My Aloof Husband Can't Stop His Devoted Affection-Chapter 439 - 023: Want to see her, want to talk to her, want to see her smile

That fast?

"Yun Qi? Are you... asleep?" Ye Lingran tentatively asked, but there was no response from him for quite a while. Thinking about how exhausted he seemed earlier, she estimated he must be tired and wanted to move slightly. But as soon as she moved, Yun Qi instinctively tightened his embrace, pressing his chin directly onto her hair. Although he didn’t make a sound, this action caused Ye Lingran’s heart to skip a few beats and tremble. Suddenly, she felt as if he liked her, giving rise to a long-lost sweet feeling.

This was also the first time in over seven months of their nominal ’relationship’ that they had slept in each other’s embrace.

Not knowing how long had passed, she thought for a long time before hesitantly putting her hand on his waist, sweetly closing her eyes, and gradually falling asleep.

***

The next day, Ye Lingran woke up in his arms. Looking at his sleeping face, she couldn’t help but recall the last time in Jiang City, also at his friend’s house, she saw his handsome sleeping face when she woke. She couldn’t help but smile slightly at the corners of her mouth. After a while, Ye Lingran looked around, finding no clock in the room. Thinking he was so tired, she didn’t wake him, gently moved his hand away from her waist, slowly withdrew from his embrace, stretched, and went to the bathroom to freshen up.

As she came out of Yun Qi’s room, she saw Yun Xi with a messy bedhead standing barefoot in the living room in a daze. The two exchanged looks, gazing at each other, both stunned in place.

"Ling Ran?" Yun Xi blinked dazedly, looking at the surroundings: "Isn’t this my brother’s house?" she said, then noticed the T-shirt Ye Lingran was wearing, once again confused: "That shirt... isn’t it my brother’s?"

Hearing this, Ye Lingran looked down at her clothes, her eyes widening instantly. She had forgotten to change back into her clothes before leaving the bathroom, and her expression couldn’t help but look a bit awkward and embarrassed.

"My brother... is back?" Yun Xi finally reacted after a while, covering her mouth in surprise: "Ling Ran, you and my brother last night didn’t..."

"Nothing happened, just sleep." Ye Lingran quickly interrupted her as her thoughts veered off track, raising her hand to stop her: "It’s not what you think. It’s just that you drank too much last night; your brother happened to call me, so he brought you over. And since I was busy making you sobering soup, it got too late, so I stayed here for the night."

"Oh~! I see!" Yun Xi listened, smiling as she raised her eyebrows and, with a meaningful tone, looked at the clothes on her and smiled even more slyly: "So where’s my brother? Not up yet?"

"He... he’s been very tired lately, let him sleep a bit more!" Ye Lingran, being smiled at in such a way, felt a chill and glared at her indignantly: "Let me tell you, stop making fun of me, you’d better worry about yourself! When your brother wakes up, he’ll definitely ask you why you drank last night."

Upon hearing this, Yun Xi’s expression changed instantly, her playful smile vanished, and she hurried to her, grabbing her arm: "You didn’t tell my brother, did you?"

"No, if you don’t want him to know, you’d better come up with some excuse to brush it off!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Xi scratched her head in annoyance. In her panic, she suddenly remembered: "My brother hasn’t woken up yet, has he?"

"No."

"Then I’ll leave first."

"Oh? You’re leaving just like that?"

"If I don’t leave, I’ll be interrogated! I’d better not see my brother until I think of a good excuse. He’s too sharp; it’s not easy to lie casually, and he’d see through it easily. He’ll probably be resting at home these days, so I’ll leave now! Bye-bye." With that, Yun Xi hastily tidied her hair, grabbed her bag from the sofa, waved at her, and sprinted to the door.

"Hey... Yun Xi, aren’t you going to eat something before you go? Slow down... don’t fall." Seeing her slip on those sandals, Ye Lingran quickly called out.

"No, I’m fine. Let’s chat another day! I’m off." Yun Xi said as she dashed away, leaving only her voice trailing behind.

Ye Lingran stood there looking at the door that had closed again, sighed helplessly, looked down at her clothes, thought for a while, and decided to go back and change. However, as she walked into the bedroom, she found Yun Qi already sitting up in bed. Ye Lingran was taken aback, and her steps halted. As he looked at her, she smiled: "Um... you’re awake! Why not sleep a bit longer?"