This is my first time playing the female lead, what's wrong with the tea and snacks?

Li Cangyao's expression changed, and he immediately withdrew his outstretched hand.

"Qingyi, I didn't mean to, I just noticed you didn't look well..."

He even stood up, looking embarrassed.

But after a long while there was still no movement, Li Cangyao's gaze returned to Su Yu.

"Is this a nightmare?"

Seeing her suddenly pained expression, and seeing beads of cold sweat dripping from her forehead, Li Cangyao instantly understood that Qingyi had just had a nightmare.

He immediately sat back down on the edge of the bed.

"white crane....."

"My white crane, no, oh no..."

Hearing Su Yu's choked sobs and delirious murmurs, Li Cangyao was certain that she had not regained consciousness.

But when I heard her mutterings, I felt a pang of pain in my heart, and guilt and remorse overwhelmed me.

"Qingyi, I'm sorry, I was really wrong. I shouldn't have broken your white crane. I will definitely help you restore it..."

"White crane, white crane..."

Seeing Su Yu's uneasy demeanor, Li Cangyao immediately gripped his hand tightly.

Li Cangyao gently rubbed the soft, boneless mutton fat in his hands and said tenderly:

"Qingyi, I'm always here, don't be afraid."

"I'm here."

In his sleep, Su Yu seemed to feel the warmth from the hand, and his struggles in his sleep gradually subsided.

The situation miraculously stabilized.

His hand was held tightly, and his body involuntarily leaned towards Li Cangyao.

The warmth and softness emanating from my waist, and the faint, refreshing fragrance lingering around my nose.

Looking at the stunningly beautiful woman leaning against him, now looking peaceful, Li Cangyao inexplicably smiled and gently wiped the sweat from Su Yu's forehead with his other hand.

An emotion even appeared on his face that he himself did not realize.

"Qingyi..."

He played with her flawless, delicate hand, which was adorned with an exquisite ring.

Li Cangyao raised an eyebrow. He had just thoroughly examined the room but hadn't seen any fragments of the white crane, which meant Qingyi had put the white crane away.

Perhaps the white crane is kept in her spatial ring.

If he secretly takes the white crane away, restores it, and returns it to her, she will surely forgive him and even accept Qingluan.

Their relationship will naturally improve by then.

She imagined his hand quietly reaching for the ring.

"Cough cough~~"

Just as Li Cangyao was about to take off the ring, Su Yu suddenly coughed violently.

"Qingyi?!"

Li Cangyao was startled and immediately stopped to investigate Su Yu's condition.

Upon checking her pulse, it was discovered that her condition had improved and stabilized; she had simply had a nightmare.

However, when he saw her long eyelashes tremble slightly, Li Cangyao's heart pounded wildly.

Is Qingyi about to wake up?

Wait a minute! I sneaked into Qingyi's room. If she wakes up and finds me hugging and cuddling her by her bedside, I'll be in deep trouble!

Although his original intention was to check on Qingyi's condition, not for the ambiguous relationship between the two of them...

And the crucial point is that I broke her white crane, and I don't know how to face her before it's fully healed!

No, no, I have to leave before she wakes up!

While Li Cangyao was lost in thought, Su Yu had already withdrawn her hand without him noticing.

Li Cangyao was taken aback.

It was too late for him to get the spatial ring back.

Depend on!

Li Cangyao saw the ring fly away and cursed inwardly.

It was so close, how could it just get away like that?

At this moment, Su Yu on the bed let out a soft moan, making his hot breathing increasingly clear.

Seeing that Su Yu was about to wake up, Li Cangyao gritted his teeth and could only turn into a black shadow and disappear into the bedroom.

Before leaving, he roughly put the window back to cover it up.

A few seconds later, Su Yu propped himself up on the bed. He looked around for a few seconds, then stared blankly at the curtain above his head for a long time.

A few minutes later, the system's voice came through.

[Host, Li Cangyao has left.]

Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief, her body slumped against the headboard as if deflated.

[Host, your acting skills are getting better and better. You've completely led Li Cangyao by the nose the whole time.]

"Luckily, Li Cangyao has good composure." Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief; he felt that what had just happened was quite thrilling.

[No, no, no, host, actually he almost slept with you, but luckily you were clever enough to pretend you were having a nightmare, which made him back down.]

"......"

"Shut up if you can't speak."

[Hehe, actually that was really exciting! I really wanted to see you act cute and pitiful in the arms of the destined male lead. I really wanted to see you break down and cry in their arms.]

"........"

"Are you an idiot? Aren't you an investment system?"

[I don't know either, but ever since I started following you, host, this system feels different.]

"......"

Su Yu had nothing to say, because he couldn't refute it.

[Dear host, this system feels that we've pretty much won over Li Cangyao, right? I sensed he seemed to be interested just now.]

If you had woken up just now and engaged with him a few more times, you would have succeeded.

Su Yu pinched her brow, feeling a bit of a headache.

"Impossible, he's still not quite there yet. If he really cared about me, he wouldn't have left when I woke up just now."

"His arrogance was still there, and I didn't really win him over."

So what's the next step?

Su Yu lay lazily on the bedding, surrounded by a fragrant mist.

"He sneaked into my room just now, not only to check on me, but also to steal my spatial ring."

"It seems that he has found a way to restore the white crane, which is why he wants to take it away."

Su Yu had actually been conscious the whole time and was aware of Li Cangyao's every move.

And when he wanted to take the white crane back, he deliberately stopped him.

"Since he wants the white crane, how could I let him succeed so easily?"

"Only by continuing to pester him, creating difficulties for him and then offering him rewards, can we make him truly care and return the precious jade."

[666, this system will now simply watch the host's performance and directly seize the third Chosen One.]

[But Ye Xuan is truly pitiful; either the white crane he gave you shattered, or the Xuan Yin Jade was stolen.]

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