A Painful Revelation and a Disturbing Dream

“Hiss… Ha…”

Mu Shengling, beaded with cold sweat, clutched her chest and took deep, shuddering breaths, trying to soothe the relentless throbbing pain radiating through her nerves.

The treasure she had always meticulously cared for, coupled with the unrestrained force of Li Chunsheng, that boorish man, had inflicted a pain unlike any she had ever experienced in her life.

She feared that if she were to look, it would already be a mass of purplish-blue bruises.

Just then, a pair of pale hands steadied Mu Shengling, and a frantic voice echoed beside her ear.

“Miss! Miss, how are you? This old one is to blame; I failed to protect you!”

As she spoke, the voice suddenly hardened with fierce resolve.

“This old one will summon that scoundrel now, break his arms and legs, and let you personally mete out his punishment!”

The shadowy figure flickered, ready to depart, but Mu Shengling reached out and held her back.

“Hiss… No, there’s no need to chase him!”

Mu Shengling, enduring the pain, hastily grabbed the Nanny.

Although Li Chunsheng had treated her in such a way, for the sake of her future advancement, Mu Shengling could temporarily tolerate his disrespect—but those by her side might not.

“Miss! That wretched man has insulted you so!”

Nanny pleaded, heartbroken.

She was filled with regret, profound regret.

Nanny had cared for Mu Shengling since childhood, always regarding her as her own daughter, and now, seeing her Miss so injured after having been away for only a short while, she felt a murderous urge.

“Don’t rush… It’s… just… a little pain… that’s all…”

Mu Shengling gritted her teeth; once her mental state had somewhat stabilized, she activated her healing ability.

As a flash of pink light swiftly passed, the pain in Mu Shengling’s chest rapidly vanished, allowing the young woman to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Mu Shengling climbed up from the desk, adjusted her collar, and then suddenly let out a soft sound of surprise.

The next moment, the young woman ungracefully cupped her hands over her chest, a look of pleasant surprise dawning on her face.

“This is…!”

Mu Shengling exclaimed aloud.

“Miss…?”

Nanny asked, her voice laced with confusion.

“…It’s bigger… It actually grew a little bigger…!”

Mu Shengling was both startled and delighted.

“Oh, my…!”

Nanny, upon hearing this, was also utterly astonished.

Could that man truly have a way to elevate her Miss’s blessing level?

For women in this world, one’s blessing level was directly linked to one’s beauty; an increase in blessing level often led to an enhancement in one’s attractiveness.

And one’s figure, naturally, was also a part of beauty.

While different women possessed varying talents, and the focus of their beauty enhancement after advancement also differed, a sudden improvement in one particular aspect often signified a corresponding rise in their blessing level.

“Just a little… although it’s only a little…”

Tears of excitement welled in the corners of Mu Shengling’s eyes.

It had been so long; her blessing level had been stuck at this bottleneck for ages.

Approaching Li Chunsheng had initially been a mere casual move, yet she never expected it to actually manage to shake that bottleneck!

‘But what power does he truly possess?’

Mu Shengling couldn’t fathom an answer, but her resolve to uncover the secrets within Li Chunsheng grew even more resolute, so much so that for a moment, she completely forgot about Liu Xia.

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Meanwhile, Liuxia lay on Li Chunsheng’s bed, enveloped by his presence, sleeping soundly.

Gradually, the young woman drifted into a dream…

Perhaps it was the intensely rich scent of Li Chunsheng surrounding her, but Liuxia dreamt of him.

…………

In her dream, Liuxia once again entered Li Chunsheng’s room to clean.

As is often said, what one thinks about by day, one dreams about by night, and the time in her dream was still morning.

Li Chunsheng lay in bed, sleeping soundly, and Liuxia, just as before, quietly began cleaning.

However, Liuxia’s gaze would occasionally dart towards Li Chunsheng and the bedroom floor.

‘Today… there are no paper wads…’

Liuxia thought, feeling a slight sense of relief in her heart.

It seemed Li Chunsheng had indeed taken her words seriously and was no longer scattering his precious treasures everywhere.

Yet, a faint sense of disappointment subtly crept into the young woman’s heart—why had he actually listened to her?

‘Pah, pah, pah… What are you feeling disappointed about? Do you actually want to eat that stuff?’

Liuxia suddenly realized, horrified by her own feelings.

After merely a moment’s thought, that uncontrollable craving resurfaced.

Saliva uncontrollably pooled in her mouth, Liuxia’s throat audibly swallowed, and her eyes became increasingly fixated on Li Chunsheng, who lay on the bed.

‘Just… a peek?’

The young woman stealthily crept closer to Li Chunsheng…

“So fragrant… Chunsheng smells so good…”

Liuxia swallowed.

Li Chunsheng’s face was less than a centimeter from the young woman’s; she had seen her junior’s face countless times before and was intimately familiar with it.

However, at this moment, in Liuxia’s eyes, it held a different, more alluring scent.

‘Just a little taste… should be fine, right? As long as I don’t bite…’

Leaning towards Li Chunsheng’s head, she quietly licked him.

A soft, wet sound escaped as her lips met his skin.

The taste… similar yet distinct from when the young woman licked the fresh blood from her junior’s finger; it was a delicious, savory taste…

Liuxia’s actions grew increasingly unrestrained, seemingly oblivious to Li Chunsheng’s imminent awakening.

But eventually, Li Chunsheng suddenly opened his eyes, and the two of them stared at each other.

“What are you doing?!”

His shocked, horrified gaze pierced Liuxia.

“No, no… I didn’t… do anything?…”

The young woman stammered, wanting to explain, but found herself unable to account for her actions.

Just then, Mu Shengling illogically appeared beside them.

“Chunsheng… Look at this Liuxia; she really is a monster…”

The young lady looked at Liuxia with disdain, reaching out and taking Li Chunsheng’s arm.

“Don’t bother with this person anymore. If you ask me, Shengling was right to break up with him… Such a person only brings trouble to those around them.”

“Chunsheng, come with me; I still prefer you over this person…”

“No, no… that’s not it!”

Liuxia, clutching her head, frantically shook it in denial, yet still found herself unable to explain her behavior.

Thus, she looked hopefully at Li Chunsheng, only to find an expression of cold disgust on his face.

“You… you wanted to eat me just now, didn’t you?”

Liuxia was speechless for a moment; seeing her reaction, Li Chunsheng became even more certain, letting out a cold laugh before flinging out the word “monster” and pulling Mu Shengling away.

“No… don’t go!!”

Liuxia, tears streaming down her face, wanted to chase after them, but found their figures growing increasingly distant; no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t catch up.

‘Could it be that my only refuge is also about to be lost?’

‘It’s all my fault for being useless, for not being able to produce gold coins, and for not being able to control myself…’

Liuxia curled up in a heap in a pile of garbage, and at that moment, the sky opened up with heavy rain, gradually drenching the young woman’s face.

…………

“No!!”

Liuxia bolted upright from Li Chunsheng’s bed.

Only then did the young woman realize with a start that she had slept until afternoon.

“Ah… was it a dream?”

Liuxia breathed rapidly, calming the frantic thumping of her heart from the nightmare.

‘Heh… Had I relaxed my self-control even in a dream?’

Thinking about what she had done in the dream, Liuxia couldn’t help but blame herself.

‘I actually did such a thing to my junior in a dream…’

‘My willpower is not as firm as I thought.’

Just then, Liuxia suddenly discovered that the real-life counterpart of the heavy rain in her dream was actually the saliva she had left on her junior’s pillow.

‘…I can’t let my junior see such… disrespectful things…’

Liuxia’s face grim, she proactively removed Li Chunsheng’s pillowcase, and in the process, the young woman found that she had also left traces of saliva in other places on Li Chunsheng’s bed.

“Ahhh… What exactly have I done…”

Liuxia clutched her head, letting out a whimper.

Ultimately, the young woman decided to go all out and prepare to wash the entire set of bedding for her junior.

“The duvet cover needs to come off too… and the sheets have it… Sigh…”

“Eh…?”

Suddenly, a glittering object beneath the bedding caught Liuxia’s attention.

It was a silver, pagoda-shaped pendant, with a blood-red gem embedded in its center.

The moment she saw this object, Liuxia’s body stiffened.

“This is… Shengling’s pendant?… Chunsheng… why?”

The feeling from the nightmare returned.

‘Was she still dreaming?’