That night, both Kai Syaoran and Zhao Lusi sought to avoid the suffocating awkwardness of the previous evening. Moving with a carefully choreographed indifference, they lay down upon the small mattress as if the arrangement were entirely natural, closing their eyes and pretending to sleep. Zhao Lusi's cultivation sat firmly at the peak of the Origin Realm, a respectable level for her age, yet still far below the threshold that would allow a human to abandon sleep entirely. Compounding her physical exhaustion, she had not experienced a full night of uninterrupted rest in weeks due to the relentless dangers of the Endless Forest. Within minutes, the heavy weight of fatigue claimed her consciousness. As she fell into a deep, unbothered slumber, her natural sleeping habits took over, entirely oblivious to the proximity of her companion.
