Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 450 - 325. First kiss gone?
There was nothing fancy or melodramatic about it. Get on the bed, lift the covers, lie down—Xia Xiaoxiao easily completed the process of crawling into bed.
Xu Qingfan’s face was now less than three centimeters away from her lips, and his breath hitting her face felt reassuring.
Xia Xiaoxiao nestled her head into the corner of the pillow and quietly shifted her body inward, trying to get as close to Xu Qingfan as possible.
Under normal circumstances, she would have taken her time to quietly admire the sleeping mischief-maker, gently touching his eyelashes with the tip of her finger, as though teasing a shy mimosa pudica.
But now, she was too sleepy. Feeling Xu Qingfan’s body warmth, her mind and body both tingled.
Xia Xiaoxiao didn’t contemplate whether Xu Qingfan would spank her after waking up, nor did she think about what would happen if someone caught them like this—she just wanted to sleep, to sleep in Xu Qingfan’s embrace.
Once she cleared her mind, she quickly fell into a deep slumber.
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Four thirty in the afternoon.
Two hours had passed since they began their afternoon nap, yet the secret base remained utterly silent.
The sun had sneakily hidden behind the clouds at some point, as if someone had flicked off a light switch, darkening the sky by a shade.
In the yard, Little White was sleeping. On the living room sofa, the little brother dozed, and in the three bedrooms on the second floor, they were all still fast asleep.
In one of the rooms, a gentle alarm suddenly sounded, was silenced after a moment, then sounded a second time, and was again silenced.
It wasn’t until the third ring of the alarm that the phone’s owner got up from the bed, lazily stretching.
"Ahh ~ I had such a good sleep," mumbled Zhang Chunxue as she gathered her hair, letting out a yawn.
Speaking of which, she was the one who bought this house, so naturally, one of the three rooms on the second floor was hers.
However, because of work, Zhang Chunxue seldom stayed here.
"I should come here more often," she smiled faintly, remembering the delicious food from noon.
Zhang Chunxue sat in front of the vanity mirror, patiently styling her hair into a one-sided ponytail, which gave her a gentle, kind, mature, and intelligent motherly vibe.
She smiled at her reflection, changed into a set of home clothes, and then left the room.
The doors of the other two bedrooms in the corridor were closed. Zhang Chunxue thought for a moment and decided to check if they had woken up.
If it were just a matter of sleeping, there was nothing she needed to hide from her as a mother.
She first opened the door to the master bedroom. Inside, a few girls were sleeping in various poses. Seeing Yiyi sandwiched between Wanning and Ruan Wen, Zhang Chunxue’s face broke into a benevolent smile.
But she quickly noticed something amiss.
[Why is one of the five pillows empty?]
[Yu, Ruan Wen... Xiao Xiao... Hey, where’s Xiao Xiao?]
A curious thought emerged in her mind, and Zhang Chunxue’s peaceful smile instantly turned into the gossipy grin of an intrigued auntie.
She quietly closed the door behind her and turned to walk to the door of the room next to Xu Qingfan’s.
[Could Xiao Xiao be inside?]
With this thought, she gently opened the door.
When she clearly saw the two people lying on the bed, Zhang Chunxue’s smile widened even more.
Xia Xiaoxiao was now sleeping right in the middle of the pillow, squeezing Xu Qingfan in as well.
Simultaneously, Xu Qingfan’s nose was touching Xia Xiaoxiao’s forehead, and the bulge under the covers suggested their positions were also very intimate.
[Did Xiao Xiao come to apologize to Xiao Fan, or did she come to bed out of jealousy over Wanning?]
Being a woman herself, Zhang Chunxue guessed Xia Xiaoxiao’s state of mind quite accurately.
Remembering what Xu Qingfan had told her in the afternoon, "Xiao Xiao doesn’t let Wanning into my quilt."
"Pfft~" Zhang Chunxue covered her mouth to contain her laughter.
[Interesting, this child... It would be so much fun to wake Wanning up right now!]
The image of what could transpire if she did entertain this thought made her cheeks sore from smiling.
Nevertheless, Zhang Chunxue was just contemplating; she decided it was better to quietly watch the love-hate drama between the children from the sidelines.
She had no intention of leaving just yet, though. Zhang Chunxue took out her phone from her pocket and, after getting closer, snapped a close-up shot of the two from various angles on the bed.
[I’ll show it to him if he ever misbehaves in the future!]
In his sleep, Xu Qingfan suddenly shivered, causing Xia Xiaoxiao’s eyelashes to quiver as well.
The two might wake up at any moment, and if they opened their eyes to see her standing there, it would be truly awkward in capital letters.
With a curved brow and smiling eyes, Zhang Chunxue quietly left the room with her phone in tow.
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Approaching five in the evening, Xu Qingfan finally awoke, refreshed after more than two hours of delightful sleep.
But moments later, he closed his eyes again.
[How come I’m seeing Xia Xiaoxiao? Why would Xia Xiaoxiao be on my bed? What am I doing with my hands? I must still be dreaming!]
Three minutes passed, and Xu Qingfan opened his eyes again.
Having indulged in the comfortable touch, he knew, even in his simplicity, that he wasn’t dreaming anymore.
[She came over by herself... It’s okay through the fabric... I thought I was dreaming, so surely they can’t blame me, right?]
Xu Qingfan reluctantly let go of the softness, grateful that Xia Xiaoxiao hadn’t woken up at that moment; otherwise, even jumping into the Yellow River wouldn’t have washed him clean.
What he didn’t realize, though, was that at this stage, for Xia Xiaoxiao, it was just a drop in the ocean. After all, she had done much more audacious things before—he was simply unaware of it.
