Luo Yu hadn’t had a chance to ask what the use of the sensual big bed was when the administrator continued to draw another prop on its own.

【The 2nd draw is in progress… Congratulations! You have drawn an A-level prop: a silent, shock-resistant, romantic double water bed!】

Luo Yu: “Wait a second…”

Sensuality aside, why does the bed need to be shock-resistant?

【The 3rd draw is in progress… Congratulations! You have drawn a B-level prop: a set of fluffy, realistic white fox ears and a tail!】

Luo Yu felt an increasing sense of strangeness in his heart!

“Fox ears? A tail? What the heck is this…”

【The 4th draw is in progress… Congratulations! You have drawn a B-level prop: a pair of black leather sensual handcuffs!】

Luo Yu jumped up:

“Stop! You stop right now!”

The administrator hesitated, and a reluctant voice echoed in his mind:

【Prop drawing paused. You have 3 draws remaining.】

Luo Yu’s face turned bright red, and he clenched his teeth as he sat back down in his chair:

“Administrator, we agreed that drawing props would help me complete my sleep task, right? I can forgive the sensual big bed and the water bed; they are still beds. But what do fox tails and handcuffs have to do with sleeping?!”

The administrator replied earnestly:

【According to the data, in most worlds, fluffy, realistic white fox ears and tails are often used before sleep, usually in bed.】

Luo Yu: “Not everything that happens in bed is related to sleep…”

The administrator: 【As for the black leather sensual handcuffs, the data shows that in most worlds, they are typically used by handcuffing one wrist and attaching the other end to the headboard, which can be used to restrain someone on the bed.】

Luo Yu: “…Is that a serious way to restrain someone?!”

The administrator’s voice remained steady: 【In summary, the above props are all related to the tasks of the traveler.】

Luo Yu opened his mouth, giving up on reasoning, but still felt it was wrong:

“The difference between these props and the previous ones is too great! They don’t have any ability to attack others, and they can only attack me!”

The administrator said, “Oh?” as if suddenly remembering something, and slowly explained:

【I forgot to mention, due to the perception that the traveler currently has no risk of mission failure, the drawing direction has been adjusted to enhance sleep enjoyment.】

Luo Yu: “…Sleep enjoyment?”

Luo Yu understood.

The drawing of props in his personal space adjusts in real time according to his scene. No wonder several times before, they were quite fitting.

But whose enjoyment is this anyway?

It certainly isn’t his enjoyment!

Luo Yu numbly leaned back in his chair, and suddenly, the cold face of Song Lingyuan appeared in his mind.

With indifferent blue eyes cast down, wearing a pair of immaculate white gloves, expressionless as he toyed with a pair of… black leather handcuffs.

Luo Yu suddenly took a big gulp of water.

No way! He absolutely wouldn’t take these things out of his personal space!

Wait, why was he imagining Song Lingyuan using his props?

What kind of relationship do they have?!

What kind of relationship is that…

Luo Yu propped his face up, resting his elbows on the table.

Suddenly, he fell deep into thought.

“Luo Yu, why is your face so red?”

Professor Tao walked in from outside, giving Luo Yu a suspicious glance.

“It’s hot!”

Luo Yu quickly snapped back to reality, crossing his hands neatly on the table, sitting up straight, and speaking with conviction.

“It’s too hot! I’m dying from the heat.”

Professor Tao glanced at the air conditioning temperature.

24 degrees.

No wonder he’s young—he’s really fired up both physically and mentally.

…

At 10:50 PM, before Luo Yu could finish his work for the day, he received a message from S:

【Waiting for you at the school gate.】

This was the first time Song Lingyuan had used the S account to talk to him.

Luo Yu saw that the last conversation he had with S was when they were still strangers online. Now they actually had such a close relationship in the real world, giving him the illusion of an online friend meeting in person.

As he read, his heart raced like a drum, and he set his phone down.

Unable to sit still, he watched as the time reached 11 PM, and instantly, Luo Yu jumped up from his chair.

He didn’t know what Song Lingyuan wanted from him this time.

He only knew that he really wanted to see Song Lingyuan.

The thought of meeting made him inexplicably nervous and happy.

As Luo Yu took a few steps out of the History research room, Wen Li chased after him:

“Hey, Luo, do you want to go have dinner together today?”

Luo Yu suppressed the joy bubbling inside him and politely shook his head at Wen Li:

“Sorry, Senior, President Song Lingyuan said he has something to find me for and is waiting for me at the school gate.”

“Song Lingyuan is here again?” Wen Li’s face darkened in an instant. He stepped forward and blocked Luo Yu against the wall. “What could he possibly want from you?”

“It’s about the sleeping pill medicine research project,” Luo Yu replied vaguely, feeling awkward being pressed against the wall. “The association’s sleeping pills research team wants me to help.”

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Wen Li stared at Luo Yu’s evasive eyes and sneered, “What can you, a college student, possibly do to help with the sleeping pills project?”

He squinted his eyes again:

“Little Luo, you aren’t really brainwashed by Song Lingyuan into volunteering for their drug trials, are you? You have no idea what side effects those drugs might have. Don’t put yourself at risk just to please Song Lingyuan.”

Luo Yu frowned. “Senior, what do you mean by trying to please Song Lingyuan?”

Wen Li turned his face away, his chest heaving:

“What? Isn’t that the case?”

“Ever since you met Song Lingyuan, you’ve changed completely; you’ve lost your spirit and run to him every few days.”

“It’s only because he’s the president of the association, and you’re so eager to curry favor with him!”

Saying this, he turned back and pressed down on Luo Yu’s shoulder:

“Luo Yu, you really don’t think he would take a liking to a college student like you, do you? He just thinks you’re easy to deceive!”

Luo Yu suddenly raised his head and forcefully pushed Wen Li away.

Wen Li lost his balance and stumbled backward, falling to the ground.

Luo Yu didn’t reach out to help him but walked a few steps forward, standing in front of him and lowering his voice:

“Senior Wen Li, you’ve crossed the line.”

“I’ve always regarded you as a senior, which is why I was willing to talk to you nicely. But I’m not someone who can be easily bullied.”

“All the dirt you’ve thrown at me today, I won’t hold it against you because you helped me before. From now on, let’s just treat each other as strangers.”

Wen Li’s eyes widened in disbelief as he listened to everything Luo Yu said.

He saw Luo Yu’s lips pressed tightly together:

“I’ll double the rent for you, and I’ll move out from your place today.”

With that, he turned and quickly walked toward the end of the hallway.

Wen Li sat on the ground, powerless, staring blankly at Luo Yu’s thin but determined back.

It seemed like he had messed everything up.

…

By the time Luo Yu was nearing the school gate, he recalled Wen Li’s words and slowed his pace.

A heavy sense of disappointment suddenly engulfed him.

Wen Li wasn’t wrong.

Song Lingyuan was the president of the International Human Progress Association. Why would he like an inexperienced college student like him?

Luo Yu’s excitement and nervousness about meeting Song Lingyuan dissipated due to Wen Li’s remarks.

He suddenly didn’t know how to face Song Lingyuan, hesitatingly sitting down on a bench next to a small grove in the school.

He rested his head in his hands, zoning out for several minutes, when he suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

Dressed in a neatly ironed white shirt and black tailored pants, with a mature and sharp aura, he looked completely out of place among the surrounding college students.

“What are you doing here?”

Luo Yu looked up in surprise.

Song Lingyuan stood in front of him: “I noticed you hadn’t come out for a while, so I was worried something happened to you.”

“How… did you get in?” Luo Yu asked quietly, touching the back of his neck.

Song Lingyuan opened his palm, revealing a student ID card from A Academy.

Luo Yu suddenly remembered that Song Lingyuan was also from A Academy.

They first met when Song Lingyuan, as an alumnus, donated to A Academy.

“Why do you look upset?” Song Lingyuan sat down beside him and tilted his head, asking earnestly.

Luo Yu hesitated, took a deep breath, and turned to look at him:

“President Song Lingyuan, why do you like me?”

Song Lingyuan seemed taken aback by the question. He withdrew his gaze, looked ahead, and after a moment of silence said:

“Luo Yu, do you remember the first time you met me? You were so scared that you cried?”

“Cried out of fear?”

Luo Yu was stunned and recalled the moment he bumped into Song Lingyuan while coming out of the activity hall.

Although he was quite scared at that time, it didn’t reach the level of crying!

“I didn’t!”

“Your eyes were red.”

Luo Yu finally realized: “I was just sleepy! Yawning makes your eyes red!”

“…I see.” Song Lingyuan slightly curved his lips, “In any case, when I first met you, and later when I saw you in the livestream, I thought you were a very fragile student, like an antique porcelain piece that needed special protection.”

Luo Yu huffed: “Then you misunderstood me!”

“Indeed. The more I got to know you, the more I discovered you have the heart of a warrior.”

“Beneath such an innocent and harmless exterior, you possess immense courage to fight against an entire world.”

“Luo Yu, I was deeply attracted to you.”

Song Lingyuan’s voice flowed into Luo Yu’s ears like a quiet river in the dim night.

Luo Yu sighed in relief.

So that’s how it is.

His mood, which Wen Li had ruined, quietly restored.

“Why did you ask that?” Song Lingyuan tilted his head slightly, “Did someone say something? Or are you considering accepting my pursuit?”

“Uh…” Luo Yu’s gaze drifted.

He didn’t want Wen Li to influence him anymore, so he directly skipped the first question.

As for the second question…

He had imagined Song Lingyuan with his handcuffs during the day…

In reality, he couldn’t just freeze in place!

Luo Yu suddenly stood up, grabbed Song Lingyuan’s wrist, and pulled him toward the small grove behind the bench.

In the dim light of the night, the dense trees distanced them far from the outside noise.

Luo Yu pushed Song Lingyuan’s shoulder, guiding him under a particularly sturdy banyan tree, tilted his head back, and directly kissed him.

He had never kissed anyone, but he had seen it before!

He held Song Lingyuan, struggling to bite and lick, breathing heavily as he kissed for quite a while.

Confused, he let go: “Why didn’t you react at all?”

Song Lingyuan silently gazed at him, his expression ambiguous. He simply licked his suddenly invaded lips and spoke steadily:

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“Luo Yu, do you agree now?”

Luo Yu panicked: “I’ve already kissed you! How is that not agreeing?”

“Then don’t kiss here.” Song Lingyuan’s fingertips gently traced Luo Yu’s lips, his voice calm, “Let’s go to the car.”

Luo Yu felt as if his heart was being pulled along as Song Lingyuan led him out of the grove, his steps quickening.

As they approached the school gate, Song Lingyuan casually turned his head, glancing at the distance where Wen Li stood rigidly in place.

From the moment they entered the grove, Song Lingyuan had noticed Wen Li running over from not far away, seemingly in a hurry to find Luo Yu. And as they entered the grove, Wen Li stood nearby, staring at them.

Song Lingyuan disliked being watched during private moments and didn’t want this lovely moment with Luo Yu to be seen by anyone else.

He withdrew his gaze, wrapping his arm around Luo Yu’s waist and pulling him close.

Once they got in the car, Song Lingyuan quietly instructed the driver to raise the soundproof partition, and Driver Xu skillfully complied.

“Click—”

As the partition locked into place, Song Lingyuan leisurely removed his white gloves, leaned to one side, and with one hand around Luo Yu’s waist and the other pressing Luo Yu’s hands together, he laid him back on the seat and leaned down:

“Luo Yu, now it’s my turn.”

The originally spacious back seat suddenly felt cramped as Luo Yu lay on the sofa seat, looking into Song Lingyuan’s eyes, his heart racing!

In that instant when Song Lingyuan kissed him, his expression suddenly turned aggressive and dangerous, and then, almost effortlessly, he pried open Luo Yu’s defenseless lips.

His tongue surged in, the kiss fierce and intense.

Luo Yu was kissed breathless, struggling for air, instinctively wanting to fight back, but his hands were pinned down, leaving him unable to move at all.

What was just a kiss made Luo Yu feel like his whole body was about to fall apart.

When Song Lingyuan finally released his lips and let go of his wrists, he gasped for breath, hearing a hoarse voice by his ear:

“Since you’ve agreed to my pursuit, you can’t just kiss anyone else when you’re drunk in the future.”

“You can only kiss me, understand?”