Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 16 - I'm Just a Pervert

After sleeping for a little over an hour, Ye Chuan woke up. He sat up and looked out the window. 

The sky was just beginning to lighten, and the girl on the bed was still fast asleep.

He instinctively reached for his phone and checked his messages—

As expected, his balance had increased by another two thousand.

Nice.

Just like that, another two thousand yuan arrived.

Waking up to two thousand yuan was incredibly satisfying. 

He knew he couldn't earn that much even after working hard at the barbecue stall all night. This was eighty thousand a month! Seeing the money arrive, Ye Chuan felt much less sleepy.

This was more effective than Red Bull.

Thinking of this, Ye Chuan wondered how his precious money tree was doing. Was she hungry? Did she sleep well?

He opened the log on his phone.

The chibi Bai QianShuang was sitting on the bed, her chubby cheeks puffing with each breath, her short legs crossed as if she was meditating and sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Ye Chuan was a little curious. It seemed cultivators didn't need to sleep?

[Bai QianShuang cultivated for a while and finally absorbed some spiritual energy.]

[Bai QianShuang attempted to convert the spiritual energy.]

[Bai QianShuang recovered some strength. She was very happy and started rolling around on the bed.]

[Bai QianShuang fell off the bed.]

…

[Bai QianShuang started sleeping.]

…

Seeing that there was no mention of Bai QianShuang being hungry, Ye Chuan felt a bit relieved. It seemed that what she ate last night hadn't been completely digested yet. 

After all, it was half a white cut chicken. Even a cultivator's intestines had to move, right?

He checked if there were any new Bai QianShuang-related items and found a book in his backpack.

A cultivation technique?

[Skill: Storage

After learning, you can store any non-living object in your backpack space.]

Storage?

Ye Chuan was a little surprised. So he could put anything into the backpack on his phone? 

He looked at the several slots inside and decided to try it out—in the next second, the pillow beside him vanished into thin air, as if he had pressed a delete button.

Ye Chuan looked back at his phone.

[Item: Pillow

Luo Xi's pillow. The girl likes to hug it when she sleeps.]

It really worked!

After mastering the usage, Ye Chuan became curious about what would happen if he used it on a living being. He glanced at Luo Xi, sound asleep on the bed beside him, and focused his mind.

The next moment, two new items appeared in his backpack.

[Item: Nightgown

Luo Xi's nightgown, simple style.]

[Item: Panties

Luo Xi's panties, with a cute little bear.]

A few seconds of silence hung in the air.

Seeing the new items in his backpack, Ye Chuan paused. He knew exactly what had happened on the bed beside him, and a bad feeling crept into his heart. 

He just wanted to try putting a person inside, not stripping them naked!

Ye Chuan gulped and quickly took the items out. A nightgown, still warm from body heat, appeared in his hands. He froze, completely mortified.

Why didn't they go back where they came from?!

This system was worse than wish.

"Mm?" A sleepy sound came from the bed.

Hearing the sound, Ye Chuan almost dropped the clothes. He quickly lay down!

"So thirsty, water…" Luo Xi didn't seem to notice anything amiss. 

Her eyes were barely open as she sat up, yawning, and fumbled around before picking up the glass of water on the nightstand and taking a sip.

"Ah, refreshing!" Luo Xi sighed contentedly and lay back down, rubbing her eyes.

Soon, her breathing evened out, the fatigue from working late last night quickly lulling her back to sleep.

Of course, it's refreshing!

Ye Chuan silently clutched the nightgown under the covers, his heart racing. If Luo Xi found out, wouldn't she eat him alive?

There would be no way to explain what had happened.

‘"I don't know either, I just woke up with your clothes in my hand, how strange~"’

No, no, that excuse was too flimsy.

‘"Actually, you were sleepwalking last night and took your clothes off and gave them to me~"’

That excuse was even worse. He couldn't just play dumb and get away with this, at least that's what Ye Chuan thought.

‘"Ehehe, I'm just a pervert, Ciallo～(∠・ω＜ )⌒☆"’

No, no, no, that would be certain death.

Ye Chuan sat up again and looked at the bed. Luo Xi was still asleep, facing away from him. 

She was covered with a blanket, but her exposed shoulder and the whiteness of her back made him hesitate, looking at the nightgown in his hands.

There was only one thing to do.

Do it.

Ye Chuan tiptoed to the bed and carefully started putting the nightgown back on Luo Xi, starting from her feet. His movements were so gentle that Luo Xi didn't feel a thing, remaining fast asleep.

The room was silent, so quiet that he could hear his own heartbeat.

The process went smoothly, but when he reached her waist, the nightgown got stuck. Ye Chuan tried a few times, but it wouldn't budge. 

Finally, he gritted his teeth and pulled it up with force. Success!

"Mm?" The sudden sound from the girl made Ye Chuan freeze, but he quickly realized that Luo Xi hadn't opened her eyes, just nuzzled the pillow.

That was close.

But when it came to the slip dress, Ye Chuan didn't know what to do.

Pick her up and dress her?

That would definitely wake her up, right?

But it had to be done. Ye Chuan rolled up the slip dress and started putting it on Luo Xi from her neck down. 

His movements were very gentle, but even so, when he lifted Luo Xi's head with his hand, she made a sleepy sound.

"Hmm?"

Ye Chuan froze, not daring to move a muscle.

But Luo Xi seemed to sense something. She frowned and instinctively touched her clothes, then pulled the slip dress down.

Ye Chuan hadn't expected Luo Xi to pull the dress down herself. He breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to get off the bed, he realized Luo Xi was looking at him.

Ye Chuan: "..."

"Are the beef skewers sold out?" Luo Xi asked sleepily.

Ye Chuan froze, but Luo Xi closed her eyes again and rolled over, as if nothing had happened.

She must still be dreaming.

Ye Chuan's racing heart finally calmed down.

Glancing at the time, he decided to go buy some breakfast for Bai QianShuang.

He tiptoed to the door, looked back at Luo Xi sleeping with her back to him, and gently closed the door.

"Click." The sound of the door closing was followed by a soft click of the door unlocking.

Silence hung in the air for a few seconds. In the room, Luo Xi, still facing away from the door, opened her eyes. 

She clutched the blanket in front of her, her face as red as an apple, seemingly unable to believe what had just happened.

Did Chuan Chuan just secretly undress me?

But then Luo Xi felt something was wrong.

Based on her understanding of Ye Chuan, he wouldn't do something like that. 

Could it have been a dream?

(SHMOLL: I was so damn scared throughout this chapter.)