Chapter 70: More and More Things Need a Goodnight

Ning Dongli stared blankly at the two voice messages on her phone, not daring to play them right away.

She really hadn’t expected that just asking for an address and preferences would come with such a surprise bonus!

“Gulp.”

She swallowed hard, silently put on her headphones, and gently tapped the first one.

An Yu’s cool yet soft voice flowed into her ears.

“I like… convenient ones.”

Ning Dongli froze, then her finger moved on its own and replayed it.

She listened very carefully this time. 

An Yu meant she preferred something portable and easy to carry.

But…

“Wuu! S-so good to listen to…”

As a hopeless voice fetishist, Ning Dongli felt her heart tremble. She really loved An Yu’s voice. 

If only she could listen to it forever…

Her finger pressed and held the message, then saved it to favorites.

It sounded so nice, but she didn’t replay it again because… there was still a second one!

She tapped the next one. 

This time An Yu said even more!

“Address—ask Ning Wanciu. She knows.”

Ah…

An Yu hadn’t given the address directly and instead told her to ask big sis. 

That was a little disappointing…

If she had said the address herself, the voice message would’ve been longer.

Ning Dongli stared at the phone regretfully, then silently saved this one too. 

She’d listen when she was feeling down or lost a match.

So nice. Love it.

But now she had a small problem—she had to ask Ning Wanciu for the address.

Her big sis was definitely going to get suspicious. And she had just been too loud and disturbed her…

Whatever!

She was going all in. Everything was for the sake of voice chatting with An Yu!

Ning Dongli shot to her feet, blue eyes blazing with determination!

She jogged out of her room and shouted resolutely, “Sis!”

***

Meanwhile, An Yu had no idea what Ning Dongli was thinking. 

After sending the voice messages, she set her phone aside.

Pre-bedtime gaming was over. It was about time to sleep.

“Nn…”

She stretched lazily, comfortably flopped onto the bed, and hugged her pillow, ready to sleep.

“Good night, pillow. Good night, bed.” An Yu murmured softly.

“Good night, system.”

She didn’t forget to say good night to the system too before sleeping.

【Good night, host.】

“Mm.” An Yu nodded, adjusted her sleeping position, and prepared to drift off.

But right before she closed her eyes, she suddenly spotted the little cucumber plushie she had casually tossed by the bedside.

The one Ning Wanciu had won for her at the arcade, which she had hung on her bag. 

It fell off, and then a white-haired girl returned it to her.

An Yu picked it up and looked. 

As expected, the loop that attached it to her bag was completely severed.

Luckily it was just the extra part. 

Aside from no longer being easy to hang, there was nothing to regret.

Still, for some reason the cut was unnaturally clean. 

It felt a little strange.

But whatever. 

No deep thinking right before sleep.

An Yu quietly placed the little cucumber plushie to the side. 

It was too small to be a body pillow, so it couldn’t stay on the bed.

She turned off the light and calmly closed her eyes.

“Good night, little cucumber.”

Somehow, the number of things she had to say good night to kept increasing…

Although An Yu had already fallen peacefully asleep, Ning Dongli had been spurred into action by her words.

Right now she was kneeling on the sofa, staring blankly, waiting for Ning Wanciu to speak.

Good news: her big sis wasn’t angry about the noise.

Bad news: she was silently staring at her like she was about to judge a criminal.

What now?!

Ning Dongli’s head hurt. Had she really been too rash?

To be fair, suddenly asking for a friend’s home address was pretty weird…

But she had no way to explain.

If she said she wanted to send An Yu a whole PC setup, that would sound even stranger!

They’d only known each other a few days—giving expensive gifts would make people suspect ulterior motives!

If her little schemes were exposed, her sister would definitely think she was a pervert!

But… she still really wanted to know!

Ning Dongli raised her head firmly and looked straight into Ning Wanciu’s eyes. 

She didn’t see any negative emotions there.

Just… something felt a bit off.

What she didn’t know was that Ning Wanciu really was surprised—not because she suspected Ning Dongli of anything.

She knew her sister’s personality best. 

Dongli acted all cocky around her, but with strangers she barely spoke.

So there was no way Dongli would do anything weird to An Yu.

What truly shocked Ning Wanciu was that her little sister had suddenly asked for An Yu’s home address.

Did that mean she was finally willing to go outside?

She had indeed thought about slowly getting An Yu and Dongli to become friends and gradually coaxing her sister to leave the house and play with An Yu.

But… wasn’t this progress a little too fast?!

“Dongli… you…” 

Ning Wanciu almost asked directly why, but the words stopped at her lips.

If Dongli didn’t offer a reason, that meant she was too embarrassed to say. As the big sister, she wouldn’t pry.

But there was one thing she had to confirm.

“Mm… did An Yu say it was okay for you to ask?” Ning Wanciu asked softly.

She couldn’t just give out someone’s home address without permission.

At that, Ning Dongli’s eyes lit up. She nodded frantically like a pecking chick.

“Mm-hmm! An Yu told me to ask you, sis!”

Ning Wanciu was stunned. “She did…?”

“Mm-hmm!”

An Yu told her to ask someone else for her own home address?

That was pretty unbelievable… but when she thought about it, it actually made perfect sense.

The first time she walked An Yu home, the girl had said she didn’t know the exact address but could recognize the way.

Seriously, only An Yu would do that.

Ning Wanciu smiled helplessly, reached out, and gently rubbed her sister’s head.

“Alright, I’ll send it to you.”

She had memorized An Yu’s address, so An Yu’s judgment had been correct—she really did know.

“Waa! Thank you, sis!” Ning Dongli excitedly hugged Ning Wanciu. She had finally gotten An Yu’s address.

Next, she just had to order same-city express. Fastest delivery—tomorrow night they could play together!

This time she would definitely succeed!

“Then, sis, I’m going to bed!” Ning Dongli stood up, waved excitedly, and vanished in a flash.

“Hey!” Ning Wanciu instinctively called after her, but Dongli was already gone. “Seriously… this kid…”