Finally back home, Deny Aaron collapsed on the chair, swearing never to accompany a girl shopping again.
The exhaustion brought by both body and soul was more tormenting than solving a whole set of advanced calculus problemsAiri Sakura, on the other hand, remained full of energy and tirelessly carried things back and forth without bothering Deny Aaron.
"Little bear, so cute!" Airi Sakura loved the teddy bear that came with the phone recharge, so she put it on her bedside.
" Deny Aaron-kun, I put your facial cleanser in the bathroom for you!"
"..."
Go ahead and put it, I will never use it anyway.
Deny Aaron got up, moved the fish tank to the second floor, and put the three dumb little goldfish from the red bucket into it.
Bai Xiaomeng also eagerly ran over, staring at the goldfish through the glass.
The goldfish were not bought by Deny Aaron, but were given by Wang Auntie's younger sister from next door last year. Her name was Su Zhifu, six years old this year. Deny Aaron called her Pao Fu.
She went back to the countryside as usual this summer vacation and hasn't been seen for over a month.
Airi Sakura finally finished with her tasks and meowed as she lay on the sofa. At this moment, she felt sore all over her body.
"If someone could just massage my legs, and then I can take a hot bath, I will definitely have a good night's sleep..."
Deny Aaron looked at her suspiciously. Besides him, are there other people in this room? Is she asking me to massage her? Wishful thinking!
"Bai Xiaomeng, step on me."
Deny Aaron shouted, and Bai Xiaomeng jumped onto him and started stepping on him.
Airi Sakura felt extremely envious and said with a kind voice, "Bai Xiaomeng, step on me too."
"Meow?"
Bai Xiaomeng ignored her and even rolled her eyes at her, which made Airi Sakura quite angry.
"Haha."
Deny Aaron was amused, he patted the cat, and both he and Airi Sakura leaned against the sofa.
The afternoon hours were pleasant, and unconsciously, both Deny Aaron and Airi Sakura fell asleep leaning on the sofa. Bai Xiaomeng also stopped stepping on them and found a cozy spot in Deny Aaron's arms to take a nap as well.
The ceiling fan in the living room was spinning, and outside the balcony, the world was bathed in golden sunlight. Occasionally, a cool breeze would blow in, causing the curtains to gently sway, casting long shadows on the floor...
Deny Aaron rarely took naps, but this time he slept quite deeply and had a dream of significant magnitude.
In the dream, he became an astronaut and successfully obtained the opportunity to explore the moon, where he discovered something extraordinary. He encountered a massive unknown object!
Damn, how does this bathtub look so much like a spaceship?
No, wait...why does this spaceship look so much like a bathtub?
The spaceship had the shape of a bathtub, and he had no idea why. Curious, he walked inside.
Then, inside the spaceship, he bumped into Airi Sakura who was taking a bath in the bathtub.
" Deny Aaron-kun, come over quickly!"
"???"
Originally, it was a beautiful sci-fi adventure dream, but how did the script suddenly change like this!
Deny Aaron woke up, and as a sensible young man, he was still sensible even in his dreams.
Once something too fantastical happened, Deny Aaron immediately realized that he was dreaming.
When he opened his eyes, he felt his arm heavy. He looked down and saw Airi Sakura curled up on the sofa like a little kitten, resting her head on his arm. Her hands were clenched in front of her, sleeping peacefully.
"How did you end up sleeping on top of me? I thought you were Bai Xiaomeng!" Deny Aaron thought it was Bai Xiaomeng who was sleeping on him.
And Bai Xiaomeng had lost her spot, she was now struggling to use her big head to push Airi Sakura away.
"Meow..."
Bai Xiaomeng looked helpless, she looked at Deny Aaron, asking him to intervene.
The sweet scent of the girl reached Deny Aaron's nose, stirring up his hormones. No wonder his sci-fi adventure dreams suddenly changed their style and colors.
Slash, slash, slash!!
"Hey! Wake up!"
Deny Aaron wasn't gentle at all, he tapped Airi Sakura to wake her up.
Airi Sakura, with her eyes still half closed, was disoriented. She couldn't focus her gaze, didn't sleep well last night, and napped too deeply. She had no idea where she was, until she looked up at Deny Aaron's chin and saw his irritated look...
"Huh...? Ah! How did you end up in my room! You pervert!"
Airi Sakura quickly played the victim, blurting out in Japanese out of panic. She swiftly sat up and crossed her arms in front of her.
"You should see where you are."
"I...uh..."
Airi Sakura thought she was sleeping in her room, but now she finally realized that she was lying on the sofa. And she also noticed the red marks on Deny Aaron's arm. She understood what happened.
"How did you end up on top of me while you were sleeping?!"
Deny Aaron couldn't understand what she was saying, but he could make a guess, especially at the end when she said "pervert." He understood that.
"Take a look at where you are."
"I...uh..."
Airi Sakura felt embarrassed, her face blushed. She apologized timidly, feeling genuinely sorry.
"I fell asleep sitting there...I thought I was in my room... and I thought you were the teddy bear they gave when I topped up my phone bill..."
"Why didn't you say I was a pillow?"
"You are definitely more comfortable than a pillow..."
But of course, Airi Sakura couldn't say that out loud.
As Airi Sakura received scolding, she didn't dare argue back. The sleepiness had completely faded away, and she was now more awake than ever, looking down at her fingers twisting and turning.
...
A childish voice from downstairs broke the awkward silence between the two:
"Bai Xiaomeng! Are you home? Deny Aaron, are you home?"
Although Deny Aaron didn't reply, Airi Sakura clearly saw a subtle change in his gaze, almost like a faint smile.
Bai Xiaomeng had already rushed downstairs.
"Who is it?" Airi Sakura curiously asked.
"Just a little brat, just as clueless as you," Deny Aaron said as he walked downstairs to see.
Su Zhifu was standing outside the door, carrying a large black plastic bag, which seemed to be filled with heavy things. When she saw Bai Xiaomeng running out from the gate, she happily went to stroke the cat.
Soon, Deny Aaron also came and opened the door. He almost didn't recognize her in her sunburned state.
"Puff, why are you as black as a piece of charcoal?"
"Everyone says that to me!"
Su Zhifu was very dissatisfied. It seemed like she expected Deny Aaron to say something like that, so she secretly took a piece of black charcoal from the stove and showed it.
"Look, charcoal is so black, and I'm so white. We don't look alike at all!"
Deny Aaron: "..."
With such a well-founded argument, he had nothing to say.
Airi Sakura was also behind Deny Aaron, seeing him being submissive for the first time. She was impressed by Su Zhifu.
Apart from her slightly sunburned skin, the little girl was super cute. She had big and bright eyes, shoulder-length hair, and a sweet voice with a distinctive Jiangnan accent.
"Kawaii!" Airi Sakura couldn't resist cute things. She squat down and became almost the same height as Su Zhifu, then she took her hand and asked, "What's your name?"
Su Zhifu didn't immediately answer her, instead, she curiously observed Airi Sakura, then spoke in a somewhat adult-like manner to Deny Aaron, "I've been away in the countryside for only two months, and your wife has grown so much!"
Airi Sakura: "?"
Deny Aaron: "..."