The familiar bed sheets came into view. When Wenmo woke up, half of his face was still a little sore and numb, obviously from sleeping on his side with the pillow.
A ray of sunlight shone through the window, landing squarely on his face. His vision was filled with a golden light, so dazzling and blurry that he could vaguely make out a petite figure sitting on the edge of the bed.
Xia Lian lowered her head, holding a small box in her hand. Her expression seemed very curious, but she only gently poked the lid with her finger without opening it.
The strap of her clothes slipped off her shoulder, revealing half of her snow-white skin. The girl didn't find it strange at all, and met his eyes, which had just woken up, beside her.
"Wen Mo, good morning." Xia Lian greeted him obediently. Her previously dull eyes finally started to react, as if she had fully turned on.
Wen Mo covered his numb half-face, shook his head vigorously, and stretched until his brain was completely awake. The "crackling" sound of cartilage colliding came from his cervical spine.
Good morning.
He returned the greeting, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and looked down at the girl's bare, snow-white shoulders. Helplessly, he reached out to help pull the sash up a bit, saying, "Remember to pull the sash back up if it falls off, or you'll be exposed."
"Exposure?"
"It means that your private parts are being seen," Wenmer explained.
Xia Lian blinked, her tone innocent: "It doesn't matter if Wen Mo sees it..."
"That box you're holding." Before she could finish speaking, Wen Mo interrupted her spellcasting before Xia Lian could ramble on, then changed the subject with a smile and said, "Aren't you going to open it and see what's inside?"
Hearing this, the girl's attention finally returned to the box in her hand, which Wen Mo had secretly placed next to her pillow last night as a Christmas present.
Logically speaking, Wen Mo wasn't particularly interested in these Western holidays, but ever since he met Xia Lian, he wanted her to experience everything interesting.
And so this gift came into being.
Originally, according to the Christmas tradition, gifts should be placed on the stockings at the head of the bed, but after thinking about it carefully, I felt that secretly taking someone else's stockings seemed a bit perverted, so I gave up on the idea.
Xia Lian didn't reply. She held the small box in both hands, her expression seemingly excited, and even her usually lively eyes widened slightly.
"Gift."
"Yes, it is a gift."
Xia Lian raised her hands high, "A Christmas present, the first time I've ever received one." Then she held it in her arms like a precious treasure and wiggled around.
Wen Mo smiled helplessly, put his arm around her waist and pressed her against his back, carefully inhaling the fragrance of her hair, and slowly explained as he smelled it, "Don't get your hopes up too high, because I picked out this gift at the last minute, so I didn't buy anything interesting."
The idea of buying a Christmas present was a last-minute decision, so while shopping last night, I bought a suitable gift from a store. Of course, whether it was suitable or not was just Wenmo's subjective opinion.
"Take a look inside, you might like it." His voice was a little hoarse, his throat dry and parched from just waking up.
Xia Lian nodded. She had originally planned to open the gift with her cousin, and now that she had been given permission, she carefully lifted the lid of the box.
Under the golden sunlight streaming through the window, the contents of the uncovered box were clearly visible—a pair of pure white socks.
"It's socks," Xia Lian whispered the name.
Wen Mo listened to this, rested his head on her shoulder, and nodded gently.
This is a very, very ordinary gift. It's not fancy or elaborate. It was just a gift I came up with on the spur of the moment because I thought it would suit my cousin well.
In addition, I kept seeing her wearing ripped socks recently, and she was reluctant to change them even when they were worn out. In the end, she only slowly got rid of the ripped socks under Wen Mo's coercion and enticement.
This gift is quite practical now.
Xia Lian placed the box on the bed, took the socks out of the box, and examined them carefully in her palm, her gaze lingering on them for a long time.
"Why are you looking at these socks for so long? They're pretty ordinary. What could you possibly see in them?" Wen Mo teased her, seeing how intently she was looking at them, and playfully pinched her cousin's nose.
Xia Lian didn't respond. After a long while, she blinked and turned around to stare straight at Wen Mo. Before he could react, she hugged him tightly, like a koala seeking warmth.
"Why are you hugging me again?" Wen Mo was already used to it, and patted her back with a helpless smile. "Don't you like the gift?"
Xia Lian shook her head frantically, then stopped swaying like a rattle drum, leaving his shoulder, her eyes softly gazing at the pair of socks clutched tightly in her hands.
"I like it very much."
"If you like it, that's fine."
Wen Mo patted her head with a smile, yawned, let go of her, smacked his lips, got up, put on his slippers, and prepared to make breakfast.
Before she could even leave the bed, her clothes were gently tugged from behind, lifting up most of her loose pajamas to reveal her slender waist.
"What's wrong? Is there something you want to eat?"
Xia Lian shook her head.
"Do you want to sleep a little longer?"
Xia Lian shook her head again. This time, she took out the socks from earlier and placed them in Wen Mo's palm. She moved a few steps to the edge of the bed, and her two small feet dangled from her fair, lotus-root-like calves to the floor, swaying back and forth.
Wen Mo stared at the socks being stuffed into his hands, then at his cousin who was constantly shaking her legs. He paused, seemingly understanding what she meant, and slowly asked her question with a hint of probing.
"Do you want me to help you get dressed?"
This time, Xia Lian finally nodded and obediently lifted one foot.
"..."
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