Book 3: Chapter 15: It’s All the W
Chen Heng pondered Sirin’s identity and experiences. After that…he successfully changed that tiny bit of romantic feeling to sibling love.
He meditated with his eyes closed as he hugged Sirin, slowly falling asleep after some time.
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The next day:
Chen Heng’s biological clock failed to wake him up on time, perhaps due to the psychological stimulation of the previous night. What awakened him was something squirming in his embrace.
Squirming? Huh? Chen Heng suddenly opened his eyes and saw Sirin, who was hugging his body, using his arm as a pillow, and rubbing her body against his restlessly.
This girl…where did she learn such sleeping habits? She sleeps with such terrible sleeping habits. Also, her leg… Sirin’s leg now lay on top of Chen Heng’s body. This looked a lot like…Chen Heng’s sleeping posture.
Chen Heng tried to lift Sirin’s hand gently. Gently…but he could not. This girl is hugging too tightly.
Sirin hugged Chen Heng tight. Not that Chen Heng could not lift her arm, but he feared he would wake her up if he pulled too hard.
What could Chen Heng do? Of course, go back to sleep.
In any case, Chen Heng was not going to school from today onwards. He had already applied for leave and planned to use the remaining time to review at home (take care of Sirin).
That’s not right. I’m bringing Sirin to the water park, right?
It is currently 6:30 in the morning.
There’s no rush. I can let Sirin sleep a little longer. The water park doesn’t open this early.
Quickly falling asleep was a necessary skill for martial artists, so Chen Heng quickly went back to sleep. Why couldn’t he do it the previous night? That was purely because of overstimulation, which prevented him from calming down.
When Chen Heng woke up again, he found Sirin still clung to him. When he looked at Sirin’s oval face, he saw she had already woken up.
“Ah! Elder Brother, you woke up?” Chen Heng’s eyes met Sirin’s, startling her into quickly letting go of his arm. Rather than startled, perhaps she was more of embarrassed.
“Oh, right, it is time to wake up. I’m bringing you to the water park today. If we get up too late, we won’t have time to go. Oh! I have to buy you a swimsuit too.” Chen Heng felt a little lost when thinking about swimsuits. How could he know how to pick a swimsuit for a girl? Furthermore, he had to bring Jeanne d’Arc Alter since he could not just leave her at home alone.
If he ran into anything he could not deal with, he could just turn to the capable Raven. Although Mo Qingtong would also work for this, she had to go to school.
“Right. I’ll get up immediately. Elder Brother, go out first. I want to change clothes.”
Sirin is wearing pajamas, so it’s normal for her to change. However…isn’t this my room?
“Sirin, go to your room if you want to change. I don’t have your clothes in my room.”
“Ah! Sorry. I forgot this is Elder Brother’s room….” Forgetting flustered Sirin.
She stood up abruptly. However, she tripped on the blanket in her fluster, then fell off the bed, following the laws of physics.
“Ah!” Sirin squeezed her eyes shut in a panic. However, something grabbed her arm.
Chen Heng sat up and caught Sirin’s arm, pulling her into his embrace.
Sirin did not have to panic. As a cultivator, even in the Energy Refinement Realm, she was stronger than a regular adult man. That was why so many people wanted to cultivate.
Sirin had not yet adjusted to being a cultivator, likely because she became one only recently.
It was fine. Even if Sirin had not adjusted, Chen Heng was still there. He had the attraction, gravity, and electromagnetic abilities, a triple-ability user. How could he let Sirin fall?
Perhaps it was because Sirin was a younger sister. If she were a younger brother, Chen Heng would not have bothered, not even letting a younger brother onto the bed. How can a man be afraid of thunder? How can one excel without suffering a little? However, a younger sister is different. A younger sister is meant to be protected. It’s fine. She still has an elder brother—me.
Such double standards!
“Elder Brother, can you let go of me?” Sirin’s words interrupted Chen Heng’s thoughts. He found he still held Sirin, so he quickly let go.
“Elder Brother, I’ll return to my room first.” After Chen Heng let go, Sirin scrambled off the bed with a red face and ran out of his room.
“Don’t rush! Be careful of tripping!”
“Got it!”
“It looks like even after cultivating, Sirin’s soft nature still has not changed. How could such a person have her ego swell like a pufferfish? That is too big a difference, right? Right! It must be the Will of Honkai’s fault.” Unable to understand, Chen Heng pushed all the blame on the Will of Honkai.
[TL Note: The Will of Honkai, also known as the Honkai God, is a mysterious entity that usually appears as a white or colorless, featureless humanoid. The Will is the supposed creator and leader of all Honkai. You can read more about it here: /wiki/Will_of_Honkai.]
Chen Heng changed out of his pajamas as he blamed the Will of Honkai.
Now, it was breakfast time for Chen Heng.
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In Sirin’s room:
Sirin buried her head in the blanket as she squirmed restlessly after returning to her room.
“How embarrassing! How embarrassing! Had I known, I would not have gone to Elder Brother’s room! However, I felt exceptionally at peace when sleeping beside Elder Brother. Why is that?” Actually, Sirin had found sleeping difficult the past few nights. That was why she ended up playing games late into the night. Then, she cultivated for the entire night after she learned how to. These were to escape the panic and fluster buried deep in her heart.
Perhaps somewhere inside, she felt uneasy due to the strange environment.
Why didn’t Chen Heng give her counseling? Well, he was a straight male. Although he was not an insensitive male, he was not good at observing the expressions of females. How could he figure out what was in this little girl’s mind?
However, Sirin slept very peacefully in Chen Heng’s room for some reason. Despite Chen Heng’s gender, Siren got a motherly feeling from him. (Poor Chen Heng, treated as a mother.)
Sirin remained under the blanket for a while before recalling she had to change clothes. So, she started her slow journey of changing her clothes. First was removing her pajamas…
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Chen Heng did not feel anything special. Since he had converted that tiny bit of romantic feeling to sibling love, it felt very natural to him, nothing to be embarrassed about.
Chen Heng skipped training today. He went straight to take a shower before making breakfast.
Because Jeanne d’Arc Alter had moved in, Chen Heng made more today. Furthermore, he made a more sumptuous breakfast this time. After all, this was Jeanne d’Arc Alter’s first meal here.
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