"Alright, he admitted he couldn’t do anything, but he just didn’t want to part with his wife, ’Let me hold you a bit longer.’
The two embraced for a while before Xiaoxiao said, ’Alright, I’ll make it up to you when we get home.’"
"How will you make it up?" Yang Ming’s eyes curved into crescents.
"You know exactly how." Xiaoxiao wriggled out of Yang Ming’s embrace, got dressed, and headed for the door, "I’m leaving, you should go to bed early."
In Wang Xiangxiang’s room
At that moment, Wang Xiangxiang indeed hadn’t fallen asleep because she was too preoccupied with thoughts of Chu Lian to sleep. Suddenly, she heard Xiaoxiao’s voice outside, "Sis, please open the door."
Wang Xiangxiang thought something had happened, so she hurriedly got down, lit a candle, and went to open the door for her, "Xiaoxiao, what happened?"
As Xiaoxiao walked in, she said in a teasing tone, "Nothing happened. It’s just that Master Chu from your house, afraid you might be scared alone, sent me to keep you company."
Wang Xiangxiang bolted the door and hearing Xiaoxiao tease her, immediately denied, "What ’Master Chu of my house’? I have nothing to do with him at all, don’t talk nonsense."
"..." Both of them were like that, yet she claims they have no relationship—who would believe that? At least they have a physical relationship.
Xiaoxiao looked at Wang Xiangxiang with disbelief and retorted, "Really, no relationship at all?"
"Really, none at all." Wang Xiangxiang firmly replied, feeling bitter inside. She must have been used. Chu Lian must have been unable to stand seeing Yang Ming and Xiaoxiao being affectionate in front of him, which is why he dispatched Xiaoxiao here.
"Fine, fine, if you say there’s none, then there’s none." Xiaoxiao found some blankets, spread them out, and crawled into bed.
Seeing her crawl into bed like that, Wang Xiangxiang blew out the candle and crawled into bed herself, thinking that the two of them would just go to sleep. But Xiaoxiao began to talk again unexpectedly.
"Sis, are you asleep?"
Xiaoxiao turned to face Wang Xiangxiang, "Sis, during truth or dare you mentioned someone you liked, who is he, do I know him?"
The question made Wang Xiangxiang’s heart skip a beat; thankfully, it was pitch-black in the room, or her discomfort might have been noticed.
Not wanting to reveal the truth, she lied, "You don’t know him, he’s gone now."
Hearing Wang Xiangxiang’s tone, it seemed like that person really was gone. It wouldn’t be polite to inquire further about someone who had died, so Xiaoxiao didn’t press on.
"Sis, I really think that Chu Lian is pretty good. Since the person you liked is gone, why don’t you consider him?"
Wang Xiangxiang didn’t respond, just listening to Xiaoxiao babble on by herself.
"Moreover, he likes you quite a bit."
"Look at how he has taken care of you during this journey."
"He’s so attentive, even knew you needed to take a bath, offered to pick food for you at meals, oh, and he even helped wipe your face during the day." Actually, he also helped drive away the bad guy for you.
Hearing Xiaoxiao’s words, Wang Xiangxiang didn’t want to listen anymore, she turned away, "Xiaoxiao, I’m sleepy, stop talking, and I don’t like him, don’t bring it up again."
Seeing Wang Xiangxiang , Xiaoxiao really worried for Chu Lian. It seemed like it would be tough for him to pursue her. She didn’t bring it up again and turned over to fall asleep.
But Wang Xiangxiang couldn’t fall asleep at all; thinking about everything that had happened between them on this trip, his gentle demeanor towards her, and Xiaoxiao’s words—did he really like her?