Chapter 269: Young Lovers Are All Like This

Since Mrs. Ai’er had said the two people inside were having a moment to deepen their emotional connection, the pair decided not to go in and be third wheels. Instead, they stood by the door to eavesdrop.

Of course, Mo Chengyu didn’t see herself as a third wheel.

’I should just barge in there right now and tell Mo Si to be a little gentler,’ she thought. ’Qiuqiu just woke up. Why is he being so harsh?!’

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「Inside the room.」

Jiang Qiuqiu was propped up in bed, dazed by the barrage of lecturing.

Their eyes met, and the atmosphere in the room gradually grew still and tense.

Jiang Qiuqiu was at a loss for words, but not because she was angry or offended. She really hadn’t thought things through that much...

She hadn’t thought it was a big deal when she was livestreaming.

Seeing Mo Si as soon as she woke up—’he must have been watching over me for quite a while,’ she thought. Jiang Qiuqiu lifted her gaze to look at him closely, then was quick to admit her mistake. "I was wrong."

"I’ll never do it again."

"I used the Spiritual Repair Helmet that day and felt much better. I thought I was fine, which is why I continued to stream." Jiang Qiuqiu looked a little embarrassed. "When did you get back? I’m sorry to have troubled you so much these past few days."

Her humble apology did much to quell Mo Si’s anger.

He sat back down. "It’s no trouble."

Then, something else occurred to him. "When you’re on your own, don’t try to be so independent from everyone. Don’t be afraid to cause a little trouble."

Mo Si looked at her. "When I asked you why you dropped out of school, you wouldn’t tell me the reason. You were afraid of being a bother then, too."

"No one thinks of you as a bother. If you had spoken up about what happened with Jiang Tianming, you wouldn’t have ended up in such a dangerous predicament."

"Qiuqiu, there’s no shame in borrowing strength from others when yours is weak. What’s more—" Mo Si gazed at Jiang Qiuqiu’s shimmering, red-rimmed eyes, and his voice softened unconsciously. "I’ve been teaching you spiritual power training, which makes me your teacher, in a way."

"You can ask me for help anytime." He looked at Jiang Qiuqiu, his dark eyes filled with earnestness.

It felt like he was making a promise. Jiang Qiuqiu paused for a moment before nodding. "I understand."

"Good." Mo Si patted Jiang Qiuqiu’s hand. "Protecting yourself is what’s most important."

"Mhm!" ’I will!’

She was so easy to talk to—so obedient and cute—that Mo Si’s anger gradually faded.

But after they had been talking for a while, an unwell expression crept over Jiang Qiuqiu’s face.

"What’s wrong?"

"...The smell of the Spirit Nourishing Liquid is getting stronger. I think I’d like a drink of water."

Without another word, Mo Si was already on his feet, pouring her a glass of water.

He mixed six parts hot water with four parts cool, making it the perfect temperature.

Comfortably warm, not scalding hot.

「Outside the door.」

Mo Chengyu: ???

"Was that really Mo Si? What the hell, talk about blatant favoritism!" The last time she was here, she’d had the same spiritual collapse, the exact same thing had happened—

To her, Mo Si had just said, "Do you have any idea how serious this is?"

"If you don’t know and you don’t understand, then just keep it up. Once you’ve turned into an idiot, you’ll start to regret what you did today."

She was indignant all over again.

After her moment of indignation, she went back to pressing her face against the window, staring intently at the scene inside.

Mrs. Ai’er asked her, "A rare sight, isn’t it?"

"...What’s rare?"

"Seeing a different side of Little Mo General."

"It is pretty rare," Mo Chengyu said. "With me, he just lays into me right off the bat, followed by a whole thunderstorm!"

And now, the storm hadn’t even lasted two minutes before clearing up, turning sunny with a spring breeze. Ugh!