Late at night, at home, in the Living Room.
I hadn't turned on the lights. This dimness wouldn't affect my vision anyway. Everything upstairs and downstairs had already gone quiet; everyone in the house was probably asleep, aside from the ghost who might be wandering around the basement. But it wasn't time for Anweina to come upstairs yet. She usually entered the Living Room a little after eleven at night, cleaned for half an hour, then began singing Undead Overture until midnight...
I looked around the Living Room and spotted a figure sleeping on the sofa.
To my great surprise, the girl casually curled up asleep in the Living Room wasn't the Nine-tailed Fox who had degenerated into the household pet dog, but Lin Xue. Miss had a thin blanket draped over her, her whole body curled into the large sofa like a little hamster freezing in the cold. Her head was buried beneath her arms, and faint, nearly inaudible breathing came from her. She had clearly been asleep for a while. I stood there blankly for a moment, unable to figure out why this Girl had fallen asleep here.
And she hadn't gone home today, either.
I carefully crept over to Miss like a thief, crouched beside her, and studied her fascinating curled-up sleeping posture. This was the first time I had seen Miss asleep like this. I hadn't expected this Girl, who normally dominated every situation, to have such a quiet, vulnerable side. When she was awake, she was always dazzling, sharp-tongued, and fierce, like a proud Hedgehog ready to prick anyone at any moment. But now, curled into a ball and sound asleep, she looked so fragile that I was worried even a nightmare might scare her awake.
Looking at the girl before me, I suddenly had