Chapter 169 - 147: Getting Ready for Bed (2)

Chapter 169: Chapter 147: Getting Ready for Bed (2)

"The new one on the left."

Han Wenwen pursed her lips. She’d already guessed Zhengran wouldn’t use the same one as her, but... it made no difference.

Feigning disappointment, she said, "Alright," then found the toothpaste and squeezed some onto it.

She wet the brush so his mouth wouldn’t feel so dry.

"Ahh~ Zhengran, smile for me so I can brush the outside first. Then you can open your mouth."

’This feels just like playing house.’

But Lin Zhengran indulged the Little Fox and bared his teeth. Han Wenwen couldn’t help but laugh. "You’re so cute like this, Zhengran~"

She meticulously brushed the surface of Lin Zhengran’s teeth.

After finishing the outside, she had Lin Zhengran open his mouth so she could brush the inside.

Upon closer inspection, Han Wenwen grew curious. "Are your teeth naturally this good, Zhengran? Not only do you have no cavities, but they’re so straight, too. Do you do something special to take care of them?"

"When would I have time for that?"

"Then do you ever get toothaches, Zhengran?"

"No."

Han Wenwen filled Lin Zhengran’s mouth with foamy toothpaste. "I’m a little jealous. My teeth hurt if I eat too much candy now. It’s a good thing I brush diligently, or I’d definitely have cavities."

Cavities... For some reason, this made Lin Zhengran think of the time Jiang Jingshi had burned her finger. Master of All Things allowed him to learn anything quickly, but medicine was the one field that required him to find tools or ingredients on the spot. Because of that, there would inevitably be emergencies where he couldn’t act in time.

Lin Zhengran sometimes considered looking into it further, to see if any of his abilities could make things more efficient in that domain.

After brushing, Han Wenwen got Lin Zhengran a cup of water. "Alright, rinse your mouth and spit everything out."

She was taking meticulous care of him.

When they finished, Han Wenwen looked his teeth over from every angle, beaming with satisfaction at their pristine white surfaces.

Han Wenwen even made Lin Zhengran look in the mirror.

Standing beside Lin Zhengran, she eagerly asked, "Didn’t Wenwen do a very thorough job? I told you I have a natural talent for taking care of you, Zhengran. I might not be good at other things, but when it comes to stuff like this, even Qingqing can’t compare to me."

Lin Zhengran really couldn’t argue with that. Just from her daily massages and all the other little personal things she did for him...

...it was obvious that Han Wenwen was much better at taking care of people than He Qing.

A delighted Han Wenwen beamed, her invisible fox tail wagging back and forth as if to say, ’Praise me, praise me~’

Lin Zhengran obliged with a word of praise. "You’re really good at it."

He then patted her on the head.

The Little Fox felt satisfied in body and soul. "Then you should go soak your feet, Zhengran. I’m going to brush my teeth too."

"Mm."

Once Lin Zhengran was back on the bed, Han Wenwen’s sly figure turned to stare at the toothbrush he had just used and rinsed clean.

She carefully squeezed a little more toothpaste onto it.

Then, with a blush on her face, she put the toothbrush in her mouth and began to brush.

In reality, a washed toothbrush is no different from a new one, but the moment Han Wenwen thought about how this was something Lin Zhengran had used...

...her heart couldn’t help but beat faster. The feeling of secretly using his things behind his back, especially, made her already racing heart pound even harder.

As it turned out, what she didn’t see was that Lin Zhengran, who was supposed to be soaking his feet, had suddenly doubled back to the bathroom.

Startled, Han Wenwen quickly pulled the toothbrush out of her mouth and held it in front of her to hide it.

Her mouth full of toothpaste foam, she asked, "What’s wrong? Why are you back?"

"Where’s the towel for my feet?"

"Oh, it’s over there. I’ll get it for you in a bit." She glanced to the side.

Lin Zhengran took the towel and was about to leave, but an idle glance revealed something odd. Han Wenwen was clearly brushing her teeth, yet her pink toothbrush was resting quietly in its cup, completely clean and dry.

Han Wenwen guiltily stared at Lin Zhengran’s reflection in the mirror, not daring to speak.

Lin Zhengran raised his hand and tapped Han Wenwen on the head before leaving.

"You don’t think that’s gross?"

The Little Fox flinched, then retorted with a pout, "Gross? What do you mean, ’gross’? Wenwen doesn’t understand~"

Lin Zhengran paid her no mind.

Only after Lin Zhengran left did Han Wenwen secretly peek over her shoulder before continuing to brush her teeth.

’What’s so gross about this?’ she thought. ’It’s just a toothbrush he used. I wish I could do... *you know what*... with Zhengran.’

After brushing her teeth, the Little Fox immediately rushed to Lin Zhengran’s side and hopped onto the bed. "I’m not going to bathe. I just took a shower this afternoon."

"Mm."

Han Wenwen moved all the miscellaneous things from the bed to the floor and tidied up the covers again.

Watching Lin Zhengran sit on the edge of the bed soaking his feet and playing on his phone, she slowly wrapped her arms around his neck from behind.

She rested her little head on Lin Zhengran’s shoulder, her entire upper body pressing against his back.

He felt a soft sensation against his back.

"What are you thinking about right now, Zhengran?" she asked deliberately.

"Nothing much. Just thinking about Lili for next week. Her ranking chart next week..."

Han Wenwen covered Lin Zhengran’s mouth with her hand and said unhappily, "What! Stop talking about that. How can you be thinking about those things in such a nice atmosphere, Zhengran? You should be thinking about tonight... about what’s happening tonight."

Lin Zhengran glanced at Han Wenwen, his voice muffled by her hand. Knowing her little scheme, he deliberately teased her, "What could happen tonight? Aren’t we just going to sleep?"

The Little Fox got angry, but she couldn’t say it outright. "Well, yes, but..."

Biting her lip, she looked particularly amusing in her vexation and shyness.

Lin Zhengran smiled and pulled her hand away. "Alright, go get into your own bed. I’ll lie down after I’m done with my feet."

"How can I lie down now? I still have to dump out the foot-soaking water for you, Zhengran. Oh, right, and I have to wash your feet."

Lin Zhengran felt this girl was really going a bit too far. "You really don’t have to this time. I can do it myself."

But to his surprise, Han Wenwen wasn’t being polite and had no intention of backing down. She got off the bed and knelt on the rug.

She put her hands into the foot basin, her captivating eyes full of defiance. "Didn’t I already say Wenwen would take care of these things? What do you mean, ’you don’t have to’?"

Han Wenwen’s way of thinking was indeed different from Lin Zhengran’s. He felt it was unnecessary, since it was just a small, simple task.

But for Han Wenwen, first, she was genuinely willing. She even found such acts to be very intimate and wanted to do them from the bottom of her heart.

Second, if she didn’t do it, she could guarantee someone else would snatch the opportunity away in the future.

Besides, washing his feet was different from other things. It was always done at night, and today, for example, Han Wenwen had already bathed.

Otherwise, washing feet would turn into soaking feet, and if they were soaking feet, the two of them would be sitting together, maybe even hugging, while they did it.

If an opportunity like this were snatched away by another girl...

Han Wenwen could just imagine that in the future, once their relationships reached a certain point, whichever girl soaked Zhengran’s feet would probably get to have him stay in her room all night.

"You don’t understand, Zhengran," Han Wenwen blurted out. "Anyway, I said I’d do it. You’re not allowed to wash them yourself in secret."

From that moment on, Lin Zhengran lost his autonomy over the matter of washing his feet.

In the end, however, it was still Lin Zhengran who dumped out the water, because Han Wenwen had really done a bit too much today.

Lin Zhengran patted her head. "You can get the water next time. I’ll do it this time. Go wash your hands and lie down on the bed."

As soon as Han Wenwen heard the word "bed," she stopped arguing and nodded shyly.

"Then I’ll wait for you in bed, Zhengran..."

「The night deepened, the sky outside dotted with stars.」

Although it was still early enough that you could hear the chatter of children and adults from outside the residential complex.

But the atmosphere inside the room was, for the most part, quiet.

Lin Zhengran and Han Wenwen got into their respective covers. He let out a long, comfortable sigh as he stared at the ceiling.

Han Wenwen, however, lay on her side, watching Lin Zhengran. She wasn’t relaxed at all; she was completely tense.

Even her voice became sultry. "I’m turning off the light, okay?"

"You’re not even going to play on your phone for a bit?" he asked.

Han Wenwen bit her lip and slowly shook her head. "Why would I play on my phone when I’m with you, Zhengran? What a waste of time."

She used the remote to turn off the light, plunging the room into darkness.

And with the darkness came the stirring of a certain little vixen’s schemes. She had no intention of quietly going to sleep.