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"So... have you ever slept hugging someone?"
"Not yet," Yan Yu said. "You’re the first one."
"...Hmph, the first one was probably Sister Zhao who slept hugging you, don’t think you can fool me with your sweet talk," Lin Ning pouted.
She stood by the bed for a moment, and seeing that Yan Yu still hadn’t reached out to pull her in, she quickly turned and asked:
"So, should I leave?"
"Oh, oh, oh." Yan Yu finally snapped to attention and hurriedly pulled Lin Ning under the covers.
The two hugged each other under the quilt, and Yan Yu felt her body was a bit cold, probably from staying outside too long.
Lin Ning also behaved herself without fidgeting or touching randomly, just letting the captain hold her as she used his arm as a pillow beneath her neck.
In the darkness, she suddenly opened her eyes and stared intently at Yan Yu’s face.
"What’s wrong?" Yan Yu asked. "Why aren’t you sleeping?"
"You’re not sleeping either," Lin Ning countered. "Otherwise, how would you know that my eyes are open?"
"Then let’s sleep together." Yan Yu had just closed his eyes when suddenly there was a soft and fragrant sensation on his lips.
It was like a fresh fruit flavor, yet also like a bouncy soft candy, or more precisely: fruit soft candy.
After about three to four seconds, Lin Ning, her face blushing, pulled away and buried half her head in the blanket, grunted:
"The first one to sleep hugging you and the first one to kiss you weren’t me, so the first person to do both at the same time should be me, right?"
"Indeed," Yan Yu thought to himself, utterly impressed. True to her nickname Problem Solver, she really excelled at being first!
"Hmmph." Ningning finally satisfied, nestled against his chest, closed her eyes, and like a curled-up kitten, slowly fell asleep.
The next morning, at around 6 a.m., Su Yunjin suddenly opened her eyes in her room.
Time to get up!
After freshening up in the bathroom outside, she silently approached Yan Yu’s bedroom door, ready to give the captain a morning kiss—thank goodness she’d opened up with everyone last night, casting aside all modesty, from now on, she decided how clingy she’d be!
For the pursuit of the captain, she had thrown caution to the wind!
Quietly phasing through the door, Yun Jin looked at the two people on the bed, a smile involuntarily appearing on her face.
Wait, why are there two people?
She incredulously stepped forward and took a closer look, it was last night’s defeated Ningning!
Su Yunjin watched her with an expressionless face, her bangs covering her eyes, not giving away the thoughts behind her icy gaze.
After a moment, she finally leaned in gently, moving softly to separate the two.
Although they were clinging to each other, they were sound asleep, and it didn’t take much effort to separate them. But Ningning had grabbed Yan Yu’s hand, and it took Yun Jin quite an effort to pry their interlocked fingers apart one by one.
Whew, that’s better.
Even though Ningning’s actions were obviously sneaky, after last night’s team talk, it seemed no one had a problem with sneaking—especially since she had admitted her sneakiness in public last night, pointing it out now would seem rather ironic.
But what if the thought process was reversed?
If she couldn’t stop her rival’s sneaking, then she’d just keep sneaking too; why not just see who could out-sneak and be more shameless?
With that thought, Yun Jin quickly made up her mind, tiptoed into the covers, and then snuggled into Yan Yu’s embrace.
The concept of an "arms race" suddenly came to mind. If a neighboring country starts ramping up its military might, the best response, when unsure whether they will launch an aggression, is to ramp up one’s own military as well—seemed pretty similar when applied to love.
Anyway, she definitely didn’t want to end up the loser.
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