"Ah? There's only one room left?"
Upon hearing the innkeeper's apologetic response, Tang Ya sprang up from her chair, her face full of anxiety.
She remembered very clearly that Sunset Town was just a small place, not large in scale, and this was the only decent inn around.
If there was only one room left here, didn't that mean... she would have to squeeze into it with Liu Yuan tonight?
At the thought of this possibility, a wave of heat rushed from her neck to her cheeks. Tang Ya felt her face instantly grow burning hot, and a visible flush of red quietly appeared.
Although she was usually carefree and bold, men and women were different after all; deep down, she was still an unmarried maiden!
Being in the same room with Liu Yuan, just the two of them... this... this was just too...
Seeing this, Liu Yuan rubbed his brow in some helplessness.
He turned to the innkeeper and said, "Fine, then give this last room to her."
"Then what about you?" Tang Ya asked quickly upon hearing this.
"Me?" Liu Yuan shrugged indifferently.
"When traveling, sleeping rough is common. I can just find an eave or a tree branch to make do for the night. I can't let you, a girl, have nowhere to stay."
He said this casually, but it made Tang Ya feel somewhat ashamed, and she immediately retorted:
"Don't! If you give me the only room and go outside to make do, wouldn't that make me, Tang Ya, look like I'm being unreasonable?"
Liu Yuan looked at her stubborn expression, which clearly said, "If you dare leave, I'll be mad at you," and said with a headache:
"As a man, I won't lose out, but if we stay in one room, it might not be good for your reputation if word gets out, right?"
"Oh, stop dawdling!"
Tang Ya simply steeled herself, using her bright tone to mask her inner shyness, and lifted her chin defiantly:
"I'm a girl and I'm not afraid, so what are you, a man, afraid of? What, don't tell me you actually have improper thoughts about me?"
Liu Yuan was choked speechless by her bold words, the corners of his mouth twitching as he retorted crossly:
"Shut up. What on earth are you thinking about all day long?"
In the end, after this back-and-forth, the two of them, under the innkeeper's knowing and ambiguous gaze, took the same key and walked upstairs together.
The room wasn't large, but it was clean and tidy.
One bed, one table, one chair—that was all.
The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat subtly awkward.
"I... I'll go take a bath first." Tang Ya broke the silence first, grabbed her small bundle, and ducked into the bathroom.
With a "bang," she closed the door, cutting off Liu Yuan's line of sight. Leaning against the door panel, Tang Ya felt her heart beating wildly.
The hot water splashed over her body, making her thoughts become chaotic.
Although she trusted Liu Yuan's character one hundred percent and knew he definitely wasn't the kind of villain who would take advantage of someone,
but... but she couldn't help her own little head from wandering!
A man and a woman in the same room, dry tinder and a blazing fire... What if, what if the atmosphere was just right, and Liu Yuan suddenly acted like a beast and pinned her against the wall...
"Ah! Tang Ya, what are you thinking about!"
She shook her head violently, trying to shake those shameful images out of her mind, but her pretty face was already red enough to drip blood.
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