Chapter 151: Unable to sleep
"I couldn't sleep. I wanted to talk to you," Su Can said when he appeared at Tang Wu's door.
Although Tang Wu was holding a book and reading, it was only a way of distracting herself. When Su Can had closed the guest room door earlier, her ears had pricked up slightly. She had not expected him to take this turn, however, and all the awkwardness with which she had been biting her lip where she sat was laid bare. Her face faintly flushed, she nodded and shifted aside, making room on the bed.
Su Can climbed onto the bed and sat close beside Tang Wu. Looking at her again, he could not help laughing. The girl was clearly terribly nervous. Not only was she wearing pajamas, she even had thermal underwear on beneath them. Yet her body was extraordinarily warm and soft. The light fell on the bedroom window, reflecting the two of them sitting shoulder to shoulder on the bed, utterly still against the night.
It was as though the world outside the window had nothing to do with them at that moment. Whether it was the streets teeming with traffic, the subways humming as they passed, or the hurried lives of all kinds of people beneath the glittering lights, compared with this little world before them, every sound was shut outside. The slightly hurried breathing they could hear from each other was what felt most real and important.
Su Can reached out, slipped his arm around Tang Wu's slender waist, and held her. She was exceptionally soft. Their clothes separated them, but their body heat passed between them.
Tang Wu did not resist, though her body grew even hotter, and the sensation and rhythm felt so familiar to Su Can.
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