Lin Zhi wiped her hair while looking behind the folding screen. At that moment, Chu Jing emerged, having changed into a white nightrobe. He walked straight to the couch, sat down, and picked up a book to read.
"The Heir's wife is ready," Chun Lan said, before leading the maids out and closing the door behind them.
After her hair had been thoroughly combed out, Lin Zhi got up, walked to the cabinet, and fetched another quilt. She carried it over and placed it on the bed. Chu Jing glanced at it but didn't say anything. Once she finished making the bed, she extinguished the lamp, and they went to sleep.
Inside the square bed curtains, their breathing was distinctly audible to one another, but with one quilt per person, there was a clear boundary drawn between them.
