Gentle sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains, not dazzling to the eyes, indicating it was probably only about six or seven in the morning.
Last night, the air conditioning in the room had not been turned on. Even though the bed was spacious enough for six people, the girls still felt so hot that they kicked off their blankets.
The nightgown was lifted to the left atrium, the pale-colored bra faintly visible.
To his left and right, respectively, were Xia Xiaoxiao and Zhang Yiyi. The latter was okay—with just a wrinkled nightgown, everything else was in order.
Looking at the half-exposed gem-like ruby, Xu Qingfan’s heart nearly stopped.
[This couldn’t be my doing, right...]
"Hiss~" He sucked in a breath of cold air, hesitant about whether to deny everything and leave straight away or to first help her fix her clothes and then make a quick escape.
Xu Qingfan pretended to ponder, unable to move his gaze as his heart pounded and saliva secreted wildly.
He slapped himself in the face, then leaned over to help the girl fix her clothes. During the process, he even vaguely found some water stains to the side.
Just as his heart was about to burst out the next second, Xu Qingfan finally finished everything. The awkward scene like those often played out in melodramas, where eyes met in mutual embarrassment, did not occur. He breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, quickly left this place of trouble.
Before leaving, he covered the five girls with their blankets again, turned on the air conditioning, then rushed back to his own room.
Sitting bare-bottomed on the bed, Xu Qingfan looked at the underwear strewn about on the floor. Having been human for two lifetimes, he naturally knew what those were.
"God damn cotton candy, screw your meat buns!" Xu Qingfan shook his head and slapped himself a few times to sober up.
After finding some clean clothes to change into from the wardrobe, he flashed into the downstairs bathroom.
What had happened last night was a blur, and he had also forgotten how he had been carried up to the second floor, but Xu Qingfan remembered the dream he had just before waking up this morning perfectly clear.
That voice, that smell, that touch—it all felt so real!
The next second, a loud thud echoed in the bathroom.
He turned the shower’s water temperature down and chanted the Great Compassionate Mantra over and over in his mind until his restless heart finally calmed down.
Xu Qingfan crouched under the faucet for seven or eight minutes, washing his underwear. After hand-washing and cleaning the underwear of the five girls that had been soaking in the basin, he dried off with a bath towel, dressed, and went back out.
The clock in the living room showed it was 7:10 in the morning. Although he had slept for less than five hours, Xu Qingfan did not show any signs of fatigue; on the contrary, he was spirited.
After hanging up the clothes he had washed last night on the second-floor balcony, he took his money and keys to eat breakfast nearby.
As the end of the year approached, more than half of the shops on the street were closed, including Lanzhou noodles, Sha Xian snacks, and Guilin rice noodles. Even Meiji had gone home early for the New Year’s holiday.
After a simple breakfast of rice noodle roll, he returned home to find the originally clean and tidy living room a mess after last night’s revelry.
His gaze fixed on the tatami mat on the floor, as if the scenes from last night’s games were still vivid before his eyes.
Thinking of the morning’s incident, Xu Qingfan couldn’t help but feel a tinge of guilt, as if longing to do something for this home.
Deciding to act on that thought, he rolled up his sleeves and began to clean up the living room.
He placed scattered snacks and soda cans into a trash bag, swept then mopped the floor, and finally washed the blankets from the tatami mats in the bathroom.
After re-hanging the washed items, nearly three hours had passed.
Looking at the room that was now sparkling clean, Xu Qingfan felt his guilt lighten somewhat.
Feeling that the girls would probably be waking up soon, Xu Qingfan went to the kitchen and made them bacon egg sandwiches using ingredients left from last night’s dinner.
Sure enough, while the bacon was still crackling in the pan, footsteps came from the living room.
"Brother Fan, good morning!"
"Ha~ Brother Qing Fan, you’re up early!"
"Brother Fan, are you making us breakfast? That’s so nice!"
Xu Qingfan turned to look, and all the girls except Xia Xiaoxiao had come down. He exhaled while somewhat guiltily asking, "Where’s Xia Xiaoxiao?"
"Xiao Xiao said her stomach was a bit uncomfortable and she’s using the bathroom," Xiao Ruawen said.
"Ah... really, a cold stomach is prone to discomfort." Xu Qingfan nodded, "You guys go brush your teeth, breakfast will be ready soon!"
Another ten minutes or so passed, and Xu Qingfan had finished preparing breakfast when Xia Xiaoxiao came down from upstairs.
The five girls sat at the dining table enjoying their meal, and although Xu Qingfan had already eaten, he still drank hot milk tea with them.
"What are you looking at?" Noticing Xu Qingfan staring at her, Xia Xiaoxiao glared and snapped.
He turned his head back and silently drank his milk, unaware that Xia Xiaoxiao’s heart was also beating wildly at that moment.
[It seems Xia Xiaoxiao hasn’t noticed!] Xu Qingfan let go of his worries.
It had been half a month since the last incident, but the girl once again began to have those shameful dreams—with the storyline progressing from touching her belly to...
[I must not let anyone else know about this!] Xia Xiaoxiao told herself inwardly.
With different thoughts, the two sat at the dining table eating breakfast. Xiao Ruawen, looking at the now-spotless living room, praised, "Brother Fan, you’re so kind to clean up the living room for us in advance!"
"It’s nothing, I was awake and had nothing else to do anyway." Xu Qingfan shook his head with a smile.