Lin Ruoxi drowsily peeked open her eyes, and the first scene she saw was a peaceful face belong to a blonde person who closely familiar to her. One by one, her mind started recognizing all the limbs of her body: her hand rested atop the man's chest and her slender legs curled around his waist, clinging to him like a lazy octopus.

She stayed for a while, staring at his face that delved into a slumber.

She remembered last night, after the night date they had, he delivered her back home, changed his attire and ran out from the house again to visit his friend that had an accident and currently in a hospital.

She was beyond tired, blame the deed they had committed, but somehow her eyes remained sleepless despite the soft pillow that had driven her leave the real world many times.

That eyes he expressed, that face he wore. Although it's not as clear as sunny day, but she got a vague feeling what he was about to do.

Countless times had pa.s.sed, but she couldn't sleep either, in her infinite worries, she decided to drill into his room and laid upon his bed, pretending out of cold.

She waited and waited, with the dark tunnel upon her vision.

Afterward, she heard the door that led into his room was opened, it's a brief sounds and difficult to catch but easy feat if one eyes was nonactive.

The door was closed, then there was silent.

A tranquil but deathly still, only her soft breath but loud heartbeat.

She started to doubt if the person who entered the room was him, it's not she was underestimate the villa's security protection but she knew that no one is entirely safe so long crime still existed in the world.

She wanted to peep but her body suddenly went stiff.

Because she caught a thick iron scent.

She startled as her mind swelled with bad premonition, perhaps the presence beside her inside the room indeed not Naruto but a serial killer instead. She remembered these days recent news about a loose cannibal which happened all around Zhong Hai, and the last case tribute approximately in West side.

A cold sweat dripped from her temple, but at that moment she heard another door being opened and a sound of water flushed. She was bewildered, what kind of sickening serial killer borrowed a bathroom before killing his target.

"..."

Although she was oblivious how far the time had trod, but she knew it's neither short or long, she felt a movement from the side of the bed behind her back.

*Rustle* *Rustle*

There was another silent, in fact, the room had became completely tranquil.

Lin Ruoxi felt something was not right, there were clearly a presence of someone on the other side of the bed but it had done nothing to her.

This person... is he Naruto or someone else?

"How come you haven't sleep?"

A familiar sound quickly snapped her out of her mind and somehow opened wide her crystal bright eyes in the instant, then she turned her head to the side.

Naruto rested his upper body on the bed's head, his both hand placed below his golden hair. His both eyes were closed but the s.p.a.ce between them as if wrinkled.

"Aren't you tired?"

His voice awoke her once more, then she frowned. Albeit he seemed asking out of concern, but she could sense... a hint of coldness inside his tone.

No... it's more like... toneless...

He spoke without opened his eyes, he didn't even change his posture.

She looked at his arm and noticed the usual healthy skin seemed a bit pale. She closely looked at his face, and it was indeed only a little red smeared on it.

She subconsciously stretched her hand and touched upon his face.

"!"

It was cold, like bite freezing cold!

"Naruto, your body, how can-"

"You don't need to think much, just... rest," this time he turned his body away from her, giving her his back.

She was shocked at his careless tone, this never happen before in the past.

Naruto... what happen to you? What just you experience outside?

Lin Ruoxi bit her lips while she eventually dropped the matter, she thought his mood currently are not well.

After that she positioned herself into the other side of the bed, staring at his back before little by little she began to sleep.

(***)

Lin Ruoxi touched his face this time and she pleasantly surprised that his temperature returned to the normal warm. She suspected that the last night anomaly was just sort of nightmare since she never imagine Naruto would act so indifferent to her, especially after they just melted their relations.h.i.+p into another steps.

"Ramen..." he mouth mumbled while soft snored breezed out.

The corner of her lips curved, her heart couldn't be more tickle than knowing his obsession with ramen reached out beyond the land of dream too.

"Really a freak, you dare made me worried about you last night..." her smile fixed on her face as she patted his cheek.

"Ruoxi..."

"Hmm?"

"Your ramen sucks, hahaha..."

Yeah, this moment, right at this moment, you might want to flutter the white napkin, because someone names 'smile' just recently being killed.

Suddenly a bright meaty sounds rang in the room, followed after a mighty chop hand fell upon a handsome face.

Lin Ruoxi snorted while she sets out from the bed, fixing her pajama while she went out from the room, all happened without a single pause.

(***)

"Strange, why my face seemed red in the middle..."

Naruto lazily yawned while brushed his own teeth, he stared at his own reflection at the mirror and a vague red line appeared from the center of his forehead until it reached above his lips.

He remembered no such injury last night, a couple of bullets indeed hit him and several harsh knuckle on the cheek but all should recover at amazing speed.

This mean the strange red line just occurred recently...

Did I get sort of disease?

He pondered for a while before shook his head in ridicule, even cancer couldn't happen on his body, what kind of mad disease could possibly affect him...

Naruto shrugged as he couldn't find any answer, he got out from the bathroom and quickly nipped toward outside of his room.

Lin Ruoxi already strapped on her business suit, her magnificent and slender body clasped in a white satin s.h.i.+rt that b.u.t.toned until several inches below her long neck, the knees length black skirt hugged her bottom yet failed to hide the soul enticing shape they bore.

Her pretty face calmly visited a paper on the desk while the hand that looked so soft like a frail paper grabbed a double bread that unceasingly delivered it to her mouth.

Naruto rubbed his nose and smiled at the sculpture like beauty, it seemed their last night date activity had completely moisture her.

Her charm as if increased several folds...

Two womanly part as if bigger several point.

Several times more, maybe can compete with that pair of Mingyu had?

Cough, cough, oh blame me for being so fierce...

"Morning~" Naruto quickly entered the dinner room and sat at the opposite of her. Lin Ruoxi visited him for a brief, replied his greeting in flash then returned her vision on the paper.

"What are you reading?" Naruto grabbed random food on the table and started munching. It was sort of meat bun, but instead of steamed, it was deep fried instead.

Crisp and quite crunchy...

"The preparation progress of upcoming exhibition, detail of how much the extend of costume design had been completed, size of endors.e.m.e.nt that we successfully gathered..." she said without looking up from the paper.

"We still need endors.e.m.e.nt?" he said with doubtful tone.

"Of course, such event will require ma.s.sive amount of resource, a simple way to contribute is money, but we not rejecting such as refreshment drink, more manpower and other..."

"What they receive in return? A portion share of profit?"

"No, most event like this serves as a chance for public advertising, most company usually had spare their accommodates for this kind of event, and didn't sought for direct benefit..." she finished on her bread, glance simply to his face, "this also under the management of your current employment area of expertise."

Naruto startled before sheepishly smiled, munching on the crispy food.

She drank her tea then took her bag before strolled toward the direction of exit.

He looked into her slender back with speechless expression, I am about to go far for three days straight you know, won't you have at least something to say?

In the end Ruoxi truly didn't say a word, she such just gone from his field of vision and soon he heard the front gate was opened.

From the rhyme of her footsteps, she seemed in hurry...

"Young master, did you like the breakfast?"

At this moment, w.a.n.g Ma walked out from the kitchen, carrying a big plate of fragrant rice.

"Um, is tasty like five star restaurant, you should open an enterprise, Auntie w.a.n.g!" Naruto raised his bawl while w.a.n.g Ma filled it with rice and several vegetables.

"Young master such a flatter," w.a.n.g Ma gently smiled as she unlatched her pink ap.r.o.n and sat at the opposite chairs across the table.

"Auntie w.a.n.g, did Ruoxi have an urgent meeting or something? She such quickly left..."

"Hmm... not that I know of, then again I am not quite grasp young miss' affair..."

She glanced upward then she saw Naruto helpless expression somehow startled her quite bit.

"Did young miss left without say anything to young master?"

Naruto just sighed, mirthlessly smiled to the middle aged lady.

w.a.n.g Ma didn't respond for quite bit then she suddenly chuckled.

"Maybe young miss indeed quite late for a meeting, and also probably shy a little."

"Um?" Naruto wrinkled his eyebrows and stared at her in doubt.

Why would Ruoxi felt shy?

w.a.n.g Ma responded with mysterious smile, such she replied with 'quick, young master will know'.

(***)

After the breakfast was concluded, w.a.n.g Ma surprisingly dragged Naruto into Ruoxi's room and shocked after he saw the chaotic situation inside the room.

Her double bed size filled with tattered men clothes, from sweater to white s.h.i.+rt, from long pant even a boxer, on the floor there were several health care product including skins protection from bugs also bugs killing spray. Not far from it, a wash herbs and bath necessity loitered around, there were several towels on it.

"Oh, young miss..." w.a.n.g Ma didn't look surprise, instead appeared loving dearly.

"This..." Naruto unable to hide his shock, as far as he remembered, Lin Ruoxi always a neat and diligence persons, she even boasted it several times in front of him that she was the embodiment of diligence persona. It was hard to believe someone like her could make such a chaotic pile of mess.

Is her room was somehow heist by robbers?

Or a thief might come inside?

No, it's impossible since he didn't see anything important seemed being taken.

Then small hurricane?

w.a.n.g Ma shook her head then flushed into the room, she approached a white bag that appeared like a crane among the scattered health care and bathroom herbs, she grabbed its handle and resembled a little strained from it, as if the bag quite heavy for her.

The size of the bag almost half of hers and came in a rectangle shape.

"Young master, this should be young miss preparation for you to your trip," her face mixed between a bitter and gentle smile.

"Ruoxi prepared this... for me?" Naruto wide opened his eyes, still unable to cover his shock.

"You after all about going to a country side, young miss should be worry about your health, including the thing that you should wear..."

"But... it just three days..." Naruto observed the entire room.

w.a.n.g Ma also sighed, yeah young miss never had a camp before, she also never lived outside of the city, so she definitely had a problem to manage all of this.

Oh, stubborn young miss, you should just consult with me before...

Naruto seemed understand something, then as if couldn't contain his laughter, he opened wide his mouth and started banging the ceiling with series of loud voice.

w.a.n.g Ma also couldn't help herself to laugh.

No wonder she such flash exited the house, she feared she would get tease if they were found out the mess she just created.