Seeing that Wen Zhixia was sleeping soundly, Chen Shi'an left her asleep. Unfortunately, Little Cicada couldn't even behave in her sleep. As he focused on the movie, he suddenly felt moisture soak through the fabric of his short-sleeved school uniform, leaving his arm cool and damp.
His shoulder had been warm beneath the girl's soft cheek, which made that cool sensation particularly noticeable.
Chen Shi'an quickly turned to look.
Wen Zhixia was drooling-
She was sleeping soundly, her cheek squashed against his arm and her mouth naturally falling slightly open. After she had leaned there for a while, a glistening thread slipped from the corner of her soft lips and landed squarely on his uniform.
Chen Shi'an couldn't take it anymore. He gently nudged the little head on his shoulder, trying to wake her.
"Little Cicada."
"Little Cicada-"
"Wake up-!"
Just as Chen Shi'an reached over to pinch her little nose, Wen Zhixia finally opened her bleary eyes. His hand froze in midair as she gazed at him groggily.
An odd silence fell, broken only by the movie playing in the living room.
A peculiar blush rapidly spread across the girl's cheeks. Her hazy eyes cleared, her pupils trembling slightly...
Wen Zhixia moved fast. Once she was awake, she immediately clutched the blanket in front of her and shuffled her bottom away from him.
Only then did she ask warily:
"W-what were you reaching over for?"
"You're asking me? What were you doing, sleeping like a little pig and drooling all over my arm?"
The moment Chen Shi'an said that, the girl's cheeks looked as though they had been splashed with scalding water. Scarlet spread from the tips of her ears to her jaw and down her neck.
She hastily wiped the corner of her mouth. A lingering trace of