Chapter 17 Talking in the dark, disturbing sleeping posture

Liu Mingan finally slept in the same bed with Jiang Ning, his heart pounding. He was as stiff as a stone, not daring to move or even breathe.

Jiang Ning slept on the outside, and they were covered with the same quilt, but there was almost half a bed between them, and not even a piece of clothing was touching.

Liu Mingan was pressed tightly against the edge of the bed, staring in the dark, his body stiff, his mind full of wild thoughts, and he was not sleepy at all.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Ning's voice rang out from the side: "If you can't sleep, I can help you."

Liu Ming'an was about to ask how to help, when he heard Jiang Ning continue in a calm tone: "I can knock you out."

Liu Ming'an swallowed nervously, and the sound was clearly audible.

"Heh," Liu Ming'an heard Jiang Ning's chuckle, and the way she just curled her lips flashed through his mind, and then heard her say: "You are useless, will I eat you?"

"I..." Liu Ming'an opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

After a while, Liu Mingan heard her chatting casually and asked, "How dare you go out to buy a woman with your little courage?"

Jiang Ning seemed to be half asleep and half awake, her voice was a little lazy, and the tone was a little longer, not as cold as usual, and it sounded inexplicably seductive in the dark.

Liu Mingan could pick up this sentence and quickly replied, "I didn't mean to buy yours. I wanted to buy some pens and ink. I happened to pass by and saw Master Zhao beating you. I couldn't bear it."

"Master Zhao." Jiang Ning murmured, thinking of the man who poked her wound with a wooden stick. Would he know the true identity of this body?

It seems that I have to find a chance to meet him in the future.

Jiang Ning soon realized another problem: "Does the law of this country allow the buying and selling of human beings on the street?"

"Ordinary civilians are not allowed to buy and sell, but there are a few exceptions."

"Which ones?"

"One is those who are sold as slaves and have slave status, two is the family of criminals and their three generations of descendants, three is those who have been imprisoned for more than eight years, and four is a person who has committed a serious immorality."

"What is a person who has committed a serious immorality?" The first three are easy to understand, but the last one sounds a bit absurd, like a "moral crime", so Jiang Ning asked.

"The so-called serious immorality is a serious violation of the etiquette and laws of this dynasty, such as an only son not supporting his parents, and a woman not observing the virtues of a woman."

"Interesting." Jiang Ning sighed. In her time, the law punishes crimes, and morality constrains words and deeds. The law is the minimum morality. If you make a mistake in morality, you will be condemned at most. Here, even human rights are lost.

"Liu Ming'an, which type do you think I am?" Jiang Ning suddenly turned her head and looked in the direction of Liu Ming'an and asked, even though she couldn't see anything.

Liu Ming'an hesitated for a moment and replied, "I don't know."

Jiang Ning asked casually, not expecting him to tell her, after all, she couldn't guess it herself. When she first crossed over, her body was covered with scales and she couldn't see anything.

Jiang Ning changed the subject and asked, "Did you buy a pen and ink later?"

"No, I had no money after I bought you."

Liu Ming'an's voice was clear, with a subtle smile in his words, sounding like a joke.

Jiang Ning was silent, and after a long while, he slowly said, "Go to sleep."

After such a chat, Liu Ming'an's mood miraculously eased and his spirit relaxed. In addition, he was injured during the day, went out for an afternoon, and talked with Jiang Ning for a long time before going to bed. Now he just felt exhausted physically and mentally, and sleepiness came like a tide, and soon he fell into a deep sleep.

Jiang Ning listened to the steady breathing beside her and knew that Liu Ming'an was asleep.

But she couldn't sleep.

She also knew that she would have trouble sleeping tonight.

Since Jiang Ning could remember, she had never slept with anyone. Although she knew that Liu Ming'an was someone she could trust, the habit of many years could not be changed in a short time. Jiang Ning could only lie quietly with her eyes closed and try to get some rest.

Jiang Ning actually had a lot of considerations for forcing Liu Ming'an to sleep with her tonight.

This scholar was a good man in the true sense of the word, like a living Bodhisattva who had come down to earth. He was very kind to her and had no evil thoughts. This innocent heart was really rare.

If nothing unexpected happened, Jiang Ning planned to follow him during this period of time. As for whether he would get married and have children in the future, that would be discussed later.

That's why Jiang Ning thought about Liu Ming'an giving up his bed to her, a dependent, and how she, a 1.80-meter-tall man, curled up on the table every day and coughed in the middle of the night because of the cold. She felt a rare feeling of "can't bear it".

Jiang Ning didn't like to owe anyone anything, but after traveling through time, she owed Liu Ming'an a debt of gratitude. She couldn't repay him for the time being, but it was easy to give him half of the bed.

However, Jiang Ning overlooked one thing, some people would move around after falling asleep.

For example, Liu Ming'an.

After falling asleep, Liu Ming'an would toss and turn, rustling and restless.

At first, Jiang Ning didn't care. Until Liu Ming'an arched his back and forth, and his whole body stuck to Jiang Ning.

The breathing sound was very close. Jiang Ning turned her head and found that Liu Ming'an had changed from lying flat to lying on his side, with his body hunched and his head against her shoulder.

Jiang Ning moved slightly to the edge of the bed and distanced herself from him, but after a while, Liu Ming'an came closer again. Jiang Ning

moved again, and Liu Ming'an came closer again, moved again, and came closer again...

In the end, Jiang Ning, who was squeezed to the edge of the bed, sighed secretly and decided to endure it.

Anyway, she wouldn't die if she got hit.

After Liu Ming'an got close to her, he calmed down and slept soundly. Jiang Ning thought that the two of them would live in peace until dawn, but it was obvious that she had no concept of people who had bad sleeping posture.

After a while, Liu Ming'an turned over and faced his back to Jiang Ning, with a distance of one person between them. Jiang Ning just breathed a sigh of relief when Liu Mingan continued to turn over, rolling towards the bed little by little, and at the same time rolled away all the quilts on Jiang Ning's body. Jiang

Ning felt cold all over, and she had no choice but to lean towards Liu Mingan and pull the quilt he was holding to cover herself.

Unfortunately, when he pulled the quilt, he also pulled back a living person.

Liu Mingan seemed to feel the force in his sleep, and turned over again, his hands swaying and resting on Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning's body tensed up instantly, and her brows furrowed deeply. She resisted the urge to kick him off the bed, and grabbed Liu Mingan's claws and threw them back at him.

However, less than a minute later, Jiang Ning suddenly felt a weight on her legs, and then half of her body sank. It turned out to be Liu Ming'an who pressed on her, with his legs on her, one hand around her body, clinging to her like a pendant.

"Fuck you!" Jiang Ning couldn't help but swear in a low voice.

Jiang Ning reached out to push the man away, but within a few minutes the man came up again and insisted on holding her to sleep. If Jiang Ning was not very sure that Liu Ming'an was really asleep and unconscious, he would have broken at least three ribs tonight for his behavior.

Jiang Ning closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths to calm down.

When Liu Ming'an pressed on her again, Jiang Ning was quick-witted and reached out to press his shoulders hard to stop him from moving. Liu Ming'an struggled a little and then gave up the resistance, and instead hugged Jiang Ning's arm and stopped moving.

Jiang Ning let Liu Ming'an hold her arm tightly, resigned to her fate, worked hard for most of the night, closed her eyes, and unexpectedly fell into a deep sleep in the second half of the night.