After I Woke Up to Find I Had a Wife - Chapter 8

Lin You returned to the bathroom and dug out a soft-series hair dryer specially meant for long hair. In her hand, she held a curling brush and a dry towel.

Fu Xinran sat on the stool and watched Lin You come out of the bathroom.

When she saw the hair dryer in Lin You’s hand, Fu Xinran froze.

Even when Lin You carefully draped the dry towel over her fair, beautiful shoulders, Fu Xinran still had not come back to her senses.

The bath towel on her head was undone by slender, strong fingers. Lin You followed the comb and began tidying her long hair.

Fu Xinran held her breath. Her gaze drifted, her thoughts leaving her body. Only when warm air blew over the top of her head did she truly realize that someone was helping her dry her hair.

And it was the person she had been hoping for.

Fu Xinran tilted her head and looked at the person earnestly drying her hair. Five long, fair fingers gently lifted her damp hair, drying it while combing through it with her fingers.

The warm air blew over her hair. Lin You first dried the back of her head and the top, then followed the strands down and separated the wet hair beside her ears. Her fingers accidentally brushed against Fu Xinran’s cold ear tip.

Lin You covered Fu Xinran’s ear with her left hand. On one hand, her hand had been under the warm air the entire time and was very warm, perfect for warming Fu Xinran’s ear. On the other hand, it was to block the hot air from blowing into her ear.

Fu Xinran held her breath and felt the warmth beside her ear. A faint pink rose across her face.

Even after her hair was fully dried, Fu Xinran still thought she was dreaming.

So Lin You could be this gentle too?

After drying her hair for half an hour, Lin You reluctantly withdrew her hand from those smooth strands.

She finally understood why her comrades had been so obsessed with wanting their wives to have long hair.

My hand passing through your beautiful hair; when your hair brushes against my steel gun, don’t blame me for keeping a cold and handsome face. In truth, I have an iron backbone…

And also a tender heart.

For a moment, Lin You experienced the romance of a soldier.

A faint but warm feeling flowed through her heart. Lin You softened her voice and nodded happily. “All right, it’s all dry. Go to bed. I’ll help you look for your phone.”

Fu Xinran was still immersed in the warmth. Lin You pulled open the blanket for her, and Fu Xinran directly lay down.

So obedient. Seeing the obedient and soft Fu Xinran, Lin You suddenly felt heroic. Today, she would definitely help Fu Xinran find her phone.

Lin You put away the hair dryer, took her own phone, and searched everywhere for Fu Xinran’s phone.

Meanwhile, Fu Xinran, lying in the bedroom, dazedly reached under her pillow and pulled out her phone.

She opened WeChat. In the pinned group chat, the messages were rapidly sliding upward.

“She really dried my hair for me.” Fu Xinran lightly tapped the screen and quickly sent one sentence.

Everyone in the group had been teasing one another, but the moment they saw Fu Xinran’s message, the fast-moving chat paused for a while.

“Oh my god, Ranran, you’re finally about to conquer your Old Lin. That wasn’t easy. Is that stone finally about to become sentient?” This was Fu Xinran’s good friend, Cao Ruirui, who had grown up with her.

She often complained that Lin You was nothing but a cold, hard stone.

“Ruirui, Ranran has only just touched the edge. She’s still a hundred and eight thousand li away from conquering her. To be honest, Ranran, I always thought that with your charm, making an Alpha fall at your feet would be an easy thing—until you met Lin You.”

This was another good friend of Fu Xinran’s, Xu Zitao, a fiery male Omega.

“Tch… Lin You is only one line away from being frigid. Ranran, I advise you not to be too happy. Maybe she’s only doing it for the child. You know how wealthy families are. They value the child much more than the mother.”

Fu Xinran stared at the message Lu Yun had sent in the chat. The other two friends were still attacking Lu Yun, accusing her of being too cold-blooded.

But at the same time, they were also tactfully trying to persuade Fu Xinran.

Fu Xinran turned off her phone and stuffed it back under the pillow.

The phone had been under the pillow the whole time. Originally, she had only wanted to test Lin You. She had not dared hope that Lin You would help dry her hair, and so gently and carefully at that. Lin You had even really gone out to help her look for the phone.

The phone under the pillow lit up and went dark again. Lin You called many times but heard no sound. She searched both upstairs and downstairs but still could not find it.

In the end, Lin You returned to the study and took a spare phone, preparing to let Fu Xinran use it for the time being.

Fu Xinran did not know that after she turned off her phone, the four-person group chat was full of mutual roasting. As a legal professional, Lu Yun never bragged about her arguing skills, but when it came to roasting a few childhood friends, she hit the mark every time.

She roasted Cao Ruirui into instant silence. Cao Ruirui swore they were breaking off friendship tonight.

Xu Zitao, who was watching the fun from the side, gloated and privately sent a message: “Lu Yun, with that mouth of yours, you probably won’t be able to marry a wife in this lifetime.”

Lu Yun sent him an eye-roll emoji.

“Ranran, I searched both upstairs and downstairs, but I still couldn’t find it. How about I have Aunt Gui and the others help you look again tomorrow? Use this phone for tonight first.” Lin You raised a new phone and handed it to Fu Xinran.

Fu Xinran nodded indifferently but did not reach out to take it. She simply lay on the bed without speaking.

Lin You scratched her head. She did not know what had happened now. Wasn’t everything fine just now?

She turned off the TV, and neither of them spoke.

The next morning, when Lin You woke up, she was still tightly holding Fu Xinran in her arms, the tip of her nose pressed firmly against the top of Fu Xinran’s head.

Lin You carefully pulled her hand away from Fu Xinran’s waist. The arm Fu Xinran was using as a pillow under her neck was not very easy to pull out.

Today, her left hand was not numb. Sleeping while holding a soft, delicate beauty was very comfortable, but it was also very awkward.

Lin You exhaled and lay flat, waiting for Fu Xinran to turn sideways so she could pull her arm free.

The sky outside had already grown dimly bright. It was probably just a little past six. Today, she had to train properly and get perfect abs as soon as possible.

Buzz… buzz…

Her phone vibrated. Lin You reached out and picked it up. It was Zheng Er calling.

Lin You closed her eyes. This Zheng Er seemed to be the original body’s only friend who had helped Fu Xinran during her most difficult time.

Privately, she had also advised the original body to either live properly with Fu Xinran or let her go.

Her full name was Zheng Tairan, and she ranked second in her family.

Lin You rarely had a bit of favorable impression toward this person. Although Second Young Master Zheng was also a playboy, she always used money to settle everything beforehand and was never stingy.

In her own words, right now she was spending her father’s money, so she had to spend it happily. Once her father died, she would only be able to spend dividends, and that would not feel nearly as satisfying.

“Zheng Er, what is it?” Lin You asked in a lowered voice.

“Hehe, isn’t it because I haven’t seen you, President Lin, in so long? Tonight, I put together a gathering. Come have some fun.” Zheng Er’s lazy, unserious voice came from the other end of the call.

Lin You frowned. “Have you been playing all night?”

“Haah, yeah. It just ended. See you tonight.” Zheng Er yawned and wiped away the tears squeezed from the corners of her eyes.

“I might not go. You should go back and rest first. Zheng Er, don’t ruin your body,” Lin You said with some disapproval.

Zheng Er waved her hand on the other end of the phone. “My great president, don’t worry. I know my limits. I’ll send you the address first. If you’re free tonight, you can bring Sister-in-law along too. I’m hanging up now. I’m dead tired.”

Lin You hung up the phone and turned her head, only to meet a pair of eyes staring at her faintly. She was so startled that her body shrank backward, and along with that, she pulled Fu Xinran into her arms.

Lin You widened her eyes and stared at Fu Xinran. The atmosphere was a little awkward now.

The hug had come far too naturally.

Fu Xinran’s voice was drowsy and thick, carrying the hoarseness of someone who had just slept. “You’re pressing against me.”

Hm?

Lin You did not understand. She tilted her head and looked at Fu Xinran in confusion.

Fu Xinran’s face reddened, and she moved the leg that was not pinned down by Lin You.

Lin You suddenly jolted. She could feel it now.

“Ah, sorry, sorry.” Lin You immediately let go, covered her stomach, and ran toward the bathroom.

Fu Xinran pinched her reddened ear tip and covered her face with the blanket. The blanket was filled with Lin You’s scent, that faint tea fragrance, making Fu Xinran’s ear tips grow even hotter.

Even after Lin You finished exercising, ate breakfast, and left early, she still did not dare say even half a sentence to Fu Xinran. She hurriedly joined the assistant who had come to pick her up.

“What’s going on today? Is someone chasing Youyou?” Aunt Gui looked doubtfully at Lin You, who had left in such a rush. Even when she came downstairs for breakfast early in the morning, she had been hurried, as if someone were chasing her from behind.

Wasn’t someone chasing her?

Embarrassment’s father had gone out, and embarrassment’s mother had run over to say, “You left embarrassment at home.”

Fu Xinran slept until past nine, taking a second nap. She lingered against Lin You’s pillow and rubbed against it. The current Lin You was just as cute as before.

The corners of Fu Xinran’s lips rose. She had confidence that she could warm up that stone, because she had discovered that the stone also had a heart.