Luǎn Xī helplessly smiled and felt that he had been overthinking. He entered the room without turning on the light and, following his memory, took off his coat and threw it onto the chair in front of the computer desk. While unbuttoning his shirt, he walked towards the bathroom.

Today was really exhausting. I had something on my mind and also spent the whole night goofing around with Yizi Xin and the rest. Not just physically, but even my spirit felt weary. It got to the point where my alertness in my own room reached its lowest.

After taking a shower, Luan Xi came out with only a towel wrapped around his waist. The water on his body was not yet dried, and droplets of water faintly fell into the depths of the towel, following the contours of his abdominal muscles. Luan Xi used a towel to dry his hair, casually turning on the small lamp on the bedside table. The dim light instantly illuminated a corner of the room.

The bedside was illuminated, and at this moment, Luan Xi finally noticed that Shen Li was sleeping on his bed. The child, who was originally obedient and endearing, now appeared even more well-behaved in his sleep. Luan Xi stood frozen in place, his face devoid of emotion, but suddenly feeling a palpitation in his heart.

There was no scent of Shen Li's pheromones in the room, yet Luǎn Xī unexplainably felt like she could smell it.

In the moment that Luan Xi was lost in thought, the child on the bed seemed to sense something and moved slightly. Fluttering his eyelashes, he appeared to be waking up. Seeing this, Luan Xi hurriedly rushed forward and turned off the light.

"You're back."

At that moment when the room fell into darkness, Shen Li struggled to open his eyes, fighting off drowsiness. He made an effort to sit up from the bed, his voice sounding slurred.

Luan Xien uttered a sound of acknowledgement, retracting her thoughts. Relying on her excellent night vision, she prevented the child from getting up and did not inquire why he was sleeping in her room again. Firmly tucking Shen Li back into the sheets, she said, "Don't get up, you still have to go to school tomorrow, so go to sleep quickly."

After the disturbance caused by Shen Li, he completely lost his sleep. He grumbled and expressed his discontent, but obediently followed Lu Han's actions and returned to the covers, pulling Lu Han's wrist as he retracted his hand. He anxiously and somewhat sadly asked, "Lu... Lu Han, can we reconcile?"

Although the aura was weak, it still exuded a strong intention of not letting go before Lan Xi's response.

Luan Xi chuckled and pinched the back of the child's hand, indicating, "When have we ever had a fight that requires making up?"

It was clearly a prolonged cold war initiated by the child alone.

Shen Li felt happy when he heard him say this, so he immediately set aside the jumbled notes he had prepared earlier and let go of Luan Xi's wrist, bidding him goodnight.

When Luǎn Xī changed her clothes and returned to the bed, Shěn Lí had already fallen asleep. It hadn't even been ten minutes since she left, and he had left her half of the space on the bed, not sleeping in the center like before. Luǎn Xī sighed and let it go. This is fine. Let's just let everything else go according to Yì Zǐxīn's words and go with the flow.

However, despite saying to let things take their course, Luǎn Xī didn't take long to decide to move to Yì Zǐ Xīn's side.

Luan Xi discussed the matter of moving out with her parents in advance. Luan Yunshen had no objections, after all, Luan Xi still had a few more years of graduate school to complete. It would be convenient for her to live there when she had classes in the morning. Besides, Luan Xi, as an Alpha, was not young anymore. After graduation, he would have his own home and it wouldn't be a bad thing for him to start living on his own earlier. Yan Jiexu understood it after listening and regarded it as the other person's reason for separating from Shen Li in advance, so he didn't ask further.

It seemed that she was reminded of the way Shen Li looked when Lu Xi first left home for college. She asked Lu Xi, "Aren't you afraid that Shen Li will cry again when you leave?"

After a moment of silence, Luan Xi helplessly said, "Didn't you ask him to become independent earlier?"

Yan Jiexu remained silent after seeing his response.

Shen Li was the last one in the family to know about Luan Xi's decision to move out. When the child, with red eyes, questioned Luan Xi if it was because of their relationship that this decision was made, Luan Xi immediately denied it. Seeing Shen Li's pitiful appearance, Luan Xi softened, and even had a momentary impulse of regret.

"Shen Li, it's important for you to listen and focus on your postgraduate courses," Lu Anxi couldn't bear to deceive Shen Li, so she tried to console him kindly, "Do you remember Yi Zixin? My college roommate who had poor grades? The entrance exams for postgraduate studies are not as easy as before, so I have to go and help him." After pausing for a moment, she looked into Shen Li's eyes and asked, "Do you understand?"

Shen Li sniffed and nodded.

That little appearance made Luan Xi quickly surrender. The words spoken were also given without much thought, "Do you want to go over there with me this weekend and take a look? I'll introduce you to Yi Zixin."