Chapter Twenty Morning Rise

  The sky was bright, and Zhang Chengyuan woke up to find that his body felt a bit unusual. Not only were some parts of his clothes soaked with sweat, but there was also a woman's fragrance on him. After taking a sniff, he recognized it as Xiaoli's scent. He thought back to how he had slept next to Xiaoli last night, so it was normal for her scent to be on him. He didn't think much of it. What did surprise him was that he had an extremely vivid erotic dream the previous night. Since he started cultivating, his essence had been locked within, transformed into true energy, and every day he would recite Laozi and Zhuangzi's teachings, with a pure heart and mind. Where would he have gotten such lustful thoughts from? Even after being reborn and neglecting his spiritual cultivation for a bit, he had never had an erotic dream before. He thought about it again and again but couldn't figure out the reason behind it, so he temporarily put the question at the back of his mind.

  Around the same time, Lee Hyori also opened her eyes, just about to get up, and felt that her whole body from head to toe was almost in pain everywhere, especially her headache was much worse than before, far more severe than the hangover symptoms of the past. She couldn't help but sigh and moan for a while, then loudly shouted: "Joo Hyun, Jin Ah, Yoo Ri, are you guys there? Come and save me quickly!" Even her voice was weak and powerless.

  Three women entered the house, Yu Zhuo still holding a bowl of hangover soup in her hand, saying: "Xiaoli sister, drink this bowl of soup and you'll feel better." Li Zhen and Cheng Youli stepped forward to help Lee Hyori up, one on each side, and let her lean against the propped-up pillow. As she drank the hangover soup, Lee Hyori muttered: "Why does it hurt so much this time? Didn't I just get drunk and bump into something, or did you guys secretly beat me up?"

  "What does it have to do with us? It was you last night..."

  Seeing that Yu Zhong was about to reveal the truth, Yu Zhu hurriedly interjected: "It's just that you drank too much last night, five or six more bottles than usual."

  Li Zhen also stared at Cheng Youli with her eyes. Cheng Youli suddenly came to his senses and echoed, "Uh-huh, you drank too much, too much."

  Lee Hyori thought for a moment and doubted: "Really? I only had 7 or 8 bottles..."

  At this time, Zhang Chengyuan walked in from the door and suddenly interrupted the thoughts of the four people. The three women who remembered the events of the early morning felt a little embarrassed, Li Zhen, Cheng Youli either lowered their heads or turned their heads to avoid Zhang Chengyuan's gaze. Especially Li Zhen, as soon as she thought about wiping Zhang Chengyuan's lower body, her face immediately turned red and she felt uncomfortable all over. Only Yu Zhuoxian was stunned for a moment, then asked Zhang Chengyuan warmly and calmly, "Chengyuan, you're up, did you sleep well last night?"

  Lee Hyori also asked: "Seung-yeon, how are you? I remember you drank more than me last night?"

  Zhang Chengyuan: "Nothing's wrong, I'm fine. Just broke a sweat and it smells a bit. But I remember you slept in...". Wait, didn't Mingming Li Xiaoli sleep with me on the same bed last night? How did she end up over here this morning? This left Zhang Chengyuan somewhat perplexed.

  Before he could finish, Yu Zhu suddenly covered her nose and shouted: "So smelly, so smelly, it's really to death! Cheng Yuan, don't say anymore, go take a bath quickly!" While saying this, she pushed Zhang Chengyuan out.

  Zhang Chengyuan didn't dare to resist, and was pushed by Yu Zhuxian all the way to the bathroom. Only then did he remember something and said: "Sister Zhuxian, I didn't bring any spare clothes here, if I take a bath now, I won't have anything clean to wear. I'd better go back and wash again." As he spoke, he tried to walk out of the bathroom.

  Yu Zhu Xuan was worried that he would ask too many questions and accidentally reveal some secret, so he was afraid that even ordinary friends couldn't be made. So he closed the bathroom door with a bang and shouted loudly outside: "You can rest assured to take a bath, I will help you solve the problem of clothes. Also, don't wash too fast, wait for me to call you before coming out." Still not at ease, he simply asked Cheng Youli to bring over the key and lock the door from the inside.

  Then, Ok-jeom let Sung Yu-ri go out to buy new clothes for Jang Seong-won. Sung Yu-ri was a bit unwilling: "How can I go and buy underwear for a boy? If someone sees me, I'll be so embarrassed that I'll die. Let Jin-ah sister go instead."

  Yu Zhuo disagreed: "Sister buying pants for brother, what's the big deal? Besides, I'm afraid you'll talk nonsense and make Hye-ri suspicious. Come on, hurry up and go, the earlier you leave, the earlier you'll be back." As she spoke, she put sunglasses and a hat on Sung Yu-ri, seeing that Sung Yu-ri was still hesitating, she grabbed her shoulder and pushed her to the stairs, handing over the wallet and threatening: "Don't dawdle, or else I'll bully you every day." She also tempted her: "Do this well, and I'll give you that bottle of skincare product you want. Hurry up and come back!" After finishing speaking, she closed the door tightly, not giving Sung Yu-ri a chance to regret it.

  Seung-yu walked down the stairs with a sulky face, but just a few minutes later she was smiling again. She thought to herself: "Joo-hee said it right, buying clothes for my little brother is no big deal. The fact that I can buy him underwear means our sibling relationship is good, and from now on I can bully Sung-won with all my might, let's see if he dares to resist."

  Yu Zhuohui walked into Lee Hyori's room and saw Lee Hyori lying on the bed, directing Lee Jin to give her a massage. She was humming and muttering: "Gently... a little lower... how can you be so clumsy..." As soon as Lee Jin saw Yu Zhuohui enter, she exclaimed with joy: "Zhuohui sister, please come and help! I'm being scolded to death by Hyori sister!"

  Before Yu Jaehwan could even respond, Lee Hyori turned around and shouted loudly: "No way, no way! Jaehwan is so strong, if she's not careful my bones will be crushed to pieces."

  Yu Zhu pinched her shoulder and said, "I'll be gentler, definitely won't make you suffer too much." Immediately afterwards, Li Hyori's continuous screams echoed out, scaring Zhang Chengyuan who was taking a bath in the bathroom so much that he almost slipped.

  About half an hour later, Sung Yu-ri finally completed the task and returned. At this time, Jang Seong-won had already finished his bath and called out to Ok-joo to bring him clean clothes to wear. As soon as Ok-joo saw Sung Yu-ri bringing back the clothes, she opened the bathroom door without saying a word and pushed Sung Yu-ri inside along with the clothes. Only then did she say, "Yu-ri, Seong-won is all yours." She turned around and left.

  Cheng Youli was pushed into the bathroom, and she immediately closed her eyes and let out a loud cry. Suddenly, she heard Zhang Chengyuan say: "Sister Youli, why are you shouting so loudly? You scared me to death." Cheng Youli opened her eyes and saw that Zhang Chengyuan had wrapped his lower body tightly with a towel, without revealing any parts that were not suitable for minors to see. Instead, his sturdy chest muscles and angular abdominal muscles sparkled brightly, making her dizzy and forget what she was doing.

  After being stunned for a while, Cheng Youli finally handed the clothes to Zhang Chengyuan and said: "Here! This is what I bought for you at the risk of ruining my reputation. I almost got taken for a lunatic when buying underwear for you. You'd better repay me well in the future."

  Just now in the mall's men's underwear store, Sung Yu-ri was holding one pair of underwear after another to compare on himself, and carefully felt the texture with his hand. He almost got mistaken for a pervert, and only realized he had subconsciously treated it as a women's underwear store when people started pointing at him. His face turned red as he hastily picked out a suitable-looking underwear and ran away.

  Zhang Chengyuan didn't know if such a thing had happened before, but it didn't affect his gratitude towards Sung Yu-ri. He naturally went forward and gave her a warm hug, saying with some playfulness: "Yu-ri sister, I'm so familiar with you now, no need to say polite words anymore. If you must have me repay you, then take me out and sell me off."

  Cheng Youli patted Zhang Chengyuan's chest and said, "I didn't expect you to be so capable. You're looking more and more like a man. I hope you can keep this good figure in the future! Hmm, the more I look at you, the more I like it." The tone of her words was as if she were treating Zhang Chengyuan as a handsome plaything, leaving him somewhat crying with laughter.