After hailing a taxi at the door, Xu Qingfan soon arrived at Bijui Garden.
Worried that Lin Wanning was feeling very uncomfortable, he paid the fare and jogged the whole way, quickly reaching the villa’s front gate.
Little White was hibernating in its doghouse. Hearing some noise, it poked out half its head to check and revealed a hint of surprise in its doggy eyes when it saw Xu Qingfan opening the door. However, the surprise quickly disappeared when it saw that he hadn’t brought any food.
The dog kicked its legs but then gave up, deciding not to leave its kennel, and gave a perfunctory "woof woof" as a greeting.
Xu Qingfan had no time to deal with the shifty dog, so he went straight to the villa’s front door, pressing the doorbell and calling, "Wanning, it’s me. Are you okay?"
[It’s Brother Qing Fan’s voice! ] Lin Wanning’s eyes lit up, as if forgetting the soreness throughout her body, and she ran over after discarding the blanket that covered her.
"Brother Qing Fan, I’m coming!" She opened a crack in the living room door, revealing a head full of anticipation.
"Didn’t you say you were uncomfortable? You look quite energetic," Xu Qingfan said, rubbing the girl’s head and pushing the door open to enter.
"Not at all~ It hurts so much; it’s only because Brother Qing Fan is here that I have the energy," Lin Wanning instantly bent over and clutched her stomach, pretending to be overwhelmed by the pain.
Xu Qingfan shook his head, helped the girl to sit on the sofa, and asked, "Where does it hurt? Have you drunk warm water, and have you changed your pad?"
Lin Wanning immediately clung to his waist and whined, "Woow~ My shoulders and neck hurt, and my lower abdomen, right here," she showed him one by one.
"What about the pad? Have you changed it?"
"I changed to my mom’s pad, and if Brother Qing Fan doesn’t believe me, I’ll let you check!" Lin Wanning closed her eyes and pretended to nap on Xu Qingfan’s chest, her head dizzy, speaking without thinking.
"Pfft~ Why would I check that?" Xu Qingfan laughed and knocked on the girl’s head.
"Hehe~ Right, my head’s all muddled," she said softly and meekly.
"How come your neck is uncomfortable; did you sleep in a weird position?"
"Mmhmm... slept crooked... tree." Lying on Xu Qingfan’s body was too comfortable, and within a short time, she was nearly asleep.
"What crooked tree? You must be sleepy. I’ll help you back to your room to sleep," he said, curling her bangs with his fingers, unable to suppress a smile.
"Don’t want... to... Brother Qing Fan, hug." Lin Wanning wrapped her arms tightly around him, refusing to let go.
"Okay~ I’ll hug you; will that be okay?" Xu Qingfan slipped his left hand under the girl’s thighs and propped her shoulders with his right, lifting her up in a princess hold.
"Hee hee~" Lin Wanning rested her chin on his shoulder, tilting her head to nestle close to him.
The girl wasn’t heavy; standing at only 155 cm, she barely weighed 90 pounds, so Xu Qingfan had no trouble holding her.
"Alright, we’re in your room now. Lie down and I’ll give you a shoulder massage," he said, kicking the door shut with his foot and patting the girl’s backside as a reminder.
"Mhm!"
At the mention of a massage, Lin Wanning, who had been loath to let go, promptly released him and sprawled eagerly on the bed.
"Brother Qing Fan, you said last time... said you’d give me and Yiyi massages, but you didn’t," Lin Wanning muttered softly from the bed.
"We’ll make up for it today," he recalled the girls’ expressions of concern when they were worried he would be angry, and Xu Qingfan couldn’t help but laugh again.
"And Yiyi’s too; that needs to be made up for as well." The girl did not forget to campaign for her good friend.
"Fine, I’ll also make up for Yiyi’s when the time comes. Now, take off your coat. You’re wasting electricity; the heat is on in the room," Xu Qingfan said, entering the room and feeling stuffy. He looked up, saw the air conditioner was still on, and took off his own down jacket.
"Brother Qing Fan, help me take it off," Lin Wanning no longer wanted to move.
He had no choice but to climb onto the bed and began to help the girl out of her coat. Luckily, Lin Wanning cooperated well, and they smoothly managed to leave her in only a thermal undershirt.
"Does it hurt?" he asked while pressing his thumb on the blocked fascia of the girl’s shoulder, kneading firmly. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
"Mmm~ That feels good."
After relieving the stasis in her shoulders, Xu Qingfan pressed various acupoints like the Taichong and Qi Sea, which could alleviate menstrual pain.
The Taichong acupoint was just a bit above the toes. Lin Wanning’s feet were the smallest among the five of them and looked very cute.
However, because he massaged her through her socks, he didn’t have any weird thoughts.
"Does it still hurt?" he asked after finishing the treatment.
"It hurts~" The girl turned on her side, looking at him with pitiful eyes.
"There’s not much I can do about the pain. It’s because you don’t exercise regularly. Look, the other four are all fine," Xu Qingfan said, indulgently tapping her head.
"It still hurts~ It’s so stuffy. Brother Qing Fan, can you turn off the air con?"
"Then make sure you’re covered up well, I’ll turn off the air conditioning," he said.
"Hmm!" she responded.
Xu Qingfan turned off the air conditioner, and Lin Wanning crawled back under the covers. He sat quietly by her bedside, keeping her company as she slept.
After more than ten minutes had passed and the temperature in the room had dropped, Xu Qingfan put his jacket back on. It was then that Lin Wanning spoke up, "It hurts~ Brother Qingfan, I can’t fall asleep."
"Is the hot water bottle on your belly not helping?" he asked.
The girl shook her head with a look of grievance, "It still hurts."
"Let’s see if you dare to slack off in your workouts after this," he said, tapping her head before adding, "Well then, I’ll rub your belly with my hands."
"Mmm hmm!" Lin Wanning nodded vigorously.
Xu Qingfan shook his head helplessly and rubbed his hands together, breathing on them, and they quickly grew warm.
He reached his hand under the covers, through her clothes, and gently massaged her lower abdomen.
"Mmm~" Lin Wanning purred like a kitten, squinting her eyes happily, and let out a soft hum through her nose.
"Brother Qingfan, come take a nap with me too. It’s inconvenient to massage through the blanket," she said after a while, her voice as soft as a mosquito’s hum, a blush on her face.
"That won’t do, what if your uncle and aunt come back and misunderstand?" Xu Qingfan refused, shaking his head.
"Dad and mom won’t be home until six, we can set an alarm for five-thirty," she reasoned.
"Still not a good idea. You’re a big girl now that you’ve got your period, and you shouldn’t just sleep with boys so carelessly, you know," Xu Qingfan still refused.
Lin Wanning pouted, feeling wronged, "But it’s so cold with the air conditioning off. Just this once, please? I only became a big girl today; it doesn’t reset until twenty-four hours later, so I’m still a little girl until tomorrow!"
Xu Qingfan couldn’t help but be amused by her flawed logic and asked, "Are you really cold?"
"Cold!" she affirmed.
"Alright then, move over a bit to the inside, and I’ll get up after you fall asleep."
"Hehe~okay!" Lin Wanning eagerly made space for Xu Qingfan to lie down.
Before long, the two were settled in again, sharing the same pillow. Xu Qingfan’s arm wrapped around her neck, hugging her, while Lin Wanning buried her head under the covers, pressing her head against his body.
Now with the ’Brother Qingfan’ brand heater, she peeped out from the covers with a triumphant smile, as if she had succeeded in a cunning plan.
Under Xu Qingfan’s comfortable massaging, the pain from the menstruation soon vanished without a trace, replaced by a novel tickling sensation.
If Xia Xiaoxiao had been there, she would certainly have told her outright that this was how one wets the bed... Of course, it’s more likely that there would have been a scene of dramatic confrontation.
As for Xu Qingfan, he had no particular feelings about it; Lin Wanning was just too young for him, like a primary school student. Facing such a young girl, it was hard for him to have any improper thoughts.
If the one in bed with him were Xia Xiaoxiao, Xiao Ruawen, Aunt Zhang... yuck, what was Aunt Zhang doing in his thoughts? If it had been those other women, he, a two-time virgin, surely wouldn’t have been able to restrain himself.
"Wanning, Wanning," he called softly after a long while, when her breathing became even, indicating she had fallen asleep.
Lin Wanning seemed to be fast asleep with a gentle smile on her face, likely enjoying a very sweet dream.
He intended to get up and find something to pass the time, only to discover she had a tight grip on him. Any attempt to pull away would likely wake her up.
Xu Qingfan shook his head resignedly and let Lin Wanning hold onto him as his free right hand set an alarm for five in the afternoon on his phone.
That afternoon, Lin Wanning had an extraordinarily long dream. In it, she, Yiyi, and Brother Qingfan were getting married, just like in a TV drama.
It was an ancient wedding ceremony, so it was quite normal for a man to marry two wives, and everyone around them had smiles of blessings and congratulations.
She and Yiyi sat waiting in the bridal chamber, their heads covered by a red veil, but Brother Qingfan didn’t come for a long time. Impatient, she peeked under the corner of her veil to look at her best friend, Zhang Yiyi.
Under her teasing, Yiyi also removed her red veil, and the two of them began to play on the festive red wedding bed. They heard footsteps after a while and hastily tried to put things back as they were in a panic.
But they weren’t fast enough to match the speed with which Brother Qingfan opened the door, and he caught them red-handed.
After that, Brother Qingfan called her a naughty bride and said she needed to be disciplined. After drinking the wedding wine, there was a "smack smack smack" as he spanked her, and then she couldn’t remember anything else.
Lin Wanning shivered herself awake from the dream to see Xu Qingfan’s pleasing face, his long eyebrows twitching slightly.
Lin Wanning smiled sweetly once more and snuggled up to Brother Qingfan again, burying her head against his body and closing her eyes to sleep.
"Brother Qingfan is the best..." she murmured softly.
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