“…”

There are few stars outside the window and the room is quiet.

In the boundless darkness, there was suddenly a ray of light.

Ling Ye stared at the lamp in a daze, and suddenly felt a sore nose.

Then, something warm and soft was stuffed into his arms... Xiao Xiji.

The little Shiba Inu was half asleep. He opened his wet eyes and tilted his head in confusion: "Woof?"

"Xiao Xiji is very well behaved. Can he accompany you?" The girl's voice was gentle and sweet. In the middle of the night, it sounded like the clear sound of nature. "I saw a paper saying that pets can effectively relieve people's anxiety and tension."

Ling Ye's Adam's apple rolled, and he finally managed to suppress his continuous coughing. His voice became hoarse: "Thank you..."

"You're welcome." Xiang Yi looked at him calmly, without discrimination or chicken soup, and asked, "Do you need to close the door?"

She didn't ask him to be normal, to be strong, or to get better.

But it made Ling Ye feel for the first time that he was respected.

He heard his own almost broken murmur: "Sister, can you... not leave?"

Without waiting for Xiangyi to answer, the angelic, beautiful and delicate boy laughed at himself: "How can I be worthy of it..." He curled his fingertips hard, "Sorry, sister."

Xiangyi blinked her eyelashes and pointed in the direction of the bookshelf. "I'll leave the door a crack for you, and then I'll read outside. If you're scared, knock on the door twice. If I hear you, knock on the bookshelf twice, too. Is that okay?"

Ling Ye looked at her in disbelief. He didn't even know whether he nodded or not. When he came to his senses, everything he could see was shrouded in darkness again.

The difference is that there is a chubby Shiba Inu in his arms, rubbing against his chest and actively showing its belly to him for rubbing.

Next to me is a small night light. It is so dim and weak, but it fights against the boundless darkness and stubbornly creates a glimmer of light.

Following the crack in the door, he could see a light on the bookshelf. The light seemed to have a fatal attraction, and for a moment, Ling Ye suddenly understood why moths were destined to fly into fire.

Those brilliant lights are what our heart desires.

He tentatively knocked on the door twice, then quickly withdrew his hand.

Afraid that she couldn’t hear it, but also afraid that she could hear it.

Contradictory and tangled.

A few seconds later, the steady and calm sound of bones knocking on the solid wooden bookshelf was heard from outside the door.

All the chaos and pain seemed to be paused at this moment.

Ling Ye's heart was beating very fast and he clenched his fists.

The system noticed his abnormality and fell silent.

A short-term redemption is still a redemption.

At least at this moment, the host is happy.

…

…

Xiangyi was concentrating on flipping through the book and was unaware of the presence of a shadow beside her.

Until the shadow couldn't hold back any longer and tugged at the corner of her clothes.

"elder sister."

Xiangyi looked in the direction of the voice and discovered that Ling Ye had sat cross-legged on the floor at some point, looking up at her without blinking with his pretty face.

"What's wrong?" Xiangyi frowned, "The ground is cold, get up."

My sister cares about me.

This realization made Ling Ye feel excited and painful.

"Sister, can I stay with you forever?"

"Sister, I will be very good."

"elder sister……"

The last word "sister" had a strong nasal tone, sounding like a coquettish act, or even more like a plea.

Xiang Yi said calmly: "Ling Ye, don't get lost, you should go home."

Hearing this, Ling Ye suddenly laughed, with a bitter feeling.

He said: "Sister, not everyone wants to go home."