"Lower your head, do you want me to look up at you to talk?"
Pei Ye then squatted by the bedside.
At this moment, he felt his heartbeat through the thin curtain, his face facing the woman's resting face. Her body was snuggled in the thick quilt, only revealing her head.
"Aren't you wondering why I called you here in the middle of the night without giving you any orders?"
"...No."
"Move closer." She whispered.
Pei Ye's throat moved, and he edged forward until he touched the soft bed, inhaling the warm fragrance of the bedding.
"Because there is something only you can do." Being closer, her voice was very soft, the glimmer in her eyes behind the curtain captivating.
"What thing?"
Li Xizhou reached out an uncovered arm through the curtain towards the young man's chest and abdomen. Pei Ye instinctively wanted to retreat, but she had already slipped her hand inside his robe, gripping his arm below it.
Then Li Xizhou pulled back her arm, drawing him nearer.
