Chapter 89: Baby, Let Me Explain
Chapter 89: Chapter 89: Baby, Let Me Explain
Hearing a soft, sweet meow from inside, Lin Yanwan slowly opened the door.
The moment they saw each other, Jiang Xia cupped her face and swiftly planted a smacking kiss on her soft, tender lips.
"What are you doing? My mom’s home," Lin Yanwan said, her face flushing slightly as she pushed him away.
Jiang Xia froze, instinctively looking inside. ’Liar. There’s no one here.’
Meeting his accusatory gaze, Lin Yanwan said with righteous confidence, "I was just reminding you. If my parents were home, you’d definitely lose your legs. Anyway, you can’t be so loud next time, and you can’t just suddenly kiss me without my permission!"
"I understand the logic, but my body has a mind of its own," Jiang Xia said seriously.
"..."
She huffed softly. ’A mind of its own, my foot. It’s just an excuse.’
Lin Yanwan glanced at the pile of things outside. "What did you buy? There’s so much."
"Cat food, deworming medicine, cat litter, and so on. It’s all stuff Yuyuan needs, so I figured I’d get it all in one go." Jiang Xia shrugged and hauled all the cat supplies inside.
The door closed behind them. He took the large glass of water Lin Yanwan handed him and gulped it all down.
It was hot today, around 95 degrees, and carrying so many things upstairs in one trip had really worn him out.
Seeing him drenched in sweat, his pure white shirt completely soaked through, Lin Yanwan said, "Why don’t you go take a shower first?"
"Forget it. I don’t have any clothes here anyway. It’s summer, so it’s always hot. The sweat will dry in a bit," Jiang Xia said, shaking his head.
"Just go. I’ll go look for some for you."
"Is that really necessary?"
"Then don’t even think about hugging me later!" she said, glaring at him.
"I’m going! Going right now! I promise I’ll get all nice and clean."
Jiang Xia’s expression changed in a flash. He turned and headed for the bathroom. Nothing in the world was more important than holding his girl.
It was strange. It all started when he brought her home in the middle of the day to take a bath for her menstrual cramps. Now, he was the one running over here whenever he had free time, treating it completely as his own home.
He stood under the warm shower, the heat quickly dissipating from his body. Meanwhile, after setting up the litter box for Yuyuan, Lin Yanwan began rummaging high and low for clothes that would fit Jiang Xia.
Her dad had a heavier build, while Jiang Xia was tall and slim, so his clothes clearly wouldn’t fit. After thinking it over, she decided to go out and buy him a new set right now. They might come in handy in the future, anyway.
Listening to the sound of the shower and thinking about Jiang Xia’s usual habits, she figured he wouldn’t be done for a while.
So, Lin Yanwan grabbed her wallet and headed straight for the nearest clothing store.
Summer clothes were easy to buy. For guys, it was basically just T-shirts and shorts—whatever was coolest. Factoring in his fashion sense, she quickly picked out an outfit: a plain white T-shirt and a pair of gray linen shorts. As for underwear...
She stood in front of the large selection of men’s underwear for a long time. Thinking about his size, she blushed and picked out a pair of XLs.
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Jiang Xia finished his comfortable shower, then suddenly remembered that Yanwan hadn’t told him where the clean clothes were.
He quietly opened the door but didn’t see any clothes on the hook outside. He tried calling out "Babe" a few times, but there was no response.
"Babe? Babe?"
"Meow~"
"Yuyuan, I wasn’t calling you. Where’d your mom go?"
"Meow?"
’Don’t tell me she went out to buy me clothes?’
Jiang Xia muttered to himself, grabbed a bath towel from the wall to wrap around his body, and padded in slippers to check the other rooms. He didn’t find anyone, though he did see that the litter box had been pawed through.
"Looks like she really did go out."
With only a man and a cat left in the apartment, Jiang Xia casually picked up the cat wand he’d just bought. Yuyuan, who wasn’t shy around him, started jumping and pouncing happily, having the time of its life.
"Yuyuan, do you really recognize me?"
"Meow~"
"I’m your dad."
Yuyuan: "?"
’Whatever.’ Jiang Xia didn’t actually think Yuyuan had been reborn along with them. Even if it had, how much could a carefree cat remember anyway?
He picked up the nutritional gel to feed Yuyuan, but after just a few licks, it jumped into the litter box. It propped its two front paws on the edge, stuck its butt in the air, and started to poop. Afterward, it vigorously pawed at the litter, but couldn’t quite cover everything up.
The kitten’s poop was dry and hard, like little pellets, which was also an indirect sign that Yuyuan was reasonably healthy.
"Yuyuan, you never disappoint. Your poop is as stinky as ever."
Jiang Xia held his breath. Just as he bent down to pick up the litter box to go scoop the poop, the sound of a key turning in the lock came from the front door.
The next second, the door opened. In his moment of panic, the bath towel wrapped around him just so happened to slip off, revealing a perfectly sculpted male body, stark naked, right in front of Lin Yanwan.
Seeing this, she froze on the spot, bags big and small in her hands, as a crimson blush immediately crept up to her ears.
They stared at each other, wide-eyed, and the atmosphere instantly became a little awkward.
"Pervert!" she spat, annoyed.
With that, she turned and quickly shut the door. Luckily, no one was in the hallway, or else Jiang Xia’s fine physique would have been seen by everyone.
"What are you standing there gawking for? Hurry up and wrap the towel back on! Who wants to see that thing of yours! It’s not like I haven’t seen it before!"
Her gaze swept very discreetly over his waist. The lively and vigorous sight made her face turn an even deeper shade of red, and she began to wonder if the XL underwear she’d bought was too small.
"Babe, let me explain!"
Jiang Xia awkwardly picked up the towel and re-wrapped it around himself. "If I said this was all an accident, would you believe me?" he said helplessly. "I was wrapped up just fine, about to go clean Yuyuan’s litter box, but then you suddenly came back, and the towel just had to fall off right at that moment."
"Pfft, exhibitionist!"
Lin Yanwan didn’t believe him one bit. How could there be such a coincidence in the world? The towel didn’t fall off earlier, it didn’t fall off later, but it just had to fall off the moment she came back? She had a million reasons to believe Jiang Xia had done it on purpose for her to see!
’Such crooked methods. Using his looks as a honey trap!’
’Don’t think you can seduce me just because you have a good body!’
’I’m not at that voracious, wolf-like age anymore. I won’t fall for it!’
Jiang Xia couldn’t explain his predicament. He could only walk over with the towel on as Lin Yanwan, blushing, retreated again and again until she was backed against the door.
"Wh-what are you trying to do?"
"I’m not lying to you. The towel really did fall on its own." He took her hand and placed it over his heart, speaking earnestly.
"You rotten pervert, you exhibitionist with your impure thoughts! I’d have to be a fool to believe you."
She nervously snatched her hand back. Seeing the droplets of water yet to evaporate on Jiang Xia’s collarbone and smelling nothing but the pleasant scent of shower gel, the shyness in her eyes intensified.
"If you don’t believe me, I’ll demonstrate. I’ll just go like this, and this, and then this..."
Jiang Xia squatted down again, pretending to hold the litter box, then stood up. The towel once again came undone and slipped, but this time it didn’t fall completely. Instead, it caught securely on a certain flexible lever.
Lin Yanwan watched, dumbfounded, her breathing growing ragged.