The next day, around four in the morning.
A shrill ring broke the silence of the warm room, as if trying to tear the quiet night to pieces.
"Ring-a-ling..."
A bare, snow-white hand suddenly reached out from under the covers, fumbling about blindly before grabbing the phone and retreating back beneath the sheets, silencing the alarm.
Ten minutes later, a long, drowsy moan escaped from under the covers, filled with a young girl's lazy, endearing innocence.
"Mm~~"
"My head hurts so much... Huh?!"
The owner of the voice bolted upright in bed, suddenly realizing she wasn't at home, but in a Jiuzhaigou hotel, and that she had to record a show today.
"What time is it?" She hurriedly dug her phone out from under the covers to check the time. It was already four-twelve.
"Whew! Time to get up, time to get up! I remember setting my alarm for four, why didn't it go off again? Good thing I have my own biological clock, otherwise both of us would be la— huh?" An You suddenly looked to her side. It was completely empty. "Where's Xueer?"
She turned her head just in time to see a dim light coming from the bathroom, so she called out, "Xueer!"
"Hmm?" Xiao Xueer poked her head out of the bathroom, holding a toothbrush with a bit of white foam on the corner of her mouth, her long hair already combed neatly. She gave An You a puzzled look before mumbling indistinctly, "Didn't your alarm just go off? Why are you only waking up now?"
"Huh? Did the alarm go off?" An You asked, stunned.
"Yeah."
"Are you sure it went off?"
"Yeah." Xiao Xueer nodded while brushing her teeth. "You just reflexively turned it off again, didn't you?"
"I thought it was my own