2.20

"Zen.. Haa, come sleep with me. Surely you are not thinking of staying up all night, right?"

Zen did intend to do that, so he couldn't respond and just gulped nervously.

"..I know what you are worrying about, but rest those thoughts. I also have placed a barrier over the cave, so you shouldn't fret about security. We will be well protected." Xu Jiaqi extended her hand, tugging on Zenith's clothes as she pulled him towards her. She pouted, as if Zenith had done her wrong.

The man turned rigid. "Lady Ariel.. That's not what I was worrying about.. This, a man and a woman sleeping together without-"

"Sssh.. You need not worry about things like that. If I get tired tomorrow, and you are also tired, who is going to carry me around? Are you telling me to walk on my own two feet until they bleed? Heartless!" Xu Jiaqi placed her index finger over her mouth to silence the other, launching an unreasonable complaint.