Realizing her lapse in composure, Lin Yue hurriedly sat up and scooted inward, leaving Chen Xi the outer spot.
Only after lying back down did she answer Chen Xi's question. "But it really is comfortable. It always feels like this place is my home."
Unfortunately, the old house her parents had left behind was still in another city, over five hundred kilometers away. So when Lin Yue had first enrolled, she had simply moved into a double dorm room.
"If you like staying here, then stay as long as you want. We've got plenty of time ahead of us."
Deliberately avoiding the vacant spot Lin Yue had left for her, Chen Xi instead pulled out the desk chair and plopped down on it. Opening the closed laptop, she put on a show of handling Prosperity Group business.
Seeing that no one had lain down beside her for quite some time, Lin Yue lifted her head in confusion and looked toward Chen Xi at the desk.
"What's wrong? Are you sleepy?" Without turning around, Chen Xi slowed her typing after catching Lin Yue's movement from the corner of her eye.
"No."
Lin Yue lay back down again, not forgetting to add, "Keep typing. Don't worry about me—I find the white noise pretty soothing."
"Is that so?" A faint smile curled at Chen Xi's lips. She stopped randomly tapping at the keyboard, closed the laptop, then rose from her chair and walked over to the bed.
Pulling aside the bed curtain, Chen Xi casually lay down inside.
Feeling someone lie beside her, their body heat gradually seeping over, Lin Yue was initially a little unaccustomed to it.
But soon, under the effect of the bed's soul-soothing wood, she gradually got used to the sound of Chen Xi's breathing and drifted into a