CHAPTER 477: CHAPTER 354: DEBTS OF FAVOR (PART 2)

Wen Nan chuckled lightly, "With such a cute and virtuous wife, how could I ever get angry?"

"Hmph, only a fool would believe your honeyed words," Zhuang Yichen thought for a moment, feeling the atmosphere was just right, she seized the moment, "Honey, if you don’t like it, I won’t bring my friends over to see you, but if you like those female friends of yours, you can let them stay at our house for a few more days."

Wen Nan was taken aback, "So generous?"

Zhuang Yichen huffed lightly, "I’ve always been so generous. What, honey, you’re only realizing it now?"

Of course, Wen Nan wouldn’t believe her words.

Although they haven’t been together that long, Zhuang Yichen was pretty straightforward, wearing her heart on her sleeve, easy to read.

So, Wen Nan didn’t say anything further on the surface, but secretly activated the Mind Reading Technique, and soon a female voice sounded in his mind —

’Those women, although they’re somewhat attractive, I can tell, Ye Jiu, you’re merely playing around with them.’

’A woman’s intuition in this area is the sharpest; whether love is real, it’s not something eyes can lie about.’

’In their eyes, there’s not much genuine feeling.’

’As for that Qiqi, it seems you have some real feelings, but she’s probably just a little sister you keep around, a net-addicted girl, only thinking about her phone all day, nothing to worry about.’

’Since that’s the case, their presence won’t shake my status; letting them stay here both highlights my status and showcases my tolerance, isn’t that killing two birds with one stone, hehe.’

Woman, your scheming pearls are almost bouncing off my face.

Wen Nan muttered internally, unable to resist examining himself again —

When he looked at the other characters, were his eyes really that perfunctory?

Had his acting skills deteriorated so severely?

Just as he was thinking, a soft finger suddenly touched his lower lip, pulling Wen Nan’s thoughts back.

Zhuang Yichen gently wiped the corner of his lips, eyes fixed tightly on Wen Nan’s lips, she laughed, "You’ve got it all over your face, honey, let me wipe it off for you."

Wen Nan tilted his head away, raised his hand, casually wiping in the direction of her finger, "Is there still more?"

"Yes, let me help you wipe it."

Zhuang Yichen spoke, suddenly leaning in, puckering her lips, wanting to put them on Wen Nan’s lips.

Seeing that they were about to kiss, Wen Nan suddenly leaned his head back, dodging her move to kiss him.

...

...

"Thud!"

In Yu Shujun’s room, Wen Nan’s real body subconsciously leaned back, bumping his head against the window frame.

"Damn," Wen Nan rubbed the back of his head, "Sorry, operational failure."

Yu Shujun looked up at Wen Nan, quickly realizing the so-called "operational failure" referred to his clone left with Zhuang Yichen, not controlling the force during the tugging.

Though she had no interest in spying on Wen Nan’s interactions with other characters, Yu Shujun was concerned about the safety of Wen Nan’s clones— if a clone got injured, the pain would proportionally transfer to the real body— thus Yu Shujun was forced to allocate part of her Root Breaking Slash glow to monitor the clone’s every move in real-time.

Therefore, she clearly understood that while it seemed Wen Nan was leisurely watching stars and chatting with her in the room, in reality, his business was quite busy.

Considering the main mission required Wen Nan and those characters to safely pass three nights, Yu Shujun found no fault with it.

However, Zhuang Yichen almost succeeded just now...

This made Yu Shujun inevitably feel frustrated; she quietly leaned forward, wanting to subtly move her face closer.

Yet halfway through, her action halted, unable to resist retreating.

Still couldn’t do it as naturally as Zhuang Yichen, daring to ask for a kiss.

Forget it.

Given their current relationship, it was better not to take risks with such acts like kissing.

He said he needed time to think it over, having said okay, she should not presumptuously do such boundary-crossing acts.

Otherwise, provoking the other side’s dislike, getting cunning instead of clever, might be counterproductive.

Thinking of this, Yu Shujun retreated back to the other side of the windowsill.

Wen Nan didn’t notice Yu Shujun’s half-attempted interruption.

His second self with Ru Huan was about to reach a new high, at the same time, the third self with Zhuang Yichen suddenly felt a cool pressure on his thigh, seeing Zhuang Yichen sitting atop, wrapping her arms around his neck, wanting to engage in morning exercise.

Wen Nan’s right hand pinched Ru Huan’s earlobe, sensing a cool touch at the fingertips, as if on Zhuang Yichen’s skin, but shouldn’t be so hard...

Oh, it’s the Void Stone.

Wen Nan’s attention finally came back to the real body by the windowsill.

Finger gently rubbed the smooth round gemstone, Wen Nan looked back at Yu Shujun, saying, "Oh, this gift, thank you," thinking of spending millions of gold coins on just a stone, Wen Nan couldn’t help but feel pained for the little maid, "This price, even selling me might not cover it."

Yu Shujun replied instinctively, "What I give you is yours, why need to repay?"

"It’s too valuable," thinking of how even the entire Wenna guild only had assets worth several million gold coins, Wen Nan couldn’t help but ask, "To buy a stone like this, didn’t you empty out the entire Nameless guild?"

Yu Shujun thought of saying these coins were not much.

However, remembering the words about selling himself to pay debts, Yu Shujun’s mind shifted, changing her words, "The difficult part was the buying qualification; spending quite a bit of effort, using shuttle stamps, seeking Feng Shuihuan for connections, finally got it."

It indeed took considerable effort, huh?

Now owed a big favor.

Wait, something’s wrong.

Just as Wen Nan felt somewhat unworthy, thinking to say something, suddenly realized a problem —

Yu Shujun is different from girls like Zhuang Yichen.

Zhuang Yichen might boast about the Cantonese Chef’s rice porridge as if she made it herself, claiming credit to Wen Nan.

But similar credit-claiming words, coming from Yu Shujun’s mouth would be too abnormal.

Based on Wen Nan’s knowledge of Yu Shujun, in such situations, even if she exerted great effort, she would probably bravely deny, replying coldly "this little money is nothing."

She wouldn’t actively reveal the difficulties, unless...there’re hidden intentions.

Thinking of this, Wen Nan suspiciously looked at her, his gaze carrying hints of scrutiny.

Yu Shujun felt uncomfortable being watched, withdrew her gaze, no longer making eye contact, clenched her teeth, whispered, "If you feel guilty, you can, you can..."

Lips pursed for a moment, Yu Shujun paused, deflated.

Forget it, such words can’t be uttered at all.

Lips tightened into a line, swallowing the rest of the words back inside.

Wen Nan waited for quite a while, realizing she had retreated halfway, words swallowed back as if constipated, felt annoyed, instinctively said, "Can do what? Finish the sentence."

Only casually spoken, after saying Wen Nan realized he was a bit impatient, used a commanding tone, would it trigger control pattern?

Just as he thought so, Yu Shujun’s hands clenched into fists again, brow furrowed, resistantly looked at Wen Nan; although unwilling, yet forced to say the words swallowed back just now:

"Kiss me once, then it’s considered paid back."

The words dropped, the atmosphere in the room turned a bit awkward.

Wen Nan was stunned, momentarily unsure how to respond.

Yu Shujun, forced to say such words, embarrassed enough to want to leap straight out of the window.

Suddenly standing up from the window, she dared not look at the person opposite anymore, turned to leave for the door.

"I’m just kidding," Yu Shujun said with tense lips, "You don’t need to take it seriously."

Yet she just took half a step when her wrist was caught by the person beside her.