Chapter 82: Morning, Did Something Happen?

An Yu was like this—her thoughts always jumped around wildly. 

One second she was still talking about her birthday, and the next she was already asking Ning Wanciu to let her sleep.

Ning Wanciu had been a little worried about An Yu earlier, but now it seemed An Yu didn’t care at all.

Could it be that An Yu wasn’t actually being ostracized by her family, but simply, purely wanted to spend the day with them?

Was I overthinking it…

From An Yu’s attitude, Ning Wanciu couldn’t detect even the slightest trace of sadness.

In fact, she felt that compared to her own birthday, An Yu cared more about whether she could get a good nap.

“Ning Wanciu?”

Seeing that Ning Wanciu hadn’t responded for a while, An Yu softly called her name.

“Oh, oh…” Ning Wanciu snapped back to reality. “Then… good night, An Yu.”

Ning Wanciu instinctively wrapped her arms around An Yu from behind, letting her lean into her embrace so she could sleep more comfortably.

She was taking care of An Yu almost unconsciously.

But what happened next still caught Ning Wanciu slightly off guard.

“Mm.”

An Yu let out a satisfied hum, then turned around very naturally. 

Her pair of amber eyes calmly gazed at Ning Wanciu.

“A-An Yu?”

“Hug me tighter… good night.” 

An Yu burrowed deeper into Ning Wanciu’s arms, practically lying on top of her.

Feeling the warmth from Ning Wanciu’s body, she comfortably pressed her lips together.

They weren’t in the classroom right now, and there were no chairs to restrict them. 

An Yu wanted to be held in Ning Wanciu’s arms just like this morning—that way she would definitely sleep even better.

But An Yu didn’t explain. 

She simply told Ning Wanciu to hold her tighter, said good night, and that was it. 

As always, she was too lazy to talk more.

“Wait… not yet…” 

Seeing An Yu close her eyes, Ning Wanciu hurriedly called out in a slight panic.

Although she hadn’t expected An Yu to do this, Ning Wanciu still instinctively tightened her hold on An Yu; otherwise, she would fall.

After securing An Yu, Ning Wanciu lifted her head to glance at her two best friends’ reactions.

Huai Xiang looked utterly envious, but it seemed she was only jealous that Ning Wanciu got to be so close to An Yu.

Cheng Shimumeng, however, was different. 

She wore an unabashed mischievous grin, and the more Ning Wanciu looked, the redder her face became.

“An Yu… wake up for a second…” 

Ning Wannciu hurriedly lowered her head to wake An Yu. 

This position is way too much…!

And it’s far too easy to misunderstand!

“Mmm?” 

An Yu opened her eyes, looking at Ning Wanciu with slight confusion.

She genuinely couldn’t understand why Ning Wanciu needed to wake her up.

“Um… can we switch positions, An Yu?”

An Yu looked at Ning Wanciu in puzzlement, her eyes half-lidded, looking very sleepy.

“…”

“Why?”

“Uh… why…”

An Yu’s “why” really stumped Ning Wanciu.

How am I supposed to explain this?

“Is this… not okay?” 

Seeing that Ning Wanciu didn’t answer, An Yu asked again.

Ning Wanciu looked at An Yu’s innocent expression. 

After thinking for a long time, she finally forced out through gritted teeth, “Mm…”

She really didn’t want to refuse, but she had no choice. 

This was also for An Yu’s own good. 

Cheng Shimumeng already seemed to have misunderstood something, so they needed to avoid being too intimate.

“But… this morning we…” 

An Yu wanted to say that they had been holding each other exactly like this in the morning, but before she could finish, a blushing Ning Wanciu covered her mouth.

How can you just say that morning thing out loud?!

Unfortunately, even though Ning Wanciu reacted quickly, it was still too late.

“Oh my, morning?” 

Cheng Shimumeng instantly caught the key point in An Yu’s words. 

“Wanciu, did something happen between you and An Yu this morning~?”

Although it was phrased as a question, her face was full of wicked smiles, as if she already knew everything.

“What morning, what happened, what did Wanciu do, what what?”

Huai Xiang hadn’t caught up at all and could only ask in confusion.

But sadly, no one answered her. 

Cheng Shimumeng was busy teasing Ning Wanciu, while Ning Wanciu was busy dealing with both Cheng Shimumeng… and An Yu.

She turned to look at Cheng Shimumeng but didn’t quite dare to meet her eyes.

Ning Wanciu knew that the expression on Cheng Shimumeng’s face must be spectacular, so she didn’t dare look. 

“N-Nothing… happened!”

“Really~?” 

Cheng Shimumeng’s voice was dripping with disbelief. 

“Really nothing? Then why did little An Yu say ‘this morning’?”

“Uh…” 

Ning Wanciu didn’t know how to answer anymore.

She unconsciously recalled the scene from this morning.

She had removed the thread spool from An Yu’s clothes, helped her pull down her top, and then held her in her arms…

A blush appeared on Ning Wanciu’s exquisite face, though she wasn’t sure if it was from embarrassment or shyness.

“Hmph~ Wanciu?” 

Cheng Shimumeng perfectly caught the expression Ning Wanciu wore while reminiscing and tilted her head with a light laugh. 

“Remembering again?”

“W-Who’s remembering anything?!”

“Oh my? But you were smiling so happily just now~”

“I-I wasn’t!”

Ning Wanciu refuted with a red face, but she still subconsciously touched her cheek.

What the heck, I wasn’t smiling at all, okay!

“Pfft, what a big reaction~”

Ning Wanciu looked at Cheng Shimumeng in shock and instantly realized she had been tricked again.

“…Shimumeng.”

She was somewhat speechless and subconsciously lowered her head to look at the second person in her arms—An Yu.

Other than staring at her because her mouth was covered, An Yu didn’t show any particular reaction.

“Phew…”

Ning Wanciu let out a sigh of relief. 

Good, at least An Yu didn’t misunderstand anything.

“Mmph, Ning Wanciu.” 

An Yu called Ning Wanciu’s name in a muffled voice. 

She didn’t know what was wrong with her, but she wanted to sleep now.

There wasn’t much time left for the nap, so she gently bit the hand covering her lips.

“A-An Yu?!” 

Ning Wanciu jerked her arm away as if electrocuted and stared at An Yu in surprise.

“Sleepy. And like this… I can’t breathe.”

Although Ning Wanciu’s hand smelled nice, having her mouth covered the whole time really made it hard to breathe.

“I-Is that so? Sorry.”

“Mm.”

An Yu nodded, then obediently returned to their original position.

She didn’t understand what was wrong with Ning Wanciu, but she knew all of Ning Wanciu’s strange behavior had started from this position.

So she would just go back to the original position and sleep.

“Hold me tighter. It’s cold.”

If the wind on the rooftop blew for too long, it really was quite cold, so her request was perfectly reasonable.

“…Mm.” After a momentary pause, Ning Wanciu didn’t refuse. She reached out and hugged An Yu tighter, letting her lean against her.

Anyway, as long as the situation was resolved, it was fine.

In that previous position, she could even feel An Yu’s breathing.

Although An Yu seemed to like it, Ning Wanciu still couldn’t handle it for now. 

She always felt that kind of closeness slightly crossed the line between friends.

Ning Wanciu raised her head and immediately met Cheng Shimumeng’s grinning face.

Mm… things are not resolved at all.