A Step Further

If Shen Wuxiao lay there all night, he'd definitely catch a cold!

She glanced at the blanket on the floor.

But just as she was about to pick it up, she saw what Shen Wuxiao was still holding in his hand.

He clutched it tightly, even in his sleep.

It was two cleavers!

Seeing this, Jiang Huaiyue froze on the spot.

A strange warmth spread through her heart.

Was this guy acting as her protector?

After what happened during the day, he was probably afraid someone would break in again, so he was guarding here with the cleavers.

The reason Jiang Huaiyue guessed he was protecting her was precisely because he was sleeping on the sofa!

If he was afraid for himself, he could have taken the cleavers and slept in his own room.

There was no need for him to lie on the sofa.

Doing so made it seem like he was guarding her.

If someone really broke in, they would find him first, and the commotion he made would wake her up.

This way, she would have enough time to act, or knowing his personality, he would tell her to run first!

After all, Shen Wuxiao had acted like this during the day; an ordinary person like him had challenged a fifth-rank Master to protect her!

He had even kept shielding her behind him.

Thinking this, Jiang Huaiyue's heart suddenly softened.

Her gaze gentled, and she slowly squatted down, picking up the blanket that had been kicked to the floor.

She gently draped it over Shen Wuxiao.

Shen Wuxiao naturally felt it.

He chuckled inwardly while also looking for an opportunity.

The light was extremely dim now, only the sliver of light from the open doorway Jiang Huaiyue had created.

So, anything he did wouldn't seem deliberate!

Just as Jiang Huaiyue was about to finish covering him, Shen Wuxiao suddenly seemed to wake up.

His body trembled violently.

Then, as if startled, he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, they actually dare to come! There are limits to bullying, dammit. Do they think I'm easy to mess with!"

With that, Shen Wuxiao swung the cleavers in his hands and slashed at the person in front of him!

Jiang Huaiyue easily subdued him with such speed.

She reached out and grabbed Shen Wuxiao's wrist.

Shen Wuxiao seemed not to realize it was Jiang Huaiyue!

He continued fiercely, "You bastard, you came today, so don't even think about leaving. I'll chop you to death!"

Shen Wuxiao exerted force with his hands, but he still couldn't move.

Just as Jiang Huaiyue was about to speak, Shen Wuxiao erupted again, threw his arms around the person in front of him, flipped them over, and pinned them to the sofa.

He turned towards Jiang Huaiyue's room and roared, "Yue'er, run! Those bastards are here!"

After shouting, Shen Wuxiao looked even more enraged.

"Damn it, the door is open! Did you sneak into Yue'er's room? Dammit, I'll fight you to the death!"

Shen Wuxiao raised his other hand, about to swing the cleaver to attack!

Jiang Huaiyue immediately grabbed that hand as well.

It had to be said, the frenzied Shen Wuxiao was quite strong.

Seeing both his hands were caught, Shen Wuxiao laughed wildly in his heart, but he still cursed aloud!

"I'll bite you to death!"

Shen Wuxiao lunged forward, aiming his head towards the other person's neck and opening his mouth to bite.

"It's me! No one broke in!"

Jiang Huaiyue was also very helpless.

His reaction was too extreme.

It must have been the events of the day that left him with some trauma.

Otherwise, why would his reaction be so intense and ferocious!

Shen Wuxiao wasn't going to lose out; he had already opened his mouth to bite her neck, but it seemed he stopped just in time and didn't bite down hard.

"Huh??" Shen Wuxiao slowly raised his head, then leaned in to look closely.

"Yue... Yue'er, how could it be you..."

Shen Wuxiao was stunned.

Jiang Huaiyue's face was also flushed, her pretty face burning hot.

The current state of Shen Wuxiao and her was truly indecent.

He had fallen all over her.

"Of... Of course it's me..." Jiang Huaiyue shifted her body slightly. "You... Aren't you going to let me up..."

"Huh? Oh!" Shen Wuxiao propped himself up.

But he discovered that the hand Jiang Huaiyue used to restrain him hadn't let go.

Shen Wuxiao seized the opportunity, suddenly pushed himself up, and then, as if being pulled, he forcefully fell back down, landing on Jiang Huaiyue!

"Mmm~~" Jiang Huaiyue let out an involuntary soft hum.

Only then did she remember that she was still holding his hand.

No wonder he had fallen back down!

She quickly let go.

Only then did Shen Wuxiao hastily get up.

Jiang Huaiyue clutched her chest and sat back on the sofa.

Her pretty face was still burning hot!

"Yue'er... I... I really didn't know it was you. The moment I opened my eyes, I saw a dark figure in front of me!"

"And it was pulling something towards my neck. I thought those people had come back to strangle me!"

Shen Wuxiao explained.

Jiang Huaiyue didn't doubt him.

The situation just now was indeed easy to misunderstand.

The lighting was dim to begin with, and she was backlit.

He couldn't see her face at all, only a dark shadow.

Coupled with her covering him with the blanket and pulling the edge of the blanket towards his neck.

Shen Wuxiao was already highly tense, so it was natural for him to mistake it for someone trying to strangle him.

The events of the day had already made him highly strung, and with what just happened, it would be abnormal if he wasn't scared.

Jiang Huaiyue couldn't blame him, even though there had been another moment of physical contact.

"I know, I was too rash. You should relax too, don't be so tense!" Jiang Huaiyue, having had her privacy invaded, was now comforting Shen Wuxiao.

Shen Wuxiao sighed, "I don't want to be tense, but the events of the day were truly too perilous."

"Fortunately, those two experts didn't covet your body. Otherwise, with a novice like me, I really couldn't protect you!"

"What would happen then!"

Shen Wuxiao seemed very self-reproachful.

Jiang Huaiyue looked at him, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

She inexplicably felt an impulse to get closer to this man.

She remembered the scene just now vividly.

Even when he thought she was trying to kill him, he still remembered to shout towards her room, telling her to run!

"You should go sleep in a room, don't sleep here, you might catch a cold!" Jiang Huaiyue said softly.

Shen Wuxiao feigned surprise, "Ah? That wouldn't be good! After all, men and women are different!"

Jiang Huaiyue was taken aback, then quickly understood.

She couldn't help but raise her hand and lightly hit Shen Wuxiao's shoulder, "What are you thinking? Over here... Don't you have other rooms here? I... I didn't ask you to go to my room!"

"Ah? Oh, oh, oh, I misunderstood, my mistake, my mistake!" Shen Wuxiao chuckled.

Then he picked up the blanket and the two cleavers.

"Well... you should go rest too!"

Jiang Huaiyue nodded, "Mhm, goodnight!"

Shen Wuxiao didn't reply, and he scurried upstairs.

Seeing Shen Wuxiao go upstairs, Jiang Huaiyue finally stood up.

She returned to her room.

The room was brightly lit, and she walked to the bathroom to wash her face.

Only then did she discover a bite mark on her fair and smooth neck.

Seeing this, Jiang Huaiyue's pretty face couldn't help but heat up.

This was bitten by Shen Wuxiao.

If she hadn't called out in time, she would have bled from that bite.

She extended her delicate jade-like hand and slowly touched the spot of the teeth marks before leaving the bathroom.

After turning off the room light and getting into bed, Jiang Huaiyue inexplicably walked to the door.

She gently opened it and looked outside.

This time, by the moonlight, she saw Shen Wuxiao again.

That guy had pretended to go upstairs earlier, but had actually come back down to sleep on the sofa.

However, he was now playing on his phone while holding a cleaver, and hadn't noticed her watching him.

"Sigh, this guy!" Jiang Huaiyue felt a bit helpless.

But at the same time, her heart felt warm.

She didn't bother him anymore, but returned to her bed and pulled up the covers.

Shen Wuxiao's scent still lingered in the blanket.

She snuggled into the blanket and slowly closed her eyes.