Tang Feifei didn't know how many times she tossed and turned in bed when she heard the sound of water in the bathroom stop.
She grabbed a pillow and placed it upright on her right side, making a "38th parallel" gesture. Then, she pulled up the quilt to hide herself in it, closed her eyes, and pretended to sleep.
When Tang Yu came out wrapped in a bathrobe, he saw a bulge in the quilt.
"Aren't you afraid of suffocating yourself by sleeping like this?" He smiled bitterly and wiped his hair absentmindedly.
Tang Feifei didn't respond, her body almost stiffened into a fossil.
He simply threw away the towel, stepped over, and pulled the quilt off her head with his long arms. Her eyes were still tightly closed, and her eyelashes were trembling. Tang Yu laughed and flicked her forehead, "Okay, stop pretending, you're as tight as a rock."
"I'm not pretending. I'm really sleepy." Tang Feifei pulled the quilt back again. This time it didn't cover her head, but her eyes were still closed. She turned her body to the side with her back to him.
Tang Yu saw the pillow she had placed across the middle of the bed. He stretched his long arm across her body and patted it. "What is this?"
"The 38th parallel." Tang Feifei muttered, "I'll sleep on this side tonight, and you'll sleep on that side."
Tang Yu laughed out loud and ruffled her hair, "Childish or not."
Tang Feifei: “…”
Tang Yu didn't care about her 38th parallel or not. He went around to the other side and sat in the quilt. The first thing he did was to pull away the pillow that was blocking the two of them.
Tang Feifei stretched out her hands and quietly grabbed the pillow.
"Not pretending to sleep anymore?" He raised his eyebrows.
Tang Feifei only answered him with a tiny 'hum', like a little animal.
"Alright, let go." He spoke like he was talking to a child.
"No, you can't take it away." Her head was still buried in her pillow, and the sound of her words was like a mosquito.
"Pretentious." Tang Yu pulled the pillow away without much effort. He placed it on his back and looked at her from top to bottom. "If I really wanted to do something to you, what do you think a pillow would be of any use?"
"That at least shows my attitude."
"Your attitude is that you don't allow me to touch you?"
"..." Tang Feifei pursed her lips and didn't say a word. It wasn't that she didn't allow him to touch her. It was just...
Women are like this, saying one thing and thinking another! Because they are reserved, they always have to pretend.
Tang Yu patted his shoulder and said, "Lie here, I'll hold you while you sleep."
His shoulders were broad and strong. In fact, Tang Feifei had secretly fantasized about sleeping in his arms countless times, especially when he looked like this at the moment. It was too tempting for her. She gave up her reserve and hesitated for only two seconds before poking her head out of the quilt, moving up a little and resting her head on his shoulder.
She was wearing a set of white and pink plush pajamas. Tang Yu stretched out an arm from behind and hugged her. His long fingers slowly stroked her clothes, as if feeling the softness of the pajamas.
"Why haven't I seen you wear these pajamas before?" he asked.
"You were always in the capital before, and you didn't care about me. Of course you haven't seen it."
"Are you really going to keep talking about this for the rest of your life?"
Tang Feifei raised her head and looked at him. "Last time you said that you missed me in the past three years. Then tell me how much you missed me. If you can satisfy me, I will forgive you and never mention this again."
Tang Yu lowered his head and met her gaze. He hugged her tightly with one hand and held her soft little hand with the other, letting her cling to him like a koala.
It was the first time that the two of them were so close to each other, and his heart became especially soft. This feeling was something he had never experienced before.
"How much do I have to miss you to be satisfied?" Tang Yu asked.
"Forget it, your answer will definitely not satisfy me. I don't want to hear lies." Tang Feifei waved her hand. Another question came to her mind, "Then tell me, when did you stop treating me as your sister and start considering being with me?"
Tang Yu was helpless, "Why do you have so many questions in your head? Is there anything else you want to know? Think about it carefully and ask it all at once."
“… Can I really ask?”
"I'll give you one chance tonight. After tonight, you're not allowed to ask any questions anymore."
"Then let me ask!" Tang Feifei lay on his chest and looked at him, "Brother, are you sure you really like me? It's not because I'm your sister and you want to be nice to me as a brother, but you mistakenly think that this is your love for me."
"And the second one?"
"If you really like me, when did it start?"
"Anything else?"
"... the last one!" She raised her hand, looked at him carefully, and then continued to ask: "You loved Liang Rujin so much before, why did you suddenly want to divorce? Then... will you suddenly stop liking me?"
Tang Yu put his arm around her waist and pulled her to him. He held the back of her head with his big hand and pressed her little face down. The two of them looked into each other's eyes and were surprisingly close to each other, so their breathing became disordered. Tang Feifei saw her nervous self in his deep black pupils. The next moment, she heard his hoarse whisper: "I'm going to tell you the real answer, and you might think I'm a beast."
“…” Her eyelashes trembled and she was speechless.
"In fact, I don't know exactly when I started to like you. Maybe it was three years ago, or maybe it was earlier than three years ago."
Tang Feifei was stunned. She had never expected the answer to be like this.
Tang Yu held her big hand and stroked her waist before continuing hoarsely, "When I was in my 20s, I often had erotic dreams. Most of the time, the heroines in my dreams were imaginary. But there were a few times when something unexpected happened."
"...What accident?" She licked her dry lips.
Tang Yu lifted her long hair from the corner of her mouth with his big hand and whispered: "In my dream, it was you several times."
Tang Feifei fluttered her eyelashes.
Tang Yu's breathing also became heavy, and the atmosphere suddenly became extremely ambiguous.
"Are you scared?" Tang Yu looked at her in silence.
"No." Tang Feifei shook her head. She was just too surprised. "Then... how old was I then?"
Tang Yu coughed uncomfortably, "Maybe... 17 or 18 years old!"
"You're lying. You were already 30 when I was 17 or 18. You just said you were in your 20s."
She usually looks silly, but at this moment she suddenly becomes smart.
"Okay, tell the truth." Tang Yu sat up a little, looked at her, and seemed to find it difficult to speak. After a long while, he said stiffly: "When you were about 15 or 16 years old."
Tang Feifei stared at him with eyes wide open, "At that time, I treated you as my own brother, and I had no second thoughts."
Therefore, she was not the first one to have such desire.