Chapter 115: Chapter 115: Days and Nights
Yusen’s heart felt like it had just exploded.
Even though they had mated several times before, never had it been like this. He hadn’t even touched her yet, but a tremor was already rippling through his heart, so intense that he was close to losing control and revealing his fishtail.
’...Don’t tempt me,’ the young man pleaded silently.
Once a mermaid’s desire was provoked, even he didn’t know how it would all end.
Yu Zhizhi saw that he wasn’t reacting.
Growing bolder, she gently rested her head on the mermaid’s shoulder.
The kiss just now had been forceful and lingering.
Yu Zhizhi wanted to strike while the iron was hot and take things a step further—
A soft warmth filled his arms. The tip of Yusen’s nose brushed against her hair, his ice-blue eyes growing deeper. His fingers drifted toward the small female’s soft waist.
Through her thin nightdress, the mermaid’s broad, warm palm came to rest on her waist.
’...What do I do?’
Yusen’s breathing grew slightly heavier, thick with suppressed desire.
He was about to lose control.
"Hold me, Sensen..." Yu Zhizhi slowly tightened her grip on the corner of his shirt, her voice sweet and soft.
The mermaid slowly wrapped his arms around her, holding the small female’s soft body tight.
His breath fell upon her slightly trembling rabbit ears.
"You asked for this."
Yusen’s voice was hoarse, filled with passion.
He lowered his head and kissed her.
It was different from before.
The mermaid’s kiss wasn’t so rational this time, not like the "detached observer" he’d been before. He had always been able to easily ignite the fire in the little rabbit female’s heart, always watching with a cold, cruel gaze as she succumbed.
This time...
Yu Zhizhi gradually began to feel breathless.
It was like drowning in a deep blue sea.
Suddenly, her body felt light as Yusen lifted her into his arms.
Her rabbit eyes opened in a daze, and Yu Zhizhi wrapped her arms around his neck.
Their eyes met, and she saw her own reflection in his ice-blue irises.
Yusen placed Yu Zhizhi on the sofa.
He braced one elbow on the sofa, his ice-blue eyes dark as a fire of desire flickered within them.
"Say my name," the mermaid’s voice was raspy.
Yu Zhizhi’s cheeks were flushed, as if she had drunk too much.
"Sen... Sensen..."
The mermaid couldn’t stand the tremor in her voice; it sounded as if she were being cruelly bullied.
He leaned down and kissed her lips.
He traced their shape meticulously.
His palm gently cupped her softness.
When the little rabbit was dazed from the kiss, he cupped her cheeks and gently forced her mouth open.
Yu Zhizhi’s mind went blank. She couldn’t think anymore...
BEEP... BEEP...
Overhead, the communicator began to ring.
Yu Zhizhi’s body trembled slightly. ’Was that a call?’ She opened her eyes, but in the next second, Yusen covered them with his hand.
He gently bit the small female’s lip while his other hand disconnected the call from the [Unknown Number].
Then he unplugged the communicator’s cable for good measure.
’No one was allowed to disturb them.’
Yu Zhizhi was panting intermittently, her whole body as pliant as a pool of water. Then she was lifted into his arms again.
...
From the living room to the bathroom, and then to the attic...
Yu Zhizhi didn’t know how much time had passed. She finally collapsed asleep on the soft bed, still holding the mermaid’s light blue tail in her hand.
From the wooden house next door, the aroma of food drifted over.
Luther had cooked a large pot of noodles. He held his bowl, squatting on the steps of his doorway, and gazed at Ms. Zhi Zhi’s house next door, where a faint light shone from the attic.
He sighed softly. ’So Ms. Zhi Zhi was bewitched by that mermaid after all.’
’What am I going to do?’
"Captain." A member of the Guard Team ran over, came to a halt, and saluted. "The commander sent me to tell you that the Valoran Empire might be coming to take her."
Luther paused in the middle of eating his noodles.
"Is that so?"
’They just couldn’t sit still any longer.’
’The ones protecting Ms. Zhi Zhi with the Guard Team that night were probably the Valoran Empire’s Hidden Guards.’
News of Ms. Zhi Zhi’s assassination attempt had already been sent back.
An imperial meeting was held because of it.
The Valoran Empire’s position was that the Rabbit Clan Lady was a citizen of their Empire, and now that she had encountered an emergency, the Empire would send a special delegation to retrieve her.
How could the Moon Rising Empire possibly agree to that?
They would just say that an S-Class delicate flower had bloomed on the snowfields of the Moon Rising Empire.
’Shameless.’
The Valoran Empire’s envoy erupted in curses.
’Are they planning to just seize the Rabbit Clan Lady and never let go?’
The Moon Rising Empire then brought up a long-standing rule of the Beast World Planet—
S-Class females, regardless of their Empire, possess absolute autonomy.
Whether she stayed or left was entirely up to the Rabbit Clan Lady to decide.
How could the Valoran Empire possibly allow the Moon Rising Empire to snatch away its own S-Class female?
Luther wasn’t surprised by this news at all.
The Guard Team member nodded. "Yes, Captain. We need to prepare in advance. Any idea who the Valoran Empire plans to send to lead the delegation this time?"
"The commander said they place extraordinary importance on the Rabbit Clan Lady."
The Guard Team member was a little nervous.
Wars were breaking out everywhere, and the Deep Sea Empire was growing exceedingly arrogant and brazen. If the Moon Rising Empire and the Valoran Empire had a falling out at this critical juncture...
Luther slurped a mouthful of noodles. "Tell the commander not to worry. No one can take the Rabbit Clan Lady from Paradise."
It might be possible elsewhere, but this is Paradise.
The most dangerous place in the Moon Rising Empire.
And also the safest place in the Moon Rising Empire.
’Because of *His* presence.’
The Guard Team member left.
Luther finished his noodles while squatting by the door, his eyes fixed on the attic until the light went out.
When Yu Zhizhi woke up, she was nestled in the mermaid’s arms.
「Night had fallen.」
Starlight trickled through the attic window. She felt sore and weak, unable to muster even a shred of strength.
She shifted slightly, and the mermaid woke up.
He turned over, instinctively pulling the small female even closer.
Yu Zhizhi breathed in his faint, sea-like scent. Her eyelids drooped as she buried her head in his chest.
Her stomach let out a rumble.
Her cheeks grew warm.
Yusen’s low chuckle sounded by her ear. He gently pecked her rabbit ear. "Wait here."
His fishtail slid off her.
Yusen got out of bed and left the attic.
Yu Zhizhi buried her face in the blankets and muttered to herself, "I hope it worked this time..."
She could feel it.
Yusen was different this time.
Even though she’d lost consciousness toward the end every time.
Mmm...
Hiding under the covers, Yu Zhizhi couldn’t help but gently stroke her abdomen, full of hope that she might be pregnant with a Mermaid Baby.
Just then, the attic door opened.
She thought Yusen had returned, so she stayed hidden under the covers without making a sound.
Footsteps approached the bedside.
Louis looked at the small female hiding under the covers, who had forgotten to hide her rabbit ears. His expression was calm. "Miss, someone is here to see you."
Hearing Louis’s voice, Yu Zhizhi slowly revealed her face, confused.
The young man patiently knelt down and placed the pale white communicator he was holding onto her ear.
As his fingertips gently brushed past her rabbit ear, a dark glint flashed in the depths of Louis’s eyes.
But it was only for a second.
His lips curved into a gentle, reassuring smile for Yu Zhizhi.
The communicator on Yu Zhizhi’s ear began to ring. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
