"Ring ring..."
In the dim room, the phone on the bedside table suddenly lit up, then began ringing loudly.
"Uh..."
Lin Li, who had been sleeping soundly in bed, opened his eyes. He pulled a hand from beneath the covers and reached toward the bedside table.
An unfamiliar phone number appeared on the screen. Lin Li glanced at it, then tapped the screen to answer.
"Hello?"
"Hello, sir. Our company has recently launched personal accident insurance. May I ask if you're interested?"
"..." A pleasant voice came from the phone. Although the insurance agent's voice sounded lovely, Lin Li had just been roused from sleep.
After a second of silence, Lin Li restrained the urge to curse at the caller, hung up, and added the number to his blacklist.
He put the phone back on the bedside table, tugged at the covers, and pulled them over his entire body.
Just as he was preparing to sleep a little longer, the doorbell rang.
That did it. After being disturbed twice in a row, most of his sleepiness had vanished, and he could basically forget about falling asleep again.
Lin Li threw off the covers, got out of bed, went to the entrance, and opened the door.
Xia Qing had tied up her hair and was wearing an apron printed with small flowers. With a gentle smile on her face, she looked at the bleary-eyed Lin Li and said, "Were you sleeping just now?"
"Mm." Lin Li nodded, then shifted his gaze to the plate Xia Qing was holding.
"Tongtong said she wanted to eat wontons on the way to school this morning, so I made some..."
Lin Li smiled and thanked Xia Qing, reached out to take the plate from her, then turned and left.
Xia Qing waited at the doorway