He quickly looked up, then grabbed a tissue from the bedside table and shoved it into his nostrils.

Oh, it was just a nosebleed! Damn!

No wonder there was such a strong smell of blood...

Was it too stimulating for a hot-blooded young man like him?

Or is this a side effect of his nose clashing with the heroine's forehead?

Lu Yibei hurriedly stuffed tissues into his nostrils, praying that the bleeding would stop quickly.

The only possible reasons for his nosebleeds are the two mentioned earlier.

If he says it's the second one, then the female knight would probably feel both heartache and guilt, and be torn to death.

If someone stubbornly insists on the first option, then... he'll be in deep trouble!

I can't bring myself to say any of the reasons...

So the heroine must not notice that he has a nosebleed.

fine.

The female warrior was, after all, a girl, so taking a bath took her much longer than the boys.

When she pushed the door open again, Lu Yibei had completely stopped the nosebleed... and even benefited from it. Because he was focused on stopping the bleeding, he didn't have time to overthink things and was in a pretty good mood.

Ji Qingqian brought a lot of clean clothes, but at this moment she was still wearing the black T-shirt and loose-fitting athletic shorts that Lu Yibei had given her when she went to sleep.

She seems to quite like using this outfit as pajamas.

Perhaps fearing that her hair wouldn't dry properly at night, Ji Qingqian didn't wash her hair.

Her fair, oval face turned slightly red from the steam in the bathroom.

"Do you want to wash?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'll just take a quick shower," Lu Yibei said.

"good."

Ji Qingqian said, "Give me a tissue."

Lu Yibei tore off a bill for her, and she casually wiped her hands.

Just as she was about to throw the tissue into the trash can, Ji Qing glanced at it.

There is a layer of tissue paper inside.

She also threw out the trash before taking a shower, and she remembered that the room was quite clean at the time, without too much trash... and tissues.

These tissues were clearly used; they were all crumpled into balls.

Lu Yibei was actually quite relieved, because in order to prevent the female knight from seeing the bloodstains, he had deliberately wrapped the blood-stained tissue inside... so it wouldn't be discovered.

He even made sure to ventilate the area.

But he still noticed a flicker of emotion in the heroine's usually cool and aloof eyes. It wasn't so much regret or heartache as it seemed…

She seemed somewhat at a loss and a little panicked.

The female warrior took a deep breath, and only after a slight delay did she throw the tissue into the trash can. She then gave Lu Yibei a meaningful look, but remained silent.

Lu Yibei understood her gaze.

What did you do while I was taking a shower...?

Lu Yibei: ...

He had an emergency brainstorming session.

During puberty, in mixed-gender dormitories, what are boys doing when girls are showering and boys are using large amounts of toilet paper? Besides wiping nosebleeds.

"etc!"

Lu Yibei quickly said, "Heroine! It's not what you think!!"

This has only made things worse!