Chapter 232: Bed or Floor
Chapter 232: Bed or Floor
Inside one of the biggest and most luxurious rooms of the Inn where Xiang Ling and others were currently spending the night, Wu Tian was once again slipping under the blanket as soon as he entered the room and got rid of his cloak.
A long sigh escaped his lips as he felt his body immediately being surrounded with warmth. Because it was the season of winter, the weather was cold and the air was chilly. Though as a cultivator he could regulate his body’s temperature, he hadn’t been able to do it as he was too focused on everything that transpired not too long ago.
"Tonight was indeed crazy." He muttered to himself before closing his eyes to get some much needed sleep. But merely a second later, he felt someone tapping on his shoulder.
His eyes flew open and he turned his face to find Su LiangLin hovering over him from where she stood next to the bed. "What do you want?" He asked the woman who finally straightened up and took a step back once she saw that he had opened his eyes.
"I think that should be my question. I’m the one who wants to know what you want from me?" Su LiangLin demanded while glaring at him with those dark eyes of hers that no longer held any feelings of admiration, love, or longingness in them like they used to hold in the past.
"What are you talking about?" Wu Tian asked as he shifted to a sitting position and tried to ignore that part of him which was feeling kind of bothered by seeing the change in her feelings toward him. The more time he was spending with her, the more he was starting to doubt whether she was actually pretending to have changed or it was indeed the truth.
Su LiangLin was unable to hold back the sigh that left her lips after seeing how oblivious the Crown Prince appeared at the moment. "I’m talking about the nonsense you just spoke outside in front of Xiang Ling. Since when do we become close enough for you to think about my happiness?"
Wu Tian finally got an understanding of her questions and after putting on a firm look on his face, he answered, "Even though we aren’t close enough, can’t I think about your happiness? If not for you, why do you think I’m traveling all the way to Dongzhi City and that too while taking such a huge risk with my security? You seriously have no conscious."
Su LiangLin didn’t even tried to hold back the chuckle that made its way past her lips to mock the Crown Prince’s words. "I’m not that old Su LiangLin who used to trust your every word blindly, nor I’m stupid enough to not see through your crafty plans. You kept saying that I’m a person with hidden and unclear intentions, but you sure are far worse than me. To be honest, I don’t care what you are up to. But don’t you dare to use me as one of your pawns. Most importantly, stop pretending that we are close. I have no interest in playing the role of your sweet wife who’s madly in love with you."
She literally glared at him, not caring at all that he was the Crown Prince of the Mortal Realm and could order her death at any given point.
On the other hand, Wu Tian was left completely stunned by the clear warning and harshness in his wife’s tone. He couldn’t help but found himself wondering - How could someone change this much overnight just because of an accident? Did she actually started hating him because of what happened on their wedding night?
He was about to speak when Su LiangLin suddenly walked forward to stand next to bed and close to him before signaling him to move.
"What?"
Wu Tian asked in confusion, not understanding what the woman wanted from him.
"Move!" Su LiangLin told the man. "I’m not sleeping on the floor. Either you sleep with me on the bed or sleep on the floor." She announced as she gave him a shove and climbed up on the bed without waiting for him to make up his mind.
Before Wu Tian could have even opened his mouth to speak, the woman had already made her way under the covers as she lay down beside him and turned her face away with her back facing him.
"Su LiangLin!"
Wu Tian called out her name but received no response from her.
"You can’t sleep on this bed. And how could you even think about making me sleep on the floor? I’m the Crown Prince-"
"Shut up and sleep wherever you want. And let me sleep as well." Su LiangLin threw back from over her shoulder before she covered her face with the blanket and returned to sleep.
Baffled by the way he was being treated, Wu Tian was at a complete loss for words. He sat there staring at the woman’s back for a couple of moments before he too finally moved and buried himself under the covers.
Considering how much the woman despised him, he was assured that he didn’t have to worry about him being taken advantage of during his sleep. That was why, he decided to take the risk and stayed on the bed. He tried to fall asleep but the awareness of Su LiangLin’s presence right next to him kept him awake while the woman was already fast asleep without any care in the world.
He picked up the pillow from under his head and placed it between himself and Su LiangLin, making a barrier to keep the woman from coming closer to him.
Even after doing that, it took him nearly an hour to finally fell asleep. He twisted and turned in the bed for countless times, his gaze constantly shifting to Su LiangLin without him meaning to. When he finally drifted off to sleep, her peaceful sleeping face was the last thing his eyes captured. What he didn’t remember was the soft smile that curved the corners of his lips at that sight.