CH 38.2

xiao zhenyun hesitated for a moment, thinking about how si di had been busy with official matters lately. finding the time for a voice call was indeed a rare occasion. he touched the holographic wolf head, and a familiar male voice immediately came from the terminal:

“little uncle…” si di had started with a gentle and soothing tone, as if trying to comfort a sleeping beauty in his bed. but he quickly noticed that xiao zhenyun’s voice didn’t sound right, as if he was standing in a windy spot with loud noise in the background. “you’re still outside at this hour?”

“yes.” xiao zhenyun collected the remaining beer cans. “xiao chu’s not in a good mood, so i took him out for a walk. we’re heading back now.”

“ooooooow!” si chu was quite intoxicated and, after tossing away an empty can, started howling at the moon behind the clouds. mid-howl, he felt it wasn’t quite fitting, so he switched to barking like a dog.

“??? who was that just now?” si di was surprised. “…who’s calling?”

“no one, probably just a dog from one of the houses along the way.” xiao zhenyun patted si chu on the shoulder and said seriously, “pick up all the trash.”

si chu, with blurry eyes from the alcohol, went about the task like an obedient large dog fetching darts.

si di, still skeptical, said, “it’s already 9 o’clock. you guys should head back to the hotel.”

“yes.” xiao zhenyun readily agreed and then asked, “why did you decide to give me a voice call?”

“naturally, it’s a little break in a busy schedule…” si di chuckled. “considering someone who disappears hundreds of kilometers away without leaving a message, i had to check in.”

“i forgot.” xiao zhenyun was busy with the plot and genuinely forgot to let si di know he was safe. “how much longer will you be busy over there?”

“uncertain, maybe two or three days, possibly four or five.”

“what about your spiritual domain?”

after asking this question, there was a long pause on the other end. xiao zhenyun could hear si di’s breathing gradually becoming heavier. both sides remained in a silent, contemplative pause for a few seconds. the sentinel suddenly laughed, “is si chu still there?”

xiao zhenyun turned to look at si chu, who was now engaged in a fierce battle with the flying beer cans in the strong wind. “he’s with me.”

“i’m in your room.”

si di’s voice, deep and slow, reached xiao zhenyun’s ears clearly, despite the hundreds of kilometers separating them. it was as if they were whispering intimately in each other’s ears.

“on your bed.”

“good thing you locked the doors and windows before you left; your scent is the strongest here.”

“i should’ve come back to your place before you left. i regret it now. all i can do is smell your lingering scent to ease my restlessness.”

“…”

xiao zhenyun couldn’t help but pretend to clear his throat and clear his voice. “you’re on my bed?”

“yeah.” si di turned over, and the bed made a soft sound as he moved. “i took a shower, so i’m clean.”

xiao zhenyun calmly said, “the bedside table on the left. bottom drawer.”

“mm?” si di propped himself up from the quilt, and xiao zhenyun heard the sound of fabric rustling. then, a drawer was opened, and something was placed prominently inside. si di didn’t have to search much before he got hold of it.

inside a transparent glass container were three saliva test strips belonging to xiao zhenyun, along with a blood test strip. earlier, when he was flipping through a book, he accidentally cut his palm and shed a drop of blood. following his principle of not wasting anything, xiao zhenyun had kept it.

xiao zhenyun heard the sound of the glass lid being opened and si di’s voice turning hoarse, “xiao zhenyun… why are there only saliva and blood here?”

“what else do you want?”

“things in the bedroom’s nightstand shouldn’t just be these two…”

“you…”

“xiao zhenyun.” si di closed the box, cocooning the glass container in the quilt like a dragon guarding a treasure, urgently calling out, “xiao zhenyun…”

“you are not allowed to be in heat on my bed.” xiao zhenyun coldly interrupted his murmuring, “i can’t do it, and i can’t stand it when others do it in front of me.”

“…” si di’s affectionate whispers were abruptly cut off in such an unromantic manner, leaving a pause of several seconds. then he decisively lifted the covers, saying, “i’ll go to the bathroom to take care of it first. i’ll hang up. remember to video call me when you reach the hotel.”

with that, he impatiently ended the call, full of youthful vigor and impatience.

xiao zhenyun: “…”

as soon as he hung up, si chu came over in a tipsy state. “little uncle… i’ve picked it up!”

“good, let’s go back then.”

“okay!” si chu obediently pulled xiao zhenyun up from the floor, placed him in the wheelchair like a sack of rice, then wrapped him in a blanket and tied a butterfly knot with the climbing rope that he had conjured, just like a sentinel always carries. after that, he pushed the wheelchair from behind like a playful child pushing a shopping cart, swaying it far away.

xiao zhenyun: “…”

he was sure si chu had wanted to do this for a long time!

‘late at night (10 pm), si chu returned in a drunken trance. ye feiran got up to open the door for him and immediately smelled the strong scent of alcohol. suppressing his anger, ye feiran asked where si chu had been and with whom he had been drinking so much. si chu, with a blurry gaze, glanced at him but didn’t answer. ye feiran gradually became expressionless, turned around, and got into bed.

si chu fumbled his way to the bathroom and took a combat shower. it was only when the water stopped that ye feiran finally relaxed, closed his eyes with simmering anger, and went to sleep. as si chu’s head cleared slightly, he quietly left the room, saw the guide on the other bed with his back turned, buried in the blankets, hesitated to speak, but ultimately said nothing. he turned off the lights and got into bed to sleep.’

“full marks,” before going to sleep, xiao nian said to xiao zhenyun with great satisfaction through the call, “you did very well, keep up the good work.”

“let’s discuss one thing,” xiao zhenyun, who had just taken a shower and was enjoying the mechanical arm’s blow-drying service, said, “you promised to give me my healthy body after the plot ends. can you advance it to me for a few days? you can take it back after i’m done using it.”

xiao nian: “…”

xiao nian: “what do you want to do?”

xiao nian: “cheat during the paralympics? sit in a wheelchair halfway and then suddenly pick it up and run?”

“…” xiao zhenyun said, “don’t pry into adult matters, just tell me if it’s feasible.”

“it’s not feasible,” xiao nian said coldly, “and i’m much older than you. i’m a world administrator, serving the world management bureau. my lifespan is limitless. i’m just using your son’s identity for convenience. i’m not really your son.”

“boring, i’m hanging up.”

“don’t hang up, did you know that si di went to your room?”

“i know.” xiao zhenyun lay at the head of the bed like a lazy cat, thinking that he not only went to my room but also did something mischievous in the bathroom.

“he found the basement.”

“???”

“but didn’t guess the password. i told him that i don’t know what this basement is for. you can make up something later.”

“f***.”

just as he cursed, si di’s video call invitation popped up. without waiting for xiao nian’s reaction, xiao zhenyun answered si di’s call. as soon as he answered, the dissatisfied voice of the little wolf came out from the floating screen, “didn’t you say you would video call me immediately after returning to the hotel? did you forget again?”

“i didn’t. i was taking a shower…” xiao zhenyun’s voice suddenly choked, “what did you do on my bed?!”

“hmm?” si di knowingly said, “i didn’t do anything.”

he snapped his fingers, and the floating screen zoomed out, revealing the entire bed. xiao zhenyun’s clothes were neatly laid out on the bedspread, and si di was lying in the center, cradling the glass box in his arms.

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