Girl, There's Something Wrong With You - Chapter 25

It was evening again.

In other people’s homes, evening was a time for rest and sleep.

However, for Cheng Jinyang, going to bed was just the beginning of another difficult battle.

After taking a bath and drying her hair, Xing Yuanzhi came out and saw Xiao Wangshu lying on her bed, watching cartoons and laughing.

Cheng Jinyang was still sleeping in the middle of the big bed. On his left were Chu Qingqing and Li Qingwan, and on his right were Wang Wanrou and Cui Jinqi. Somehow, Cui Xiaoniang had used some sort of witchcraft to convince Miss Wang to switch places with her, successfully squeezing into the “concubine position” on Cheng Jinyang’s right side.

Seeing this made Xing Yuanzhi’s eyebrows twitch, and she felt extremely displeased. However, it was impossible for her to go over and fight with Cui Xiaoniang for a spot… She could only lament that she had never hated her own cleanliness more than she did today.

“Time for bed,” she said sullenly, climbed into her own bed, and turned off the light.

Cheng Jinyang got under the covers and closed his eyes to sleep. Although he was surrounded by beautiful girls, most of the time there was no physical contact. Miss Qingqing only hugged him occasionally when she was happy, and Miss Wang didn’t do anything before sleeping, but somehow always ended up using his arm as a pillow the next morning.

But with Cui Jinqi now on his right, Cheng Jinyang was a bit on guard. After all, this girl was enthusiastic and bold. If she started something under the covers, Xing Yuanzhi might explode, triggering a fierce battle.

Fortunately, about five or six minutes after lying down, the girl was still lying quietly, which made Cheng Jinyang secretly breathe a sigh of relief… Hmm?

Whose leg was this? An attack from the right!

Without a word, he reached down and pushed Cui Jinqi’s leg off him.

After a while, the warm weight pressed down again.

Cheng Jinyang frowned and pushed again!

Cui Jinqi smirked in the dark and draped her leg over him again!

After several rounds, Cheng Jinyang was already familiar with the feel of Cui Jinqi’s thigh, and Cui Jinqi, whose face was getting hot, simply turned over, draped her leg over his abdomen, and wrapped her arm around his neck, clinging to him like a koala.

“Stop moving,” Chu Qingqing complained from the left side, “You’re letting cold air in.”

So neither of them dared to move again, fearing that Miss Qingqing would notice and cause a scene. Cheng Jinyang would face the wrath, and Cui Jinqi wouldn’t be able to sleep in this spot anymore.

Originally, Cui Jinqi just wanted to tease him a bit, but now she couldn’t retract her arms and legs. She could only blush and hug him like a pillow, thinking it was a good thing the lights were off so no one could see her face.

…

Unknowingly, they drifted into sleep amidst the soft fragrance and warmth.

They refreshed in the villa at Lujiazui in Pudong from last time.

Speaking of which, since Cheng Jinyang had retired from Tianluo and became the clan leader, he hardly had any opportunities to go out and exercise his abilities.

No wonder the old man had said that becoming the Cheng clan leader required prior service in Tianluo. Otherwise, it would be ridiculous for the leader of a military family to have no combat experience.

However, for the previous Cheng clan leaders, staying away from the battlefield for a few years would inevitably lead to rusty combat skills and awareness. This was unavoidable.

But Cheng Jinyang was an exception. During the day, he managed the family’s power in reality, and at night, he honed his combat skills in dreams. While others worked at most 18 hours a day, he was busy for 24 hours straight, constantly striving to improve himself. It was only reasonable that his growth rate was faster than that of normal noble children.

Upon refreshing in the safe house again, the other girls were calm, with only Li Qingwan, who was here for the first time, being very curious about this near-realistic dream world.

However, she did not run around excitedly like Cui Jinqi did the first time she entered the dream, but stood quietly in place, looking around.

“Considering that a new war is imminent, we can’t hide in the safe house this time; we have to restart the upgrades,” Cheng Jinyang said to the girls, having already planned everything out with Miss Wang. “However, in the open environment outside, there might be advanced demons with self-awareness patrolling nearby, just like last time.”

“Therefore, to cover our tracks, we must move here!” He placed his hand on the map on the table.

“This is… Songjiang Metro?” The girls gathered around to take a look.

“That’s right, the Songjiang Metro,” Cheng Jinyang confirmed. “In the narrow environment of the subway tunnels, visibility is limited, and there are plenty of hiding spots, making it easier to act covertly. If we encounter any advanced demons, we can carefully retreat without alerting them.”

The girls nodded in agreement.

Operating underground, while not as convenient as on the surface, had the advantage of being a confined space, making it harder for advanced demons to find them.

Killing the puppets and upgrading could be done slowly, but if an advanced demon discovered them and called in reinforcements, their valuable upgrading ground would be compromised.

We can’t rely on Su Lili to clean up after us every time, can we?

Having reached a consensus, the group left the safe house and headed towards the nearby metro station to the north. Along the way, they encountered many puppets, which they promptly dispatched—after all, new ones would soon fill the area again.

Miss Qingqing was the main force in cutting down the puppets, using her steel sawblade controlled by “metal manipulation” to slice through flesh and bone. Cheng Jinyang flew at a low altitude of about 10 meters with Xing Yuanzhi, controlling large groups of puppets ahead by dragging them towards Miss Qingqing’s sawblade with gravitational forces.

Xiao Wangshu was responsible for detection and vigilance, constantly monitoring for the presence of advanced demons. Miss Wang served as the visual charm, with Cui Xiaoniang as her assistant, following slowly behind the sawblade. The newly joined Li Qingwan had no tasks to perform (since her hand-to-hand combat efficiency was too low), so she stayed by the three girls, acting as a bodyguard.

Soon, she was astonished to realize that as the puppets ahead were killed in large numbers, her own bloodline concentration began to rise gradually.

This is… Is this what Wanrou mentioned, that killing puppets in the dream could absorb the blood energy they release upon death, thus enhancing her own bloodline concentration?

Overwhelmed with excitement, Li Qingwan couldn’t help but cry tears of joy.

Xiao Wangshu, with her hands clasped in a pose for electromagnetic wave detection, turned her head when she heard the crying, her face full of question marks behind her mask.

She then dropped her pose and typed:
“Why are you crying?”

“I…” Li Qingwan wiped her tears and smiled, “I just didn’t expect there to be such a miraculous place in the world. I couldn’t help but be moved to tears… Sorry, it was inappropriate.”

Yang Wangshu, feeling puzzled, typed:
“Gaining experience from killing monsters, isn’t that how many games work? What’s the problem? Haven’t you played games before?”

“No,” Li Qingwan replied with a smile. Her childhood had been filled with self-torturous training.

“But a world where effort yields rewards, whether in games or dreams, must be incredibly wonderful…”