Chen Yuan stepped out of the bathroom after his shower, feeling completely refreshed. The sticky, stuffy feeling was gone, and all his fatigue had been washed away. His mood lifted slightly. He pulled on a random pair of loose pants and walked back to the sofa, drying his dripping hair.
He’d barely taken two steps before he almost bumped into soone.
Peeking through his damp hair, Chen Yuan’s gaze locked onto Jiangg Yao. She had a slightly guilty look on her face.
"Why’d you sneak out again? What are you up to?"
"I... I ca to take a shower, too," Jiangg Yao said, her gaze subtly drifting over Chen Yuan’s bare torso, her cheeks flushing slightly. "I’ll go to bed right after. I won’t bother you."
"You’d better not."
Chen Yuan reached out without a trace of gentleness and vigorously ruffled her hair, leaving Yaoyao’s hair a complete ss. Just as she raised her hands to push the Young Master’s hand away, he had already pulled it back.
Chen Yuan walked past Jiangg Yao toward the living room. After a few steps, he turned back. "The bathroom floor is all wet and a little slippery. Don’t fall."
"Got it, Young Master. I’m going in, then."
He waved his hand dismissively. He had already reached the sofa and swiftly lain down, holding up his phone to watch sothing.
The faint glow of the phone screen illuminated his cheek. Jiangg Yao took a long, deep look, as if to burn the image into her mory. After a mont, she reluctantly entered the bathroom.
SPLASH SPLASH SPLASH.
The sound of running water started up, and steam began to fill the air once more.
This was the quietest ti of day. Everything was done. All he had to do now was relax his entire body, letting the soft sofa beneath him support every slackened muscle. He listened to the white noise from outside the window, the only light in the boundless darkness coming from the faint glow of the phone in front of him.
There was nothing to think about. Everything that needed to be done was left for tomorrow morning. All the worries, headaches, and anxieties were cast far away.
Chen Yuan emptied his mind, occasionally scratching an itch on his waist and pulling the sofa blanket a little higher to cover his shoulders.
’Finally, I can rest.’ With that thought, he felt his consciousness growing hazy. He could no longer make out the voice of the strear coming from his phone.
Until... THUD.
The bathroom door opened, startling him awake. Chen Yuan rolled over, stared at the ceiling, and sighed. Jiangg Yao’s footsteps grew closer until they stopped right beside him.
Jiangg Yao’s fair, beautiful body was wrapped in nothing but a small bath towel. Her soaking wet hair, still dripping, was wrapped in another towel. Her fragrant shoulders were bare, her collarbones distinct. She exuded the hazy, sweet scent of soone fresh out of the shower, like a glistening, juicy peach washed clean and waiting to be savored.
"Young Master... Young Master? Baby?" she called out softly, her voice low.
"What is it?" Chen Yuan’s voice was impossibly lazy as he looked at her with drowsy, sleep-filled eyes.
"You’re so handso. I wanted to say that before my shower," Jiangg Yao said, kneeling on the rug next to the sofa. She gazed at him intently, a smile on her lips and her eyes full of mirth. "I love you the most."
Suddenly, she leaned in and gave Chen Yuan a SMACK on the cheek. Then she shot up and fled in a flurry of mincing steps. She hadn’t dried herself off properly, so she was actually quite cold, her shoulders trembling as she left.
A sliver of light escaped the bedroom door before it was shut again.
Chen Yuan didn’t even have ti to scold her before she was gone.
"Ridiculous..." He stared silently at the door for a mont, the corners of his mouth twitching upward. With that one-word complaint, he lay back down.
He shifted into a more comfortable position, rolled over, and tried to coax sleep to co again.
Abruptly, as Chen Yuan turned over, he felt sothing hard poking him in the back, like a finger jabbing him. Confused, he reached behind himself and his hand found a cold, hard object.
’The texture’s not bad. It’s cool to the touch.’
He brought it in front of his eyes to get a better look. It was a small, silver tube. He opened it and saw its true contents: a pink lip gloss.
’This must be the thing that makes Jiangg Yao’s lips so shiny and luscious, the thing that makes you want to kiss them, right? It probably fell out of her pocket when we were watching the horror movie.’
Chen Yuan tossed the lip gloss onto the coffee table and lay down again, his thoughts beginning to drift aimlessly.
Ever since he was a kid, he’d had a secret trick for falling asleep quickly. Even if he couldn’t fall asleep, ti wouldn’t drag on. The trick was to invent an interesting dream for himself, then imagine all the details to make everything in the dream logical. He would even laugh out loud during the most fun parts.
His most-used dream scenario was being on vacation, only to end up stranded on a deserted island, unable to get ho. He would have to use all the resources around him to survive... If he were traveling with Ningning or Yaoyao, they wouldn’t be of much use, especially with the things they brought along.
Lipstick, skincare products, body lotion, hair clips, and so on.
When Chen Yuan was a kid, he had bought one of those military shovels from a hardware store and a piece of flint from a street stall. A hatchet for chopping wood would be best, but that most likely wouldn’t be allowed on a trip.
’Those are the things that would actually be useful.’
With fire, you can survive, so flint was the most crucial item. Then he would use all the wilderness survival skills he had learned as a hobby to conquer the entire island... By the ti he was rescued, people would be amazed to find him, dressed in a grass skirt with his girlfriend, having beco a god of the hunt on the island.
As Chen Yuan thought of this, a grin stretched to his back molars. Satisfied, he turned on his side to continue sleeping.
’Should I find a cave first or solve the water problem...’ His brain was still active.
...
「In the next room.」
Jiangg Yao had just finished getting ready. She threw back the covers, slipped into bed, and let out a sigh of contentnt. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, inhaling Chen Yuan’s scent from his bed.
The lights were on in the room, illuminating the two sisters.
Jiangg Ning stared at her younger sister with slight disdain. Seeing her infatuated expression, she reached out and smacked her.
Unexpectedly, Jiangg Yao wasn’t angry at all. Instead, she clung to her like an octopus, hugging her soft body tightly and wrapping her legs around her sister’s.
"Sis... Hehe... Big Sis~"
"Just say what you want to say."
"It’s so magical! We’re sleeping together in the Young Master’s bed! It’s so amazing. Did you ever think this day would co? The twists and turns of life are like clouds floating in the sky, ever-changing."
She rested her hands on the corners of the blanket and rubbed her cheek against her sister’s shoulder, looking completely satisfied with how the night was going.
"Hmph, just go to sleep," Jiangg Ning said, throwing off the covers and getting out of bed. "I’m going to the bathroom."
"Co back quickly, okay?"
"I know."
Jiangg Ning glanced down at her high heels, kicked them aside, and walked barefoot over to Yaoyao’s side of the bed. She slipped on her sister’s white sneakers, which were more comfortable for walking.
She opened the door, stepped into the living room, and glanced back.
Only then did her face flush slightly. Her movents were light and quick as she tiptoed to the side of the sofa where Chen Yuan was lying, like a young girl with a secret crush.
"Chen... Chen~"
There was no moonlight tonight, and the living room was actually quite dim. In the hazy darkness, she looked at Chen Yuan’s profile. He already had a face that created a certain atmosphere, and in the gloom, his defined features seed even sharper, especially his serene expression as he hovered between sleep and wakefulness.
Jiangg Ning rested her chin in her hand and gazed at him. The more she looked, the more her heart filled with affection, and she couldn’t resist reaching out to gently stroke his face.
"Hm?" He humd, his voice thick with sleep, as he rubbed his drowsy eyes.
"I forgot to say good night to you. Sleep well~ See you tomorrow."
"Mm, good night."
Chen Yuan vaguely recognized the person in front of him as Ningning. Her voice was so gentle, like a great mother goddess shimring with a holy light, making one want to throw themselves into her arms and curl up on her lap like a spoiled child.
"Bye-bye, I’m going to the toilet. Love you."
Perhaps because it was so late, the usually reserved Ningning had beco a bit bolder. Her pretty face flushed as she said the two words "love you," leaned in a little closer, and kissed Chen Yuan on the forehead.
After that, she stood up and padded lightly to the bathroom.
Her heart must have been pounding like crazy.
Jiangg Ning’s waterfall of hair flew for a fleeting mont. After using the bathroom, she scurried back into the bedroom to sleep, not daring to say another word to her Chen.
The night breeze wasn’t stirring, but the fragrant scent from her body lingered in the air, refusing to dissipate.
Chen Yuan hugged the blanket in his arms a little tighter, buried his face in the sofa cushions, and broke into a Venom-like grin again...
...
"You’re back? Sis? Hey!"
Jiangg Yao looked at her sister’s lovestruck expression with a scrutinizing gaze. Ningning didn’t even hear her first words; she was too busy savoring the sweet mont from before, biting her lip.
"Ah... Yaoyao, what did you say?" she asked, belatedly turning her head.
"Sothing’s not right. What did you do just now? Let feel your face. A naughty girl’s face is always hot."
"Feel what? Just get to sleep!" With a CLICK, Jiangg Ning turned off the light, plunging the room into darkness.
"Fine, don’t tell ," Jiangg Yao said, also rolling out of bed. "Give my shoes."
Between the beds, two pairs of fair, jade-like legs crossed paths.
"What do you need the shoes for?"
"Can’t I go to the bathroom too?"
"...Then go ahead."
「Three minutes later.」
Jiangg Yao returned, her pretty face also bright red.
She flopped onto the bed with a satisfied look, even letting out a couple of secret GIGGLES. After a deep breath, she whispered, "Ti to sleep."
Jiangg Ning stared at her for a mont, then threw back the covers again.
"Sis, what are you doing now?"
"Going to the bathroom."
"Didn’t you just go?"
"None of your business. Shut up and go to sleep."
Three minutes later, Ningning returned, her pretty face once again bright red.
She also flopped onto the bed with a satisfied look, even licking her lips. She rolled onto her side, found a comfortable position, and prepared to sleep soundly.
Yaoyao threw the covers back again and PITTER-PATTERED over to her sister’s side to put on the shoes.
"Don’t tell you’re going to the bathroom."
"None of your business! Shut up, you stinky sis, and go to sleep." Jiangg Yao threw the words right back at her.
"Then go ahead."
Jiangg Ning crossed her arms, gave her a contemptuous look, and didn’t try to stop her in the slightest. She seed completely confident of the outco.
Because, just now when she had gone out, she’d had a sudden stroke of genius. She pretended to be Yaoyao, pinned down Chen, and planted a kiss on him!
Chen was now on the verge of exploding. Whoever went out there now was dood.
"I’m going, so what!"
Jiangg Yao wasn’t scared at all. She had no idea what her sister had done. Having gotten a taste and wanting more, she opened the door and slipped out. In the dim light, she saw the sofa and dashed over in a flash.
A few seconds later, a scream pierced the night.
The bloodcurdling cry reached the bedroom...
"Don’t... don’t hit ! My butt’s going to be swollen! Young Master, I was wrong, WAHHH..."
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