It was only 7:30 when she woke up.
She was used to waking up early for class on weekdays, but now that she was on vacation, she couldn't adjust her biological clock for the time being.
She yawned as she got up from bed, tiptoed and turned over in bed, afraid of waking up the black bean sleeping on the other side.
This cat snores when he sleeps! It kept her from sleeping well last night!
Despite its small size, it snores like a truck.
Fortunately, she was used to the snoring from her previous dormitory room, otherwise she would have been unable to sleep last night.
Ning Chu subconsciously glanced in the direction of the living room as she pushed open the door to the second bedroom, only to see Wen Yang sitting on the sofa, expressionless, staring out the window at the morning light.
Her brother was still asleep on the floor, like a black bean, snoring loudly.
Wen Yang
was daydreaming, not knowing what to write, and didn't hear the sound of her opening the door.
“Wen Yang~”
Ning Chu called out softly, “Couldn't you sleep? Come to my room later and take a nap?”
Her voice made Wen Yang come back to her senses: “No, I woke up.”
“Then you should be like me, used to getting up around seven.” She stretched, her tail straight behind her.
Although the pajama pants were exceptionally loose, they still showed off her slender figure, and the small mound on her chest, cultivated by Wen Yang, stood out prominently.
But Wen Yang's gaze remained fixed on her face.
Ning Chu keenly sensed Wen Yang's emotions.
Although after becoming a girl, she thought her thinking was still not much different from before, she could not deny that her mind had become more sensitive, just like her body.
“What's wrong?”
Ning Chu asked with concern from a distance of a few meters. “Are you not used to my house? Then I'll take you to rent a place in the morning.”
"My grandfather has a few rental houses in the urban village, and I'll give you a discount~ But the urban village is a bit far away, it takes more than half an hour by car.”
“No,“ Wen Yang shook her head.
”Then you seem so introverted..."
On weekdays, Wen Yang is not only attentive, but when she sees Ning Chu, she definitely has a gentle smile on her face and a hint of possessiveness in her eyes.
But today, Wen Yang's eyes showed no emotion, and she was clearly in a bad mood.
She frowned slightly and walked towards the bathroom. ”I'll go wash up and change. Shall we go out for a walk later?”
“Okay.“
After freshening up and changing into her winter clothes for going out, Ning Chu was ready to go out in about ten minutes.
She came to the living room, carefully stepped over Ning Yuan's body, and came to the door on tiptoe.
”Scarf.“
Wen Yang put the scarf hanging on one side on her shoulder.
”Mm.” She opened the door, squatted down to put on her shoes, and asked, ”Are you in a bad mood? What's wrong?”
“...”
“Tell me about it?“
Wen Yang sighed helplessly, ‘It's nothing, I'm just not used to it.’
”I told you you weren't used to it, didn't I? Still arguing."
As she walked out of the room, the cold morning air immediately made Ning Chu's body tremble. She quickly wrapped the scarf around her neck, covering half her face.
She pressed the elevator button before looking up at Wen Yang, ”It's fine, I feel uncomfortable when I go to other people's houses too.”
“It's not that...“
Wen Yang paused, looking at those big sparkling eyes, and gave a wry smile: ‘It's just that the atmosphere in your home... I envy it.’
”Huh? What's there to envy about a noisy place?“
”I grew up without parents, and I don't have any siblings...“
”...
Ning Chu paused, lowered her eyebrows, and reached out to take Wen Yang's arm: “Well... when I was little, I saw my classmates being picked up by their fathers, and I envied them too.”
“When I was bullied at school, other people's fathers would lead their children to the door to stand up for their children. My mother could only tell me not to get into trouble and that suffering is a blessing..."
She muttered, ‘Luckily, my brother protected me a lot. When he saw me being bullied, he would help me fight back. But he wasn't much older than me, and when people complained to the adults, we were always the ones who suffered.’
She just lacked a father, as well as the protection of her brother and mother, but Wen Yang had nothing at all.
Wen Yang gently patted her head: “You still have me now.”
“Well...you didn't have it easy either, did you?”
The two of them got into the elevator and went downstairs to the community.
The banyan tree by the roadside rustled in the breeze, its long whiskers swaying gently. In the soft morning sunlight, the two of them strolled along the path along the stream outside the community.
Wen Yang has always been a reserved person. After a long silence, he simply said, “Actually, it's not bad. My uncle's family takes care of me quite well. I can go and eat with them every day, and my uncle occasionally brings me some snacks...”
“It's just that they do have their own family after all, so it's very good that they can feed me.”
"I'm probably the kind of person who is in every class, a big idiot who everyone can bully and order around, and I just sit in the corner every day without saying a word...”
Ning Chu just listened quietly. She took Wen Yang's hand and as he described, a picture of a helpless child gradually began to form in her mind.
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Wen Yang was inferiority-stricken to the core.
Even though he rarely showed it in everyday life, Ning Chu could clearly feel it during their time together: that lack of confidence in his family background, his abilities, and his relationships.
“Aren't you quite handsome...“ Ning Chu asked in a low voice, ‘You should be quite popular at school if you're good-looking, right?’
”After all, I'm a wild child.“
”...,” she corrected after a moment of silence, ‘You're my leading man, my boyfriend.’
Wen Yang's face broke into a warm smile. He squeezed Ning Chu's hand and explained, ”Back then in the countryside, no one cared about me, and I was a mess. It got a little better when I went to high school in the county town.
“Then I grew up when I went to university, and girls were chasing after me every day.“
He guiltily avoided Ning Chu's jealous gaze: ‘I don't know what it is about me that they like...’
”Don't think about it so much,“ Ning Chu gently tugged Wen Yang's arm, ‘it's all in the past.’
”Hm,”
“You didn't have a family before, but now you have me,“ she said softly, ‘and there's also Hei Dou, who used to call you Dad.’
”And my mom is a very nice person. She just thinks you're too poor right now... Once she approves of you, she'll treat you like her own child, just like she does with Hei Dou.“
”I don't care if I'm poor or not, but she's already worried about me. If I follow you, will I starve to death?“
”Of course not.”
“That's good to know."
Wen Yang's gaze on Ning Chu grew softer. When he thought about it, the past two months living with Ning Chu had been the happiest of his life.
It felt like having a family.
They might argue over trivial matters, they might be too busy to rest, they might be extra worried about the future...
But he no longer felt lonely on his own, and he had a girl who was willing to accompany him on the long journey of life.