VIP Chapter 141: Scalding Hot Stone
When Will emerged from his bath, he found Shuna already tucked into bed.
Her quilt wasn’t pulled up very tightly, with a long leg exposed and catching the sea breeze drifting in from outside the window.
He reached out to pull the quilt up for her again.
“Pfft… though with her physique, she won’t catch a cold from this,” Will mused, looking at Shuna’s discarded clothes.
She hadn’t folded them neatly; her stockings, denim shorts, jacket, and underwear were scattered on one side of his bed.
If an outsider saw this, they might think they had just… done something, right?
“I’ll finish writing today’s system and then go lie down and sleep.”
Will yawned and sat down at the desk.
“Oh, wait…”
He suddenly stopped, turning his head and patting around the bed and the floor.
Will had developed a habit over the years: before going to sleep, he would meticulously open the “Quest System,” confirm his mission status, and check for any supplements or rewards for Lingmeng’s writings.
It was like giving himself a daily quest.
But…
Without a doubt…
During this sudden departure, he wouldn’t take the “Quest System” with him. So…
He had nothing on him.
None of the missions he planned for himself or his teammates.
Nor the future events meticulously written down in the “Quest System.”
Only a small desk lamp in front of him, two beds behind him, and the sea breeze intermittently blowing in from outside the window.
When he went on long trips, he would even carefully hide it in the ring Liya gave him. But the night before last, after finishing writing, he seemed to have left it on the desk without closing it, and naturally, he didn’t bring it with him.
“Since it’s at home, there’s no need to worry about it. I’ll call it a day.”
“As expected, the system I wrote myself is quite inconvenient. Why can’t it just be an in-brain voice command? This is so annoying.”
Will stood up from his chair.
He turned off the desk lamp and crawled into bed.
However…
What he didn’t know was…
Shuna wasn’t actually asleep. She had only pretended to lie down. In the darkness, she opened her eyes and watched Will on the other bed.
Even though it was dark, she couldn’t see his features clearly, only barely making out his silhouette.
But…
In the dead of night, Shuna watched him, deep in thought.
One, how could she keep him by her side longer?
Mentioning that stone specifically while eating grilled fish wasn’t Shuna’s “impromptu idea.” She had been holding onto that clue.
It was because Will had specifically asked about the origin of that stone in his letter.
Shuna found it strange too. There were quite a few peculiar things produced in the Dungeon, but Will was particularly interested in this stone.
She didn’t care what the stone’s origin was, but if this method could pique Will’s curiosity enough for him to embark on another trip for two with her…
That would be a wonderful thing.
Second, his psychological defenses were higher than she’d imagined. How could she make him like her?
When she had pinned Will to the bed earlier, she had deliberately “tested” his breathing and heart rate—there was no doubt they had increased. Anyone in that situation would react, right?
But…
Behind his glasses, his eyes, the “windows to his mind,” showed no panic, let alone any wavering of the heart.
Hypothesis: Reason one, Will didn’t seem to see her as an “outsider”—though this word might not be quite accurate. In other words, Will didn’t see her as someone “who would truly fall in love with me as a romantic partner.”
Reason two…
This was arguably the reason Shuna least wanted to consider.
He didn’t seem to be someone who could easily fall in love with others. In other words, it seemed…
It would be quite difficult to win him over, both physically and mentally.
Simply put, you’d have to do something that would significantly endear you to him, not just engage in casual intimacy or say ambiguous things and expect him to fall for you foolishly.
In other words, he was very difficult to impress. While he might be very passionate and devoted to you, you’d have to give even more to make his heart flutter.
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Even…
If she were to make a direct move on his body, she had a strange premonition that if she accidentally went too far, it might make him completely unable to fall in love with her?
Shuna rolled over in bed, hugging the quilt fiercely between her legs with annoyance.
It was strange.
What Shuna found strange was, why was Will like this?
His life seemed like that of an ordinary young master from a prominent family.
His experience seemed like that of a sheltered young master raised in a large estate before entering school, inexperienced with the world.
With such a thin history, why had he become so unyielding?
Why had she specifically fallen for someone like this?
He was like a scalding hot stone, appearing passionate and aggressive, yet his heart was hard. She wanted to see what was truly in his heart, but any forceful approach would shatter him.
His mindset…
It was like an outsider observing the act of “falling in love”…?
It was like reading a story about a character named “Will.” No matter how you tried to move “Will,” you could hardly sway the true observer outside.
Even when pursuing this character, he would constantly be thinking, “Why should I fall in love with her?”
Of course, this was an overly rational example, and Shuna didn’t believe anyone could truly achieve such a state.
However…
Shuna rolled over again and looked at Will once more.
He seemed to be fast asleep, breathing deeply, his slumbering breaths audible.
“It’s okay. Even if you want to remain an outside observer, I’ll find a way to pull you down.”
Shuna’s lips curved into a confident smile.
Once she understood what kind of person he was, she could plan better.
“I will make you understand ‘why you fell in love with Shuna’.”
“As for why I want to do this.”
“You’ll know one day…”
Shuna lay flat on her back.
Then, as she closed her eyes and gradually drifted into sleep, she realized something.
“Wait…”
“What did he just say about me being the attacker?”
“I have a feeling I’ve seen something like this in ‘A Compendium of Dungeon Species’ Special Mating Habits’ in the library…”
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That day, in Nov…
“It’s really not easy to prepare for a long trip. I’m finally done packing.”
Liya checked her items one by one, mostly magic paraphernalia. Her clothes and daily necessities were relatively few.
Most of them could fit into her ring. This included her usual staff.
The ring was her own, but Will had sponsored a generous amount of funding, allowing her not to be so frugal and to pack anything she wanted into the ring.
Oh, right…
And a large quantity of…
Blood Mint Essential Oil, which Will had bought for her. After two weeks, he had finished making it, and she just needed to pack it into a box and take it with her.
The box was specially made by Will to lessen the stimulation of the Blood Mint Essential Oil for her, making it more manageable to carry—though she had adapted significantly by now.
“It’s late, but I should still be able to catch the afternoon carriage to the next town if I leave now.”
“It will take about four days to reach Nyseltse.”
Liya picked up her small leather case, preparing to leave.
Then…
She realized something.
Will was going to meet a friend, and he hadn’t brought any weapons. He might only have some items in the ring she gave him.
“Hmm…”
She tiptoed up the stairs to Will’s room.
“Since you’re leaving without saying goodbye, then… don’t blame me.”
