After Becoming Sleep Buddies with an Evil God

Tormented by insomnia, Yuliu had not had a good night's sleep in ninety thousand years.

As an evil god who had returned from an infinite-flow world, he had long been plagued by nightmares, and his power was on the verge of running wild and out of control.

Seeing how badly he was doing, a friend offered some advice: "Spring is here. Why not find yourself a sleep buddy in the human world? Share a bed, get a little intimate, and maybe you'll finally be able to sleep well."

At first, Yuliu scoffed. He thought humans were far too weak to be worth his attention.

But as his power grew increasingly unstable, Yuliu had no choice but to take a gambler's chance and give it a try. Before long, he had his eye on a cool, aloof professor who taught calculus at a top university.

The professor's surname was Xie. He looked to be only about twenty-five, with a strong, narrow waist and long legs. His black shirt was buttoned all the way to the top, giving him an air of restrained elegance.

More importantly, he kept a regular schedule, turning out the lights at eleven every night, and he was a delight to watch as he slept.

The first time he lay beside Professor Xie, Yuliu tentatively wrapped a tentacle around his arm and rested his head gently against the hollow of his neck. He caught the sweet, warm scent of the man, which had a powerful calming effect. For a moment, he actually felt sleep coming on.

It was as if his body were sinking into soft cotton, enveloped from head to toe in a tingling warmth.

Yuliu slept soundly until morning, waking refreshed and clear-headed.

His friend's advice really had worked!

From then on, Yuliu often came by at night.

Every now and then, he would be late. When he was, he assumed Professor Xie had already gone to bed, only to find the apartment still lit. Then, as if by coincidence, the lights would go out just as Yuliu arrived.

Yuliu grew uneasy. It was almost as though the professor were waiting for him.

But he had clearly concealed his evil-god aura. There was no way a human could sense it.

He must be imagining things because his power was out of control. That had to be it!

After they had been sleeping together for two months, Yuliu one day took it into his head to see what Professor Xie was like during the day. To his surprise, he found the professor spending a lot of time with the human who taught astrophysics next door.

The physicist brought Professor Xie breakfast every day. Professor Xie smiled at him and spoke to him in a gentle voice.

Yuliu was consumed with jealousy. He did not just want Professor Xie's body; he wanted his heart, too. He wanted the man to be devoted to him.

But Yuliu was a kind evil god. He would not tie the physicist up and throw him into the abyss, and he was no good at stealing someone's lover, either.

The physicist must be the person Professor Xie liked.

Yuliu made up his mind: it was time to find a new sleep buddy.

Xie Xing, director of the Bureau of Anomaly Containment, went undercover at Jing City University as a professor to complete a special SSS-rank mission.

But every night after the lights went out, an anomaly came to cuddle up and sleep beside him.

And it was a high-risk entity on the level of an evil god.

The evil god was not only audacious, but also a terrible sleeper. Every time Xie Xing moved his arms and legs away, the other would shamelessly wind himself around him again.

One time, the evil god clung to Xie Xing until he could take no more. Xie Xing really wanted to arrest him on the spot.

Then he saw the evil god curl up into a fluffy little ball in his arms, whimpering pitifully: "Hold me. I'm so cold..."

Only then did Xie Xing learn that the evil god suffered from insomnia and was often tormented by nightmares.

For the evil god, getting a good night's sleep was a luxury.

Xie Xing had been about to push him away, but in the end his hand came to rest on the evil god's back, turning into a reluctant embrace.

Fine. He could let the poor little thing cuddle up and sleep.

Just as Xie Xing was growing used to having an evil god around, the evil god stopped coming.

Xie Xing waited night after night, but he never showed up. The SSS-rank mission was complete, and still the evil god had not appeared.

It was only when Xie Xing heard from an informant that the evil god had found a new sleep buddy that...

The usually composed and unflappable Director Xie could no longer sit still.

Core theme: Be your own hero