Volume 1 Chapter 17
by Need_More_SleepVolume 1 + Chapter 17: No Title
“Ah ha!”
I jolted awake from a nightmare, a fine sheen of sweat covering my forehead. Strands of my long hair were damp with sweat, plastered to my face, and my back felt a bit clammy too.
Rubbing my eyes forcefully, I gradually shook off some of the grogginess.
The dorm room was still pitch black, so dawn hadn’t broken yet.
However, in the darkness, I heard a rustling sound, like the rubbing of fabric.
Who is it?
From the faint light outside the window, I could still see Shuo Yan and Su Guo lying properly in their beds, not moving around.
Then who’s making the noise under our beds? Could it be that a thief has broken into our dorm?!
The thought made me suddenly feel a bit panicky.
The three of us are in girls’ bodies now. If a thief really broke in, there’s no way we could catch him, we might even get beaten three-on-one.
Even more despairing is that Shuo Yan and Su Guo are sleeping soundly. The commotion below hasn’t woken them up at all.
What to do, what to do…
I tried my best to control my body not to make a sound while squinting and sneaking a glance down at the floor.
Judging by the silhouette of the figure, it felt… like a girl?
Is this a female thief?
After finishing whatever she was doing, the “female thief” walked lightly into the bathroom, turned on the light, and closed the door.
Opportunity!
I shouted internally. Although I didn’t know what she planned to do in the bathroom, while she was still inside, I quickly climbed down from my bed.
Not even bothering with slippers, I hurriedly grabbed my phone from the desk, turned on the flashlight, and used the light to find the fruit knife we usually used for cutting fruit in the dorm for self-defense.
Then I opened the phone’s dialer and punched in 110. Just as I was hesitating whether to call, the bathroom door creaked open.
Hearing the noise from the bathroom, I panicked. Holding the fruit knife in one hand in front of my chest and shielding the phone with the other, I shouted loudly.
“I advise you to leave on your own, otherwise I’m calling the police! Don’t try to come any closer either, or I’ll have no choice but to defend myself!”
“Shh! Xiao Li, what are you doing? Being so loud might wake up the boss and Old Four.”
In sight was a cute blonde girl in pajamas, her blue eyes looking at me in confusion.
It was actually Qian Zexing! She said she wasn’t coming back tonight. She scared me, I really thought it was a thief.
My tense body immediately relaxed. “Who told you to come back so late? The dorm is so dark, I thought a thief had broken in.”
“A thief? You actually took me for a thief! Would a thief use the bathroom to go to the toilet, dummy?”
“Mmm~ What’s going on? Why the sudden noise?” Shuo Yan propped herself up, looking very drowsy and speaking weakly.
“Urgh…” Su Guo also curled up like a kitten.
“S-sorry, it’s not morning yet. Go back to sleep, keep sleeping,” I lowered my voice, speaking appeasingly. Disturbing someone’s sleep is a terrible sin.
Fortunately, they were both truly exhausted. Just woken up, they turned over in bed and fell asleep again within seconds.
Qian Zexing also got into bed right after.
Somehow, I suddenly felt a bit of insomnia. Maybe it was because I slept in Leya’s arms at the cinema for a while, and I just slept a bit more. My mind wasn’t tired now, in fact, I felt a bit keyed up.
So I put on headphones, listened to music, and tried to hypnotize myself to sleep.
I don’t know how long passed, but my bed suddenly shook as if someone was climbing onto it.
As my blanket was lifted at one corner, a warm, soft body slipped in. Silk-smooth blonde hair touched my cheek and arm.
“Yu Li, Yu Li, you’re not asleep, are you?”
Qian Zexing kept her voice extremely low. Up close, her warm breath hit my neck, like a cute little kitten licking me.
“Uh, huh? Old Three, what’s up?” I was a bit stunned by this sudden nighttime visit.
“I… I have a bit of insomnia. Then I saw you tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep. I wanted to come over and chat with you. Is that okay?”
Qian Zexing lay on her side beside me, her hands nervously placed on her slightly developed chest. Her damp, blue eyes looked at me pleadingly, as if she’d burst into tears if I said no.
Yame yame yame!
This is the kind of moe stuff you only see in 2D! How could I possibly have the heart to refuse her?!
I covered my warming nose, controlling my volume as I whispered to her, “O-okay, Old Three. What do you want to chat about?”
She hesitated for a moment, then said sheepishly, “C-could you lend me some money?”
Qian Zexing blushed and averted her gaze. This was the first time she had ever borrowed money.
Before, she was a tall, rich, and handsome guy with pocket money in her bank card to spend freely, and her family used to be very indulgent with her.
But there was no way around it now. It was all because of that jerk Nalan Xia. She didn’t have a single penny on her.
“Borrow money? Sure, Old Three. How much do you want to borrow?”
I was a bit puzzled inside. Old Three was publicly known as a rich kid, always spending money like water. Today, she actually broke precedent to ask me for money.
Qian Zexing silently raised two fingers.
“Two hundred yuan? No problem.”
Qian Zexing shook her head.
“Two thousand? That’s a bit much.”
“I… I want to borrow two million yuan.”
Qian Zexing pinched her fingertips, embarrassed.
“Pfft!”
“T-t-t-two million?!”
I almost couldn’t control my voice. It wouldn’t be good to wake up Shuo Yan and Su Guo again.
“Shh! Keep it down. I… I have no choice. I owe that bad woman a lot of money.”
Bad woman? Does she mean Nalan Xia?
“You mean you owe Nalan Xia two million yuan?” I asked.
Qian Zexing nodded repeatedly. “That bitch froze my bank card. I can’t withdraw a single cent. She also said that everything I eat, use, live in, and wear now is spent with her money. If I don’t obey, she’ll make me wander the streets and starve.”
“Huh? Old Three, isn’t your pocket money from your family? How can Nalan Xia control so much and even freeze your bank card?”
“Wah, talking about this makes me so mad!”
A layer of mist formed in Qian Zexing’s eyes, looking like she was about to cry.
“I called my parents. They said I’m already Nalan Xia’s fiancée and that I should listen to her, saying I’m already part of the Nalan family.”
“But… but my parents didn’t even know that bitch before! I myself don’t know when I got engaged to her.”
I gently patted Qian Zexing’s little head, signaling her to speak slowly. “And what about the two million?”
“She said she spent a lot of money to ‘buy’ me. Unless I pay back that money, I can’t regain my freedom.”
Huh? This plot feels vaguely familiar.
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