Staying up late to play games... How long had it been since he had done something so childish?
Whether in his previous life or this one, ever since he grew up, he seemed never to have touched those game consoles piled away in the corner again.
After clearing the EX dungeon of "War Wheel 2077" for who knew how many times and setting a new record, he felt a weight settle onto his shoulder.
That petite body slowly slid down, eventually sprawling against his arm, her eyelashes drooping as sleep overtook her.
In the end, she became the king of staying up late tonight.
Childish, wasn't it?
Normally, even if Silver Wolf stayed up for a day or two straight, she would not have gone down so instantly like this.
It was just that ever since arriving at the Xianzhou these past few days, she had barely rested. Once her taut nerves relaxed, drowsiness came easily.
"Good night."
Bai Heng murmured almost soundlessly, then lifted her small body off his shoulder.
He draped a gray wool blanket over her slightly curled-up body, then gently turned off the lights.
He found another corner for himself and prepared to take a brief nap.
Yet the moment he closed his eyes, the rising sun beyond the blinds was already shining across his face.
Still, why did the sunlight on his face feel a little itchy today? And it smelled rather nice too... It was a faint scent somewhere between mint essence and pomegranate blossoms, subtle but pleasant, not attention-grabbing like perfume.
When Bai Heng opened his slightly sore eyes, disturbed from a sweet dream,
he immediately discovered what was going on.
A girl stood before him.
Her soft, pale hand was wrapped around a lock of hair, and she was using that bundled