At dawn, Mo Xie pulled himself free of the soft, warm embrace and looked helplessly at the girl beneath him.
He had suffered last night. Ye Xinxia's hands had been anything but well-behaved, wandering all over him.
As Ye Xinxia put it, "Everywhere that woman touched, I'm going to touch too."
Sometimes her smooth hands strayed to places that made Mo Xie jolt, keeping him awake for ages.
When Ye Xinxia finally fell asleep, Mo Xie was just drifting off when he felt a weight settle on his chest.
Ye Xinxia lay across him, her limbs wrapped around him like an octopus, refusing to let go.
With no other choice, Mo Xie fell asleep under the weight on his chest.
After a while, breathing became difficult. He opened his eyes and discovered that Ye Xinxia had pulled him into her arms.
Mo Xie wanted to push her away, but he was afraid of waking her. In the end, he forced himself back to sleep.
All in all, one thing after another had kept Mo Xie from getting a decent night's rest.
He gazed at Ye Xinxia's adorable sleeping face, gave her smooth cheek a pinch, then went downstairs for his morning exercise.
Thinking back on what Tang Yue had told him last night, Mo Xie could only laugh.
Go to school? Absolutely not!
What was so great about school? Listening to the teachers nearly put him to sleep, and all he could do at his desk was cultivate.
He was better off at home, where he had room to practice Magic and could work on his Forging Technique. Either way, it beat school.
After his morning exercise, Mo Xie was making breakfast in the kitchen when his phone rang.
He checked the screen. It was Ye Xinxia.
Wondering why Ye