Chapter 144 Massage Awakener

"Ah~~~"

"No problem! Brother Chen Yu, sit here! On the bed or the chair? Should I get you a pillow? Are your shoulders sore? Should I massage your shoulders first or your back?"

*Thud.*

The door closed.

The hallway fell silent.

Zhang Wanyue stood in the hallway, looking down at the cup in her hands.

"Sigh."

She suddenly felt a bit envious of Wang Mengmeng.

Even though she was punished by being made to kneel every day, was constantly looked down upon, and was ordered around by Chen Yu...

But no matter what,

Whenever Chen Yu needed her, he would go to her.

What about herself?

She didn't know what she wanted.

She didn't even know why... she suddenly felt a bit sad.

"Why am I thinking about this?"

Zhang Wanyue shook her head, trying to shake off these unsettling thoughts.

...

...

The next day.

Sunlight squeezed through the gaps in the curtains, drawing a golden line on the floor.

Zhang Wanyue opened her eyes.

She lay in bed for a while, then rolled over and sat up, smoothing her messy sleep-tousled hair.

*Splash, splash, splash—*

She washed up, changed her clothes, and went downstairs.

Her movements were very light, for fear of waking the others.

In the kitchen, wearing her familiar 'missing bottom' outfit, she began to get busy.

She took ingredients out of the Public Backpack, cooked a pot of porridge, and fried a few eggs.

Flames licked the bottom of the pot, and the water bubbled noisily.

She stood before the stove, slowly stirring the porridge with a spoon.

This was summoned by Lu Xiaoyu this morning, specifically for Chen Yu.

Footsteps came from upstairs.

"Class Monitor~~ Morning~"

Wang Mengmeng hopped down from upstairs, her hair still messy and her face full of half-asleep daze.

Zhang Wanyue looked back at her and smiled.

"Morning, did you rest well last night?"

Wang Mengmeng let out a yawn, and then her face crumpled into a look of suffering.

"Ugh, don't even mention it!"

She leaned in toward the stove and lowered her voice as if sharing a secret.

"Brother Chen Yu made me give him a massage last night; I was at it all night!"

The spoon in Zhang Wanyue's hand paused for a moment.

Then she continued stirring.

"All night?"

"Yeah!"

Wang Mengmeng rubbed her wrists. "My hands are still sore even now! Here! And here! It's all sore!"

She gestured as she spoke, her expression highly exaggerated.

"Class Monitor, you have no idea. Brother Chen Yu has so many requirements—heavier on the left, lighter on the right, a bit higher, a bit lower... I was sweating buckets from all that massaging!"

Zhang Wanyue listened but didn't speak.

She just continued stirring the porridge.

After Wang Mengmeng finished complaining, she suddenly leaned in a bit closer.

Tilting her head, she looked at her. "Class Monitor Sister?"

Zhang Wanyue looked up.

"What is it?"

Wang Mengmeng stared at her for another two seconds. "Are you..."

She didn't finish, but her eyes were full of deep meaning.

Zhang Wanyue blanked for a moment, then looked away. "What are you trying to say?"

Wang Mengmeng giggled twice. "Oh, stop pretending, stop pretending! I can see right through you!"

She lowered her voice, acting all mysterious. "Are you thinking about... stealing my identity as the Massage Awakened?"

Zhang Wanyue: "..."

Wang Mengmeng laughed. "Class Monitor, no need to be shy! Although I'm the first-generation Massage Awakened, I'm not a selfish person!"

She patted her chest.

"This job, while it lets you have a lot of contact with Brother Chen Yu, lets you smell him from up close, lets you hear his breathing after he falls asleep, and even lets you..."

Zhang Wanyue quickly stopped her: "Stop, stop, stop!"

Her face was flushed. "I have no intention of competing for your job."

Wang Mengmeng didn't believe her at all. "Don't worry, Class Monitor, I, Wang Mengmeng, am not that stingy!"

"I can teach you!"

Zhang Wanyue was stunned. "Teach me what?"

Wang Mengmeng looked proud. "I know every single muscle of Brother Chen Yu's like the back of my hand! Where he's sore, where it hurts, where needs extra attention—I could find it all with my eyes closed!"

Zhang Wanyue opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Wang Mengmeng patted her on the shoulder.

"So, Class Monitor, just learn from me! I guarantee I'll train you into the Number Two Masseur!"

"When I'm not around, you take over! When you're there, I'll rest! We'll work in shifts, a seamless transition!"

"Of course, the Number One Masseur will definitely still be me. You can't steal that position."

Zhang Wanyue burst into a laugh and shook her head. "Stop messing around, Mengmeng. I'm not going to learn those things."

...

...

Half an hour later.

Chen Yu came down from upstairs, planning to go to the yard for some fresh air.

Just as he stepped off the stairs, he froze.

On the living room sofa,

Wang Mengmeng was lying face down, her face buried in a throw pillow.

Zhang Wanyue sat beside her, her white T-shirt hanging loosely on her body, the hem just covering the tops of her thighs, revealing a pair of long, straight legs as her bare feet rested on the floor.

She had both hands on Wang Mengmeng's back, pressing down rhythmically.

Her technique looked quite earnest.

"Yes, yes, yes! Right there!"

Wang Mengmeng's voice was muffled, coming from the pillow.

"A bit lower, a bit lower... Yes! Use more strength!"

Zhang Wanyue kept her head down, focused on the massage. "Like this?"

"Yes! Just like that! Class Monitor, your intuition is too high! You should be the Massage Awakened instead..."

Chen Yu stood at the foot of the stairs, watching the scene. *Ahem, ahem...*

He gave a light cough.

Zhang Wanyue's hands instantly froze.

She looked up and met Chen Yu's gaze.

Her face turned beet red in an instant.

Zhang Wanyue quickly clarified, "I... I wasn't doing anything..."

Chen Yu was taken aback. "I didn't even ask you?"

Zhang Wanyue's face grew even redder as she hastily pulled Wang Mengmeng up. "Let's go, let's go, come with me to pour some water..."

"Ah, Class Monitor, you haven't mastered it yet, you can't—"

"Just move!"

Zhang Wanyue dragged Wang Mengmeng away from the scene.

Chen Yu shrugged and stretched; today was another day of collecting rent in the Villa Area.

However, just as he was about to walk out the front door,

In his private messages,

A notification popped up.

[Sun Haiyu: Big Brother Chen Yu, something's happened!!!]

Chen Yu's footsteps paused.

Sun Haiyu was a person in charge at the Information Sharing Center, specifically handling information related to the Film Academy. Wang Xingde had introduced him before, saying that if Chen Yu wanted to look into anything later, he could go directly to him.

Chen Yu opened the message.

[Sun Haiyu: Didn't you ask me to keep an eye on the murder cases in the Living Area? Over in Sector B, another convoy from the Polytechnic was wiped out. Holy crap, another twelve lives!]

[Sun Haiyu: We did some digging. The day before that group was wiped out, they had just invited a young girl from the Film Academy to join their vehicle!]

[Chen Yu: And the girl?]

[Sun Haiyu: Gone. She wasn't among the bodies.]

[Chen Yu: Keep looking. Don't miss any clues. If you can find her, there's a heavy reward.]

[Sun Haiyu: No problem, Big Brother Chen Yu. I'll post a bounty for information in a bit. If there's any movement, I'll contact you immediately. Guaranteed reliable!]