Yun Buran forced herself to stay calm, but the flush on her face was hard to hide. Her hand still instinctively clutched the bath towel, and water droplets could be seen on her pale thighs.
“Heh, I don’t think there’s any need to look. Maybe tonight you’ll say it’s too hot and take it all off.”
“Su Nian!”
Yun Buran finally broke character and shouted in shame and anger.
“Find it yourself. I’m going to wash up.”
Su Nian entered the bathroom and saw the cute underwear the girl had just changed out of. To say he was completely unaffected so far would be impossible.
He was a normal adolescent boy, but his willpower was top-notch, so he remained quite indifferent.
Su Nian knew that Yun Buran wanted to tease him and regain the initiative, so he couldn’t let her push further; he had to interrupt her casting, and she would soon give up and behave.
But Su Nian hadn’t accounted for one thing: he had just stepped out of the bath. Even though he had already dressed, he forgot about his own lethal appeal.
“Where’s the hairdryer?”
“I… I’ll find it for you.”
By now, Yun Buran had changed into a short pink pajama set, but she had lost her previous edge. Stuttering, she seemed to have reverted to her original sweet and naive senior.
Su Nian suddenly realized his mistake. Fresh out of the bath, he was too lethal to the opposite sex.
He spoke again. “I’ll sleep on the couch. I don’t like being too close to others; I can’t sleep.”
“Want me to dry it for you?”
Yun Buran found the hairdryer and said excitedly, ignoring Su Nian’s request.
“I said I’m sleeping alone tonight.”
“I won’t touch you. I prepared two blankets.”
Yun Buran brought out her prepared excuse.
Su Nian rolled his eyes, snatched the hairdryer, and couldn’t be bothered to reply to Yun Buran.
Su Nian’s long hair would fall and cover his eyes, so he swept it all back. Watching the boy’s flawless, glowing skin—his long eyelashes, high nose bridge, prominent Adam’s apple, and that faint, elusive scent—Yun Buran couldn’t help swallowing.
Su Nian was already ridiculously handsome, and this limited edition of him fresh from the bath was even more so. The thought that no one else could ever see this filled Yun Buran with immense satisfaction.
Her gaze moved downward. Su Nian had changed back into his school uniform. Looking at his subtly revealed body curves, Yun Buran quickly said, “I have a very loose T-shirt and some sports pants I bought too big and never wore. Do you want them?”
Su Nian was always sensitive to gazes. Having been subjected to kindness and ulterior motives from the opposite sex for years, he wanted to flatly refuse Yun Buran.
“Besides, you can’t sleep on my bed in your school uniform, right? I’m a bit of a neat freak.”
Yun Buran had completely shed today’s gloom and spoke with a sly smile.
“Alright, alright, alright.”
Su Nian deeply felt that relationships weren’t as easy as he had thought. How could one control others so well while ensuring they didn’t suffer a loss themselves?
With a face full of black lines, Su Nian changed into the clothes Yun Buran had given him. They had a faint fragrance; he could only say that the claim of never being worn was indeed a lie.
He also received harsh contempt from Xiali, but this time he didn’t fire back, pretending not to see it. They both knew that without his concession, Yun Buran could never have taken advantage to this extent.
“Sleep. We have school tomorrow.”
For his first time lying down with a member of the opposite sex in his life, Su Nian chose to wrap his blanket tightly around himself and turn his back to Yun Buran.
“Mm hmm.”
Yun Buran also cutely poked half her head out to look at Su Nian’s back. She was both shy and excited.
Her mind was completely dominated. She kept thinking that if she could always sleep holding Su Nian, then no matter how he deceived her, she would be willing.
Su Nian could feel the heavy breathing and hot gaze behind him. He felt a bit suffocated with anger; in the end, using the method he hated most, he had successfully eliminated the rift between them again.
The sound of rain was still loud. Su Nian had always been someone who liked to fall asleep to the sound of rain, but he suffered from insomnia.
…
The alarm went off. Su Nian wearily opened his eyes and turned off Yun Buran’s alarm.
He hadn’t been woken by an alarm in a long time because he had always had a strong biological clock. But recently he had been really tired, and he had suffered from insomnia yesterday.
Because right now, he felt heavy. Yun Buran was lying completely on top of him.
‘If I did something now, it wouldn’t be my fault, would it?’
Looking at the girl’s reddened ears, she couldn’t withstand any testing at all.
With a face full of resentment, he said to Yun Buran, who was lying on him, “Still pretending to be asleep?”
He pushed away the thigh and arm that Yun Buran had wrapped around him. This bastard wasn’t even wearing underwear.
Yun Buran got up and stuck out her tongue, but her face was flushed. She felt something hard and secretly glanced at the boy’s morning erection.
She had really thought Su Nian wasn’t human. Sure enough, she could wear him down with persistence sooner or later.
Su Nian gave her a sharp glare, then got out of bed first.
They had agreed on one blanket per person. He had guarded against Yun Buran’s fidgeting for half the night, then finally gave up completely, letting Yun Buran tightly clamp him.
Fortunately, she was controlled from below and didn’t realize that Xiali had completely blocked her from hearing thoughts.
It was also Su Nian’s first time being this close to a member of the opposite sex. Although there was a tiny bit of restlessness, what dominated was impatience.
Yun Buran knew she had been pushing her luck. If this continued, she would provoke disgust. She rushed into the bathroom to wash up first.
But she hummed a little tune. Through the glass door of the bathroom, her lightly swaying figure could be seen; none of her previous negative emotions were visible.
“Maybe you really could save the world by selling your looks.”
Xiali, on the sofa, said with a yawn.
Su Nian didn’t reply; he just sighed deeply. That was why he hated romance—it was, for him, a huge nuisance in life.
Since Su Nian had arrived, Yun Buran’s refrigerator was no longer bare. So while she was washing up, Su Nian skillfully prepared breakfast.
“Eat first.”
Su Nian said resentfully as he brought out two bowls of noodles to Yun Buran, who was sitting obediently at the dining table. Then he went to wash up himself.
Yun Buran smiled sheepishly, but she felt as if she could see pink bubbles in the air. This was simply the ideal life.
Every morning, waking up to such a top-tier face, slightly disdainful as it looks at you, yet preparing breakfast for you.
She felt that the intense senior year of high school was no longer hard at all. No matter how early, she could get up.
But recalling the warm body and reassuring scent from last night, Yun Buran felt she had never slept so well.
Although at first she couldn’t sleep due to restless thoughts, feeling excited and hot, she couldn’t help but keep inching closer to Su Nian.
She was very afraid of provoking Su Nian’s disgust, yet she couldn’t resist testing the boundaries bit by bit.
Finally, Su Nian turned his head. With that face so close, Yun Buran nearly fainted.
“Stop moving around and fidgeting. Sleep properly.”
Su Nian said sternly yet with a hint of helpless indulgence, then patted her head.
Yun Buran felt completely healed. Carefully, she hugged Su Nian and soon fell asleep.
So now she was very certain: if she could become Su Nian’s lover, she could live ten years longer.
The girl had long forgotten all her previous negativity. She had thought Su Nian was hypocritical, controlling, and had felt confused and pained by him.
Originally with a slightly self-abandoning mindset, Yun Buran’s feelings toward Su Nian were a mix of love and hate.
But now her mind was filled with one thought: she wanted to marry Su Nian so badly. Only a life spent with him had meaning.
So whether he was deceiving her, acting, or had any other purpose, as long as he could stay with her, she was truly willing to give everything.
“Crazy? Why aren’t you eating?”
Su Nian came back, saw Yun Buran who hadn’t touched her chopsticks, and scolded.
“Hehe, of course it only has meaning if I eat with you.”
Yun Buran smiled, the happiness in her eyes seemingly overflowing.
Yesterday, Su Nian’s repeated indulgence allowed her to increasingly release her girlish nature.
“Go ahead and starve to death then, heh.”
Su Nian sat down, ignored Yun Buran, and started eating quickly.
But the usual gluttonous cat stretched and then went into Su Nian’s bag to sleep more, because Su Nian hadn’t conveniently prepared breakfast for her.
The two then went to school together. Along the way, Yun Buran’s steps were light but dragged out, within the range that Su Nian could barely tolerate. They finally parted near the school gate, after all, Su Nian didn’t want to attract more trouble for now.
Su Nian let Yun Buran enter the school first, but Yun Buran kept looking back every few steps. Only when she saw Su Nian’s expression had truly become very impatient did she hurry to her morning class.
Although Yun Buran really wanted to directly link arms with Su Nian and enter the campus, wanting to show off her treasure to the whole world, Su Nian was ultimately not hers. She knew she had already pushed her luck a lot yesterday, and she had to know her limits.