Sleeping in the Same Bed

Inside the room!

Qin Jishi stretched vigorously and flopped onto the couch.

"Comfortable!"

Zhang Shiqing pouted and patted the cushion. "Move over."

Qin Jishi drew his legs in. "What? Spending the night with me?"

"Cut the crap," Zhang Shiqing demanded. "Tell me, what exactly is your relationship with Liang Simeng?"

"No relationship!" Qin Jishi answered calmly.

"No relationship?" Zhang Shiqing's eyebrows rose. "Do you think I'd believe that?"

If they truly had no relationship, would Liang Simeng have approached Qin Jishi to talk? On what grounds? Because he was handsome? Or because he was the Zhang family's live-in son-in-law?

Furthermore, if they had no relationship, would Liang Simeng have said those words with such deep meaning?

Clearly, those words were meant to tell her to cut ties with Qin Jishi. How could Zhang Shiqing not understand that?

"Really, no relationship!" Qin Jishi said earnestly. "She and I have only met once. We don't know each other, let alone being familiar."

"Really?"

"Really!" Qin Jishi nodded emphatically.

Even though Qin Jishi sounded so sincere, Zhang Shiqing still didn't believe him.

She felt she understood this young man even less now. He appeared harmless, yet gave off an aura of hidden depths and an inexplicably chilling coldness that made her heart tremble.

After a moment of thought, Zhang Shiqing continued, "How do you know the Young Prefecture Lord of Black Eagle Prefecture?"

"I'm very familiar with his father." This statement caused a dark line to appear on Zhang Shiqing's forehead.

"Can you answer properly?"

"Really!" Qin Jishi maintained his earnest expression. "I am indeed very familiar with his father."

"Hmph~" Zhang Shiqing snorted coldly. "If you don't want to say, I don't want to hear it either."

"Alas~" Qin Jishi sighed. "Nowadays, nobody believes the truth."

"Fine, I'll go back to that place then."

As he spoke, Qin Jishi made to get up and walk towards his familiar seat.

Zhang Shiqing glanced at the seat, rubbed the hem of her clothes, and felt a strange pang of heartache. She shook her head and shifted on the bed. "You sleep on the bed."

I sleep on the bed?

Qin Jishi blinked. "Never mind, I'll just go out. After all, as a man, how can I sleep on the bed and make you leave..."

Before he could finish, Qin Jishi had already pushed himself up, ready to get out of bed.

A complex expression immediately appeared on Zhang Shiqing's face. She bit her lip, and after a brief struggle, finally made up her mind. She reached out, pulled over the large red quilt, and covered both Qin Jishi and herself with it.

"Let me tell you, if you dare to cross any line, I'll turn you into Liu Kai."

Zhang Shiqing lay down on the outer edge of the bed, her back to Qin Jishi, not letting him see her expression at that moment.

Qin Jishi: "..."

Is she hinting at something?

"Um..." Qin Jishi chose a suitable position. "Should we... do something?"

"Scram~" A pillow flew over. Qin Jishi caught it and shook his head. "Being so fierce isn't good."

"Sleep!"

Qin Jishi rolled over, adjusted his sleeping position, and drifted off to sleep.

The room instantly fell silent, with only the sound of each other's breathing audible.

A moment later, Zhang Shiqing quietly turned over, looking at Qin Jishi's face, which was inches away. A complex glint flashed in her eyes. She had never imagined she would share a bed and dream with a man...

When Zhang Shiqing was cultivating the Ice Phoenix Sealing Heaven Art, she hadn't considered having a cultivation partner. When Zhang Jinhua forced her to marry Qin Jishi, she had secretly vowed in her heart that even if she married him, they would only be husband and wife in name...

She had never thought she would one day share a bed with a man, and she had always firmly believed she would never allow such a thing to happen. Before marrying Qin Jishi, she wouldn't even let him touch her in the slightest...

But now?

She was sleeping in the same bed as him, and deep down... she didn't find it too unacceptable...

What's wrong with me? Is it just curiosity?

Perhaps...

Zhang Shiqing could only use this reason to convince herself.

"Are you asleep?" Zhang Shiqing finally couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"No!" As if guessing Zhang Shiqing's thoughts, Qin Jishi replied softly with his eyes closed. "Are you wondering about the Liu family?"

"Are you my stomach worm?" Zhang Shiqing was slightly surprised and couldn't help but worry. "The Liu family has the Second Madam of Black Eagle Prefecture as their backer. Will they just let this go?"

Zhang Shiqing knew the Liu family's style of doing things. They had suffered a setback this time due to the Young Prefecture Lord of Black Eagle Prefecture's influence, but would they really give up so easily?

The important thing is, Liu Qiang's sister is the Second Madam of Black Eagle Prefecture. Sun Baitan returned defeated; once she finds out about this, even if the Liu Family can swallow this insult, will she?

If she makes even a small move in secret, I'm afraid...

Qin Jishi said slowly, "You're worried Black Eagle Prefecture will act in secret?"

"That's right, after all, Black Eagle Prefecture's influence is not to be underestimated." Zhang Shiqing's concern was not unfounded.

If Black Eagle Prefecture truly sent assassins in secret, who among them would be a match?

At that point, even if Black and White Academy knew about it, they would pretend ignorance. For the sake of their small family forces, would they blame Black Eagle Prefecture? Clearly impossible...

"Don't worry!" Qin Jishi's tone was calm, "They wouldn't dare."

If Black Eagle Prefecture offended him, wouldn't Pan Xu report it to the Black Eagle Prefecture Lord?

"Where exactly do you get your confidence from?" Zhang Shiqing propped her chin on her hand. "Why do I feel like no matter how stormy things get, you're always strolling through a garden?"

"Because I don't fear. Since I don't fear, why would there be any terror?"

Zhang Shiqing: "..."

"Oh, right!" After a slight pause, Zhang Shiqing cautioned, "The Liu Family is known for hating evil. You'll have to be extremely careful with your actions from now on."

"Worried they'll retaliate against me?"

"Being cautious is never wrong..." To say she wasn't worried would be a lie.

"Don't worry, they won't get another chance."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Shiqing's expression flickered again.

"Some people, when given a chance and they don't cherish it, they have to pay the price."

"Go to sleep!"

As Qin Jishi finished speaking, he fell silent.

Uh!

Zhang Shiqing: "..."

Did he intend to make a move against the Liu Family?

Impossible!

At this critical juncture, anyone who made a move against the Liu Family would be tantamount to making an enemy of Black and White Academy...

Who on the entire Azure Wave Continent would dare to oppose them?

Zhang Shiqing dismissed Qin Jishi's words as bluster. Shaking her head, her mind in a whirl, she unknowingly drifted off to sleep. Lying next to a man, yet falling asleep so quickly, also indicated that in her subconscious, she held almost no wariness or rejection towards Qin Jishi.

Deep night.

Qin Jishi, who had been feigning sleep, suddenly opened his eyes. He turned his head to glance at the sleeping Zhang Shiqing, admired her for a moment, and a slight smile curved his lips.

She's got something, alright. It's just that she's too cold, always giving off an air of being unapproachable.

Qin Jishi smiled again, then quietly got up. "The Liu Family... no longer needs to exist."

The door opened, and a figure, like a ghost, vanished into the darkness.