Chapter 48: Xia Chiyi Has a Fan Club?

Who would have guessed that the first push wouldn't budge it at all.

This made Xia Chi-Yi lose a bit of face. He pushed harder again, but it still didn't budge.

Instead, Zhou Zhe-Xiao slowly raised his head to look at him, his voice carrying a hint of annoyance, "What?"

"Your hair is dry, you can go to sleep now."

Should I also add a phrase like "At your service, Your Majesty"?

Zhou Zhe-Xiao lowered his gaze, uttered an "Oh," kicked off his slippers, and slid under the covers.

By the time Xia Chi-Yi finished fumbling around as well, it was already one-thirty in the morning. He eagerly rolled himself up in his blanket and went off to see the God of Dreams.

Excitement was replaced by exhaustion, and Xia Chi-Yi began to let out slightly more pronounced little snores than usual.

The next morning, Zhou Zhe-Xiao woke up a bit earlier than Xia Chi-Yi. He leaned against the headboard, yawned, and slowly turned his head to the side.

On the other bed, the boy had half of his face pressed into the pillow, his lips slightly parted, one hand gently clutching the corner of the quilt.

Logically speaking, Zhou Zhe-Xiao should have gotten up to go for a morning run. But for some reason, he just leaned against the headboard, listening to Xia Chi-Yi's soft little snores.

"Mm... hum-hum..." Xia Chi-Yi's lips moved, as if he were muttering something in his sleep.

Zhou Zhe-Xiao let out a faint smile, and on a sudden, unexplainable impulse, he mimicked Xia Chi-Yi's "mm-hum-hum" sound.

After about a few seconds, Xia Chi-Yi seemed to reply to him in his sleep: "Mm... hum-hum..."

His voice was even softer than before, sounding just like a kitten.

Zhou Zhe-Xiao gave a somewhat perfunctory response: "Mm-hum-hum."

After a few seconds, Xia Chi-Yi spoke again: "Zhou Zhe... Xiao..."

Zhou Zhe-Xiao froze right there, remaining completely motionless as if trying to figure out whether Xia Chi-Yi