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He Monian was holding two brand-new white quilts and cotton pillows in his right hand, and a bamboo mat tucked under his arm. In his left hand, he was also carrying a large bag of things in a net bag. He looked at the figure sitting under the tree, and a slightly naive smile instantly appeared on his resolute face.

Lin Guofu just joked with him, saying that he had brought an educated youth to live in his house, and it was as if he was getting married.

Getting married...

Thinking of those three words, He Monian pursed his lips, and a tingling, itchy feeling swept through his heart as he looked at Nan Qing.

"Comrade Nanqing, please take one of these two quilts and use it to put on the bed, and use the other to cover yourself with. It can still be a bit chilly at night sometimes."

"And this bamboo mat is new too."

Nan Qing looked at the two white cotton quilts with a strong sense of age. One was slightly thicker and the other was thinner. Actually, the weather was quite hot now, so having a mattress on the bed should be enough.

Nan Qing smiled and said to He Monian, whose hands were full of things:

"Thank you, Brother He."

His house was located near the foot of the mountain, where a gentle breeze was blowing in the evening. Just then, a breeze swept by, and He Monian seemed to smell that unique, pleasant, faint floral fragrance again.

That was... Comrade Nanqing's unique fragrance.

He Monian felt a slight burning sensation in his ears again, and worried that Nan Qing would notice his unusual behavior, so he quickly said:

"Let me make your bed first."

After saying that, he didn't even wait for Nan Qing's reply before hurrying towards Nan Qing's room. When he got to the room, he saw that the previously empty room was now full of signs of someone living there. There were all sorts of beautiful bottles and jars on the table in the corner, and the wardrobe with its open doors was also full of all sorts of exquisite clothes.

He seemed to see... a few pretty little clothes with only two thin straps, and the clothes were ridiculously short.

He Monian quickly lowered his head and walked towards the wooden bed on the right side of the room, but the image of those little dresses just wouldn't leave his mind.

Some even went so far as to imagine what Comrade Nanqing would look like wearing that short, beautiful dress with only two straps.

She should be... ten, a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand times more beautiful than the fairies in heaven.

No! How could he possibly imagine Comrade Nanqing wearing those dresses?

This is disrespectful to Comrade Nanqing!

He forced himself to put aside those filthy thoughts and refocus his attention on the bed in front of him. He spread the thicker cotton quilt on the wooden frame bed and then put the brand-new bamboo mat, which he had also bought from Lin Guofu, on top of it.

He pointed to the bed sheet on the table next to the window, then turned to Nan Qing and said:

"Comrade Nanqing, let me help you make the bed, which one?"

Standing not far behind him, Nan Qing, who was originally thinking about how to ask him to help her put on the quilt, suddenly lit up. She immediately walked to the table and handed He Monian some light blue silk sheets and blankets.

"Thank you very much, Brother He."

He Monian had already been thinking about some rather unsavory things, and now that Nan Qing was standing so close to him, he was so agitated that he could only quickly take the quilt cover from Nan Qing's hand and didn't dare to say a word.

He turned and slipped the thin blanket into the slippery cover, but looking at the cover in his hands, his irrepressible little thoughts started to wander again...

This quilt must have been used by Comrade Nanqing before...

So if he touches this blanket now, wouldn't that be... equivalent to touching Comrade Nanqing?!

Thinking of this, He Monian felt his hands getting hot.

As he watched the duvet cover swirling around in his hands, his Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he swallowed hard, feeling a tightness in his throat.

His reason told him that he couldn't think about it anymore. How could he... do this to such a good comrade as Nanqing?

But then he couldn't help but slow down his movements; he wanted to linger a little longer on the bedsheet that had once been pressed against Comrade Nanqing...

However, no matter how slow he was, it was still just a quilt. When the quilt was all in place, a trace of disappointment even flashed in He Monian's dark eyes.

However, he inwardly despised his own actions, so he didn't dare to meet Nan Qing's gaze. He could only lower his eyes and turn to Nan Qing, saying:

"Comrade Nanqing, you go ahead and pack your things. I'll go make dinner."

Moreover, after saying this, he quickly walked past Nan Qing, as if someone was chasing him, and hurriedly left the room that was already filled with Nan Qing's aura.

Unbeknownst to him, Nan Qing behind him also turned around in surprise to look at his somewhat hasty retreating figure. Upon seeing the chosen one of this world's destiny, Nan Qing seemed to have discovered something interesting, and she joyfully called out "Xiao Ba" in her mind.

"Little Eight, Little Eight, did you see that? The Chosen One blushed again!!!"

"He only said one sentence to me, why did he blush again?!"

"Aaaaaah!! He's so cute!!!"

Nan Qing was so excited that she even jumped up and down a few times, her face beaming with a big smile. Even her beautiful eyes were shining, as if you could see a thousand beautiful stars in them.

[Host, aren't you getting a little too excited? Our host is so beautiful, isn't it normal for the Chosen One to blush when talking to you?]

[Hmph~ No one can resist the beauty of my Little Eighth Master's stunning host!!]

Nan Qing didn't care at all about Xiao Ba's narcissistic words. To use a trendy phrase, she wasn't a hundred-yuan bill that everyone liked.

But...it's really interesting! She really wants to tease this chosen one!

Perhaps because the chosen ones she encountered in the previous few small worlds were all quite assertive, she became genuinely curious about this somewhat simple-minded yet adorable chosen one in this small world.

Having nothing else to do, Nan Qing left the room and headed towards the kitchen that He Monian had previously told her about.