Mu Yiran was awakened by the heat.

Even though the air conditioner was on, she felt like she was getting a fever, especially in her stomach.

With blurry eyes, I reached under the covers and touched a warm hand.

Ah, so it was her own hand.

Mu Yiran smacked her lips a few times and was about to fall asleep again.

Sudden?

Hmm... wait a minute?

This is her left hand, but she clearly can't move her left hand yet.

And why does this hand feel so much like...?

"Sister." A deep and familiar voice came close to my ear.

"……ah?"

Mu Yiran slowly opened her eyes, and then was directly facing a super-enlarged, high-definition handsome face.

"ah!"

Mu Yiran sat up straight in bed. This time she didn't have the strength to push him away. She faced Shi Youxi and they bumped foreheads together!

"hiss!"

Shi Youxi's fluffy, curly bangs were knocked out and turned into a bob. The pain made him frown. He scooted over and pulled away the woman's hand that was covering her forehead.

"Does it hurt a lot? Let me see."

"You don't recognize your sister after only half a day? Are you that excited to see me?"

Shi Youxi pulled her hand away and gently rubbed her swollen forehead with his fingertips.

Mu Yiran blinked her tear-filled eyes; the touch on her forehead and the boy's breathing were extremely noticeable.

She raised her hand to push away Shi Youxi's arm. "Why are you here? And who let you lie down here!"

The boy placed his hands on either side of her waist and hips, his gaze moving from the woman's fair forehead to her reddened, glistening eyes.

"..."

Shi Youxi swallowed, "...I traveled for a long time and I'm so tired. There are no other beds here."

"Don't worry, sister, I didn't sleep with you. I lay outside the blanket."

Mu Yiran: "..."

What kind of logic is this?!

"You were outside, why were you putting your hand in there..."

Realizing what she was saying, Mu Yiran blushed and used her right hand to support herself as she got out of bed from the other side.

Shi Youxi smiled, took a long stride, and stepped off the bed to block the woman's path.

"It was your sister who kept rubbing your tummy. I'll rub it for you so you can sleep more comfortably."

Remembering that she was menstruating, Mu Yiran felt incredibly stifled. "...Then I should thank you?!"

Shi Youxi nodded: "You're welcome."

"..."

Mu Yiran closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Just bear with it!

What can you do about the ancestors you worship yourself?

"Don't do that again. You're not a child anymore. How can you sleep with just anyone?"

Shi Youxi followed the woman into the small kitchen, took the bottle of mineral water that she couldn't open, unscrewed the cap, and held it to the woman's lips.

"So, does that mean it's okay for me to be a child?"

What kind of twisted logic are you trying to spout now!

Mu Yiran pouted and slurped water, glaring at him silently.

Shi Youxi felt a ticklish sensation from her gaze, and scratched the woman's palm, his voice hoarse:

“I’m not an adult yet, so I’m a minor, and therefore I’m a child.”

Shi Youxi bent down and leaned closer to her, her phoenix eyes curving into crescents: "So I can sleep with my sister!"

"puff-"

Mu Yiran was choked by his astonishing thought process, and some of the spit landed on the boy's face as he leaned closer.

"Cough cough, you little rascal, you're asking for a beating!"

The corner of her mouth was noticeably moist, and the boy, looking at her flushed face, subconsciously stuck out the tip of his tongue and licked it.

So sweet.

Mu Yiran wiped her mouth haphazardly and was about to give Shi Youxi a wet wipe when she saw the boy drinking the water she had just finished drinking from.

"That's the drink I had!"

Shi Youxi finished drinking in a few gulps and wiped the moisture from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.

The boy's eyes were dark, and he stared straight at her. "Sister, I'm so thirsty."

Mu Yiran felt her lips burning under his gaze; the boy in front of her seemed to have suddenly become somewhat different.

Unfamiliar and dangerous.

I took a few awkward steps back, just about to find a reason to kick him out, when there was a knock on the suite door.

Li Bu Huo: "Cheng Ran, are you awake?"

"!"

Mu Yiran's eyelids twitched, and she saw Shi Youxi's brows furrow deeply as she opened her mouth: "Sister is still here—"

Her mouth was instantly covered by a warm palm.

Shi Youxi looked down at Mu Yiran, who was shaking her head at him.

Should we stop him from speaking?

You really don't want others to know you exist?

Is he really that shameful?

Feeling a surge of resentment, Shi Youxi opened his mouth and licked the woman's palm.

Mu Yiran's palms felt damp and itchy, and her eyes widened.

"Cheng Ran?"

"Uh... I'm here! Is there something you need?"

Li Bu Huo waited outside the door for a while, but Cheng Ran didn't open it. He asked in confusion, "I have something to tell you."

Caught between two attacks, Mu Yiran was on the verge of a meltdown!

"Just tell me, I'm a little inconvenient right now."

Upon hearing "inconvenient," a smile flashed in Shi Youxi's eyes, and the tip of his tongue began to wander between her fingers.

The woman, as expected, had no other thoughts and only looked at him, yet he was helpless against her, which made her wrinkle her face.

So cute...

He found it amusing and wanted more, so he raised his chin, ready to bite her finger.

"Okay, Lai Jiansheng contacted us. I did as you said and arranged to meet him at the Black Horse Club. Get ready, we're going there."

Shi Youxi stopped talking.

A dark horse... a club?!

Mu Yiran: "Lai Jiansheng? Okay! I'll be right there."

Li Bu Huo left reassured after receiving a response.

Mu Yiran immediately turned around and went back to her room to change her clothes. "I have to go out for a bit. You wait for me obediently in the hotel until I get back—"

The boy's voice was cold: "Where are you going? The Black Horse Club?"

Mu Yiran: "Mm."

"You're not allowed to go!" Shi Youxi thought she had misheard.

How could you go there!

Mu Yiran thought he was unhappy that she wasn't keeping him company, so she coaxed him, "Don't be silly, I'll be back soon and bring you some midnight snacks, okay?"

I put on a coat, grabbed my bag, and headed outside.

Shi Youxi found it utterly absurd, and after a few steps, he caught up with the woman and grabbed her shoulders.

"You're not allowed to go!"

"ah!"

He gripped my shoulder, and a throbbing pain shot through me. My bag slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground.

"What happened to your hand!"

When Shi Youxi saw her face turn pale instantly, he panicked and reached out to tear open the woman's coat.