Chapter 126 - I'll Wait For You.

Xia Sha could not believe she is dating this childish man. He went deaf every time she wants to clarify her words before. In the end, they ignored each other and solemnly watched the movie played on the television with no conversation between them. 

The movie isn't even that good, but they watched it until the movie credit rollout. 

The silence never bothered Xia Sha since she never been a talkative one in the first place. But silence does felt suffocating for Guan Xian, who talked a lot. 

He began to glance secretly for the first five minutes after Xia Sha gave up explaining. She keeps her face flat throughout the movie. There is no anger or frustration showed in her eyes, but a cold gaze is enough to make Guan Xian's back shivered. 

He glances at her again. This time, Xia Sha rubs her eyes while yawning quietly. Guan Xian watched her stood up and carelessly bent her waist left and right, stretching her sole muscle. 

Her movement makes Guan Xian's throat dry, but he dare not to say a word. 

"I'm going to sleep now," she notified him with an indifferent tone. 

"Oh," Guan Xian answered curtly, but his voice sounds hoarse as ever. 

Xia Sha raised one of her eyebrows at Guan Xian on the couch. He did not move and inched from his seat as he stares back at her. He looks like a lost boy who desperately needs his mom. 

"You did not want to head back?" She asked. 

Guan Xian shook his head and answer with an overly calm face.

"Drowsy driving is dangerous."

Xia Sha nods her head as his excuse is flawless. 

"Okay, I guess you can stay here tonight," Xia Sha look around with arms hugging her own fragile body.

Guan Xian stares at her with eyes filled with hope. He even blinks a few times. As if it could persuade Xia Sha to said what he wanted to hear.

"Really...?"

"Yes," she said as if it's not a big problem for her. 

Xia Sha is very decisive in some matters. Since this apartment only has one big room, Guan Xian has no choice but to sleep on the couch tonight. 

Xia Sha frowned slightly. After pondering for a few seconds, she decided to show him some care. 

"Follow me to the bedroom," she said carelessly and walked toward the room direction. 

Guan Xian's eyes suddenly went bright. All his drowsiness went away, and he got energized. He excitedly followed Xia Sha in the room directly. He is grinning like a fool when they reached the door. 

When he about to enter the bedroom, Xia Sha turned her body around and pull a blanket from the bed. Glancing at Guan Xian coldly, she put the blanket on his hand. 

"Here, you can have this so you won't get cold."

"Ah...?" Guan Xian was speechless. He looked down at the bundle of a blanket in his hand and look at Xia Sha helplessly. 

"?" Xia Sha blinked her eyes and smiles like a robot. She patted the top of the bundle, thinking Guan Xian, this young master, wouldn't want to sleep on the couch. 

"Don't worry. It's a transformable couch. It's quite nice. I'll even give you a pillow," Xia Sha rushes to the bed and shove a pillow to his hand. 

"I'm sleeping on the sofa?" he said weakly as if his soul had left his body. 

Xia Sha nods her head. 

"For real?"

Xia Sha nodded again. 

"You have a big bed," he murmured. Guan Xian frowned and peek at the big bed Xia Sha owned. Jealousy spout in his heart. Hmph! that bed is lucky to sleep with Xia Sha tonight. 

"So?" Xia Sha titled her head to the left. 

"So? Don't you want to share it with me?" he asked, feeling desolate. 

"Share a bed with you?" Xia Sha asked with provoking tone. 

Guan Xian nods her head with a silly grin. Xia Sha nods her head and posed a smile on her beautiful face. 

"The bright, white moonlight shines on your beautiful face, and your elegant, slender shadow makes me a little bit sad. The plain, clean moonlight shines on your enchanting face, and your elegant, graceful shadow makes me unable to think!" 

Guan Xian recalls one of the songs in Odes of Chen. Xia Sha feels touched by his words. However, it's not touching enough that she will let him climb on her bed. 

"You are beautiful under the moonlight," he added. 

Xia Sha smiles at him and nods her head again. 

"Thank you."

Then,

BRUK!

She closed the door in front of his face. Mercilessly. 

Guan Xian looks at the black door and calms his nerves. Taking a long, deep breath, he smiles to himself before mumbling, 

"You are cruel under the moonlight." 

"I CAN HEAR THAT!" Xia Sha shouted from the room. Guan Xian sucked his lips and grimace. 

"You supposed to hear that and self-reflect!" 

"WHAT?" She heard he is mumbling something, probably cursing, but she didn't catch any word he said. 

"I said for a relationship to last long, a couple should RESPECT each other."

***

Guan Xian lay on the sofa. The living room felt empty without Xia Sha's presence, but her faint scent remains to linger on the couch. His arm curled to the back of his head as he watched the snow pouring down quietly. 

Thinking how Xia Sha cruelly kicked him out of the bedroom, he slightly felt peeved yet relieved. It's good that Xia Sha knew how to protect herself from him or any other man. 

He almost lost control over himself and rushed things with her again. He can't understand why he eagerly wanted to do everything with Xia Sha. It's impossible to reach this point with a woman wearing the mindset he glorified in January. 

He is seriously considering another way to get an heir without marriage bands. It's relieved he decided to review the Ling Bright Company on his own. It's a relief that heaven gives him another chance to fall in love again.

If not? he probably wouldn't be this happy in December. 

He probably the picture of happy marriage life while sleeping on someone else's couch at two in the morning. He probably wouldn't be this silly, falling for labile tsundere.

A low chuckle escapes from his mouth right after he thinks of that labile tsundere. That silly girl who words and action contradicted each other. 

"This way, It's also pretty good," he whispered to the empty room. 

Although he was irked a moment ago, a gentle smile followed him to sleep. But who has thought, the bedroom doors cricked open an hour after he went to sleep. 

Xia Sha carefully tiptoed to the living room, her gaze directed to Guan Xian's attractive face. Slowly, she approached him on the couch and squatted beside his side. 

She folded his arm on the top of her knee and peeked at Guan Xian quietly. She watched him sleeping soundlessly for some time before she raised her finger and poked his dimples. 

His eyebrow furrowed almost instantly as his response. Her little touch probably has disturbed his sleep. Retracting her hand, she giggles quietly. 

Initially, she wanted to invite him to binge-watching since she couldn't sleep. But the other party has drifted away to the dreamland without waiting for her. She retreated and canceled her plans. 

But looking at how he sleeps so soundly, irritation starts to stir her heart. She pressed her lips together and started to scold the man who can't hear her. 

"How can you have no trouble sleeping at all?" she whispered as she wrinkles her nose. 

"I can't sleep because you are around, but you actually could sleep so soundlessly. Tsk! hateful! You must be lying when you said you love me more than I-" Xia Sha stop in the midway. She couldn't bring herself to say that she loves him. 

Not even when he couldn't hear it.

Her words melted when her anxiousness arose from its death and taken over Xia Sha's body. She rested her head on the couch. She learned about his perfect side view this way. 

"I don't know how the hell you can fall in love with me. I'm such a horrible woman," she sighed. 

"I've used you several times and did not even show a bit gratitude. I'm also rude. I'm not funny. Above all, My IQ or EQ just dropped when I panicked."

"You... You don't have any of that bad traits. You are loved by many, while I-. In any way, I realized I'm not worthy of you." 

She holds her breath for a few moments after confessing her biggest insecurities right now. It's the reason why she tried so hard to push Guan Xian away. 

"In my previous relationship, I have something to guarantee so that they wouldn't leave me alone. With Xiao Zhan, it's my popularity. With Ling Guang, it's my money. I thought- I thought it's not a big problem, although those things were fickle, so what? It still a part of me." 

"But against you, I have nothing..." She bites her lower lips, trying to fight back against the dear that is always hidden in the corner of her heart. 

"You are surrounded by your family, your best friend, your little sister. You know how to make people laugh and encourage them to pick their broken pieces," she smiles, thinking of how he has arranged her father and mother together in her birthday dinner. 

A sad smile lingers on her face as she wipes the tears that secretly coming out from the corner of her eyes. 

"I knew I did not worth you, but can you wait for me? I'll fix myself and make me worth you. For a time being, can you bear with this thorny Xia Sha?" she used the terms he likes to use when he describes her personality. 

After staying in that position, her body started to get sore. She patted her leg several times before chuckling lowly. Why is she talking to a sleeping person like an idiot?

She stands up and carefully tiptoed back to her room. But she didn't miss that deep voice that whispered through the living room. 

"I'll wait for you."