Ye Feiyang! Why Are You in My Bed?

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing looked at the table full of dishes, equally unable to suppress their urge to eat, their eyes filled with anticipation.

Although Zhu Zhuqing had learned a few cooking skills, she always fell short when it came to controlling the heat. Clearly, she had not learned Ye Feiyang's true expertise in this regard, and the dishes she made were far less enticing than his.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Ye Feiyang smiled and greeted them. "Come, come. I just made a few simple home-cooked dishes. Brother Qinghe, please don't mind them."

"Feiyang, you are too modest. Just looking at these dishes whets my appetite, and they suit my tastes very well." Xue Qinghe picked up his chopsticks, her gaze falling on the dishes, her tone full of approval.

"As long as they suit your taste. Otherwise, I would have made a fool of myself today." Ye Feiyang replied with a smile and casually poured Xue Qinghe a cup of wine.

"Hahaha—" The two exchanged a smile, and the atmosphere immediately relaxed.

Xue Qinghe was not merely being polite—she was used to eating delicacies from land and sea. They were enjoyable once in a while, but eating them every day had long since grown tiresome. Home-cooked dishes like these, complete in color, aroma, and flavor, suited her palate far better, not to mention that Ye Feiyang had made them himself.

She could not resist taking a few bites. After savoring them carefully, she nodded to herself. As expected, the warmth of everyday life was what comforted the heart most.

With Xue Qinghe, a distinguished "outsider," present, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong were clearly somewhat restrained—except for the ever-lively Ning Rongrong, of course.

Before long, she began chattering away. "Teacher~ You actually slipped out without telling us! Do you know that Crown Prince Brother came looking for you twice..."

"Teacher, can you take me with you next time you go out?"

"Teacher, you weren't out with Crown Prince Brother, were you? Otherwise, how could he enter the academy right before you arrived?"

Even though Ning Rongrong kept babbling on, Ye Feiyang did not interrupt her. Instead, he wore an indulgent smile the entire time. These three disciples were now the treasures of his heart, slowly filling the emptiness within him. He could not bear to let them suffer even the slightest grievance.

Hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Ye Feiyang looked up at Xue Qinghe, somewhat surprised. He had not expected her to come twice, and for the second time, to arrive practically right before him.

No wonder Xue Qinghe had said those things earlier. So she had been waiting outside Moonlight Pavilion for him all along?

He muttered to himself, Wasn't the Crown Prince supposed to be busy with countless affairs every day? How did she have the leisure to wait around for me this long?

"My sincere apologies. I did not know Brother Qinghe would come, and I kept you waiting for so long." Ye Feiyang raised his wine cup. "How about this? I'll punish myself with a cup as an apology."

"Feiyang, you are too courteous." Xue Qinghe quickly waved her hand. "I only came specially to catch up with you because I felt a connection with you."

Ye Feiyang could not help laughing when he heard that— they had only met once, and she was already talking about "catching up"? He knew perfectly well that his 99 points of charm were most likely working their magic again.

He had already been quite interested in Qian Renxue, or Xue Qinghe. It was only natural that she had a favorable impression of him—after all, the system's settings had always been this unreasonable.

The two kept exchanging toasts. The dishes on the table were barely touched, but they drank quite a lot of wine.

After the three girls had eaten their fill, Ye Feiyang "ruthlessly" sent them away so they would not disturb his conversation with Xue Qinghe.

At first, both of them had intended to have only a few drinks, but neither could withstand the other's enthusiasm. Before they knew it, things had gotten out of hand.

As everyone knew, the more one drank, the more intoxicated one became, and the more one wanted to drink. Once someone started, it was difficult to stop. They said wine did not intoxicate people; people intoxicated themselves. If someone already wanted to get drunk, no amount of persuasion would help.

In the end, neither of them held back any longer, and they drank freely.

Ye Feiyang was easy enough to understand—he was on his own turf, so if he drank himself unconscious, he could simply sleep. But Xue Qinghe seemed as though she had deliberately found a place to relax. It was obvious that she had not felt this carefree in a very long time.

"Feiyang, it has been many years since I was this... this happy. Do you know that?" Xue Qinghe's cheeks were flushed, and her eyes had begun to turn unfocused.

"I... I know, of course... There is no one in this world who understands you better than I do..." Ye Feiyang was somewhat dizzy as well, and even his words had become slurred.

"Hahaha~ I think so too! Otherwise, why would I think of you whenever I had free time?" Xue Qinghe patted Ye Feiyang's shoulder, her tone full of emotion. "I have spent my whole life walking on thin ice. I have never had true friendship, but I think... you can give that to me."

She paused, as though gathering her courage. "I'm not afraid to tell you that I waited outside Moonlight Pavilion for you for a long time... When I saw that you were about to come out, I hurried back to the academy to wait for you..."

"R-Really? So you... came specifically to find me?" Ye Feiyang's eyes lit up. He picked up the wine jug and poured two more cups. "Then we definitely need another drink. Come, drink!"

The two were bleary-eyed and incoherent. By now, they even had their arms around each other's shoulders, looking like a pair of deeply bonded brothers. Even the servants waiting nearby could not help stealing glances at them.

"O-Of course not!" Xue Qinghe stubbornly denied it. "I just had nowhere else to go, so I came by to sit for a while..." Poor Qian Renxue. Even drunk, she had not forgotten her tsundere nature.

She could take the initiative to say it herself, but if someone else exposed her feelings, she would stubbornly refuse to admit them.

"Ha~ So that's how it is! Looks like I misunderstood." Ye Feiyang did not expose her. He picked up a wine cup and handed it over. "Come, have another. Consider it my apology..."

"It's getting late, Little Xue. Aren't you going back yet?" The casual "Little Xue" from Ye Feiyang made Xue Qinghe freeze slightly.

She shook her dizzy head. It felt as though something had lightly poked her heart, stirring up an unfamiliar sensation. She tried to sober herself up, but once the alcohol hit, no one could withstand it. Her eyes soon became unfocused again.

"Go back? What is there to do in that cold, lifeless place?" Xue Qinghe waved her hand, her tone carrying a hint of willfulness. "Come on, tonight we'll talk until dawn!"

"Alright~ Then I'll risk my life to accompany Little Xue... Come on, let's talk in my room. We can talk while we sleep. The blankets are warm..." As Ye Feiyang spoke, he hooked an arm around Xue Qinghe's shoulders and staggered toward his own courtyard.

The three girls lived next door. Hearing the commotion outside, they all came out to take a look. Seeing the two of them drunk and on the verge of causing trouble, they hurried forward to support them.

"Teacher, why did you drink so much?" Zhu Zhuqing frowned, her tone full of concern.

"They've been drinking since dinner until now? How much did they drink? Should we separate them first?" Xiao Wu asked worriedly as she looked at their arms hooked together.

"Alright, let's separate them first and send them back to their rooms." Ning Rongrong nodded and stepped forward to support Xue Qinghe. She carefully asked, "Y-Your Highness the Crown Prince, aren't you returning to the palace tonight?"

"Looking at them, I'm afraid they can't go back," Zhu Zhuqing added.

But the two of them were thoroughly drunk and spoke complete nonsense, unable to answer properly at all. The three girls tried hard to separate them, but they were holding each other far too tightly. No matter what they did, they could not pull them apart.

"Damn, they're holding each other way too tightly. We can't separate them at all!" Ning Rongrong complained helplessly.

The three exchanged glances and silently reached a consensus. They were both "men," so sleeping together did not seem like a big deal, right?

Thus, the three "geniuses" simply helped both of them onto Ye Feiyang's bed, fed each of them a cup of warm water, and then quietly returned to their own rooms.

The moment they touched the bed, overwhelming drowsiness swept over them. Their alcohol tolerances were about equal, and neither could keep their eyes open. Unconsciously, they slowly moved closer, drawn by each other's warmth. In the end, they tightly embraced, their legs tangled and their arms wrapped around each other, before falling into a deep sleep.

They had promised to talk until dawn, yet they did not say a single word. Instead, they slept exceptionally soundly.

Meanwhile, at Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong waited another entire night for Ye Feiyang. In the end, she could only knock herself unconscious with a hand chop before she managed to fall asleep. By now, she had become exceedingly skilled at "how to elegantly knock herself out."

The next morning, sunlight streamed through the window lattice and gently fell over the two of them.

Knowing that Ye Feiyang and Xue Qinghe had gotten very drunk the night before, the three girls tacitly agreed not to disturb them and let them wake naturally.

The glaring sunlight made their eyelids twitch slightly and their eyes shift beneath them. Almost at the same time, they both woke up.

Feeling the other's warm breath brush against their face, both immediately realized something was wrong—after living this long, it was their first time experiencing such intimacy.

Though neither dared open their eyes, they could not suppress their curiosity. In the end, they opened them at the same time and met each other's gaze.

There was no shriek and no shout. The next instant, they both kicked with remarkable coordination.

Bang! Bang! After two dull thuds, they each rolled off the bed and onto the floor, baring their teeth in pain.

"Ye Feiyang! Why are you in my bed?" Xue Qinghe clutched her waist, her tone full of shock and anger.

"Xue Qinghe! Take a good look at whose room this is! You were the one who crawled into my bed, alright?" Ye Feiyang rubbed his throbbing head, his mind a complete mess. He tried hard to recall what had happened last night, but his memory was completely blank. Damn, the last time I blacked out from drinking was in my previous life. I never expected to experience it again in this life. It feels so distant...

Xue Qinghe rubbed her own head as well, and her awareness gradually returned. She finally understood the situation. Her cheeks instantly flushed scarlet—she had actually spent the entire night hugging this man in bed?

Fortunately, she was currently presenting herself as a man. Otherwise, if something had happened, not only would her innocence have been at risk, but she would not even have experienced it while conscious. Wouldn't that have been a huge loss?

She looked at the sun outside the window, feeling somewhat puzzled. She had slept exceptionally comfortably and peacefully that night, without even having a single dream.

In truth, she was not particularly upset by what had happened. That kick earlier had been purely instinctive—after all, only she knew that inside Xue Qinghe's body was the female Qian Renxue.

Of course, that was only what she thought. What she did not know was that Ye Feiyang was thinking the same thing—fortunately, he knew her true identity. Otherwise, he might have thrown up every dish he ate last night.

He secretly felt regretful. My first time sharing a bed with this woman was not when she was in her female form. What a shame.

"Ahahaha~ Well, I remember a little now. It seems we both drank too much yesterday." Ye Feiyang laughed awkwardly, trying to ease the tension. "Later... it seems my three disciples brought us back."

Xue Qinghe also tried her best to piece together fragments of her memories. The situation really was as Ye Feiyang had said. She breathed a sigh of relief, then said somewhat awkwardly, "Y-Yes, I remember too... It does seem that was what happened."

"Ah, drinking really causes trouble..." Though she said that aloud, she silently added in her heart: Next time... I'll still drink!

The atmosphere in the room was so awkward it nearly froze. Neither dared look directly at the other, and neither knew what to say. In the end, Xue Qinghe could only choose to flee.

"W-Well... Feiyang, I came out alone. It would be inappropriate for me to stay out all night, so I'll return to the palace first..." After saying that, she turned and headed for the door, her steps somewhat hurried.

Ye Feiyang did not try to stop her. He merely reminded her, "B-Be careful on the way. Come visit whenever you have time."

Xue Qinghe did not turn back. She only raised a hand in farewell, and her figure soon disappeared through the door.

After she left, Ye Feiyang smacked his forehead and said regretfully, "Ah, what a damn shame! Next time she comes, I'll get her drunk again!"

Having just walked out of Supreme Academy, Xue Qinghe suddenly sneezed for no reason. The blush on her face had yet to fade, and she was even more embarrassed than Ye Feiyang—she was curious herself why she did not feel repulsed by him and was even a little excited.

Along the way, her heart kept pounding, and her mind was filled with images from the previous night. She secretly thought, Another day... I'll bring two jars of wine and try again. Maybe after drinking... I won't dream anymore.

That was right. This was how she explained it to herself—she simply did not want to have those annoying dreams every day. It was absolutely not for any other reason.

Life continued as usual.

During the day, Ye Feiyang often liked going to Moonlight Pavilion to exchange insights about music with Tang Yuehua. Tang Yuehua became increasingly astonished by the talent he displayed, and her favorable impression of him rose steadily. It was beginning to show signs of turning into blind admiration.

Ye Feiyang was naturally good at flirting. Every time, his words made Tang Yuehua's heart tremble, leaving her feeling both bitter and sweet—bitter because of the difference in their identities, sweet because she could spend time with such a talented man.

Even the servants in Moonlight Pavilion had begun whispering among themselves that their Pavilion Mistress must have fallen in love. Otherwise, why did her face turn rosy every time Ye Feiyang came by, making her look as though she had been thoroughly "nourished"?

Tang Yuehua did not explain herself or pay attention to those suggestive looks. She even felt a faint sense of anticipation—if these people knew how to talk, they should say more.

At night, Ye Feiyang would carry a jug of wine to the back mountain of Blue Tyrant Academy, where he and Liu Erlong drank and sang together, chatting about the trivial matters of life. Their relationship had grown increasingly deep. Even if Ye Feiyang said that he wanted to personally help her care for her grandmother, Liu Erlong probably would not refuse.

Xue Qinghe occasionally came to drink with Ye Feiyang as well—after all, as Crown Prince, she truly was busy and could not visit often. After the previous awkward incident, both of them restrained themselves considerably and tried their best not to black out again.

Ye Feiyang's three disciples—Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu—aside from their daily cultivation and defending the arena, would invite Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er to go shopping whenever they had free time. Their relationship had now become a genuine "eight-loss friendship"—after Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er lost eight times in a row, they instead grew closer and closer to the three girls, showing every sign of becoming a close-knit group of girlfriends.

In truth, as long as women did not scheme against one another and had no conflicts of interest, it was easy for them to become friends, especially when they had a common topic—and Ye Feiyang was their greatest common topic.

The three girls had already successfully "brainwashed" Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, giving them a powerful desire to grow stronger. The only way to become stronger was to take Ye Feiyang as their teacher.

After failing again and again, Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er had come to accept reality—they truly were weak. They could not even defeat Ning Rongrong, an auxiliary-system soul master.

They had even returned to their respective academies and submitted withdrawal applications, only for them to be rejected. The reason was that the Soul Master Competition was about to begin. As seeded competitors, withdrawing now was simply ridiculous, and their academies would never agree.

However, the academies also promised that once they finished competing in the Soul Master Competition, they would be allowed to graduate directly without needing to withdraw.

Since withdrawal was not an option, Ning Rongrong and the other two came up with another idea: let Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er directly take Ye Feiyang as their teacher! After all, becoming his disciples did not seem to conflict with remaining at their original academies.

When it came to taking in disciples, the three disciples were even more invested than Ye Feiyang himself. They could not help it. On one hand, they had honestly confessed the "brainwashing" matter. On the other, doing so could please their teacher.

There was no shortage of women around Ye Feiyang to begin with. They had to cherish every opportunity to curry favor with their teacher.

Supreme Academy had finally gained some life—so far, it had recruited more than ten students, most of them from noble families. However, these were all ordinary students, and Supreme Academy had earned more than ten thousand Gold Coin as a result.

Quite a few people were interested in the academy, but few were truly willing to join—after all, not everyone could afford the tuition fee of 999 Gold Coin.

Liu Erlong had recently developed a new habit. During the day, she liked standing atop the tall buildings of Blue Tyrant Academy and gazing toward Supreme Academy in the distance, as though she could see Ye Feiyang that way.

Tang Yuehua, meanwhile, practiced High Mountain Flowing Water every day, the piece Ye Feiyang had given her. Whenever her fingers plucked the strings, her eyes were full of tenderness.

Although Xue Qinghe did not come often, every time she came, she would definitely drag Ye Feiyang into drinking with her. After drinking many times, she finally discovered the true reason she did not dream—drinking was useless. After drinking, she would instead dream, talk in her sleep, and the situation seemed even worse.

Now she finally understood: what she lacked was not wine, but a man.

On this day, the atmosphere at Supreme Academy was especially different—because Ye Feiyang was officially taking in two new disciples, Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er.

According to the system's evaluation, both Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er had S-grade aptitude, fully meeting the standards for Personal Disciples. Shui Yue'er, who often spent time with them, was slightly less gifted and had only A-grade aptitude, but she could still become a registered disciple.

The rules Ye Feiyang had set were clear: Personal Disciples needed at least S-grade aptitude, because that was directly related to his own increase in strength. Those below S-grade could become registered disciples. As long as they paid the tuition, they could enroll without any formal disciple-taking ceremony.

Over the past few days, Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er had frequently visited Supreme Academy and had long since become familiar with Ye Feiyang. Now, coming to the academy felt as comfortable as returning home. They were no longer as reserved as before and could laugh and chat freely with the three girls.

After all, with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, the two who kept the atmosphere lively, things could never turn cold.

At this moment, Ye Feiyang was already seated in the place of honor in the main hall, quietly waiting for Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er.

The moment the two entered the main hall, they immediately put away their smiles, respectfully bowed to Ye Feiyang, and said in unison, "Teacher, we're here."