Arknights: It Was Game Over for Me a Bit Too Early

In the experimental fields of the Great Wild City.

"Lord Prefect... why would you come to the Great Wild City to farm?" an old farmer looked at the disheveled Hong Yu in the fields and asked another farmer on the side.

"It's because of Shu, right?" that person said uncertainly, asking Shu who was also busy on the side. "But is it really okay for Lord Prefect to be planting rice seedlings instead of handling the work of the Sui Regulator?"

"The Master has probably already handed that over to my second brother," Shu, holding a roll of rice stalks, appeared next to the two and naturally started chatting with them.

Splash—!

In the fields, Hong Yu, who was not familiar with the process of planting rice seedlings, lost his footing and sat down in the mud, his clothes, which he had borrowed from an old farmer's house, getting covered in muddy water.

"Oh no... I still have to return this to them..." Hong Yu used his arm that was not covered in muddy water to wipe away his sweat and stood up with some difficulty in the field.

"Pfft..." Shu, not far away, who had never seen Hong Yu in such a state before, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Go to my field ridge to clean up. The ridge is already a bit hard to see," she bent down and picked up her and Hong Yu's shoes, saying to the person who seemed a little unconvinced and was starting to compete with the fields.

Seeing that the more experienced Shu had spoken, Hong Yu had no choice but to helplessly carry the stands for two Tianshi rulers, smiling and nodding as he followed behind.

The field ridge was a fathom wide, and the two walked one after the other.

Just twenty steps from the edge of the field, under the stars and moon, a small bamboo-fenced garden with a thatched bamboo house stood there.

Pushing open the half-waist-high small bamboo door, Hong Yu followed Shu inside.

The lights came on by themselves, pale yellow but not dim. Perhaps it was a spell.

The furnishings in the room were simple. In front was a stove, to the left was a cupboard next to a water vat. Turning right was the bedroom. Inside the door, there was only a kang (a heated brick bed), a table, a cupboard against the wall, and front and back windows.

"Just put the stand behind the door," Shu turned around and pointed behind the main door.

"Okay," Hong Yu nodded and put down the stand.

"I'll go wash up first," Hong Yu, who had been working hard all day, was the first to drop a sentence and ran off to wash the muddy water off his body.

Shu, who hadn't gotten much muddy water on her, just smiled and didn't make any extra movements.

It's... the first time I've seen the Master look so disheveled.

Shu recalled the many jokes Hong Yu had made when he first planted rice seedlings in the morning.

She covered her mouth and chuckled twice, with a little bit of happiness from revealing a side of Hong Yu that no one knew.

"Ah, right, I still have to wash the clothes the Master borrowed and return them to Uncle Wang..." Shu suddenly remembered something and walked towards the direction Hong Yu had left.

It's only been a few minutes, the Master should still be washing, right?

The steam from the bathroom told Shu the answer.

Wisps of steam emerged from the gap between the bamboo door and the ceiling, carrying a warm aura.

Clearly, Hong Yu was still washing.

"The Master's... clothes?" Shu didn't see Hong Yu's clothes outside the door. After hesitating for a moment, she knocked on the door, preparing to ask.

Knock, knock, knock—

Shu's fingers tapped a few times, and then the door made a "creak—" sound.

Eh?! The Master—he opened the door?

Shu outside the door's brain shut down for a moment... because she saw Hong Yu, who had finished washing in just a few minutes, walk out of the bathroom, not wearing a top, just a pair of loose shorts, using a very familiar-looking towel to dry his hair.

A few drops of water slid down Hong Yu's sharp-featured face, dripped onto his shoulder, and slid down his prominent collarbone.

Eh? How... did he wash so fast?

The Master's eyes are so beautiful, gray-blue...

It's the kind of figure that looks thin in clothes, unexpectedly sturdy...

No! Stop! What am I looking at?!

Shu, who had blinked in that instant, shyly averted her gaze. But before that, she seemed to see that Hong Yu was holding something that didn't look right in his hand...

"Ma... Master..." Shu's face instantly turned bright red after seeing clearly that the towel Hong Yu was holding to dry his hair was her bath towel. "Th... that is..."

Hong Yu was stunned for a moment, and followed Shu's finger to notice the towel in his hand. He comforted her, "Don't worry, this is my own."

Just copying a towel was something that even the current Hong Yu could do.

Eh?

Shu was stunned. After hearing Hong Yu's words and also seeing her own bath towel where Hong Yu was pointing, she let out a sigh of relief and at the same time felt a little disappointed...

No... that's not right!

Why am I disappointed?

"Ahem," to hide her slightly flushed cheeks, Shu coughed lightly and said to Hong Yu, "Master, give me those clothes. I'll wash them and return them to Uncle Wang."

"Those clothes?" Hong Yu looked at the linen clothes that were already hanging outside. "I've already washed them."

"Eh?" Shu blinked.

So fast?

Shu was a little confused.

"Ah, right," Hong Yu took out a small stool from another room and asked Shu to sit down.

"?" Shu was a little confused. She tilted her head, looking at the again-departing Hong Yu with confusion, and obediently sat down on the small stool.

Before long, Hong Yu came back with a basin of water at just the right temperature and placed it at Shu's feet.

"Eh?!" Shu seemed to have realized something. Before she could react, the other person had gently held her ankle, lifted it up, and taken off her shoes.

"Ma... Master?!" Shu's face instantly felt like it was on fire, so red that it seemed like blood could drip from it. If she could, she would have even wanted to walk away immediately, but her foot was held in Hong Yu's hand...

The Master's hand is so big... so warm...

Shu supported herself on the chair with one hand, turned her head away in embarrassment, while her other hand lightly covered her mouth. Her eyes seemed to be filled with a variety of complex emotions such as confusion, embarrassment, annoyance, joy, and bewilderment.

"What are you shy about? It's not like I haven't washed your feet before," Hong Yu smiled helplessly. "You've been running around with me all day today, teaching me how to plant rice seedlings must have been tiring, right?"

"No, not tired at all..." Shu could swear that this was the most flustered she had ever been in her life.

Seeing that Shu was no longer struggling slightly, Hong Yu seized the opportunity to scoop up Shu's heel and place it in the water.

Her ten small, fair toes, like lotus root sprouts, were constantly squeezing each other due to her owner's already chaotic emotions. Her feet were slender and well-proportioned. With every exertion, the cyan veins connecting to her toes would faintly appear on her jade-white instep.

Hong Yu seriously rubbed and washed Shu's jade feet, finally placing his hand on her perfect arch, lifting it up and holding it in his palm to wipe it carefully.

Looking at his serious expression, Shu's heart beat uncontrollably faster.

An indescribable emotion gradually spread in the bottom of her heart.

She had never really understood what she felt for Hong Yu. She had once thought that her heart beating faster was just her childhood admiration for him.

But now her uncooperative heart seemed to be telling her—your feelings for the Master are definitely more than just admiration.

What... is it then?

While she was lost in thought, Hong Yu had already finished his work and gently placed Shu's two delicate feet on the cloth shoes she had been standing on tiptoe on just now.

Shu's expression was still flustered. Her almost crimson cheeks seemed to be steaming from her head.

She watched Hong Yu finish the whole process, and her already soft and numb body urged her to ask in a delicate and pitiful tone, "Is it... done?"

"Mm, do you feel a little more comfortable?" Hong Yu wiped his wet hands.

Shu was silent for a moment, then slowly stood up and said in an embarrassed tone, "Um... I suddenly remembered that there's only one bed in this house..."

Hong Yu was stunned for a moment, then gestured for Shu to be at ease. "It's okay, I can go out..."

But before he could finish his words, Shu held his hand.

"Then tonight, let's sleep together?"

Her cheeks were slightly flushed, and she looked at Hong Yu with hopeful eyes.

Hong Yu nodded calmly.

It made no difference to him.

...

...

...

At midnight, the two were in the same bed.

Hong Yu habitually wanted to hug something, but suddenly remembered that he was sleeping next to Shu and restrained himself.

Sigh... I can't really sleep without something to hug...

But Hong Yu was not the only one with small movements in the bed. Shu's hand reached over the quilts between them and came into Hong Yu's bed.

Hong Yu closed his eyes, only feeling his fingers being slightly hooked.

No need to think, that was Shu's hand.

Seeming to not feel any resistance from Hong Yu, or thinking that Hong Yu was already asleep, the hand that was originally just tentatively hooking his fingers turned into her five fingers intertwined with his.

Not caring much, Hong Yu purely thought that Shu was just affected by "Sui," and was scared like Xi. He didn't let go but let Shu hold his hand.

Shu's hand had a slightly cool touch, with a few rough marks from diligent labor, which was extraordinarily reassuring.

Outside the window, the croaking of frogs was soft, the chirping of insects was soft...

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