Why didn't you tell me earlier that my little sister is still waiting for me?

Sensing the chilling killing intent emanating from behind, Lin Bufan quickly pressed down on Chen Nanxing's hands, which were playing tricks on him, and said in a voice that was as steady as possible but with a hint of deliberate fatigue, "Nanxing, tonight... I'm a little tired. Why don't you go back first, and we can fight another day?"

"Huh?" Chen Nanxing paused, then his eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness, like Columbus discovering a new continent. His voice was filled with undisguised excitement and mischief: "You're saying you can't do it anymore?"

On this matter, Lin Bufan naturally wouldn't back down, and immediately defended his dignity loudly: "It's not that I can't, it's just that I'm a little tired! Singing and dancing at the bar just now really took a toll on my energy, okay?"

Facing Lin Bufan's explanation, Chen Nanxing acted as if she hadn't heard him, still insisting on her own opinion: "Oh, it's all the same. Not being in good shape just means you're not doing well, I understand, I understand." As she spoke, she became restless again: "Come on, let me check you out and see just how tired you are?"

"No need to check! Really!" Lin Bufan quickly tightened his arms, trying to hold Chen Nanxing in place.

But as Lin Bufan said, they were very familiar with the place. Not only was Lin Bufan familiar with it, but Chen Nanxing was also quite familiar with it!

While laughing and dodging Lin Bufan's grasp, Chen Nanxing's hands were already deftly examining Lin Bufan's body: "Don't be shy, I'm just taking a look, I'm not doing anything... Oh, just let me take a look!"

Soon, Chen Nanxing got her answer, and the excitement and curiosity on her face turned into astonishment and disappointment: "What... I thought you were really not up to it... You're quite energetic, aren't you? How boring!"

Lin Bufan: "..." Listen to this, listen to this, is this even human language?

Hidden behind Lin Bufan, Xu Hongdou couldn't see exactly what was happening, but she heard Chen Nanxing's words and tone perfectly. At this moment, the anger in her heart was mixed with shame, embarrassment, and a strange, inexplicable excitement, almost bursting out of her skull. She bit her lower lip hard to barely keep from making a sound.

Lin Bufan naturally sensed Xu Hongdou's unusual behavior behind him and knew that continuing like this was not a solution. He had to find a way to break the deadlock, otherwise, a scene of Mars colliding with Earth might occur!

Lin Bufan reached out and grabbed Chen Nanxing's shoulder, saying in a very serious tone, "Nanxing, are you sure you're not going back no matter what happens?"

Chen Nanxing finally noticed that Lin Bufan was acting differently tonight, so he looked at Lin Bufan with a serious expression: "Do you know how difficult it was for me to come out? In order to prevent Hongdou from finding out, I stayed up half the night to get her to sleep!"

Xu Hongdou: You're talking nonsense! If you weren't asleep, would I have been sneaked out?

After a pause, Chen Nanxing added, "Of course, I can go back under special circumstances!"

"for example?"

"I'll go back as soon as you admit you can't do it anymore!"

Admit you're incapable?

Lin Bufan obviously could not agree to this, because it was his bottom line, and it could not be violated!

Faced with Chen Nanxing's complete lack of sincerity in negotiations, Lin Bufan immediately decided to stop tolerating it. Only by taking the initiative could he gain dignity and peace; constantly backing down would only embolden the enemy!

Having made up his mind, Lin Bufan threw off the blankets. Of course, he only lifted the blankets on himself and Chen Nanxing, but he didn't touch Xu Hongdou's blankets at all; in fact, he covered her up even more tightly.

Lin Bufan flipped over and pinned Chen Nanxing beneath him, saying viciously, "Nanxing, I hope you won't say you can't do it later!"

Chen Nanxing truly felt Lin Bufan's murderous aura and couldn't help but swallow hard: "Is it too late for me to say I want to go back now?"

"What do you say?"

……

Xu Hongdou, huddled under the covers, felt the bed shaking rhythmically and heard suppressed cries. Although she couldn't see, she could imagine how hard Lin Bufan was trying to protect his dignity!

At first, Xu Hongdou felt shy and embarrassed—she thought she had to hide it well, otherwise she wouldn't be able to face anyone!

But as time passed, Xu Hongdou's mindset gradually changed, becoming somewhat irritable and easily angered—"Why? Why can you two... while I have to hide? Why?! This isn't my fault!"

I'm a victim too, okay?

On the other side, Chen Nanxing couldn't find her footing while defending her dignity with Lin Bufan today. She had the same feeling as when she was in school and her teacher was spying on her through the back window!

Feeling increasingly uneasy, Chen Nanxing decisively called a halftime timeout: "Bufan, Bufan, wait a minute, something feels off."

Lin Bufan naturally knew where Chen Nanxing's illusion came from. Being able to see in the dark, he had long ago discovered a pair of beautiful eyes shining from under the blanket!

Therefore, Lin Bufan naturally rejected Chen Nanxing's request to pause and decisively used the item card - Accelerator!

"Wait a minute, I... I really feel something's wrong, like... it's like someone is watching us!"

"You're overthinking it, that's impossible!"

"But I really... really..."

"Okay, stop talking and focus!"

Thanks to Lin Bufan's desperate cover, Chen Nanxing ultimately failed to discover Xu Hongdou's presence!

After a fierce battle, Lin Bufan ultimately prevailed.

Filled with resentment and exhaustion at failing to defend her own "judgment," Chen Nanxing fell into a deep sleep, her breathing gradually becoming long and steady. Lin Bufan breathed a slight sigh of relief, carefully moved her arm away from him, and then quickly turned around to gently pat the still but clearly "low-pressure" blanket behind him.

Xu Hongdou, who was under the covers, was already filled with resentment. If a Taoist priest from Maoshan were to come, he would definitely suspect that there was some ominous creature here.

Upon receiving Lin Bufan's signal, Xu Hongdou immediately began to move. Like a cautious cat, she slowly shuffled out from the edge of the bed, afraid of making the slightest noise. In the darkness, she groped for her clothes, which Lin Bufan had carelessly tossed at the foot of the bed after "bringing" her there, and picked them up one by one.

However, just as she was holding the clothes and tiptoeing to get dressed, she stopped abruptly. Biting her lower lip, she turned around abruptly and, using the dim light coming through the window, precisely located the bulge on Lin Bufan's chest. Then, with a fierce, resentful grit, she pinched it with all her might!

If it weren't for his extraordinary physical condition, Lin Bufan would have no doubt that this one move would have increased his size by two!

"hiss--!"

Although he didn't feel much pain, Lin Bufan still gave positive feedback in order to appease Xu Hongdou!

Seeing Lin Bufan gasp in pain, his face contorted in agony, yet he stubbornly clenched his teeth, not daring to make a sound, only pleading with his eyes, Xu Hongdou finally felt a slight relief from the pent-up frustration in her chest.

After giving Lin Bufan a "you deserve it" look, Xu Hongdou stopped and, clutching her clothes, continued to tiptoe away.

The only sounds in the room were Chen Nanxing's even breathing and the occasional faint sound of cars outside the window. Xu Hongdou's heart pounded like a drum, her eyes struggling to adjust to the darkness as she searched for a corner where she could get dressed temporarily—the sofa was too far, the bathroom door was closed, and the most convenient spot was the small round table against the wall at the foot of the bed.

She tiptoed to the round table, turned her back to the bed, and began frantically putting on her clothes. The clasps of her bra were particularly unruly in the darkness and with her nervousness; it took her several attempts to finally fasten them. Just as she picked up her pajamas and tried to slip one sleeve over her head, her foot slipped on something, and she instantly lost her balance!

"Ah!" Xu Hongdou exclaimed softly, instinctively reaching out to steady herself on the table beside her.

"Clang! Crash—!"

She suddenly shoved the small round table, causing it to shake violently. A disposable plastic cup on the table, in which Lin Bufan had drunk half a glass of water, overturned and rolled to the floor with a crisp, abrupt sound. The remaining water in the cup splashed out, making a muffled sound on the carpet.

The sound was like thunder in the still of the night!

Chen Nanxing woke up almost immediately in bed. She had just fallen asleep and wasn't quite fast asleep. She vaguely heard a strange noise and instinctively opened her eyes, looking in the direction of the sound.

Using the faint light from the indicator lights on the appliances in the room, Chen Nanxing saw an indistinct figure near the door at the foot of the bed!

Based on his familiarity with Lin Bufan, Chen Nanxing immediately realized that this person was definitely not Lin Bufan. His sleepiness vanished instantly, his heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively cried out, "Who?!"

Her shout caused Xu Hongdou, who was standing at the foot of the bed, to freeze completely, remaining in a half-bent position, too afraid to move.

Still shaken, Chen Nanxing instinctively reached out to her side, trying to wake Lin Bufan. But when her hand landed, there was nothing there but the still-warm sheets.

She panicked and quickly turned her head to look—only to see that Lin Bufan, who had been sleeping next to her, had somehow curled up deep inside the blankets, his head completely covered, wrapped up like an airtight silkworm cocoon, and was not moving at all.

"Bu Fan? Lin Bu Fan!" Chen Nanxing slapped the bulging blanket forcefully, his voice filled with surprise and lingering sleepiness: "Wake up! Wake up! It sounds like someone's entered the room!"

The blanket remained motionless, and the person inside showed no reaction.

Chen Nanxing pushed and shoved, but the "silkworm pupa" seemed to be welded to the bed.

Just as she was becoming increasingly panicked, the blurry figure at the foot of the bed suddenly spoke, its voice carrying a resigned calmness, along with a hint of barely suppressed anger: "Alright, stop shouting, he's dead."

Chen Nanxing paused involuntarily as he patted the table.

died? !

Lin Bufan... is dead?

Then...who is this person in front of me?

Could it be the assassin who killed Lin Bufan...?

Now that I've found her, will she kill me to silence me?

and many more!

That assassin's voice... why does it sound so familiar?

Could it be someone you know who committed the crime?

Before Chen Nanxing's mind, which was a jumble of shock and drowsiness, could figure out the most sincere way to beg for mercy, a soft "snap" sounded as the ceiling light in the center of the room was switched on.

The soft yet bright light instantly dispelled all the darkness and completely illuminated the figure at the foot of the bed.

Xu Hongdou stood there, her hair slightly disheveled, the buttons of her pajamas not fully fastened, and one hand still in the position of pressing the light switch. Her face was expressionless, with only her lips slightly pursed, her eyes fixed on Chen Nanxing, who was staring dumbfounded on the bed.

As Chen Nanxing's vision cleared, his mouth opened wider and wider, uncontrollably, and his eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost.

“Red…red bean?!” she exclaimed, her voice trembling.

The next second, extreme shock instantly transformed into utter embarrassment and shame. Chen Nanxing's face flushed crimson, almost as if it were about to bleed. She abruptly withdrew her hand from the "silkworm cocoon" as if burned, then frantically tried to burrow under the covers and hide herself away.

However, Lin Bufan had wrapped most of the blanket tightly around Chen Nanxing, pressing the edges down and pulling them taut. Chen Nanxing tried to pull it off, but couldn't budge it, let alone get inside.

She was both anxious and embarrassed, and didn't care whether Lin Bufan was really dead or pretending. She started slapping and pulling at the "cocoon" in a chaotic manner, her voice low and full of embarrassment and anxiety: "Let go, you bastard! Leave some for me too!"

Chen Nanxing tried to pull the blanket off but couldn't budge it an inch. Frustrated and embarrassed, he finally gave up, grabbed a corner of the blanket and covered his head with it, perfectly illustrating the saying—"the mosaic should be on your head."

Xu Hongdou looked at the two "things" on the bed—one wrapped up like a silkworm cocoon playing dead, the other burying his head in the sand like an ostrich, and felt both angry and amused, a surge of anger rising in her chest. She took a deep breath, trying to make her voice sound intimidating: "Get up, both of you! Tell me, what do we do now!"

The silkworm pupa and the ostrich remained completely still.

Xu Hongdou's voice suddenly rose, sounding exceptionally clear in the quiet room: "Get up!"

Chen Nanxing, his voice muffled from under the covers, carried a sense of utter despair: "I...I have no face to see the elders of Jiangdong. I beg to refuse to attend the meeting...Just let me stay here alone, or better yet, just disappear..."

The "silkworm pupa" twitched slightly, and Lin Bufan's voice, muffled by the thick blanket, sounded indistinct yet tinged with a shameless urge: "Report... Given my overly close relationship with the parties involved in this case, which could easily influence the impartiality of the judgment, I request to recuse myself from this meeting..."

"Lin Bufan! Chen Nanxing!" Xu Hongdou's chest heaved with anger as she pointed at the two lumps on the bed: "I'll count to three!"

One!

two!"

Before Xu Hongdou could count to three, the "silkworm cocoon" suddenly scattered, and Lin Bufan sat up with messy hair, his eyes darting around. Chen Nanxing also slowly pulled the blanket off her head, her hair even messier, her cheeks as red as if she could fry an egg, her eyelids lowered, staring at the small piece of bed sheet in front of her, as if there was a flower on it.

Chen Nanxing and Lin Bufan sat side by side on the edge of the bed, both looking like they were "awaiting their fate".