If You Are A Dodder Flower Chapter 37 Part1

"Big brother?" Xia Rou rubbed at her eyes. Everything was blurry and she hadn't grasped the situation yet.

Cao Yang, his eyes sharp and hands agile, quickly pulled the thin blanket to cover his lap, hiding his natural morning reaction.

"How did I end up in your room?" he asked, face stiff.

"Ah?" Xia Rou rubbed her eyes again and yawned. "Yesterday you… drank too much, got on the wrong floor… so… so you slept on my bed."

That drowsy face obviously hadn't woken up completely.

The night before, she had slept very late so she was still groggy.

Hearing her speak, Cao Yang felt a lump in his throat. After holding it back, he said, "You better go and put on a bra."

Xia Rou froze.

After a second, Cao Yang heard her shrill scream right beside his ears, then he saw the silly girl was scared. She ran quickly off the bed into the closet.

Cao Yang: "…"

Fortunately, she wasn't completely stupid.

Tsk. Translated by The Novelst

As soon as she left, he pulled the blanket off him to go to the bathroom.

He tidied himself up and returned to the room, finding his belt on the bedside table to buckle on, then located his socks and shoes.

When he raised his eyes, he saw that the silly girl had changed into loungewear, blankly standing to the side…

"Go and wash your face," he said expressionlessly.

She had gunk in the corner of her eye, and the corner of her mouth had a suspicious white smudge.

Xia Rou covered her face and rushed into the bathroom.

When she returned, she had performed the magic of a woman's transformation - her face was fresh, lips moisturized, and her hair tidy.

She had become a pretty lady again.

Cao Yang had already taken a seat on the sofa, his head leaning against the back. When he saw her come out, he raised his head and straightened his back.

"Get me a gla.s.s of water," he said.

Xia Rou stepped barefoot on the carpet to get him some water, before sweetly serving the gla.s.s before him - she didn't understand why he was angry, but she felt that it was better for her to act obediently.

Cao Yang raised his head, drinking all the water with one gulp. He set the gla.s.s down on the coffee table with a pak sound.

He then glanced at Xia Rou, standing there barefoot, anxiously twisting her fingers together.

"Sit," he said, pointing at the sofa across from him.

She obediently sat down.

"Yesterday I drank too much and entered the wrong room?" he asked.

"Mn," she nodded, feeling deeply that it wasn't her fault.

"Then why didn't you call someone to take me back to my room?"

"It was too late…" Xia Rou explained. "It was almost two in the morning and everyone was asleep… Also, I was unable to move you by myself; no matter what I needed someone else to help me. Then I would have to wake someone up."

"… Fine, that's understandable," nodded Cao Yang. He then stared hard at her. "Why did you sleep right next to me?"

Xia Rou was a little embarra.s.sed.

Yesterday, since he was dead drunk, she held tightly to his hands and cried the night away.

She fell asleep while crying.

She felt it was embarra.s.sing to say this out loud, so she lowered her head and replied slowly, "Originally I wanted to let you stay on the bed and I would sleep on the sofa. Afterwards… After that… I looked at you for a while, then fell asleep without realizing…"

What did she mean by she was looking at him for a while?

What was so great about looking at a drunk man?

Cao Yang grew angrier, and clenching his teeth in an effort to hold back his anger, asked, "Xia Rou… Don't you lock your door when you sleep?"

Xia Rou was confused. "No, do you lock yours when you sleep?"

Cao Yang choked.

It was true. He didn't lock his door.

This was his house. This was the house that belonged to the commander of the east! There were guards at the entrance, barbed wires on the walls around the house, an infrared alarm system, and cameras. There were even dogs in the courtyard.

Why would he lock the door?

"Of course I don't lock my door! But the problem is," he said, furiously, "How can you and I be the same!"

"Huh?" Xia Rou was lost. She didn't understand why he was so angry.

In the past life and continuing into this life, she lived in this house without locking the door even once while she slept. This was Cao Xiong's house; the security was top-notch. Aside from herself, the only people in the main building were the people of the Cao Family.

Cao Xiong lived at the fourth floor, while Cao Yang and Cao Bin shared the third. Cao Xing and Cao An were on the second floor with her.

And to be honest, the people who were most regularly there were Cao Xiong, Cao Yang, and Cao An. Cao Bin and Cao Xing only came back during the holidays.

Living with these people - what would be the purpose of her locking the door?

What Cao Yang was angry about was Xia Rou's lack of awareness and self-protection.

She was fully grown, yet she didn't have any awareness about the differences between the s.e.xes. She didn't realize that she was a woman that a man could desire.

After raising her for two years, he couldn't believe that she was so silly… Wait no, no. He had realized it already. In the beginning, she didn't have any inkling of self-preservation and had followed Hu Xuan to that remote place, even being hara.s.sed!

"Xia Rou." His brows twisted into a "川". He pushed his cigarette b.u.t.t into the coffee table - Xia Rou's room didn't have an ashtray.

The look on his face made Xia Rou feel like she had been transported to her past, like she'd done something wrong again and made big brother angry.

But this time… She hadn't done anything wrong.

"You're grown already, be more conscious in the future!" Cao Yang frowned and lectured her. "You should learn to protect yourself. At school, stay far away from boys. The incident with Hu Xuan must not happen again!"

Xia Rou's entire face was aflame. Translated by The Novelst

Regarding Hu Xuan, that was really because she had relied on her past. She couldn't explain it to him. When she thought of Cao Yang taking her as a foolish, oblivious girl, she felt awful, but it wasn't like she could argue against it.

She was so mad inside that she began tearing up.

Cao Yang didn't let that soften him. He continued to lecture, "Look at you! The entire house is filled with men. You're old enough, why don't you lock your room when you sleep? If you locked the door, even if I was drunk, would I be able to get in?"

Xia Rou was listening intently to his words and found it odd.

"The person who drank too much and entered the wrong room was you! Why is it my fault now?" she cried, refusing to take the full blame. She had even told him to drink less!

Cao Yang choked again.

Proofread by: Hannah