Chen Shu was woken by a disturbance—
In his half-asleep haze, someone opened his arm and slipped into his embrace, facing him. It tickled so much he had no choice but to open his eyes.
Qingqing was so close, her eyes fixed on his.
"Mmm..."
At that moment, Chen Shu thought she looked like a little sprite.
She normally would not do this. If she woke before him, sometimes she got up on her own, sometimes she lay quietly waiting for him, and sometimes she watched him. She rarely did anything that might wake him.
Chen Shu pulled her closer, their bodies sharing warmth against the morning chill, then murmured sleepily to her:
"I had a dream last night..."
"If it was an erotic dream, you don't have to tell me."
"It wasn't."
"Tell me."
"Let me think..."
Chen Shu thought for a long while before stumbling through it. "You know how I can fly... Ever since I reached Sixth Tier, I've been able to fly... In the dream, I flew around in the sky every day. Then one day, I suddenly felt like I was an ordinary person with no cultivation. I couldn't fly. And then, just like that, I couldn't fly anymore. I kept jumping and jumping, getting half a meter off the ground before falling back down. No matter what I did, I couldn't fly..."
"A common dream."
"It still felt awful."
"Want to try flying now?"
"..."
Chen Shu closed his eyes and held her tight, whispering so softly it was almost inaudible. "I'll try later..."
Naturally, girls did not wear bras to bed, so Qingqing had only a thin layer of fabric on. Held this close, he could feel the softness of her body almost without obstruction. Whenever she spoke, her warm breath brushed his