Chapter 161: Chapter 114: In That Case, Is Our Previous Agreement Back On?
"What’s wrong? Did I hurt you?"
Jiang Yunnuan quickly stopped and turned to look at him.
Si Xie: "..."
He coughed, pulled the blanket over his waist, and sat up in bed with a blush, his expression incredibly unnatural.
"Nuannuan, maybe I should just do it myself?"
’This isn’t applying medicine, this is lighting a fire.’
’If she keeps moving around like this, I really won’t be able to hold back.’
Having been around the block, Jiang Yunnuan saw his expression and immediately understood the problem.
It wasn’t that she’d been too rough and hurt him. Rather, the guy was hot-blooded and impulsive, unable to handle the teasing. She was just applying some medicine, and he was already having a reaction.
"There are places you can’t reach by yourself. Can you even see your own back? Just bear with it a little longer."
Si Xie: "..."
’What if I can’t hold back?’
After a moment’s thought, he looked up at Fu Yuan and said awkwardly, "Go back to your room."
He found it somewhat unacceptable for a third person—anyone other than her—to see his body’s reaction.
If it were just the two of them, he wouldn’t mind at all.
"I’m not leaving. Unless you let Nuannuan sleep with me tomorrow night, I’m staying with you two all night."
Fu Yuan raised an eyebrow, his expression impassive as he spoke.
Hearing his words, Si Xie’s face changed in an instant. His eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at him.
"What do you mean? If I don’t let Nuannuan sleep with you tomorrow, you’re planning to sleep with us tonight? Are you a pervert?"
"Then just think of me as a pervert. In short, Nuannuan either sleeps alone or takes turns between you and me. If you think she’s only going to sleep with you, heh, then I will absolutely not agree. I’ll stay in your room indefinitely—I might even get on your bed."
Fu Yuan narrowed his eyes and sneered, determined to fight this to the end.
He could understand that Jiang Yunnuan had limited energy and might occasionally neglect him.
He could also tolerate her using all her energy to care for, dote on, and protect Si Xie. But he absolutely could not tolerate becoming an outsider in this home, the third wheel in their relationship.
"You... shameless, despicable..."
The words were so outrageous that Si Xie felt like he was about to cough up blood from rage. He opened his mouth to curse him furiously.
Fu Yuan scoffed, firing back a taunt without showing any weakness.
"I’m merely fighting for my legitimate rights. If that’s shameless and despicable, then what do you call your deluded attempt to snatch my rights away? Even more shameless and despicable?"
"..."
Neither man would back down, and they started arguing again. The noise gave Jiang Yunnuan a headache.
"Alright, both of you, stop arguing! I’ll sleep by myself, and you two will sleep by yourselves. Just like before, neither of you is allowed on the second floor without my permission. If either of you dares to sneak up in the middle of the night, don’t blame me for what happens!"
As soon as she said this, the two men instantly calmed down.
Si Xie clenched his fists, grinding his teeth in fury. With a dark expression, he shot a vicious glare at Fu Yuan, who fearlessly returned it at once.
In the blink of an eye, their gazes clashed back and forth in a silent, deadly battle.
Jiang Yunnuan pretended not to see the invisible smoke of war between them. She looked at Si Xie calmly and said, "Do you want this medicine applied or not?"
"I do, I do! Nuannuan, don’t be angry. I won’t argue with him anymore."
Hearing the displeasure in her voice, Si Xie quickly tried to placate her. Then, he pulled back the blanket and obediently lay face down on the bed.
Jiang Yunnuan went back to applying his medicine.
By the time she finished, over an hour had passed, and three medicine bottles were empty.
"It’s getting late. You should get some rest. I’m going back to my room."
After packing up her things, Jiang Yunnuan said this and turned to leave, but her wrist was suddenly grabbed.
She stopped and turned to look at him, sighing. "Now what?"
Si Xie gripped her wrist tightly, not letting go, his eyes blinking with reluctance.
"If you leave, there’ll be no one to watch me. What if I go berserk in the middle of the night?"
"The probability of you going berserk tonight is low."
His withdrawal symptoms had already acted up today. As long as he didn’t let his mind wander and desperately think about bad things in the middle of the night, he was unlikely to go berserk.
"You said it yourself—the probability is low. That doesn’t guarantee a one-hundred-percent chance I won’t go berserk."
Jiang Yunnuan: "..."
"If you’re that worried, then let’s tie you up."
With that, she took the Soul-locking Rope from her space and dangled it in front of him. At the sight of it, his eyes immediately crinkled into a smile, his excitement visibly growing.
"Okay! If we’re going to tie me up, does that mean our previous agreement is back on?"
"No, that agreement was canceled."
Jiang Yunnuan chuckled and replied unhurriedly.
Hearing this, Si Xie’s face immediately fell. "My condition is very unstable," he said pitifully. "I need someone to watch me. Is Nuannuan really okay with me sleeping alone?"
"I swear, I can’t win with you. Fine, Fu Yuan and I will watch you together. Now go to sleep."
Si Xie: "..."
He shuffled to the side of the bed to make some room, then grabbed Jiang Yunnuan’s hand and pulled her toward it.
"Nuannuan, get up here. That guy can leave or not, I don’t care. If he doesn’t want to go, let him stand against the wall. In any case, he can forget about getting on my bed."
’His bed was only for Nuannuan to sleep in.’
Of course, Jiang Yunnuan couldn’t get into his bed right in front of Fu Yuan. She gently patted his hand and pulled the blanket over him.
"Alright, stop fooling around. You need to sleep. I’ll just sit here."
"How can you sleep sitting up? Don’t you need to rest?"
She hadn’t slept well last night; the dark circles under her eyes were so severe they looked like makeup.
Si Xie refused to listen. He sat up and forcefully pulled her up. Jiang Yunnuan felt her feet leave the ground, and suddenly she was on the bed. Then, he pressed her head firmly onto the pillow.
She instinctively glanced at Fu Yuan, who was standing by the wall.
He was also watching them, his gaze dark and his expression foul.
Jiang Yunnuan immediately turned to Si Xie.
"Why aren’t you following the rules?"
"What rules?"
Si Xie looked completely innocent.
"The rules for how we get along, of course."
’I can’t keep spoiling this guy. If I keep giving in, his demands will only get bigger and bigger.’
Jiang Yunnuan replied angrily, then looked at Fu Yuan.
"Are you really going to sleep with us?"
Startled by her words, Si Xie’s gaze flickered. A flash of shock crossed his eyes, and he opened his mouth to speak urgently.
"Nuannuan..."
However, he had barely started speaking before he was ruthlessly cut off.
Jiang Yunnuan frowned impatiently and said, "Shut up. No objections. If you can’t accept it, then don’t sleep at all. Go stand on the floor."
Without waiting for his reaction, she turned her head to look at Fu Yuan.
"What about you? Are you getting up here to sleep with us, or are you going back to your own room?"
Hearing this, Fu Yuan’s expression finally softened a little.
He walked to the bedside, kicked off his shoes, and got on the bed.
"I’ll stay with you."
She clearly didn’t trust Si Xie to be alone and wanted to stay and watch him, so of course, he had to stay too.
’With me here, Si Xie is bound to behave. Otherwise, she’ll definitely be eaten alive, with not even a scrap left...’
