Early the next morning, sunlight streamed through the window into the room, where Ye Qing was sound asleep on the heated kang bed.
"Big brother, the sun's shining on your bottom! Time to get up!"
Having accepted her dad's assignment to wake him, Yaoyao ran to Ye Qing's bedside first thing in the morning.
"Just a little longer, a little longer..."
Ye Qing mumbled groggily, rolling over to go back to sleep.
"Gardevoir~"
Sitting at the foot of the kang, Gardevoir felt rather helpless. Her Trainer was great in every way except for his love of sleeping in-and he was impossible to wake.
Yaoyao furrowed her little brows, feeling that this big brother was far too lazy.
Her eyes darted around mischievously. With a naughty grin, she poked her hair into Ye Qing's ear and twirled it.
"That tickles! Hahaha!"
Ye Qing burst out laughing despite himself. After playing around with the little girl for a while, he was no longer sleepy.
"Big brother, hurry up and get up for breakfast! The food's going to get cold!"
Yaoyao dodged Ye Qing's bear hug, leaving behind a trail of silvery laughter.
"Brother Ye, get up and eat."
Zhang Zhongxin called from the living room as he brought out the last plate of roast meat.
"Coming!"
Ye Qing patted his face and had Gengar hand him his toiletries. After hurriedly freshening up, he went out with Gardevoir.
"Sol."
Absol greeted Ye Qing from outside the door. After last night's commotion, everyone in the oasis had become a little friendlier toward him.
Zhang Zhongxin picked up some food for Yaoyao, then turned to Ye Qing. "Dig in. We don't have much water here, so we mostly eat bread and roast meat. I hope you don't mind."
Ye Qing hurriedly explained, "This is already