Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1163 Shangguan's Provocative Question

Xia Shou decided not to disturb the two sisters and to just endure the loneliness.

"Something on your mind?" Shangguan Yan casually flipped over from behind the sofa to sit next to Xia Shou, placing one hand on the back of the sofa behind Xia Shou, as if it were on Xia Shou's shoulder.

The way he appeared, so ghostly, made Xia Shou shrink back in fright.

"Now that you've come out of the books, wouldn't it be good to relax a little? Although there's still a lot to do, it's very important for superhumans to balance work and rest, especially for the stronger the superhuman," Shangguan Yan said gently.

"Ah... um... I know." Xia Shou said somewhat reservedly, like a primary school student seeing his homeroom teacher, his hands very obediently placed on his thighs.

Hearing Shangguan Yan's subtly fluctuating tone reminded Xia Shou of some past events in the book. He thought of the summer before he entered junior high school, when Shangguan Yan tutored him and his younger brother with their homework.

In the slightly warm early summer, under the rare cool southern sky, an electric fan oscillated as he and his younger brother Xia Liang sat cross-legged on a folding table doing their homework, facing each other. After helping her brother with his difficult problems, Sister Yan would walk around to his side, sit down next to him, and guide him.

She leaned slightly forward, the electric fan carrying her scent. The airflow from the fan blew through her short sleeves, making them billow. The naive boy could just catch a glimpse of snow... that snow, glistening with dew, felt so refreshing on that summer day.

Her hair still smelled of shower gel, and then his eyes met Yan Jie's. He panicked, but quickly realized that she wasn't angry, so she reached out her hand.

That day, his capri pants were a mess, and what he feared most was that his younger brother, who was diligently working on his homework, would discover it.

Back then, Sister Yan was just as close to the minister as he is now.

Damn it! What the hell are you thinking?!

Xia Shou suddenly snapped out of his daze and tried to interrupt this inappropriate memory, but it was too late. Just as people are almost unaware of their own thoughts arising, they can only become aware of their thoughts after they have been running for a while.

Summer Guardian was the same; by the time he realized it, his soul had already wandered through the summer in the book, and he had even begun to react.

Xia Shou, Xia Shou... You need to know that you have more than just that one phase of your life. Think about your normal childhood! Don't let this woman completely destroy your childhood!
Xia Shou mentally berated himself, but it was no use.

Both lives are real, but the life he lived with Shangguan Yan is even more real, because his most recent life was spent with Shangguan Yan, while the life without Shangguan Yan only existed in that dream when he was eighteen, before he traveled to this world.

"Do you still remember what happened in the book?" Shangguan Yan suddenly asked.

"Huh? Uh..."

Xia Shou's brain was working at lightning speed.

"Yeah, remember!"

He immediately gave an answer.

Although he could lie, the minister would most likely see through his lies.

Because this time he is publishing a complete book, just like when he traveled to Merlin's House, theoretically, if he remembered it last time, he should remember it this time as well. If he deliberately lies and says he doesn't remember, it will only make the other party suspicious.

On the contrary, saying that you remember allows for more room for fabrication in the later content.

"Is that so?" Shangguan Yan let out a light, ambiguous laugh.

"Um, Minister, why are you suddenly asking this?"

"I'm just curious, what would I be like if I were in a world without supernatural powers, like the one in the book? What kind of person would I become?" Shangguan Yan said. "Tell me about it, what kind of person I am in the book."

“Minister, in the book, of course, he’s a very outstanding person.” Xia Shou carefully chose his words. “That’s too general. In the book, I should be quite familiar with you, right? After all, I saved you from the jaws of a dog. In that world, I should at least be in school, shouldn’t I?”

"Correct."

"That's great. I've never really gone to school properly. During that time, I was just causing trouble and never studied seriously." Shangguan Yan squinted slightly, recalling the days he spent wandering in the slums and the time when Xia Shou sent him to school.

Unfortunately, she was too young at the time, so she only knew how to use the survival-of-the-fittest rules from the slums to live in school, which caused a lot of trouble.

As for what happened after that...

That was the life of the Torture Demon and the Finisher Hunter; it was truly a crazy experience.

How am I doing in school?

"Minister, you are doing very well in your studies."

"And what about your popularity with guys?"

“…That’s fine too.” Xia Shou sensed something subtly off. “Minister, you care about this?”

"Hehe, just asking casually, although I don't think I'm bad at attracting men." Shangguan Yan glanced sideways at Xia Shou, casually picking up a can of beer from the table. "Did you ever like me in the book?"

Xia Shou was immediately startled.

This is a death trap question! How am I supposed to answer it?

If it were Sister Yan, he felt that going straight for the kill might be a good choice, but now he was facing a demon!
"Oh~~ Judging from your expression, you used to like me, huh?" Shangguan Yan raised an eyebrow and downed half a can of beer. "Did you ever pursue me?"

"Minister, you're going a bit too far. In that situation, I was essentially suffering from amnesia." Xia Shou awkwardly laughed and looked away, trying to escape this life-or-death question.

However, Shangguan Yan did not give him this chance. He turned slightly to the side and whispered in Xia Shou's ear, "It is because of amnesia that that situation is just his nature. Although I am not the me in the book, you must be the you in the book... after all, you came from the book."

Xia Shou: "..."

“If you continue to work twice as hard, I might consider giving you an extra reward. I’ve heard that boys can’t forget their white moonlight from their youth. Perhaps I, the character in the book, am one of them?” Shangguan Yan said.

Xia Shou kept a straight face, but he was already completely smitten.

Although he knew perfectly well that the real-life minister was a thousand times more cunning and ten thousand times more wicked than the one in the book, the experience of imagining the Yan sister from his memories as the minister speaking to him now was simply...

Is this what they call the allure of the forbidden?
Whether in the book or in real life, at least in terms of the witch and the perverse sense of humor, the essence remains completely unchanged. She can always use the bait that her prey is looking for to lure and capture them.

Are you going to stubbornly insist that you don't like it?
Xia Shou secretly glanced at Shangguan Yan.

No way, this woman is looking at me like a drug dealer looks at an addict. I feel like my desires are completely exposed to her.

Damn it, was I that obvious?!

His recent expressions should have been flawless.

(End of this chapter)