After Saving the White Moonlight, the Black Moonlight Went Crazy - Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Sleeping Together, Dreaming Apart

◎Desire Never Lies◎

Yan Sui’s gaze darted around. “Yes, I learned Go when I was a child.”

“You little liar,” Jian Liyun chuckled. “You were just pretending you knew nothing about Go, and you had me fooled.”

Yan Sui shrugged. “It’s better not to let He Chenyu know some things. We’ll go buy a Go board and stones when we get home. I’ll take you through the game.”

Jian Liyun frowned. “When did you take a picture of the board? I didn’t see you.”

“I didn’t take a picture,” Yan Sui poked her own head with her index finger. “It’s all stored in here.”

“You…” Jian Liyun trailed off.

Yan Sui cleared her throat, realizing she had said too much. “Anyway, you don’t have to worry about the Go game. The way He Chenyu plays…”

…was as foul as he was.

The two of them returned to Jian Liyun’s apartment just as the sun was setting.

Yan Sui scrolled on her phone. “It’s too late to cook today. I’ll order some takeout for us and also have a rider from a nearby supermarket bring a Go board and stones.”

Jian Liyun watched Yan Sui silently. After a long moment, she said with a tone of certainty, “You must be very good at Go.”

Yan Sui avoided her gaze, her voice weak. “Not really, just so-so.”

Jian Liyun suddenly moved closer. The faint scent of jasmine filled Yan Sui’s nose. “Compared to being a manager, I think you might be more suited to be a professional Go player.”

“I don’t want to,” Yan Sui retorted without thinking. Realizing her tone was too intense, she softened her voice. “Liyun, I don’t want to play Go, and I don’t like it. I just want to be a good manager and protect you.”

Jian Liyun put her arm around Yan Sui’s waist. It wasn’t with any lust, but more of a comforting gesture, kneading the soft flesh on her waist.

“Did Go make you sad?”

Yan Sui paused, answering with a question. “How about we eat seafood fried rice for takeout?”

Jian Liyun hummed in agreement, and Yan Sui quickly placed the order.

Seeing that Yan Sui had ordered food and bought a Go board and stones, Jian Liyun took her phone and placed it on the coffee table. Then, she held Yan Sui’s bony right hand.

Rubbing the thin calluses on the tips of Yan Sui’s index and middle fingers, Jian Liyun sighed softly. “You probably don’t want to be my manager, do you?”

“No,” Yan Sui denied it very seriously. “I’m very happy to be your manager. When you were acting with He Chenyu just now, you were really, really, really good.”

Yan Sui repeated “really” three times, afraid that Jian Liyun wouldn’t realize how sincere her praise was.

Jian Liyun let go of her hand. “I’m not that good.”

“You are very good,” Yan Sui grabbed her hand instead, naturally hugging her. “Anyone who says you’re not good must be a paid troll from a rival.”

Speaking of which, in the original novel, Jian Liyun was actually an irreplaceable actress in the entertainment industry. No one was qualified to be her rival.

The reason she ended up committing suicide was purely because He Chenyu held her back.

…

Twenty minutes later.

The Go board was delivered before the takeout. Jian Liyun held the slightly heavy wooden board with both hands, gesturing for Yan Sui to open the study door.

Yan Sui understood. She carried the two boxes of Go stones and opened the study door. Jian Liyun placed the board on the desk.

Yan Sui opened a box of stones. “I’m not sure when he’ll contact you again, but according to what you said, you only make two or three moves at most each time. I can predict his next moves. I’ll teach you what to do for the next three steps.”

She sat across from Jian Liyun and reached for a black stone. The doorbell rang at that moment.

“The takeout must have arrived. I’ll go get it,” Jian Liyun said.

Yan Sui hummed, watching her walk away. She finally couldn’t hold back, and her hand trembled, causing the black stone to roll onto the floor.

She clenched her right hand into a fist, pressing her fingertips so hard they almost pierced the soft flesh of her palm. Yan Sui tried to regulate her breathing.

Maybe it was because she was acting in front of He Chenyu earlier, so she didn’t feel too uncomfortable picking up the stone. But now that she was actually trying to recreate the game, Yan Sui’s hand was shaking along with her heart.

The stone was light. It didn’t take much effort to pick up.

But the stone also felt so heavy, so heavy that Yan Sui found she couldn’t even hold it steadily.

She took a deep breath and said to herself, “I have to pick it up…”

This time, she was picking up the stone not for her own honor, but for Jian Liyun.

She didn’t want Jian Liyun to lose. She didn’t want Jian Liyun’s ending to be death.

Yan Sui knelt down and picked up the black stone that had fallen.

“Suisui,” Jian Liyun poked her head in. “How about we eat dinner first?”

Yan Sui stood up, smiling. “It’s okay. You can unbox the takeout first. I’ll come after I recreate the game. It’ll only take a few minutes, it’ll be fast.”

Jian Liyun didn’t ask anything else. “Okay.”

The stronger the thought in her heart, the steadier Yan Sui’s hand became.

She closed her eyes, recalling the game she had seen at He Chenyu’s house.

Opening her eyes, Yan Sui expressionlessly placed the stones one by one.

…

Jian Liyun was both amused and annoyed as she handed Yan Sui a glass of juice. “So, you ordered a plate of spicy chicken even though we were having seafood fried rice? From the way you’re acting, you clearly can’t handle spicy food.”

Yan Sui was hissing like a snake from the spice. “I saw that their specialty was spicy chicken… hiss… it’s strange for a seafood restaurant’s specialty to be spicy chicken, so I wanted to… hiss so spicy… try it.”

She took the juice from Jian Liyun and chugged a few big gulps. Because she drank too fast, some of the juice spilled from the corner of her lips.

Jian Liyun laughed, pulling out a tissue. “I didn’t expect you to be so clumsy.”

Yan Sui was also very embarrassed, but the burning and stinging sensation in her mouth didn’t allow her to focus on anything else.

“Tha…”

Having someone wipe her lips at her age, Yan Sui really wanted to find a hole to crawl into. She stammered her thanks, but her lower lip accidentally touched Jian Liyun’s fingertip.

The cool beauty’s movements froze. It was as if she had been unspooled. She slowly and awkwardly sat back down in her original seat.

The warmth from Yan Sui’s lips lingered on her fingertip.

Because of the spicy food, Yan Sui’s lips were a little swollen, and the color was redder than usual. Her lips were also a little hot.

So hot that when Jian Liyun touched them, she felt like her fingertips were about to get burned.

If it weren’t for her finger touching it, but her lips…

As soon as this thought came to her mind, Jian Liyun wasn’t startled by it. She even smiled with a sense of relief.

Sure enough, physical desire doesn’t lie.

She calmly put on a glove and peeled a crayfish for Yan Sui. “Suisui, eat less spicy food next time.”

Yan Sui nodded frantically. “Yeah, I really can’t handle this flavor.”

…

After dinner, the two of them went to the study. Yan Sui yawned. “It’s getting late. I’ll just teach you the next three moves, and we can talk about learning Go tomorrow.”

Jian Liyun hummed. “Okay, but how can you be sure of He Chenyu’s next three moves?”

Yan Sui said with confidence, “With his style of play, you can see what he’s thinking at a glance. I know his next three moves with 90% certainty, if not 100%.”

Then, she picked up a white stone and placed it in Jian Liyun’s palm. “Liyun, in this game, you are the real leader and the winner.”

Yan Sui didn’t know that when she said these words, her originally dull expression became lively and animated. Her light brown eyes were filled with absolute confidence.

Jian Liyun’s heart started to race at an inconvenient time.

This version of Yan Sui was a little too captivating.

“…Did you remember? There are only these two possibilities at most.”

Ten minutes later, Yan Sui finished explaining the next three moves.

Jian Liyun nodded. “Suisui, you’re amazing.”

It’s strange. Back in her original world, thousands of people had praised Yan Sui’s Go skills. But when Jian Liyun praised her, Yan Sui found that she was happy from the bottom of her heart.

She turned away awkwardly. “It’s late. Do you want to shower first, or should I?”

Or maybe we could go together.

Fortunately, her mouth wasn’t as fast as her brain. Jian Liyun forced herself not to say her ridiculous thought out loud. She stroked Yan Sui’s head. “You go first. You can sleep after you’ve washed up.”

Yan Sui’s internal alarm went off. “You have to go to sleep right away after you’ve washed up, too. No looking at scripts for He Chenyu, and no taking sleeping pills.”

Jian Liyun blinked. “I won’t. If you’re worried, you can just hug me and make sure I sleep.”

“The supporting female lead is really taking everything she can get.”

Yan Sui didn’t understand why the system would say that, but she immediately accepted with a “fierce” tone. “Okay. I’ll hug you later so you can’t do anything but sleep. You have to behave well from now on, or I’ll ‘punish’ you like this every day.”

“Punishing me like this every day sounds fine too.” Jian Liyun’s voice was light and quick, and Yan Sui didn’t hear it clearly.

“System,” Yan Sui called out in her mind. “What did she just say? I didn’t hear it clearly.”

The system, which had witnessed the entire thing, was silent.

“Host, the supporting female lead wants to have **”

“Host, the sensitive words can’t be said.”

Yan Sui couldn’t think of what could be a sensitive word. She shook her head. “Forget it, I don’t care. I need to go take a shower and rest.”

…

When Jian Liyun came out of the bathroom in her bathrobe, Yan Sui, who was curled up on her large bed, was already asleep.

Jian Liyun, who had deliberately exposed a bit of her collarbone and whose thighs were subtly visible: …

Winking at someone who is asleep is a complete waste of time.

She smiled helplessly, changed into her pajamas, and got into bed.

The bed was very wide, more than enough for three people.

But Jian Liyun deliberately moved closer to Yan Sui. The two equally beautiful bodies pressed together, feeling each other’s breaths and heartbeats.

“Suisui?” Jian Liyun whispered.

Yan Sui mumbled and turned over, burrowing into Jian Liyun’s arms.

The woman’s body was warm and soft, and Jian Liyun’s mind started to wander.

Jian Liyun knew that what she was doing was taking advantage of Yan Sui’s sleep, but she still couldn’t resist. She hugged Yan Sui’s slender waist even tighter, intertwining their fingers.

The system was extremely nervous. It was ready to wake its host at any moment.

But in the end, Jian Liyun just held Yan Sui’s hand. She gently and restrainedly kissed the thin calluses on Yan Sui’s fingertips.

“Goodnight, Suisui.”

System: I shouldn’t be here. I should be under the bed.

…

Yan Sui, held in Jian Liyun’s arms, had a dream.

A dream about Lu Shutian.

…

“Yan Sui, Yan Sui, why aren’t you coming home?”

The sun was just right today. Golden sunlight poured in through the glass window, making the room warm. The little white bird in the birdcage was chirping.

Seeing this scene, Yan Sui’s heart tightened, and tears instantly welled up in her eyes. “Little bird?”

In the first second of entering the dream, Yan Sui knew she was dreaming, but she would rather never wake up.

For her, this was a beautiful dream she had wished for for many years.

Her little bird was finally willing to enter her dream.

Only the little bird was speaking in the bedroom. Yan Sui walked forward. “Little bird, I’m home.”

But the little bird seemed not to see her, still calling Yan Sui’s name to itself.

Yan Sui reached out her hand and found nothing. She then realized that she was in a third-person perspective—

In other words, she had no body, not even a soul.

“Little bird.”

Another voice appeared. “Your owner didn’t abandon you. She’s just busy outside and will be back soon.”

The voice was so familiar that Yan Sui couldn’t believe it was Lu Shutian’s voice.

Yan Sui’s expression was in a trance. A translucent figure suddenly appeared in her sight.

Lu Shutian sat on the windowsill. The breeze was blowing, but it didn’t move her hair.

Yan Sui realized that Lu Shutian must exist in a state similar to a spirit right now.

The person herself still had a sweet smile on her face. Lu Shutian walked—no, to be more precise, she floated—to the birdcage. “Little bird, your owner will be back soon.”

The little bird could actually see Lu Shutian. It tilted its head and looked at the somewhat transparent human. “Little bird wants Yan Sui.”

Lu Shutian smiled and nodded. “I know. Before your owner comes back, how about I teach you some new words?”

“Okay.” The little bird actually agreed.

Lu Shutian propped her face up with her hands, her tone rising and languid. “Pretty.”

The little bird was smart and learned it in one go. “Pretty.”

“Little bird is so good,” Lu Shutian praised with a smile. “Come on, say after me: Yan Sui, pretty.”

“Yan Sui, pretty!” The little bird’s voice was a little louder.

Lu Shutian smiled so wide her mouth wouldn’t close. “Let’s keep learning. Come on, say after me: Yan Sui, likes.”

“Yan Sui, likes! Yan Sui, likes!”

The little bird was so excited that it flapped its wings and said it twice.

Lu Shutian also got inexplicably excited. “Little bird is so smart! But I’m the same. I like Yan Sui too!”

The little bird hopped around in its cage, continuing to repeat those words. “Yan Sui, likes. Yan Sui, likes. Yan Sui, likes…”

Yan Sui was stunned by the scene in front of her.

How did Lu Shutian end up in her house, and she seemed to be in a spiritual state…

Was this dream fake?

Yan Sui then laughed at herself. Dreams were fake to begin with.

It was probably because she had so much contact with Lu Shutian recently that she dreamed of her.

But then, Yan Sui could no longer remain calm—

She saw another version of herself walk into the bedroom and talk to the little bird. The conversation was something that had actually happened.

When the little bird started saying that Yan Sui was pretty and that Yan Sui liked things, “Yan Sui” was very surprised because at the time, she had never taught the little bird those words.

Lu Shutian moved closer to “Yan Sui” as if to take credit. “It was me! It was me! I’m the one who taught the little bird!”

Unfortunately, the Yan Sui in the room couldn’t see Lu Shutian beside her.

Lu Shutian wasn’t discouraged. She stood next to the little bird, face-to-face with the unsuspecting Yan Sui.

“Jiejie, remember, it was me.”