Chapter 15: Better Than a Pillow

Cheng Yiyi watched Shen Anyue sleep, thinking the girl looked unbelievably cute.

She tightened her arms around the pillow and leaned in for a sniff.

Very fragrant. Not even the faintest trace of sweat. Under the leftover light, the pillow looked clean to the eye.

It did have the sleep-aiding effect Shen Anyue had mentioned, too. It also carried her body scent.

Cheng Yiyi would bet that if this life-size pillow, unwashed and carrying its owner’s scent, ever went up for auction, there would be plenty of weirdos paying a hundred thousand for it.

But Cheng Yiyi had no intention of selling it.

Because she could tell the pattern on the pillow was hand-embroidered. A quick guess told her it was Shen Anyue’s own work.

“Pretty nimble hands…”

She muttered softly. After cuddling the pillow for a while, she turned her attention to Shen Anyue.

By now, Shen Anyue was fast asleep.

Maybe because she was used to sleeping alone for a long time, Shen Anyue slept very deeply whenever she dozed off.

Cheng Yiyi pinched her cheek lightly. Shen Anyue gave no sign of waking.

Her hands, though, were restless. She was clutching the blanket, as if trying to fold it into her arms.

‘She must have a habit of hugging something while sleeping…’

Cheng Yiyi had always slept in good posture, so pillows never mattered much to her.

Thinking this, she tried to shove the pillow into Shen Anyue’s arms.

But there were two people in the bed.

The pillow was too bulky. Stuck between them, it let in a draft from its edges.

Even if it was summer, the air conditioner was set low. If the blanket didn’t cover well, she could easily catch a cold.

And Shen Anyue had given most of the blanket to Cheng Yiyi, leaving only a thin corner for herself.

“Ugh, she can’t catch a cold…”

Cheng Yiyi lay still for a moment, then swallowed hard.

“I… I have to make sure my little sister doesn’t catch a cold.”

To be honest, Cheng Yiyi was very satisfied with this little sister.

When she was young, she used to ask her parents to give her a baby sister, so she could have a friend who would be with her even when she went to the bathroom.

But her parents were too responsible.

Back then they didn’t have enough ability, and they didn’t have the confidence to raise another child, so they had to give up on the idea.

And now, a sister had actually appeared.

They shared no blood, but aside from that, she was flawless.

With that thought, Cheng Yiyi tossed the pillow out from under the blanket, moved closer to Shen Anyue, and turned off the light on the way.

In the end, her slender fingers slipped past Shen Anyue’s waist and began searching along her back.

“Good thing I checked. If she caught a cold, that would be a problem.”

Shen Anyue didn’t seem to have any experience sleeping next to someone else. When she rolled over into a different position, she didn’t even notice the blanket wasn’t sealed.

Sure enough, the bedding behind her wasn’t tucked in properly. A breeze was leaking through from the gap.

Cheng Yiyi wrapped her up carefully, only having one thought on her mind: taking care of her little sister.

But then, she suddenly felt a soft squeeze at her waist.

“Mmh~” Cheng Yiyi let out an involuntary moan.

Cheng Yiyi’s waist was extremely sensitive. When other people touched her there, her reaction was always overly dramatic.

But when Shen Anyue pressed her hand against that spot, she only gave a quiet whine.

“Anyue, no…”

Cheng Yiyi had long gotten down to just her pajamas.

The loose clothes didn’t hug her body. They had already slipped aside as she moved.

Now, everything below her belly was bare.

(Of course, she was still wearing underwear.)

Shen Anyue pressed her palm directly against her skin, and that made Cheng Yiyi incredibly uncomfortable.

She endured the strange sensation, reached back under the blanket, grabbed Shen Anyue’s wrist, and moved her hand away.

“Don’t hold my waist. If you do, I won’t be able to sleep…”

Shen Anyue said nothing.

“Hm?”

Cheng Yiyi couldn’t see Shen Anyue’s face, so she gently moved her hand to her neck and started feeling upward.

Finally supporting her chin, she lifted the head that had been buried in her chest.

“She’s asleep…”

“Does she always sleep this soundly?”

Since Shen Anyue was asleep, Cheng Yiyi couldn’t make any demands.

After all, she couldn’t wake her up and then rattle off a long lecture, could she?

Besides, Shen Anyue didn’t snore and didn’t steal the blanket.

Her sleeping posture could be adjusted a little later.

Cheng Yiyi pulled the only pajama top she was wearing down, so it covered her body once more.

After all that, Cheng Yiyi was drowsy too.

She stopped overthinking and held her soft, fragrant little sister, ready to fall asleep again.

But Shen Anyue’s hands started acting up again.

This time, she reached past Cheng Yiyi’s armpit, went up her back, and stopped around her neck.

Her other hand, though, wouldn’t quit. It kept searching for a breakthrough, brushing against Cheng Yiyi’s chest several times.

“She really has a habit of hugging something?”

Cheng Yiyi figured it out more or less.

Shen Anyue must have been used to sleeping with a body pillow from a very young age. Without her arms wrapped around something, she couldn’t rest properly.

For Shen Anyue, this had become an instinct.

“Sigh, why did I end up as my little sister’s body pillow the moment I arrived?”

“Ridiculous…”

This was also Cheng Yiyi’s first time sharing a bed with someone of the same age.

Her mind was in a jumble.

Without overthinking, she moved Shen Anyue’s restless arm around her own neck.

Shen Anyue naturally slipped her arm through and hugged Cheng Yiyi fully.

Their sleeping posture was subtle.

It was unbelievably intimate, even.

But so what?

They were just two girls. What kind of waves could that make?

Shen Anyue buried her head into Cheng Yiyi’s chest. As the older sister, Cheng Yiyi worried Shen Anyue might get a stiff neck.

Therefore, she propped her arm under Shen Anyue’s head as a cushion.

But because of that, Shen Anyue was unavoidably caught in Cheng Yiyi’s embrace.

They lay even closer.

Cheng Yiyi could clearly feel Shen Anyue’s heartbeat, and just by touch, she could gauge her size.

“About a C?”

“Just a little smaller than mine.”

“I remember Mom is a D?”

“Is Anyue undernourished, or is she not fully grown?”

“Or maybe the genetics just didn’t carry over?”

Thinking about random things like this, Cheng Yiyi’s breathing gradually calmed.

She was very sleepy, and not to mention, she was holding Shen Anyue, a natural sleep aid, in her arms.

Soon enough, she fell asleep.

The next day.

The sky wasn’t just getting light. It was already fully bright.

The sun was practically scorching their butts!

Shen Anyue slowly opened her eyes. What reflected in them wasn’t the familiar pillow, but…

Her sister’s chest!

“Crap!”

Shen Anyue’s nerves snapped tight.

The moment her eyes opened, she could tell she had slept very comfortably last night.

But she had a flaw…

When she slept too well, she drooled.

Not a lot, but…

“Did I… surely not?”

With a nervous heart, Shen Anyue lifted a corner of the blanket. Sure enough, she saw her own trace.

Still left…

On her chest.

“It’s over, it’s over, it’s over!”

Shen Anyue was afraid Cheng Yiyi would misunderstand her.

She wanted to make up for it. No, she needed to hide the evidence.

She looked for a tissue to wipe away the dampness and the lip print left there.

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