144: Chapter 144 You! What are you doing in my bed!

"Cough, cough. I ran for too long... I'm a bit thirsty."

Jiang Che's face flushed, but then he reconsidered: in this situation, who could possibly resist? It was already good enough that he hadn't impulsively committed any illegal acts.

"Go back to your room. It's getting late, get some sleep."

Jiang Che gave these instructions, then picked up his clothes and went into the bathroom.

After closing the door, Jiang Che couldn't help but mutter: "I've already showered twice, how can I still be this fragrant?"

As a result, Su Su, who was at the door, heard him. With reddening ears and burning cheeks, a somewhat embarrassed and annoyed Su Su stomped her foot before entering Jiang Ning's room.

Having been tortured all night, Jiang Che just took a quick rinse and already felt incredibly sleepy. He came out of the bathroom in just a few minutes, but when he returned to his bedroom door and looked inside, he was immediately stunned.

Su Su was sitting cross-legged on the edge of his bed. As if to avoid being seen, she had specifically taken a pillow from Stinky Girl's room and placed it on her lap.

"My sister's room is next door... You've walked into the wrong room."

"I know..." Su Su's expression was a bit unnatural. "Usually I only run for ten minutes or so, but tonight I ran for too long, and now I'm finding it harder and harder to fall asleep."

"..." Jiang Che cursed inwardly, but since he was in front of a girl like Su Su, he couldn't say it out loud. "Don't tell me you want to do something else again?"

Su Su had wanted to ask him to watch TV with her for a while longer, but seeing that Jiang Che could barely keep his eyes open, she suddenly felt embarrassed.

"Otherwise... could you tell me a story? Twenty minutes, and then I'll go back to my room to sleep!"

Twenty minutes... Jiang Che thought about it; it wasn't too much to ask. Besides, he had left her hanging for so long in the evening, so this could be considered an apology.

Jiang Che walked into the room and yawned, "Just ten minutes?"

Su Su nodded with a serious expression.

Jiang Che looked at her, and Su Su, knowing what he was about to say, immediately said: "You can't expect me to stand there and listen to you tell a story, right?"

That was true... Jiang Che felt a bit helpless, then said: "Move over a bit."

Su Su shifted to the foot of the bed, and then, Jiang Che, who was exhausted, didn't bother with the boundaries between men and women and sat directly on the bed, leaning against the headboard.

Seeing him lean against the bed, Su Su's face felt a little hot. This guy, isn't this practically being in the same bed as her?

But for now, there was no time to worry about that. She was the one lingering on his bed, and he hadn't done anything inappropriate. Besides, this was an unspoken understanding and secret between the two of them, and no one else would know.

"Let me think, what story should I tell you..." Jiang Che said, yawning again.

Seeing him yawn, Su Su couldn't help but yawn too, but she was very ladylike and raised her hand to cover her mouth.

"Once upon a time, there was a little duck..."

Jiang Che was speaking with his eyes closed, and his voice was very soft, so to Su Su, it felt hypnotic.

Under the influence of Jiang Che's voice, which sounded like a mosquito buzzing, only ten minutes passed before Su Su's eyelids began to grow heavy.

After holding on for another minute, Su Su actually just fell over sideways while hugging the pillow in her arms.

And Jiang Che... as he was talking, he suddenly went silent, only his lips still moving slightly. Half a minute later, he was completely asleep.

The two of them were leaning in different directions.

...

"Ring ring!"

A harsh ringing sound woke Jiang Che up.

This unfamiliar alarm clock made Jiang Che feel irritated. He couldn't help but reach out and grope around the bed.

Soon... Jiang Che muttered.

"Huh? Why is the phone soft?"

Just as his brain couldn't quite process it, he heard a slightly familiar voice beside his ear.

"Mmm..."

"So noisy."

Jiang Che was dazed for two seconds, then it was as if his brain had been struck by lightning, and he immediately opened his eyes.

It was his room, his bed, but... besides him, there was someone else on the bed!

Jiang Che immediately saw that his hand was resting on... a certain soft place. And Su Su... was sleeping on the bottom half of the bed, her head resting on his waist, and she was hugging his leg!

Damn!

Jiang Che jolted, then quickly withdrew his hand and sat up.

The alarm was still ringing, and Jiang Che's movement caught Su Su's attention.

She lifted her head in a daze and quickly saw Jiang Che.

Their eyes met; one was starting to break into a cold sweat, while the other... was still in a daze.

After three seconds, a hint of clarity returned to Su Su's eyes, but soon, this clarity was replaced by embarrassment, annoyance, and panic.

"You! How are you in my bed!"

The one who said this first wasn't Su Su, but Jiang Che.

Su Su panicked too and hurriedly sat up. What made her die of embarrassment was that Jiang Che, this guy, scooted back twice until he hit the headboard, and then nervously checked his clothes and pajama pants.

She hadn't even opened her mouth yet, and this guy was actually suspecting that he had been taken advantage of by her?!

"What are you doing! Last night I was just listening to your story, and later, later I don't know why, but I fell asleep."

Hearing her words, Jiang Che finally remembered the details of last night.

It seemed... that was indeed the case.

Looking to the side, the bedroom door was open, and the room lights hadn't been turned off last night. His clothes were perfectly fine, and Su Su's clothes... were too.

Seeing Jiang Che's gaze sweep over her legs again, Su Su's pretty face flushed, and she quickly found the pillow she had brought from next door yesterday and blocked her legs with it.

Jiang Che patted his chest, "Thank goodness, thank goodness, nothing happened!"

After coming to his senses, Jiang Che looked up and finally saw Su Su sitting on the bed, her face beet red, looking at him with full embarrassment and annoyance.

"Uh... what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"