After Transmigrating Into A Cannon Fodder Character, I Only Want To Survive - Chapter 67

Fang Bai finished speaking and lifted her foot to walk out, but the person in front of her turned and left a step ahead of her.

Without even turning her head back.

Fang Bai was momentarily stunned and immediately called out to the person who had already left the bedroom and was about to disappear from her sight.

“Wait.”

Ji Yuning stopped, a flicker of rekindled expectation in her heart.

Fang Bai asked, “Where are you going?”

Ji Yuning subtly tightened her arms, but her face remained expressionless as she said, “Upstairs.”

She had no intention of switching rooms. If Fang Bai wanted to sleep in that cold room, then she would pretend she hadn’t come to find Fang Bai tonight.

Ji Yuning glanced at Fang Bai. “Sleep early.”

Fang Bai took two steps forward, holding the blanket. “What are you going upstairs for? We agreed to switch rooms.”

Fang Bai continued, “It’s so cold standing here, and there’s no air conditioning in your room. You might get sick sleeping there tonight.”

A certain string in Ji Yuning’s heart was touched, but she turned sideways without moving, instead asking, “Won’t you get sick if you sleep there?”

“…” Fang Bai’s eyes curved into a smile, and she whispered, “I’m an adult.”

Then Fang Bai walked up to Ji Yuning and said as if talking to a child, “Adults aren’t afraid of anything.”

Ji Yuning turned her head and gazed at Fang Bai. The other person seemed to have just come out of a warm environment, the pink flush on her cheeks hadn’t faded, and she exuded a sweet fragrance. Her small body held a blanket much wider than her, giving the feeling of a child hugging a large teddy bear.

Where did she look like an adult?

The blanket was very thick, and Fang Bai’s arms felt a bit sore from holding it. She loosened her grip and said to Ji Yuning, “Hurry up and go to sleep.”

After speaking, Fang Bai wanted to leave, but Ji Yuning at the door blocked her way.

Ji Yuning said softly, “Not switching rooms.”

Hearing this, Fang Bai thought, didn’t you knock on my door first? How—

Before Fang Bai’s thoughts could finish, Ji Yuning’s cold voice rang in her ears.

Ji Yuning said, “Sleep together.”

Fang Bai was stunned, repeating, “Sleep together?”

Ji Yuning looked at Fang Bai and nodded. “Okay.” ?

Why were you nodding?

She was asking a question, not making a suggestion.

But Ji Yuning clearly didn’t hear Fang Bai’s inner thoughts. She turned around, facing Fang Bai.

One person stood outside the door, the other inside, blocking each other’s path.

Fang Bai looked at the door blocked by Ji Yuning, then at the blankets that had touched. After two breaths, Fang Bai was the first to give in, backing away to make way for Ji Yuning.

She thought she would go out after Ji Yuning entered the room.

But after Ji Yuning entered the bedroom, she directly closed the door.

Accompanied by the “click” of the closing door, Fang Bai’s feet shifted, and she lowered her voice to say to the person standing in front of the door, “How about Auntie goes upstairs to sleep?”

Ji Yuning looked up at Fang Bai. The other person’s back was pressed tightly against the wall, like a small animal trembling in the corner, restrained and afraid of something.

A flicker of light crossed Ji Yuning’s eyes, and she asked in a low, hoarse voice, “Is Auntie afraid of me?”

Her thoughts exposed, Fang Bai was stunned for a moment and then immediately said, “Of course not.”

The speed of her rebuttal after the pause was too fast, making it difficult to believe the truthfulness of her words.

A thoughtful look flashed in Ji Yuning’s eyes, then she asked, “Does Auntie hate me very much?”

Fang Bai shook her head, without thinking. “No.”

Ji Yuning took small steps forward, approaching Fang Bai as she asked, “Does Auntie really want to get sick?”

Fang Bai was silent for a moment, considering if she said yes, Ji Yuning would let her out.

The next second, Ji Yuning’s voice entered her ears: “Getting sick means going to the hospital for an IV drip.”

Thinking of needles piercing her skin, Fang Bai instantly said, “Don’t want to.”

“Then can we sleep together?” Ji Yuning’s voice lowered a lot.

Fang Bai was momentarily dazed. “…Okay.”

Ji Yuning’s lips curved up slightly. “Let’s go.”

By the time Fang Bai reacted, she had already been pulled to the bedside by Ji Yuning.

A minute later, Fang Bai had made the bed. Seeing that Ji Yuning’s blanket was still folded in a square and hadn’t moved, Fang Bai asked, “Do you want me to spread it for you?”

Ji Yuning pursed her lips. “No need.”

Unsurprisingly rejected, Fang Bai lowered her eyes. “Oh.”

Unlike her previous reactions to being rejected, this time there was a hint of low spirits.

Fang Bai wasn’t angry, but felt… afraid of sleeping in the same bed as Ji Yuning.

What was it like to sleep in the same bed as someone who hated you?

Fang Bai didn’t want to know.

She was just wondering if Ji Yuning would take this opportunity to get rid of her early.

—It wasn’t impossible.

But Fang Bai quickly reassured herself:

In broad daylight, Ji Yuning wouldn’t do that, otherwise, if the police collected evidence, they would directly point the finger at Ji Yuning. People like Ji Yuning killed without leaving a trace.

Although it wasn’t very reassuring, it still had some calming effect.

While Fang Bai was pondering these things, Ji Yuning had already made the bed.

Fang Bai cleared her throat softly, suppressing those chaotic thoughts, and said to Ji Yuning, “Let me tell you first, my sleeping posture isn’t very good, it might disturb you.”

Ji Yuning paused. “Mmm.”

Fang Bai smiled. “Then you sleep first, I’ll go tidy up the bathroom.”

She had taken a shower but hadn’t had time to clean up.

Ji Yuning nodded in response.

Three minutes later, Fang Bai came out of the bathroom.

When her gaze fell on the bed, she found that Ji Yuning had already fallen asleep.

Her sleeping posture was very proper, her hands crossed below her chest, rising and falling slightly with her breath.

Ji Yuning’s sleeping face was much more serene than when she was awake, lacking the coldness, her facial lines softened.

“Xiao Ning?” Fang Bai called softly.

There was no response.

She fell asleep so quickly?

Raising an eyebrow slightly, Fang Bai turned around and turned off the bedroom light.

The room fell into darkness.

Fortunately, the blackout curtains didn’t completely block the moonlight, adding some brightness to the darkness.

Using the moonlight, Fang Bai slowly walked to the bedside.

Afraid of waking Ji Yuning, Fang Bai deliberately moved slowly when getting into bed, taking a full ten seconds for something that could be done in one.

After getting under the covers, Fang Bai looked at the sleeping person.

Realizing she hadn’t disturbed the other girl, Fang Bai breathed a sigh of relief and closed her eyes peacefully.

Fang Bai had thought she wouldn’t be used to having someone sleeping beside her and wouldn’t be able to fall asleep. But perhaps it was because she had been working hard and staying up late these past few days that she fell asleep soon after her head hit the pillow.

More than ten minutes later, the room fell silent, the soft sound of breathing incredibly clear at this moment.

Besides that, there was also someone’s heartbeat.

“Thump” “Thump” “Thump”

Beating along with the breathing.

Like wanting to tear through the veil of darkness and break free from confinement.

The person who had already fallen asleep quietly opened their eyes, their eyes clear and without a hint of sleepiness.

Ji Yuning wasn’t pretending to be asleep.

It was just that in this situation, when Fang Bai called her, she didn’t know how to respond.

Seeing the two quilts lying close together on the bed, affection surged, making her breathing careful.

Afraid that responding to Fang Bai would lead to an unknown future that would make her feel at a loss.

Tilting her head slightly, Ji Yuning looked at Fang Bai.

Moonlight shone on the bed, and Fang Bai lay in the moonlight.

Pure white, flawless, pure and beautiful.

A beam of light in the darkness, chasing away the boundless silence.

She didn’t know how long had passed, but just as Ji Yuning was about to fall asleep, after the rustling of blankets, Ji Yuning felt something added to her calf. Then, the blanket by her leg was moved, and something squeezed in.

When the suddenly added thing pressed against Ji Yuning’s calf, the sleepiness she had been cultivating for a long time vanished.

It was… Fang Bai’s foot.

••••

Fang Bai woke up without opening her eyes, wanting to take advantage of the fact that she wasn’t fully awake to sleep a little longer.

She hadn’t dreamed all night, and even slept more comfortably than usual, especially in the latter half of the night, feeling warm as if sleeping next to a hot stove.

Thinking this, Fang Bai hugged the quilt in her arms, wanting to feel the warmth from last night again.

Her head was still foggy from just waking up, so much so that it took Fang Bai nearly a minute to realize that the quilt she was straddling in her arms… felt a bit strange.

Fang Bai kept her eyes closed, groping around haphazardly. The quilt was not only soft but also self-heating.

Suddenly, Fang Bai thought of something, and her random groping stopped.

The desire to sleep a little longer vanished instantly.

After a moment of blankness, Fang Bai slowly opened her eyes, and Ji Yuning’s chin came into view.

Just as she thought, the “quilt” she was straddling was Ji Yuning…

Fang Bai looked up slightly and saw that Ji Yuning’s eyes were still closed, looking sound asleep. Fang Bai inexplicably felt relieved.

Thank goodness, Ji Yuning didn’t know.

But why was she hugging Ji Yuning to sleep?

It seemed she was also using Ji Yuning’s arm as a pillow.

As her gaze moved down, Fang Bai became flustered.

She was not only hugging Ji Yuning to sleep, but also under Ji Yuning’s covers, sharing the same quilt.

Then the hot stove from last night… was also Ji Yuning?

“…”

After a moment of reaction, Fang Bai felt she had to leave before Ji Yuning woke up.

Otherwise, if Ji Yuning found out, it would be too embarrassing.

Fang Bai first withdrew the leg draped over Ji Yuning, then lifted the arm that had been around Ji Yuning’s waist. Just as Fang Bai prepared to slip out from under Ji Yuning’s covers, Ji Yuning’s voice came from above, “Auntie.”

The voice of someone just waking up was hoarse and low, betraying no emotion.

Fang Bai’s body stiffened, and she slowly looked up at Ji Yuning, licking her lips as she asked, “…Awake?”

“Mmm.” Ji Yuning closed her eyes briefly, suppressing the sleepiness in her eyes.

Fang Bai said softly, “Then… good morning?”

Opening her eyes again, Ji Yuning saw the embarrassment on Fang Bai’s face.

A very faint smile appeared in Ji Yuning’s eyes, barely noticeable unless one looked closely. “Morning.”

Fang Bai asked softly with concern, “Did you sleep well?”

She hadn’t slept all night.

First her foot, then her leg, then her arm, and finally her whole body had pressed against her.

Ji Yuning had only fallen asleep towards dawn, estimating that she had only slept for three hours.

Ji Yuning nodded, her voice hoarse. “Good.”

After the brief greeting, Fang Bai began to explain why she had appeared in Ji Yuning’s embrace: “I told you, my sleeping posture isn’t very good. I don’t even know when I… ended up like this.”

There was a hint of awkwardness in Fang Bai’s tone.

Ji Yuning’s eyes flickered. “I don’t know either.”

Fang Bai breathed a sigh of relief. “It’s good I didn’t disturb you.”

Saying this, Fang Bai retreated from under Ji Yuning’s covers.

Her side of the bed had already turned icy cold, completely lacking the warmth from under Ji Yuning’s covers. Fang Bai was so cold she got goosebumps.

Downstairs, Fang Bai didn’t want to linger in bed either and got up.

Fang Bai was still a bit embarrassed. She, a 27-year-old adult, had actually curled up to sleep in a child’s embrace. Just thinking about it was a bit shameful.

Afraid that Ji Yuning would see through her thoughts, Fang Bai pretended to be calm, her tone unconsciously turning colder. “Get up, I’ll talk to Aunt Wu about the air conditioning later.”

The person who had just sat up replied faintly, “Mmm.”

But her lowered head hid the smile that had bloomed because Fang Bai was so cute.

When Fang Bai came out of the bathroom, Ji Yuning was no longer in the room.

The bed in the distance was neatly made, completely different from her usual messy style.

Fang Bai rested her forehead in her hand and stood there for a while. After regaining her senses, she walked to the bed, grabbed a corner of the blanket, and shook it to make it messy.

It was as if she was venting, or perhaps trying to erase the traces of Ji Yuning’s presence, as if that could cover up her embarrassment.

However, before Fang Bai went downstairs, the blanket on the bed had returned to its smooth state.

Author’s Note:

Xiao Ji: I’m Auntie’s human body pillow…