"Is it comfortable?"

"Mm." Gu Yueyan let out a cute nasal hum, her face flushed as if one could squeeze water out of it. Sweat trailed down her forehead, slipping over her tiny nose, and dropped onto the pristine bedsheet.

"Let's do it again~" Gu Yueyan's lips emitted an alluring sound that stirred the heart. She languidly turned her head to look at Ren Suo, her face blooming like peach blossoms, her eyes brimming with love. However, Ren Suo shook his head firmly. "No, I need to take a break. You should get dressed now."

"Alright then." Gu Yueyan pouted. As there were no other clothes in the clinic, she naturally put on her nurse outfit again. If one disregarded the embarrassing element, the material of the clothing was actually quite comfortable, albeit a bit small, particularly around the chest where the buttons were a challenge to fasten.

She used to hate this outfit, but now, she didn't care anymore—she had just done that sort of thing with Ren Suo. Wearing this outfit in front of him had become a trivial matter.

Once a person breaks a certain boundary, they tend to keep crossing lines. It's like deciding to start work at 6 PM and then noticing it's already 6:05 PM, so changing it to 7 PM, followed by noticing it's 7:06 PM, and then…

Ren Suo exhaled a sigh of relief, removed his eye mask, stretched his limbs with a luxurious yawn, and slumped onto the chair like a corpse.

That's right, he had just given Gu Yueyan a massage while blindfolded.

It was incredibly exhausting.

This was also Ren Suo's first time giving someone else a massage. Previously, it was only his clone who had massaged him. He had no idea massaging someone could consume so much Physical Strength.

Besides, Gu Yueyan was a relatively supple girl who often exercised. At eighteen, her back muscles and bones were in great condition, making the massage process smooth for Ren Suo.

But Ren Suo was a stiff man who hardly exercised. Even though he was a Third-turn Cultivator, his bodily gears were somewhat rusty. Surely the clone must have exerted more effort massaging him.

Thinking this way, Ren Suo felt a trace of guilt towards his clone.

He resolved to treat the clone better when he got back.

First, let it massage him until he was done, then do the chores, to avoid a decrease in the massage's effectiveness due to exhaustion from the housework.

After resting for a good while, a warm towel suddenly touched his face. Turning his head, Ren Suo saw Gu Yueyan with crescent eyes, pursed lips, and a face filled with joy. She wiped his face with the heated towel, saying, "Tired, huh? Don't move. A warm towel can relieve fatigue. I'm a nurse, and taking care of you is my job."

Ren Suo blinked. "Isn't a nurse's job to take care of patients?"

"Right now, you are the only patient in this clinic, so you just need to let me take care of you." Gu Yueyan pressed on Ren Suo's shoulders, diligently wiping the sweat from his forehead, behind his ears, and neck.

Gu Yueyan leaned close, and Ren Suo felt he could catch a hint of a fragrance—despite the clinic smelling of disinfectant. He turned his gaze away and asked, "Are you happy?"

"Hm? Not really," Gu Yueyan replied breezily.

"But you're smiling," Ren Suo remarked casually.

"I'm not smiling." Gu Yueyan pursed her lips tightly.

"Your eyes are smiling," Ren Suo said without looking at Gu Yueyan, the words slipping out automatically.

Gu Yueyan blinked and let a gentle smile play on her lips, her gaze growing softer. "Can you tell?"

"I can tell because you all have distinctive smiles," he responded.

Gu Yueyan blinked, slightly surprised. "You mean 'us'?"

"Yep, unlike us rough men who laugh without restraint, the way you all laugh is quite special," Ren Suo thought for a moment before saying, "Take Cheng Ling, for example. When she laughs, it's not exaggerated. Her clear, bright eyes seem to sparkle, and the corners of her mouth lift ever so slightly, resembling a moonlit lake rippled by a spring breeze.

As for Young Master Mu, when she laughs, her eyes narrow like a fox's, showing just a hint of her neat, white teeth, resembling the strange fox spirits from legends.

And Salted Fish, she laughs more like a boy, where you only see her shiny teeth and not her eyes, like a big apple with a bite taken out of it.

My sister covers her mouth when she laughs, her facial muscles moving about—it's super fun..."

As he described the laughs of other women, Gu Yueyan's expression remained unchanged, still gentle and charming. She gently wiped Ren Suo's throat with a hot towel, curiously asking, "What about me then?"

"When you laugh, only your eyes do the smiling, your mouth stays tightly shut," Ren Suo said. "It's as if the moon itself is smiling."

Gu Yueyan carefully dried the sweat from Ren Suo's neck and asked, "Is it strange that I laugh like that, not as pretty? No one else laughs like me..."

"Not at all. When I see your eyes, I know how happy you are," Ren Suo crossed his arms and analyzed. "Zhao Huo and Yu Kuangtu, when they laugh, there's always a hint of silliness. But when you all laugh, some look smart, some cute, some very sweet..."

You have that hint of silliness when you laugh too, Gu Yueyan thought as she wiped his earlobes with a hot towel, tickling Ren Suo into grinning and grimacing.

Other people's laughter is beautiful, that's fine.

Ren Suo had already told her that the Silver Moon Crystal appears once every two Moon Phases and that collecting 25 Silver Moon Crystals would take at least a week.

During these seven days, no one else's laughter would interrupt them.

Sitting on the new bedsheets, Gu Yueyan swung her legs and tilted her head as she looked at Ren Suo. She said, "Are you rested? Shall we continue?"

Ren Suo felt his arms go weak, but a man cannot admit defeat, and such opportunities to increase experience don't come by often. He wanted to be able to relax back in reality, but now he had to cherish every moment, so he quickly blindfolded himself.

The reason he was massaging Gu Yueyan was that he couldn't find other patients to gain experience from, and the massage service, being part of medical care, wasn't too bad—it at least had health and wellness benefits.

This Massage Technique, taught by Zhao Huo, was originally for healing hidden injuries from Training. Ren Suo used it for health massages, and while doing so, his hands maintained the Healing effect of the 'Saving Lives and Healing the Injured' technique, which worked like a miraculous cure even for a common cold.

Being recognized by The Dark Side of the Moon and drawing experience from the character tags was completely normal for him.

In the past few hours, aside from eating, Ren Suo had been massaging Gu Yueyan to gain experience. After each massage, it was Gu Yueyan's turn to take care of him for the same reason. This was practically touching upon the threshold of dual cultivation—the mutual exchange of experience. Although it was somewhat strenuous, Ren Suo felt his Cultivation increase beyond the sum of his many days of sleep-cultivation, so he was highly motivated to serve Gu Yueyan.

Compared to Ren Suo, however, Gu Yueyan enjoyed massaging. She found it always pleasurable and was more than willing to help Ren Suo gain experience, with her only stipulation being that Ren Suo must be blindfolded.

Because during the massage, although Gu Yueyan was lying face down on the bed away from Ren Suo, she had to take off her dress. She could only wear her close-fitting underwear.

After all, it's quite challenging to feel the muscles and tendons through Clothing, and Ren Suo wasn't a professional massage therapist.

Since arriving on The Dark Side of the Moon, Gu Yueyan had grown much bolder. However, she still wasn't like those two Ren Suo Hunters who were at the perfect age for exceptional marriage and breeding, ready to find Ren Suo any time for registering marriage and having children.

So she made a deal with Ren Suo: he must be blindfolded while massaging her. As for whether Ren Suo would peek, she wasn't too concerned about that.

Or maybe, if Ren Suo truly broke their agreement, Gu Yueyan would actually feel relieved, as then she could righteously reprimand him and happily move forward one step further.

She allowed others to make mistakes, but she didn't allow herself to do the same, so she chose to fish for violations.

Gu Yueyan knew in her heart that this was just a fig leaf, and moreover, it had no practical significance—after returning, she would never blame Ren Suo for anything.

But her pride and sense of justice did not allow her to cross that line, so she could only leave the choice to Ren Suo. If Ren Suo really did step out of line, then Gu Yueyan could tell their child in the future, "It's all your dad's fault..."

However, perhaps Ren Suo's expert muscle massage completely drained his Vital Energy and Spirit. He had been very diligently massaging Gu Yueyan, with his hands never touching where they shouldn't.

Moreover, as hours passed, Ren Suo's technique became more and more skilled. If his Spiritual Energy were to fall into Annihilation, he could still enlist as a blind masseur to make a living.

Ren Suo was so well-behaved that Gu Yueyan was quite satisfied. Or to put it another way, it was a win-win for her, no matter what Ren Suo did.

Dealing with Ren Suo was like handling a piece of 5A grade beef for Gu Yueyan. Whether it was used to make fried beef steak, beef rice, or beef fillet, the process and flavors might differ, but ultimately, it would all be devoured by Gu Yueyan.

The only question was whether she could cook him thoroughly within seven days.

"Is massage really that funny?"

Ren Suo brought up the topic again. Gu Yueyan, leaning on the pillow, smiled and said, "Yes, it is."

"What's so funny about it?"

"Because... because I'm your first client?"

Ren Suo paused, then nodded. "... You really are my first client. I've never given a massage to someone else before."

"TEE HEE."

The first one. What a beautiful phrase.

Stretching out her upper body, Gu Yueyan let her chest, which had been uncomfortably squashed from lying on the bed, breathe. She propped her chin on her hands and gazed out at the moon, which had shifted from a Waxing Crescent Moon to a Waxing Moon. Her eyelids fought each other as she felt a bit sleepy.

When Ren Suo was tired again, a relaxed and lazy Gu Yueyan said, "I'm a bit sleepy."

Ren Suo understood and stopped his hands, saying, "Then go to sleep. By the way, you must think of me when you go to sleep."

Gu Yueyan turned to her side. Because Ren Suo was blindfolded, she sat up boldly in just her underwear and leaned towards him, trying to read his thoughts from his face. She asked with a smile, "Why should I be thinking of you?"

Ren Suo explained the matter about the dream world and character tags again. Gu Yueyan had already asked him why he knew so much about The Dark Side of the Moon. Ren Suo had casually mentioned awakened spells and evaded the question. Of course, Gu Yueyan believed him—she trusted Ren Suo, so she never doubted what he said.

"So, you want me to arrange a character tag for you that can farm experience."

Ren Suo, with the blindfold on, nodded. His impression of the NPC doctor was solely as a doctor, and he didn't quite remember what the character tag behind the NPC had changed to. He only remembered it had changed, but not in what way specifically.

Gu Yueyan recalled the Divine Authority that could change everything, which she had come into contact with when she first entered The Dark Side of the Moon, and understood. She was just about to agree when she suddenly had a thought as she looked at Ren Suo with the blindfold on.

He needs my help. For Cultivation rewards in exchange for experience, he agreed to be blindfolded for me. He hopes to get a character tag, so can I ask something of him in return? Even better, if this character tag requires my assistance to farm experience, can I perhaps...

A sinister seed took root and sprouted in Gu Yueyan's heart.

Just as Lin Xianyu had said, Gu Yueyan was someone who cared deeply about rules and fairness. She would not allow herself to act in a way that contravened common sense—such as failing a test, disrespecting a body, or deliberately seducing someone she liked. However, conversely speaking, as long as the rules permitted, Gu Yueyan would allow herself to act unrestrained.

Gu Yueyan felt her lips were a bit dry. After moistening them, she said, "Okay, but you have to promise me one thing."

"What is it?"

"Just sleep blindfolded like this."

At first, Gu Yueyan didn't dare to go too far, just tentatively testing Ren Suo.

"Hm?" Ren Suo scratched his head. "Okay, I used to nap with an eye mask on in college... but could you help me get to the couch first?"

"Sure."

Gu Yueyan got out of bed and helped Ren Suo to the couch, drew the curtains, and looking at him, said, "Then sleep."

Though it felt strange, Ren Suo had no reason to refuse such a small request.

He hugged his arms and sat on the couch, bowing his head to sleep.

Perhaps because the massage really was too exhausting, he quickly fell asleep, his head gradually drooping, his expression slowly relaxing, with a smile on his face, sleeping like a child.

Gu Yueyan put on her nurse's uniform but didn't button it up, revealing large patches of snowy white underneath. Since Ren Suo couldn't see, she was more lenient with herself. She also feared that the buttons might pop off if she kept wearing it.

After Ren Suo fell asleep, she sat quietly beside him, looking at his sleeping face, slowly moving closer until her arm was against Ren Suo's and her thigh touched his.

Gu Yueyan watched Ren Suo, making no attempt to hide the love and smile in her eyes. After all, Ren Suo was asleep, and even if he woke up, he was still blindfolded...

And she, Gu Yueyan, was the one who could decide Ren Suo's identity, influence him...

A ripple spread through Gu Yueyan's heart, and she shivered slightly.

She really enjoyed this feeling, the sensation as if she had already taken possession of him. Even though she knew it could only happen in The Dark Side of the Moon, even though she knew it was only for seven days...

But so what? I haven't done anything wrong. I am just following Ren Suo's request, then within the rules, legally, slowly, completely... taking possession of him. Lin Xianyu was right, I should probably leave him, otherwise, I will inevitably fall sick. A sickness called love.