes, filled with a hint of confusion, blinked slightly.

Xu Anran’s face burned. The courage she had mustered shattered. She held the shower gel forward. “I… I brought my own. Mint-scented.”

Gu Nanbei didn’t take it. She was silent for a while and then said, “Are you afraid to look at me?”

“Huh?” Xu Anran was stunned. She had no idea what Gu Nanbei meant. What did she mean, “afraid to look at me”? Could it be… could it be that Gu Nanbei wanted her to look?

Before she could think of an answer, Gu Nanbei spoke again, “Come here.”

The two short words made Xu Anran’s legs tremble violently. She secretly pinched her thigh and cursed herself in her heart. You were the one who pushed the door. You were the one who opened the bathroom door. Now what? You’re also the one who’s a coward, you useless thing!

She pinched her leg again and again but still couldn’t move.

Gu Nanbei spoke again, “Xu Anran, come here.”

Xu… Xu Anran?

It was the first time she had heard her name from Gu Nanbei’s mouth. It wasn’t cold. Instead, it was tinged with a certain hoarseness, gently knocking on her fragile heart.

“Okay.” Xu Anran heard her heart say.

She walked over, holding the bottle, and stood in front of Gu Nanbei.

But she didn’t dare to look at Gu Nanbei. She lowered her head and held the shower gel out to her.

After a moment, Gu Nanbei’s thin lips moved slightly. “Come here.”

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