“It’s no problem, I’ll get up to cover you back up,” she said with an air of everything being under control. Patience, patience, Xu Xiang’en, you must have patience! You can’t just give up on him now; otherwise, all your efforts will be in vain.
“But, what if by the time you get up, I’ve already frozen to death?” Luo Ban tilted her head, her hand patting the quilt sporadically.
“No… it won’t happen.” Xu Xiang’en’s smile almost broke, quickly reassuring her before she could get upset. “I’ll take good care of you, just don’t sleep in the same bed as me.”
He looked at her, and she looked back at him.
Luo Ban slightly opened her thin lips, “But I want to sleep on the bed.”
Xu Xiang’en took a deep breath, exhaled, inhaled again, and exhaled… Just when Luo Ban thought she was about to confront him forcefully, she suddenly sat on the bed and burst into tears, “Wah—you’re cheating on me!”
She sobbed pitifully, her whole body trembling like leaves in the autumn wind, her tiny nose suddenly turning red.
“Uh…” Luo Ban watched her cry, his brows furrowed. He was neither fond of nor used to seeing girls cry. “Don’t cry.”
“Who… who taught you to cheat on me…” Her words were broken by sobs.
“I just said I want to sleep on the bed, that’s all!” he protested weakly.
“Do you expect me, a weak girl, to sleep on the floor?” She accused, her hands involuntarily grabbing his collar.
“Uh… you look like this, and you call yourself weak?” Luo Ban caught the hands clutching his collar.
She stopped crying, and he ceased the natural male instinct to pity women.
She let go of him, her small hands resting on the bedsheet, her face puckered as if she was about to cry again.
“Uh, don’t do this…” He scratched his head in embarrassment. “How about this, you sleep on the bed, I’ll sleep on the floor next to it, and you can help me spread out more quilts?”
She stopped sobbing, her teary eyes looking at him.
He nodded forcefully, “Really.”
“Okay.” Xu Xiang’en broke into a smile.
“Then no more crying, okay?”
She nodded.
He suddenly realized that she also had a childish side.
