Jiang Lin's Head Hit the Ground

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I even doing?

Lying in bed and smelling the faint fragrance wafting from the girl beside him, Jiang Lin sank into deep thought.

That evening, after Lin Qingwan invited Jiang Lin to sleep with her, Jiang Lin had really wanted to agree, but he had decisively refused. What if he exposed himself?

But unexpectedly, when Jiang Lin entered the room, Lin Qingwan was already lying on his bed in a Green Silk Nightgown. Her hair was still slightly damp, making it clear she had bathed.

Seeing him enter, the Senior Sister even playfully stuck out her tongue.

But Jiang Lin immediately turned around and tried to run. Lin Qingwan flicked her sleeve, and the door instantly shut. She had even sealed it with Spiritual Power. With Jiang Lin's Cave Mansion Realm strength, there was no way he could break through it.

And so...

Things had become what they were now.

"Doesn't Sister Jiang Xin feel uncomfortable sleeping in her clothes?"

The girl spoke softly beside Jiang Lin, her breath carrying a faint orchid fragrance. For a moment, Jiang Lin wondered if his Senior Sister had been chewing on orchids that evening.

Moonlight spilled through the window and fell across the girl's fair, delicate face. Her long eyelashes fluttered repeatedly like brushes of snow, bewitchingly charming.

But Jiang Lin didn't dare look. Forget looking—he lay motionless on the bed, frantically singing about Happy Lamb in his heart...

"No, Elder Sister Lin. I prefer sleeping in my clothes. If Elder Sister Lin thinks I'm dirty, I'll just..." As he spoke, Jiang Lin began to sit up.

"No, no, I don't." The moment Jiang Lin moved, Lin Qingwan wrapped an arm around his neck. "Your brother once said that men are like muddy water—filthy and foul—while girls are like Ice Spring Snow Lotus: pleasing to look at and refreshing to drink. So Sister Jiang Xin is very clean. Your sister doesn't mind."

You don't mind... but I mind!

Jiang Lin was practically crying inside. And had he really said that?

He seemed to have.

It seemed that, back then, a Senior Sister had liked lilies but didn't dare say so. He had said those words while trying to counsel her. But how had Senior Sister Lin learned of it? And how did she remember it so clearly?

"Elder Sister Lin."

"Hmm?"

"May I ask you something?"

"Hmm."

"If Jiang... If my brother suddenly stood alive before you one day—I mean, if, if that really happened, Senior Sister Lin would..."

"If that really happened, I'd be very happy."

"Don't you hate him, Senior Sister?"

"Why would I hate him?" Lin Qingwan said gently. "Although your brother often teased the female disciples in the sect, although he secretly watched me bathe, and although he even stole the Dragon Vein, I don't hate him. If your brother were truly still alive, I would take him away from the Demon Sect, accept punishment from the sect together with him, and he would always be my little Junior Brother."

Listening to Lin Qingwan's words, Jiang Lin's eyes grew moist. If the system hadn't told him that she would break through the Demon Sect's gates and kill him again and again until his bones were ground to dust, Jiang Lin really would have confessed everything on the spot.

The bright moon hanging high in the sky kept drifting across it. A few wisps of night cloud covered the moon, but the evening breeze soon blew them away.

As the girl beside him slowly drifted into a dream and began breathing softly, Jiang Lin also smelled the fragrance of her hair as his eyelids grew heavier. Just as he was about to fall asleep, the system's "ding" jolted him awake.

Honestly, this was like finally getting on the verge of sleep, only for your roommate to suddenly blast TikTok out loud. If he hadn't been powerless against the system, Jiang Lin would have scattered its ashes.

[Quest: Sleeping Her.]

[Quest Overview: The girl beside you has fallen sound asleep. This is the perfect opportunity to launch an attack.]

[Quest Requirements: 1. Secretly kiss her and make her stop being aloof. Even a fairy can descend into the mortal world. The kiss must last for more than three minutes. 2. Bite her neck and leave your mark.]

[Choose! Advance toward becoming the great villain! Selection countdown begins... 3... 2...]

"I choose your MMP!"

Jiang Lin felt like he was going insane. Neither choice was right! Forget whether kissing her for three minutes would suffocate him—the second option was downright bizarre. Was this system trying to make him sell strawberries?!

But seeing the countdown on the system panel, Jiang Lin had no time left!

"I choose one!"

At the final second of the system's countdown, Jiang Lin chose the first option.

Looking at the girl sleeping beside him, Jiang Lin thought for a moment before gently lifting a lock of her long hair to his lips, leaving it there for a long while.

Only when the moonlight dimmed and brightened again did Jiang Lin secretly lower the girl's hair.

The faint orchid fragrance lingered around the tip of Jiang Lin's nose and refused to disperse.

With the aid of the moonlight, Jiang Lin looked at the girl who was still asleep. He wasn't sure if it was merely his imagination, but Lin Qingwan's fair cheeks seemed to have taken on a faint flush.

[Ding... Congratulations, Host, on completing the quest. The Host has been rewarded with 1,000 Notoriety Points and one portion of Body Tempering Fluid. Please continue striving. You will become the future star of villainy!]

As the quest notification faded, Jiang Lin had already cursed the shamelessly stingy system countless times in his heart!

"No, I need to calm down."

He took a deep breath, but the air was filled with the girl's faint fragrance. He had only kissed her hair, yet he already felt overheated. He needed to go out, feel the night breeze, and take a walk.

He secretly climbed out of bed, placed Lin Qingwan's arm beneath the covers, and gently tucked her in. Then Jiang Lin took the two hard lumps of steamed bun pressed against his chest, bit down fiercely, and jumped out the window.

Dappled moonlight spilled into the inn's courtyard and scattered across the girl's delicate face. The girl sleeping on the bed stirred her eyelashes slightly, then caught the quilt with her slender hand and buried half her little head beneath it.

Curled up like a tiny kitten, her fair little face flushed a fiery red, while her small heart leaped with joy, nearly bursting from her throat.

"Did you think women were all this easy to fool? Big Idiot."

The girl whispered softly before pulling the pillow he had slept on into the covers and falling peacefully asleep amid his scent...

Walking along the street, Jiang Lin chewed on a steamed bun that had long since gone cold while letting the chill wind blow over him. At last, he calmed down.

Just as Jiang Lin was planning to wander around a little longer before returning to the inn, someone wearing a veil suddenly dropped from the sky and crashed directly into him. Before Jiang Lin could react—

Jiang Lin was certain! This was a girl.

Just as Jiang Lin wondered whether this was a cultivator-world immortal jump, the girl directly spat a mouthful of blood all over his face...

"Miss, you..."

"Watch out!"

Before Jiang Lin could finish speaking, the girl's words had barely fallen when a flash of blade-light flickered behind him. Jiang Lin's head hit the ground...