With Huo Wu at his side, Quan Yi let go of everything he had been carrying. At that moment, the exhaustion that had piled up deep in his heart erupted completely.
His heavy eyelids irresistibly shut out the outside world.
Wrapped in that reassuring fragrance, Quan Yi fell completely unconscious.
Huo Wu looked at Quan Yi's sleeping face and held him even more tightly in her arms. Then, along with him, she closed her eyes as well, and they entered dreamland together.
Speaking of which, over the past half year, neither of them had really slept much.
They had long since stopped keeping to their regular schedule of sleeping one day each week.
Just like that, the two slept for a full day and night in a state close to collapse.
During this time, when Quan Yi's family heard the deep breathing coming from inside the room, they deliberately avoided disturbing them.
The sun rose and set. The moon rose and set.
Fresh sunlight slipped through the gap in the curtains and shone onto the two of them.
That faint warmth awakened their sleeping sensory cells.
Their eyelashes stirred slightly, and they opened their eyes at the same time.
The soft sensation against Quan Yi's cheek, the scent lingering in his nose, and the comfort of having all his fatigue swept away put him in an excellent mood.
Noticing that Huo Wu had also awakened, he rose slightly, shifted his body upward, passed his arm beneath her, and held Huo Wu's body against his chest.
He nuzzled intimately by her ear and said, "I really want to just hold each other like this forever and never get up."
Huo Wu adjusted her posture, lay against his hard chest, and teased, "Wouldn't that be the same as being dead?
"Besides, everyone