The bedroom in the early morning.
Sunlight shining in through the windows, filtered through the gaps in the curtains, scattering over the messy bed like lovely golden powder.
Su Ruanruan woke up to a heavy sense of suffocation. It felt as if she were being tightly wound by a giant octopus, wrapping it’s tentacles all around, making her unable to move a muscle.
“Mmph…”
She struggled to open her eyes. The first thing she saw was a patch of snow-white skin and a chest rising and falling slightly with each breath.
Su Xiaoxiao was clinging to her like a dominant koala. One sturdy, long leg was draped across her waist, not only pinning her down so she couldn’t breathe but also pressing the firm muscles of her inner thigh right against Su Ruanruan’s lower abdomen.
“Um… Xiaoxiao? It’s daylight…”
Su Ruanruan tried to save herself. she reached out with her soft little hands, attempting to push away the mountain that radiated a fresh scent of mint.
Before she could even finish her sentence, Su Xiaoxiao, who was buried in the crook of her neck, suddenly started to move.
She didn’t open her eyes, maintaining her bleary-eyed appearance like a child who hadn’t woken up yet and was acting spoiled. She frowned, seemingly dissatisfied that her “body pillow” was trying to escape. She exerted strength in her powerful thighs and squeezed Su Ruanruan’s foot.
“Eek — !!”
Su Ruanruan’s entire body jolted. She let out a short, startled cry that carried a hint of a sob.
“Mmm… Good morning, Sister.”
Su Xiaoxiao rubbed her eyes and sat up in bed. Her face carried the dazed innocence of someone who had just woken up, as if the act of squeezing her sister’s foot just now had been nothing more than an unconscious bout of sleepwalking.
That cold yet well-behaved appearance was the very image of a standard “good sister.”
“G-Good morning…”
Su Ruanruan clutched her neck and shrunk into the corner of the bed, trembling.
Seeing how “normal” her sister was acting, she couldn’t really blow up at her. She could only comfort herself internally: ‘It’s fine. Xiaoxiao probably just has some morning crankiness…’
Su Xiaoxiao threw back the covers and stretched. The perfect waistline revealed in that moment made Su Ruanruan unable to resist stealing a few more glances.
“I’m going to wash up now.”
Su Xiaoxiao walked out of the bedroom with a perfectly natural expression.
It wasn’t until the door closed, and she was sure she was left alone in the room that Su Ruanruan breathed a sigh of relief, her entire body slumping onto the bed in defeat.
“Phew… That scared me. I thought I was going to be bullied again.”
She prepared to get out of bed and get dressed. Just as she pulled her legs out from under the duvet, she felt something was wrong.
‘Huh? Why is it sticky?’
Su Ruanruan looked down at her feet. On her pair of fair, delicate little feet, a strange watery sheen coated the tops of her feet and her ankles. When she moved her toes, she could even feel a slight chill.
Su Ruanruan froze. She lifted her foot, bringing it closer to look, and reached out to touch it.
It was slippery, and a bit…
‘Is this… sweat?’
‘Gosh! I’m way too weak! To sweat this much just from sleeping?’
‘Is it because Xiaoxiao held me too tightly last night and I got overheated? Or does this body have some kind of “sweaty feet” problem?’
“I have to wash this off quickly! This is so embarrassing!”
Su Ruanruan’s face flushed red. She pulled out several wet wipes and vigorously scrubbed the tops of her feet and her toes. She didn’t stop until she had completely wiped away those ambiguous traces and her skin was rubbed red.
Meanwhile, outside the door.
Su Xiaoxiao, who hadn’t actually left, leaned against the wall and listened to the rustling sounds of wiping coming from inside.
Her face was flushed as she raised the hand she had used earlier. Her fingertips brushed lightly against her lips, her expression looking like that of a total creep.
***
Twenty minutes later, Su Ruanruan, who had finally managed to clean herself up, was carrying her canvas bag and preparing to head out. However, her footsteps froze as she was passing the balcony.
In the morning light, Su Xiaoxiao was doing her morning workout. She was wearing a black, tight-fitting sports vest and extremely short hot pants while doing squats.
“Inhale… Exhale…”
With every movement, the smooth muscle lines of her back tensed, and her thigh muscles bulged with blood flow, displaying a startling sense of explosive power and beauty. Sweat slid down her slender neck, flowed past her exquisite collarbones, and gathered along her deep abdominal lines.
As if sensing a gaze, Su Xiaoxiao maintained her stretching posture and slowly turned her head. Her eyes were playful. “Sister, do I look good?”
“Huh? I… I…”
Caught red-handed, Su Ruanruan panicked instantly, her face turning as red as a tomato.
“I-I was just checking if your form was correct! I was worried you would get hurt! Anyway… I have something to do so I’m heading out. See you tonight!”
After saying that, she grabbed her canvas bag from the entryway and rushed out the door as if running for her life.
Su Xiaoxiao stopped wiping her sweat. She walked slowly to the window and watched the figure with the backpack running away in a panic downstairs. She took out her phone and looked at the photos inside, which were filled with the “spoils” of last night. Su Xiaoxiao’s breathing quickened again…
—
Just as she ran out of the residential complex, her phone vibrated wildly. It was a text from Chu Youyu.
[Small Fry Young Lady (Chu Youyu)]:
「Su Ruanruan! I’m giving you twenty minutes. Right now! Immediately! Get your butt over to the shop!」
「If you dare to be late, I’m docking today’s wages.」
“Evil capitalist…” Su Ruanruan grumbled as she hailed a taxi and rushed toward her workplace.