Chapter 18: Pretending to Sleep

Mu An nervously pressed his lips together and stole a glance at his master. Slightly tempted, he said, “Master, is it really… appropriate for you to sleep with me?”

Shen Shengqing saw his expression suddenly change and wondered what role An’an was about to play now.

He lifted his chin slightly. “We are both men. What’s inappropriate about it?”

Mu An felt completely relieved. He climbed onto the bed and took the inside spot first.

But Shen Shengqing didn’t get in immediately. Instead, for some reason, he turned and left the room.

“Master, where are you going?”

“To bathe.”

“Oh.” Mu An was confused. [Didn’t he just bathe? And why does he need to leave the room to bathe?]

But since he couldn’t figure it out, he didn’t dwell on it. He decided to fall asleep before his master returned, so he wouldn’t feel awkward later.

The moon reached its zenith. Shen Shengqing, his body radiating a cool, fresh chill, slowly approached the bed.

Seeing Mu An’s innocent, sleeping face, he curled his lips slightly.

He had just gone to a distant cold pool to soak for a while. Now, his body wasn’t so restless.

Otherwise, if he saw Mu An lying awake beside him, he was truly afraid he wouldn’t be able to restrain himself.

But An’an didn’t understand love right now. If he ended up in bed with An’an out of sheer desire, and An’an later grew tired of him, that would be terrible.

He needed to make An’an understand that he was the best person in the world to him, so that An’an would never look at anyone else again.

Shen Shengqing leaned over to tuck in Mu An’s blanket, then rose and slipped into the bed.

In his sleep, Mu An seemed to feel a wave of coolness and instinctively shrank back.

In the end, he was caught by the cold, pure aura and held tightly in Shen Shengqing’s arms.

Mu An shivered slightly, but then a warmth covered his ear tip.

Unable to restrain himself, Shen Shengqing gently kissed Mu An’s earlobe. He let out a soft sigh, his hot breath sweeping across the youth’s fair neck.

The system, which had been awake the whole time, was now in a state of mental collapse.

[Is… is this normal?]

It felt like its face was being relentlessly slapped.

But fortunately, Shen Shengqing only kissed his ear before stopping. He simply held Mu An and fell peacefully asleep.

A string of code rolled through the system’s mind. Finally, it automatically rationalized the unreasonable parts.

[Shen Shengqing just accidentally brushed against Mu An’s ear. It wasn’t an intentional kiss. And hugging Mu An is definitely just a sleeping habit—some people just like to hold onto something.]

[Although this interpretation still feels strange, it’s at least more normal than the male lead liking the villain.]

The next morning, the moment Mu An opened his eyes, he was met with a patch of warm skin.

His heart jumped. He was currently resting his head on his master’s chest, clinging to him like a koala, while his master’s hands were firmly wrapped around his waist.

His lashes fluttered rapidly. He looked up at his master’s handsome sleeping face. His eyelashes hung like soft crow feathers, and his thin lips were gently pressed together, like soft peach blossom petals.

For a moment, Mu An was stunned. Once upon a time, his human ideal had been to wake up in the arms of a handsome man like this.

He had now fulfilled half of that dream.

But this was his master!

Mu An wanted to get up immediately, but then remembered his persona. A yandere disciple waking up to this scene would only play dumb and continue sleeping.

Gritting his teeth, Mu An lay back down. Feeling the gentle rise and fall of his master’s firm chest, he unconsciously blushed.

Little did he know that the supposedly sleeping master’s lips curled up slightly.

The two of them pretended to sleep like that until Yunnan You came knocking at noon.

Seeing that he could no longer pretend, Mu An finally yawned and feigned waking up. He even put on a look of surprise and innocence. “Master, your disciple doesn’t know how he ended up in your arms.”

Shen Shengqing curled his lips. [It’s normal that you don’t know.]

“Your master has poor sleeping posture. Don’t blame yourself.”

Hearing this, Mu An’s lashes fluttered. [Master is so kind. He takes everything upon himself.]

The normally talkative system watched this scene, wanted to say something, but hesitated. Finally, because it couldn’t understand Shen Shengqing’s actions either, it chose to remain silent.

Having lost his memory, Yunnan You had no idea what to do next. Shen Shengqing seemed too cold and aloof, so he could only timidly rely on Mu An.

He asked Mu An what they were going to do next.

Mu An pulled out a map and pointed to Laiyang City. “We’re taking you to Chen Village to get your memory back.”

Before leaving, Mu An also went to the place where the city lord had settled the amnesiacs and brought Xiaoman out.

Shen Shengqing frowned in displeasure. “What are you bringing him for?”

“Master, although Xiaoman has been here for five years, his appearance shouldn’t have changed too much. I want to take him back to Chen Village and see if he can find his family. If he can, then it proves that these people really might all be the missing children from Chen Village.”

Mu An was almost certain that these people were from Chen Village, but he still needed to verify it.

Although Shen Shengqing was displeased that yet another person “trying to seduce” Mu An was joining them, he outwardly agreed.

The group used the spatial array to reach Laiyang City. In less than half a day, they arrived at Chen Village.

Chen Village was a considerable distance from Laiyang City’s main city. When they reached the village entrance, they found it clean and tidy, with brand new signboards. It didn’t look like a place plagued by ghosts or monsters at all.

The group walked onto the village path. The houses were neatly arranged, clean and orderly, and a few children were playing carefree on the road.

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