Li Yang was still lying in that same spot.
An Ling had already curled up in the corner under the tree shade.
Her face was flushed so red it looked ready to drip blood.
Her ears were completely flattened against her hair.
Her eyes stayed fixed on the ground, not daring to look at Li Yang.
Li Yang recalled the dream from just now.
That soft, fragrant hug pillow in the dream had been An Ling.
No.
He touched his own face.
It seemed he could still feel the lingering warmth.
Combined with the way An Ling had been wriggling downward when he first woke, the soft place with a hint of milky scent that his face had been pressed against in his sleep was…!
Li Yang stuck out his tongue and licked his cheek, as if savoring the aftertaste.
His fingers curled slightly as he recalled the sensation from a moment ago.
An Ling’s waist was very slender, even slimmer than it looked.
When he had held her in his arms, he could feel her body trembling slightly, like a captured kitten.
But she was actually a puppy.
There was also the scent on her body.
A faint jasmine fragrance mixed with a touch of orange sweetness.
When his face had been buried against her chest, there was also a barely perceptible milky scent.
No wonder.
No wonder An Ling had reacted so strongly the moment he woke up.
But didn’t this actually prove even more that she was a girl?
After all, what boy’s chest was that soft.
Li Yang took a deep breath and pushed those messy thoughts down.
No matter what, he should apologize first.
Otherwise An Ling would ignore him for a while afterward.
“Um…” He cleared his throat. “Sorry. I didn’t do it on purpose.”
“It’s all your fault! Can’t you stay still when you sleep? Do you know we almost got seen by someone?”
An Ling’s face was buried in her tail, her voice muffled.
“If someone saw us it would be over. It would definitely spread around the school. It’s all your fault!”
“Fine, fine, fine, it’s all my fault. I didn’t want to either (not really).”
Li Yang scratched his head.
“I didn’t even know I would sleepwalk, and you just happened to be right next to me.”
“Then you still… you can’t just…”
An Ling couldn’t continue and buried her face even deeper into her tail.
Li Yang looked at her and suddenly felt a little like laughing.
Looking at her like this was pretty cute, though she was usually cute too.
“Anyway, it’s your fault!”
“I never said it wasn’t my fault. It’s my fault, okay?”
“Not sincere at all! You don’t even want to apologize!”
An Ling spoke, her tone growing more and more aggrieved.
Li Yang looked at her like this and sighed.
He sat up from the grass and moved over next to her.
“I really know I was wrong.” He said it seriously. If he wasn’t a bit more serious, he was afraid this little An Ling would start crying here later. “An Ling, I’m sorry.”
An Ling’s ears twitched, but she didn’t raise her head.
“Anyway… anyway, there absolutely won’t be a next time!”
“There won’t be a next time.” Li Yang raised his hand in a promise. “I swear.”
If there’s a next time, let me thoroughly rub An Ling’s tail and ears. Li Yang secretly added in his heart.
“Forget it…”
An Ling finally lifted her head.
This guy was always like this.
Every time he made a mistake he admitted it quickly, but he would dare to do it again next time.
She couldn’t do anything about him.
“I’ll forgive you this time. Next time I’ll definitely bite you to death!”
“Then thank you, An Ling-sama, for forgiving this humble one.”
“You!”
“Alright, alright.” Li Yang smiled and shook his head, no longer teasing her.
The breeze under the tree shade carried the scent of green grass.
Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves and sprinkled down, casting mottled patterns of light and shadow on the ground.
After a while, An Ling’s stomach suddenly made a sound.
Gurgle~
The sound wasn’t loud, but it was especially clear in the quiet shade of the tree.
An Ling’s face instantly flushed red all the way to the roots of her ears.
She buried her head even lower.
“Hungry?” Li Yang asked.
“No… it’s… not my stomach.” An Ling stubbornly denied.
“I heard it.”
An Ling fell silent.
Li Yang stood up and patted the grass off his clothes, then extended his hand toward An Ling.
“Let’s go. Back to the classroom to eat. There shouldn’t be many people in the classroom at noon today. We can just eat there.”
“I’m not hungry.”
“Fine, you’re not hungry. I’m hungry, okay? Please, An Ling-sama, take this humble one to eat, alright?”
An Ling looked at the hand Li Yang held out in front of her.
She hesitated for a moment before taking it. “Fine, then let’s go eat.”
Li Yang pulled An Ling up and didn’t let go of her hand, leading her toward the classroom.
“Wait… wait!” An Ling looked at him.
“I can walk by myself.”
“I know.” Li Yang didn’t let go.
An Ling didn’t struggle either.
The two of them just held hands like that, one in front and one behind, crossing the playground toward the teaching building.
An Ling kept her head down, carefully observing the surroundings.
If classmates saw her being pulled along by Li Yang like this, it would be over.
Even though both of them currently appeared as boys on the surface, boys wouldn’t hold hands like this, right?
“What are you so nervous about?” Li Yang looked down at her.
“I’m not nervous.” An Ling said quietly. “It’s just… I don’t want too many people to see.”
“What’s the big deal if they see? It’s not like we’re doing something sneaky.”
“You have thick skin so you’re not afraid…” An Ling muttered under her breath.
The two of them entered the teaching building, and the noise suddenly lessened a lot.
Most of the classmates were still on the playground.
The corridor was empty.
Li Yang pushed open the classroom door.
Sure enough, there weren’t many people inside.
At this time, even the students who weren’t in the classroom were in the cafeteria.
The ones who would come back were just some sneaky little couples looking for a thrill.
But An Ling and Li Yang were just coming back to eat.
There was no need to be careful and afraid of making any noise.