Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Splashing cold water on my face twice still couldn’t suppress the heat rising in my cheeks.

By the time I came out, Xie Fengnan had finished his milk.

The glass was washed clean and placed on the bar counter.

At the same time, there was a glass of milk he had brewed for me.

Without thinking much, I picked up the glass, drank it down, and went to the kitchen to wash it.

This was it. This was really it.

I was so excited I could barely contain myself.

After finishing my nighttime routine, I pulled up the covers and lay stiffly on the bed, staring at the ceiling.

The minute hand of the clock ticked forward, one notch at a time.

My eyes were wide open as I calculated how long I should wait before going in.

Probably after midnight.

He should be sleeping soundly by then.

I was lost in my beautiful daydreams, completely unaware that my eyelids were becoming heavier and heavier.

Brother was asleep.

The curtains weren’t drawn tight.

The moonlight was like silver, creating a dreamlike, ethereal atmosphere.

I stood three steps away, staring blankly at the person on the bed.

I walked over, sat down, and reached out, wanting to touch his face.

However, in the next second, Xie Fengnan opened his eyes and looked at me.

I froze.

He crinkled his eyes into a smile and said, “Big Sword Chopping at the Devil’s Head.”

“Brothers of the national armed forces~ The day of resistance has come~”

“The day of resistance has come~”

I grabbed my phone, where the alarm was still blaring, and nearly hurled it across the room.

Back before the college entrance exams, I was afraid I wouldn’t wake up, so I set this alarm for myself.

“Big Sword Chopping at the Devil’s Head.”

They say this kind of song has high energy; you’ll wake up the moment you hear it.

Right now, I was certainly full of energy.

I sat up and turned off the alarm.

When I touched my back, I realized I was drenched in sweat.

I let out a long, heavy breath.

What kind of ghost of a dream was that?

I covered my face, cursing myself for being a total idiot.

Success was finally within reach, yet I had actually fallen asleep.

It was as if I hadn’t slept in eight hundred years.

I loathed myself intensely.

By the time I got out of bed and left the room, there was no one else in the house.

Only a faint, lingering scent of breakfast wafted from the kitchen.

The year I started junior high, my brother had saved up enough money to open a breakfast shop.

He had to get up very early every day to prepare. It was very hard at first, but later, because he used fresh ingredients and gave generous portions, he gradually built up a large customer base. Everything would sell out every day.

Life at home gradually became more comfortable.

Brother eventually hired people, so he wasn’t as exhausted as before.

Everything was perfect-if only I, his sister, hadn’t developed feelings for him.

I picked up my phone and saw a pinned group chat blowing up.

I clicked in to find over 99 new messages.

Xia Mo was still spamming @ mentions for me:

-Are you up yet?

-Where are you?

-Did you guys really go boom boom boom?

-@Human Nature @Human Nature @Human Nature

-Or did your brother find out? Is he spanking your butt right now?

…

I imagined the scene of being caught and spanked by Xie Fengnan.

Brother would hold me flat across his lap and say softly, “Zhiyu, Brother is going to start now.”

I covered the corners of my mouth to stop them from curling upward, loathing myself for having a head full of indecent thoughts.

Zhou An:

-Her brother doesn’t seem like the type to hit her.

-Xie Zhiyu.

-You didn’t get so humiliated by failing that you tried to force yourself on your brother, did you?

Another image popped into my head: me holding a rope and tying up Xie Fengnan.

Stop right there.

That’s too sacrilegious.

I replied in the group:

-I fell asleep.

-Haha.