Sweetie, sleep with me tonight.

After Jiang Youxi finished showering that evening, she lifted the covers and crawled into bed, just as she was about to go to sleep, when she suddenly saw someone standing at the door.

She was startled and quickly turned on the bedside lamp to take a look.

"He Zhuo?" Jiang Youxi noticed the pillow in his hand. "Don't tell me you want to sleep in my bed again?!"

He Zhuo walked over, threw a pillow on the bed, and lay down directly: "I'll sleep with you tonight."

"Sleep with me?"

"What, it's not allowed?"

"Do you think this will work?!"

I think it's a good idea.

"Aren't you sleeping with your cousin? What are you doing here? Go back!" Jiang Youxi pushed him.

He Zhuo remained unmoved: "He said I'm too handsome and it's affecting his sleep, so he told me to come out and find another place to sleep."

"Then go sleep with Jiang Xu! It's a new bed we just bought, big enough for both of you!"

He Zhuo glanced at her sideways, then suddenly said seriously, "But I can't sleep without you."

"How could that be? I'm not a sleeping pill!"

"That's just how it is." He Zhuo reached out and pressed her back onto the bed.

Jiang Youxi was startled and quickly sat up, crossing her arms and looking at him warily: "W-what are you going to do?"

He Zhuo raised an eyebrow: "What could I possibly do to you this late at night?"

"Wicked acts are more likely to occur at night!"

"..."

He Zhuo sat up and rubbed his tired temples: "Tell me, what do you want for me to sleep with you?"

Seeing the weariness in his eyes, devoid of any distracting thoughts, Jiang Youxi suddenly realized something.

"You... want me to sleep with you, and always like this?"

"What else can you do? What other way can you sleep?"

"I thought it was that kind of sleeping!"

"What kind of sleep?" He Zhuo's gaze was languid. "I don't understand. Jiang Youxi, explain yourself more clearly."

"It's just..." Jiang Youxi used two fingers as lips, pecking from his face to his collarbone, and then to his entire body, "This kind of sleeping scene is not suitable for children to watch!"

He Zhuo said with an "Oh," and then added, "So that's why you've always refused to sleep with me?"

"Yeah! Don't you think sleeping like that is a bit too revealing?"

"Jiang Youxi, you have more lewd thoughts in your head than I do as a man."

"..."

Jiang Youxi scoffed, "Then why do you insist that I sleep with you?"

"I can't sleep."

Jiang Youxi suddenly remembered that he had always had a sleep disorder.

"So you can fall asleep while holding me?"

"Um."

"Why can't others do it?"

"Others really can't do it."

Jiang Youxi scoffed, "Is it really that melodramatic?"

"It's so melodramatic."

"Then..." Jiang Youxi looked at the fairly spacious bed, "what sleeping position should I adopt to lull you into sleep and help you fall asleep successfully?"

"Lie down."

Jiang Youxi obediently lay down.

"come over."

Jiang Youxi moved her body over.

"Lie in my arms."

Jiang Youxi froze, then looked up at him and glared: "You still say it's just simple cuddling to sleep!"

He Zhuo's long arm slipped under her neck and pulled her into his embrace: "Just a hug, isn't that simple?"

Jiang Youxi froze.

She buried her face in his warm chest, her breath carrying the familiar scent of cedarwood.

The man's strong, powerful heartbeat rang out continuously, making her ears itch.

"real?"

"Fake."

He responded.

He shouldn't have trusted his own willpower.

Jiang Youxi suddenly looked up and accused, "You're lying again!"

He Zhuo pressed her head back down with one hand, gently stroking down the girl's soft hair, his gesture carrying a strange sense of comfort.

"Jiang Youxi, trust me this once."

Hearing the deep weariness in his voice, and worried that it would really affect his sleep, Jiang Youxi didn't dare to argue with him anymore and obediently let him hold her while she slept.

Soon, I heard the sound of a man's even breathing.

Jiang Youxi quietly pulled off the blanket and secretly glanced at him.

His sleeping face was peaceful, and there was a sense of relaxation between his brows.

She really fell asleep.

This was the first time Jiang Youxi had ever seen him sleep so soundly.

She's so amazing! She actually managed to coax He Zhuo to sleep!

So, when he told her before that he wanted her to sleep with him, it wasn't a lie, and he didn't have any other improper thoughts.

He really just wanted her to act as his sleep aid, to lull him to sleep.

If that's the case, then she's really gone too far!

She actually misunderstood him and kept refusing his requests, which caused him to have trouble sleeping, feel listless, and develop dark circles under his eyes during that period.

Jiang Youxi sighed deeply.

She reached out as if atoning for her sins and took the initiative to tuck the blanket around him.

"He Zhuo," she leaned closer and whispered, "I'm so sorry."

"I will never doubt you again, and I will trust you unconditionally!"

After apologizing, Jiang Youxi finally felt a little better.

She finally closed her eyes in peace and fell into a deep sleep.

The night sky was completely silent.

He Zhuo was half asleep when he suddenly felt someone kick him.

He groggily opened his eyes, looked down, and realized it was Jiang Youxi's leg.

The little girl was sleeping sprawled out, and the two of them, who used to sleep with their heads and feet together, were now sleeping diagonally.

That sleeping posture looks so familiar.

He Zhuo took a look.

I remembered.

That awful sleeping posture is exactly like that kid Jiang Xu's!

He Zhuo was lost in thought when a pair of feet slowly began to pry open his clothes, unconsciously trying to burrow into his body, as if searching for a source of heat.

He Zhuo was only wearing a nightgown, and his naked body was being rubbed by that little foot, making his already warm body even hotter.

The man felt a tightening in his lower abdomen and suddenly gripped her ankle.

Jiang Youxi was sleeping soundly and showed no signs of waking up.

He Zhuo couldn't bear to throw the little girl's foot out, but he was also worried that if she rubbed against it like that, she would have to get up in the middle of the night to take a cold shower.

Finally, he pulled her back and hugged her tightly.

-

Time flies, and the Lunar New Year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Every year at this time, there are a lot of students and migrant workers returning home, which makes it very difficult to book train tickets; it's a daily struggle to get them.

Fortunately, He Zhuo, a big shot, was there. He had a car and drove them back to school.

Once back at school and settled in, Jiang Youxi immediately made an online appointment to go to the hospital for a heart checkup.

Just after finishing her checkup, Jiang Youxi received a call from An Xiaoyu: "Xixi, where are you? Why can't I find you anywhere when I get back to school?"

"I'm in the hospital."

"The hospital?" An Xiaoyu asked anxiously. "What's wrong? Why are you going to the hospital?"

"My heart has been beating faster lately, and I was worried that something was wrong, so I came here to get a CT scan."

"Why didn't you say so earlier!" An Xiaoyu said hurriedly, "Which hospital? I'm coming right now!"

"I'm really fine, it's just..."

An Xiaoyu's voice was cold and deep: "Hospital."

"..."

Jiang Youxi obediently gave the name of the hospital.

When An Xiaoyu arrived at the hospital, Jiang Youxi's test results had just come out and were being handed to the doctor.

An Xiaoyu was even more nervous than her: "Doctor, how is she? Is her heart okay?"

The doctor shook his head.

Seeing him keep shaking his head, An Xiaoyu became even more worried: "Senior Wan Shen, what's wrong? Don't just keep shaking your head!!"

The doctor in front of them was very young; he was their senior from Bojiang University Medical School, who had graduated three years earlier.

Jiang Youxi also became a little nervous because of him: "I...I'm not going to die soon, am I?"

Senior student Wan Shen put down the medical report, his tone extremely helpless: "Junior student Youxi, you're supposed to be one of the top students at Jiang University's Medical School. Can't you feel anything at all about whether you have a heart problem?"

Jiang Youxi shook her head: "I really didn't notice."

"..."

"How are you? Are you alright?" An Xiaoyu asked anxiously.

"She's fine, her heart is healthy, and it's beating stronger than anyone else's!"

"Really?"

"Of course, you'll all see this report too. Take a look for yourselves." Senior Wan Shen stood up. "You guys take a look first, I'll go get back to work."

After Wan Shen's reminder, An Xiaoyu remembered that she was still a medical student and could understand the test report.

She immediately took the report and read it carefully over and over again.

Just as the senior said, Jiang Youxi's heart is perfectly fine.

An Xiaoyu was speechless: "Jiang Youxi, you scared me half to death!"

"But lately my heart has definitely been beating very fast!"

Jiang Youxi's expression was serious, and she certainly didn't seem to be lying.

An Xiaoyu became serious again: "Then tell me, under what circumstances does your heart beat faster, or rather, does your heart beat very fast 24 hours a day?"

"No, it's just that my heart beats really fast whenever I see He Zhuo or talk to him."

An Xiaoyu narrowed her eyes: "He Zhuo?"

"Yes, I had this problem before winter break, but the symptoms weren't obvious. Since I returned to Luyang Township, and he's been spending the Lunar New Year with us, I've noticed my symptoms are getting worse," Jiang Youxi added. "Oh, by the way, not only is my heart racing, but my face also inexplicably turns red, sometimes so hot you could boil an egg in it!"

An Xiaoyu narrowed her eyes and rubbed her chin: "Are you still afraid to look him in the eye?"

Jiang Youxi's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, yes! Xiaoxiao, you guessed so accurately!"

"What do you mean, 'approved'? Is that a disease? You're just lovesick!" An Xiaoyu tapped her head. "And it's lovesickness for He Zhuo!"

"Is I having romantic feelings for He Zhuo?"

"yes!"

Why?

"Damn it! You're still asking why?" An Xiaoyu said, exasperated. "I took you to see so many male models before, and you really don't get it at all!"

Jiang Youxi covered her head: "He Zhuo isn't a male model, what does this have to do with male models?"

"You haven't absorbed any of all that experience, and you still say it's okay?!"

"Then tell me, why is that?!"

"Of course it's because you like He Zhuo!!"