Waaah, I'm being forced into loving my yandere wife's brain.

If that still doesn't work, Lin Zhiyao is out of options, since the temperature of the underfloor heating cannot be adjusted.

Perhaps all I can do is buy a cooling mat?

Lin Zhiyao pondered.

Time quickly came to New Year's Eve.

Shen Jin bought a bunch of small fireworks from somewhere, and the two of them, wrapped in down jackets, went to the backyard.

As midnight approached, Shen Jin set off a small firework. The firework shot into the night sky and exploded, casting colorful light and shadow on the snow.

Lin Zhiyao looked up at the fireworks, feeling a mix of emotions. She took out her phone, snapped a picture of the fireworks, and posted it on her WeChat Moments right at midnight.

"I thought I would be lonely in a foreign country, but I didn't expect to have someone to spend the New Year with me for the first time."

My phone vibrated quickly; it was a comment from an undergraduate classmate: "Wow, spending Chinese New Year with your boyfriend?"

Lin Zhiyao was stunned for a moment, then quickly opened her Moments and read it again, her face turning red instantly.

This sentence, taken out of context, does sound like someone saying they have a partner.

She quickly added a reply below.

"No, it's my roommate, she's a really nice person."

After replying, she felt it was a bit like protesting too much, but she didn't know how to change it to be more appropriate, so she simply put her phone back in her pocket to avoid seeing it.

Shen Jin set off a new firework next to her. He glanced at her blushing face as she typed with her head down, paused slightly, but didn't ask any further questions.

The fireworks went off for a while.

Shen Jin said that it would be over after putting in the last tube.

Lin Zhiyao stood there watching, the night wind chilling her cheeks, but her heart felt inexplicably warm.

She didn't take pictures when the last firework went up; she just quietly looked up and watched the sparks fall like golden rain.

After the fireworks ended, Shen Jin packed the debris into a bag and carried it back. Lin Zhiyao followed behind him. When they were almost at the door, Shen Jin turned around and glanced at her.

"Tired?"

Lin Zhiyao rubbed her eyes; her eyelids were indeed incredibly heavy. She'd probably been sleeping well these past few days and was feeling sleepy at this hour: "A little."

"Go to sleep then." Shen Jin pushed open the door and stepped aside to let her go first. "I'll take care of the rest."

Lin Zhiyao was so tired that she didn't stand on ceremony and went upstairs to wash up in a daze.

While brushing her teeth, she stared at herself in the mirror, her cheeks still red from being outside in the cold, and she looked strangely beautiful.

After taking a shower, Lin Zhiyao was only wearing a pair of shorts, with her bare legs draped outside the blanket.

Before going to sleep, she took out her phone and glanced at it, only to find that Shen Jin had liked her post on WeChat Moments.

The profile picture was quietly lit up below that post.

Lin Zhiyao stared at the little red heart for two seconds, and her heart skipped a beat for no reason. She quickly turned off her phone, placed it face down on the bedside table, and covered her face with her hands.

My heart was pounding, and my face was burning.

But she wasn't sick.

While thinking about all these random things, Shen Jin was secretly glad that he couldn't see other people's comments, but as soon as this feeling of relief arose, he felt a strange and subtle sense of loss.

My heart was pushed into mid-air, neither up nor down.

Lin Zhiyao thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out what this strange feeling was. However, she was too sleepy and her eyelids were too heavy to keep open. The warm air around her quickly pulled her into a deep and sweet dream.

*

The door was pushed open a crack again at night, and Shen Jin walked in. He stood in the darkness for a moment, and by the faint light coming through the gap in the curtains, he saw that the girl on the bed was only wearing a thin pair of shorts, with her two white legs exposed.

The girl was stunningly beautiful under the moonlight.

The sleeping posture is peaceful, and the breathing is long and even.

His breathing became heavy for a moment.

Then he walked over, sat down on the edge of the bed, and looked down at her.

Lin Zhiyao's delicate and pretty face was even more stunning under the moonlight. Her long and curled eyelashes cast a small, amazing shadow on her face. Her rosy lips were slightly parted, revealing a bit of her white teeth and a small section of her soft, pink tongue.

Looking further down, the scenery is even more... breathtaking.

Snow-topped cherry cheese.

It was still trembling gently with each breath.

Is this a New Year's Eve gift for him?

Shen Jin's Adam's apple bobbed heavily, and the fingertips pressing against Lin Zhiyao's side curled slightly. Unable to restrain himself any longer, he leaned down.

Prosperity, Democracy, Civility, and Harmony