Night fell.
After his shower, Jiang Lan leaned back on the bed and played on his phone for a while. Before he knew it, it was eleven.
He was about to turn off the light and go to sleep when someone suddenly knocked on his door.
"Knock, knock, knock-"
Jiang Lan paused for a moment, then got up to open the door.
The moment he opened it, his mouth went dry.
Standing outside was none other than Shen Qingqiu.
He had just showered, and his hair was not completely dry yet. His light-colored loungewear accentuated the curves of his already excellent figure.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Lan asked,
"What's wrong?"
Shen Qingqiu did not answer immediately. He merely lowered his eyes, pinching the hem of his shirt. After hesitating for a few seconds, he finally said,
"I can't sleep."
Hearing that, Jiang Lan took another deep breath and stepped aside a little.
Shen Qingqiu walked into the room.
He stood beside the bed for a while before sitting down.
Jiang Lan closed the door and sat down beside the bed as well.
A small gap separated them.
The room fell quiet for a while.
Shen Qingqiu kept his head lowered, his hands folded over his knees, and said nothing.
Looking at him like this, Jiang Lan had a rough idea of what was going on.
What had happened today must have been quite a shock to Shen Qingqiu.
A single Spirit Source Fruit had taken him straight across an entire major realm.
And who knew how much effort Jiang Lan had spent obtaining that fruit.
Jiang Lan did not break the silence. He simply sat quietly beside him.
After a while, Shen Qingqiu finally spoke softly.
"When did you start preparing for this?"
"A little while ago."
"...A long