No? Can I read the mind of my mortal enemy?

Shi Qiao dragged the carpet to the side, patted the spot beside her, and gestured for Pei Jingnian to come over.

"Come over and binge-watch TV shows with me."

Pei Jingnian brought over a soft cushion and a small blanket. "Why don't you go to the bed?"

He lifted Shi Qiao up slightly with one hand, adjusted the cushion, and then let her sit down, casually draping the blanket over her lower abdomen.

"You need to eat snacks while watching TV shows. Didn't you used to dislike me eating snacks in your bed?" Shi Qiao reached out and pulled the snack cart closer.

Pei Jingnian scratched his cheek. "It's not that I don't like you eating snacks in bed."

Shi Qiao was pondering whether to start reading Stranger Things from the beginning or skip to the latest sentence when she casually asked:

"Then why did you react so strongly when I sat on your bed before?"

Pei Jingnian leaned most of his weight on Shi Qiao's shoulder, his head drooping obediently, a hint of resentment in his voice as he whispered in her ear:

"You came into my room without any warning and sat right on my bed. What do you think I was thinking?"

Shi Qiao froze, a surge of heat rising within her.

His warm breath tickled her ear, making her involuntarily shrink back. "But you were only... a freshman in high school back then! How could you think about such unhealthy things every day!"

He tilted his head, looking at her without any attempt to hide his gaze. "You were already a high school freshman when you studied the reproductive system, weren't you?"

He leaned closer. "Honey, so you didn't see me as a woman at all back then?"

Shi Qiao coughed lightly, "Who said I didn't! I just thought you were my older brother back then."

"How could I have imagined that some people had such lewd thoughts about their own sister!"

Pei Jingnian narrowed his eyes, a slight smile curving his lips.

He changed his position, hugged Shi Qiao from behind, and sat down on the cushion with her.

What was originally a casual leaning against the wall suddenly transformed into a warm chest.

The man's long arm encircled her, his chin resting on her shoulder. "Hmm, does my darling little sister dislike these thoughts of her brother?"

"You still quite like it?"

As he spoke, his lips would occasionally brush against his cheek.

Coupled with this action of firmly encircling her within his territory, it was simply too tempting.

He must have been a male fox spirit in his past life!

Shi Qiao's face flushed even more brightly after being provoked.

She randomly selected season one, "Skip this topic! Let's watch the show!"

She reached out and turned off all the main lights in the bedroom as naturally as possible, leaving only a small ambient slime nightlight that she had found a long time ago.

Warm orange light threads slowly wove together to form a small protective shield, enclosing only the two people within it.

Compared to the raging storm outside, it was like a perfect safe house.

As soon as the opening credits rolled, Shi Qiao leaned back slightly and looked up at Pei Jingnian.

"Hehe, this movie is scary. If you get scared later, you can lean on my shoulder~"

Pei Jingnian stared into her bright, sparkling eyes, which reflected a small part of himself, and couldn't help but tighten his embrace.

"it is good."

Then, Shi Qiao leaned back against Pei Jingnian's large backrest and earnestly reviewed the plot she had forgotten.

The plot was only high-energy at the beginning, and then it was mostly about introducing the characters, so it was alright.

Shi Qiao, like a glutton, kept munching on the snacks on the cart.

Pei Jingnian's gaze skipped over the TV series and landed squarely on Shi Qiao.

From this angle, you can only catch a glimpse of her curled eyelashes, which blink occasionally.

The silver light from the iPad blended with the ambient lighting, dappling her fair skin and outlining the slight puffiness of her cheeks as she chewed snacks.

It looks like a little hamster, all chubby.

Shi Qiao lightly held a cookie full of chocolate chips in her mouth, while pulling on a bag of Lay's snacks with both hands, completely absorbed in the moment.

The TV series has finally entered its first high-energy segment, with a monster flying out from an upside-down world.

She was going to see how Pei Jingnian would react, but when she turned her head, she was met with a pool of unfathomable ink.

Shi Qiao quickly stepped back, as she still had a Qu Duo Duo in her mouth and couldn't free her hands.

She could only furrow her brows slightly and sob as she accused Pei Jingnian.

Pei Jingnian lowered his eyes, his Adam's apple bobbing noticeably as he swallowed. He reached out and lifted her chin, his lips slightly parted as he bit the other half of the cookie.

Click.

A cookie was thus split in two.

Shi Qiao hurriedly swallowed the cookie, wiped the crumbs off her hands with a tissue, and lightly punched Pei Jingnian.

"You should be watching the screen, not me."

"Also, if you want to eat, there's plenty here."

Pei Jingnian savored the cookie he had snatched from Shi Qiao's mouth, saying, "I think the one in my wife's mouth tastes a little better."

Shi Qiao turned her head, her ears so red they looked like they could bleed, "...This is the last warning, if you do this again I won't watch it with you."

"Yes, my dear wife."

Next, unidentified creatures would occasionally rush out of the screen, and with each fright, Shi Qiao could clearly feel a slight tremor behind her.

Finally, Pei Jingnian pressed his face against hers, just like when he tested his courage in the Maldives, and wrapped his limbs tightly around her.

She gently placed both hands on the back of Pei Jingnian's hands, patting them lightly.

Hmph, he has his moments too.

In the final scene, when the monster bursts forth—

The outside world was suddenly illuminated, and even through the blackout curtains, the light could not be completely hidden.

Immediately afterwards, a thunderclap resounded, and even the floor of the house seemed to shake.

Fortunately, Pei Jingnian reacted quickly and covered her ears before the thunder arrived.

But the lingering sound still reached Shi Qiao's ears.

It was as if God had dropped a torpedo on their area.

At that very moment, the power supply to the entire house was cut off.

Shi Qiao was startled, her breath caught in her throat for half a second, and her heart pounded wildly.

Her fingers, which were originally covering Pei Jingnian's hand, suddenly tightened, and she lost control of her strength, leaving obvious red marks on the back of the man's hand.

One second he was gloating, the next second he was getting his comeuppance!

Pei Jingnian turned off the iPad, took out earplugs and put them on Shi Qiao, then quickly covered her head with a small blanket, dressing her up as a little red hat.

He pressed himself against her through the blanket. "This cloud shouldn't be moving anytime soon, and the thunder might continue for a while."

"Don't be afraid, my wife, I'm here." He gently patted Shi Qiao's head.

Pei Jingnian's voice, transmitted through bone conduction, was somewhat muffled, but it reassured Shi Qiao.

Shi Qiao turned her back and obediently buried herself in Pei Jingnian's chest.

After a long while, the cloud overhead finally let her go, reluctantly taking away the thunder.

The building's emergency power supply also activated automatically, restoring power.

Shi Qiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When she came to her senses, she realized that her back was covered in a layer of cold sweat, and Pei Jingnian's clothes were wrinkled from being gripped so tightly.

She kept adjusting her breathing, raised her head, and said, "Thank you, Pei Jingnian."

Pei Jingnian smirked, "That's not right, wife."

"Shouldn't I say... thank you, 'Baby'?"

He gently brushed against Shi Qiao's nose. "Hmm?"

Shi Qiao's fair cheeks flushed pink. "...Thank you, baby."

As soon as she finished speaking, the man in front of her lifted the blanket covering her head with both hands.

The movement was swift, enveloping the two of them in the narrow space.

"Honey, everyone says that the fastest way to heal is through stimulation..."

"It's about covering it up with another, bigger stimulus."

"Perfect timing, now my wife is stimulated by the thunder, and I'm stimulated by those monsters."

His thin lips hovered over her lower lip, which she had bitten until it was red.

"Want to give it a try?"