Going home for Chinese New Year, I squeezed onto a bus with three energetic young women.

What enters the body in the early morning is not necessarily sleepiness, and what shines on the face in the morning is not necessarily sunlight.

Xie Lingmo was awakened by the pain.

She opened her eyes while lying on her back and first saw Bai Li's face right in front of her.

She couldn't remember what time she stayed up last night.

All I remember is my battle robe, which I had prepared for a long time. It was neat and tidy at first, but later it was thrown at the foot of the bed.

The bell around her neck rang for half the night, and by the end, she didn't even have the strength to raise her hand to cover it.

Xie Lingmo's cheeks flushed, she pulled the blanket up high, and buried her head in Bai Li's chest.

"So early in the morning..."

"Why are you being so diligent?"

Bai Li lowered his head and lifted her chin with his fingers.

"Who was it that said they hoped to be awakened by the law before going to sleep last night?"

"Why are you shy now?"

Xie Lingmo pursed her lips, her pink hair spreading across Bai Li's arm.

"But you can't be completely heartless towards women..."

After she finished speaking, she raised her face again, still unconvinced.

After a whole night of fussing, this guy is still full of energy.

On the contrary, she had backache, leg pain, and was too lazy to even move her toes.

"Why are you so strong?"

Bai Li recalled Xie Lingmo's dejected expression last night when she failed to pass his second test despite using all three of her moves, and ruffled her pink hair:

"It's okay, you've already done a great job."

Xie Lingmo raised her eyelids: "Really?"

Bai Li smiled gently, like a tolerant older brother:

"At least better than Mengmeng and Ruyue."

This comforting remark didn't work.

Xie Lingmo buried her face back down, even the pink hair on her head seemed to reflect her unhappiness.

"Is she still not as good as those four gold-digging sisters?"

Bai Li was stunned for a moment.

"Who?"

"Tingting, Jiaxin, Xiaoshuang, and Zhang Qian." Xie Lingmo held up a finger and drew two lines on his chest. "The four of them are always together, aren't they?"

Bai Li understood.

"That's because they have a numerical advantage."

"What are you comparing yourself to four people for?"

Xie Lingmo was still not satisfied: "Then how about a one-on-one competition?"

"This needs to be ranked?"

"Of course."

She propped herself up, her pink hair falling onto Bai Li's shoulder: "I did my homework before I went back to Ping County."

Bai Li glanced at the maid outfit at the foot of the bed:

"I can tell, the gold-digging outfit is quite professional."

Xie Lingmo followed his gaze and her face flushed even more.

Bai Li stopped teasing her.

"Lingmo".

"Um?"

You don't need to compare yourself to anyone.

Xie Lingmo stopped what she was doing.

Everyone is different.

"They have their good points, and you have yours."

Bai Li pinched her soft cheek: "Even if you do nothing but lie here with me, I'll be happy."

Xie Lingmo stared at him for a few seconds.

"Then why didn't you let me just lie down last night?"

"It's not you who wants to stand here..."

"Pah." Xie Lingmo kicked him, but as soon as she moved, she felt a soreness in her waist.

"hiss……"

She quickly shrank back into bed, tears welling up in her eyes.

Bai Li propped herself up on the mattress and sat up: "What's wrong?"

"pain."

Xie Lingmo looked at him with a pitiful expression: "I can't get up."

"Didn't you kick me quite hard just now?"

"That's a conditioned reflex."

"Will you play again next time?"

"Keep kicking."

Bai Li threw back the covers and got out of bed: "Then you can lie down by yourself."

Xie Lingmo reached out and grabbed his wrist.

"Boy friend……"

Bai Li turned around.

Xie Lingmo looked up at her excessively youthful face, her pink hair scattered messily on the pillow.

She blinked twice, her tone softening.

"Hold me."

Bai Li was just teasing her.

He bent down, supporting her back with one hand and reaching under her legs with the other to lift her up.

Xie Lingmo gasped softly and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Slower."

"Now you want to tell me to slow down?"

"Bai Li!"

"I'm here."

Bai Li carried her into the bathroom.

He first adjusted the water temperature, wrung out a towel, and wiped Xie Lingmo's face and neck.

Xie Lingmo sat by the sink with her legs dangling.

She had lost the stubbornness she had last night. She raised her arm when Bai Li told her to, and turned around when he told her to, being very obedient.

After tidying her up, Bai Li casually took the towel and wiped herself.

When Xie Lingmo saw this, she reached out and pressed down on his arm.

"Wait a moment."

"What's wrong?"

"That's the one I used."

"So what?"

Xie Lingmo's ears turned red: "I sweated a lot last night, so the towel will smell."

Bai Li held the towel to her nose and smelled it.

"It smells good."

"abnormal!"

Xie Lingmo snatched the towel away and hugged it to her arms.

"Don't let it get to your lungs!"

Bai Li wasn't in a hurry, since he had already wiped it almost clean.

Xie Lingmo put the towel back on the shelf, but still wasn't reassured, so she reached out and turned the shelf toward herself.

Bai Li picked up the toothbrush, squeezed out the toothpaste, and handed it to her.

Open your mouth.

Xie Lingmo took the toothbrush: "I'm not a child."

She retorted verbally, but her body didn't move.

Bai Li had no choice but to pinch her chin and help her brush her teeth.

Xie Lingmo puffed out her cheeks and mumbled indistinctly, "A little higher."

"left."

You brushed my tongue.

"Young lady, you have too many demands."

"That's not what you said last night."

Bai Li paused for a moment.

Xie Lingmo's round eyes crinkled when she saw him get the short end of the stick.

After washing up, Bai Li carried her back to the bedside.

Xie Lingmo sat on the edge of the bed and changed into a clean short skirt.

She was about to bend down to get her socks when her lower back started to ache again.

Bai Li picked up the pair of white stockings.

"I'll do it."

Xie Lingmo offered her foot, saying, "Don't touch it."

"I'm putting on your socks, how could I not touch you?"

"Then be serious."

Bai Li grasped her slender ankle and pulled the socks on.

Xie Lingmo's toes twitched slightly.

The stockings are arranged from the ankle upwards, passing over the calf and knee, and finally stopping below the hem of the skirt.

Bai Li smoothed out the edges and picked up another one.

Xie Lingmo looked down at him.

Last night she was worried that Bai Li might lose patience after getting it.

But when he woke up in the morning, he neither urged her nor made fun of her for not being able to walk.

Wash your face, brush your teeth, and get dressed.

He was the one who took care of everything.

Xie Lingmo reached out and gently ruffled Bai Li's black hair.

Bai Li looked up: "What?"

"Here's a reward for you."

"Just patting your head?"

"Then what else do you want?"

Bai Li stood up and placed his hands on either side of her body.

Xie Lingmo leaned back slightly, but didn't dodge.

The two were getting closer and closer.

The little bell around her neck rang once.

"Didn't you say you were going downstairs for dinner?"

"Two minutes later is fine too."

"Then it'll only be two minutes."

"Whom do you look down on?"

Xie Lingmo smiled and reached out to wrap her arms around his neck.

The two were just about to get closer.

Knock knock knock!

A rapid knocking sound came from outside.

Lin Xiaoshuang's spicy snack voice drifted through the door.

"Big brother!"

"Stop messing around so early in the morning!"

"Even though I don't have to work today, my food is almost cold!"