The next day.
At the first hint of dawn, Ye Chenyang was already awake.
He closed his eyes and sensed the time. It probably wasn't even six yet.
It wasn't that he didn't want to sleep a little longer. It was just...
Ye Chenyang lowered his head.
Though he'd deliberately left a little space between them before going to sleep, Jiang Mian had somehow burrowed into his arms during the night.
She looked completely relaxed. In her sleep, she'd returned to her half-Calamity state, and the small horns atop her head were pressed against his chest.
That was what had nudged him awake.
The corner of Ye Chenyang's mouth lifted slightly. He reached out and stroked one of her horns.
"Mm~"
As if he'd touched a sensitive spot, Jiang Mian uneasily covered the top of her head, rolled over, and ended up on the other side of the bed.
Her hem had ridden up, exposing her adorable little belly.
Ye Chenyang was wide awake now.
Resisting the urge to give it a pinch, he reached over and tugged her clothes back down until she was properly covered.
Ye Chenyang quietly got up, then stepped out the door.
After returning last night, he'd started reviewing the aftermath of the train incident.
Sooner or later, Oblivion River would learn that they had all survived.
On the night Jiang Mian had "subdued" Xu Xiaoan, she had mentioned something to him in passing while they were chatting:
Knowing she had no way out, [Formless] had wanted to blow itself up and transfer its main body back into the Split Soul at the Other Shore.
It had been a fallback plan, but Jiang Mian had intervened forcefully and set it off first.
So Oblivion River probably already knew something had happened to it, though it