Zhou Haozheng picked up a guide at a low price from an underground market. The other man couldn't speak and huddled naked in a corner of the cage. His mental power came and went, and after using it once, he needed half a month to recover. He was like a discarded item nobody wanted.
Still, as long as he was usable, that would do.
Zhou Haozheng had it all figured out. He and his lover, both S-rank sentinels, needed a guide, and a C-rank one was just right.
In the end, Lan Jie, now well cared for, sat dazed on the bed, sandwiched between the two men's spirit forms, at a loss. Meanwhile, Zhou Haozheng and Wen Xiufei were fighting at the door over who got to share the guide's bed that night.
Note:
1. This has an unusual mix of hurt and comfort, a torrent of melodrama, an unconventional forced romance, lovers turned rivals, and a three-person relationship in and out of bed. Proceed with caution, proceed with caution, proceed with caution.
2. The gong is mute at first, and might still be mute later. Hard to say.
Theme: Never give up on yourself, even in difficult circumstances