Chapter 13: Whose Head is Growing Grass?

The sounds emanating from the room were nothing but Su Zhirui’s impolite roars, but that storm eventually subsided, ending with a certain woman’s continuous pleas for mercy.

"Fourth Brother, Fourth Sister-in-law, it is time to rise and eat." Outside the door, the sound of Yi Lun knocking echoed. Su Zhirui slowly opened her eyes and nudged the man's chest with her elbow, but that bronze wall and iron bastion refused to give her any reaction. Was he dead to the world? To confirm whether she was free to remarry, Su Zhirui propped herself up and gave Yi Xun a shove, but the man only opened his eyes to give her an exceptionally serious look. That expression was like a child who couldn't get their candy, both anxious and annoyed. Su Zhirui burst into unrestrained laughter and rose from the bed, still clad in her clothes.

"Fourth Sister-in-law, uh, why are you wearing Fourth Brother's clothes?" Seeing her walk out of the room, Yi Lun hurriedly pulled out a chair for her to sit down, stifling a laugh in his heart for fear of internal injury. Her small frame was wrapped in such a large outer robe that, from a distance, it looked as if she were dragging a bedsheet; it was hard not to draw attention.

"Would you have me go out in rags to make a fool of myself?" Su Zhirui's willow brows furrowed slightly, her face full of dissatisfaction. "That man has more than an ordinary amount of quirks."

"Fourth Sister-in-law, has Fourth Brother not risen?" Yi Lun nodded with a light smile, but he didn't dare be too bold. If his sister-in-law truly learned about all of that man's quirks, he feared she would turn tail and run.

"He just gave me a look and then fell back asleep." Su Zhirui waved her hand dismissively, but she did not miss how strange Yi Lun's expression was. "What, is there a problem?"

"No, no problem." His mouth twitched slightly, and Yi Lun hurriedly tucked away his grimace to return to a normal expression. "Uh, Fourth Sister-in-law, I think I should probably give you a heads-up. When Fourth Brother intends to rest, his sleeping time tends to be quite long."

"How so?" Su Zhirui asked, tilting her head, though she did not stop her utensils.

"When he isn't attending to serious matters, he loves to sleep very much." Yi Lun didn't know how to put it into words and could only speak euphemistically.

"Is that not right?" Su Zhirui asked nonchalantly. If one is tired, one should sleep; is there something wrong with that?

"Uh, usually, an ordinary person would feel dizzy and bloated after resting for a day or two, but Fourth Brother..."

"What about him?"

"He might sleep for ten days or half a month. And judging by the state he was in when he returned this afternoon, it seems, perhaps, possibly..." Yi Lun replied somewhat stutteringly.

"He really knows how to save food." Su Zhirui was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but she reacted quickly. Her man could never be treated with the eyes of a normal person to begin with.

"Isn't it strange, Fourth Sister-in-law?" Seeing no reaction from her, Yi Lun asked with some concern.

"That he loves to sleep?"

"Didn't I just tell you..."

"Then that's that, isn't it?" Su Zhirui shot him a glance and stopped talking, simply eating her meal in peace. This was what she called strange? By that logic, wouldn't a person in a vegetative state be a world wonder? Yi Lun said no more, but he had reached an answer in his heart: neither of these spouses could be dealt with using normal logic. He had originally wondered what kind of woman could subdue Fourth Brother; now it seemed these two were indeed, uh, a perfect match.

Returning to the room, Su Zhirui was bored to death. She glanced toward the bed, then shook her head dismissively. Since her man loved to sleep so much, she had to find something to do so that grass wouldn't grow on her head from boredom. Since she couldn't let grass grow on her own head, she could only let it grow on her man's.