When the alarm clock rang at 7 am, my first thought was Zhan. I immediately grabbed my phone and wanted to write to him, but, Zhan had been faster. He wrote me: "Your Hubby misses you very much. The night was lonely without you my cutie."

I grinned and wrote back, "I miss you too and am looking forward to being with you again tonight and cuddling with you. Love you my Hubby."

Right after that came a reply, "Love you too my cute one. When you get home tonight, you can sleep in the bed. The bedroom is almost ready."

"Yeah, I'm so excited about how it looks and looking forward to the bed. Have to get up now unfortunately and go to my brother. See you later...love, love, love you."

"I love you too my cutie. Be careful and don't hurt yourself." Happy and satisfied, I went to shower, get dressed and then ate breakfast with my brother. His ex wasn't home and had left the house early that morning.

I guess he didn't want to watch my brother move out. I think he still loves my brother. More and more I am wondering why my brother broke up with him? Did they just not get along anymore? Was my brother unfaithful? What was the reason that this long relationship ended so abruptly?

Right after breakfast we carried the few pieces of furniture my brother wanted to take with him into the small truck he had already borrowed on Thursday. Then all the boxes followed. In between we had lunch and before we were done with everything it was almost afternoon.

We then drove to his new apartment and carried everything upstairs, one by one, to his apartment. And every break we took, I wrote a message to Zhan, which he also always answered immediately. It was strange to know that he was close to me and we couldn't see each other. After all, the house isn't far away and more than once I wished I could just run to him. I just missed him so terribly.

At 7 pm we had dinner from the delivery service and then we continued on. At 9 pm we were finally done. I could hardly wait to see Zhan and was almost urging my brother to finally drive me to him.

Arriving at Zhan's house, my brother parked the truck right in front of the house. The front door opened shortly after, I jumped out of the truck and ran to Zhan where I happily jumped into his arms. I clung to his waist with my legs, kissed him and was happy when he said, "You're finally back. I missed you so much and I love you so dearly my cutie."

Zhan called out to my brother, "Thank you for bringing him home to me in one piece."

My brother laughed and replied, "Sure thing. Take good care of my little brother for me. I'll see you on Saturday."

"Right. Good night." Zhan called back and carried me into the house.

I was so tired that my eyes almost fell shut. "Hubby? Can you just put me to bed? I'm so tired." I whined.

"You my little cutie need to take a shower first, because you don't smell very good."

"Hey, I've been working and sweating a lot today."

"And that's why you need to go shower now."

"But I'm too weak. I can't do it anymore."

"Then your hubby will carry you to the bathroom now and then you can shower."

"I don't think I have the strength anymore."

"Do you want me to shower you off?"

"Oh yes. Good idea Hubby."

"You do realize I'll see you naked, don't you?"

"Mhm. But that's no big deal. You already had it in your hand, after all, because of, well, you know."

"It's okay cute one. Come on I really need to wash this stench and dirt off you."

"But don't get the wrong idea. I'm too tired for that."

Zhan laughed and replied, "No, don't worry. I'll just shower you off and then put you straight to bed."

"And you have to cuddle with me."

"Of course I'll cuddle with you." He said. He then carried me into the bathroom, undressed me and pretended I was really stinky just to tease me. I went into the shower and Zhan washed me. He then wrapped me in an oversized bath towel and carried me into the bedroom.

I looked around there and was amazed, "Wow it turned out great. The lamp on the ceiling is like the one in the living room isn't it?"

"Mhm exactly. Just a smaller version of it." Replied Zhan. He then showed me my closet, which so far only had a few clothes in it. But I think I'll change that soon.

Zhan dried me off, rubbed my hair dry, put on my pajamas, and then laid me down in bed. "Oh how great. I love this mattress."

" After all, you chose that one, my cutie."

"Yes, and it was the perfect choice. So comfortable." I replied. Zhan covered me up and lay down next to me. "I missed you terribly Hubby." I said as I snuggled up to him.

"I you too my cute one. Now close your eyes and get some rest. You've earned it."

"Mmm, good night Hubby, I love you."

"I love you too my cutie." Replied Zhan and turned off the light with the remote control. I closed my eyes, rubbed my cheek on Zhan's chest and promptly fell asleep. I was back home with the man I love and where I feel comfortable. I was just happy and fell asleep reassured.

The next morning I woke up around 9 am. Everything hurt me, because I had hellish muscle soreness. Zhan was already up and I smelled fresh rolls coming from the kitchen. I crawled out of bed like an old man and went downstairs to Zhan, who was preparing breakfast for us in the kitchen.

When Zhan saw me, he took me in his arms and I wailed, because of my sore muscles. Als held me very gently, gave me a kiss and told me to just sit down already. The table was already beautifully set and the fresh rolls in the oven smelled delicious.

Zhan came to me, kissed my forehead and put two fresh buns on my plate. "Today you won't work in the garden okay? You're severely sore and should rest."

"Huh? And then what am I supposed to do all day? I'll be bored out of my mind."

"Mhhh, I have a book you could read."

"A book? What kind of book?"

"Oh, any book, I found it by accident."

"Uh-huh, well I wonder if I'll even like it."

"I don't know, you'll have to read it. After breakfast you snuggle up on the sofa and then I'll give you the book. And later you can tell me whether you liked it or not."

"All right." I replied. We ate breakfast together, then Zhan took me to the sofa and brought me the book. I looked at him questioningly because it looked like a first edition of a book, white printed sheets, no cover and not even a title did the book have. I didn't know what to say to it when Zhan put it in my hand and thought it was a joke.

He can't call that a book! I mean, these were printed sheets. And there was no title and not even the author was given. Where did he dig this up? I then took the book and held it in my hands and Zhan looked at me happily. "Haha, thank you." Which was the only thing I could say.

Zhan then went to his work in the guest room and I started reading the "book". 

Page by page I read through it and realized no matter what it was, I liked it. In fact, I liked it a lot and it reminded me a lot of Wei Ying's writing style. And the book had pretty much everything in it.

A blossoming love, romance, a bit of conflict, intrigue, eroticism, and sadness too. Whenever Zhan came to check on me, bring me something to drink or my meal, I could hardly take my eyes off this book and kept reading and reading until I finally reached the last page.

Then, when I finished reading the book and put it on my lap, I was amazed to realize that it had been almost 10 pm. Zhan had just come back from the shower and I asked him, "What kind of book is it? Who is it by?"

"Do you like it?"

"It's great. I love it."

"I'm glad my cutie."

"Who's it from?"

"Mhhh, I'll tell you next Sunday."

"Why not until next Sunday?"

"No reason. Do you need anything else?"

"Mhhh, just you." I replied. I put the book on the living room table, spread my arms and Zhan came to me. I snuggled up to him, took the book back to me and asked him if I could keep it. Zhan nodded and I said, "I don't know who wrote it, but it's really beautiful. Beautiful and sad at the same time. And it reminds me a lot of Wei Ying's writing style. Just great."

"I'm glad if you liked it so much. But my cutie, now we really should go to bed. We both have to get up early again tomorrow."

"No not yet. I want to sit here with you for a few more minutes and cuddle."

"We can cuddle in bed too."

"Mhhh, right. All right. Let's go to bed then." I replied. Zhan took my hand and I took the book with me. I put it on my nightstand in the bedroom, then snuggled into bed with Zhan.

"What's going through your mind my cute one? You're so quiet."

"Mhhh, I wonder if the story has a true background. If so, that would be really sad."

"I'll tell you everything you want to know next week. But for now, you should forget about the book and rather cuddle with me for a bit."

"You're right Hubby." I replied. I gave Zhan a kiss, rested my head on his chest and we talked about the plans for the coming week. What we wanted to do around the house, that we wanted to go to the starry observatory on Wednesday, and that we were going to shop for everything on Friday for the barbecue on Saturday.

I told him that I was looking forward to meeting Cheng and Yanli and I was also happy that my brother would be there. Zhan told me that he wants to help me in the garden this coming week, so we can get most of it done by Saturday and have a little celebration all together there.

And before we knew it, it was almost midnight again. We wished each other a good night, kissed, and then fell asleep, cuddled up to each other, the way I like it best.