After what must have been a moment of inner hesitation, Tuantuan quickly moved away from Deng Yuyuan's pillow.
Tuantuan had wanted to drag her toddler bed right next to her mother's, but she was afraid of making too much noise. Truth be told, she didn't have the strength to move it anyway. In the end, she simply crawled back into her own bed.
When dawn broke and Deng Yuyuan woke up, Tuantuan was nowhere to be seen. The little blanket had been folded neatly by its tiny owner in a desperate attempt to pretend that no child had snuck in the night before.
Deng Yuyuan rubbed her temples and let out a long sigh. Waking up early and going to bed late—if Tuantuan applied this level of sheer willpower to anything else, she would absolutely succeed.
