"without."
Almost the next second, the phone vibrated - Su Xinghui made a video call directly.
Ye Fanshuang sighed softly and pressed the answer button.
A smiling face immediately popped up on the screen. Su Xinghui was wearing furry pajamas and had messy hair. The background was her bedroom full of dolls.
"I knew you weren't asleep!" she said proudly.
Ye Fanshuang leaned his phone against the pen holder and lowered his head to continue writing the questions: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"I just finished writing my thesis. I'm so tired!" Su Xinghui lay on the bed with her chin resting on the pillow. "What about you? What are you writing?"
"math."
"Wow, you're still doing math so late?" Su Xinghui's eyes widened. "Do you have so much homework at school?"
Ye Fanshuang didn't answer, but the tip of the pen made a slight mark on the paper.
——In fact, she had finished her homework long ago, she just couldn’t sleep.
Su Xinghui stared at Ye Fanshuang on the screen for a while, and suddenly said, "Fanshuang, you have such heavy dark circles under your eyes."
Ye Fanshuang paused his pen and glanced at her: "...Is there?"
"Yes!" Su Xinghui leaned closer to the screen, as if to confirm, "Did you stay up late again?"
Ye Fanshuang lowered his eyelashes and said lightly: "Occasionally."
"You're lying!" Su Xinghui curled her lips. "You said 'occasionally' last time, but later I found out that you went to bed at three in the morning for a week straight!"
Ye Fanshuang didn't say anything, but just unconsciously drew a few lines on the draft paper with his pen.
Su Xinghui sighed and softened her voice: "Fanshuang, you can't always be like this..."
"I know." Ye Fanshuang interrupted her, his tone calm, "After finishing this question, go to bed."
Su Xinghui stared at her for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled: "Then I won't hang up the phone. I'll stay with you until you finish writing."
Ye Fanshuang raised his eyes to look at her: "...It's up to you."
The only sounds left in the room were the rustling of pens on paper and the occasional slight noise of Su Xinghui turning over.
Ye Fanshuang solved the problem a little slower than usual - she actually knew the answer a long time ago, but for some reason, she just didn't want to finish so quickly.
"Fanshuang." Su Xinghui suddenly called her in a low voice.
"Um?"
"Do you still remember that time in junior high when we stayed up all night doing homework?"
Ye Fanshuang paused with his pen, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Remember."
It was the eve of the final exams for the third year of junior high school. The two of them were crowded in the study room of Ye Fanshuang's house. Su Xinghui complained that the math problems were too difficult while secretly eating the chocolates that Ye Fanshuang had hidden in the drawer.
In the end, neither of them finished reviewing and simply fell asleep on the table. They went to the exam the next day with dark circles under their eyes.
"At that time, you said I was stupid and couldn't even remember the simplest formula." Su Xinghui said with a smile.
Ye Fanshuang snorted softly: "It's the same now."
"No!" Su Xinghui was unconvinced. "I'm good at math now!"
Ye Fanshuang did not refute, but just lowered his head and continued to write the questions, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
——In fact, she knew that Su Xinghui had always been good at math, but she just liked to act stupid in front of her.
Time passed minute by minute, and the sky outside the window remained dark.
Su Xinghui's voice gradually became unclear: "Fanshuang... have you finished writing..."
Ye Fanshuang glanced at the completed test paper and said softly, "Yeah."
"Then... go to bed quickly..." Su Xinghui's voice became smaller and smaller, and her eyelids began to droop.
Ye Fanshuang looked at the drowsy Su Xinghui on the screen, and his voice softened unconsciously: "You go to sleep first."
"No..." Su Xinghui shook her head dazedly, "I promised to accompany you..."
Ye Fanshuang was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "Wanqing."
"Um……?"
"Good night."
Su Wanqing closed her eyes, but the corners of her mouth curved up: "...Good night, Fan Shuang."
The video call was not hung up, and the sound of Su Wanqing's even breathing soon came from the other side of the screen.
Ye Fanshuang watched quietly for a while before gently pressing the end button.
The room fell silent again, with only the glow of the desk lamp enveloping her.
She put away the test paper and turned off the desk lamp, but did not lie down immediately. Instead, she stood in front of the window and looked at the scattered street lights in the distance.
——I’m obviously very tired, but I still can’t fall asleep.
The phone screen lit up again.
"Su Xinghui: Remember to set the alarm, don't be late."
The message was sent three minutes ago, probably by Su Xinghui in a daze before going to bed.
Ye Fanshuang looked at the message, stroked the screen lightly with his fingertips, and finally replied with one word:
"Um."
She put down her phone, lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.
This time, sleepiness came a little faster than usual.
——Perhaps it was because someone was waiting for her in her dream despite the time difference.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
