Chapter 363, The Next Day
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His arms suddenly felt empty, and Zhuo's heart sank.

Although the noise she made when she fell into bed was not loud, it was definitely a loud sound in the quiet night, especially the muffled "hmm" sound that accompanied the sound of her falling to the ground, which was extremely penetrating.

In Zhuo's sight, Ling slowly sat up. Zhuo couldn't see her face clearly in the dark. She slowly sat up, looked down, and quickly pulled her clothes. Zhuo gritted his teeth and pretended to have just woken up and sat up.

"Hmm? What's wrong with you?"

After hearing this, Ling turned his head to look at Zhuo, breathing heavily. It was no wonder that even if this person was Ling, he would be angry if he was suddenly pushed out of bed while sleeping soundly and dreaming. However, Zhuo felt that it was because of the kiss. Ling, who was not used to kissing, was pushed out of bed in the middle, so he needed to breathe in oxygen.

"...Who did you reserve that big place for? It actually squeezed me out."

"I don't know how I squeezed you. Maybe I'm used to sleeping with a pillow in my arms, so I rubbed against you..."

"… a pillow?"

“…Ah, yeah, that’s right.”

Zhuo knew that he was just talking nonsense, scratching his head as he got out of bed and helped Ling back to bed. In the darkness, he saw Ling nod as if to vent his anger, then pointed to the other side of the bed, "Go over there."

Zhuo likes Ling and wants to cherish her and make her happy.

It was because of this thought - he knew that he would not be hated if he made a move and that Zero would definitely accept it, but he still endured it; even when they were pressed tightly together in swimsuits, his rationality did not collapse; even when the atmosphere in bed was so good, he did not push her down.

However, just based on a kiss while he was half asleep, Zhuo almost rushed to fill Ling's body.

Rather than saying that Ling was angry, it was more likely that Zhuo should be blamed for not being able to be patient. However, he was still glad that the two of them stepped on the brakes when doing such a thing.

Knowing that he was in the wrong and having a guilty conscience, Zhuo quickly rolled to the other side of the water bed. The water bed was very soft, cool and comfortable, but he still asked in a low voice, "Ling, don't you want me to hold you while you sleep?"

"No."

“Oh~~…”

After Ling finished speaking swiftly, he lay down with his back to Zhuo. Zhuo also responded obediently and lay down.

He fell asleep again, but he had no desire to sleep, especially because of what had just happened and the person involved was lying less than a meter away from him. Of course, Zhuo was thinking about what would happen if he continued.

Zhuo didn't dare to turn over, for fear of disturbing Ling again.

After about ten minutes, I heard Ling behind me turn over. I thought she must be asleep. I thought that even if I couldn't hold her, it would be nice to watch her in the long night.

After comforting himself and making a decision, Zhuo quietly turned over. But he was stunned as soon as he turned over, because Ling was staring at him with his eyes wide open.

Zhuo didn't know what to say. The attack of waking up at night and pushing her off the bed really made Zhuo feel guilty and didn't know how to explain. She wanted to go back but was afraid of appearing too pretentious, so she had to wait for Ling's punishment.

And Zero just looked at her quietly for a while, sighed softly, patted her side, the sound seemed to be held in his throat.

"Come here, you look so pitiful."

Zhuo was unable to react for a moment when he heard this sentence. To be more precise, it was hard for Zhuo to believe it. When Zhuo's brain reacted, he found that he was already in front of Ling. It seems that his body is more honest than his brain. Zhuo blinked and looked at Ling innocently. When she saw Zhuo's appearance, she stretched out her hand and pulled Zhuo's cheek.

"Sleep well and don't toss and turn."

Zhuo didn't know if he was overthinking it, and the tone of the last two words "moving around" seemed a bit harsh. But at this time, Ling was already clinging to Zhuo's arms, with the toe of his shoes against his chest.

Zhuo tentatively put his arm around her, then tightened his arms slightly. After feeling relieved, he slowly began to feel sleepy, and his last thought before falling asleep was - could Ling have discovered something?

……

When he woke up the next morning, Zhuo saw Ling sleeping in his arms and let out a sigh of relief.

Ling slept soundly, and it seemed that Zhuo was relieved that there was no second attack last night. He turned his head to look at the clock on the bedside table as slowly as possible, and it said seven in the morning.

It was still a holiday, so there was no need to get up early. Zhuo originally planned to stay in bed all morning, but if he did that, it was undeniable that he would get up a little early.

However, when he thought about having some time to see Ling calm down and sleep soundly, Zhuo didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Ling was sleeping soundly, her expression was very relaxed while she was sleeping, totally devoid of the usual coldness that was ingrained in her bones, and her face, which was frozen at about 14 years old, was now filled with innocence.

I don’t know if it’s because she’s in Zhuo’s arms, but she’s completely relaxed and sleeping soundly. Her peaceful look can heal anyone just by looking at it.

(It was like a dream, being able to fall asleep holding her like this.)
While Zhuo was reminiscing about the happy time that only he could enjoy, he hugged and enjoyed her soft and warm body.

He even wanted to take a nap.

Looking at the face that seemed so dreamy and unreal even though it was so close, Zhuo naturally felt his face relax and kept this expression. At this time, Ling moved.

Even so, she didn't seem to wake up, but just moved slightly, changed her posture, and finally returned to Zhuo. This natural return made Zhuo swallow his saliva secretly.

"I'm so happy."

It would be nice if every day could be like this. It must be a happy thing to be able to spend time like this with the only one in my heart - having said that, after returning to Tokyo, the two of us actually slept in the same room, but on different beds, so we couldn't sleep in each other's arms.

Zhuo felt that if he insisted, Ling would definitely agree.

However, judging by what happened last night, if they stayed together all the time, the loss of rationality would be extraordinary, so for the time being, it would be better to just do it once in a while.

If this happens every day, Zhuo doesn't have the confidence to not fill up Ling's body.

If possible, Zhuo hopes to wait until they are more accustomed to contact with each other and have a closer relationship, and Ling is willing to do it later. Zhuo hopes that even when they were doing that kind of thing that day, they could look at each other with a smile, instead of just acting on impulse.

Therefore, Zhuo tried his best to endure it while quietly combing her smooth hair with his fingers.

Thinking of this, Zhuo hugged Ling a little tighter.

(End of this chapter)