The next morning, sunlight streamed through the window lattice. Su Fan was deep in a sweet dream, his brow completely relaxed.
The three female companions had tossed him around until dawn was nearly breaking last night. Now every bone and sinew in his body cried out with exhaustion, and all he wanted was a good sleep.
But the next second, a gentle shove came from behind and dragged him back from the edge of dreamland.
Reluctantly, he sat up from the floor couch, his eyelids heavy as lead.
Su Fan looked at his senior sister with displeasure. His mind still held a trace of sleepiness, and even his annoyance was wrapped in lazy, muddled drowsiness.
"Why'd you wake me up... I'd barely slept at all..."
He grumbled hoarsely, his voice thick with morning temper. His eyes were not even fully open, and he cursed the person who had disturbed his sleep several times in his heart.
His senior sister glared at his shameless appearance and shoved him harder. Her voice carried an urgency she could not conceal.
"Master's here... There must be something urgent. Stop dawdling..."
Su Fan's temper flared at that, but he also knew his master would not come for no reason. He could only rise unwillingly, grumbling nonstop with a look of grievance.
"This life's impossible... You tossed me around until dawn last night, and now you've dragged me out of bed so early again..."
At his words, his senior sister instantly recalled the absurdity of the previous night.
Her little face flushed bright red with a whoosh, the color spreading from her ears to her neck. Embarrassed and angry, she raised her hand and hammered him hard, though there was little genuine anger behind the blow.
Su Fan did not mind taking the hit. Instead, he