I don't talk about love with my Martial Sister

Chapter 20

Yun Duan herself was unaware of this matter.

Shang Can first discovered it about a month after Yun Duan joined Qing Yu. That day, she happened to be awake late and suddenly heard the sound of a door opening from the adjacent room where Yun Duan was staying. Worried, she opened her door to check, and that's when she discovered Yun Duan's sleepwalking condition. She didn't know if it had occurred before that day.

This frightened Shang Can quite a bit. That night, she prevented the sleepwalking Yun Duan from leaving the room, watching as she lay back down and fell asleep again. Unsatisfied, Shang Can ended up guarding the door and stayed awake all night, only sneaking out at dawn to find Wang Yue for a solution.

Wang Yue took the opportunity of a routine examination to have Yun Duan come in for a check-up. In the end, they only reached the ambiguous conclusion that it might be due to unresolved worries stemming from the drastic changes at home.

'... Or should we tell Duan Er? At least locking the door every night would be a bit safer—'

'Don't say that.'

Shang Can firmly rejected Wang Yue's suggestion, stood up, and stretched lazily.

'With Duan Er's temperament, I'm afraid that if she knows, she'd rather stay awake than cause any trouble for others.'

'She's still young; she's still growing.'

Considering this, Shang Can kept this matter to herself, remaining on edge during the nights for that period, paying close attention to the noises coming from next door.

Yun Duan was always regular with her schedule and usually went to bed around the beginning of the Hai hour unless something unusual occurred. After observing for a long time, Shang Can found that Yun Duan's sleepwalking episodes were most frequent around the Zi hour; after that time, she would not sleepwalk again.

So every night, she waited until after the Zi hour. If she heard any noises, she would rush into Yun Duan's room to stop her and return only after confirming she was asleep.

This vigilance lasted over a year. It was only after Yun Duan hadn't had an episode for six consecutive months that Shang Can dared to relax her guard a little. Indeed, there hadn't been any sleepwalking incidents after that.

However, during that time, Shang Can had stayed up late, which caused her to struggle to get up the next day, leading to some unhealthy sleeping habits, naturally causing her to skip quite a few classes—though she already had a reputation for being undisciplined, so it didn't raise too much suspicion.

She never expected that after all these years, Yun Duan's condition, which should have long since healed, would resurface.

Shang Can felt a wave of doubt rising in her heart, accompanied by a sense of lingering fear.

The courtyard door wasn't very secure; fortunately, this time, Yun Duan sleepwalked to her room. What if she had unknowingly wandered onto the streets of Bi Luo Huang Quan and was seen by some demon?

Shang Can's chest tightened, and the arm she had around Yun Duan's waist instinctively tightened as well.

Even without mentioning the peculiarities of the flawless celestial body, just looking at Yun Duan's appearance was already dangerous enough.

With her mind swirling with strange thoughts, Shang Can furrowed her brow, forcing herself to concentrate on the sleeping beauty in her arms.

Just as she had done in the past when she heard noises from next door in the middle of the night, Shang Can gently stroked Yun Duan's long hair.