Chapter 145: Night of ‘rest’ (2)
When the elevator stopped on my floor, before I could say anything, Long Shui Ling already ran into my suite.
I could only follow after her with a sigh.
The moment that I stepped out of the elevator, a look of shock appeared on my face.
After all, I had lived as a commoner my entire life, so I had never seen anything as luxurious as this before. This place looked like I had just stepped into a fantasy land.
Everything was finely decorated, using either gold or expensive jewels.
There didn't seem to be a single thing that wasn't worth more than everything that I owned in this place.
Being in a place like this really was terrifying for me since I didn't know if I would even be able to repay it if I broke anything here…
But Long Shui Ling acted like she was at home as she walked into the suite without a problem and started touching all kinds of different things.
After looking around a bit, she gave a satisfied nod and said, "Not bad."
Hearing her, I came back to my senses and asked, "What are you doing here? You should go back to your own room and rest for the night. We still have the exam tomorrow."
Long Shui Ling just said with a smile, "I'm staying here tonight. You got plenty of space, don't you?"
"Eh?" I couldn't help saying.
She didn't even give me a chance to say anything else as she ran in and started looking around the rest of the suite.
I just stared at her in a daze for a bit, but then I quickly followed her.
It would be inconvenient for me if she stayed, so I wanted to get her to leave.
"Wait, wait, it's not right. I'm a man and you're a woman, we shouldn't live in the same place like this." I tried to use logic to convince her.
But all Long Shui Ling did was turn around with a sly smile as she said, "I never thought that you would be such an innocent boy. It really is cute."
"Huh?" My chin dropped before I gritted my teeth and said, "You think that you're older than me?"
Long Shui Ling puffed out her non-existent chest and said, "Of course I am."
"Then how old are you?" I couldn't help blurting out.
She just said with a smile, "You know you shouldn't ask a lady her age without giving your own first."
I gritted my teeth again since it was annoying seeing her act like this, but I still said, "I'm twenty."
She said with the same smile, "Then I'm older since I'm twenty three."
"There's no way that you're twenty three!" I blurted out the moment that I heard this.
Long Shui Ling gave a nod before taking out her identity.
I looked at it closely and found that she was indeed twenty three.
She looked like a child and she was actually twenty three years old, how was this possible?
Seeing the look on my face, Long Shui Ling said with a smug smile, "Call me big sister."
"Never!" I said with a firm look.
After that, she kept teasing me, but I just ignored her with an exhausted look on my face.
Though I had an exhausted look, there was a part of my heart that felt warm because…it reminded me of a simpler time.
A time when my family was still alive.
When I used to argue like this with my little sister…
As these thoughts filled my mind, I couldn't help revealing a sad look.
Long Shui Ling revealed a concerned look when she saw this look on my face as she asked, "What's wrong?"
I jolted when I heard this before shaking my head to say, "Nothing. We should get ready for bed."
I stood up and went into one of the rooms to see if there were any spare clothes to change into.
But as I walked away, Long Shui Ling looked at me with a worried look.
Since she was similar to my little sister, I knew that it was impossible to convince her to leave.
So I might as well just suck it up for a single night and just live with it…
Otherwise, it would be much more annoying.
Of course…there was still a part of me that wasn't against this.
It was just because it meant that she was feeling closer to me which is better for my future plans.
That was what I told myself.
It wasn't for any other reasons…
After finding some clothes that had been prepared, both of us took our showers before heading to our rooms to sleep.
We didn't know what would be coming tomorrow, so it would be good to go to bed as soon as possible.
But five minutes after entering our rooms, I heard a knock on my door.
I was surprised by this, but I still went over to open the door a crack to see who it was.
When I opened it a bit, a slender figure suddenly came in through the crack and entered the room.
It was Long Shui Ling in her pajamas with a pillow in her hands.
As she held it, she looked up at me with wide sparkling eyes and asked, "Can I sleep here tonight?"
If this was any other situation, I would have thought that this was an invitation for 'that'...but I knew that this wasn't the case.
I took a deep breath to calm myself before asking, "What's wrong? We have a big day tomorrow, so we should sleep as soon as possible."
Long Shui Ling revealed an awkward look as she turned her foot in an embarrassed manner.
After a while, she finally said, "I've gotten used to sleeping with you nearby, so it's hard for me to…"
Before she could finish, she suddenly covered her face with the pillow and said, "What are you making me say?"
She didn't even wait for an answer as she ran to the door, but then…
"It's locked."