CH 32

Xu Xinghe was startled by Ling Changfeng’s sudden approach.

He subconsciously took a few steps back, like a frightened little animal. Then he turned to vigilantly watch the intruder in front of him.

“What are you talking about?” Xu Xinghe couldn’t help but suspect that he was hallucinating.

“Hush money.” Seeing this, Ling Changfeng did not bully him again, but stood in place with his hands behind his back, following his little spouse’s movements with his eyes.

Then he repeated those words again without hesitation.

Xu Xinghe couldn’t believe Marshal Ling’s words.

He has no idea what Ling Changfeng has experienced in the past half month. Although he still has an unmelting iceberg face that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, and a pair of calm mismatched eyes…

But! The whole person suddenly became shameless!

There were some small signs after that state banquet, but recently the signs aren’t small. If things continue like this, what should he do?!

Xu Xinghe felt like this could not continue to happen; he had to fight the evil forces to the end.

So he stuck his neck and said, “No hush money! If you don’t feel embarrassed about last night, just go and talk about it!”

“What am I embarrassed about?” Ling Changfeng’s face was expressionless, but his tone was slow. “I didn’t do anything to anyone, and I didn’t pull anyone to sleep with me.”

Xu Xinghe: “…”

Why can’t I get through this!

“I’m also a victim of alcohol! Besides, even if I’m drunk, why don’t you resist? Why did you let me succeed?” Xu Xinghe’s tone was cool, with a bit of righteousness, as if he was asking “did you do it on purpose?”.

Ling Changfeng pondered for a moment, as if he was recalling something, and then replied thoughtfully: “I wanted to resist at first, but when I moved, you became teary-eyed and looked ready to cry.”

Xu Xinghe: “… …”

He looked at Ling Changfeng with a complicated expression. “To be honest, do you think that I don’t know the true face of my drunkenness, and can only believe whatever you say, so you dare say this?”

There was a flash of indifference in the different pupils, but the emotions quickly disappeared in the deep ocean of different colors.

Ling Changfeng stood on the spot and said noncommittally, “Then why don’t you try getting drunk again. I’ll help you record your drunken state and show you what it looks like.”

Xu Xinghe: “…”

No more, he really felt a momentary impulse to agree.

But the cost of doing so is too great – if he really looks like this when drunk, isn’t he just pitting himself? How can leave evidence of his social death?

Moreover, he didn’t want to lose face for the second time so soon…

Just when Xu Xinghe was in a dilemma, Ling Changfeng spoke again: “In the end, I am also a victim of alcohol.”

Xu Xinghe heart was ashes as he thought, “You a victim? Bullsh*t!”

But he lost his wits, didn’t hide his thoughts, and blurted those words out.

The bedroom suddenly fell silent.

Xu Xinghe: “…”

F*ck! How can he speak his mind?

Ling Changfeng said blankly: “I was manipulated by someone who was drunk last night. How can I not be a victim of alcohol?”

Xu Xinghe fell silent for a while, feeling that Ling Changfeng was completely shameless.

He can’t speak eye to eye with such shameless people, otherwise the more one talks, the more they will suffer.

He raised his head and asked Ling Changfeng: “How much do you want?”

This time it was Marshal Ling’s turn to think he had hallucinated: “What?”

Xu Xinghe repeated: “Hush fee, how much do you want??”

Ling Changfeng: “…”

Marshal Ling’s eyes became very complicated, looking at Xu Xinghe, he was speechless for a long time.

He was confused about the brain circuit of his little spouse, being able to think to ask about hush money in such a way.

But he did not directly refute, but said unceremoniously: “One hundred million, do you give it?”

“…” Xu Xinghe was shocked by his shamelessness. “Why don’t you rob the bank if you’re so short of money?!”

“Do you think I’m short of money?” Ling Changfeng’s voice was slightly lower.

“No, I think you don’t lack anything.” Xu Xinghe changed his tune and looked at him sincerely, but said in his heart: What hush money do you want?!

“Hush money doesn’t mean money.” Ling Changfeng sighed inaudibly when he saw his little spouse’s ignorant appearance, and began to persuade him, “Shouldn’t you show some sincerity if you don’t want me to reveal this matter?”

When Xu Xinghe heard it, he had an indescribable expression on his face—

You came to my room in the middle of the night to extort money??

He gritted his teeth and asked, “What do you want as a hush money?”

Ling Changfeng’s eyes swept across Xu Xinghe inch by inch, and said word by word, “Think about it yourself.”

Xu Xinghe: “…”

F*ck! An extortion that still requires the victim to think for themselves! Can’t I just wait on you, damn it?!

“Speak whatever you’d like. I’m going to bed, please turn right to go out and walk slowly.”

Ling Changfeng stood motionless and didn’t move.

Xu Xinghe looked at him suspiciously.

Ling Changfeng suddenly said, “We’ve violated the “Matching Marriage Law” for too long.”

Xu Xinghe: “???” Did the topic change too quickly?

He looked at Ling Changfeng with horror in his eyes. “What do you want?”

“Nothing.” Ling Changfeng said lightly, “It’s just that it’s been a long time, and my conscience is a little heavy.”

Xu Xinghe was stunned: “Conscience? It’s heavy?”

What’s wrong with you? Doesn’t your conscience hurt to come to me in the middle of the night and ask for a hush fee?!

“After all, I have always been a law-abiding citizen.” Ling Changfeng said.

Xu Xinghe: “…”

It’s the same as saying that he is not abiding by the law… Well, although to a certain extent, their behavior of evading the mastermind’s monitoring by sleeping in different beds for more than half a month is indeed illegal.

But it didn’t seem to be long since the last time. He was just marked a few days ago, and last night…they obviously slept together more than once or twice.

Thinking of this, Xu Xinghe’s eyes were a little dodgy: “Then what do you want?”

Ling Changfeng glanced at him casually, and said in a casual tone: “Tonight, let’s continue to sleep together.”

So the two of them entered into the familiar 'same bed but not sleeping together” routine again once more.

In fact, Xu Xinghe did not particularly resist this routine. After all, the two of them could sleep in the same bed as if they were sleeping on separate beds.

Two people, two quilts, wrapped themselves tightly and did not invade each other’s space.

Furthermore, he quite believed that with Ling Changfeng’s character and determination, he would not do anything to himself.

After all, he survived the estrus period before…

But Ling Changfeng has become weird recently.

This made Xu Xinghe feel an indescribable feeling in his heart. It wasn’t unease, but more like a sense of helplessness when facing the unknown.

He was lying on the bed in a daze, obviously already sleepy, but he couldn’t fall asleep. In the end, he took the rare initiative to speak, intending to chat with him for a while.

“Have you encountered anything recently? – Stop pretending, I know you haven’t slept.”

Ling Changfeng turned his back to him, didn’t open his eyes, but said slowly, “Why are you asking?”

“I feel that something is not right with you recently…” Xu Xinghe yawned. Although he couldn’t sleep, the sleepiness was already eroding his brain.

“Maybe.” Ling Changfeng said in a low voice, “Didn’t I just experience your—”

The voice stopped abruptly, and he changed his words: “My susceptibility period.”

“Oh, so it is.” Xu Xinghe was already a little confused. He wasn’t as defensive in this nighttime sleepy state as when he was awake during the day, and looked much easier to talk to.

He asked softly, “So, you were affected by pheromones?”

The person behind him was silent and did not answer.

There was a small lamp on the head of the bed, and the warm orange light spread on the two of them.

“I think you’ve been influenced a bit by pheromones recently…” Xu Xinghe also turned his back to him and slowly closed his eyes.

But his mouth didn’t stop, but he kindly helped him analyze: “Although this is also human nature, but now it’s 329 years in the Galaxy Calendar, we can’t just be emotional animals. We must learn to analyze problems rationally… You see, from our identity, to age, to personality, we’re not suitable anywhere. Only the matching degree of our pheromone is relatively high…”

He was drowsily delivering a long speech, completely unaware that every time he said a word, the mismatched pupils turned a shade darker.

Ling Changfeng opened his eyes at some point, turned around, and stared at Xu Xinghe without saying a word.

Xu Xinghe felt a little cold, so he stretched out his claws in a daze and wrapped the quilt around him even tighter.

After a while, Ling Changfeng looked away and turned to look at the night skies outside the window.

It was a night without wind and moon, quiet and lonely.

It’s just that the dark clouds cover the moon, making the whole starry sky bleak.

Ling Changfeng sighed in his heart and closed his eyes again.

At this moment, he heard Xu Xinghe say –

“But I can understand you…because I also seem to be affected a little…”

Ling Changfeng suddenly opened his eyes.

Under the moonlight, the dual-colored pupils flickered slightly.

He looked at Xu Xinghe’s back, lowered his voice, and cautiously confirmed: “How are you affected?”

Xu Xinghe’s mind was already blurred, and he replied, “Pheromones… Do your pheromones smell like the sea? I have been to the seaside in the summer vacation, and the sea breeze is salty, obviously not as good as yours…”

Outside the window, the dark clouds dissipated, and the bright moonlight shone on the earth again.

The moonlight shone for thousands of miles, and the stars and rivers twinkled.

The first breeze of the night lifted the treetops with a rustling sound.

The night is just right, making one look forward to the next dawn.

After Xu Xinghe said these words, there was no more sound, as if he had finally fallen asleep.

Ling Changfeng suddenly half stood up: “Xinghe?”

The person opposite did not respond.

Only uniform breathing sounded.

Ling Changfeng looked at Xu Xinghe’s sleeping profile. His eyes swept from the man’s thick eyelashes and closed eyebrows to his pale pink lips… Finally, it landed on the sensitive glands in the back of his neck.

A faint scar lay there, a bit dazzling, and infinitely affectionate.

After an unknown period of time, Ling Changfeng suddenly leaned over slowly-

And engraved a long kiss on his ear.

Under the moonlight, Ling Changfeng said in a low voice –

“Idiot, this is called hush money.”

Guess this is considered their first kiss? Or is it?

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