The room was stifling, but he worried that running the air conditioner would be bad for his health.
Xie Chen decided to take off his clothes and slip under the covers after all.
The instant their bare skin touched, he shuddered as though shocked.
"Ahem." Xie Chen cleared his throat awkwardly. "I'll scoot toward the edge."
No sooner had he spoken than he fell off the bed, letting out a perfectly timed "Ow!"
He was about to climb back up when he looked up and saw Huo Wenye reach out and wrap an arm around his waist.
"Hey, hey, I can get up myself..."
By the time Xie Chen finished speaking, he had already been tucked into the inner side of the bed.
"I'll sleep on the outside."
Huo Wenye's low, clear voice fell beside his ear, making Xie Chen's lashes flutter.
He knew Beijing's Huo Buddha was a big man, but he had never expected him to be this big.
He could actually envelop Xie Chen in his embrace and make him look rather small.
I'm six foot one myself, okay?!
Unconvinced, Xie Chen stretched his legs straight to show off his height, only to reveal the curve of his waist. Huo Wenye's long arm slid naturally around it. "Go to sleep. Don't you have an early class tomorrow?"
Huo Wenye's breath brushed Xie Chen's ear.
A tingling current coursed through his entire body again.
Xie Chen lay stiffly, afraid to move, yet somehow felt that this scene was deeply familiar, as though it had once been an everyday occurrence...
In the middle of the night, Qin Chuyu was half asleep when he suddenly heard urgent knocking at his door.
"Who is it?!" He sat up irritably.
"Police! We need your cooperation in an investigation!" a voice with