Lu Yubai, who had still been half-asleep, suddenly heard Lu Xiaoxiao say in her thoughts that she was going to interrogate him. It scared half his soul clean out of his body.
The boy jolted awake. For a moment, he practically traced his memories back to the origin of the universe, but even after racking his brains, he couldn't figure out what crime he'd committed this time.
Haha, how about pretending to sleepwalk... and going back to bed?
But... would that actually work?
Lu Yubai swallowed nervously. Before he could put his freshly devised survival strategy into practice, the person on the sofa smiled and beckoned him over.
"Yubai~ You're awake? Come over to your big sister~~~"
Lu Xiaoxiao's voice was thirty percent tenderness, thirty percent sweetness, and forty percent kindly affection. At first listen, she sounded even more gentle than Lu Jiaoyue herself.
Lu Yubai: "???"
Holy shit, was he hallucinating? Could he still be in a dream within a dream... and not have woken up at all?!
Seeing Xiaoxiao being this gentle could only mean this Lu Xiaoxiao was fake, or... or the whole world was fake, right?!
His sister's unfamiliar tone terrified Lu Yubai. He froze halfway down the stairs, afraid to go forward or retreat, looking even more frightened than if he'd seen a ghost. He trembled for ages before finding his voice. "Sis... if I've done something wrong... c-can you just tell me? I'll admit it! Don't torture me like this!!!"
Lu Xiaoxiao: "..."
[What the hell? What kind of person does this brat think I am?! I speak gently and he gets scared? He really doesn't know what's good for him!!!]
After venting in her thoughts, Lu Xiaoxiao rubbed her face in exasperation and immediately resumed her usual expression. "What are you babbling about?