Level Up in Earth Evolution

'Why, why are you making things difficult for me!' Li Wei screamed in his mind, cursing the creator of the skill.

But he made sure to keep his expression normal to not let them know about his cursing.

'I can't let them know about the new information of the skill, or they will feel even more embarrassed,' he decided and looked at Olivia, who was still trying to hold back her moan.

'It only affects the party members; it is no wonder they were moaning a lot more than the wolf. I thought it was because the wolf is the monster, so it was able to resist it,' as he pondered, a sudden notification rang out.

[Ding, XP transfer process is complete,

Olivia: Level: 22 ↑1+ | XP: 0/23000 ↑3,767+;

Li Wei: Level: 35 | XP: 6,895 /36,000 ↓3,767-]

'Nn? It stopped,' Olivia felt surprised at the sudden stop of a comfortable feeling and a look of disappointment flashed in her eyes.

"It's done; you are level 22 now," Li Wei informed her, taking his hand off from her smooth white navel.

Olivia nodded as she hurriedly pulled her shirt down and returned to her bed where Elva, Alice, and Li Xin were seated.

A sudden silence hung in the air as they all sat on the bed.

Li Wei glanced at them. "Is there something you want to tell?" he asked, feeling the silence.

Everyone shook their heads hurriedly, not wanting to say anything.

After a few seconds of silence, Elva and Alice stood up.

"Brother Li, thank you for leveling us up. It's getting late, so we will take our leave and good night," they said their thanks, wanting to head out.

"Wait," Li Wei stopped them and stood up.

"Eh?" Elva and Alice both became surprised and looked at him.

They both became tense for some reason when he gazed at them.

Li Wei took a deep breath and fixed his gaze on everyone.

"XinXin, Elva, Alice, Olivia, I'd like to thank you all again for joining the party officially. I know I am a little selfish here and forced you all to level up like this, and I am really sorry for that," he apologized sincerely with a soft voice.

Everyone became stunned at his apology; even Li Xin felt surprised.

But knowing his personality, she understood he felt guilty.

"Brother Li, you didn't force us to level up; instead, you gave us a choice if we want to level up or not, and we chose yes. So don't worry about it," Alice replied, assuring him.

Elva nodded, agreeing with Alice.

"Yes, you don't have to worry. It's our choice to level up, and not to mention, we are leveling up faster than anyone while earning money. It almost feels like we are taking advantage of you," Elva expressed her thoughts.

They themselves felt uncomfortable because Li Wei is doing everything. He is killing monsters; he is fighting against gods; he is taking a quest of sage; it's all him.

"I too agree with both of them; you don't have to worry too much," Olivia also expressed herself.

Li Xin just smiled at him and didn't say anything, but he understood that she supported him.

Watching their reaction, Li Wei nodded. "Then I thank you all," he thanked them again and looked at Elva and Alice.

"Alice, Elva, it's getting late, so I won't stop you, and you don't have to worry about monster attacks at night. I will alone take care of them if they appear. Also, good night," he suggested, saying his goodbye.

"Um, okay, we will take our leave then, and Good Night, you all," Elva replied, not rejecting his suggestion, and said her goodbyes as she made her way towards their camp.

Alice, too, after saying goodbyes, followed her behind, leaving only the three of them inside.

"Well, it's getting late, XinXin, Olivia; we should sleep as well," Li Wei suggested, to which both nodded.

"Good night, Olivia," he said to her before going to sleep.

"Um, good night," Olivia also replied with a faint blush and laid down on her bed.

Li Wei and Li Xin also followed suit and laid down on the bed together.

"Phew, It was a long day," Li Wei muttered and glanced at Li Xin, who is thinking something.

He didn't hesitate and hugged her, feeling her soft body.

Li Xin felt happy at getting hugged, but she glared at him.

"You aren't thinking lustfully, right?" she questioned with a cold glance.

Li Wei felt funny and playfully ran his hand through her hair.

"What will you do if I am really thinking lustfully?" he smiled, gazing into her eyes.

"Eh?" Li Xin felt surprised and scared because he never talked to her like this.

'Don't tell me he is really thinking with lust and wants to do those things; no, we can't do that in front of Olivia, not to mention the tent isn't soundproof,' she thought with a blush and also became scared at the same time, not knowing what to do.

'But if we really did this, wouldn't Mother and father (step-father) be disappointed?' she murmured in her mind and closed her eyes, feeling uneasy about what they were doing.

Even though their parents passed away, both respected their parents for what they had done for them.

Because of this, they both always hesitated if what they were doing is right or not and kept themselves in check, not taking a further step in their relationship.

But now she is going to take a step further and feeling uneasy about disappointing their parents.

Li Wei saw her trembling eyes and felt her uneasiness. Without hesitation, he tightened his hug.

'Looks like it will take time for her to make a decision,' he thought, looking at her.

"Don't worry, XinXin; I am just joking," he assured her in a soft voice.

"Eh?" hearing him, Li Xin became surprised and angry.

'Dumb brother making me nervous for nothing,' she felt irritated at his jokes and opened her eyes to shoot a glare at him.

"You can't joke with me like this, and did you forget Olivia is here too?" she scolded him.

"Sorry, I will not joke like this," Li Wei apologized. He wanted to ask if it would be okay if Olivia isn't here but decided not to, or she will really get pissed and wouldn't talk to him.

Li Xin saw him apologizing but didn't say anything and buried her face into his chest.

'What should I do? I love him, but will it really disappoint them,' she thought in silence but couldn't get the answer.

After a minute, she looked up at him.

"Brother, you will turn 18 in a few days," she informed, noticing his birthday is coming.

Li Wei nodded. "Yes, and doesn't it mean you will also turn 18 the next day after me? Do you have any gifts you like? I will buy it for you," he asked, gazing at her to see if she wanted something.

However, Li Xin shook her head.

"I don't need any gifts, but I want to buy a gift for you, so you are giving me an idea about what you want, and it's a compulsion," she stated forcefully.

Li Wei chuckled at her forceful look.

"Hehe, looks like my girl learned to boss people around," he muttered, stretching her cheeks and gazed into her eyes.

"My whole world is here, and I don't think I need anything except you," he replied, conveying his meaning.

Li Xin blushed hard when she heard him say so easily and buried her face in his chest again.

'Idiot brother, how could he say such things easily, and why is he so daring today?' she felt irritated again.

Li Wei watched her as she buried her face into his chest and gently moved his hands, caressing her back softly.

'I am sorry, Dad, Mom (stepmother), I am going to disappoint both of you. But I can't do anything about it; I love her and don't want to hurt her,' he apologized to his father and stepmother in his heart.

He already decided to cross the bridge of stepsiblings. With that thought in mind, he gazed at her.

'After the start of Earth Evolution, she is also overcoming her shy nature, but she is still hesitating because of our parents,' he thought about when she became daring from time to time.

When they were on Earth, Li Wei wasn't in a hurry to be in a relationship with her and wanted to give her enough time.

But after the Earth evolution, his mind started to change; he wanted to become high level and then live a peaceful life with her.

However, after thinking about her feelings, he decided not to let her wait. Not to mention, she was feeling uneasy after knowing he would get closer with other girls.

"I am sorry for being a bad brother, XinXin. Even though I know how you feel, I still did something that I wasn't supposed to do," he apologized in a low voice as he caressed her back.

Li Xin heard his murmur and removed her head from his chest.

"Brother, you don't have to worry too much. If you didn't choose to party up with girls, I would've told you to do that because I don't want to be in the party with some stinky guys who will drink and teach you bad things," she stated, gazing at him.

After coming to this world, she noticed that the men were more free and visited special buildings for pleasure.

Especially adventurers, they would drink and would definitely go to that place every week or so; even servants were no exceptions.

Because of the magic in this world, there weren't many diseases that could harm them, so it became a normal thing for them.

If he really created a party with guys or a male servant, she couldn't stop them from visiting such places, and they might even bring him there, making him drunk when she is not watching him.

Not to mention, she would feel uncomfortable with the guys around.

'Forming a party with girls is actually better than partying with some guys and going somewhere like that. Even if he fal–' she stopped, not daring to think further, and gazed at him, her heart racing a little.

"Brother, it's getting late; we should sleep," she stated, not wanting to continue this talk further.

Li Wei saw she didn't want to talk about this and agreed. "Okay, good night," he murmured, ruffling her hair softly.

"Un, good night, brother," Li Xin nodded, closing her eyes and once again buried her face in his chest while thinking about their relationship.

'Mom, what should I do?' she asked in her heart, feeling a little uneasy.

'If they were alive and saw us like this, they will be definitely disappointed,' she thought, becoming dejected about this, when Li Wei tightened his grip on her, making her feel his warm body.

She let out a smile but didn't open her eyes, and with the warm feeling around her, she slowly drifted to sleep, throwing out the other thoughts.