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“I-I-I…” Zero was flustered and couldn’t form a complete sentence, her mouth hanging open.
Chen Xing snapped out of it and a lewd smile appeared on his face. “Come here, you!”
With a gentle force, he pulled Zero into his embrace.
“Ah…” Zero breathed heavily in Chen Xing’s warm embrace, taking in his scent.
The scent that everyone has. If you can smell it, it means… your genes have chosen him!
“This is so embarrassing… sniffle…” With her little head buried in Chen Xing’s chest, Zero didn’t dare to lift her head and look at him.
After a while, she pushed herself away, her face flushed, and said: “Um… I just wanted a goodnight hug! I’ll leave after a little while. I’m going! Sleep, sleep… I’m so tired!”
Chen Xing didn’t understand what was going on. Why would she leave after coming?
“Um… let go of me…” Zero lightly patted Chen Xing’s arm and tried to wriggle free.
But how could Chen Xing let her go? If she herself came knocking on the door, there’s no reason for her to leave!
“Cough, cough… just a little longer! I’ll let you go after a little longer!”
“Well… okay…” Suddenly, Zero’s shyness disappeared and she hugged him even tighter, feeling happy.
He let me hug him! It’s not me… I’m just doing it to fulfill his desire! Suddenly, she felt at ease…
Chen Xing gently supported her back and rhythmically patted it.
“Hu hu… so comfortable!”
“Should I pat for a while longer and you go back to sleep?”
“Mmm…” Zero hugged Chen Xing even tighter, quietly feeling the warmth and rhythm of his body. Because it was so comfortable, her eyelids grew heavier.
Slowly, her breathing became rhythmic.
When Chen Xing noticed, he stopped patting and silently watched her sleeping face, unable to help but sigh. “So adorable…”
【 Ding~ Congratulations, host, for unlocking the daily task: Putting the little baby to sleep. Rewards: Spirit Points: 100,000 Crystal Coins: 100,000, Task can be repeated: Once a day! 】
“Tsk…”
【 Ding~ Congratulations, host, for unlocking the skill: Sleep Master! Effect: During the skill activation, any words spoken have a hypnotic effect! Duration: Ten minutes, Cooldown: 24 hours! Next level upgrade requirement: Proficiency reaching 100! Task can be repeated: Once a day! 】
This was really a great thing!
“Help me turn off the light!”
“Click!”
A night of silence.
…
The next morning…
“Chen Xing~” Zero softly muttered in her sleep, waking up from her dream.
She rubbed her drowsy face with her small hand and opened her hazy eyes…
!!!
“How… how did I end up here!?”
“I slept here for the whole night!?”
“Thump, thump, thump…” Her heart accelerated again as she quickly recalled what happened last night.
After a while, “Where’s Chen Xing…” There was only her on the bed at this moment, Chen Xing was nowhere to be seen.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak…” Wearing her panda slippers, she walked to the door.
She pushed the door open and looked around: “Chen Xing…?”
After opening the door, she heard some activity in the room, like the sound of cooking!
Zero followed the sound and walked over. Sure enough, Chen Xing was busy in front of the kitchen counter.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak…” Zero hurriedly ran over.
Chen Xing suddenly felt something soft bumping against his back. He looked down and saw Zero’s two little arms wrapped around his waist.
“Just wait a moment, it’ll be ready soon. You can go sit in the dining room for now. It’s too smoky in here.”
“Mmm!”
…
“So delicious!” Zero’s mouth was stuffed with the breakfast Chen Xing made, and her face was filled with a satisfied smile. It really was delicious!
After all, Chen Xing had learned cooking.
As mentioned before, Chen Xing found his life as an assassin quite boring, so he learned a bunch of skills, including cooking. His culinary skills now were casually at the top, reigning as the world cooking champion!
At the moment, both Chen Xing and Zero had nothing much to do. Zero couldn’t transform temporarily, and Chen Xing’s combat power couldn’t handle advanced missions. To be honest, the rewards for those low-level missions were not as satisfying as a kiss from Zero.
So these two… just stayed at home… and started their (shameless) happy life.Of course, it was limited to hugs and kisses at most.
At night.
Zero finished taking a shower…
Lying on her bed, she still couldn’t fall asleep. She wanted a bedtime hug!
But she felt embarrassed to ask…
“Sniffle…” She could only lie in bed, tossing and turning, mumbling, and rolling from side to side.
Chen Xing was also lying on his bed in his own room, waiting silently for Zero.
“Will she come tonight… Come quickly! Come quickly!”
【 Hey, what are you doing here? 】
“What’s wrong?”
【 Your wife can’t sleep, go and comfort her! Not active in making money, not doing daily tasks. With your attitude, when will I be able to level up? 】 Implicit meaning: (With your slow progress, when will I be able to level up and have a love affair?)
“San’er?” Chen Xing called out.
But the system didn’t respond.
“That’s strange!” He clearly didn’t upgrade the language package, so why is the system acting like this?
【 Hurry up and go! 】
“Going, going!”
“Thump, thump, thump!” Chen Xing took a few quick steps and arrived at the door of Zero’s room. He knocked on the door.
Zero’s voice immediately came from inside the room. “Chen Xing?”
“Mmm.”
“Squeak, squeak, squeak…” The door opened, and Zero looked at him somewhat surprised.
Chen Xing: “Why are you still not asleep?”
“I… It’s nothing. I’ll sleep soon!”
Chen Xing silently activated mind reading.
【 Ding~ Activation successful. 】
Colorful and cute floating comments with adorable fonts immediately floated above Zero’s head.
Chen Xing smirked as he watched Zero brainstorm in front of him.
Just as Zero made up her mind and was about to speak up, Chen Xing preemptively spoke, with the corners of his mouth unconsciously lifting: “I also want a bedtime hug.”
“Oh, um…”
Before she could react, Chen Xing continued: “You came to find me yesterday, so today I came to find you! We’re even now.”
“Don’t worry, it’ll only be ten minutes! After ten minutes, whether you’re asleep or not, I’ll go back to my room.”
“Really…” Zero looked at Chen Xing with a hint of joy.
The floating comments above her head betrayed her thoughts.
Chen Xing tried hard to suppress his laughter as he gently picked her up. He placed her on the bed and lay down beside her.
The comments floated one by one, and Chen Xing looked with interest at those heartfelt messages. He couldn’t help but pat her little head. She was just too adorable. ‘Huff… Even patting her head is so satisfying!’
…
【 Ding~ Mind-reading time is over! Skill in cooldown, remaining time: 24 hours! 】
“Activate Sleep Master!”
【 Ding~ Sleep Master activated. 】
“Um… What should I say?”
【 You can say anything. Every word has a hypnotic effect! 】
“Zero?”
“Hoo~” Zero’s gentle breathing sound resounded again.
“Huh? So fast?”
【 She fell asleep on her own a long time ago! 】
“Haha…” Chen Xing silently laughed as he looked at Zero sleeping soundly in his arms. After a while, he still hadn’t fallen asleep and continued to hold her.
【 Why haven’t you left yet? 】
“Why should I leave?”
【 Tsk… Men’s mouths, full of deceit! 】
Suddenly, the Spirit System spoke up: 【 No poking! 】
Super System: 【 Hey there, little sister! Still not sleeping, huh? Funny, I can’t sleep either! 】
Spirit System: 【 Already asleep, goodnight. 】
【 Sister, wake up! You’re a system, how can you sleep? 】
【 … 】
In the early morning…
Chen Xing got up early and prepared breakfast for Zero.
“Weird… How did I forget how I fell asleep again?” Before Chen Xing arrived, every night, Zero had to go through a long period of preparation to fall asleep. It was because she couldn’t sleep soundly. Being dependent on others and constantly being called useless and abandoned had deprived her of a good night’s sleep for a long time.
But with Chen Xing around, not only could she fall asleep quickly, but she also slept deeply!
Zero sat obediently on the high chair in the dining room, swinging her feet and quietly waiting for Chen Xing.
Inner thoughts: I still want a hug tonight…
“When did he leave last night?”
Spirit System: 【 He didn’t leave! 】