Chapter 13: Young man, don’t you want to start a harem?

Lin Yuhe approached as if seeing a savior, though a faint, sly glint flickered in her eyes.

“Junior Sister Yueyao accidentally consumed a strange drug, and she urgently needs Senior Brother’s help!”

“Huh?”

Shen Mu tilted his head, catching sight of the petite, pink-haired figure under the moonlight, her cheeks flushed and her body writhing uncomfortably. A sense of foreboding surged within him.

“Senior… Senior Brother…”

“Help me…”

Tang Yueyao’s breaths were fragrant, her pink peach-blossom eyes shimmering with a seductive charm, her voice a pitifully delicate mix of fragility and allure.

She was like a pure, enchanting demoness unintentionally exuding a captivating charm.

Thump, thump! Thump, thump!

Shen Mu felt his heart race, his emotions stirred by the delicate, pitiable girl not far away. It was as if he’d realized her current condition.

He silently closed his eyes, averting his gaze from her.

After a moment.

Once his emotions settled, he fixed a stern stare at the golden-haired girl before him, speaking in a low voice only they could hear, “You did this on purpose, didn’t you?”

Lin Yuhe merely gave a radiant smile. “It’s an emergency, Senior Brother. Don’t dawdle. Look at the state Junior Sister Yueyao is in…”

“If you delay any longer, she risks spiritual energy stagnation and her body exploding.”

“You…”

Shen Mu shot Lin Yuhe a gritted-teeth glare.

He saw through it now—this girl had set up this whole mess to drag him down with her!

“Senior Brother…”

“Do you… dislike Yueyao…?”

At that moment, the girl’s frail, heart-wrenching voice came again, making Shen Mu feel both overwhelmed and exasperated.

To drag me into this, she actually gave her an aphrodisiac spirit drug. She sure knows how to make things difficult for me…

“I’ll deal with you later!”

Leaving a harsh whisper, Shen Mu steeled his mind, maintaining inner calm, and quickly stepped toward the pink-haired girl.

“Haa… haa… haa…”

Looking at the girl with her flat chest heaving rapidly, exhaling heated, enticing breaths, he took a deep breath, struggling to suppress the restless emotions stirred by her naturally seductive physique.

“Hold on just a bit longer.”

In the next moment, Shen Mu hoisted the pink-haired girl onto his shoulder and leaped away, vanishing into the distance.

***

Back in his room.

Shen Mu gently placed the girl on the bed, carefully loosening her clothes, exposing her flushed, heated shoulders, and gradually removing her dress.

During this, as he gazed at her fair, rosy, tantalizing skin, he constantly reminded himself to suppress the impure desires sparked by her innate charm physique.

I can’t make a mistake with her… I absolutely can’t…

I’ve finally started to make progress in this world…

I can’t let her ruin my perfect start!

Whoosh!

As desire and reason waged a heavenly battle in his mind, a sky-blue spiritual light flickered at his fingertip, and he pressed it onto the girl’s soft, flat abdomen.

“Mmm~❤”

“Senior Brother…”

The girl let out a soft, seductive moan, utterly enchanting.

It was as if a sudden wave crashed through her mind, and her small hand slapped onto his thigh!

Damn it!

You little…

Shen Mu’s heart jolted, nearly losing his composure.

But thankfully, her grip was firm, causing him pain and clearing his eyes slightly.

Whoosh!

His other hand flashed with spiritual light, pressing into her slightly heaving chest, calming her rapidly beating heart.

“Don’t worry… no need to panic. I’ll inform Master right away to help refine the drug’s effects in your body.”

After temporarily suppressing the scorching aphrodisiac energy within her, Shen Mu removed her hand, urgently wanting to step away to clear his desire-clouded mind.

“Senior Brother… wait…” The girl’s slender arm grabbed his robe again, her soft, pleading voice calling out.

Shen Mu felt like crying but had no tears. What kind of nonsense is this?!

He silently cursed Lin Yuhe a hundred times in his heart.

“What else…” Shen Mu clung tightly to the thread of rationality, his eyes fixed straight ahead.

“Senior Brother… you don’t dislike me, right…?”

“No… you’re one of my favorite junior sisters… How could I dislike you…” He was starting to ramble incoherently.

“That’s good…”

As if relieved, the girl let go of him.

***

“Senior Brother, your self-control is impressive. You actually held back in that situation.”

Outside, Lin Yuhe looked at Shen Mu, who stumbled out of the room panting heavily, a trace of surprise in her eyes.

“I don’t care what you’re trying to do… Just stop dragging me into it, alright?”

Shen Mu was numb.

If his rationality had slipped even slightly, he might have committed a crime against that girl.

“Young man, don’t you want to build a harem?”

“I do, but not like this, okay?” Shen Mu replied, exasperated.

Sure, he’d love to experience the blissful life of lying in the arms of a bevy of beautiful women, but not by taking advantage of someone like this!

Besides, she was only thirteen or fourteen, still young, and one of the male protagonist’s future harem members.

Neither reason nor emotion gave him any justification to touch her.

“Heh… looks like Senior Brother is quite the honest gentleman.” Lin Yuhe’s eyes gleamed with thought, gaining a deeper understanding of his character.

“Hmph, not exactly a gentleman. I just don’t want to do things against my principles.”

Immediately after, Shen Mu notified Luo Qingling, asking her to handle the situation he couldn’t deal with.

***

An hour later, as the sun began to rise.

Luo Qingling finished refining the drug’s effects in Tang Yueyao’s body, yawning. “Haa~ Don’t go eating random things from people’s rooms in the future, got it?”

“Mm…”

Tang Yueyao, half-covered by the blanket, her flushed face tinged with shame, replied softly like a mosquito’s hum.

“Alright, if there’s nothing else, I’m going back to catch up on sleep.” Luo Qingling stood, stretched her neck, and prepared to return for a nap.

“Oh, Lin Yuhe, don’t forget to come to the main peak at noon. Don’t be late.”

After giving Lin Yuhe the reminder, Luo Qingling stepped out of the room in an instant, vanishing without a trace.

Once Luo Qingling left, Tang Yueyao poked her head fully out from the blanket, casting an apologetic, pitiful look at Shen Mu. “Senior Brother… I’m so sorry for troubling you…”

“It’s fine. Just be more careful in the future.” Shen Mu’s tone carried a hint of helplessness.

He hadn’t expected that this time, it was actually Tang Yueyao who had mistakenly consumed the aphrodisiac spirit drug, not something orchestrated by Lin Yuhe.