It was a dark, windy night.
Outside the guesthouse, the evening wind stirred the ginkgo branches and leaves until dawn drew near and dew gathered on the leaves, then slid off...
[Weekly Mission—Black Tortoise's Pain (A-rank difficulty): Complete! Distributing rewards to the host...] [As the host chose option ②, the reward multiplier condition has been met. Xu Sanshi's emotions are running high. Settlement multiplier: 5×] [Reward: 2,500 Strategy Points (5×)]
The next morning.
Su Ling felt refreshed. His teachers always said a story needed the details, and he knew everyone would want to read them, but the censors were too ruthless.
The result was that the once-smooth bedding and sheets were a wrinkled mess, and Jiang Nannan's knee-high socks had vanished.
All that remained beneath the bed were scraps of torn silk and two pairs of shoes scattered every which way.
Jiang Nannan was a girl who valued the meaning behind little gestures. She cut that telltale patch from the sheet and kept it in the Storage Soul Tool Su Ling had given her.
To her, it was proof that Su Ling loved her.
After washing up and getting ready,
Su Ling stepped out of the room. Xu Sanshi had not slept a wink all night, and dark circles ringed his eyes.
He said nothing, but his expression surprised Su Ling. There was none of the anger or hatred Su Ling had expected.
Instead, he looked... excited.
Had he awakened some strange new trait?
Su Ling did not dwell on it. Whatever was going on with Xu Sanshi, he was a broken man now, incapable of troubling his little bunny, Jiang Nannan, ever again.
"Xu Sanshi, do you want to die or live?" Su Ling studied him for a moment before asking.
"Live. I want to live."