After Jiang Lan took a quick shower, Shen Qingqiu had finished making dinner too.
Jiang Lan threw on a T-shirt, opened the door, and went downstairs.
When he got downstairs, Shen Qingqiu had just brought the food to the table.
He glanced at Jiang Lan's exposed arm, then frowned slightly.
"Didn't you say you weren't hurt?"
Jiang Lan looked down.
There was indeed a scrape on his arm, neither particularly shallow nor deep.
He hadn't even noticed it in the shower. He had probably scraped it while fighting the Energy Body.
Though it wasn't anything serious, it had still left a mark.
Jiang Lan smiled.
"It's fine. I ran into a Ferocious Beast and got a little scrape. I wouldn't even have felt it if you hadn't mentioned it."
Shen Qingqiu rolled his eyes, then picked up a piece of pork rib and placed it in Jiang Lan's bowl.
"Eat!"
"You got it!" Jiang Lan sat down at the table, beaming. "Thanks, Auntie. You're the best."
After dinner, the two curled up on the sofa.
Shen Qingqiu leaned into Jiang Lan's arms and watched television, while Jiang Lan held him with one arm and idly scrolled through his phone with the other hand.
After a while, Shen Qingqiu turned to glance at Jiang Lan and said softly:
"I'm a little sleepy."
Jiang Lan took a deep breath.
That was already an outright invitation.
Without another word, he immediately swept Shen Qingqiu into his arms.
Shen Qingqiu jumped in surprise.
"What are you doing?"
"Hmm..." Jiang Lan thought it over with a serious expression. "I don't think you're ready yet."
Shen Qingqiu: "..."
"Are you asking for it?"
Before long, it was the next morning.
Shen Qingqiu went to the Training Room as usual.
Jiang Lan stayed alone in his