The System Wants Me To Save A Lucky Tycoon [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 19

At night, Lin Junqing looked at the single bamboo bed in the room and felt a slight sense of complication. He looked at Chu Yu and asked, “Brother Lin, are we sleeping in the same bed tonight?” Was this too intimate, or did Chu Yu have some other scheme in mind?

The System assumed Lin Junqing was worried about talking in his sleep and reassured him, “Host, please rest assured. According to my understanding of you, you generally do not talk in your sleep.”

Lin Junqing felt heavyhearted. “Even if I do not talk in my sleep, I cannot sleep with Chu Yu. We are both men.”

The System replied, “Yes, you are both men, so what is wrong with sleeping together? This is ancient times. In this era, when two men eat and sleep together, it signifies a strong bond of brotherhood. Emperors often slept alongside their ministers to show closeness and win their loyalty.”

Chu Yu had deliberately washed and dried one of the quilts in the bamboo hut so that he and Lin Junqing could share it. While spreading out the bedding, he asked, “Does Qingyue not want to sleep with me?” He then continued in a joking tone, “Are you afraid that I will snore or talk in my sleep?”

Chu Yu did not know if he snored, as no one had ever seen him asleep. Having already experienced the bliss of sleep, he could no longer endure the agony of insomnia. He had tried, and he knew that only by Lin Junqing’s side could he fall asleep successfully. Since the bamboo hut only had one bed and one quilt, Lin Junqing had no choice but to share them.

Lin Junqing persisted, “I have never slept with anyone else before. I am afraid I might hog the quilt and affect your rest.” With Chu Yu’s level of corruption, what if he suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and lashed out in a fit of madness?

Chu Yu looked at Lin Junqing with a smile and laughed. “My internal energy is quite profound. Even if you hog the entire quilt, I will not catch a cold. I dried this quilt in the sun today. It is late, so come over and lie down.”

Seeing Chu Yu’s persistence, Lin Junqing had no choice but to walk to the bamboo bed and sit down. Ancient people were very slow when it came to romantic matters; Chu Yu probably did not know that two men could be together in that way. Lin Junqing instructed the System to remain vigilant, warning it to wake him immediately if Chu Yu tried to question him in his sleep. As for staying awake all night, Lin Junqing could not guarantee he would manage it. Furthermore, if he stayed awake the whole night, it would be a clear signal to Chu Yu that he was on guard.

Chu Yu even went to fetch foot-washing water for Lin Junqing, an action that left Lin Junqing feeling stifled. For a dignified Demon Sect Leader to fetch foot-washing water for him, the lengths Chu Yu was going to for the secret of the antidote pills were truly excessive. Before going to bed, Lin Junqing deliberately took out the antidote pills, placed them on the table, and told the System to keep a close watch on Chu Yu. “Chu Yu will definitely get up at night to check these pills. Watch his expression closely. He should stop acting once I am asleep.”

The System was grave. “Host, rest assured. I am a system and do not need to sleep. I will keep a close eye on Chu Yu and record his expressions to show you tomorrow.”

Lin Junqing noticed that when he placed the pills on the table, Chu Yu’s gaze never once fell upon them. It was as if his entire attention was focused solely on the bamboo bed. What was so interesting about a five-foot bamboo bed covered with a new dark blue quilt? Chu Yu stood six feet three inches, and Lin Junqing stood six feet. Two grown men lying on a five-foot bed left virtually no space between them. Chu Yu lay down beside Lin Junqing with great care. Upon catching the faint, clean scent of Lin Junqing, his eyelids grew heavy.

Lin Junqing lay close to Chu Yu and heard his soft, rhythmic breathing. He remarked to the System in surprise, “Chu Yu fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow. Is it reasonable for the Demon Sect Leader to have absolutely no defenses?”

The System shook its head. “It is unreasonable. I suspected he was faking sleep, but I have scanned him multiple times. Whether it is his heartbeat, his breathing rhythm, or even the speed of his blood flow, everything indicates that Chu Yu is truly asleep.” Even a martial arts expert could control their heartbeat and breathing, but they could not control the speed of their blood flow. Despite his reluctance, Lin Junqing had to admit that Chu Yu was genuinely asleep.

Lin Junqing surmised that Chu Yu might wait for him to fall asleep before getting up to check the pills. Those were pills that could cure rare poisons, so he did not believe Chu Yu would be uninterested. To lower Chu Yu’s guard as quickly as possible, Lin Junqing tried to empty his mind, hoping to fall asleep quickly. He had expected to feel uneasy and restless lying beside Chu Yu, leading to insomnia, yet he fell asleep within five minutes. In his hazy state, Lin Junqing found the feeling strangely familiar. Where had he smelled Chu Yu’s scent before?

After Lin Junqing fell asleep, Chu Yu instinctively hugged him, resting his head gently on Lin Junqing’s shoulder. He did this without conscious thought, as if it were a natural bodily instinct. The System focused its attention, waiting for Chu Yu to wake up and check the pills, but from nightfall until dawn, Chu Yu never opened his eyes.

At daybreak, Chu Yu woke before Lin Junqing. Upon seeing Lin Junqing lying in his arms, his breathing grew rapid, and his heartbeat became erratic. Chu Yu reluctantly loosened his grip on Lin Junqing, only to follow his heart and pull him back in. He braced himself gently and traced the lines of Lin Junqing’s face with his eyes. He could not help but touch Lin Junqing’s eyelashes with his fingertip, pulling back instantly as soon as he made contact.

Chu Yu stared at Lin Junqing, becoming increasingly absorbed. He was filled with joy, yet deeply confused. How was Lin Junqing’s face shaped, and why did he like every single feature of it so much? He had become captivated by a man; could there be something wrong with his body? Chu Yu leaned in closer until his lips lightly brushed Lin Junqing’s hair. In that moment, it felt as though a mysterious door in his heart had been pushed open, and he gazed at Lin Junqing with a burning intensity.

Chu Yu buried his face in Lin Junqing’s hair with obvious pleasure. The System could no longer contain its panic and let out a frantic scream. “Host, wake up! This Chu Yu has ulterior motives toward you. Wake up quickly, or you are going to be bullied!”

To the System, Chu Yu felt far too much like Xie Lin from the previous world, though it would bet its existence as a support system that Chu Yu was definitely not Xie Lin.

When Lin Junqing woke up, Chu Yu instantly retracted his burning gaze and subtly loosened his grip on Lin Junqing’s waist. His voice was slightly hoarse. “Morning. I did not snore last night, did I?” He certainly had not snored. Lin Junqing had slept so soundly that he must not have been disturbed.

Lin Junqing felt a moment of delirium upon waking. It felt as if he were back in the previous world, because whenever Xie Lin slept, he loved to squeeze him like this, even on a six-foot-wide bed. Looking at Chu Yu, Lin Junqing hallucinated that Chu Yu’s face had become Xie Lin’s. A jolt of shock woke him fully, his eyes clearing in an instant. “Morning. I am a light sleeper, and I slept all the way until dawn, so you must have been very quiet.”

He had reminded himself repeatedly to stay vigilant before bed. Although the System was keeping watch, what if Chu Yu went crazy and the System could not warn him in time? He had subconsciously told himself not to sleep soundly, so why had he slept until dawn?

Lin Junqing and Chu Yu lay still, not moving. There was always a bit of awkwardness in the morning that required time to subside.

“System, you woke me up in a rush; what did you say just now?” Lin Junqing asked. Because he had mistaken Chu Yu for Xie Lin upon waking, he had not paid attention to what the System was saying.

The System fell silent for a second, then spoke in a helpless tone. “Host, I recorded the scene just now. I will play it for you, but you need to prepare yourself mentally.” Lin Junqing had a bad feeling. Was Chu Yu so sinister last night that he had frightened the System?

The System played the video of Chu Yu secretly sniffing Lin Junqing’s hair after waking up, capturing the essence of Chu Yu’s possessiveness and affection. Lin Junqing remained silent after watching, feeling deeply uneasy. “Why was Chu Yu looking at me with that expression? What is actually going on?”

The System’s tone was grave. “Host, I have some bad news. It seems you are particularly attractive to men. It was like this with Xie Lin in the last world, and it is the same with Chu Yu in this one.” If the Host were willing to accept men, it wouldn’t be this worried. It might even have advised Lin Junqing to use the Child of Destiny’s affection to complete the mission. However, it knew Lin Junqing had his own principles and would never use emotions to complete a task; that was precisely the problem. The Host was too principled—it might not be a good thing!

If Chu Yu had not been lying beside him, Lin Junqing would have screamed. What did it mean that he was particularly attractive to men? Where was the attraction? He was six feet tall, had sun-kissed features, and looked like a radiant youth—how was he attractive to men?

After his anger subsided, Lin Junqing calmed down. He firmly believed the problem was not him, but Xie Lin and Chu Yu. He wanted to prove that Chu Yu did not like him, that he was merely trying to uncover his secrets. However, he could not ignore the look in Chu Yu’s eyes; it was too familiar, the exact same gaze Xie Lin had used in the previous world.

Unable to bear it, Lin Junqing turned his back to Chu Yu and pulled the quilt over his face, fearing that if he lost control of his emotions, his expression would turn hideous. Chu Yu, seeing that Lin Junqing had woken up yet was hiding under the quilt, smiled to himself. “Still acting like a child in bed, how cute.”

Chu Yu got out of bed softly. Not wanting to wake Lin Junqing, he dressed and headed to the kitchen. He had learned how to cook yesterday and found it quite simple. After Chu Yu left the room, Lin Junqing asked the System, “When Chu Yu got up to check the antidote pills last night, what was his expression?”

The System was silent for a second. “Chu Yu never got up last night. After you fell asleep, he just leaned against you, hugged you, and slept until dawn. I bet my integrity as a system that neither last night nor just now did Chu Yu spare a single glance for the antidote pills.”

“Host, I have the results of my analysis. I must tell you the bad news: Chu Yu’s affection for you may have already surpassed his interest in the secrets of the antidote pills.”

Lin Junqing sucked in a cold breath, trying to calm himself. He couldn’t handle one Xie Lin; why was there a second Chu Yu? Could it be, as the System suggested, that something was wrong with him? Was it his thin physique or his gentle speaking style that made him seem weak? If he trained until he had a powerful, muscular build and shed this delicate air, would Chu Yu no longer be attracted to him?

Lin Junqing made a decision: he would practice body-strengthening martial arts. Once he had a muscular frame, he refused to believe Chu Yu would still harbor those kinds of feelings.