Chapter 167: From Now On, You Can Come Find Me Anytime at Night
With a trembling hand, Su Yuqing opened Chen Mo’s door.
She slowly stepped inside, and in the moonlight, she saw Chen Mo sleeping peacefully on the bed.
There was no pool of blood, no knife wounds—he was safe and sound.
He had simply taken his cold medicine and fallen fast asleep.
In an instant, a huge weight lifted from Su Yuqing’s chest.
But the fear in her heart hadn’t completely vanished.
After closing the room door, her heart still wracked with anxiety, Su Yuqing did something bold. She climbed onto Chen Mo’s bed, lay down beside him as he slept on his side, and gently wrapped her arms around him over the comforter.
At that moment, she finally felt a sense of total peace,
reassured that Chen Mo was safe and sound beside her.
In her hazy, half-awake state, she couldn’t even tell if she was dreaming or if this was real.
And just like that, enveloped in a feeling of security, she fell asleep.
Chen Mo was typically a light sleeper with a sharp sense of danger, and he would often react defensively to any disturbance in his sleep.
But with Su Yuqing, he rarely reacted that way.
Plus, with the cold medicine he’d taken, he was sleeping so soundly he had no idea Su Yuqing had climbed into his bed and was now holding him as she slept.
However, in his sleep, he dreamed that someone was holding him.
He couldn’t see who was behind him, but the embrace felt incredibly familiar and comforting.
「6:30 AM.」
Chen Mo, who was already feeling much better, opened his eyes.
Su Yuqing, however, who had startled awake once during the night before falling back to sleep, was still sound asleep.
The moment Chen Mo awoke, he felt something holding him. Something even softer than the comforter was pressing against his back through the covers. He slowly turned his head and was startled to see Su Yuqing.
She was wearing pajamas, but one of the buttons had come undone, revealing a wide expanse of fair, delicate skin to Chen Mo’s eyes.
’She’s definitely not wearing anything underneath!’
Chen Mo was too embarrassed to stare, so he just took a polite one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight glances before looking up at her face.
On closer inspection, he could even see the faint trace of a tear stain at the corner of her eye.
She was lying on top of his comforter, so Chen Mo quickly pulled the part that was covering him over her instead.
’Judging by the state she’s in, she must have had a nightmare last night.’
It was a moment of perfect, unspoken understanding.
Even without any explanation from Su Yuqing, Chen Mo already knew what had happened.
He knew Su Yuqing’s personality well. She was normally quite shy and would never do something so bold out of the blue.
For her to act like this, something must have deeply upset her.
She was also highly empathetic; he remembered how she’d cried several times during touching scenes while they were watching TV.
Given that he had almost been seriously hurt yesterday, it was only natural for her to empathize with that and be frightened.
Seeing the tear tracks on her cheeks, Chen Mo reached out and gently caressed her soft cheek.
’I came back to protect you, but I always end up making you worry about me,’ he thought, his expression a mixture of apology and tenderness.
As if sensing the touch on her cheek, Su Yuqing, still asleep, subconsciously reached out and grabbed his hand. An expression of peace unexpectedly smoothed over her features.
’She must be having a good dream now.’
With his hand caught in her grasp, Chen Mo didn’t have the heart to pull away.
Time seemed to stand still.
Chen Mo lay back down beside her, watching her quietly. Listening to her soft, steady breathing, he felt it was the most comforting sound in the world.
A short while later, Su Yuqing’s eyelids suddenly twitched.
Soon after, she slowly opened her blurry, sleepy eyes.
The first thing she saw was Chen Mo’s face, a slight smile playing on his lips.
At first, Su Yuqing thought she was imagining things. She squeezed her eyes shut, then opened them again,
as if she hadn’t opened her eyes correctly the first time.
But when she opened them the second time, he was still there. She shot up in bed with a start.
A glance around the room made her realize with a jolt—she was in Chen Mo’s room and had no idea how she’d gotten there.
Instantly, a shy crimson flush spread across her face.
"I... How did I end up here?" Su Yuqing asked, bewildered.
"I have no idea," Chen Mo chuckled. "I just woke up and found a sleeping beauty next to me."
Su Yuqing’s face flushed an even deeper shade of red at his words.
The memories of last night were slowly coming back to her.
In her half-asleep state last night, she had lost track of what was real and what was a dream.
She had simply held onto Chen Mo and drifted off to sleep.
She never imagined it had all been real.
’This is so mortifying!’
She scrambled out of bed, fled from Chen Mo’s bedroom, and dashed back to her own room, slamming the door shut behind her with a SLAM.
Hearing the frantic slam of her door, Chen Mo couldn’t help but chuckle. He picked up his phone and opened the security footage.
Sure enough, the footage from 3 AM showed Su Yuqing, looking lost and panicked, coming frantically to his room with tears in her eyes.
Judging by her state, it was clear she’d had a nightmare.
Plus, since she’d woken up mid-sleep, she was completely dazed.
He smiled, not thinking much of it, and got up to get ready in the bathroom.
When he came out, dressed and ready,
Su Yuqing had already changed into her school uniform and was busy in the kitchen.
When Chen Mo came out, she was too embarrassed to even look at him. Her ears were bright pink, a clear sign she was still flustered.
After all, for someone like Su Yuqing, sneaking into a boy’s bed without a word was an incredibly audacious act.
It was just too embarrassing for her.
She had no idea if Chen Mo would misunderstand her actions.
Her biggest fear was that Chen Mo would think less of her.
She’d agonized for ages after impulsively kissing his cheek in a moment of strong emotion, let alone secretly climbing into his bed in the middle of the night.
Every time she thought about what she’d done in the early morning, Su Yuqing wished the ground would swallow her whole.
"Yuqing," Chen Mo called out gently to her as she bustled about the kitchen. "I’m just getting over my cold, so my appetite’s a little off. Anything simple is fine, you don’t have to make anything fancy."
"Mhm," Su Yuqing mumbled, her voice barely a whisper as she nodded.
A short time later, she brought their breakfast to the table, stealing glances at Chen Mo every now and then.
She was trying to gauge his reaction to her bold actions from earlier.
Seeing that he was acting completely normal, she relaxed considerably.
However, as they were eating, Chen Mo looked at her with a warm, gentle smile. "If you ever feel scared or anxious at night," he said, "you can always come to me. It’s okay."