“Ughhhh—ahhhhh—”
Thump!
“What are you doing so early in the morning? Getting up like you’re turning into a zombie or something.”
Xia Xi had barely woken up and hadn’t even finished stretching when he got a chop to the head from Luo Xinyu.
He looked at Luo Xinyu, who was currently in his male body, with a face full of innocence and grievance.
“Isn’t it pretty normal to let out a couple of groans when you wake up in the morning…”
His quiet muttering was naturally heard by Luo Xinyu, who was standing very close.
So Luo Xinyu unceremoniously placed her hand on his face and pinched his cheek with two fingers.
“A couple of groans is fine, but you’re using my body! What girl wakes up like that in the morning?”
Faced with the accusation, Xia Xi pouted.
Xia Yue sometimes did that too, so did that mean Xia Yue had been stripped of her girl credentials?
And speaking of which…
“Never mind whether it’s girly or not—why are you, Xinyu, in my bed?!!”
Yes, that’s right. When Luo Xinyu and Xia Xi were said to be “very close,” it wasn’t just standing next to each other. They were lying on the same big bed, sharing the same fluffy pillow.
Xia Xi tried to move his body to put some distance between them, only to find that at some point, his legs had been tangled up with hers, firmly clamped between her feet.
“Wrong, wrong. This is my bed.”
“Your bed?”
Xia Xi’s mind went blank for a second.
Could it be that last night, the system had taken over his body and sleepwalked, conveniently ending up in Luo Xinyu’s room and conveniently lying down on her bed?
“Yep, this room is originally mine. What, are you planning to hog a girl’s room forever or something?”
Watching the young lady cover her mouth and giggle, Xia Xi finally realized that Luo Xinyu had snuck into the room where he was sleeping—not that he had sleepwalked.
She wasn’t wrong that this was her bed, and in fact, even the body Xia Xi was using right now was hers.
“I didn’t mean it like that… I just—ugh! You’re so full of tricks, always messing with me, huh?”
Xia Xi wanted to explain that he wasn’t the type to take over a girl’s room, but on second thought, why bother explaining? It was obvious she was just saying that to tease him.
“Hehe, I don’t care.”
When it was just the two of them, this well-mannered, cultured young lady always tended to act a little spoiled.
“Last night, I told you not to lock the door. I hinted so clearly, but you, you big dummy, slept like a log. If you hadn’t actually left the door unlocked, I’d wonder if you were deliberately avoiding me.”
At that, Luo Xinyu’s lips curved into a small pout, looking a little unhappy.
She had originally planned to sneak over at night to chat and bond with him—purely to talk, nothing else! But who knew he’d be sleeping so deeply, impossible to wake up no matter how much she shook him?
She’d even reached out and pinched the soft flesh of her own body that he was using, but he still didn’t react at all.
If Xia Xi knew what happened last night, he would’ve definitely thought, “Man, the sleep quality under system Services is truly enviable.”
“Alright, spill.”
“Spill what?”
Luo Xinyu suddenly demanded that Xia Xi talk, which left him, still groggy from just waking up, even more confused.
“Idiot. Tell me which girl you went to see last night. Or were you actually pretending to sleep, which is why I couldn’t wake you up? Boohoo, am I really that annoying to you? You’d rather fake being asleep than have a little chat with me?”
Watching that male face put on a pitiful, tearful expression, Xia Xi opened his mouth but ultimately couldn’t bring himself to openly voice his complaint.
If the little maid or Luo Xinyu’s family saw “Xia Xi” looking like a delicate maiden on the verge of tears, they’d probably be so shocked their jaws would drop. Luo Jingcheng might even drag him into a room for a “heart-to-heart.”
“In the end, it’s just your little sister’s feelings being wasted. Sure, big brother has so many nice sisters, all prettier than the last, so why would you give up a whole garden just for little Xinyu~”
She said that, but Xia Xi couldn’t see even a hint of sadness in Luo Xinyu’s eyes—only anticipation of how he would react.
“I didn’t go anywhere. I just slept nice and comfortably.”
Xia Xi had already gotten involved with enough girls; he didn’t have the nerve to tell her he’d hooked up with two new ones.
Let alone the fact that those two girls were especially eager to find him—their novelist who’d never revealed his true identity.
“I don’t believe you.”
Luo Xinyu blinked.
“Let me guess… Did you go see Little Rain? Since you care so much about Xia Yue, it’s only natural you’d want to go back and check on her. Though I’d lean more toward you wanting to see if she’s caused any trouble.”
“No. We only left home yesterday; it’s not like a day apart feels like three years. Why would I be in such a rush to see that brat? To go back and let her annoy me?”
At home, it was only Xia Yue and An Xiaoyu. Without a doubt, Xia Yue would find ways to tease An Xiaoyu—that girl was always stirring up fun, and with the chance to be alone with a cute girl, she definitely wouldn’t sit still.
“That’s true… Then what about Liu Yiyi? Hasn’t she been pestering you to visit her place and talk about stories with her? You must have gone to see her last night, right?”
“Not that either. Liu Yiyi’s with her sister, plus that Miss Qin. I wouldn’t have much to talk about over there.”
Liu Yiyi herself really wanted to invite him over, but Xia Xi kept putting it off, saying he had to take care of his two sisters and had no free time. In reality, he spent all day at home scrolling through short videos of thirst traps on his phone.
Geez, what’s so great about those thirst-trap girls? Her Liu Yiyi’s figure… ahem, her face, was definitely top-tier too, right? And her sister—just watching Liu Jiaying’s peak-level physique in real life was way more satisfying than watching short videos!
“Fine, fine~”
Seeing that Xia Xi was still being stubborn, Luo Xinyu just shrugged.
As for why she didn’t guess whether he went to Bai Xiaocha’s place—it’s because Xia Xi had already told her he went to play Bai Xiaocha’s “dad” a few days ago. So according to the “freshness theory,” he probably wouldn’t keep going back there.
Still, judging by his expression, he didn’t seem to be lying. If he hadn’t gone to those girls he could swap bodies with… could he have found a new flame?!
No way—she had to find a chance to find out who her new sister was!
But no rush for now. Right now…
“Xinyu, why are you hugging me so tight? It’s really warm…”
“It’s fine; the AC’s on in here. I’ll just turn it down a bit more.”
“I… I’m hungry. I want to get up and eat. Let go of me, Xinyu—you’re pulling my hair…”
“Not listening, not listening! I stayed up watching over you all night. Now it’s my turn to sleep in~”
“Don’t burrow into my chest! Your body’s pressing down on me—it’s so stuffy!!!”
