29 Sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams

◎Desire doesn't lie◎

Yan Sui's gaze wandered. "Yes, I learned Go when I was a child."

“Little liar,” Jian Liyun chuckled, “you just pretended to know nothing about Go and fooled me completely.”

Yan Sui shrugged. "It's better not to let He Chenyu know some things. When we get home later, we'll go buy a chessboard and pieces, and I'll show you how to play the game."

Jian Liyun frowned. "When did you take a picture of the chessboard? I didn't notice at all."

“I didn’t take any pictures,” Yan Sui poked her head with her index finger, “I wrote them all down here.”

“You…” Jian Liyun hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.

Yan Sui realized she had misspoke and coughed lightly, "Anyway, you don't need to worry about the Go matter. He Chenyu played..."

He's as stinky as he is.

The two returned to Jian Liyun's residence, by which time the sun had already set.

Yan Sui scrolled through her phone. "I won't cook for myself today, it's too late. I'll order takeout for the two of us, and I'll also buy a chessboard and pieces at the nearby supermarket and have the delivery driver bring them over."

Jian Liyun looked at Yan Sui quietly for a long time before saying in a confident tone, "You must be very good at Go."

Yan Sui avoided eye contact, her voice weak, "It's alright, so-so."

Jian Liyun suddenly leaned closer, and the faint scent of jasmine filled Yan Sui's nostrils. "I think you might be more suited to be a professional Go player than an agent."

“I don’t want to,” Yan Sui retorted without thinking, then softened her voice, realizing her tone was too harsh. “Li Yun, I don’t want to play chess and I don’t like it. Right now, I just want to be your manager and protect you.”

Jian Liyun put her arm around her waist, without any lust, just gently squeezing the soft flesh of her waist in a comforting way.

"Did Go make you sad?"

Yan Sui paused, then answered irrelevantly, "How about we get seafood fried rice for takeout?"

Jian Liyun nodded, and Yan Sui quickly placed the order.

Seeing that Yan Sui had ordered food and bought a chessboard and pieces, Jian Liyun took the other woman's phone and placed it on the coffee table, then grasped her well-defined right hand.

Stroking the calluses on the tips of Yan Sui's index and middle fingers, Jian Liyun sighed softly, "You probably don't want to be my manager, do you?"

“No,” Yan Sui denied with a very serious expression, “I’m very happy to be your manager. When you were acting with He Chenyu just now, you were really, really, really good.”

Yan Sui said "special" three times, as if afraid that Jian Liyun wouldn't realize how sincere her praise was.

Jian Liyun let go of her hand. "I'm not that good either."

“You’re great,” Yan Sui said, grabbing the other person’s hand and naturally hugging them. “Anyone who dares to say you’re bad is definitely a paid troll hired by the rivals.”

However, in the original novel, Jian Liyun is actually an actress in the entertainment industry who has no substitutes, and no one is qualified to be her rival.

She ultimately committed suicide, purely because He Chenyu held her back.

Twenty minutes later.

The chessboard arrived before the takeout. Jian Liyun held the slightly heavy wooden chessboard in both hands and gestured for Yan Sui to open the study door.

Yan Sui understood immediately, and carrying two boxes of chess pieces, she opened the study door. Jian Liyun placed the chessboard on the desk.

Yan Sui opened the chess box. "I'm not sure when he'll contact you again, but based on what you said, you only play two or three pieces at most each time. I can predict his next move. I'll teach you how to play the next three moves later."

She sat opposite Jian Liyun, picked up a black chess piece, and the doorbell rang at that moment.

"Your takeout should have arrived. I'll go get it," Jian Liyun said.

Yan Sui hummed in agreement. Watching the other person's departing figure, she finally couldn't help but let her hand tremble, and the black chess piece rolled to the ground.

She clenched her right fist so tightly that her fingertips almost pierced the tender flesh of her palm, and Yan Sui tried her best to regulate her breathing.

Perhaps she was just putting on an act in front of He Chenyu, so Yan Sui didn't feel uncomfortable picking up the chess pieces. But now that she was actually going to replicate the game, Yan Sui's hands were trembling along with her heart.

The chess pieces are very light and can be picked up with little effort.

But the chess pieces were so heavy that Yan Sui found herself unable to hold them steady.

She took a deep breath and said to herself, "I have to pick it up..."

This time, she picked up the chess piece not for her own honor, but for Jian Liyun.

I don't want Jian Liyun to lose, I don't want Jian Liyun's ending to be death.

Yan Sui squatted down and picked up the fallen black chess piece.

"Sui Sui," Jian Liyun poked her head in, "How about we eat dinner first?"

Yan Sui stood up and said with a smile, "It's okay, you can unpack the takeout first. I'll be there as soon as I've copied the chess game. It'll only take a few minutes, very quick."

Jian Liyun didn't ask any further questions, "Okay."

The firmer the thought in her mind, the more steady Yan Sui's hand became in holding the chess pieces.

She closed her eyes and recalled the chessboard she had just seen at He Chenyu's house.

Opening her eyes, Yan Sui placed the chess pieces one by one without expression.

...

Jian Liyun handed Yan Sui a juice, both amused and annoyed. "So you clearly wanted seafood fried rice, why did you also order a plate of spicy chicken? You clearly can't handle spicy food."

Yan Sui hissed like a snake from the spiciness, "I saw that the restaurant's sign had spicy chicken... hiss... it's really strange that a seafood restaurant would have spicy chicken on its sign, so I thought... hiss, it's so spicy... I'll give it a try."

She took the juice from Jian Liyun and gulped down several large mouthfuls. Because she drank it too fast, some juice spilled from the corner of her lips.

Jian Liyun chuckled and pulled out a napkin. "I didn't expect you to be so reckless."

Yan Sui was also embarrassed, but the burning and stinging sensation in her mouth made her unable to pay attention to anything else.

"Thanks……"

Having her lips wiped for the first time in her life, Yan Sui really wanted to find a hole to crawl into. She stammered as she tried to thank her, but her lower lip accidentally touched Jian Liyun's fingertip.

The aloof beauty froze, as if frozen in time, and slowly and haltingly returned to her seat.

The warmth of Yan Sui's lips still lingered on her fingertips.

Because of the spicy food, Yan Sui's lips were a little swollen, and the color of her lips was more vibrant red than usual. Her lips were also a little hot.

When Jian Liyun touched the hot liquid, she felt as if her fingertips were about to be burned as well.

If it weren't my own fingers touching it, but my own lips...

Upon having this thought, Jian Liyun was not startled by herself; instead, she smiled with relief.

Indeed, physiological desires do not lie.

She slowly put on her gloves and peeled crayfish for Yan Sui. "Sui Sui, eat less spicy food next time."

Yan Sui nodded hurriedly, "Yes, I really can't handle this kind of taste."

After dinner, the two went to the study. Yan Sui yawned and said, "It's getting late, so I'll just teach you the next three moves. As for learning Go, we'll talk about that tomorrow."

Jian Liyun hummed in agreement, "Okay, but how can you be sure what He Chenyu will do next?"

Yan Sui said confidently, "With his style of playing chess, I can see right through him. I know exactly what he's thinking in the next three moves, if not 100% certain."

She then picked up a white chess piece and placed it in Jian Liyun's palm. "Liyun, in the next game, you are the true master and the winner."

Yan Sui was unaware that as she spoke these words, her originally wooden expression became lively and spirited, and her light brown eyes were filled with absolute confidence.

Jian Liyun's heart started racing, which was quite inappropriate.

Yan Sui is simply too captivating.

"...Did you remember? There are at most two possibilities."

Ten minutes later, Yan Sui finished explaining how to play the next three moves.

Jian Liyun nodded, "Sui Sui, you're amazing."

It's strange. Back in the original world, countless people had already praised Yan Sui's chess skills, but when Jian Liyun praised her, Yan Sui found herself genuinely happy.

She turned around awkwardly. "It's getting late. Do you want to take a shower first, or should I?"

How about we go together?

Fortunately, her mouth was slower than her brain, and Jian Liyun managed to control herself from revealing her true, absurd thoughts. She patted Yan Sui's head and said, "You go first, and go to sleep after you've washed up."

Yan Sui, however, felt a sense of unease. “After you finish washing up, you must go to sleep immediately. You are not allowed to show He Chenyu the script, nor are you allowed to take sleeping pills.”

Jian Liyun blinked. "No, if you're worried, just hold me and watch me sleep."

The female supporting character really did take advantage of the situation, both by eating and taking bribes.

Yan Sui didn't understand why the system was saying that, but she immediately agreed "fiercely," "Okay, I'll hug you in a bit and make sure you can't do anything but sleep. You'd better behave in the future, or I'll punish you like this every day."

“It’s not that I can’t be punished like this every day.” Jian Liyun’s voice was soft and quick, and Yan Sui didn’t hear it clearly.

“System,” Yan Sui called out in her mind, “I didn’t hear what she just said.”

The system that witnessed the entire process: ...

[Host, the female supporting character wants to have sex with you.]

[Host, you can't say the sensitive words.]

Yan Sui couldn't think of any sensitive words. She shook her head and said, "Never mind, I need to take a shower and go rest."

...

When Jian Liyun came out of the bathroom in her bathrobe, Yan Sui, who was curled up on her big bed, was already asleep.

Jian Liyun, who deliberately revealed a hint of her collarbone and her thighs: ...

Trying to wink at someone who's asleep is like trying to fill a basket with water—it's all for nothing.

She smiled helplessly, changed into her pajamas, lifted the covers, and got into bed.

The bed is wide enough that it could comfortably comfortably accommodate three people.

But Jian Liyun insisted on getting closer to Yan Sui, and the two equally beautiful bodies pressed together, feeling each other's breath and heartbeats.

"Sui Sui?" Jian Liyun called softly.

Yan Sui mumbled something and consciously turned around to snuggle into Jian Liyun's arms.

The woman's body was warm and soft, and Jian Liyun felt a little distracted.

Jian Liyun knew that what she was doing was taking advantage of someone in distress, but she still couldn't help herself and hugged Yan Sui's slender waist even tighter, interlocking their fingers.

The system was extremely tense; it was ready to wake its host at any moment.

In the end, Jian Liyun simply held Yan Sui's hand and gently and restrainedly kissed the calluses on Yan Sui's fingertips.

"Sui Sui, goodnight."

System: I shouldn't be here, I should be under the bed.

Yan Sui, who was being held by Jian Liyun, had a dream.

A dream about Lu Shutian.

...

"Yan Sui, Yan Sui, why don't you go home?"

The sun was shining brightly today, and golden sunlight streamed in through the glass windows, making the room warm and cozy. The little white bird in the cage was chirping away.

Yan Sui's heart tightened upon seeing this scene, and tears instantly welled up in her eyes: "Little bird?"

The moment she entered the dream, Yan Sui realized she was dreaming, but she wished she could stay in that dream forever.

This was a dream she had been pursuing for many years.

Her little bird finally agreed to enter her dream.

Only the birds were talking in the bedroom. Yan Sui walked over and said, "Little bird, I'm back."

But the little bird seemed not to see her, and continued to call Yan Sui's name.

Yan Sui reached out her hand and found nothing but emptiness. She immediately realized that she was currently in a third-person perspective.

In other words, she has no body, and not even a soul.

"Little bird."

Another voice appeared, "Your master doesn't abandon you. She's just busy outside and will be back soon."

The voice was so familiar that Yan Sui couldn't believe it was Lu Shutian's voice.

Yan Sui was in a daze when a semi-transparent figure suddenly appeared in her vision.

Lu Shutian sat on the windowsill, a gentle breeze blowing, but it did not stir her hair.

Yan Sui realized that Lu Shutian was currently existing in a state similar to a soul.

The person in question still had a sweet smile on her face. Lu Shutian walked—or rather, floated—to the birdcage and said, “Little bird, your owner will be back soon.”

The little bird could actually see Lu Shutian. It tilted its head and looked at this somewhat transparent human. "Little bird, I miss Yan Sui."

Lu Shutian nodded with a smile, "Okay, before your master comes back, I'll teach you some new words, okay?"

"Okay." The little bird actually agreed.

Lu Shutian rested her face on her hands, her tone rising and tender, "Beautiful."

The little bird was very clever; it learned the word "beautiful" in just one try.

“The little bird is wonderful,” Lu Shutian praised with a smile. “Come on, repeat after me, Yan Sui, beautiful.”

"Yan Sui, beautiful!" The little bird's voice became a few degrees louder.

Lu Shutian smiled from ear to ear, "Let's continue learning. Come on, repeat after me: Yan Sui, like."

"Yan Sui, I like it! Yan Sui, I like it!"

The little bird was so excited that it flapped its wings and said it twice.

Lu Shutian also inexplicably got excited, "The little bird is so smart! But me too, I like Yan Sui too!"

The little bird hopped around in its cage, repeating the same words over and over again, "Yan Sui, I like her. Yan Sui, I like her. Yan Sui, I like her..."

Yan Sui stared blankly at the scene before her.

How did Lu Shutian end up in her house, and why does she seem to be in a ghostly state...?

Was this dream just a dream?

Yan Sui then gave a self-deprecating laugh, realizing that dreams are inherently false.

Perhaps it's because I've been in so much contact with Lu Shutian lately that I dreamt about her.

But soon, Yan Sui could no longer maintain her composure—

She saw another version of herself walk into the bedroom and chat with the birds, and the content of the conversation was something that had actually existed before.

When the little bird started saying that Yan Sui was pretty and that Yan Sui liked her, "Yan Sui" was very surprised because at that time, Yan Sui had never taught the little bird these words.

Lu Shutian sidled up to "Yan Sui" as if seeking praise, "It's me! It's me! I'm the little bird I taught!"

Unfortunately, Yan Sui in the room couldn't see Lu Shutian next to her.

Lu Shutian was not discouraged. She stood on the bird's side, facing the unsuspecting Yan Sui.

"Sister, remember, it's me."

[Author's Note]

Congratulations to the lucky winners! [Sprinkling flowers]

Hehe, the truth is being revealed [doge emoji]