Chapter 120 - Sigh!

Her arms were falling off! Shi Ai was sure that her limbs were no longer attached to the rest of her body. Her ears were never going to be able to hear anything again!After having held the gun for so long and firing continuously for a couple of hours straight, all she wanted to do was sleep. As Shi Ai trudged towards the house,she thought of the empty living room and then to the bedroom.Atleast the bedroom on top of the stairs had a bed but climbing up those stairs..she wanted to throw a tantrum. She threw a sideways glance at Ah Hai who had also held the smae position and wanted to frown. Was he a machine? He had held her in his embrace in the same position but his arms had not even trembled a bit! The excitement of being in his arms had soon been overpowered by fatigue for her. And when she dared to complain,he had made her feel like a whining kid. What a tough task master he was. Big Sister Su was right. Long Ah Hai was a beast teacher. Shi Ai's mouth moved into an unknowing pout as she grumbled inwardly. It had only been a couple of hours since their so called training had begun and she was already tempted to strangle Ah Hai. 

Ah Hai who was observing every expression on Shi Ai's face felt his mouth lift in a smirk as she pouted and cursed at him under her breath. He wanted to tease her a bit but he was sure that she would murder him with a blunt weapon if he tried. So he just laughed inwardly and followed her into the house.

Shi Ai was plotting! She thought maybe she should pretent to faint so that Ah Hai would carry her up the stairs and then she could sleep peacefully. Before she could put her plan in motion though, she heard Ah Hai drawl," You are doing well Xaio Ai. At this point most people would faint. In fact I had even kept my smelliest sock for you to smell in case you fainted too." Shi Ai immediately dropped her plan to faint. She wanted to go nowhere near anything smelly. Once they entered the house,Shi Ai was tempted to rub her eyes. There was furniture here! A Big couch. she rubbed her eyes in case she was seeing a mirage. But no it was still there. With a final burst of power, Shi Ai ran to the couch and jumping onto it fell face first and closed her eyes. Sigh! What comfort!

ALmost on the verge of falling asleep, Shi Ai felt a light touch on the back of her shoulders as nimble fingers massaged her shoulders and back muscles. She let out a low m.o.a.n of 'mmm' as her knotted muscles loosened and breathing a deep sigh she fell asleep.

It was supposed to have been a simple massage! But Shi Ai's low m.o.a.n had directly reached the man's groin which wanted to hear this sound. As Ah Hai knewded and massaged the warm back under his hand,he,too let out a deep sigh. She needed to take a warm bath or else she was going to be in even more pain tomorrow. She was his most difficult mission ever,he decided. Not because she was difficult but because he did not like to see that look of disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e on her face. The little frown lines that appeared on her face when she was miffed made him want to drop everything to soothe her.

Seeing that she had fallen asleep,Ah Hai got up from his place beside her and went upstairs. Starting to fill the tubwoth hot water,Ah Hai added some medicinal herbs to the wated and let it fill the tub. Once the temperature was just right, Ah Hai went down and carried her up. He loved carrying Shi Ai and would do that everytime he had a chance. That was because she instinctively snuggled into him everytime he did that. Placing her on the couch outside the bathroom,Ah Hai bent down and took off her shoes for her. He then tried to wake her up but Shi Ai swatted at him as if he was a pesky fly and kept trying to turn around to sleep peacefully. Finally, Ah Hai decided to threaten Shi Ai,"Xaio Ai,I am counting down from ten. If you are not up in that time,I will personally take of all your clothes and put you into the bath. Ten, nine,eight,seven...three,two,one.When Shi Ai had refused to move even after that thinking it was an empty threat,Ah Hai bent down and his hands reched directly for the button of her jeans. He had just unbuttoned the jean when Shi Ai's eyes snapped open and she ran into the bathroom banging the door closed behind her.

Smiling at his successful plan, Ah Hai went to the door and said," Do not fall asleep in there. I will be coming to check on you. Your bag with your change of clothes is in there and there is a phone on the side to call me in you need anything. Soak for fifteen minutes and all your tiredness will be gone."

Shi Ai glanced around at the luxurious bathroom and then the steaming bath. Will her aches really disappear. Then she frowned,"So what if they did disappear.They would appear again the next day when Ah Hai coninued with her training."

Fifteen minutes later, Shi Ai came out of the tub refreshed and feeling good as new. Tying a large towel around her,she made her way to the overnight bag and donned her pyjamas and nightwear. Picking up the open bag,she made her way out and threw the bag on the chair on the opposite side. Just then something fell out of the bag and directly at the feet of the person who had just opened the door. The wrapping had fallen open and both sets of eyes were horrified as the stared at the e.r.o.t.i.c picture of a couple on the box of c.o.n.d.o.ms. Sigh!