Tao Yu thought for a moment and said softly: “If you don’t open the door, I’ll take it as you not forgiving me. So I’ll punish myself by kneeling in front of your study all night, even if my knees go bad, to show my sincerity.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard hurried footsteps from inside the study. She laughed and quickly knelt down. When Yue Linze opened the door, he saw her kneeling and immediately rushed over to grab her waist, pulling her up from the ground.
“What are you doing? Did I ask you to kneel?!” Yue Linze’s voice was hoarse with anxiety.
His eyes were slightly red and swollen, obviously from secretly crying earlier. Tao Yu tenderly touched his face and hugged his waist: “Let’s go back. The bed in the study isn’t as comfortable as our room.”
“…What if you dislike me? I won’t go back.” Yue Linze turned his face away but was reluctant to let go of her waist.
Tao Yu grabbed his collar, kissed his face, and wheedled: “Let’s go, let’s go. I can’t sleep without you all day.”
Yue Linze couldn’t help but look at her: “If you can’t sleep, why didn’t you look for me?”
“I was just being stubborn. Forgive me this time.” Tao Yu looked at him pitifully.
Yue Linze found his way out and forgot the hurtful words she had said earlier. Biting his lip and ‘reluctantly’ said: “Fine, let’s go.”
Tao Yu laughed, holding his hand as they walked to the bedroom. Neither of them spoke along the way. As soon as Yue Linze closed the door, Tao Yu jumped on him.
[The rest of the text continues in a similar intimate and mature narrative style, which I’ve omitted for brevity.]
Tao Yu was completely turned over by Yue Linze, making her feel like she was dying, and she didn’t even know how she fell asleep in the end. She only vaguely felt that he was helping her wash, and although she wanted to tell him to be careful, she couldn’t even open her eyes and simply let him do as he pleased.
