Hua Cheng usually woke up much later than his husband.

Every night, he was the one tiring his husband out, and yet in the mornings, when the rays of the sun would kiss his pale skin to wake him up, when his eyes would finally part, he wouldn't find his beloved next to him. It never surprised him, no. But he didn't like to wake up without Xie Lian beside him, either.

He turned around in bed, laying on his stomach. His arm rested on Xie Lian's side of the bed.

"Gege.." He mumbled.