You Don't Want Xia Yao to Know, Do You?

Whimper... whimper!

A suppressed and wronged sob came from under the covers. Chu He looked like a young bride who had suffered a great injustice.

Chu He wrapped himself tightly in the velvet comforter, from head to toe. From the outside, only the comforter could be seen trembling, while inside, Chu He was wiping away tears that weren't there with the back of his hand.

His heart had collapsed.

He never imagined that he would end up in such a state one day.

If he were to call the police about this, even they would think he was crazy, but the reality was just that absurd!

"Hey, hey, hey, you're a grown man, six feet tall, what are you crying about? It's really unbecoming."

"Besides, I saw you enjoying yourself just now!"

Kachi's voice came from beside him, laced with the languor of satisfaction.

At this moment, Kachi was propping her head up with one hand, lying on her side, her star-river-like eyes openly admiring Chu He, looking at him as if he were a precious gem.

Chu He sat up abruptly, the comforter sliding down to his waist, revealing his well-defined chest and abs. His voice trembled, deliberately laced with a crying tone.

"That's different! My body's betrayal was just a physical, instinctual reaction!"

"But my heart, my spirit, has suffered immense torment and trauma!"

He accused indignantly, "You... you're simply too rough! To... to treat a pure young man so brutally!"

"Oh dear, it's already happened, the deed is done, no need to overthink it." Kachi waved her fair, segmented hands, speaking dismissively in the tone of someone experienced.

Chu He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and voiced his most pressing concern: "So what do we do? It's been three hours already. Yao Yao must be going crazy with worry. I strongly suspect she's right outside!"

Hearing this, Kachi chuckled slyly and gently wagged a fair finger at her lips.

"You don't need to worry about that at all. This is my room, and I control the flow of time within it!"

"The three hours that just passed? In reality, only three seconds have passed outside!"

Chu He froze upon hearing this.

Three seconds?

But this stiff expression only lasted about ten seconds. Having experienced the dreamscape dungeon before, he quickly accepted it, and a shiver ran down his spine at the sight of the harmless-looking little girl before him.

She didn't seem dangerous at all, even being illegally cute, but he had no doubt that within that petite body lay an infinite power of rules capable of overturning reality.

In this room, he was completely at Kachi's mercy, and the Eye of Nirvana was useless!

"You're Yao Yao's best friend. Do you think what you did was right by her?"

Chu He asked calmly.

Mentioning Xia Yao, the smile on Kachi's face indeed faltered.

She lowered her head, fiddling with the hem of her white pajamas. A mist quickly gathered in her star-river-like eyes, and her voice became whiny and pitiful, as if she were truly repenting.

"I think... I've wronged Yao Yao! I stole the man she loves most..."

Seeing her like this, Chu He's heart inexplicably softened.

He was about to offer some words of comfort, like "Don't let it happen again," "Even Bewitching Ghosts have their impulses," or "It's all my fault for that damned Kiss of the Bewitching Ghost."

But Kachi's next words made him swallow all his prepared lines, almost choking him.

She suddenly raised her head, the grievance and guilt vanishing in an instant. In their place was an indescribable radiance, a mixture of extreme excitement and righteous indignation!

"However!"

Kachi puffed out her chest and declared resolutely, "Rather than wronging Yao Yao, I can't wrong myself!"

"No matter who I offend, I won't offend myself. To love another, one must first love oneself."

"Don't you think I'm right?"

Chu He: "...?"

Holy crap! Her expression changed faster than a Sichuan opera mask, and her logic was so twisted even a ghost would offer her a cigarette!

This Kachi was a true acting queen and a master debater.

He deserved to be trapped by her, not at all unfairly.

Powerful, a superb actress, and sharp-tongued, yet she had a way of twisting logic that made it impossible to refute her.

A deep sense of powerlessness washed over him.

If only... if only he had been more ascetic in his dreams!

But at twenty, with his blood boiling...

He also never expected the dream weaver to have a God's-eye view and witness the entire thing!

But thinking from Kachi's perspective...

She had been forced to watch thirty years of uncensored, high-definition, adult films, with her best friend as the protagonist, yet she hadn't even touched a single hair.

Now that she finally had the chance, coupled with the domineering rule power of the [Kiss of the Bewitching Ghost] acting as a catalyst...

It seemed, not entirely incomprehensible.

Chu He was silent for a long time, then finally let out a long sigh.

"Fine, I admit defeat today."

"But this is a one-time thing. Between us... this is the end!"

As soon as he said that, the righteous expression on Kachi's face instantly changed, revealing a hint of panic.

"No!" she blurted out, "When it ends is up to me!"

"You... how can you be so unreasonable!" The bit of backbone Chu He had just mustered was crushed again.

"You don't want Yao Yao to know about this, do you?"

"You wouldn't want me, such a cute girl, to be mercilessly beaten by Yao Yao, would you!"

"I absolutely would!" Chu He gritted his teeth, wishing he could see that scene right now.

But deep down, he really didn't want it to happen.

Kachi seemed to see through his bluster. She wasn't angry at all. Instead, she floated in front of him, poked his chest with her small hand, and said, "Then tell Yao Yao. At worst, the two of us will have a fight, a fight so fierce the heavens and earth will darken, and the sun and moon will lose their light. Anyway, we're both SSS-Class, neither of us can do anything to the other, and the end result will be both of us getting hurt!"

"And this is Yao Yao's dungeon. Two beings with powerful rule-based abilities fighting, what do you think... this dungeon space will turn into?"

"If you want that to happen, then go ahead!"

Seeing Chu He's lips twitching uncontrollably, unable to utter a word.

He was completely, utterly cornered!

Seeing that he had lost all his temper, Kachi snapped her fingers lightly, her tone becoming cheerful. "Alright, enough nonsense. Go wash up quickly and hurry back to see your Yao Yao."

As soon as she finished speaking, a bathroom appeared out of thin air in the room.

It was a shower stall made of flowing crystal, filled with mist, beautiful and dreamlike, but... it was completely open on all sides, with no shower curtain at all.

Chu He's mouth twitched violently. "Your bathroom... doesn't have a door? Or a curtain?"

Kachi tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said matter-of-factly, "I don't worry about anyone peeking when I shower by myself, so why would I need a door? It's completely unnecessary."

Chu He felt like he was about to have a stroke. Arguing with her always meant he lost.

"Then how am I supposed to wash?"

"Just like this." Kachi floated lightly off the bed, circling him like a curious butterfly, examining him from head to toe with the gaze one might use on a rare prehistoric creature. "You're still shy now? Don't play coy. I've been watching you for thirty whole years. I know exactly how many hairs you have and where every mole is."

Chu He's face instantly turned the color of liver, filled with shame and anger.

"Hahahaha, you're actually shy, my little He He!" Kachi's laughter was as crisp as silver bells, filled with the joy of a successful prank.

She suddenly leaned in, her warm breath fanning Chu He's ear, and whispered in a seductive tone:

"What, do you want me... to help you wash?"