On the rewards for successfully defeating a boss

Oh no, I really fell asleep.

This was Chen Qian’s first thought after he regained consciousness.

He moved his body and turned over. All around him was quiet. Strange, is it usually this quiet?

Chi Mu had already arranged the bed for him on one side and covered him with a blanket. It was definitely worthy of a five-star service, but it was too far away today.

Chen Qian twisted himself and moved a little, then reached out to the other side of the bed.

Hmm? Empty and cold.

Where did Chi Mu go?

He suddenly sat up from the bed, and it was so dark around him that he couldn't see anything.

"Brother Chimu, where are you?" he tried to ask.

Instead of getting a response, the silence made him feel uneasy. He could only vaguely hear his heartbeat.

He continued to call Chi Mu's name, stepped out of bed and groped around. The bedside lamp was gone, and the main light switch beside the bed didn't work after he pressed it several times.

Is there a power outage?

Find your phone and use it as a flashlight, not on the bed or on the nightstand.

Did you forget to take it at the table?

He walked out close to the wardrobe. At the end of the wardrobe, there was the master bedroom bathroom. If he walked past it, he would reach the exit to the living room.

He tentatively touched the door, which was not closed tightly. With the force he gained, he turned it backwards. The creaking sound gave him goose bumps, and moonlight shone through the crack in the door.

A small area at the doorway was illuminated, and he quickly passed by it and walked towards the living room, but stopped just as he passed through the door.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of something unusual inside the door.

Unusually attracted, he turned his head uncontrollably, and a black shadow stood out in the white bathtub.

He kept moving forward, getting closer to the bathtub.

A pale face appeared beneath the dark shadow, devoid of any color, and the air was filled with a biting vapor...

"Chi...Chi Mu!" Chen Qian suddenly sat up from the bed, with a circle of dim warm light around him.

There was a messy sound in the bathroom, and then the tightly closed door was quickly opened.

Chi Mu rushed out in a bathrobe, still tying his belt. He hurriedly walked up to him, lifted his face, and asked with concern, "What's wrong? Why did you suddenly call my name? Did you have a nightmare just now? Are you scared?"

"Yeah, I had a nightmare..." Chen Qian's voice was trembling, his breathing was uneven, and he looked at his hands in a daze.

Is the world shaking? Probably not.

Only after being embraced by Chi Mu did he realize that he was the only one trembling.

"It's okay now. Baby, you're okay now." Chi Mu rested his chin lightly on his forehead and patted the back of his head and back with his palms.

The person in the bathrobe was in a hurry to get ready, so he naturally had no time to tidy it up. He left the collar open to the belt, and water droplets covered his exposed skin, wetting his cheeks and collar that were touching his waist.

A slight coolness brought Chen Qian out of the nightmare, and constant comforting also made him gradually calm down. Recalling the scenes in the dream, he felt his scalp tingling, and waves of uneasiness in his heart. The sense of loss, powerlessness, or loneliness, cut him like a sharp blade.

Chen Qian hugged the person standing in front of him tightly, and the empty world was filled. He could hear the strong beating under the skin and smell a familiar scent at the tip of his nose.

The facts perceived by his senses are helping him resist the illusory oppression.

After a while, Chen Qian felt much better. He patted Chi Mu's shoulder to indicate that he was fine, then let go of his hand. He looked up at Chi Mu and said, "I'm much better, but you didn't finish your shower."

"Yeah, I wanted to relax in the bath and read a book." Chi Mu changed his posture, bent down, and rested his forehead on his. He supported Chen Qian's face with his palm, and rubbed his thumb under his eyes to wipe away the water stains that had just touched Chen Qian's face. He said helplessly: "But I came out too hastily. The book should be soaking for me now..."

"Hahahaha..." Chen Qian laughed, and from the contact of their foreheads he felt the other's brows slightly frowned, so he rubbed the place where their foreheads touched, hoping that this action would make his frown disappear. "Then you go back and save it first, otherwise it might drown."

"Yeah, I'll be back soon. After saving the book, I'll give myself a wash, and then I'll be back to protect you."

Chi Mu came back faster than Chen Qian expected. In less than five minutes, the bathroom door opened again. This time, it was not his messy bathrobe, but his usual comfortable pajamas. "Okay, the dream protector is back."

"Dream protector? Then I will definitely have a good dream." Chen Qian was embraced by Chi Mu who had just got into bed. The two of them lay side by side facing each other, their eyes meeting.

I can't remember who took the first step forward, making the atmosphere even thicker.

The lips and teeth were burning, the breaths were intertwined, and the sound of water leaked out. When Chen Qian was emotional, he would always subconsciously grab something.

Chi Mu's hands were constantly on his waist. Whenever he found a gap, he would move his hands under his clothes and knead the soft flesh on his waist and abdomen, causing him to groan unbearably from time to time.

At times like this, Chen Qian always felt overwhelmed. When he couldn't bear it any longer, he thought about running away. But just as he separated a little, Chi Mu immediately pressed his neck back and pushed him back. In a trance, Chen Qian even thought that he was more like meat on the chopping block, unable to break free and had to let others do whatever they wanted.

During the struggle, Chen Qian was helped to sit on Chi Mu's legs. He had lost his strength and felt a little weak. He just leaned on Chi Mu and gasped for breath. He didn't know when the last button of his pajamas was unbuttoned and was hanging on his shoulder, about to fall off.

"Baby, are you tired just at the beginning?" Chi Mu asked him in his ear, his voice low and tinged with lust.

……

"Hey, when are you leaving? I've packed my things." Chen Qian squatted on the ground and fiddled with his suitcase, his cell phone on the coffee table with the speaker on.

"I'm almost done, too. I'm waiting for Lin Xixi to get back to me." Yu Wangxi was on the other end of the line. "I don't know what's happening with Sun Cheng. He didn't even answer the phone. Could he still be out of bed?"

"Give Xiao Sun some trust. I believe he has woken up."

"Speak of the devil, and here comes the devil. Sun Cheng called me back. Let's see what's going on with him. We'll talk later."

"Uh-huh."

The phone was hung up and a busy tone was heard.

Chen Qian checked the things in the suitcase again, and after confirming that there was nothing he had forgotten to pack, he closed the suitcase and zipped it up.

He took the phone and found a small red circle behind the top bar, which was a message from Chen Tian.

I was just talking to Yu Wangxi on the phone and he didn’t even notice the message.

—Xiao Qian, when will you come back?

—I don’t know yet, I’ll just go there today and see.

—Well, then have fun. Let me know before you come back and call me if you have anything.

—OKOK