The Crazy Villain Wants Me to Love Her - Chapter 18
Chapter 18: A Little Weak.
In her dream, Jiang Chilou felt something on her face and subconsciously turned her face towards her shoulder to rub it off.
Unexpectedly, the more she rubbed, the stranger it felt.
Why is it warm and cool?
It was also very soft, with a gentle, caressing sensation.
The inexplicable touch gradually pulled Jiang Chilou out of her dream, and she slowly opened her eyes.
In an instant, Gu Wan’s figure came into view. The dim yellow light in the car shone on her face, making her features look somewhat blurred.
Jiang Chilou blinked. Her recently awakened mind was still slow to process, and her voice was soft and nasal: “What is it?”
Gu Wan had already withdrawn her hand the moment she sensed Jiang Chilou was about to wake up.
Now, her fingers were slightly bent, and when her fingertips touched her palm, she could almost feel a lingering warmth.
The pad of her thumb subtly rubbed against her palm, and a peach-like color seemed to bloom between her fingers that were rubbing together.
“We’re home,” Gu Wan’s voice was low and quiet.
Jiang Chilou slowly mumbled an ‘Oh.’ She touched her face, which had felt a little itchy earlier, and asked Gu Wan: “Was there something on my face?”
“It felt a bit itchy just now.”
Gu Wan’s expression paused slightly, and she opened her lips: “No.”
“Alright.” Jiang Chilou pinched her own face: “Then it might have been my illusion.”
She finished, put away the small blanket on her, folded it, and placed it in the car. She smiled at Gu Wan: “Let’s go, get out of the car.”
“Mm,” Gu Wan replied. After Jiang Chilou got out, she casually turned off the ceiling light and exited the car from the other side.
The moment she got out, she found Jiang Chilou standing on the other side, waiting for her.
She paused and said softly: “Wait a moment more.” After speaking, she walked to the trunk and took out the painting they had won at the auction earlier.
Jiang Chilou looked at the painting Gu Wan was holding. After Gu Wan walked over, she asked: “Should we hang this painting up, or put it away?”
Gu Wan: “Let’s hang it up.”
Jiang Chilou was curious: “Where should we hang it?”
“How about in the living room?” Gu Wan tilted her head to ask.
Jiang Chilou thought for a moment and smiled: “That works.”
“Let’s hang it tomorrow. It’s too late now, and it would be a hassle.”
Gu Wan: “Mm, I’ll talk to Butler Lin tomorrow.”
Jiang Chilou: “Okay.”
As they spoke, the two had already walked into the living room. At this time, the villa’s servants, including Butler Lin, had finished their work and rested, so the living room was exceptionally quiet. Their footsteps were particularly clear in the silent environment.
Gu Wan placed the painting she was holding onto the living room table and went upstairs with Jiang Chilou.
In the room, Jiang Chilou found her makeup remover bag at the dressing table and declared with great self-awareness: “You take a shower here. I’ll go take one upstairs.”
“That way, it’ll be faster, and we can rest earlier once we’re done.”
Gu Wan paused, then replied: “Okay.”
Early the next morning, around five o’clock.
Jiang Chilou was awakened by a sticky feeling underneath her.
She instinctively reached out to touch, finding nothing there, but the sticky sensation below was clearer.
Jiang Chilou suddenly inhaled sharply, tensed her abdomen, quickly flipped out of bed, and dashed straight to the bathroom.
Ah, ah, ah, it seems her period has started.
She rushed into the bathroom. After a while, she rushed out again to look for sanitary pads.
The light and disorganized footsteps echoed in the room, and Gu Wan gradually woke up.
She sat up, turned her head to look at Jiang Chilou, who seemed to be rummaging for something, and spoke: “What’s wrong?”
Hearing Gu Wan’s voice, Jiang Chilou’s rummaging movements paused, and she turned around with an awkward smile: “Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you up.”
Gu Wan shook her head: “It’s fine. It was almost time for me to get up anyway.”
Furthermore, Jiang Chilou’s movements were actually very slight. It was just that Gu Wan was a light sleeper and easily woke up at any movement nearby.
But why is Jiang Chilou up so early?
Thinking this, Gu Wan spoke again: “What is the matter?”
“Well…” Jiang Chilou pondered for a few seconds before continuing: “My period started.”
As soon as she said this, Jiang Chilou sensed something wrong beneath her and quickly said: “I can’t talk to you now, let’s chat later.”
She then swiftly grabbed an unopened pack of sanitary pads and went into the bathroom.
When she came out again, the lights in the room had been completely turned on, instantly brightening it like daytime.
Jiang Chilou checked the time, 5:50 AM.
She looked at Gu Wan: “You’re not going back to sleep?”
Gu Wan said softly: “No.”
“I’ll go exercise later.”
Jiang Chilou murmured: “But you went to sleep very late yesterday. Won’t you be very tired when you go to work today?”
They had gone to bed around midnight after washing up. Including the time to fall asleep, Gu Wan probably only slept for about five hours.
Going to work with so little sleep, and still having the energy to exercise… how does she manage?
Thinking this, she unconsciously asked: “How do you manage to cope?”
Gu Wan: “Five hours of sleep is usually enough for me.”
“I won’t be tired.” She would drink coffee in the morning to stay energized.
Jiang Chilou: …
“Alright, you’re amazing.” So enduring.
Gu Wan glanced at the person opposite her: “Are you going back to sleep?”
Jiang Chilou was silent for a while. She actually wanted to sleep, as she had gone to bed very late yesterday, but the sudden onset of her period had fully woken her up. Hence, she couldn’t fall asleep immediately.
Moreover, her lower abdomen felt heavy and uncomfortable.
She shook her head, casually sitting on a stool: “Not sleeping for now. I’ll sleep later.”
Since she has nothing planned for today, she can come back and catch up on sleep after breakfast.
Thinking this, Jiang Chilou rubbed her uncomfortable lower abdomen and softly asked Gu Wan: “Do we have any warming patches at home?”
Gu Wan watched her action and asked softly: “Are you uncomfortable?”
Jiang Chilou nodded her head: “It’s a little bit on the first day, but it goes away afterwards.”
Gu Wan threw off the blanket and got out of bed: “I’ll go down and ask Butler Lin.”
Hearing this, Jiang Chilou couldn’t help but stand up: “Why don’t I go down and ask myself? That way, I won’t trouble you.”
She already felt bad for waking Gu Wan up so early, so she didn’t want to bother her too much now.
Gu Wan’s steps didn’t stop: “You just wait here.”
Seeing her insist, Jiang Chilou no longer insisted on getting it herself. She sat back down, beaming sweetly at Gu Wan: “Then I’ll trouble you. Thank you.”
Gu Wan softly hummed and quickly left the bedroom.
Downstairs.
Gu Wan found Butler Lin. After receiving a box of warming patches from her, she prepared to turn and go upstairs, but another question came from behind her: “CEO Gu, can Madam tolerate ginger flavor? If she can, I’ll have Madam Zhou make her a bowl of brown sugar, ginger, and jujube egg soup later. It will make her feel better.”
“If Madam doesn’t like ginger, I’ll have Madam Zhou make a ginger-free one.” However, the effect might not be as good as the one with ginger.
Hearing this, Gu Wan couldn’t help but pause for a few seconds. To be honest, she wasn’t sure about Jiang Chilou’s preferences, so she only replied slowly: “Prepare one of each.”
“Yes, CEO Gu,” Butler Lin replied, bowing her head.
Gu Wan walked back to the bedroom and handed the box of warming patches to Jiang Chilou: “These are for you.”
Jiang Chilou took them with both hands, smiling widely: “Thank you, Gu Wan.”
Gu Wan: “You’re welcome.”
Jiang Chilou smiled, took out a warming patch from the box: “I’m going to the bathroom first. Wait for me a moment more. I’ll be quick.”
Gu Wan hummed. Looking at Jiang Chilou’s slightly messy hair, she suddenly asked: “Can you tolerate ginger flavor?”
“Hmm?” Jiang Chilou looked up, puzzled: “Why do you ask?”
Meeting Jiang Chilou’s questioning gaze, Gu Wan slightly lowered her eyes: “Butler Lin and the others plan to make you a bowl of brown sugar, ginger, and jujube egg soup, and they asked if you could tolerate ginger flavor.”
“I wasn’t sure of your preference, so I asked them to make one of each.”
Hearing this, a slight smile appeared on Jiang Chilou’s lips, and she curved her eyes: “I can tolerate it.”
Actually, she wasn’t too fond of the ginger flavor. She could only say she could tolerate it generally, but she wouldn’t actively seek it out.
But since Gu Wan had already asked someone to prepare it this early morning, Jiang Chilou didn’t want to say anything disappointing and simply agreed: “Then I’ll go downstairs and drink it later.”
“I’ll drink both bowls.”
Gu Wan looked at her and said: “Don’t force yourself to drink too much. Just a suitable amount.”
Jiang Chilou nodded her head: “Don’t worry, I know my limits.”
It’s just two bowls of sweet soup. It won’t take up much space in her stomach. She can completely treat them as breakfast.
Gu Wan: “As long as you know your limits.”
Jiang Chilou hummed: “Then I’ll go to the bathroom now.”
Gu Wan: “Okay.”
Half an hour later, Jiang Chilou and Gu Wan went downstairs to the dining room for breakfast simultaneously.
In the dining room, Gu Wan watched the person opposite her swiftly finish one bowl of brown sugar egg soup and then slowly scoop up the ginger and jujube water with a spoon, her brow slightly furrowed.
She lowered her gaze and suddenly spoke: “Give me your bowl of ginger and jujube soup.”
“Ah,” Jiang Chilou paused. She looked at her bowl of brown sugar, ginger, and jujube soup, which hadn’t changed much, and then at Gu Wan, momentarily unsure of her intention: “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” Gu Wan’s voice was very soft: “The coffee today is a bit bitter. I want to drink some sweet soup to wash it down.”
Jiang Chilou pinched her spoon: “But, I’ve already…”
She stopped mid-sentence. Although she didn’t finish, the meaning was quite clear.
She had already touched this bowl of soup.
“It’s fine,” Gu Wan smiled.
She stared at the porcelain white spoon in Jiang Chilou’s hand. After a few seconds, her gaze shifted to the nearly untouched brown sugar, ginger, and jujube egg soup.
She wasn’t using the other person’s spoon.
She only wanted the bowl of soup, and the soup had only been touched twice by the other person’s spoon.
“Are you sure?” Jiang Chilou looked at the other person doubtfully.
Before drinking this bowl of ginger soup, she thought she could finish it. Unfortunately, she overestimated herself and underestimated the ginger flavor of the soup.
The ginger flavor is too strong!
It was truly difficult to swallow.
But she didn’t want to waste it, so she had to drink it slowly. Unexpectedly, after only two sips, she suddenly heard Gu Wan say she wanted this soup.
She pursed her lips, guessing in her heart that Gu Wan knew she didn’t like to drink it.
Gu Wan’s tone was calm: “I never joke.”
“Alright,” Jiang Chilou said. Hearing her say this, she decided not to force herself anymore.
She put her spoon aside and pushed the bowl of brown sugar, ginger, and jujube egg soup towards Gu Wan, smiling with a hint of embarrassment: “Then it’s yours.”
Then she added: “You’re so good.”
Gu Wan hummed lightly, lowering her eyes.
She picked up her chopsticks, slowly chewed the poached egg in the bowl, and finally picked up the soup bowl. As the bowl slightly tilted, and the sweet soup slowly flowed down her throat, Gu Wan’s mind suddenly flashed back to the peach-like lips from last night.
Thinking of this, Gu Wan’s action involuntarily paused slightly, and a drop of sweet soup slowly wound its way down the side of the bowl to her lips.
Sensing the touch on her lips, Gu Wan quickly finished the last sip and put down the bowl. She then instinctively raised a finger to wipe her lip. The sticky sweet soup stained her fingertip, the slightly adhesive sensation felt like peach-colored lipstick staining her thumb pad, an extremely strong presence.
She stared at the faint red stain on her fingertip, her eyes slightly darkened. Just as she was about to pull a tissue to wipe away the mark on her hand, a wet wipe suddenly appeared beside her hand.
She looked up, and Jiang Chilou’s smile came into view.
The other person’s light pink lips were slightly raised: “Wipe it.”
“Thank you,” Gu Wan lowered her eyes, took the wipe, and slowly and meticulously cleaned her thumb pad.
Jiang Chilou watched Gu Wan slowly wipe her hand, then instinctively shifted her gaze to the bowl next to the other person.
The bowl was empty.
“You drank that quite fast.”
Gu Wan: “I don’t dislike ginger flavor.”
Jiang Chilou propped her cheek on her hand: “Alright.”
Gu Wan finished wiping her hand and slowly stood up: “I have something to take care of, so I’m heading out now.”
“You rest well.”
Jiang Chilou hummed twice and waved at Gu Wan: “Bye-bye.”
She planned to lounge on the sofa and play with her phone for a while, and then go upstairs to sleep when she felt tired later.
In the living room, Gu Wan folded the newspaper in her hand. As she prepared to go to the gym, she glanced at Jiang Chilou, who was already lazily nestled on the sofa, and turned to Butler Lin beside her, speaking softly: “Compile a document of Jiang Chilou’s preferences in all aspects for me.”
Butler Lin lowered her head and assented: “Yes, CEO Gu.”
In the afternoon, Gu Wan, who was still at the company, received a document via WeChat from Butler Lin.
She clicked on it, and her gaze suddenly paused on a certain section.
A moment later, she replied to the other person: “How was this information collected?”
Butler Lin: “I collected part of it from the household staff, and the other part I discreetly inquired about from Madam herself…”
“Is there any problem?”
Gu Wan: “You should also discreetly ask the people on the Jiang family side.”
Butler Lin: “Understood.”
After the conversation ended, Gu Wan lowered her eyes to the document again, slowly tapping the desktop with her index finger.
Around six o’clock, Gu Wan arrived home after work and saw Jiang Chilou listlessly nestled on the sofa.
She walked over: “What’s wrong? Still uncomfortable?”
Jiang Chilou looked up at Gu Wan, her voice weak: “It’s not exactly uncomfortable, I just feel a little weak.”
Gu Wan glanced at her slightly pale lips and said: “Shall I have Madam Zhou nourish you tomorrow?”
Jiang Chilou shook her head: “Let’s wait until after my period is over to nourish myself.”
“I’m afraid if I nourish myself now, it might be a bit too much, and it would be bad if it prolonged my period.”
Gu Wan: “That works, too.”
Jiang Chilou looked up at Gu Wan. Perhaps because of her period, Jiang Chilou found the other person exceptionally beautiful right now.
It makes her heart flutter.
Too bad…
Although her heart fluttered, she felt powerless.