Chapter 24: Didn’t they catch him by?

Li Huayu’s hand froze as she wiped the table.

She lifted her head and forced a natural smile.

“Y-Yuexia Daren, you’re awake? I was just cleaning up.”

In the morning, the room looked a bit messy, so I…

As she spoke, her gaze drifted involuntarily to Luo Tianyou on the sofa.

Her cheeks grew warm.

The blurry, daring touches and kisses from last night came rushing back.

Recalling them now, it all felt like a sweet, unreal dream—yet also so vivid and heart-pounding.

Yuexia Liuli’s small brows furrowed.

Her eyes suspiciously flickered between the flushed tips of Li Huayu’s ears, her slightly disheveled hair, and her overly vigorous table-wiping movements.

There seemed to be a faint sweetness lingering in the air.

Did Li Huayu sneak something to eat?

Chocolate? Or Ice Cream?

Yuexia Liuli walked to the sofa and looked up at the sleeping Luo Tianyou.

Her face was peaceful, though her breathing was a bit quicker than usual sleep.

The skin exposed under the blanket at her neck glowed with healthy color in the morning light, a few strands of blue hair clinging damply to her forehead, radiating a faint heat.

Looking closer, you could see a fine sheen of sweat across her neck and collarbone, glinting under the light.

“Master…”

A vague mumble escaped Luo Tianyou’s throat.

Her body shifted.

Her long eyelashes fluttered, and her eyes slowly opened, heavy with sleep and confusion.

“Mm…”

Luo Tianyou blinked, adjusting to the light.

The first thing she saw was Yuexia Liuli’s delicate little face, filled with suspicion.

“Yuexia… Liuli?”

Luo Tianyou’s voice was soft and drowsy from just waking.

The next moment, fragments of last night’s memories surged into her mind—pink liquid, the sweetness of Strawberry, irresistible pleasure, Li Huayu’s face so close, soft touches, intimate closeness, affectionate nuzzling, and her own bold, muddled actions…

With a bang, Luo Tianyou’s face flushed red from ear to neck.

She scrambled to sit up, but her whole body felt weak and sore, especially her chest and lower abdomen, where a restless heat lingered.

Sweat seeped from her skin, soaking the fabric of the sofa beneath her, leaving her feeling sticky and uncomfortable.

“W-Why did I sweat so much?”

She looked down at herself in a panic, then darted a glance at Li Huayu, who was standing nearby with a similarly flushed face, her eyes avoiding contact.

Their eyes met for a brief second, then quickly turned away.

Neither dared look at the other.

Yuexia Liuli took in both of their reactions, her golden eyes narrowing.

Of course she noticed something strange.

But after shrinking, her mind was even more childish.

Her first reaction wasn’t to deeply investigate what bad things had happened, but to feel dissatisfied about being left out of something fun, and distracted by Luo Tianyou’s unusual state.

Yuexia Liuli leaned in like a small animal, sniffing at Luo Tianyou’s neck, her tiny nose twitching.

“Master, you smell sweet… and a little… I can’t describe it.

Did you eat something tasty behind my back?

I’m hungry.

I want some too!”

Her big golden eyes blinked at Luo Tianyou.

It seemed sneaking food was her main concern.

Li Huayu quickly responded.

“Are you hungry? I’ll go see if the hotel can send breakfast up! What would Yuexia Daren like to eat?”

Yuexia Liuli thought for a moment, licking her lips.

“Sweet things!

Lots and lots of sweet things!

Cake!

Pudding!

Ice Cream!

And Pancakes with lots of Chocolate Syrup!”

She counted on her short fingers, completely resembling a greedy child.

All her earlier suspicion and probing vanished.

“Okay, I’ll contact them right away!”

Li Huayu nodded frantically, ran to grab the room phone, and, with her back to Yuexia Liuli, let out a long breath, her palms slick with sweat.

Luo Tianyou shifted uncomfortably.

She really wanted to know what happened to her last night.

But the sticky, restless feeling all over her body was unbearable.

“I need a shower.”

She nearly crawled off the sofa in embarrassment.

The blanket slid down, revealing a person-shaped damp patch on the couch.

Yuexia Liuli watched Luo Tianyou hurry toward the bathroom, then glanced at Li Huayu, her brows furrowing again.

Something still felt off.

But right now, there was something more important.

“Master, wait for me!”

Yuexia Liuli took quick, short steps to catch up at the bathroom door, grabbing the hem of Luo Tianyou’s dress.

She looked up, her face earnest.

“Doggy needs a bath too.

Doggy got dirty fighting yesterday!

And Master can’t clean her own back—Doggy has to help.”

“No.”

Luo Tianyou’s face turned even redder.

She remembered the mortifying experience of getting help in the hotel bathroom last time and refused immediately.

Yuexia Liuli began to unleash the full power of childish stubbornness, clinging tightly to Luo Tianyou’s leg.

“We have to bathe together, or I’ll tell everyone Master smells weird and ate yummy things with Li Huayu in secret.”

Maybe because she’d just woken up, Yuexia Liuli’s logic had become even more like a child’s.

“You…!”

Luo Tianyou was both angry and embarrassed.

But against this tiny troublemaker, she couldn’t bring herself to scold or hit her.

She froze in place.

At that moment, Yuexia Liuli suddenly yawned, loosening her grip on Luo Tianyou’s leg.

She looked a bit tired.

After shrinking, her energy seemed especially easy to drain.

“Mm, Master…”

Her voice grew sleepy.

She rubbed her head against Luo Tianyou’s leg.

“Let’s bathe together…

After, Doggy wants sweet Cake…

The hotel breakfast should have it…

So sleepy…”

Sleepy again?

Luo Tianyou remembered Yuexia Liuli’s condition yesterday.

Maybe this was just her body trying to recover magic power, unable to handle high energy use, or maybe she just hadn’t slept enough.

She carried Yuexia Liuli back to the bedroom to rest.

As she entered the living room, her eyes met Li Huayu’s returning gaze.

The air seemed to freeze.

Li Huayu quickly lowered her head, pretending to focus on arranging the sparkling clean coffee table, her fingers trembling slightly.

Luo Tianyou stood at the bedroom door, her cheeks burning.

Those romantic and intimate moments from last night replayed in her mind like a carousel.

“Um… I’m going to shower.”

“Mm… okay.”

Luo Tianyou dashed into the bathroom, locked the door behind her, and leaned against it, feeling 😳.

“Last night…

What the hell happened…”

She muttered to herself.

She turned on the faucet, and warm water cascaded down, filling the air with steam.

She was just about to take off her starfield combat suit when she paused.

If she took it off now, would she be completely stuck like this, or would she return to her original form from the first time she took off the suit?

Would her true identity be revealed?

What if Yuexia Liuli barged in right now?