You're already divorced, why are you so anxious about him becoming a succubus?

For the past four years, he has always treated Shen Nian as a pitiful younger sister and never thought about romantic feelings between them.

It wasn't until this morning when the system released that outrageous task that he began to examine her from a woman's perspective for the first time.

But to his utter surprise, before he could even worry about how to complete the system's task of "getting her to confess her true feelings," his sister-in-law actually took the initiative and, fueled by alcohol, broke the ice herself!

At this moment, Shen Nian's mind was completely tangled up by the alcohol.

As she looked at Lu Ci's face, the scene she had witnessed in the guest room that morning kept replaying in her mind.

An extremely crazy idea began to grow wildly in her mind.

Did your sister keep him in the room that way?

If... if I used the same method, would I be able to completely bind him?

Does that mean he won't leave me anymore?

"No... I'm your sister-in-law... How could I do such a thing..."

A faint sliver of reason struggled within Shen Nian's heart.

However, the thought that this man would move out of the rented apartment, marry someone else and have children, and completely disappear from her world instantly extinguished her pitiful rationality.

"Brother Lu..."

Shen Nian murmured a name.

Under Lu Ci's gaze, she suddenly stood up halfway up the carpet.

Because she was drunk, she swayed as she stood up, and her loose T-shirt slipped down to her upper arm, revealing a large expanse of her fair and dazzling skin.

Her face was flushed, and her eyes were so dreamy they seemed to stretch out of their sockets. She disregarded the obstacle of the coffee table and squeezed herself into the seat next to Lu Ci.

Lu Ci immediately sensed that something was wrong.

The warm scent, a mixture of alcohol and the delicate fragrance of a young girl, wafted over him, and her body almost pressed against his.

At eighteen, the body's vigorous functions at that young age instantly sounded an alarm.

"Niannian, you're drunk, stop fooling around..."

Lu Ci was about to reach out and press her shoulder to stop her dangerous move, but before his hand could touch her, Shen Nian had already acted first.

She stretched out her two hot little hands and cupped Lu Ci's cheeks in her hands.

"This way...this way I can keep you here..."

The girl let out a very faint but firm murmur.

The next second, she closed her eyes, reeking of alcohol and with unwavering resolve, and pressed her soft, hot red lips heavily onto Lu Ci's lips.

"boom!"

Lu Ci's mind went completely blank for a moment, and he was as if he had been struck by lightning, his movements completely frozen.

He stared wide-eyed at the delicate face so close to his, streaked with tears yet strikingly red.

...unskilled...clumsy

She even trembled slightly from nervousness.

At eighteen, the terrifying hormones surging through his body were like a powder keg that had been ignited, and Lu Ci's breathing instantly became heavy.

He initially wanted to push her hand away, but for a moment he froze and lost his way, stopping in mid-air.

However, Shen Nian's intense and clumsy movements suddenly slowed down.

Immediately afterwards, the hands that had been holding his cheeks slipped limply to the ground, and the girl's head slammed directly onto his shoulder, whereupon she fell completely still.

Lu Ci's whole body tensed up, and he stood frozen in place like a wooden man for a full half minute.

He only came to his senses when he heard Shen Nian's extremely calm and long breathing.

Sleeping...asleep?

Lu Ci was a little confused, and smacked his lips...

"...It's a little sweet."

Then he let out a long breath.

He secretly rejoiced, thankfully the girl had fallen asleep.

If this continued for another half minute, he knew he wouldn't be able to remain unmoved...

He carefully lifted the sleeping Shen Nian from the carpet and carried her in his arms.

The girl in his arms was surprisingly light, but the amazing softness made Lu Ci quicken his pace.

He took Shen Nian back to her bedroom, carefully placed her on the bed, covered her with a light blanket, gave her one last deep look, and left the room.

Back in the living room, Lu Ci reluctantly took on the role of cleaner, tidying up the mess on the coffee table.

Then, he rushed into the bathroom and took a thorough cold shower, which finally suppressed the raging fire within him.

It was late at night, and Lu Ci lay on the bed in the second bedroom, his mind a jumble of thoughts. He didn't know how long it had been before he finally drifted off to sleep.

……

midnight.

In the complete silence, the doorknob of the second bedroom suddenly made a very faint sound.

The door was pushed open.

A petite figure staggered in. She seemed to still be asleep, relying entirely on some strong obsession and instinct to find her way to the bedside with perfect accuracy.

Immediately afterwards, the mattress sank slightly.

Lu Ci, who was in a half-dreaming, half-awake state, suddenly felt a soft, delicate body exuding fragrance and a faint smell of alcohol lift the corner of his blanket and lie down next to him. Then, like a kitten seeking security, it naturally rolled into his arms and clung tightly to him.

Lu Ci instantly perked up, his eyes snapped open, and even the hairs on his back stood on end.

By the faint moonlight filtering in through the window, he could see the sleeping face in his arms.

Shen Nian?!

This girl sleepwalked in the middle of the night and ended up in my bed?!

Lu Ci gasped; this was practically testing the composure of an old cadre!

He braced himself on the bed, intending to carefully get up and carry this "dangerous item" back to her room, or simply go sleep on the sofa in the living room himself.

Just then, the girl in his arms seemed to realize that he was about to leave.

Her snow-white arms suddenly stretched out and grabbed Lu Ci's nightgown collar tightly.

She buried her face deep in his chest, her brows furrowed, and let out a soft, tearful murmur in her sleep:

"Don't leave me...anything is fine...Brother Lu, please, don't abandon me..."

Hearing this murmur, Lu Ci froze completely as he was about to get up.

……

The morning sunlight streamed into the master bedroom through the large floor-to-ceiling windows.

Shen Man woke up in the large double bed and subconsciously reached out to touch the spot next to her, only to find a cool, flat sheet.

She rubbed her throbbing temples and slowly sat up.

The huge room was eerily quiet.

Gone are the soft clattering of pots and pans in the kitchen, gone is the gentle hum of the range hood, and gone is that warm voice that rings out outside the door every morning.

An extremely unsettling sense of loss welled up inside me.

She leaned against the headboard, and the familiar figure she had seen through the glass on the second floor of the Western restaurant the night before involuntarily came to mind.

"Is it really him?" Shen Man frowned slightly.

Having shared a bed for four years, she was so familiar with Lu Ci's figure that she could never mistake him for someone else, even if it was just a fleeting glimpse of his back.

However, that place is in the business district near Jiangda University, and the surrounding housing prices and commodity prices are considered extremely high in Jiangcheng.

How did he end up there? And judging from the way he walks so leisurely, could it be that he's been living near Jiangda University recently?

"He must have secretly saved a lot of money over the past four years." Shen Man pouted arrogantly and snorted inwardly.

Otherwise, with the few coins in his pocket, how could he have persisted outside for so long without coming back to beg for mercy?

However, following this line of thought, Shen Man suddenly remembered the expression on Lu Ci's face when he was dressed neatly and told her "I'm going to an interview" at the door of the guest room the day before yesterday morning.

Could he have actually found a job and started working?

Shen Man's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Lu Ci married her immediately after graduating from university and was a full-time husband for four years; his resume was as clean as a blank sheet of paper. What could he possibly do? Wait for a table? Deliver food?

If one had to pinpoint his current advantages, it would be his strikingly handsome appearance, and...

Thinking of this, Shen Man's mind instantly flashed back to the crazy, stormy scene from the night before last, like a movie playing in her head.

Those incredibly powerful eight-pack abs, that terrifying stamina and endurance that's impossible to resist, and those eyes that look at dogs with such deep affection...

Shen Man froze abruptly, as if she had been electrocuted, and sat bolt upright on the bed, her beautiful eyes widening instantly.

Handsome! Superb physique! Incredibly fit! And desperately short of money!

These elements, pieced together perfectly, created something utterly terrifying. An extremely absurd conjecture exploded in Shen Man's mind like a nuclear bomb.

Could he... he's not working as a gigolo at a nightclub?!

The sky is falling!