Donna yanked off her dirty robe, balled it up, and hurled it hard into a corner. Then she rose onto her toes and silently approached the bed like a cat. Tilting to one side, she smoothly fell onto it and pulled the blanket over herself.
"Phew—phew—"
Soft snores, the sound of deep sleep, came from her nose. In an extremely short time, Donna had transformed from a night wanderer harboring ulterior motives into an ordinary student sound asleep.
The entire sequence was as smooth as flowing water, taking only a few seconds from start to finish. She was frighteningly practiced at it—who knew how many times she had done this before?
Just then, the dormitory door creaked open, and a figure walked in. The figure wore a light-blue robe. It was the very person who had visited Ma Qiu's dormitory not long ago.
The figure made no attempt to hide their "tap, tap, tap" footsteps as they walked to the bed and quietly watched the "sleeping" Donna.
Donna lay motionless on the bed, doing her utmost to pretend she was asleep.
"Phew—phew—"
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
The figure patiently watched Donna for three full minutes before asking with mild amusement, "It's scorching hot, yet you've wrapped yourself so tightly in a blanket. Aren't you hot?"
Donna: "..." She said nothing and continued pretending to sleep.
"Looks like you really aren't hot. Very well." The figure spoke to herself, then turned and walked out.
She returned shortly afterward with something in her hands.
"Whoosh—"
A new blanket was draped over the "sleeping" Donna.
"Whoosh—"
Another new blanket was draped over the "sleeping" Donna.
"Whoosh—"
A third new blanket was draped over the "sleeping" Donna.
After laying three blankets over her, the figure thoughtfully