Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

Luo Lixi was taking an afternoon nap when she heard rustling sounds. As she slowly opened her eyes, she saw she was buried under her dresses. Her brain failed to process what exactly was happening. 

Then, she guessed the culprit, Sheng Ruming, who might have put her dresses above her as well as all over the room.

"Ruming, what are you doing? Why are you taking out all my dresses?!" She took out her hands from under the blanket to rub her eyes while looking at his moving silhouette.

"You are awaked? Sleep a little more. Don't mind me. I am just checking something." Sheng Ruming stopped in his tracks as he replied to her. Then the next second, he continued what he was doing earlier.

Luo Lixi yawned as she sat up and blinked her eyes. Then the dresses which were placed on her chest area fell on her thighs.

Only the dim lights were turned on in the room. She shot a look down, then at the open windows and noticed that it was the time around dusk. 

Luo Lixi rounded her slightly wet eyes when she saw the mess he was making. She hurriedly folded her legs and sat on the bed in a lotus position as she saw him taking out her dresses. 

Sometimes, Sheng Ruming would nod his head or shake his head. Then, he would keep one dress in his arms and come to place it on the bed. 

Now the whole room was filled with her dresses as he had also placed some pieces on chairs, tables as well as on her dressing table. 

Luo Lixi's jaw dropped as she urgently spoke, "Ruming, don't mess around with my dresses! Put them back!"

Luo Lixi clutched her head in frustration when she glanced around the room. Even the lady was in disbelief that she had so many dresses in her closet.

"I can see that you don't want to sleep anymore. Come here and give me a hand." 

Sheng Ruming spoke as he took out another dress from her closet. He turned it around and thought for a second. Afterwards, he shook his head and put it back.

When Luo Lixi saw he was going to open the second drawer of her closet, her eyes shrank. She shouted out, "No!"

But it was too late as the man was fast enough to pull the drawer. When he saw those matching cute and sexy underwear, his breath quickened while his grip stiffened on the handle.

Luo Lixi jumped down from the bed and ran towards him. Then she yanked his hand away and hastily pushed the drawer forward. When she turned at him, she was confused by his questioning gaze. She said in irritation.

"It's my closet. If I don't put them here, where would I?"

Luo Lixi misunderstood his intention because he was thinking about something else. His thought was, 'The red with little hearts design was good. Another day, I will tell her to wear it for me to see.' 

The innocent woman failed to see through his real intention.

So to lessen the awkwardness, she coughed and wanted to ask him the reason why Sheng Ruming was messing around with her stuff. The man knew what she would ask him. Thus he parted his lips and answered before her question, "I have booked a studio for us. Tonight, we will go there to take our photos. The theme is a 'couple' photoshoot. "

"Why think of this suddenly?" Luo Lixi asked as she took the dress from his hand and stopped him. "You could have told me earlier. I would have made some preparation for this. Also, why did you take all of them out?"

Sheng Ruming looked embarrassed when she asked this. She looked at him widely and inquired with her eyes, 'why?'

Sheng Ruming coughed and answered in all seriousness, "All these dresses are cute. You will look stunning in them. So I have taken them out for you, making it easier for my honey."

Luo Lixi narrowed her eyes when she heard.

"Hey, do you want me to wear all of them later? For real?!" Disbelief was written all over her flushed face.

"Hmm." When Sheng Ruming saw her expressions began to distort, he hurriedly spoke out, "Don't worry. I will also wear several suites later. We will take a lot of pictures of us. You won't be alone." He assured her seriously but it failed as she glanced at him in amusement.

"Don't even think about it. I will die in exhaustion if you really have the intention to make me wear them. So, I will only wear one." Luo Lixi shook her head as she spoke. 

Sheng Ruming clenched his hand that was touching a dress in the closet. Afterwards, he turned towards her alone and looked face to face.

"I will buy glucose saline for you. You won't be tired then. So, later, wear twenty dresses. We will take pictures in different poses." Sheng Ruming was eager to fill his phone with her beautiful photos but the lady was unaware of this fact. 

"..."

Luo Lixi didn't even answer when he mentioned twenty. 'If I agree, I am sure my whole night will turn miserable…' She kept mum while the man looked down at her face.

"Ten?" Sheng Ruming thought she wasn't willing.  Thus he lessened the number. But even then she was silent.

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"Five dresses then..." He saw she puckered her lips as she shook her head in disagreement.

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Luo Lixi didn't say a single word when he was asking. Then, she parted her lips and spoke, "I will only wear one dress. Not more or less…"

Sheng Ruming abruptly let go of the dress he was touching and dragged her towards him, "Well, you can wear less than one dress. I won't mind." Then he put his fingers on her dress's chest button but she yanked his naughty hand away.

When the words were spoken by her ear, Luo Lixi realized she had misspoken. So, the moment she saw his mischievous smile, she blushed and hid her face on his chest.

"One… I will only wear one ." Luo Lixi whispered softly. She was unwilling to speak anything anymore. He teased her more as the days passed by but she liked those fluttery moments which could shake her heart.