After Transmigrating as the "Green Tea" Fake Heiress, I Got My Happy Ending with the Real Heiress - Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Ruan Yu had never been this close to anyone before.

Even through two layers of blankets, that person’s breath, heartbeat, and body temperature were incredibly clear. Her warm breath fanned Ruan Yu’s neck, making her instinctively pull her neck in. She wanted to escape, yet inexplicably wished to maintain this intimacy.

It felt so secure, so secure.

It was as if just having her nearby would make all evil spirits retreat and all difficulties resolve themselves easily.

Despite these thoughts, Ruan Yu was too embarrassed to stay that way. She finally managed to turn so her back was against the soft side of the bed. Suddenly, she felt a kick on her foot. Before she could react, two feet had slipped into her quilt, quickly clamping onto her legs.

Ruan Yu: “…”

She suddenly understood what “restraint” felt like.

And she also understood why this person was so flustered when she said she was a bad sleeper.

This night was destined to be restless. Every time Ruan Yu was about to fall asleep, she would be startled awake by the movements of the person beside her. She drowsily endured until sunrise, so exhausted that she started to get grumpy. Struggling to free her arm, she decided to imitate this bad sleeper, hanging herself onto the other person like a koala bear.

At 6:15 AM, Wen Yun, who woke up naturally due to her biological clock, felt an absurd amount of heat on her body. She opened her sleepy eyes and realized that at some point, another person had appeared in her quilt, with arms and legs wrapped tightly around her, sleeping soundly.

Wen Yun was both shocked and amused. If she had known the protagonist was willing to be this intimate, Grandma Ruan wouldn’t have needed to bring out an extra quilt.

She carefully peeled the girl off her bit by bit, went to the restroom, asked Grandma Ruan for some warm water, and drank it. When she returned to the room, she saw it was still early, and she had no messages to reply to on WeChat, so she simply went back to sleep.

Looking at the bed, which looked largely the same as last night, Wen Yun was even more puzzled.

She clearly remembered that she was a terrible sleeper; sometimes, when she woke up in the morning, the quilt would be completely tangled and dragging on the floor. Could it be that the protagonist’s halo had influenced her, improving even her sleeping habits?

Instead, she learned one of the protagonist’s small habits—or perhaps a small action resulting from a long-term lack of security. As she tried to drift back to sleep, she searched for a long body pillow online, selected one shaped like a Shiba Inu, and placed an order.

This way, Ruan Yu could cuddle the pillow as she slept as early as tomorrow night.

Putting down her phone, Wen Yun looked at Ruan Yu’s sleeping face and decided to embrace her again.

She didn’t know how much security she could give the protagonist, but every little bit counted.

When they woke up again, it was already nine in the morning.

Ruan Yu woke up first. She noticed her posture had changed but didn’t pay much attention. She checked the time on the wall clock and gently shook the person next to her. “Time to get up and eat breakfast.”

Wen Yun hummed a sleepy “Mmm,” propped herself up groggily, and blinked for a few seconds. She suddenly said to Ruan Yu, who was getting dressed, “I bought you a body pillow.”

Ruan Yu turned back, puzzled.

“It’s safer to hug while sleeping,” Wen Yun explained. “The Reggie I gave you before is still too small. This time, I’m sending you a big one.”

Ruan Yu naturally remembered the Lena bear doll she had been given initially. In the early days of her rebirth, she relied on that doll to get through the nightmares every night. Hearing this, she was surprised by Wen Yun’s thoughtfulness and nodded shyly, “Thank you. You shouldn’t have gone to all that trouble.”

Wen Yun smiled and began to change her clothes too.

“Did you sleep well last night?” she asked casually. “Did I bother you while you were sleeping?”

Ruan Yu paused in her movements and quickly lied, “It was very good.”

She was facing away from Wen Yun, so Wen Yun didn’t see the sudden blush on the girl’s face.

But Wen Yun still detected the panic in her tone. She frowned, quickly pulled on her T-shirt, propped herself on the quilt, and moved closer to her. “You don’t have to pretend everything’s fine with me. I know I’m a bad sleeper. If I disturbed your sleep, I need to apologize to you!”

The girl seemed startled by her seriousness and stared at her blankly. After a long moment, she asked in a very small voice, “Do you lack a sense of security too?”

“…Why do you ask that?” Wen Yun was confused.

“You kept… hugging me while you slept…” Ruan Yu stammered. “And… and you hugged me really tight. I couldn’t break free from you…”

Wen Yun: “…”

Even though they were both the same sex and appeared to be minors, Wen Yun’s old face still flushed at these words, and all traces of sleepiness vanished.

She didn’t even know how to respond. She remained awkwardly silent for a long time before she guiltily lied, “Yes, actually, I also lack a lot of security.”

Judging by the protagonist’s reaction, she felt that the answer “bad sleeper” probably wouldn’t satisfy her.

Although she was certain that she truly hugged things tightly in her sleep because of her bad sleeping habits.

Ruan Yu, already dressed in her skirt, was about to get out of bed. She picked up her phone, searched for body pillows as she walked, and quietly placed an order for a long, tabby cat-shaped one.

If a body pillow could provide her with security, perhaps it could provide this person with security too.

After breakfast, Wen Yun followed Ruan Yu up the mountain to walk the dogs, pick some wild vegetables, and gather a basket of chestnuts and a few pears from the Ruan family’s contracted forest.

“Soon, Grandma will hire people to come here to gather chestnuts and pick pears to sell in town, and they’ll keep some for themselves,” Ruan Yu said, propping herself up with a bamboo pole. “Our pears are a good variety—big, crisp, and incredibly refreshing. Whether you eat them directly or use them in soup, the fresh flavor is guaranteed to be unforgettable.”

Wen Yun listened and responded, using the tongs she held to pick up a chestnut encased in its spiky husk. She tapped it hard on a stone, releasing the chestnuts inside, and ate one immediately after peeling it.

Seeing her practiced movements, Ruan Yu tentatively asked, “Did you live in the countryside before?”

“I grew up in the countryside when I was very young,” Wen Yun recalled. “Later, my parents brought my grandparents to live in the city, so I didn’t go back much.”

To this day, she didn’t know how the system determined what counted as “disrupting time and space.” She had said this much, yet hadn’t heard a warning tone.

“No wonder you like it here so much,” Ruan Yu sat next to her and also picked up a chestnut to peel, asking no further questions.

She remembered He Sheng’s advice: to deeply understand someone’s past and habits, one must proceed gradually and maintain a suitable distance, just like treating a small animal brought home for the first time—trust must be built little by little.

Since they had promised the Wen parents before coming, they carried the chestnuts and pears down the mountain, ate a meal of Grandma Ruan’s handmade noodles, and then contacted Sister Luo to pick them up.

While Ruan Yu was washing dishes in the kitchen, Grandma Ruan specifically called Wen Yun into Grandpa Ruan’s study and solemnly urged her: “Yunyun, please, the elders are begging you, don’t let Xiao Yu come back again! Besides the good mountains, water, and air in this village, nothing else is really good! Don’t they call your city a ‘world of flowers’? Even if you find something to distract Xiao Yu, don’t let her worry about this place anymore!”

Wen Yun had no choice but to be honest: “Grandma, Grandpa, let me apologize to you first. Xiao Yu’s return was my idea; she wouldn’t have dared to come back herself!”

Facing the two elders’ astonished gazes, she earnestly explained: “I just thought that since we’re almost adults, some educational philosophies shouldn’t be extreme. It’s best to clearly explain the pros and cons. Xiao Yu is too innocent and very obedient. If you resolutely tell her not to come back, she truly won’t. But she worries about you, and she’ll be miserable thinking about you. Even if she’s not your biological granddaughter, she was with you for seventeen years, and her feelings for you are very deep!”

“I already understood the situation in the village before picking her up. I will try my best to find a solution for that in the future. If I really can’t change the environment, I’d actually like to invite you to live in the city. Now, the city has comprehensive facilities for the elderly and disabled. It would be convenient for Grandpa to go out, see a doctor, and get medication, and you wouldn’t have to travel far to buy groceries. But this depends on your preference. Xiao Yu and I will respect whatever you choose.”

“Good girl, you really don’t need to think so much for us. At our age, we already have one foot in the grave; it doesn’t matter,” Grandpa Ruan sighed. “Grandma and I just want Xiao Yu to have a good life in the city. Girls in the village mostly grow up suffering, and people on the street will point fingers and gossip!”

“I promise you this: as long as I’m here, no one will be able to bully Xiao Yu!” Wen Yun stated confidently. She then tentatively asked, “But I have some things I’d like to ask you about, regarding my aunt…”

By the time Ruan Yu returned from washing the dishes, Wen Yun had finished her inquiries and was saying thank you and goodbye to the two elders.

“This is a small token of my personal sincerity. It’s not much, but I hope you will accept it,” Wen Yun tucked a stack of prepared hundred-yuan red notes into Grandma Ruan’s hand. “Later, when I’m successful and earning my own money, I will definitely send you more!”

She hadn’t forgotten the original owner’s disdain for these blood relatives, merely instructing Father Wen to give them a bank card when picking up Ruan Yu and never inquiring about their situation again.

As Lin Qiqi had said, most children from wealthy families who encounter such a situation will distance themselves from these relatives who suddenly appear and lack any background, fearing they will be clung to for money or favors.

But Wen Yun felt that such matters depended on the people involved, and secondly, on fulfilling one’s legal obligations to support family. If they were truly unscrupulous relatives who violated the law, sending them to the police station was better than pretending not to know them and leaving them to fester.

But the two elders absolutely refused to accept it, declining repeatedly.

Wen Yun’s “green tea” smooth-talking template was completely ineffective on them. It wasn’t until Sister Luo called, and Wen Yun knew she had to leave and showed her anxiety, combined with Ruan Yu’s persistent gentle persuasion, that the two elders willingly kept Wen Yun’s red packet. However, they insisted that the girls take all the local products they had saved to eat for the next half a year.

Sitting in the car on the way back to the Wen family, Wen Yun recalled the events before leaving and couldn’t help but sigh: “Ai.”

Yet, her heart was warm, and the corners of her mouth couldn’t stop curving into a smile.

This was the trouble that came with familial bonds; she truly hadn’t expected to be fortunate enough to experience it even once.

It was already four in the afternoon when they arrived home. There was still some time before dinner. After greeting the butler, Ruan Yu, dragging her tired body, returned to her room to catch up on some sleep.

She had just finished changing into her pajamas when she heard a knock on the door, but it was very light, as if testing the waters.

“Xiao Yu, are you asleep?”

The person’s voice followed.

Even though she was tired, Ruan Yu struggled to get up, answering as she opened the door.

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