Gu Xiaobai, whose belly was full of juicy neighborhood gossip, lay flat on his bed and patted his rounded stomach, figuring that this would give him plenty to digest throughout the Spring Festival holiday. Fortunately, his scheme had worked: all the negative emotions weighing on his mother had been completely swept away by the relatives' gossip. He didn't want to stay up late writing today, so after taking a shower and refusing to even look at his phone, he turned off the lights early, pulled up the quilt, and fell fast asleep.
Having been away from home for so many years, he found that he had no trouble sleeping in unfamiliar beds at all. He slept straight through until the next morning.
Early as it was, Gu Xiaobai was yanked right out of his warm bedding by his mother.
Chapter 97