“Sigh…”
An Ling sent the two of them away and returned to the dining room to clean up the aftermath.
“I really made too many dishes.”
An Ling looked at the dining table and recalled the ups and downs of the entire day.
Too many things had happened, leaving her no time to react.
She patted her completely red face and gathered the bowls and chopsticks to take into the kitchen.
Cold water running over her hands calmed her heart a little.
No matter what, the matter related to Chen Ping had come to an end.
Li Yang said she didn’t need to fear that woman coming to trouble her again.
An Ling also suddenly realized that the favors she owed Li Yang seemed to be getting more and more.
Although Li Yang might carelessly say, With our relationship, do we still need to care about these things?
But An Ling cared.
She was afraid of owing Li Yang more and more until in the end she couldn’t repay it.
“Sigh~”
She wiped the water stains off the tableware and put them into the cupboard.
Dong… dong… dong…
Someone knocking?
Was it Li Yang?
Did he forget to take something?
He was always this careless.
“Coming, who is it?”
“Me.”
It was indeed Li Yang’s voice outside the door.
An Ling ran over and opened the door.
“Why did you come back again?”
“Guess.”
Li Yang walked in.
“What, not welcoming me?”
“No, no, I just wanted to ask if you forgot to take something.”
As she spoke, An Ling took out Li Yang’s dedicated slippers from the shoe cabinet.
Li Yang looked at her face, a smile hanging on the corners of his mouth.
“I confirmed I forgot to take something away, so I came back to take a look.”
“What thing? I’ll help you find it.”
“Sigh~” Li Yang put on an expression of having nothing left to live for.
“I have no place to stay tonight, so I came back to your place.”
“Ah?”
The turn of events was too big.
An Ling hadn’t even reacted.
“Your house is right next door. How can you have no place to stay?”
“Grandma kicked me out.”
“Ah? How could that be?”
According to An Ling’s understanding of Grandma Li, no matter how they argued she wouldn’t kick Li Yang out.
“Sigh… I just said I made a bet with the teacher. If I lose I’ll get a demerit. Grandma got angry and kicked me out, so now I have no place to stay and came to your place.”
This was a lie, but the lie was also part of the plan.
He had told Grandma Li he was going to stay one night at An Ling’s house.
Grandma agreed, and incidentally also agreed that if An Ling didn’t believe it and called over, she would help him deceive An Ling a bit.
This kind of thing Grandma would absolutely never agree to normally, but this time she actually took the initiative to offer to cover for him.
“No, what did you tell Grandma? This has nothing to do with you. You made the bet with the teacher because of me. I’ll call Grandma and explain clearly.”
“No need, no need.” Li Yang grabbed An Ling’s wrist, stopping her next action.
“Just let me stay one night at your place. Tomorrow Grandma should have cooled off.”
“But…” An Ling hesitated a bit.
Given her situation, sleeping one night with Li Yang was a bit dangerous.
“Clearly I got kicked out and became homeless because of you. You’re not even willing to take me in?”
An Ling was stared at by him so directly she suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
“No, no.” She hurriedly made way for Li Yang.
“Come in. I’ll go tidy up a room for you.”
“Don’t.” Li Yang pulled her.
“Sleeping in the same room with you is fine. Wasn’t it like this before?”
“Ah? But…”
“There’s no but. What?” Li Yang stared straight into An Ling’s eyes.
“Could it be you have something you’re hiding from me?”
Li Yang’s voice wasn’t loud, yet it was like a giant hammer striking An Ling’s heart.
“No, absolutely not.” An Ling guiltily looked away.
“Is that so?” Li Yang put on the slippers and walked into the living room.
“That’s best. Do you remember? When we were little the two of us slept on the same bed every day. I didn’t expect today we can sleep together again.”
“Wait, I can make a floor bed.”
“No need to go to that much trouble.” Li Yang said as a matter of course.
“It’s not like we haven’t slept together before. Didn’t we often do this when we were little?”
“That was when we were little!” An Ling got a bit anxious.
“How can we now…”
“Why can’t we?” Li Yang turned around and looked down at her.
“What are you afraid of?”
“No… what am I afraid of?”
“That’s best then. It’s settled.”
An Ling looked at him and suddenly felt he was very dangerous now, different from the gentleness during the day, just like that day when he insisted on pressing her feet.
“I don’t sleep well.” An Ling still wanted to find an excuse.
“So it’s better to sleep separately.”
“It’s fine. I don’t sleep well either. You know that.” Li Yang said.
An Ling immediately recalled what happened under the tree shade that day, her face instantly flushing to the roots of her ears.
“Alright, I have the final say.” Li Yang waved his large hand.
“We’ll sleep together in your room.”
An Ling didn’t know how to refute anymore and could only follow him upstairs.
“Um, you haven’t taken a bath yet, right? I’ll go run hot water for you.”
An Ling thought to first let Li Yang go bathe so she could take the chance to go back to her room and tidy up some things that couldn’t see the light of day.
“Of course.” He turned around.
“You go wash first. I want to sit for a while.”
“That’s not… I…”
An Ling watched him walk upstairs.
What to do, what to do, what to do?
She gritted her teeth, first ran back to her own room, and stood in front of the wardrobe.
“I’m going to bathe. You can’t rummage through my wardrobe.”
Watching her action like protecting her cubs, Li Yang felt she was really a bit stupidly cute.
Wasn’t this inviting him?
Originally he hadn’t planned to look, but now he was interested.
“Why would I rummage through your wardrobe? Are there little dresses inside?”
There really weren’t little dresses inside, but there were An Ling’s underwear and chest wraps.
If discovered it would be over.
“Anyway you just can’t look!”
“Fine, I promise you.”
“Swear!”
“I swear, if I rummage through your wardrobe I’ll marry a puppy as my wife.”
“Okay!”
An Ling quickly pulled out a change of pajamas and underwear, hid them behind her back, and ran into the bathroom.
The instant she closed the door, she leaned against the door panel and let out a long breath.
The moment An Ling left, Li Yang opened the last drawer An Ling had just opened.
He was no gentleman.
“Oh oh!”
Looking at the women’s underwear inside, plus Winnie the Pooh, it felt very in line with An Ling’s image.
There were actually so many little surprises.
Li Yang also discovered An Ling’s chest wrap.
Did she still need to use this?
Looks like he wasn’t completely without something to eat.
In the bathroom, An Ling turned on the shower.
The warm water washed over her body but couldn’t wash away the panic in her heart.
I don’t know what Li Yang is doing now.
He didn’t discover anything, right?