Sleep eluded her that night.
With the “Porridge” brand human-shaped body pillow to hold, she slept very lightly. Bai Jingyu planned to wake her brother up in the morning and tease the little guy a bit while she was at it. Little Aunt had taken up the evening hours, so she hadn’t had a chance last night.
“Mm…”
As soon as she pushed open the door, before she could speak, she saw that her brother was already awake, though he didn’t look very good.
When he learned that the person beside him last night was Little Aunt, Qin Luo wanted to ask questions. But no matter how hard he tried, his body was weak, and he couldn’t even open his mouth.
As for that, Little Aunt had only held him while she slept. She hadn’t done anything else.
After all, the word “holding” inevitably brings to mind content that would require omitting ten thousand words.
Of course, that was the case! His emotions were incredibly complicated right now. Originally, he had one older sister who often used him as a human body pillow, and he never imagined that Little Aunt would do the same. After thinking it over all night, he suspected it was a problem with that bottle of milk. That would explain why, after drinking the milk, he felt drowsy not long after.
“Little pup, what’s wrong?!”
Qin Luo now had bloodshot eyes with dark circles, looking very haggard.
Worried about her brother’s condition, Bai Jingyu quickly came over to him. Something wasn’t right. Last night, her brother had slept with Little Aunt. Logically, he should have slept well, so how could he look like this?
“Big Sis, I’m fine.”
Qin Luo shook his head. His head usually felt heavy, and he wondered if he was getting a brain.
Dragging his tired body, after washing up, Qin Luo sat at the dining table eating breakfast.
“Do you need to take a day off today? Don’t go to school.”
Looking at Little Aunt in front of him, Qin Luo hummed in agreement.
“Sorry for the trouble, Little Aunt.”
“Little Aunt, don’t worry. I’ll take good care of my brother today~”
Bai Jingyu’s eyes lit up. She looked at Qin Luo with a gaze full of “affection.” Being able to tease her brother again today made her mood quite good.
“Then I’ll leave it to you, Jingyu. Remember to let Luo Luo rest more. Don’t keep messing with him.”
Otherwise, the dignified image she had painstakingly built in Luo Luo’s heart would instantly crumble.
Qin Luo, who had suddenly been spacing out, came back to his senses and took a sip of porridge.
“Cough! Cough!”
Sometimes, watching the playful banter between Jingyu and Luo Luo, Jiang Qing’e felt an urge stirring inside her. She also wanted to do that with Luo Luo. But something like that…
Bai Jingyu said to Qin Luo with a beaming smile:
“Little Aunt can rest assured, right, little… brother.”
“Ah, oh, Little Aunt, I’m fine!”
Qin Luo snapped out of his daze again.
Looking at the gentle and beautiful young woman, Qin Luo couldn’t hold back and finally asked:
“Little Aunt, I think I saw someone sleeping in my room last night.”
He planned to test Little Aunt and see her reaction.
“Who did you see?”
“It… was you, Little Aunt.”
Qin Luo expected to see a surprised expression on Little Aunt’s face, but instead, her face was still full of tenderness.
“Oh, when you were little, Luo Luo used to sleep with Little Aunt every night~”
Hearing this, Qin Luo instantly blushed furiously. Such a shameful piece of dark history was being exposed by Little Aunt.
When he was little, after learning that his parents had left him, he was always very scared. Seeing darkness terrified him. At that time, his older sister still didn’t accept him, so every night he would knock on Little Aunt’s door, pitifully wanting to sleep with her.
“When you grow up, you need to learn to be strong.”
Thinking of this, a hint of nostalgia appeared in Jiang Qing’e’s beautiful eyes. What a pity. Now, Luo Luo, on the contrary, was unwilling to sleep with her. Instead, she would quietly come to Luo Luo’s side every night and sleep holding him.
Later, after Bai Jingyu accepted Qin Luo, Qin Luo switched from sleeping with Little Aunt to sleeping with either his older sister or Little Aunt.
Compared to his sister, he preferred sleeping beside Little Aunt. His sister’s hands and feet were restless when she slept. She’d always been like that since childhood, liking to hold him. Little Aunt, on the other hand, was very quiet. Sometimes, he would unconsciously burrow into Little Aunt’s arms. When he woke up to find Little Aunt smiling at him, he would blush fiercely on the spot.
Well, that settled it. Qin Luo had wanted to break through Little Aunt’s defenses, but instead, his own defenses had been mercilessly shattered by Little Aunt, who had even brought up his childhood dark history.
After breakfast, Jiang Qing’e kissed Qin Luo on the forehead and left.
Before leaving, Little Aunt had already arranged time off for him. However, he forgot to tell her that he had already asked his sister to request several days off, at the cost of a small human-shaped body pillow.
After seeing Little Aunt off, Qin Luo cleaned up the table, while his older sister went into the bathroom to take a shower. Taking a bath at night was one thing, but in the morning too? Of course, these words could only be said in his heart.
After washing up, he yawned and prepared to go back to his room for some catch-up sleep.
Ring ring ring—
Looking at the phone vibrating on the table, logically, he should have called out to his sister, who was in the shower, “There’s a phone call.”
The phone rang. Qin Luo felt his pocket. It wasn’t his phone. Whether it was because his head was groggy or something else, when he saw the caller ID “Luo Zhirou,” he actually answered the call on some strange impulse.
Beep beep—
After the call connected, a gentle voice came through.
“Xiao Yu, are you free today?”
What a nice voice!
It was like a clear mountain spring flowing into his heart. Just from the voice, Qin Luo could tell that this was definitely a great beauty, and even his favorite gentle type.
“Hello, hi. I’m Bai Jingyu’s younger brother. My sister is taking a shower right now and can’t come to the phone. Is there anything you’d like me to pass along?”
After Qin Luo spoke, there was silence on the other end. After four or five seconds, there was still no reply.
He thought the other party had hung up, but he looked at the phone and saw it was still connected.
“Hello? Hello?”
“Oh, so it’s Xiao Yu’s little brother. Mm~ Is your sister home right now?”
Qin Luo could tell from the tone that the other person seemed to be holding something back, letting out a faint, low hum.
“Yes, yes, she is. My sister is home. May I ask if you need something from her?”
“There’s something, yes. Can you tell me your home address, little brother? I just got here and I’m not too familiar with the area yet. I wanted to ask your sister to go out shopping with me today.”
Go out shopping with my sister!!
Yes, yes!
Qin Luo would wholeheartedly support this with both hands and feet. That way, today he would finally have the house all to himself!