The 5 p.m. alarm hadn't gone off yet when Xu Qingfan felt a figure moving in front of him; he opened his eyes to check and, unsurprisingly, it was Wu Lingyu standing by the bed.
"Brother Fan, did I wake you? Sorry," Wu Lingyu said quietly, worried she had disturbed the four girls still sound asleep next door.
"It's okay." Xu Qingfan picked up the bedside alarm clock to see, and it was still five minutes to five.
"Let's go down and start cooking," he said as he got out of bed and slipped on his slippers and ruffled the girl's hair.
"Yep!" Wu Lingyu had come to check if Xu Qingfan was awake so that he could go down and help prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, and immediately nodded in agreement.
Xu Qingfan smiled, and the two headed downstairs one after the other.
