When the warm winter sunlight filtered through the sheer curtain, Jiang Lai had originally wanted to sleep a little longer, but suddenly felt the warm touch in her arms.
When she opened her eyes, Chi Yingyu was still buried in her chest, her long hair scattered messily across the pillow.
Their sleeping posture from last night had barely changed. Chi Yingyu’s hand was still tightly clutching the hem of her pajamas, like she was holding onto a treasure she refused to let go.
Jiang Lai didn’t move, just lowered her head to stare at the person in her arms.
Just quietly looking at her like this…
Jiang Lai couldn’t help but call Chi Yingyu’s name.
“Yingyu… you’ve been awake for a long time, haven’t you?”
“Mm-hmm!”
When she heard Jiang Lai’s voice, Chi Yingyu lifted her head from Jiang Lai’s arms, blinking as she looked at Jiang Lai. This also let Jiang Lai see what Chi Yingyu looked like just after waking up.
Yingyu’s eyelashes were long, casting a faint shadow beneath her eyelids. The tip of her nose was slightly red.
She couldn’t help but raise her fingertip and gently touch the exposed collarbone. The delicate skin sent a trace of warmth through her fingertip.
Chi Yingyu seemed startled by the touch, letting out a soft whimper as she curled deeper into her arms. Her mouth unconsciously rubbed against Jiang Lai’s pajamas.
“When did you wake up?”
Jiang Lai’s voice was extremely soft. She lowered her head and pressed a light kiss on the crown of Chi Yingyu’s head, the familiar fragrance of shampoo lingering around the tip of her nose.
Even though they clearly both used the same shampoo, the scent that lingered on each of them was completely different.
Even though they had clearly been living together all this time, and even with the same shampoo and shower gel scents mixed together, Chi Yingyu still carried that one-of-a-kind scent, like cotton that had been dried in the sun.
This scent made her heart soften.
Remembering how Chi Yingyu had clung to her last night saying “I missed you so much,” the corners of her mouth couldn’t help but curl up.
“When did you wake up? You stayed buried in my arms the whole time, your nose got all red from it.”
Jiang Lai ruffled her hair, her fingertip sliding from the hair strands down to the nape of her neck, gently stroking it.
“Do you want to sleep a little more? I’ll go out and prepare breakfast for you two now.”
Chi Yingyu shook her head.
“No…”
She didn’t let go of the hem of Jiang Lai’s pajamas, instead pushing her luck to crawl up a little higher, resting her chin against Jiang Lai’s chest, her eyes sparkling as she looked at her.
“I want to stay with you for a while. There are other people outside. Once we go out, I won’t be able to cling to you so freely like this.
“I really missed you. Yesterday I fell asleep without getting a good look at you.”
“How could you not be able to? Take a good look at me…”
Jiang Lai laughed softly and reached out to brush aside the loose hair on her forehead.
“I’m not working today. I’ll be with you the whole day.”
“But isn’t there still someone else outside? By then, you’d definitely be embarrassed too.”
Although Chi Yingyu’s voice sounded a little reluctant, her body movements were very honest.
She suddenly leaned in and gave Jiang Lai a peck on the lips.
“Don’t I know you well enough? I know everything about you clearly.”
Chi Yingyu took the opportunity to wrap her arms around Jiang Lai’s neck, burying her face in her neck hollow. Her warm breath tickled Jiang Lai’s neck.
The warm breath in her neck hollow tickled Jiang Lai, making her let out a low laugh. She tightened her arms, securely enclosing the person in her arms.
“What do I have to be embarrassed about? Being close to my own person in my own home, what’s there to hide from?”
Though she said that, didn’t Chi Yingyu know Jiang Lai well?
And yet, her fingertip slowly slid down along Jiang Lai’s waist.
Jiang Lai trembled from the sudden touch and couldn’t help but gently pinch the soft flesh on her waist.
“Stop it… that tickles.”
“If I did this to you in front of other people, would you still think there’s nothing to hide from?”
Chi Yingyu lifted her head.
Instead of lying on Jiang Lai’s chest, she hugged Jiang Lai face to face, her warm breath landing on Jiang Lai’s ear.
“Jiang Jiang… just obediently stay in the room and cling to me for a while. See, how considerate I am of you.”
Hearing Chi Yingyu’s proud yet caring words, Jiang Lai’s heart suddenly softened intensely.
She raised her hand, pressed the back of Chi Yingyu’s head, and kissed her.
Although it was different from Chi Yingyu’s brief peck just now, it was still only a gentle trace left on the lips.
Jiang Lai felt her small movements and couldn’t help but smile.
She rubbed her nose tip against Chi Yingyu’s reddened nose tip, her voice low and gentle.
“Are you that afraid of me feeling awkward in front of others?”
“Of course I am…”
Chi Yingyu curled deeper into her arms, pressing her cheek against Jiang Lai’s chest, able to clearly hear her steady heartbeat.
“Because I know that you wouldn’t be comfortable with that. I only want you to be comfortable. I don’t want to put you in an awkward position.”
These words were like a little candy, gently landing on Jiang Lai’s heart. It was so sweet that she couldn’t help but tighten her arms, holding the person even closer.
“Okay, I’ll listen to you. Let’s wait a little longer before getting up then.”
“Okay.”
While answering in a muffled voice, Chi Yingyu buried her face even deeper.
“Just hold me a little longer.”
Her voice was muffled inside Jiang Lai’s pajamas, which had long since been messed up. It was stuffy, carrying a hint of coquettish clinginess, and then she took a big deep sniff, letting out a slightly embarrassed sound.
“So fragrant…”
The two of them didn’t know how long they had clung to each other.
When they got up, their gazes were completely on each other, not even glancing at their phones at all.
When they were ready to get up and wash up, Chi Yingyu’s pajamas were neat and tidy without the slightest mess, so she walked straight out to wash up.
This left Jiang Lai alone on the bed, tidying up her own pajamas whose buttons weren’t even fastened properly.
While tidying her pajamas, Jiang Lai fastened her buttons with one hand and idly held her phone with the other, looking at the messages she hadn’t replied to last night because she had gone to sleep too early.
Opening her phone, the first thing Jiang Lai saw was the sea of red at the top of her chat app…
Although she knew Shen Ruxue would send her messages, she didn’t expect there to be this many.
While Jiang Lai was reading the messages and thinking about replying to them one by one, she saw a high-speed rail ticket.
‘Is Xiaoxue coming over today?’
Just as Jiang Lai was about to send a message asking Xiaoxue when she would arrive, a different sort of commotion occurred in the living room outside the master bedroom.
Meanwhile, Chi Yingyu, who was still brushing her teeth in the bathroom, heard the door-opening sound from the entryway.
Even with the toothbrush still in her mouth, she couldn’t help but walk into the living room to see who had come in from outside.
‘Is it Le Yi?’
‘The little girl went out so early and then came back. Did something happen?’
Chi Yingyu originally planned to take a look and then go back to continue washing up.
But when she saw that the person who opened the door and walked in was actually her own sister, the next second, the expression under her eyes was instantly replaced by surprise.
“Sister!”
Chi Yingyu didn’t control her volume on the first call.
Remembering there were other people at home, even though she was still pleasantly surprised, she quickly lowered her voice.
“Sister… are you here to take that woman away?”
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