Late at night, Chu Hengyuan found yet another excuse to squeeze into the same room and the same bed as Aran, and no matter how much Aran tried to shoo him away, he wouldn't budge.
"Be a good girl, Ranran. I've been exhausted lately. I just want to hold you and get some rest tonight." With that, Chu Hengyuan closed his eyes, holding Aran close, and didn't say another word.
Aran lay in his arms, rigid, not daring to move a muscle. It wasn't until she heard the man's breathing steady into a rhythmic pattern that she finally relaxed. He was tired, but so was she. Every day, they only stopped when they absolutely could go no further, and they would be back on the road again as soon as the sky began to gray. Now, lying on the bed and letting her mind drift, the drowsiness she had been fighting off became impossible to ignore, and she slowly drifted into sleep.
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