Jiang Yumiao lay flat on his back in bed, his gaze fixed on the ceiling as his sore eyes adjusted to the dazzling morning light.
It wasn't that he didn't want to move. He genuinely couldn't move a muscle!
Last night, they had done everything they could except take that final step.
Ning Chunchi had said they should save the final step for the permanent marking...
Jiang Yumiao felt even worse now than he had the morning after kitesurfing. His whole body felt as though it had fallen apart.
His back hurt, his legs hurt, his hands ached, and even his mouth hurt.
The fabric brushing against his chest... hurt too.
Because it was swollen.
His voice was hoarse, too.
Not a single part of him was fine.
He finally understood what the system's "Incredible Flexibility" reward was good for.
Jiang Yumiao stacked two pillows behind himself, then forced himself to sit up and lean against them.
Without that reward, he probably wouldn't even have been able to sit up today.
The room's layout looked a little unfamiliar. This was Ning Chunchi's room, but he remembered being carried to his own room last night. Why had Ning Chunchi moved him here afterward?
Fragments of memory flashed through his mind. Jiang Yumiao suddenly understood why, and his cheeks turned scarlet.
Apparently, their bed had been in no condition to sleep in afterward...
Jiang Yumiao wanted to roll over and bury his face in a pillow, but a burning sensation along his inner thighs stopped him.
Frowning, he lifted the covers to look.
Fuck! The skin had been rubbed raw!
There were all kinds of marks, too.
The other marks were one thing, but why were there bite marks???
And finger marks on the outside of his thighs!!!
Jiang Yumiao gritted his