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Chapter 121: Why Don’t We Sleep Together

“Also, anyone who wants to experience college life again can visit the school tomorrow.”

When he saw everyone look delighted, Shen Qingshu raised his voice and announced again.

As soon as his words fell, someone responded, “Tomorrow is the day the boss represents the group, everyone definitely has to go and show support, right everyone?”

“Exactly, boss!”

“Boss, I will definitely go tomorrow.”

“Me too!”

…

After she turned the light on again, Bai Youwei felt slightly relieved.

Just as she prepared to sleep, faint footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.

Bai Youwei, who was badly frightened earlier, kept her nerves taut from that moment.

In this state, her hearing grew exceptionally sharp, so even the faintest sound hardly escaped her ears.

Those suddenly emerging footsteps reached Bai Youwei’s ears with perfect clarity.

Although she was terrified inside, she still opened her eyes wide and stared unblinkingly at the door.

As the footsteps drew closer, Bai Youwei was so scared that she almost screamed.

At that moment, the footsteps outside the door suddenly stopped.

Bai Youwei was so frightened that her breath nearly stalled; she pinched the corner of the quilt tightly, and her knuckles turned pale from the force.

After a few seconds, silence still reigned outside the door.

Bai Youwei cheered herself on inwardly, trying to dispel the fear that clung to her like a shadow.

Then she called out in a trembling voice, “Who… who is outside?”

As soon as she spoke, Zhao Ran’s gentle voice sounded outside the door, “Weiwei, are you still awake?”

Zhao Ran got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom; when he passed by Bai Youwei’s room, he noticed the light was still on.

After the two families merged, the two of them lived together.

After spending a long time together, Zhao Ran already knew her routine well; Bai Youwei was not supposed to be awake at this hour.

So after he finished in the bathroom, he intended to come over for a look.

As soon as he reached the door, he heard Bai Youwei ask.

What confused Zhao Ran was that her voice even trembled.

Hearing Zhao Ran’s familiar voice, Bai Youwei secretly sighed in relief.

Recalling the scene that scared her moments ago, she could not help but complain to Zhao Ran, “It’s too noisy outside, I can’t sleep.”

Hearing that, Zhao Ran did not think much of it.

When he came out earlier, he already heard the cats meowing outside, indeed noisy enough to disturb anyone.

He still remembered that his mother liked watching stars when he was little.

So when the family decorated the interior, his father even installed a big window in the bedroom on purpose.

The purpose was to let his mother view the night sky more clearly.

However, this arrangement left the room with poor sound insulation.

The house only had two rooms in total, and before bedtime, Zhao Ran deliberately let Bai Youwei choose first.

She chose the room that his mother used to occupy.

In Bai Youwei’s own words: “I don’t want to sleep in his bed!”

Zhao Ran asked aloud, “Weiwei, do you want to change rooms?”

Bai Youwei, lying on the bed, clearly hesitated and stayed silent for a long while.

She knew well that even if she changed rooms, it probably would not help.

After all, the fear in her heart could not be erased just by changing places.

Unless… she slept together with Zhao Ran.

As soon as the thought surfaced, Bai Youwei shook her head sharply and rejected it.

Not to mention how inconvenient it was for an unmarried man and woman to share a room.

What if she mumbled in her sleep and spilled what happened yesterday.

Thinking of this, Bai Youwei found the idea increasingly ridiculous.

Afraid Zhao Ran would wait too long, she answered quickly, “No, no need, Zhao Ran.”

“Alright, then I will go back to sleep.”

Seeing her insistence, Zhao Ran no longer tried to persuade her, turned around and left after speaking.

Yet just as he reached the bedroom doorway, something unexpected happened.

Bai Youwei slipped out of her room at some point and darted into the bedroom ahead of him.

She climbed onto the bed, lay down, and pulled up the quilt in one swift motion without any hesitation.

Zhao Ran was immediately baffled by her sudden action.

When he asked a moment ago, didn’t she clearly say she would not change rooms?

What play was she staging now?

“Weiwei, go to sleep early.”

Zhao Ran no longer asked questions; after speaking, he prepared to close the door and turn back to sleep.

Yet just as he reached out to close the door, Bai Youwei suddenly whispered, “Zhao Ran, just sleep here.”

Hearing this, the hand he stretched toward the doorknob paused in midair.

Zhao Ran felt puzzled.

Why did Weiwei suddenly become so strange lately?

Could it be that what happened last night changed her mindset?

But doesn’t the old saying claim that a leopard can’t change its spots?

This change was just too fast.

Zhao Ran truly could not figure it out, so he simply turned his gaze to Bai Youwei lying on the bed.

Feeling his gaze, she hurriedly grabbed the quilt’s corner and buried her head under it.

At that moment, her little face already flushed crimson.

Just after Zhao Ran left for a bit, Bai Youwei suddenly remembered that tomorrow would be the school sports meet.

If she kept sleeping over there, she definitely would not fall asleep tonight.

She did not want to go on stage tomorrow with dark circles and cease to be a Pretty Girl Soldier.

Although she came over here, the noise did become much lower.

Yet Bai Youwei still felt terrified inside, so she asked Zhao Ran to stay and sleep.

While hiding under the quilt, Bai Youwei racked her brains for a way to resolve the highly awkward situation.

Zhao Ran had never seen her react like this, and his heart filled with doubts.

He walked to the bedside and sat down, making his voice as gentle as possible.

“Weiwei, can you tell me what exactly happened?”

Perhaps because of Zhao Ran’s gentle words, Bai Youwei’s tension eased a little.

She hesitated, stuck her head out of the quilt, and said softly, “I… I’m just a little scared.”

Bai Youwei briefly told Zhao Ran what just happened.

After listening, Zhao Ran immediately understood.

Looking at her somewhat pitiful appearance, he quickly comforted her, “Then I will stay here with you. After you fall asleep, I will go back over there.”

After hearing his words, Bai Youwei froze.

How did this bad guy suddenly become so gentle?

Why didn’t she notice before!

No, that wasn’t right…

Bai Youwei thought carefully and realized that this bad guy seemed gentle all along.

She sneaked a sidelong glance at Zhao Ran.

She never expected that this bad guy would choose to stay without complaint just because she said she was scared.

Thinking of what she did to him before, Bai Youwei felt very guilty.

After hesitating for quite a while, she finally summoned her courage and said, “Zhao Ran, why don’t we sleep together?”

Zhao Ran: The other party sent you a team invitation!

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