The afternoon sunlight gently spilled over the girl's peaceful sleeping face, tinting her cheeks pink with the flush of a sleeping infant. Whether it was the sunlight or merely a trick of the mind, even the fine fuzz on her ears looked adorable from afar.
Fiery, mischievous, a little rebellious—this had always been Hua Zhen's impression of Liang Bing. Even after more than ten thousand years, when she had grown into a stunning beauty no less than Kesha, Hua Zhen still regarded her as a child who needed protection and care. In that regard, he was exactly like Kesha.
Liang Bing slept on the bed, hugging the blanket and curling herself into a ball, like a little girl without a sense of security searching for a place to belong. Her long legs gleamed beneath the sunlight. When she turned over, she ended up sleeping on her back, kicking the blanket aside in apparent irritation as she muttered incomprehensibly.
Hua Zhen watched her quietly for a while, then withdrew his gaze from her face and looked out through the bedroom's floor-to-ceiling window. Recalling how he had inadvertently accessed her memory data after the engine had been installed, his brow furrowed tightly. After a long while, he let out a quiet sigh and turned back toward Liang Bing, his expression somewhat complicated.
"Ugh, what a headache..."
That felt good. This sleep was fucking... Wait?!!
Liang Bing suddenly jolted awake. She threw open her eyes and sat up sharply. Her imprisoned consciousness had returned to her body!!?
She examined her delicate hands over and over. After confirming it was real, the first thing she did was not inspect her surroundings, but close her eyes again and begin checking the Gene System within her body.
There wasn't the slightest abnormality!
Liang Bing checked