(After retaliating against society, why hasn’t anyone rewarded with a vote...)
What should I say, maybe life is ant to be this fulfilling—waking up at ho, the sun shining brightly, peaceful and quiet, lying next to soone who loves you and whom you love, embracing each other as you welco a new day.
And no naughty kids jumping in to cause trouble.
The battle twenty hours ago still seems fresh in my mind, but it’s already over: although I know the worries after the war are just beginning, now that the dust has settled, it’s ti to catch my breath a little.
A warm, soft sensation cos from beside , a soft body still resting on my arm. I turn my head and see the Miss, still curled up in my arms, sleeping soundly, curled up in that way that looks like a small animal. Outsiders probably can never imagine that a strong Miss like her would sleep like a baby. Her hair is spread out on the bed, dense like rippling water, with a faint smile on her lips, as if she’s having a sweet dream: she should have a nice dream, the previous nightmare really scared her.
As I was thinking this, the Miss suddenly smacked her lips, then groped around to find my arm, and with a crunch took a bite.
I imdiately gritted my teeth, drawing a sharp breath, but I was afraid of waking my wife, so I didn’t even dare to draw that cold breath, thinking that whatever good dream this girl is having, it definitely has to do with food: at this mont, I was particularly grateful that Sandora doesn’t usually dream.
"Mmm..." The Miss frowned in her sleep, as if feeling that the texture just now wasn’t right or the taste wasn’t good, so she stretched her hand out and grabbed randomly in the air, then took out a bottle of pepper from her Personal Space right in front of , sprinkled a bit of seasoning on the spot she just bit, and only then revealed a satisfied smile, lowering her head for another bite.
This ti, before I even had a chance to grit my teeth, the Miss woke up herself, and with a particularly loud noise: "Achoo— Who! Who dares to sprinkle pepper while Miss is asleep— Achoo..."
Lin Xue suddenly propped up half of her body, then solidly sneezed two or three more tis: and she never even opened her eyes the whole ti. It took her quite a while before she slowly woke up, rubbing her nose as she opened her sleepy eyes, seeing that the apocalypse hadn’t co, realizing she was on the bed, and nodded contentedly before plopping back down again, curling herself back into a small animal-like ball within two seconds: plus, she pulled most of the quilt away with her.
: "..."
"Wow!" Just as I was wondering how to wake up this Miss suffering from serious morning confusion, she finally reacted, opening her eyes and seeing lying next to her, her instant reflex was to let out a startled cry: without the soundproof barrier in the room, this scream might have woken up everyone from the west end of town. Then Lin Xue scooted away half a ter on the bed, covering the snow-white expanse of her chest with her hands—although it had long been seen before—giving a look like I was a flood or fierce beast. I patiently waited for this temporarily below-average intelligence of the Miss to respond a bit more before speaking: "Well, good morning."
Lin Xue thought for a mont, her intelligence finally adjusted above the average line, she cluelessly nodded at : "Oh, good morning." Then she began pondering again, after a few seconds, her face turned bright red at a visible speed, but she still let go of that stance of guarding against a lewd wolf, awkwardly scratching her face: "Oh, I forgot, I’ve already been eaten by this hooligan..."
: "...Maybe you should go back to sleep for a bit."
"No, not sleeping, I don’t feel sleepy at all now, didn’t know just now..." The Miss sniffed, then suddenly cast sharp eyes my way, "Right! The pepper! Just now, you were the one playing this prank on Miss, right!"
I innocently pointed at the two parallel teeth marks on my arm: "Were you dreaming about eating barbecue? Earlier you thought I was bland..."
Lin Xue was suddenly at a loss, giggling foolishly and changing the subject.
This is the morning after the first extrely intimate contact between and Lin Xue, the conversation and actions that took place, not very romantic, not much tenderness, not even what you could call affectionate. She bit twice, and the second ti she even sprinkled so pepper, while I watched this tsundere Miss wake up in her confused state, finding everything rather amusing.
But perhaps this is the way of interaction that suits the two of us, I’m a wooden block that can’t be romantic, the Miss is a tsundere that can’t be tender. But I’ve already felt this one thing, between Lin Xue and myself, we are completely dependent, entangled with each other, a brand new tacit understanding has appeared between us, the most obvious example being when this girl sprinkled pepper on my arm, I had already preemptively covered my own mouth: I think this is all about tacit understanding.
Lin Xue awkwardly and shyly started getting dressed. You could see that this girl, who almost had a dual personality, was now overtaken by her shy side. I found this amusing because at such a close distance, there’s really no way she could hide, plus, there was nothing on her she needed to keep secret from anyway... So, I watched the Miss, almost fully exposed to the morning light, sway like a blooming flower. The 9:30 AM sunlight bathed her, perfectly outlining her gentle curves. Noticing my gaze, Lin Xue turned her head and shot a furious glare: she was truly beautiful.
"Do you want to take a bath first?" I thought for a mont and finally made a suggestion I thought was quite reasonable. And then I saw a burst of light on Lin Xue, who had seed a bit ssy and flustered before, instantly transform into looking "spotlessly new." The Miss nodded with a bit of pride and boasted to : "Bathing is too troubleso. Recently, I learned self-purification from Bingdisi. Being around you, I’ve started to gain a bit of divinity too, and it’s easy to master the dust-repelling skills of divinity."
I didn’t dare to ask how long she had been preparing for what happened last night. It must have been a shocking answer.
The outside sunlight was very bright, and for various reasons, I got up very late today. It was already about nine in the morning, but despite it being this late, no one ca knocking: the reasons were unimaginable. I guessed the bored people at ho were already standing in a long line outside. Lying in bed was very comfortable, and watching my beautiful girlfriend dress and tidy up was quite enjoyable too. If I could, I would just lie here and watch Lin Xue walk back and forth in front of , daydreaming for half the day: it was truly one of the most perfect monts of my life.
Hmm, the other two perfect monts were when Sandora and Qianqian wandered in front of , but usually, Sandora would get hungry within two minutes of waking up and run out to eat, while Qianqian would drag into discussing world peace or cultural unity after two minutes. Their perfect monts were really quite short. Comparing like this, the Miss, who was usually the most prickly, unexpectedly beca the most gentle and adorable one.
"If you don’t get up, I’ll roll you up with the blanket," the Miss said decisively, her knuckles cracking.
I dawdled out of bed, stretching lazily. Lin Xue seed to consider sothing, then hesitantly leaned in, pecking on the cheek in a small voice: "I think this should be it, morning greetings should include a kiss... Don’t overthink it!"
I didn’t know who instilled this notion in her, but I found it quite approvingly, since when Sandora woke up, she usually bit , and Qianqian, when she woke up was slightly better — she would bite for the better part of a day.
Only Lin Xue gave a good morning kiss: though prior to that, she also bit twice, one of which was after sprinkling pepper. But nevertheless, once this hedgehog-like prickly girl softened up, she turned out to be so gentle and lovely?
"Why does your expression look so strange?" the Miss gave a sidelong glare, then awkwardly showed an uncomfortable look, as if her newly non-human body felt quite awkward after the first night, "Ugh, I feel weird all over. How am I supposed to face people like this? It’s crazy that I let you trick so easily."
"You know, if moving around is inconvenient, you could just..."
"Shut up."
"Oh, then maybe I could help you..."
"Shut up."
"... Does it still hurt?"
"Damn you..."
Actually, I’ve been holding back a question I was dying to ask, which is about that one blown-up prophecy of Lin Xue’s. Because I knew, when Miss first awakened as a Prophet, the first prophecy she made was quite astonishing: she saw herself being viciously and inhumanely owned by a beast, which directly led to a long period of even more inhumane oppression by her on that beast. Every ti I thought of this, I would tear up, feeling that my days of being tornted by the Miss back then were truly unjust. However, starting today, the feeling brought on by Lin Xue’s blown-up prophecy changed, and I beca bizarrely curious about it.
That’s just the twisted nature of humans; sothing that one avoids at all costs at first, once familiar, will make one forget the pain and generate a lot of unnecessary curiosity instead: do you know how many people die each year from welding detonators, sawing bulbs, or lighting a cigarette to calm down at a gas leak site?
Lin Xue silently looked at . So questions didn’t even need to be spoken for her to "see" them. She thought for a mont, deciding between murdering her husband and having a friendly chat and chose the latter: "If you dare bring up that prophecy, I’ll bite you!"
But in the end, she confessed: "It’s really strange, being able to foresee the future is definitely not a pleasant thing. I always feel like I’m destined by sothing, but I also know it’s the result of my choice, which is quite perplexing. But no matter what, being with you, this piece of wood, is still the thing I’m most satisfied with. As for that prophecy, since it’s co, let it be. I really can’t find a reason to change or avoid it, because... this Miss likes you, this blockhead of yours..."
I suddenly couldn’t think of what to say, because it seed like it was the first ti I heard such straightforward, unguarded feelings from her, this little Ciwei...
Seeing my expression change, Lin Xue hurriedly added, "I’m not that casual a person, you know. I’ve gone over that Prediction scene several tis. It just gave a scare a few days ago... and then I made up my mind."
I thought for a mont, and finally couldn’t hold back my sharp tongue: "You still often watch that video of yourself?"
Then I knew I would soon have to explain to the family how I got a bunch of teeth marks on .
Lin Xue bit a circle of teeth marks on , proving she is indeed quite a prickly little Ciwei, and then ran to the washroom to wash her face and brush her teeth: even though she has the Divinity skill that keeps her from getting dusty, she can’t break her Human habit, just like how a Little Crow, even when walking upright, still keeps the habit of squatting on the bed to sleep. I chuckled foolishly and pondered this Prophet girl: before holding hands with her boyfriend, she had gone over their shaless days together many tis over. I bet there’s only one such person throughout the Void, and Lin Xue’s nerves probably aren’t any weaker than Qianqian’s.
"Hey... you go open the door." Standing at the door, Miss was tugging on my arm persistently. Being the mother of the biggest Naughty Kid at ho, she has a deep understanding of how many idle, unreliable folks there are in this family, and she can be sure how lively it’d be if she just swaggered out of my room: optimistically estimated, she’d be watched by a two-digit number of people. But she still insisted on not opening a Teleportation Gate to sneak back ho, really a stubborn girl.
I casually opened the door, and surprisingly, there was nobody outside.
"Idiot! Down here!"
A very haughty and seemingly foul-tempered voice ca from my thigh area, and I looked down to see a gothic doll with silver hair and black clothes standing by my foot, hauling a big box behind her, on top of which was strapped a big stack of linear algebra exercise books. The doll girl looked up at with her gemstone-like beautiful eyes ablaze with anger, then jumped up and kicked on the knee: "Move it! I want to go back to my room to sleep!"
I quickly retreated half a step, leaving an open space, watching this temperantal little doll huff and puff as she dragged her portable seaview house and temporary library into the room, grumbling under her breath: "Idiot, what an idiot, always nervously throwing people outside to sleep, even dolls need good sleep quality, don’t you know that, you’re so dumb, so dumb, just dumb..."
The little girl put her box back under the window, angrily crawled inside, slamd the box lid shut with a bang, and after a few seconds, poked out again: "Not sleepy anymore..."
I knew this would happen, so I stepped forward a few steps, picked up the little one, and placed her on my shoulder: this girl just has a lot of pent-up anger to vent, don’t I know it?
Lin Xue and I went downstairs together, with carrying a grumpy doll on my shoulder. At the stairs, we ran into Big Sister, who probably heard the commotion upstairs and ca to call us down for a al. I chuckled foolishly at Big Sister, who gave an ambiguous smile, then, half-laughing, half-angry, ca up and punched : "Downstairs for dinner!"
Then we ran into Qianqian, who punched grumpily.
Ran into Sandora, who punched grumpily and bit too.
Ran into Bubbles, who tearfully bumped her head into my belly several tis, and even bit before leaving.
Ran into Kenser, and I hoped what he said was really "very good" and nothing else homophonic...
"Why does everyone punch ?" After almost everyone at ho had co up to "greet" , I looked at Miss in confusion, "What did I do to deserve this?"
Miss’s face turned bright red. She’s thin-skinned, and she knew yesterday evening that this matter would be exposed by the next day, but even now she still felt pretty embarrassed, so she turned her embarrassnt into a bad temper: "Should I punch myself instead of you? You inhuman beast needs so inhumane education, okay? I’m the victim here!"
I thought about it, knowing that if I shook my head now, my fate would truly be inhumane, so I hurriedly nodded in agreent with Miss’s view.
Finally, we ran into Bingdisi, who probably just ca back from basking on the Sun, looking a bit lazy and slovenly. She sized up Lin Xue and for a bit, and her gaze finally landed on the visible teeth marks on , looking quite surprised: "Aren’t you a mutually consenting couple? Why such fierce resistance?"
Lin Xue: "..."
Honest to God, I could beat this female hooligan now.
But normally, I’d never hit a girl.
Or else, would you believe I’d smack this insufferably cheeky female hooligan?!
"Dad," eventually, the voice I least wanted to hear at this mont ca up, as Xiao Xue approached mischievously, her face full of inappropriate expressions for children, "Could you give so pocket money?"
I was just about to smack this girl full of wild ideas on her head when I was stunned: "You spent it all again? What do you want to buy?"
"Formula, bottle, little toys— I had a big appetite when I was a kid, and this ti I can’t go hungry."
I grasped the Naughty Kid’s hand emotionally: "Don’t you think it’s a bit early?"
After sternly sending off this Naughty Kid, I leaned toward Lin Xue: "Tonight, let’s mix-gendered doubles, if we don’t teach this kid a lesson soon, she’ll really grow up all wrong."
"She’s already all wrong. She’s going to borrow money from Pandora for formula later."
"..."
After Big Sister finally suppressed the bunch of idle, bored folks at ho one by one, Lin Xue and I casually had sothing to eat for breakfast. During which, for the first ti in her life, Miss actually picked food for , for the first ti she cleared the table voluntarily, and for the first ti she acted like a young bride newly married into the family. I felt like what was happening before was akin to a dream, as if this little Ciwei had truly transford overnight. But after touching the teeth marks on my body, I reminded myself seriously: Don’t dream, even if she evolves from a Ferocious Beasts species to a plant species, she can only evolve towards the cactus family...
After eating our fill, I sat like a rich landlord on the couch contemplating national affairs, with Miss temporarily softened like a little bride by my side: Even if she can only evolve into a cactus, before she grows spikes, I’d better snuggle a bit. Suddenly, I rembered sothing:
"Aren’t we forgetting sothing?"
"What?"
"I rember I gave the Imperial Admiral to hold onto sothing when I got back..."
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"Oh my god! There’s soone still locked inside the Imperial Admiral!!"(To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomndations, monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian to read.)
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