Chapter 155: The Ning-Zhu United Front

Inside the room, the lamplight was warm.

Qin Jian stood behind the girl with hair reaching her waist, earnestly combing her beautiful tresses.

"Brother Jian..."

Feeling the faint warmth radiating from Qin Jian's hands, Ning Rongrong's eyes grew misty: "Although we cannot do more intimate things... although you will be with others... although I am not clear where the future lies..."

She murmured in a low voice: "But as long as you are still by my side, and I can still see you, touch you, and talk with you, I feel that... our hearts are still together..."

Qin Jian's hand holding the comb paused, and the expression on his face became increasingly gentle.

As long as he was with her, he felt his heart was very peaceful.

If he was Zhu Zhuqing's harbor of peace, then Ning Rongrong was his own.

This girl was clear-hearted and perceptive, entrusting all her affection and trust to him; she was someone he could never let go of, no matter what.

"My heart... is also... always with you..." Qin Jian murmured.

The Ocean's Tear between their brows flickered slightly, and waves of cool ripples penetrated their minds, as if verifying the sincerity of their hearts.

This night, the wind was not calm, and the waves were not still...

After the two turned off the lamp and fell asleep in their own beds, it wasn't long before they were startled awake by a "click" sound.

"Who is it?!"

Ning Rongrong hurriedly turned on the light, and then saw Zhu Zhuqing standing at the foot of their bed in her pajamas.

"Zhu... Zhuqing, is it really okay for you to climb through the window in the middle of the night..." Qin Jian covered his face.

"Zhu... Zhuqing?"

Ning Rongrong was a bit dazed: "Why did you come to our room?"

"Th... that..."

It was Zhu Zhuqing's first time doing such a thing, and no matter how cold and frosty she usually was, she felt very awkward now: "I'm sorry... I was injured... and couldn't sleep..."

"Why can't you sleep when you're injured?" Ning Rongrong asked curiously.

Qin Jian got up and pulled her to sit down: "Is it because you feel uneasy in your heart?"

"Mm... every time I'm injured, I get scared... only..."

Zhu Zhuqing secretly glanced at Ning Rongrong's expression before whispering: "Only by your side can I feel at ease..."

Ning Rongrong's expression... was somewhat strange...

"So, you want to sleep with Brother Jian tonight?"

She glanced at Zhu Zhuqing and said: "Do you want me to give up the room to you two?"

Zhu Zhuqing hurriedly shook her head: "No need, it's fine if I just share a bed with him..."

"This is a single bed..." Ning Rongrong reminded her.

Qin Jian wisely remained silent at this moment to avoid getting caught in the crossfire, and could only watch the two girls negotiate.

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes flickered slightly as she glanced to the side: "Although it's a bit crowded, it's still possible to sleep."

Ning Rongrong pointed at her own nose, her voice crisp and clear: "Then I finally managed to get a room with Brother Jian, and I still have to watch you two cuddling and sleeping all night?"

Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head; she also felt that what she was doing lacked confidence.

"Then... I... I'd better go back to sleep..."

She said in a low voice and walked toward the windowsill, clearly intending to climb back out the window...

Qin Jian opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Ning Rongrong glanced at his expression, couldn't help but let out a soft huff, and then crossed her arms: "Wait, I have a way."

"What way?" Qin Jian asked immediately.

Zhu Zhuqing also turned back, looking at Ning Rongrong with anticipation.

Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes at Qin Jian and said: "We can push the beds together to sleep; that should be about right."

Qin Jian subconsciously thought of his days with Shui Bing'er; that girl, who was timid on the surface but actually a dominant older-sister type, had slept with him just like that.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing's eyes lit up: "Rongrong, you are so smart..."

"Hmph, what's the use of being smart? I still have to watch you two be together!" Ning Rongrong said with her hands on her hips.

Zhu Zhuqing remained silent; she felt as if she had encountered Qin Jian's legal wife, and she didn't know why she couldn't bring herself to be assertive...

It was truly because Ning Rongrong was behaving so generously, so generous that she felt a bit grateful and guilty.

Clearly, she was the official girlfriend, so why did it turn out like this...

Zhu Zhuqing's little cat brain wasn't quite keeping up.

And Qin Jian, well, silently moved the bed, keeping his head down and reaping the benefits...

Ning Rongrong's lively eyes rolled again: "No, no, it was agreed that Brother Jian would be with me today; you two are not allowed to cuddle tonight, I want to sleep in the middle."

Qin Jian didn't mind; he was already very satisfied to be able to sleep with both Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

But Zhu Zhuqing was different; she pursed her lips and still said: "Rongrong... I... I need to lean against Qin Jian to sleep to feel at ease..."

Seeing Ning Rongrong's expression begin to change, she lowered her head further and further, like a kitten that had done something wrong: "I... I'm sorry..."

"Alright then..."

Ning Rongrong finally conceded: "Let Brother Jian sleep in the middle, but no one is allowed to cuddle him to sleep at night."

Hearing that no one was allowed to cuddle him, Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

Ning Rongrong just gave a secret smile; anyway, she couldn't cuddle Qin Jian either, so this was fine too. Isn't it just three people lying together for a night... it's nothing...

Probably...

The night passed without a word.

As a result, early the next morning, when Ning Rongrong opened her eyes, she discovered that she had somehow curled up on Qin Jian's left side, leaning very closely against him, and was even resting on his arm.

Thinking of last night's agreement, she couldn't help but feel a bit guilty and hurriedly moved a little distance away from Qin Jian.

But when she lifted her body slightly, she was surprised to discover that Zhu Zhuqing on the other side was leaning against Qin Jian in almost the same posture as her.

Her eyes rolled, and she knew what was going on: "Hmph! Big pig's trotter!"

She pouted, but seeing Zhu Zhuqing leaning so closely, she simply leaned back against him herself: "Can't let her take advantage..."

The corners of Qin Jian's mouth curled up quietly; he felt he was really becoming a scumbag...

"Wake up, wake up, hurry up and wake up—"

By the time Zhao Wuji's loud voice woke everyone up, Tang San, who was an early riser, was fine, but Oscar, who was used to sleeping in, was in more pain.

But when they saw Qin Jian, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing coming out of the same room at the same time, the crowd, who had still been a bit sleepy, suddenly became spirited, their eyes filled with the light of gossip.

"Eh? Zhuqing, weren't you in the same room as me last night? When did you run off to Brother's room?" Xiao Wu pouted.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing suddenly exchanged a glance, and in the flow of their gazes, they reached a consensus in an instant.

That was that internal warfare must not turn into a Three Kingdoms war...

"Xiao Wu, Zhuqing got up early, so she came to our room to wake us up," Ning Rongrong said with a smile.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded and said, "I was afraid they would oversleep."

Qin Jian... he had no say in the matter.

"Oh... oh... is that so..."

Xiao Wu was a bit dazed.

Tang San sighed: "Xiao Wu, you..."

"Tang San, shut up," Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing said at the same time.

Facing the knife-like gazes of the two beautiful girls, Tang San was as silent as a cicada in winter.

Qin Jian stepped forward, patted Xiao Wu's head, and seeing her eyes squint and her ears droop in a very comfortable manner, he said helplessly: "What a silly Rabbit..."

(End of this chapter)