Be good, go wait for me in bed

"Who said I didn't want you?"

Chi Ming was her favorite of the five sentinel guards.

Both he and his Spirit Body were sweet and considerate. He could handle all the housework, and he was so good at cheering her up by showing an unexpected side of himself.

Why wouldn't she want such a sweet, domestic hunk?

"Because Lanlan is busy every day, and when you come home, you smell like other sentinels. I'm afraid you'll fall for someone else one day and won't want me anymore."

Chi Ming obediently kept his eyes closed and let her stroke his hair and cheeks, but inside he was nervous as hell.

Xin Lan was silent for so long that he even began to regret saying it.

Suddenly, Xin Lan's hand left his face. Chi Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly opened his eyes.

But Xin Lan wasn't angry at all.

Not only was she not angry, she took off his bunny-ear headband, cupped his face, and planted a hard kiss on him.

"Be good. Stop overthinking and go wait for me in bed."

She had always slept cuddling Spirit Bodies before, but she really had never cuddled a male mom.

Chi Ming was dressed so enticingly today that if she didn't take the opportunity to cuddle him to sleep, she'd be a little too oblivious to the mood.

Chi Ming's golden eyes widened instantly, and wild joy spread across his face.

"Lanlan, r-really? Can I sleep with you?"

Xin Lan tapped his lips and ruffled his hair into a bird's nest.

"What else? Do you want me to call someone else in?"

She had already started undressing for her bath.

Chi Ming lowered his head and clutched his little apron in both hands, his whole face burning red. "No, I don't."

He didn't dare look at Xin Lan again. He walked to the bed with his arms and legs almost moving in unison, then carefully sat down.

So soft.

Such a big, soft bed!

Although Lanlan hadn't slept in it yet, the entire room was filled with the fresh, sweet scent of lily of the valley, her own unique Guide Pheromones. As soon as Chi Ming lay down, he felt as though he had sunk into a soft sea of flowers.

His whole body felt weightless, as though he couldn't even feel his limbs. It was so comfortable that his eyes began to sting and ache.

Come to think of it, did Lanlan's willingness to sleep with him mean he was going to officially become her first exclusive sentinel tonight?

At the thought, fireworks exploded across Chi Ming's mind with a boom. He was so excited that his ears even began to ring.

He abruptly hugged the blanket, tilted his head, and stole a glance at the bathroom.

The door wasn't closed, and he could hear the water splashing as she moved in the bathtub...

Ahhh!

I'm so nervous! So excited!

So Lanlan really was going to accept me!

Chi Ming was so overjoyed he wished he could fly out and kill a hundred pollutants on the spot to release his feelings.

Unfortunately, the beautiful part was all fantasy.

After Xin Lan came out of the bathroom, she did dive straight into his arms and rub her bath-warmed face against his chest over and over, but she didn't mention physically linking with him at all.

"Lanlan..."

Chi Ming swallowed several times, his throat dry, before finally giving in and asking hoarsely, "Aren't we going to do something else before we sleep?"

Lying in bed, holding a guide he liked and whose compatibility with him was close to one hundred percent, any normal sentinel would find it hard not to think about physically linking with her. Chi Ming was nearly dizzy from holding himself back.

But Xin Lan refused without hesitation.

"No, we're sleeping platonically."

Disappointment quickly appeared on Chi Ming's face, but he soon accepted it. He hugged her tightly and, copying her, kept rubbing against her neck.

"All right, whatever Lanlan says."

But although Xin Lan said they were sleeping platonically, she didn't hold back with her hands at all.

One moment she lifted his little apron for a look, the next she squeezed him here and pecked him there. Finally, when she got tired, she simply rested her hand on his chest, draped a leg over his waist, and fell asleep holding him like a body pillow.

Chi Ming's eyes were as wide as saucers as he stared at the ceiling, his throat so dry it was practically smoking, but he couldn't bear to get up.

He was afraid getting up would disturb Xin Lan, and even more afraid that when he came back from drinking water, she wouldn't hold him anymore.

Being held by her was torture for both body and mind, but that torture was nothing compared to the happiness of sleeping with her in his arms.

Although he probably wouldn't be able to sleep at all tonight...

Outside the bedroom, Cang Leng, Wu Xi, and Yun Jin were all awake.

For one thing, their rampage levels were too high, and the severe headaches they suffered every day meant they already slept little. For another, they were all curious why Chi Ming still hadn't come out of Xin Lan's room so late at night.

At times they sat together on the sofa in thought; at others they paced around the house. Finally, when one in the morning came and Chi Ming still hadn't emerged, Cang Leng was the first to crack.

"We're done for. Chi Ming is definitely going to become Miss Guide's first exclusive sentinel. He was already her favorite of the five of us, and today he deliberately dressed so slutty. She definitely won't be able to resist physically linking with him. Sigh..."

He let out a long sigh, utterly dejected.

Wu Xi was anxious too, but he was much calmer than Cang Leng today.

"Actually, I don't think that's necessarily true. If Miss Guide really were physically linking with Chi Ming, how could there not be a sound coming from the room?"

Leaving aside how much Miss Guide could take, Chi Ming's almost freakishly strong physique alone, along with the seemingly inexhaustible stamina and mental power he had after his Mental Landscape was purified, meant that no matter how much she could endure, she couldn't possibly stay silent all night.

The house was well soundproofed, but even the most soundproof wall couldn't block a high-level sentinel's hearing.

So the fact that there had been no sound all this time could only mean one thing-Chi Ming hadn't physically linked with Xin Lan.

As the realization sank in, Cang Leng finally perked up again.

"You mean Miss Guide probably just kept Chi Ming in her room to sleep with her? They didn't do anything?"

Wu Xi nodded, then shook his head. Suddenly, his shoulders slumped and he cried in exasperation.

"How could they not have done anything? That slutty snake dressed so provocatively today. Miss Guide wouldn't let him off. Maybe they've already done everything except the final step of physically linking!"

Cang Leng: ...

Yun Jin couldn't listen anymore.

He took one last look at Xin Lan's bedroom door, snorted, and strode decisively back to his own room.

Heh. They haven't even figured out where she came from, and they're already falling over themselves to seduce her and climb into her bed. They really aren't afraid she might be a spy sent by another planet.

Despite those thoughts, Yun Jin lay in bed unable to fall asleep.

His head hurt especially badly today, as though someone were constantly drilling into every part of his brain with an electric drill, leaving his head splitting and his ears ringing and aching.

He had long since grown used to this every day. Usually, he could grit his teeth and still get a few hours of sleep.

But whenever he thought about how Chi Ming not only no longer had a headache but could also sleep holding a soft, sweet-smelling guide, he grew furious.

After struggling for several hours without falling asleep, Yun Jin finally headed to the gym with a dark expression.

When he went in, he found that Wu Xi and Cang Leng were both there.

The two were lying on the floor, their heads drenched in sweat. They had clearly been working out for a long time.

When they saw him, they didn't even lift their heads.

Wu Xi said, "I told you he'd come, didn't I? Who could sleep on a lonely, cold night like this? He's not an immortal. How could he not be green with envy? After all, we're suffering and being tormented here, while Chi Ming gets to hold Miss Guide, kissing and touching her all night."

Cang Leng said, "Sigh... It really is the comparison that hurts. Put it that way, and you can't blame Yun Jin for looking so sour. I'm so jealous I'm about to mutate."

At that, the two turned to look at each other and shouted together, overcome with envy.

"Ahhh! I want to sleep holding the soft, sweet-smelling Miss Guide too!"

Yun Jin's face darkened further: ...

Fuck!

Who said I was lonely and cold?!

I'm not green with envy either!

I'm not!