CH 28.1

It was already getting late, and Si Di’s concerns were resolved, so he prepared to head back to his ward. As he was about to leave, he suddenly halted in front of the door. “Oh right, let’s check the compatibility score. We’ve been saying ninety-ninety, but we still don’t know the exact number.”

“Sure,” Xiao Zhenyun replied, “but how do we check it? It’s late at night, and I don’t have any test papers in my room.”

Si Di immediately took out the prepared tools from his pocket – the test paper and the tester. He watched as Xiao Zhenyun took the test paper and put it in his mouth, leaving a wet mark. Si Di’s face had a mixture of warmth and teasing as he said, “Little uncle, I’ve never heard that you need to kiss someone to wake them up from a pseudo-eternal sleep.”

Xiao Zhenyun handed back the saliva test paper. “I’m still a beginner; I’m not very skilled in using spiritual power. The chairman said that intimate acts are the simplest, most convenient, and most effective way for guides to soothe sentinels. In the early days of the emergence of the special individuals, the understanding and exploration of guide’s spiritual power usage were not very deep. Soothing sentinels was almost entirely done through intimate acts, and it was only later, after a hundred years or so, that improvements were made.”

Si Di: “…”

All those words about having an interest in me, having ulterior motives… they were all lies. You’re just trying to help Si Chu!

The compatibility testing device made a beeping sound, and the machine’s voice echoed in the quiet room: “Congratulations, your compatibility score is 97 percent.”

Xiao Zhenyun didn’t hear clearly. “Is it 91 or 97?”

Si Di looked down at the number displayed on the testing device and chuckled lightly. “You misheard; it’s 67.”

“Oh, 97.”

“I already told you, you misheard,” Si Di’s voice was husky and slow as he stood by the hospital room door, insistent on this seemingly meaningless repetition. “It’s 67.”

“…” Xiao Zhenyun looked up at him, his long eyelashes lifting to reveal his glassy eyes. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, “Do you want some guide elements?”

“97.” Little Wolf was flexible and quickly returned to Xiao Zhenyun’s bedside. “I also want a mental grooming.”

“I don’t know how to do that,” Xiao Zhenyun released his guide elements, “You can ask Yi Feiran to help you with it first.”

When stranded on the isolated island, every time Si Di smelled this familiar and wonderful scent, he could bury his head shamelessly in Xiao Zhenyun’s neck, as long as he wished and as long as it made him comfortable. On those dark and humid rainy nights, he didn’t need to have any worries.

But now, in the highly civilized central hospital, under the bright and revealing lights, he had to restrain his instincts, control his behavior, and the only thing he could do was pretend that he couldn’t sit up straight because of his oversized tail, leaning toward the other side of the bed.

“Isn’t it a bit inappropriate? That’s my brother’s guide.”

“He’s been helping you sort it for so long, do you care about this for a short while?” Xiao Zhenyun looked at him tiredly. “Or do you want to come up here, and I can try to help you sort it by reviewing the content of the senior year textbook?”

“Move over.” Si Di lifted the blanket and nudged Xiao Zhenyun to the other side. He took off his shoes and lay down on his side, his wolf tail obediently tucked between his legs, revealing a portion of his black, soft fur outside the blanket.

Xiao Zhenyun picked up the terminal and pulled out a book titled ‘Mental Grooming (Beginner’s Guide).’ He had only just finished reading the table of contents and the introduction, and he was already feeling drowsy. His eyes glazed over as he turned the pages.

Back in the day, he was at least a master’s student from a prestigious university. How come now, reading a high school student’s textbook from another world felt like reading an ancient script… Xiao Zhenyun yawned and looked at the silver-haired sentinel beside him. This man was even more extreme, having fallen asleep in just ten minutes.

His eyes had a slight tinge of purple, indicating that he hadn’t had a good night’s sleep for several nights.

Xiao Zhenyun had seen him waking up in pain, his head throbbing, breaking out in cold sweat in the middle of the night. He stared at Si Di for a while, making sure he was fast asleep… then quickly opened a chat window with Xiao Nian.

He typed frantically, his fingers blurring.

It’s unclear whether the world administrator was disturbed because of the restless time traveler, or if he was still deeply immersed in cultivation at one in the morning. Soon, a reply came, consisting of six dots followed by three question marks.

Xiao Nian: It looks like you’re not doing well.

Xiao Zhenyun: Anyway, remember, don’t spill the beans tomorrow. If you encounter any questions I haven’t given instructions on, feel free to improvise.

Xiao Nian: Let me ask you this, now that you’ve distanced yourself away from Si Chu and even hinted at possible development with Si Di, what are you going to do when the male lead gets engaged and you start to follow the plot to pursue Si Chu? Aren’t you afraid Si Di will chop you down?

Xiao Zhenyun: I’ve thought about that.

Xiao Nian: Hmm?

Xiao Zhenyun: I haven’t figured out a solution.

Xiao Nian: …

Xiao Zhenyun: So, what do you suggest?

Xiao Nian: You should tell Si Di that you pretended to like him just to help Si Chu, and then at the engagement banquet, you realized you’re not that noble, that love can’t be controlled by reason, and then start pursuing Si Chu like crazy.

Xiao Zhenyun: Are you telling me I can’t even date because of this damn plot mission?

Xiao Nian: Are you dating Si Di then?!

Xiao Zhenyun: No, we’re completely platonic, but it’s a 97% match.

Xiao Nian: …Damn!

Xiao Nian: ‘The New Concept of Pure Innocence.’

Xiao Nian: The world’s firewall has always been solid; even flies can’t get through. How the hell did they not block someone like you, a soul wandering around?!

Three minutes later.

Xiao Nian: Remember, since you’ve changed so much of the plot, you must fully restore the novel in other aspects. In the original text, there’s a scene at Si Di’s funeral where you have a significant eye-contact moment with Si Chu. I thought about letting it go, but now you must reenact that scene.

Xiao Zhenyun: How am I supposed to reenact that plot without a funeral?

Xiao Nian: Time, place, characters, events. You only need to recreate the characters and events; the only changes should be in time and place, you can still increase the degree of plot restoration. PS: Limited to plot points that have already happened in the novel but not yet in reality.

Xiao Zhenyun: …Are you messing with me?

Xiao Nian: If you weren’t busy saving sentinels everywhere, would I, a dignified administrator, be stuck here dealing with your bug?

Xiao Zhenyun: …Alright, fine, tell me, what’s the eye-contact scene?

Xiao Nian sent a passage from the novel:

[Si Chu wore a black Sentinel uniform, his eyes swollen like two walnuts from crying, but they burned with a fierce fire, vowing to devour the evildoer who had harmed his elder brother. Xiao Zhenyun held the funeral program and called him over, gently reminding him of what he should do next, including when to pick up Si Di’s portrait and when to receive Si Di’s ashes. Si Chu bowed his head, earnestly memorizing the contents on paper, unaware that at this moment, a pair of affectionate eyes were fixated on his face. As he turned around, the deep, loving gaze in those gray-blue eyes overflowed like a tide, nearly drowning him.]

Xiao Zhenyun: …

Watery eyes, huh? Xiao Zhenyun was about to make a sarcastic comment when the person lying beside him suddenly muttered in his sleep, unconsciously moving closer to the pleasant scent, and his warm breath brushed against Xiao Zhenyun’s waist, lightly caressing his skin through the thin hospital gown.

“…”

Xiao Zhenyun: Some dirty thing crawled into my bed, I’m going to sleep.

Xiao Nian: A big cockroach?

Xiao Zhenyun: Yeah, a big dirty wolf.

Xiao Nian: ???

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