Chapter 149 You Sleep with Me

"Chu Muyun, I'm scared!" As soon as the call went through, Bai Chenxi's slightly trembling voice came through.

Chu Muyun immediately sat up from the bed, walked toward the door, and asked, "Chenxi, what's wrong?"

"The lights... the lights went out, I'm scared." Before she could finish, Bai Chenxi was almost on the verge of tears again.

Over the phone, Chu Muyun continued, "I'm at your door now. Come out and open it."

Hearing that Chu Muyun was right outside her door, Bai Chenxi found courage from somewhere unknown, threw off the quilt, and ran to the door.

When she opened the door and saw Chu Muyun, Bai Chenxi let out a cry and threw herself into his arms, hanging onto him limply.

Chu Muyun reached out to support her so she wouldn't fall.

He comforted her, "It's okay, I'm here."

Bai Chenxi clung tightly to Chu Muyun. The moment Chu Muyun made the slightest movement, she grabbed him even tighter.

Noticing her tension, Chu Muyun said, "I just want to see what's going on."

Only then did Bai Chenxi loosen her grip slightly, following closely behind Chu Muyun.

Chu Muyun flicked the switch and realized that all the lights were dead.

"The power must be out, you..."

Before Chu Muyun could finish, Bai Chenxi quickly blurted out, "I'm sleeping with you!"

Bai Chenxi didn't feel anything inappropriate about saying this at all. All she knew was that she had to stick close to Chu Muyun right now.

Looking at Bai Chenxi, who was gazing at him with complete trust, Chu Muyun gently replied, "Alright!"

Chu Muyun led Bai Chenxi to the guest bedroom and turned to leave. However, Bai Chenxi grabbed his sleeve and refused to let go.

She murmured, "I know it's not proper. But I'm genuinely terrified. Can you stay here and keep me company?"

Chu Muyun sat down by the edge of the bed, stroked Bai Chenxi's hair, and soothed her gently, "Fine, I won't go anywhere. Go to sleep!"

Bai Chenxi nodded and closed her eyes. But her hand still tightly grasped Chu Muyun's fingers.

Looking at Bai Chenxi, who still had tearstains at the corners of her eyes, Chu Muyun thought to himself that Zhang Kai's idea was truly unreliable, and he would never listen to him again.

Seeing that Bai Chenxi had fallen asleep, Chu Muyun gently wiped the remaining tears from her face.

With a helpless chuckle, Chu Muyun muttered, "Do you trust me this much? I don't even know whether I should be happy or cry."

Chu Muyun tried to withdraw his hand, but Bai Chenxi gripped it tightly. The moment he moved even slightly, the sleeping Bai Chenxi frowned, looking as if she were about to cry again.

Chu Muyun immediately stopped moving his hand and whispered softly, "Don't worry, I'm not leaving. I'm right here."

Hearing this, Bai Chenxi's expression relaxed. Chu Muyun had no choice but to lean back against the bed nearby.

Looking at Bai Chenxi lying beside him, Chu Muyun felt for the first time that the empty space in his heart had been completely filled.

"Chenxi, do you know? Meeting you is the greatest stroke of luck in my life."

When Wang Ling scrolled across this explosive news early in the morning, she thought she would be furious, but to her surprise, she felt exceptionally calm.

How did that saying go? It was both unexpected and entirely reasonable. Perhaps deep in her subconscious, she had accepted it long ago!

She just wondered if the fans would be able to accept it. Wang Ling even leisurely made herself breakfast.

When Zhang Kai called Wang Ling, even the ringtone seemed to betray the owner's anxiety.

Wang Ling finished what she had hands-on before finally answering the phone.

"My goodness, you finally picked up. If you hadn't, I was about to come looking for you at your house."

Wang Ling put the phone on speaker, listening to Zhang Kai's anxious rambling while calmly eating her breakfast.

With her mouth half-full of food, Wang Ling mumbled, "What's the rush? Does it do any good?"

"Wang Ling, you're actually eating? What time is it, and you still have an appetite?"

Zhang Kai was losing his mind, pacing back and forth with his phone in hand.

"Why wouldn't I have an appetite? Don't tell me you haven't thought about this or prepared for it in advance."

Wang Ling's implication was: if you didn't even prepare for this, I despise you.

Zhang Kai sat down and thought about it. "I suppose that's true. So now it all depends on their choice. Are you coming over so we can discuss it together?"

Zhang Kai's words made Wang Ling roll her eyes into the void. Why hadn't she noticed before how foolish he could be? Was this the legendary filter of unrequited love?

"Check what time it is."

Zhang Kai glanced at his phone. "Seven o'clock! Why are you asking that?"

Looking at the clueless Zhang Kai, Wang Ling felt like hanging up on him right then and there.

"Not even a single netizen who loves to eat melons is awake yet. What are you going over there for?"

Wang Ling had put it bluntly enough, and Zhang Kai caught on instantly.

"Uhm, right, I'm going to grab some breakfast and then I'll come pick you up."

Zhang Kai hung up the phone immediately, leaving Wang Ling with no chance to refuse.

Zhang Kai hung up so fast because he understood Wang Ling. Once she put her foot down about something like this, it meant she had truly let go and would never want to be entangled with him again.

If he had hung up a second slower, Wang Ling's refusal would likely have slipped past her lips.

Zhang Kai couldn't help a bitter smile. Since when did he understand her so well? Previously, he had never considered the possibility of the two of them getting together.

It wasn't until Wang Ling pointed it out that Zhang Kai belatedly realized everything had traces leading up to it.

For instance, during the waiting period when he had just called Wang Ling, he realized that in the past, Wang Ling would always answer his calls within a single second.

He used to tease her, saying she deserved to be called a gold-medal manager because her phone seemed glued to her hand. Now he knew she simply didn't want to keep him waiting.

And now, it seemed he was no longer that special person in Wang Ling's life. Zhang Kai couldn't quite describe the feeling; there was definitely a sense of loss.

After all, after so many years, he had long grown accustomed to Wang Ling's constant companionship.

To him, a romantic partner might not be forever, but he had never imagined a day would come when he and Wang Ling would become strangers.

Whenever he went on business trips in the past, he would always think of bringing something back for Wang Ling, wondering if she would like it.

Yet, while Zhang Kai treated Wang Ling well, he had never placed her in the position of a woman he loved. He viewed her more as a companion, completely detached from gender.

But now he knew Wang Ling was no longer that little Ling who would trail behind him and agree to everything he said.

He had hung up in such a rush because he was afraid—afraid of hearing a rejection from Wang Ling's lips, afraid that the two of them would truly have no further intersections in life.

Zhang Kai guessed correctly; upon hearing that Zhang Kai was coming to pick her up, Wang Ling's face remained entirely devoid of ripples as she continued to look down and eat her breakfast.

In the past, if Zhang Kai said he was coming to pick her up, she would have abandoned her meal instantly to change clothes and put on makeup, all while trying to make it look effortless.

Yet now, Wang Ling felt that letting go wasn't such a bad thing after all; she actually felt much freer than before.

When Bai Chenxi was awakened by her phone's ringing, she fumbled around with her eyes closed for a long time before she finally located the device.

"Hello?"

The moment Wang Ling heard Bai Chenxi's voice, she knew the girl was still half-asleep. It seemed she needed to find someone who was actually awake.

"Is Chu Muyun there? Put him on the phone."

Bai Chenxi was thoroughly dazed, though Chu Muyun seemed to be right beside her. With her eyes half-open and half-closed, she shoved the phone toward Chu Muyun.

"Sister Wang wants you!" Having finished her task, Bai Chenxi drifted right back to sleep.