Chapter 41: The Ghost King and the Poor Student 06

Although they were supposed to sleep, before that, Cheng Hongyi still wanted to report Lao Diao and the others on all their findings.

The people on the other side were stunned, and one of Lao Diao’s lackeys couldn’t help but ask, “Chop wood and you can leave here? What kind of strange setup is this?”

Cheng Hongyi fell silent, and Tang Bin also didn’t understand.

However, he had encountered too many bizarre setups before, and he had always been forced to navigate through them. Chopping wood was no big deal for Tang Bin—there was no difficulty for him at all.

What he was more concerned about was—

“So where are we supposed to sleep?”

It had been such an intense start to entering this world that he was already feeling exhausted.

“We’ll have to make do and sleep here for a few nights,” Cheng Hongyi said.

After speaking, he walked around the small house, inspecting both the interior and the exterior. The floor of the little cabin was made of irregular bricks, and some of the cracks in the bricks even had green moss growing in them. It didn’t seem like it would be very insulated, and it was likely to be quite damp.

But after his inspection, Cheng Hongyi still found something useful. In the backyard, aside from the wood, there was also a pile of dry hay. He pulled out a large bundle and brought it into the house, heading to a corner and silently starting to spread it out.

His movements were very swift. If he weren’t wearing the same school uniform as they were, the people present would probably have suspected that he had grown up in these mountains.

Under everyone’s watch, Cheng Hongyi took only a few seconds to spread out all the hay, making a “bed” about the height of one person and roughly 1.5 meters wide.

He patted the “bed” and then looked up at Tang Bin, saying, “We’ll sleep here.”

Tang Bin: !!!

“Oh oh oh!” He hurriedly agreed, not expecting Cheng Hongyi to include him as well!

The whole “bing^[1] “饼” (cake), literally meaning “cake” or “pancake.” ” was so excited he almost teared up. If Cheng Hongyi’s opinion of him weren’t still a 1… Tang Bin might have thought he had already cracked the male lead’s heart!

But that was all unimportant now.

On the fluffy, dry “bed,” Tang Bin almost rolled with happiness.

Having walked through puddles and wet mountains, anyone who hadn’t experienced this could hardly imagine how wonderful it was to lie down in a dry place for a moment!

However, Tang Bin didn’t actually roll around. After an entire day of work, he was covered in dirt and didn’t want to get it all over the bed.

So he said to Cheng Hongyi, “Should we wash up in the backyard first? I’m… really dirty.”

“Alright.” Cheng Hongyi had no objections. At this moment, the one who most didn’t look tired on their face was probably him.

The two of them went to the backyard to wash up, leaving the others in the house still in a daze, with the crackling sound of the firewood burning in the fireplace…

“This Song Yinzhe… I didn’t expect him to have this ability.” Huang Xiaomeng was the first to snap out of it, looking mockingly at Zhao Xiaoguang beside her. “This little duck really leveled up today, but no matter how good he gets, he’s still a little duck. He can’t survive without a man…”

“Enough!” Zhao Xiaoguang’s face was extremely dark. In the past, no matter what Song Yinzhe did, he always thought of him first, and he even enjoyed the careful way Song Yinzhe used to look at him. But since coming to this world, Song Yinzhe’s temperament seemed to have changed. Or rather, he still often directed his gaze at someone, but that person was no longer him…

“Maybe things aren’t exactly as you imagine,” Yang Yi’s gaze shifted between the direction where Tang Bin and the others had left and the bed that Cheng Hongyi had personally made with hay. Her eyes inadvertently showed a hint of envy. “Even if Song Yinzhe is gay, I don’t think Cheng Hongyi is. He’s letting him follow just because… he’s always clinging to him.”

“Heh.” Huang Xiaomeng scoffed from the side but didn’t offer any rebuttal.

After eating and drinking, everyone felt tired. Moreover, Cheng Hongyi’s bed looked so comfortable and inviting that they all felt more exhausted than they ever had in their lives. Huang Xiaomeng quickly urged everyone to go to the backyard and gather hay to make beds.

The group, acting on their own initiative, went to gather hay. As for the bed Cheng Hongyi had made, no one dared to touch it.

While everyone was enthusiastically laying out hay on the ground, Tang Bin had already come back, cleaned and fresh.

Although he had only briefly washed up, his clothes were still dirty, but considering the events of the day, this was a small comfort.

After returning, Tang Bin lay inside, while Cheng Hongyi lay outside.

The rest of the group was still laying down their beds. Clearly, they weren’t as quick as Cheng Hongyi. No matter how they arranged the same hay, they couldn’t match the thickness and neatness of Cheng Hongyi’s work—it even looked somewhat clumsy.

Tang Bin found it amusing, while Cheng Hongyi had already removed his jacket and draped it over Tang Bin’s face.

—

Cheng Hongyi’s coat had no trace of sweat, instead, it had a faint scent of laundry detergent.

Tang Bin, who had his head covered, was slightly confused, and then he heard Cheng Hongyi whisper in his ear, “Go to sleep, we need to get up early tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

“In the next three days, we’ll be very tired.”

“Okay…” Tang Bin obediently closed his eyes.

The hay, about 1.5 meters wide, was a bit cramped for two men to lie on.

So, while lying flat, Tang Bin could feel Cheng Hongyi’s breath. In fact, if he extended his arm slightly, he could touch him, which made him feel incredibly at ease.

Having worked through three worlds in the mission, Tang Bin finally slightly understood why the Peach Blossom Demon liked this world in the task so much.

Because being with the male lead was truly very pleasant.

Especially since they had promised, he would wait for him in this world…

Tang Bin quickly fell asleep.

According to the phone and Cheng Hongyi’s instructions, tomorrow morning, the mission would officially begin. Their time for rest and sleep was actually quite limited.

But Tang Bin felt like he had slept for a long time.

At least, when he woke up in the middle of the night, everything around him was still pitch black.

It wasn’t dawn yet, the fire in the fireplace had long since gone out, and there were no lights on the mountain. The cabin was so dark that he couldn’t see his hand in front of him, with only a few sounds of snoring from a distance reminding him that Lao Diao and the others were also there.

As for Cheng Hongyi…

Tang Bin instinctively reached out his arm and touched a warm body…

After realizing where he had touched when he reached out, Tang Bin felt a little embarrassed and quickly withdrew his hand.

… Even though that area felt soft, Tang Bin could still sense its weight from that grab…

He suddenly jerked his hand back, silently apologizing to the still-sleeping Cheng Hongyi for his abruptness.

Just then, he felt a cool breeze sweep across his body.

… The temperature in the mountains was low, and once the fire in the fireplace had gone out, the warmth in the little cabin quickly faded. But Tang Bin clearly remembered that the cabin only had one small window, which was on the side where Lao Diao and the others were sleeping…

Cheng Hongyi had likely chosen this spot to avoid the wind, so why would there be a breeze here?

The cool wind had passed by, and it felt like something had swiftly flown above his head.

… It came from the wall and flew straight into the room.

In the darkness, Tang Bin widened his eyes and looked in that direction, but there was nothing except the surrounding blackness—he couldn’t see anything, not even himself.

Yet, he had the distinct feeling that someone, just like him, was watching them in the dark.

But Tang Bin wasn’t afraid.

He had once feared that he wouldn’t be able to complete his mission, feared the small cabin with the nutrient pod and the strong cold light above, and he had also feared the complexities of human society.

But Tang Bin wasn’t afraid of the dark.

Of course, as a flower demon, he also wasn’t afraid of the strange forces and phenomena that humans talked about.

Whatever it was, thinking of what Cheng Hongyi had said about the next three days not being dangerous, Tang Bin decided he wouldn’t concern himself with it.

He knew he needed to recover his strength as soon as possible, so he simply fell back asleep.

However, in the half-dreaming state, he felt very cold and instinctively moved closer to Cheng Hongyi.

In his sleep, Cheng Hongyi naturally extended his arm, half-turning and lying on his side to pull him into an embrace, as if he wanted to wrap his entire body around him.

Only then did Tang Bin fall into a deeper sleep.