Addicted to My Cutie and Sweetie

Chapter 871: Immersed in the Role

She had promised to take good care of Lu Jing, but the patient himself wasn’t cooperating, so she couldn’t exactly force Lu Jing to sleep.

Was she supposed to go buy a bottle of sleeping pills, and if Lu Jing really refused to sleep, pry his mouth open and shove one in?

That wouldn’t be caregiving, that’d be murder.

"I can’t sleep..." Lu Jing, unfazed by her scolding, just hugged the pillow tighter, curling up on the sofa.

He didn’t want Zhang Lingying to know that he actually didn’t want to sleep.

"Would you be able to sleep if you slept with me?" Zhang Lingying pursed her lips, asking seriously.

Hearing that, Lu Jing abruptly looked up at her, as if he couldn’t believe his ears.

Did she just ask him if he wanted to sleep with her?

Even though it was to take care of him, it didn’t matter—it was practically an invitation to sleep together!

Lu Jing tried hard to appear a bit more composed and said, "Maybe it would be a little better."

Though his words suggested only a slight improvement, the next second, he was off the sofa, hugging his pillow, and into Zhang Lingying’s room.

When Zhang Lingying finished her drink and returned to her room, she found Lu Jing already nestled in her bed, asleep.

Zhang Lingying was taken aback; her first reaction was to think he was pretending to sleep.

After all, the light in the room was still on, and for someone who suffered from long-term insomnia like Lu Jing, falling asleep so quickly seemed like he was acting.

Zhang Lingying walked to the bedside and poked his arm, "Stop pretending. I’ve already let you come in, so I won’t kick you out, but let me be clear, this is the first and last time."

Otherwise, if Lu Jing kept sleeping in her room, even if nothing happened between them, it wouldn’t look right if word got out.

She waited for a moment, but got no response.

When she sensed something was off, she leaned closer to observe Lu Jing, and found that his breathing was steady and deep. He was cuddling her quilt—it turned out he was really asleep.

Zhang Lingying was momentarily speechless.

Seeing him sleep like a well-behaved child, she involuntarily softened her movements, afraid to wake him.

As long as he could sleep, it was a good thing.

Zhang Lingying quietly comforted herself, thought about it, and lay down on the empty spot on the other side.

Since she promised to accompany Lu Jing, she wouldn’t leave when he fell asleep.

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Zhang Lingying woke up the next day in Lu Jing’s arms.

Seeing Lu Jing’s enlarged face as soon as she opened her eyes, she was first startled, and just as she was about to push him away, she realized Lu Jing’s eyes were still closed—he wasn’t awake at all.

As for herself...

Zhang Lingying turned her head to check.

Lu Jing was still in his original position, he hadn’t moved at all. On the other hand, she had moved from initially sleeping on the edge to now being nestled in Lu Jing’s arms.

If she really wanted to say Lu Jing took advantage of her, she would have difficulty saying it.

Before Lu Jing woke up, Zhang Lingying carefully crawled out of his arms, sneaked out of the room, and pretended nothing happened.

After washing up, she went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

When she finished making breakfast, Lu Jing had also woken up.

When Zhang Lingying went to the room to call him to get up, she was met with Lu Jing’s accusing look, "You promised to stay with me yesterday, and then you just left me alone in your room?"

Zhang Lingying: "..."

Zhang Lingying was stunned for several seconds, realizing Lu Jing thought she had switched rooms while he was asleep.

"I didn’t, I just woke up earlier than you did."

Seeing Lu Jing’s look of disbelief, she hurriedly blurted out, "You held me all night and now you’re questioning me? Are you even human?!"

Lu Jing: "..."

Zhang Lingying: "..."