Everyday Romance After Becoming a Billionaire

Chapter 191: Chapter 123: Do You Want Me?

「Deep in the night, fast asleep.」

Xiao Wanqing fell asleep in Su Ran’s arms with a sweet smile on her face. It felt like being held in the palm of a giant—very comfortable and conducive to sleep.

Sometimes, Su Ran felt she was clinging too tightly, making it hard to breathe, so he would push her away a little to find a more comfortable position.

’...’ Su Ran felt quite uncomfortable. ’She’s so clingy.’

On the other hand, for a girl, once you experience certain things, you get addicted.

In the past, ever since she stopped sleeping in the same bed as her parents, Xiao Wanqing had always slept alone. Occasionally, back in the dorm, that little vixen Aina would take the opportunity to sneak into her bed for warmth.

But that was just sleeping with another girl; there was no feeling to it. Of course, if there *had* been, that would mean there was a problem with her orientation.

Xiao Wanqing had no experience sleeping with a boy. She’d heard whispers from other girls that if you sleep with a boy, you can forget about getting any sleep...

So...

Inexperienced girls didn’t like the idea of sleeping with boys. They thought boys smelled, had heavy hands, and wouldn’t be gentle with a girl at all. They didn’t like it.

A completely false misconception.

But once you experienced certain things, you realized just how wrong your previous assumptions were.

The last time Su Ran got drunk, she had taken him home and they had shared a bed for the night. Nothing had happened—of course, with her parents in the house, nothing *could* have happened. But after that experience of sleeping next to Su Ran, Xiao Wanqing felt it was something magical. It was a feeling she’d never known in her eighteen years of life, a wondrous journey spurred by dopamine and adrenaline that left her wanting more.

Cuddling a boy to sleep was so much better than hugging a giant teddy bear.

So much so that after Su Ran left, lying alone in her empty bed, she found herself missing the feeling of being held by him as she slept. She could no longer find comfort in sleeping sprawled out all by herself.

’I’m hooked. I’m totally hooked. I told everyone Su Ran was toxic and should be handled with care, yet here I am, the one who got addicted first, after all my eloquent warnings.’

Now, embracing him once more as she drifted off to sleep, her heart was filled with sweetness.

TICK TOCK~

The midnight hours slipped away quietly, and the two of them were sleeping soundly.

At some point, Su Ran felt someone pulling at the blanket. He groggily opened his eyes to see a cute, rosy-cheeked young nurse gently tucking them in.

"Shh! Mr. Su, it’s getting cold. The hospital director asked me to bring you an extra blanket so you don’t catch a chill."

"Thank you, Nur—Nightingale."

"Hehe~" The young nurse was delighted by this highest form of praise. "Mr. Su, you really know what to say. What’s your phone number? I need to keep a record."

"135-501... HISS... I’m sorry."

Su Ran looked down to see Xiao Wanqing, still in his arms, glaring at him. Under the covers, her hand was pinching a chunk of his flesh.

The young nurse said no more, turning and swaying her slender figure as she left.

"Why did you pinch me?"

"Why were you giving her your number?"

"She said she needed to keep a record."

"I’m the family member. Shouldn’t she be asking me for records, not you?"

"..."

"By the way, what was that ’Nightingale’ thing you said? Why did the nurse get so happy when she heard it?"

Xiao Wanqing asked with a clueless look. Su Ran lay back down and answered casually, "Nightingale was the first nurse in history. She pioneered the field of nursing, so she’s an idol to every nurse."

"Young Master Su is so cultured. You even tailor your flirting to the target. An outsider wouldn’t even understand it. No wonder you’re so good at winning girls’ hearts. What about me? I’m a dancer. Give me a special name, too."

Xiao Wanqing was clearly feeling slighted.

"A dancer, huh? That... uh... I haven’t really looked into that."

"Hmph! I don’t want you to hold me anymore."

Filled with indignation, she turned her back to Su Ran in a gesture of protest.

’???’ ’Girls are so much trouble,’ Su Ran thought. ’No matter what their personality is like, as soon as they get into bed, they all turn into pouting little girls. I can’t be bothered to coax her. Time to sleep.’

Xiao Wanqing expected Su Ran to coax her. But after waiting a minute or two with no response, she turned her head, only to see him sleeping soundly. It drove her crazy. She rolled back over, and without saying a word or disturbing him, she simply stared at him without blinking. Before long, she saw the "soundly asleep" Su Ran break character and give a helpless smile.

"Xiao Wanqing, aren’t you going to sleep? You’re making me very uncomfortable, staring at me like that."

Xiao Wanqing, propped on her side with her head resting on her hand, wore the stern expression of a wife beginning to train her husband. "Hah. Before, you called me Sister Wanqing, Sister Wanqing. You call some random nurse ’Nightingale’. And now you’re just calling me by my full name, Xiao Wanqing. Am I less than a stranger to you now?"

"No, you’re overthinking it, Wanqing."

"Hah~ So now it’s ’Wanqing’? How perfunctory. How reluctant."

"Then... Miss Xiao?"

"You’re the ’Miss’!"

As she spoke, Xiao Wanqing raised a small fist to hit him. Su Ran caught it and put it back under the covers. She was still struggling, so he immediately activated Finger Technique Fragrance, drumming his fingers on her bottom as if playing the piano.

Xiao Wanqing let out a cry and immediately clamped a hand over her mouth. She really couldn’t handle the power of Finger Technique Fragrance. After all, Finger Technique Fragrance was a Skill developed specifically to target girls; no girl in the world could withstand it.

"You can’t do such a dangerous thing."

Xiao Wanqing glanced at Mr. Xiao on the hospital bed, then turned back to glare at Su Ran in shame.

"You keep calling me Sister Wanqing, Sister Wanqing, but is this how you bully your Sister Wanqing?"

"I was just trying to make you behave and stop moving around."

"So it’s my fault, then~"

"You’re being a little dramatic."

"Me, dramatic? Fine, then I’m being dramatic! Go find your Sister Jinyu. Your Sister Jinyu is even more dramatic! She can carry a bucket of water up five floors, but suddenly she can’t even twist open a bottle cap when she’s with you."

Hehe~

Su Ran chuckled. ’Aren’t you all the same, unable to open bottle caps?’ he thought.

Of course, he didn’t dare say that out loud. If he did, he was guaranteed to be pulled up by Xiao Wanqing for a long, serious talk.

So Su Ran remained noncommittal, and Xiao Wanqing huffed.

"Alright, time for sleep."

Su Ran pulled her down and held her in his arms.

"I’m not being dramatic at all. You’re the one making things up."

"Okay, okay. You’re not being dramatic, I am."

"That’s more like it."

Only then did Xiao Wanqing settle contentedly in his arms, quickly falling quiet.

Midnight is a peak time for hormone secretion. With adrenaline rapidly releasing dopamine, it was only natural for two young people in the prime of their youth to feel a stir of emotion while embracing.

At a certain moment.

"Su Ran..." She opened her tender eyes, gazed at the outline of his face, and whispered his name.

"What is it? Are you going to be dramatic again?"

Before Su Ran could finish, Xiao Wanqing closed her eyes and, very suddenly, initiated a kiss.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... ten seconds...

Su Ran was passive. He was never the one to take the initiative; it was just his personality. He didn’t like to make the first move. He preferred it when the girl did.

Very Zen.

His gaze swept past Xiao Wanqing’s earlobe to the unconscious Mr. Xiao on the hospital bed.

’In front of her father... is this really okay?’

At a certain moment.

Su Ran closed his eyes as well, reaching out to cup Xiao Wanqing’s cheek. She felt a ticklish, tingly sensation and shrank back a little, but she didn’t stop kissing him. Instead, the kiss grew even more passionate and in sync.

At a certain moment.

Xiao Wanqing gently pushed Su Ran away and opened her heavy-lidded eyes. "Wait, I have a question for you." She placed her index finger on Su Ran’s chest, stopping him from continuing.

This was a bonus before the question. If he answered satisfactorily, there would naturally be another reward.

She tucked a strand of hair Su Ran had mussed behind her flushed ear, bit her lip, and shyly asked the question that had been hidden in her heart for a long time:

"Su Ran... have you... missed... me?"

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