If you want to survive after transmigrating, become the male protagonist's new mother.

Pei Yuening lay on the bed pretending to be dead.

He buried his face in the pillow until he could hardly breathe before turning over.

Egg was still squatting on the table, rolling its eyes.

"Get up and write a report."

"I can't do it anymore."

"It's not that you can't do it, it's that you don't want to face it."

What's the difference between the two?

"The difference is that the former is genuinely helpless, while the latter is just making excuses for himself," Egg said calmly. "If you finish writing the report now, you'll only have to deal with Duke Luo."

"If you wait until school to finish it, you'll have to deal with both Duke Luo and Teacher He at the same time."

"..."

Pei Yuening thought for a while, then silently got out of bed and sat back down at her desk.

He instinctively picked up the crystal quill pen.

The moment the finger touched the pen, it quickly released.

Then, after pausing for two seconds, he slowly picked it up again.

This time, he really kept his mouth shut and dared not say a word.

Pei Yuening took a deep breath and brought her attention back to the paper.

Luo Ren remembered most of what happened in his dream, but now, under intense mental stress, it became even clearer.

He wrote faster and faster, the pen tip scratching across the paper, filling two pages in one go.

Finally, he read it through again and added a personal reflection.

The failure of this operation was mainly due to psychological barriers to living herbs.

Further practical training is needed to overcome excessive focus on the facial features of *Heliotropium indicum*.

It's finished.

He put down his pen and let out a long breath.

Egg leaned over for a look: "Finally, it's starting to look like something."

"That's right, my ability to reflect is top-notch." Pei Yuening closed the report, stood up, and stretched. "Alright, it's done now."

Let's eat first.

The kitchen was bathed in sunlight, and a small pot of mint sat on the windowsill.

Pei Yuening opened the cabinet and rummaged through it, taking out eggs, flour, a handful of scallions, and a few slices of pork-free pure starch ham produced in a small workshop.

Heat a frying pan, spread the oil, pour in the egg mixture and it sizzles.

Pei Yuening gripped the pot handle, but her mind kept replaying the scenes from last night.

Luo Ren... the way he lifted her from the table and put her on the bed, and the tone of his voice when he was on her.

Pei Yuening's hand trembled, and the egg pancake in the pan flipped over, burning the edges.

"...Painful."

Gao Gao flew down at some point.

She stood at the edge of the sink, wings folded, and said with a forced smile, "Um... Master..."

"Should we deliver food to Duke Luo again today?"

Pei Yuening's spatula stopped in mid-air.

"...I'll deliver it," he said.

"Are you really giving it away?"

"Otherwise what?" Pei Yuening looked down and flipped the egg pancake. "If I suddenly stop delivering it today, wouldn't it make me seem even more guilty?"

"So... have you decided what to give as a gift?"

"As usual," Pei Yuening said. "Don't eat anything too greasy in the morning; a sandwich is fine."

Of course, while Pei Yuening said that, his actions were much slower than usual.

Even as he was packing the food into the food box, he stared at it for a while.

It's so embarrassing.

He really couldn't think about anything related to Luo Ren right now.

He blushed and his heart raced whenever he thought about what happened yesterday, and he wanted to disappear on the spot after thinking about it twice.

He was the one who sat on Luo Ren's lap and acted spoiled; he was the one who wrote a bunch of nonsensical stuff that polluted Luo Ren's eyes; and they even...

Luo Ren knows everything.

Procrastinating on homework, singing off-key, and arguing with Egg.

When he's doing his homework, he's even more outrageous, often saying things like "I want to slide down his abs."

Pei Yuening stood there holding the food box, her ears turning red from the tips to the roots.

"...Maybe we should just call it a day."

Egg jumped down from the stove: "Oh, so you want to wait for Luo Ren to come knocking on your door to demand an explanation, or do you want to sound him out first?"

"I don't want either of them."

"Then you have to choose one," Egg said. "There's no escaping it now. Why don't we let Cake go and hear what he has to say?"

Pei Yuening: "..."

"It's better to see how much he actually knows and what his attitude is than to just guess here."

Pei Yuening remained silent.

Egg's words made sense, but he still didn't want to move.

In the brief moment of his hesitation, Gao Gao suddenly darted over, her tiny golden hands grabbing the handle of the food box: "Then I'll deliver it!"

"Why--!"

"Goodbye, Master! I'll be back as soon as possible!"

A flash of golden light, and Gao Gao was gone.

Pei Yuening's outstretched hand remained suspended in mid-air: "...I haven't finished speaking yet."

Egg: "You said you'd deliver it from the beginning."

"...I was just being stubborn."

"Being stubborn is still being stubborn," Egg said. "Since things have come to this, let's eat first."

Pei Yuening sighed, picked up a sandwich for herself, and sat down to eat.

The steward came in and took away the emperor's and his brother's portions; Pei Yuening simply nodded.

He ate a few bites absentmindedly, and even his favorite food tasted bland.

Egg continued eating its food without a care in the world.

After dinner, Pei Yuening took Xueqiu's baby bottle back to her room.

Snowball jumped up as soon as it saw him, its little white hooves clattering on the bed, before burying its head in his arms.

Pei Yuening sat on the bed with it in her arms, stroked its head, and put the pacifier in its mouth.

The snowball was sucked up with a gurgling sound, and its tail wagged happily.

"Brother... Brother!"

"Hmm?" Pei Yuening lowered his head. "Are you full?"

"Hmm!" Snowball nodded. "You...you, when are you coming back today?"

"..." Pei Yuening thought for a moment: "There is live-fire training this afternoon, so I can be back by noon."

"Howl!" Snowball rubbed against his palm: "The nest... is at home, waiting for you."

Pei Yuening's heart was completely melted by her cuteness.

He hugged the snowball and took two deep breaths, exclaiming, "Oh...good baby, good baby, you're so cute, waaaaah!"

He sucked on the snowball even though it was buried in his stomach, without any complaints.

It blinked and watched as Pei Yuening finished inhaling, then got up with a long face to change into his uniform.

Pei Yuening put Snowball back in the blankets and rubbed its head.

He straightened his collar in front of the mirror, took three deep breaths, and finally opened the door.

Then, a golden light rushed directly onto his face.

"Master, master, master, master—"

Pei Yuening was knocked back two steps and removed the cakes that were stuck to her face.

"...What's wrong?"

Gao Gao flapped her wings: "I...I've finished delivering the food!"

"Then?"

"Duke Luo said—"

Gao Gao took a deep breath.

He said he would pick you up from the college at noon.

Pei Yuening stood there, stunned.

"...What?"

"Duke Luo said he'll pick you up from the academy at noon!" Gao Gao repeated.

Pei Yuening stood at the doorway.

The morning light streamed in through the window and fell on his shoulders, while the wind ruffled the stray hairs on his forehead.

He felt his heartbeat, which had just calmed down, start racing again, pounding against his chest.

"...What's he doing here?"

"I don't know," Gao Gao shook her head, "I just said I had something to tell you!"

"Did he mention... the pen? Or the dream?"

"no."

"Nothing was mentioned?"

"None!"

Pei Yuening stood there for a long time before she came to her senses.

Luo Ren is coming to the academy to pick him up.

I didn't pick up a pen, didn't mention the dream, and didn't mention anything about last night.

But this is even more unsettling than mentioning it directly!!

"...That's exactly what he said?"

"Yes!" Gao Gao nodded, "Not a single word is wrong!"

Pei Yuening's mind began to race.

I have something to say.

What happened? Is it good news or bad news?

Is he about to confront her, or is he angry and taking the quill pen back?

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became, and finally, in a fit of impotent rage, he accepted reality.

"...Okay, I got it. You go back to sleep, I'm going to school."

Gao Gao said with a forced smile, "Hey, hey. Master, are you alright? Your face is so red..."

"I'm fine." Pei Yuening strode out the door. "I'm great, I'm perfectly fine, I'm not worried at all."

Haha ...

He'll just die right in front of you guys!!!