Li Ying gave Wang Ye a thumbs-up before promptly passing out on the bed.

Upon seeing Li Ying suddenly faint, Wang Ye became instantly concerned. He took her small hand and gently checked her pulse.

After the examination, Wang Ye let out a sigh of relief.

It's nothing.

It was because over the past few days, Li Ying had been constantly evading the pursuit of assassins, her spirit in an extremely heightened state every moment.

She hadn't rested well.

Now, with Wang Ye by her side and knowing that Wang Ye had advanced to the realm of a Third Grade Martial Warrior, Li Ying realized there was no more danger ahead, and her tension was suddenly released, resulting in her falling straight into sleep.

Wang Ye stayed by Li Ying's side, sent out messages of apology to the bosses of the small groups he was supposed to meet the next day, and informed Fang Feifei and Su Wanqing about it, asking Fang Feifei to take Su Wanqing with her the next day to negotiate with the bosses of these small groups.

Wang Ye believed that it was still necessary to train Su Wanqing.

In the beginning, he had Fang Feifei accompany Su Wanqing in handling some matters. After Su Wanqing had observed for a while, she would be left to deal with these issues on her own.

In doing so, Su Wanqing would be able to grow faster.

Looking at the sleeping Li Ying, the usually lively and quirky Li Ying, Wang Ye could only sense her exhaustion from her face at this moment.

Thinking about the recent close call and what Li Ying could have faced had he not arrived in time, he felt a surge of anger in his heart.

He decided that once Li Ying woke up, he would ask her in detail what had happened.

Then, he would help her resolve these issues.

...

The next day.

Li Ying slept straight through until five o'clock in the afternoon.

And in those more than ten hours, Wang Ye had been by her side, keeping watch over Li Ying, without leaving her for a moment.

During those more than ten hours of sleep, the number of times a smile appeared on Li Ying's lips was fifteen.

The number of times her brows were furrowed was twenty-one.

The number of times a look of despair flashed across her face was ten!

All of these were data that Wang Ye observed from Li Ying's facial expressions during those hours.

It's boring.

Yes.

Others would surely think that Wang Ye, during this time, was bored to be staring at Li Ying the whole time, noting the expressions that flitted across her face.

But Wang Ye knew it wasn't boredom.

It was a kind of worry for Li Ying.

Wang Ye wanted to deduce from the changes in Li Ying's expressions what she might have gone through and what her state of mind was at the moment.

The number of despairing expressions, ten times!

Just thinking about it made Wang Ye's fists clench involuntarily.

Although ten times might seem few compared to the other expressions, it was despair!

Who among ordinary people would show expressions of despair on their faces, to have them appear so many times in their sleep?

None!

Even without any pressure, the number of times this kind of despair would appear in someone's sleep could be zero over the span of a year or two.

Yet, in just these short hours, Li Ying had experienced it over ten times!

Just based on this, one could roughly infer what Li Ying must have encountered before, what could have caused such utter despair in her heart!

The aura of death radiated from Wang Ye, engulfing the entire room.

If anyone else had stepped in at that moment, the sheer menace permeating the room would have instilled a deep-rooted fear in the intruder!

Yet, the malevolent aura exuding from Wang Ye, no matter how pervasive, did not spread in the direction of Li Ying.

Around Li Ying, there seemed to be nothing but a sense of safety; aside from feeling secure, there was no other sensation.

And this sense of safety outside seemed to subtly influence the dreaming Li Ying, making her expressions much more peaceful.

It was ten o'clock at night.

Li Ying finally woke up.

The moment she did, her beautiful eyes didn't reveal confusion or any other emotion but worry and fear.

Her gaze quickly swept around the room, and only after confirming there was no danger inside did she heave a sigh of relief and turned her attention to Wang Ye.

When Li Ying's eyes landed on Wang Ye, she didn't greet him but pondered, questioned, and recalled.

She was not doubting Wang Ye.

What she questioned was whether the scene before her was still within a dream?

If it were not a dream, her memory held that Wang Ye had suddenly broken through to become a Third Grade Martial Warrior, resolving all their foes and arriving by her side just in time.

Was it a dream?

Or was it reality?

Li Ying's recent days had been fraught with danger, so much so that upon finally finding safety and opening her eyes, her instinct was not to relax but to question.

She felt as if she might have just experienced a dream.

All that beauty didn't seem real and merely a figment of her imagination.

Real life... wasn't that wonderful!

While Li Ying exhibited these responses, Wang Ye quietly observed her.

From the expressions on Li Ying's face, Wang Ye could roughly guess what she was thinking.

For a moment, he felt a tender stir in his heart, looking at his Fourth Sister with a gentle gaze, he playfully said to Li Ying, "Stop doubting, this isn't a dream; it's all real!"

Wang Ye's words finally freed Li Ying from the state she was in just moments before.

Yet, the expression on Li Ying's face still displayed thoughtfulness and a touch of melancholy.

Soon after.

Her expression returned to normal.

Li Ying smiled at Wang Ye, her face taking on a mischievously spirited look, and she murmured teasingly to Wang Ye, "Little junior brother, your sister here, is hungry."

"I want to eat something."

"What do you think, should you feed me?"

As Li Ying spoke these words to Wang Ye, there was a coquettish tone in her voice, but Wang Ye knew that most of Li Ying's act was a pretense.

She did it so as not to worry him.

Therefore, she put on such a façade.

Realizing this, Wang Ye couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, and he flicked Li Ying's forehead with his finger.

"Ow, that hurts!"

Li Ying yelped after being flicked on the forehead by Wang Ye, looking somewhat aggrieved at her little junior brother, baring her tiny canines as she threatened Wang Ye:

"Why did you knock on my head?"

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