The roses were still very much present, pressed right in front of him. Chi Liu put the blanket aside and stood up.

His nose was red, and his face was a little pale for some reason.

His slender, fair wrist lightly covered his nose, and Chi Liu looked at the man with a slight smile: “I refuse.”

It’s not strange at all that a one-night stand from almost a month ago suddenly appeared and proposed.

Chi Liu ruthlessly complained in his heart as he quickly brushed past the man and walked towards the bathroom.

In front of the sink, Chi Liu finished retching and washed his face as usual.

He breathed softly, and after wiping the water off with a handkerchief, his face was still flushed abnormally. He frowned slightly and looked at his waist and abdomen.

The weather was a bit hot today, so he wore a casual white T-shirt and loose jeans.

All of his clothes were newly bought within the past month, but now, he inexplicably felt that these jeans were a bit ill-fitting…

Was it his imagination? The waist seemed to be a little tighter…

Could it be that he had been neglecting exercise since coming to the new world?

And also—Chi Liu lowered his eyes and placed his hand on his abdomen: he really should get his body checked again, the frequency of retching had increased recently.

After making up his mind, Chi Liu tidied himself up, thinking about how to politely and efficiently get rid of his one-night stand as he walked back into the store.

As soon as he reached the terrace, Chi Liu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled contentedly; that one-night stand who had flippantly proposed had already left!

How gratifying.

Secretary Wen, who had just sent the boss away, was standing next to Xiang Xiang, looking at Chi Liu with a subtle expression.

Xiang Xiang felt a bit dazed and at a loss, while Qi Teng, who had just stopped his nosebleed, had touched something and stuffed his nose with more tissues. He squatted in the corner, drawing circles and looking as if he were questioning his existence.

Chi Liu smiled at his friend: “You’re here.”

Secretary Wen calmly adjusted his glasses: “…Ah.” He first addressed the important issue: “I’ve already made an appointment with a doctor for you. She’s coming back from a business trip this Friday and will be working here, so she can give you a thorough checkup.”

After a pause, he added: “The privacy there is very good, and no matter what you find out, you can trust that doctor.”

After saying that, he handed over a business card: “Just go to the address on the business card to find her.”

Even if the examination results showed that the boss was right, and Little Chi, as a male NPC, was pregnant, that place and that person could at least guarantee Little Chi’s subsequent medical care.

Chi Liu took it and looked at it: it seemed to be a private hospital.

He put the business card away and thanked him.

Only then did Secretary Wen’s face show a gossipy and teasing smile: “How did you feel about the grand proposal ceremony just now?”

Chi Liu: “…”

The corners of his mouth twitched, and the veins on his forehead throbbed faintly: “…It was terrible.”

Secretary Wen, impeccably dressed, stifled a laugh: Heh, he knew it!

Recalling how the boss had just been frustrated and crushed the 999 roses and the enormous diamond ring into dust with a snap of his fingers, throwing them in the trash can, Secretary Wen silently complained to himself: He told him that proposals couldn’t be copied from a book, but the boss wouldn’t listen!

He glanced at Qi Teng, who was sulking in the corner, with a sense of schadenfreude: the boss even took it out on him! That nosebleed would likely last for two whole days!

Tsk, so brutal!

Secretary Wen cheerfully bid farewell to Chi Liu and departed with Xiang Xiang.

Chi Liu couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth as he watched his friend’s back, who was so happy he wanted to fly. He then looked at Qi Teng: “What happened to your nose again? Are you okay?”

Qi Teng’s purple curly hair was almost pulled into a lion’s mane, and his smoky voice was extremely depressed: “Ah, the weather is getting hot, so nosebleeds are normal—”

So normal!

It wasn’t because his nose was so unlucky!

Saying that, he stood up and walked to Chi Liu, bowing deeply: “Boss, you’re a good person! Take care of yourself! You, you and that super scary, um, person you just met, be sure to be safe, sorry, I can only remind you of these things!”

After saying that, he ran away, covering his nose, his figure filled with immense guilt!

Chi Liu: “???”

Who did his employees think he was dating?

…

In contrast to that chaotic and bizarre romantic interlude, Chi Liu felt especially peaceful as he walked back to his apartment complex, passing through the lovely pathways, the bustling evening crowds, and entering the elevator.

See, early summer is so vibrant, and everyone is so normal.

Then, he was almost tripped by the loud noise when he stepped out of the elevator.

Chi Liu stood in the hallway, frowning as he looked at his neighbor’s metal door: the loud noise came from there…

What was going on? Was his neighbor okay?

The sound of “bang, bang, bang” was still echoing in his ears, as if someone’s body was being thrown around and struggling violently in the room…

Chi Liu’s expression tightened as he strode to the metal door. Instead of ringing the doorbell, he knocked hard on the door: “Are you okay? Do you need help?”

…

In the dim room, Chu Qi’s body suddenly stiffened.

At this time, various pieces of furniture were overturned in the living room, and a bottomless black hole appeared in the ceiling, with countless dark blue tentacles surging angrily and frantically in the hole.

Pieces of corpses mixed with internal organs poured down from the cracks, scattered everywhere.

Only about half of Chu Qi retained his human form. He widened his eyes and stared at the door, a tentacle still devouring part of a body that hadn’t fully died.

Chi Liu’s anxious voice was still ringing from the other side of the door: “Hey, if you’re there, please respond!”

“Creak, creak”

Half of the body was completely devoured, and Chu Qi tilted his head blankly: Little Chi’s voice was very anxious…

He was worried about him…

Excitement and joy quickly swept through his body, and a strange smile appeared on Chu Qi’s face. Scarlet filled his eyes completely, and the dark blue tentacles surged even more frantically, their busy afterimages everywhere in the room!

A moment later, the black hole in the ceiling disappeared. Chu Qi put on the bear headgear, took out a spotless writing board from the safe, and stood excitedly in front of the door.

…

Chi Liu frowned tightly and was about to knock on the door for the third time when the metal door finally opened from the inside.

His neighbor, wearing a bear headgear, appeared safely in front of him. Chi Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief and laughed: “What were you doing just now, making such a scary noise? Are you okay?”

Chu Qi wrote quickly, displaying the writing board adorned with yellow flowers: [Cleaning the passage.]

Some cheating rats had contaminated the passage again. This was the first time he had willingly worked overtime to clean it.

The eyes behind the bear headgear gazed gently at the young man with the curved eyes—he would never allow any more rats to come to this world.

Chi Liu had already stepped aside, staring in astonishment at the space behind the door: the living room was covered in blue splatter marks. What kind of paint was that?

Every piece of furniture was strewn across the floor in a chaotic mess, and several tiles were even broken. There simply wasn’t any room to step inside that house!

Goodness, cleaning a flu or another passage could cause this. His neighbor was also quite skilled…

Withdrawing his gaze, Chi Liu crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow at the man: “You can’t live here for the time being, right?”

It looked like it would take at least ten days or half a month to repair.

Chu Qi: “?” If he answered that it could be restored to its original state later, would it scare the young man…

He was pondering how to answer this question when he saw the young man across from him smile softly, his curved amber eyes more gentle than the moon in the vacation world.

Chi Liu gestured toward his door and asked, “If you don’t mind, um… would you like to stay at my place for this time?”

Chu Qi: “!!!” After his proposal failed, could he encounter such a good thing?!

Little Chi invited him to enter that space!

His heart in another world was congested and about to explode. Chu Qi wrote a word on the writing board with a whoosh: [Okay]

The smile on Chi Liu’s face deepened, and he shrugged: “Then let’s go.”

…

In the cozy home, Chi Liu quickly made a delicious and simple dinner. He was wearing a cute apron with a duckling pattern, leaning against the kitchen door with his arms crossed, looking at the man sitting stiffly on the sofa with some distress—was his neighbor too shy?

Chi Liu walked over, sat down next to the man, and raised an eyebrow at him: “You don’t have to be so nervous, right? Haven’t you ever stayed at a friend’s house before?”

Having gone through life and death together, they could be considered friends, right?

Chu Qi’s body stiffened suddenly. He wrote something quickly and showed it to Chi Liu.

The neighbor had a very pleasant, cool scent that felt somewhat familiar for some reason, bringing comfort to those who smelled it. Chi Liu smiled and looked at the writing board, reading the two words: “Never.”

It seemed that his neighbor wasn’t very popular.

He shook his head with a helpless chuckle. “Okay. But I still hope you can relax here.” After saying that, he got up. “Let’s eat first. My tastes have been a bit bland lately; I hope you can get used to it.”

The comical bear headgear nodded slightly.

Chi Liu had already walked to the dining table. Before Chu Qi got up to follow, his gaze swept across the glass jar on the shelf: there was a section of white finger bone and a lottery ball inside.

Withdrawing his gaze, the eyes under the bear headgear became even softer: he still kept it… he didn’t throw it away…

Then, as if remembering something, his gaze fixed on the young man’s right ankle again, and his expression turned cold.

…

At the dining table, Chi Liu picked up a piece of celery with lily bulbs, gazing at the man across from him. The man still wore the bear headgear, revealing only the lower half of his face, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Not even taking off the headgear while eating, really… weird… and wouldn’t it be difficult to eat?

The lower half of the neighbor’s face was pale, with clear and distinct lines, and his thin lips appeared quite attractive. It just looked inexplicably familiar.

This face should be very handsome, but he didn’t know why he couldn’t show it.

Chi Liu respected other people’s privacy very much, especially that of his friends.

So he just casually asked: “I haven’t asked yet, what should I call you?”

After asking, he realized that it was inconvenient for his neighbor to talk. Just as he was about to say something else, the man had already set down his chopsticks. He paused for a moment, picked up the writing board next to him, and wrote: [Ah Yuan].

Chi Liu looked at the name and read it out: “Ah Yuan?”

Chu Qi nodded.

A long time ago, it seemed that someone had called him that.

Chi Liu smiled again: “Okay, Ah Yuan, then let’s continue eating.”

Being called by his name, Chu Qi felt his blood boil. The eye sockets beneath the headgear were completely filled with scarlet, yet his human form still lowered his head and ate the delicious meal elegantly.

A dark blue tentacle quietly extended from the hem of his pants, wandering around Chi Liu’s fair calf, greedily devouring all the scents…

…

After dinner, it was soon night.

Chi Liu arranged for his neighbor to stay in the guest room, then went to his own bedroom and soon fell asleep—he was even sleepier than before.

Outside the window, the stars filled the sky, the night was quiet and safe, and the warm night breeze fluttered the snow-white curtains.

A beautiful young man was lying on his side on the soft bed, fast asleep, his hand gently resting on his abdomen.

A dark shadow suddenly fell on the young man’s body, and a pale, slender hand covered the back of the young man’s hand.

The man, who had removed the bear headgear, sat by the bed, holding the young man possessively from behind. A dark blue tentacle lifted the quilt and wrapped around the young man’s bruised ankle—he had fixed the young man’s broken bones last night and could only tend to the skin today. An NPC’s body couldn’t handle repairing these injuries all at once…

The tentacle gently sucked on the delicate skin, devouring the glaring bruises little by little…

Chu Qi’s eyes flashed with coldness: that rat truly died too easily…

After a long while, he caressed the back of the young man’s hand resting on his abdomen and said, “I told you, you can’t expose yourself again before you’re fully formed.”

Now the little guy slept most of the time each day and didn’t have enough strength to protect himself and his mother.

The little one, who had been woken up and was very unhappy, said, “…I’m super powerful!”

Chu Qi: “You’re just an embryo; you’re very weak and can’t even speak.” He couldn’t make a sound but transmitted his consciousness directly into other people’s minds. Just a child’s tricks and methods.

Chu Qi: “Be good, and he will like you.”

Little One: “I’m super good! I’m super powerful! QAQ Bad guy, Mommy hates you!”

Chu Qi: “…”

…

The night was even quieter.

The tall and handsome man sat by the bed and closed his eyes. The dark blue tentacle carefully climbed up the young man’s waist, finally wrapping around his fair and slender wrist bones, pressing a section of itself against his warm and soft abdomen.

The young man breathed steadily.

The man seemed to be guarding the most precious treasure in the world.