bedroom.
Xia Jinshu sat at her desk, engrossed in doing her homework.
However, her mind was clearly not on her homework. After making a few strokes, she immediately turned to look at her diary next to her and couldn't help but flip through it for a glance.
Upon discovering that her diary hadn't been updated yet, a hint of disappointment and anxiety flashed in her eyes, before she turned back to continue doing her homework.
I don't know what's going on, it's almost 10 p. m. Normally, Song Yunshen would have finished writing his diary by now, but he hasn't written it yet.
This guy is really something, he's always unreliable for a day or two, forcing her to stay up late too.
Xia Jinshu opened her diary for the 11th time, but still didn't see Song Yunshen's update for tonight. She became increasingly anxious, feeling like she had already triggered withdrawal symptoms.
She couldn't help but take out her phone, wanting to contact Song Yunshen to ask about the situation and see if he was asleep.
Just then, the bedroom door was pushed open, Yan Zhenxia walked in from outside, carrying her notebook.
Xia Jinshu initially thought it was Xia Yunuo, but when she turned around and saw it was her own mother, she was stunned for a moment. She then silently put her phone away and asked her in confusion, "Mom, why did you come in?"
" Xiao Nuo said she wants to sleep with Ningning tonight and asked me to come in and sleep in her bed." Yan Zhenxia smiled as she sat down in Xia Yunuo's seat, put her notebook down, and then turned to look at Xia Jinshu. "It's almost 10 o'clock, isn't Xiao Shu going to sleep yet?" "I'll go to sleep soon." Hearing her mother's comment, Xia Jinshu felt awkward continuing to sit at her desk and could only start tidying up her desk, preparing to go to bed. "By the way, why did Xiao Nuo suddenly want to sleep with Ningning?"
"She said she had something to say to Ningning, but she didn't know what to say." Yan Zhenxia shook her head. "Does Xiao Shu know? How are the two younger sisters getting along lately?"
"I don't know, they seem to get along quite well." Xia Jinshu shook her head in confusion, also wondering what Xia Yunuo wanted to talk to Xia Kening about in the middle of the night. "A while ago, Xiao Nuo even brought snacks back for Ningning."
"Then it's alright." Yan Zhenxia didn't intend to pry. Children have their own little secrets, and adults don't need to ask too many questions. We should give them some privacy.
Xia Jinshu nodded, not thinking much of it, assuming it was just a whim of Xia Yunuo.
After tidying up the desk, Xia Jinshu discreetly took the diary into her hand, blocked Yan Zhenxia's view with her body, and then turned around and went to the bedside, stuffing the diary under the pillow.
After watching her eldest daughter lie down on the bed, Yan Zhenxia opened her laptop and continued typing her short drama.
But then she suddenly realized that typing like that would make noise and might disturb Xia Jinshu's sleep, so she stopped what she was doing.
Seeing that her mother had suddenly stopped typing, Xia Jinshu realized something and said, "Mom, you can just keep typing. The white noise of the keyboard helps you sleep."
"Really? Won't it disturb you?" Yan Zhenxia asked, somewhat surprised.
"No, I won't. If you find it noisy, I'll tell you." Xia Jinshu smiled slightly, then asked curiously, "But Mom, what kind of short dramas have you been writing lately? Have any of them been released yet?"
"It won't be released so soon..." Yan Zhenxia smiled somewhat awkwardly, "The content wasn't actually written by me. I just found some novels and adapted them into a screenplay." "Then what novels did you adapt?" Xia Jinshu continued to press.
"Why ask so many questions?" Yan Zhenxia quickly interrupted, "Just focus on your studies. Stop asking about novels and short dramas. Watching too much of that will affect your grades."
Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it, Xia Jinshu didn't ask any more questions about the content of the short drama, but instead asked, "So, what does Mom think of this job? She's been doing it for over a month now."
"It's great," Yan Zhenxia said with a smile. "Compared to the physical labor I used to do, it's definitely much easier."
"That's true, I feel you look much better lately." Xia Jinshu nodded. "So, how's that short drama company you joined? Is it big?"
"It's not a big company," Yan Zhenxia shook her head. "And it's not even a company, just a small studio, run by four partners, with only about 20 people in total."
"Oh." Xia Jinshu didn't really care about the size of the company, and just casually asked, "So, where did Mom find this job? How did you come up with the idea of writing short dramas?"
"What a coincidence!" Yan Zhenxia said with a smile. "The landlord had entrusted the rent collection to his son, so I added him on WeChat. Later, I saw that he was helping to share this short drama studio's recruitment ad on his WeChat Moments."
"The pay seems pretty good. It says there are no educational requirements, just prior writing experience. I thought I wrote essays in school, so I might as well give it a try, since it doesn't cost any money anyway."
"I didn't have high hopes, but I was surprised to actually get selected. The results were pretty good, and the studio owner really appreciates me. He's already approved two of my drafts, and each one comes with a 4,000 yuan bonus."
Xia Jinshu had heard her talk about the salary and bonuses at the short drama studio before, so she wasn't too surprised. But this was the first time she had heard about the landlord's son promoting it on his WeChat Moments.
"The landlord's son is promoting this?" "He must be some kind of relative," Yan Zhenxia guessed. "Speaking of which, you and he are schoolmates; he also went to Ningjiang Middle School."
"Huh? What grade is he in?" Xia Jinshu asked curiously.
"I don't know about that." Yan Zhenxia shook her head.
Seeing that Yan Zhenxia didn't know, Xia Jinshu didn't ask any further questions, since she wasn't particularly interested in other boys.
Yan Zhenxia did not mention Song Yunshen's name, mainly because she had gotten carried away in the conversation and momentarily forgot that Xia Jinshu's tutor was Song Yunshen.
She didn't want her daughter to know about this, so as not to put pressure on her when she was teaching.
After chatting for a while, Yan Zhenxia simply closed her notebook, got up, went to the bedside, and climbed up to the upper bunk. "It's getting late, let's go to sleep... Huh? What's with this doll?"
"Oh, that's a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I gave to Xiao Nuo," Xia Jinshu explained from the bed. " Ningning also has a SpongeBob SquarePants, right? I won them both from the claw machine when I went out with my classmates last time. I didn't need them myself, so I just gave them to them."
"Oh, I see." Yan Zhenxia suddenly realized, and didn't ask any more questions. She had no idea that Xia Jinshu had grabbed the two dolls while she was on a date with Song Yunshen.
Xia Jinshu breathed a sigh of relief, but felt a little guilty. She hadn't expected that she would lie to her mother more and more often since she met Song Yunshen.
It's all Song Yunshen's fault.
Xia Jinshu thought angrily to herself. She pulled out her diary from under her pillow, flipped to the latest page, and glanced at it. She found that Song Yunshen still hadn't written anything in his diary for the day, and she became even angrier.
Seeing that Yan Zhenxia had already lain down on the upper bunk and should not be able to detect the movement below, Xia Jinshu immediately took out her phone, found Song Yunshen's WeChat, and sent a probing signal.
That naughty son Yunshen, could he be sneaking off to meet his Mama Xia again?
If that's really the case, then I, Mama Xia... will really be angry.
On the other side.
On the double bed in the living room.
When Song Yunshen asked Xia Yunuo what she wanted to talk to him about, Xia Yunuo hesitated.
After all, she herself didn't know what to talk about with Song Yunshen at this moment.
After much thought, her eyes darted around, her heart pounding, when suddenly a brilliant idea struck her—a great topic for conversation.
She coughed, turned to look at her younger sister, and said to Song Yunshen with a serious expression, "Actually, I wanted to tell you something."
"What's wrong?" Song Yunshen asked curiously. "Actually, I've been keeping this from you and my older sister." Xia Yunuo took a deep breath and said to Song Yunshen, "During the summer vacation, I've been going to see Song Yunshen every day, haven't I? Actually, I wasn't just going to hang out with him; I was tutoring his cousin."
After revealing this so-called "secret," Xia Yunuo couldn't help but give herself a thumbs up for her cleverness.
After all, this matter was hardly a secret to Song Yunshen.
Xia Kening, who was able to swap souls with Song Yunshen, already knew about this.
Therefore, whether from Song Yunshen's perspective or Xia Kening's perspective, Xia Yunuo suffered no loss by revealing this secret.
In Song Yunshen and Xia Kening's view, Xia Yunuo was clearly unaware that they already knew about it.
But in reality, Xia Yunuo had already secretly known that the two of them knew about this.
Therefore, bringing up this topic at this moment as an excuse to deal with Song Yunshen was perfectly appropriate.
Song Yunshen was taken aback when Xia Yunuo suddenly brought this up. He quickly put on a surprised expression, still trying his best to play the role of Xia Kening: "What? There's such a thing? Is it true?"
"Of course it's true, why would I lie to you?" Xia Yunuo tried hard to suppress her laughter, enjoying Song Yunshen's performance and playing along, continuing, "I get a salary of 3,000 every month, and I've already received my July pay."
"Wouldn't that be the same as your older sister?" Song Yunshen maintained his surprised expression, pondering what Xia Kening would do in this situation. "Why have you been keeping this from us all this time?"
"I just didn't want to talk about it." Xia Yunuo had no way to deal with her awkward personality, so she could only give this vague answer. "Then why are you telling me now?" Song Yunshen asked suspiciously.
"I've earned money, sister!" Xia Yunuo smiled and patted Song Yunshen's shoulder. "Besides, you're about to start school, so I thought I should give you more pocket money. You can eat more vegetables in the school cafeteria and buy some snacks to share with your roommates."
Hearing her say that, Song Yunshen was genuinely touched.
Whether it's Xia Jinshu or Xia Yunuo, as the older sister, they really think about their younger sister Xia Kening in every way.
After Xia Yunuo finished speaking, she promptly took out her phone. If she was going to act, she'd act it out perfectly, and transferred 200 yuan to Xia Kening directly.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, Song Yunshen's phone, which was on the bedside table, also vibrated.
At the same time, both Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo couldn't help but raise their eyebrows.
"I've transferred your allowance to you, remember to accept it." Xia Yunuo gave Song Yunshen Shenshen look, thinking that they hadn't even exchanged WeChat. Song Yunshen was using his sister's phone, and the WeChat logged in was still Xia Kening's.
But Song Yunshen simply glanced at the phone next to him without changing his expression, picked it up and looked at it silently, only to find that it was a message sent by Xia Jinshu.
Isn't that a coincidence?
The two exchanged another glance, Song Yunshen quickly sent a message to Xia Kening. However, before he could finish typing, both of their phones vibrated one after the other.
Xia Yunuo's side showed that the 200 yuan red envelope had been received. Meanwhile, Song Yunshen received another message from Xia Kening.
[ Xia Kening ]: What the heck?!
[ Xia Kening ]: Why did my second sister transfer 200 yuan to me?
[ Xia Kening ]: What are you doing so late at night? Scamming someone?
Song Yunshen ignored her for the time being. After confirming that Xia Kening had received the message, he put his phone aside and continued to analyze Xia Kening's expected reaction. Then, he suddenly threw himself into Xia Yunuo's arms.
"Second sister, you're amazing! I love you to death!"
Song Yunshen strained to say these words, nuzzling his head against Xia Yunuo's chest.
Xia Yunuo was startled by his sudden action. After realizing that Song Yunshen, she froze instantly, then felt a tingling sensation all over her body and her cheeks flushed red.
She was somewhat at a loss. On one hand, she was still thinking about why Song Yunshen and Xia Kening hadn't exchanged WeChat contacts, and on the other hand, she was being hugged by Song Yunshen like this, which made her mind go blank.
Xia Yunuo panicked when she realized they hadn't swapped WeChat accounts. She suddenly realized that since Song Yunshen was currently logged into his sister's WeChat, it meant Xia Kening was using Song Yunshen's WeChat.
What if Xia Kening suddenly decides to open and look through her usual chat history with Song Yunshen...?
My God! Just thinking about this possibility made Xia Yunuo's toes dig into the ground, and she couldn't help but tremble all over.
Although she didn't usually discuss anything too outrageous with Song Yunshen, their somewhat ambiguous interactions alone were enough to make Xia Yunuo blush with embarrassment.
At that moment, Song Yunshen suddenly hugged her and said he loved her to death. The combination of shyness and embarrassment turned Xia Yunuo into a steam girl, her whole body burning hot.
But she couldn't bear to push away her younger sister's body in her arms. The thought that Song Yunshen was controlling her made her heart flutter.
The next second, a thought echoed in her mind.
[It's a pity, it's a bit small, my face can't even fit in it. If it were Xia Kening or Xia Jinshu, it would definitely be perfect.]
Upon suddenly hearing this thought, Xia Yunuo's face stiffened instantly, veins bulged on her forehead, and she couldn't help but clench her little fists, almost punching her younger sister on the head.
Fortunately, she managed to hold back, and shoved Song Yunshen away from her embrace with a huff, saying, "It's so hot! Don't hug me so tightly, stay away from me!"
Song Yunshen retreated to the side with some regret, still savoring the memory of Xia Yunuo's embrace, but unfortunately, it was too short.
But Xia Yunuo was still angry. She turned around, pulled the covers up, and said sullenly, "I've said everything I needed to say. Stop bothering me and go to sleep."
Song Yunshen sighed, thinking to himself that he had originally thought he could sleep in Xia Yunuo's arms.
Seeing that Xia Yunuo was already getting ready for bed, Song Yunshen had no choice but to turn to the side, take his phone back, and glance at WeChat. [ Song Yunshen ]: This is the pocket money I got for you, no need to thank me.
[ Xia Kening ]: Why are you suddenly giving me pocket money? What did you say to her?
[ Song Yunshen ]: I'll tell you the details tomorrow. You should compensate me for my trouble first.
[ Xia Kening ]: I want to look pretty.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Hey, hey, hey, I give you 50 yuan of the pocket money my dad gives me.
[ Xia Kening ]: (Transfer: 10 yuan)
[ Song Yunshen ]: Oh, you actually gave it to me?
[ Xia Kening ]: Stop talking nonsense, here's your reward.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Alright then, I won't stand on ceremony.
[ Xia Kening ]: You should be going to sleep by now, right? I'll say it again, you're not allowed to lay a finger on my mother. [ Song Yunshen ]: Don't worry about it, I won't even touch your mother's finger.
But your second sister came to him of her own accord, so you can't blame him for that.
Xia Kening had no idea that the person lying next to Song Yunshen Shen was Xia Yunuo; she hadn't even considered such a possibility. So, after giving her instructions, she ended the conversation.
At this moment, after dealing with Xia Kening, Song Yunshen finally opened Xia Jinshu's chat page and glanced at what Mama Xia had just sent.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: Are you asleep?
Okay, here comes another one of these pointless interactions.
As a chat partner, Mama Xia is really not very interesting; she's far less fun than Xia Kening and Xia Yunuo.
Song Yunshen and decided not to talk to her any longer.
[ Song Yunshen ]: I'm getting ready to sleep. Goodnight, senior.
In the bedroom, Xia Jinshu waited for a long time without receiving a reply from Song Yunshen. She tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.
She had assumed Song Yunshen was already asleep, but just as she was about to give up, her phone suddenly vibrated.
Xia Jinshu opened her eyes abruptly, quickly picked up her phone, opened WeChat, and looked at the message sent by Song Yunshen.
Seeing him send a "goodnight" so directly, Xia Jinshu immediately collapsed onto the bed again, letting out a long sigh.
How could this guy forget something as important as keeping a diary?! Even if he really did have sex with her again tonight, he could have written it in his diary!
Anyway, it wasn't the first time, and Xia Jinshu was already used to it and didn't care about it much anymore.
Compared to seeing her bad son flying towards her in the diary, it was the fact that she couldn't see the diary at all that was harder for Xia Jinshu to accept.
Xia Jinshu sent Song Yunshen a "goodnight" message with a helpless expression, then put away her phone and diary, staring blankly at the upper bunk, completely unable to sleep.
She had no idea that Song Yunshen was currently living in her younger sister Xia Kening's body, sleeping on the double bed in the living room with her other younger sister Xia Yunuo.
Tonight, several more people in this world will suffer from insomnia.
But this does not include Xia Kening.
While several others were struggling with insomnia, she was happily playing video games in Song Yunshen's study.