“Eh, eh, eh, didn’t you say this was my room? How did it suddenly become your room? I don’t quite get it,” Liu Xie said.
“It’s your room, so it can’t be my room?” Liu Anran’s retort caused Liu Xie’s mind to short-circuit for a moment.
After a bit of thought, she understood—Liu Anran meant that tonight, the two of them would be staying together in this room.
“Wait, wait, do you mean there’s only this one room in the entire place?” Liu Xie tapped on the bed. “Don’t even mention your hundred-plus square meters, even eighty square meters should have at least two bedrooms, right?”
“Other than this one, the rest are just storage rooms. There isn’t even a bed frame, let alone a bed,” Liu Anran said quite calmly, as if he had been prepared to answer this question.
“You…” Liu Xie raised an eyebrow. “Then I’ll sleep on the sofa.”
“No, you’re on your period right now, you can’t catch a chill in the living room,” Liu Anran shook his head, refusing.
“Then you sleep on the sofa.”
“Nope, I want to sleep on the bed,” Liu Anran shook his head again.
It actually made sense—unlike Liu Xie, who basically had a free lifestyle on school breaks, Liu Anran really had work.
“Then I sleep on the sofa?”
“No.”
Liu Xie suddenly realized this was an unsolvable problem. No matter what she said, the only final solution was for the two of them to share the same bed.
“No, this is just too…” Liu Xie’s face twisted slightly. “We’re a guy and a girl, it’s improper to be that close.”
“Since when did you suddenly remember you’re a girl?” This was the first time Liu Anran showed surprise tonight. “Why didn’t you say so earlier?”
“I don’t know, but I feel like you’re being a bit harsh with your words.”
Afterward, Liu Xie scratched her head irritably, looking at the two pillows on the bed, using the large teddy bear next to her, about the same height, as a dividing line.
She pointed at Liu Anran, then at the teddy bear forming a borderline. “Got it?”
Liu Anran nodded.
Of course, he had to agree. Otherwise, his good sister would run off now, and he couldn’t hold her back. If she really didn’t want to, he would have to let her go.
But gradually forcing the situation while giving her some leeway to make the choice herself prevented her from running away.
It was a bit like boiling a frog slowly, but Liu Anran preferred the analogy of a rabbit on a patch of wild grass—waiting until the other relaxed and the distance was close enough, then striking a fatal blow.
Besides, he knew Liu Xie’s sleeping posture was honestly unbearable. Once he lay down and fell asleep, naturally Liu Xie would come to find him.
“Alright, alright, I get it. Tell me where the bathroom is. I’m going to wash up now.”
Liu Xie stopped lying on the bed, stood up, and asked Liu Anran.
Liu Anran led her all the way to the bathroom door.
“Why is the door made of glass?” Liu Xie tested the angle and realized if the shower curtain inside wasn’t pulled, anyone outside could see clearly inside. “Is this one-way glass?”
“Yes,” Liu Anran explained.
“Oh.” Liu Xie nodded and pushed the bathroom door open. “Wait, why is the one-way glass see-through from the outside? And why would you install one-way glass in the bathroom?”
“It was just installed backwards,” Liu Anran answered without hesitation.
Liu Xie frowned, feeling Liu Anran’s explanation was a bit far-fetched, but seeing his serious expression, she couldn’t come up with anything else.
So, she walked in.
There were no clothes to change into, so she planned to just wash up here casually and take a proper shower back in her dorm tomorrow.
Besides, the one-way glass here gave her a bad feeling.
Though the person outside was her most trusted younger brother, today Liu Anran felt a bit strange.
Thinking this, she unlocked her phone and checked the low-priced talismans and black dog blood she’d bought on Pinxi Pinxi to see when they would arrive.
While she was looking down at her phone, Liu Anran slipped the door open and placed a bamboo basket in front of her.
Inside was a pure white nightdress, looking almost identical in style to the one she had at home.
There were also some folded undergarments on top.
Liu Xie was silent.
“Honestly, you’re really strange today, you know that?”
Picking up one piece, Liu Xie glanced through the half-open door at Liu Anran leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed.
“Taking a shower before sleeping will feel better,” Liu Anran said as if it was the most ordinary thing. “Besides, this place was only recently renovated. There’s no spare bedding, so if you sleep in sweaty sheets it’ll be hard to deal with. So it’s not just you—I’m planning to shower later too.”
That shut all of Liu Xie’s objections down instantly.
As Liu Anran was about to close the door, Liu Xie suddenly seemed to realize something and grabbed hold of the glass door.
“No, the weird thing is why do you have women’s clothes here? Didn’t you say no one had ever been here before?” Liu Xie still pressed the point.
“They’ve been prepared for a long time, just like the dog bed and cat bed in the living room,” Liu Anran’s face showed no sign of panic.
“Then who are these clothes for?”
After being asked, Liu Anran paused slightly. “They’re for the person who will be the most important to me in the future, the one who will live with me forever.”
Liu Xie’s brain, which was supposed to only start working at the end of the semester, kicked into gear early thanks to this one sentence from Liu Anran.
Her head spun, and just before it crashed, she figured it out.
This house was Liu Anran’s wedding home prepared for himself—he just hadn’t found his other half yet.
“No, but can I really use these things?” Liu Xie looked at Liu Anran tentatively. “Is it really okay for me to use what you’ve prepared?”
“You can use anything of mine,” Liu Anran said. “These things were originally made…”
he could not be more obvious. Yeesh.
Liu Xie is more denser than a brick confirmed