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CH 63.2

Chu Rong sat in the study, waiting for a green signal from the breathing sensor connected to the bedroom before getting up and going back to the room.

Sure enough, Qiao Zhiya had already fallen asleep with the quilt rolled up, and he was still holding his coat suit in his arms. Judging from his movement, it should be that he smelled a familiar scent when he was drowsy, so he stretched out his arms and fumbled for the coat.

“Coward.”

Chu Rong bent down and touched his hair, carefully pulled out his coat, and covered him with the quilt. He looked at his sleeping face up close for a while, lowered his head, and kissed his forehead… before kissing him on the lips, lightly.

The sleeping person noticed his harassment. He muttered something, then buried his face deeper in the quilt.

He curled up his mouth. He looked at Qiao Zhiya quietly as the youth dozed off deeper into his dreams. Then, he took his pajamas and walked towards the bathroom.

In Qiao Zhiya’s dream, his body felt like it was pulled into a familiar embrace. His subconscious decided that this felt safe, so it relaxed and fell into a deeper state of sleep. Some vague images emerged from the depths of his mind, as if at some point, he happily embraced the person beside him who subconsciously wanted to rely and trust. He instinctively expressed his love with kisses.

‘I like him… just as Dad likes Mom…’

Qiao Zhiya curled eyelashes trembled, and then his eyes slowly opened. HIs body was nestled in a familiar embrace, in a posture he used to have before.

“Are you awake?”

His long ear was pinched lightly. A dear voice sounded above his head, and then a soft touch flashed on his ear. His body was hugged tightly and then released.

As Qiao Zhiya started to wake up, he moved on auto-pilot.

“When you wake up, go wash up, you should eat—”

Hearing this, his drowsiness quickly faded. He stretched out his arms to hug the half-up man, moved his body to lean half of his upper body against his chest. He then tilted his head, and put his ears against Chu Rong’s chest. He muttered, “Chu Rong, do you like me?”

The hugged body froze, and then slowly lay back. The other party’s impatience was clear, but he reined it in. He asked, “What do you say?”

‘Since he doesn’t refute it, then Chu Rong must like me.’

It turned out, Qiao Zhiya was so lucky to be liked by a person who looked fierce on the outside, but very gentle on the inside… It was great. (QZY: being liked by a tsundere is an achievement.)

His ears twitched happily. Qiao Zhiya held Chu Rong closer, burying his body as if he didn’t want to part with the taller man. “Then, can I like you? I will be good for you.”

“Badump, badump, badump.”

Clear sound of heartbeats was picked up by Qiao Zhiya’s ears. It was speeding up, but the owner of the heartbeat seemed to be suddenly angry. He stretched out his arms and pulled him down, sat up, and said coldly, “Don’t act like a baby in the morning! Get up and have breakfast.”

He sat up passively, looked up at Chu Rong who was frowning, joy rose little by little until it filled his chest.

“You can’t scare me anymore,” A grin eased off his face, and it slowly morphed into a big smile. He rushed to hug Chu Rong, rubbing his face and body against the white-haired man’s shoulder and neck. “You like me, I know. The White-Haired Monster likes me!”

Chu Rong was thrown by him and almost fell on the bed again, and when he heard this, he pressed him into his arms in anger, rubbed the back of his head vigorously, and said, “Shut up, it’s time to get up.”

“I don’t want to get up!”

Qiao Zhiya climbed onto him, and hugged him in that position with rare willfulness. His ears were happily moving. “I will hunt a lot of food for you. I will… I will make you a lot of beautiful gadgets, dig a lot of useful mines, and build you the largest and most comfortable tree house! White-Haired Monster, I will treat you very well! Just like Dad treats Mom!”

The simple youth who talked about love became even more beautiful, and Chu Rong’s heart was tickled by him. It got to a point that he actually blushed, so he pressed Qiao Zhiya even more closely into his body, preventing him from looking up and seeing his expression. He felt that Qiao Zhiya was going to continue making him blush, so he wrapped the youth up in a quilt, and said in a hoarse voice: “Shut up, these are the things that I should do.”

“I won’t shut up. White-Haired Monster, you like me. I know you like me!” Qiao Zhiya struggled under the quilt. Like a child with sugar-rush, he went crazy with joy.

Chu Rong violently suppressed him, and even spanked his buttocks through the quilt.

Qiao Zhiya, who was hit, simply laughed under the quilt, happily arching around, unable to calm down for a moment.

Since he was restrained in a quilt burrito, he could only bow his head and laugh to express his joy. His ears also moved happily, honest like its owner. Chu Rong listened to his laughter through the quilt, his expression gradually softened, as a smile appeared on his lips. He lowered his head close to where the youth’s head was, rubbed it lightly, and said in a slow voice, “Yes, I like you.”

–And if he was to be honest, he didn’t know when he started to love Qiao Zhiya.

The laughter in the quilt stopped. Qiao Zhiya slowly calmed down, and obediently leaned against him.

‘This is really a super good summer morning,’ they thought in unison in their hearts, and their eyes were full of tenderness and joy.

In the dining room, Chu Yan gnawed on the steamed stuffed bun and glanced sneakily at the direction of Chu Rong’s room, muttering, “Erge and Qiao haven’t woken up yet, could it be… Ah!”

Chu Huai flicked his forehead. Then, he withdrew his hand and used his chopsticks to point at him, warning him. “Qiao is thin-skinned, do you know what to do?”

Chu Yan covered his forehead. He only looked at Chu Huai, dared not to speak against him. He only silently nodded, then gnawed on his bun even harder. ‘Ahhh! I want to run away from home today!! I must go!!’

“For now, stay at home honestly. Don’t go out and wander about. Long Baorou’s affairs with Princess An Leen are not over yet, don’t go out to get involved.” Chu Huai knew that his skin was itchy again when he saw his expression, so he warned him again.

Chu Yan had a mouthful of steamed stuffed bun stuck in his throat, choking until his face was red and his neck was thick. Fortunately, Gu Yan’an gave him a glass of water in time to avoid his almost-death by choking.

“Why don’t they finish their business, are they going to make a fuss?” As soon as the bun was swallowed, Chu Yan came to life again. His attention was immediately diverted, and he asked, full of gossip.

Seeing this, Chu Huai gave him a disgusted look, but still explained it to him: “Long Baorou woke up after only fainting for a while yesterday. After An Leen found out, she decided that she was pretending to be dizzy because of a guilty conscience, and asked to investigate the necklace in detail. The investigation really found Long Baorou’s trace on that necklace. Radiation stones are a forbidden item, and there are only a few channels that actually sell them. No matter how careful Long Baorou’s arrangement is, with the Xiang-Wei family fanning the flame, she was still found out.”

“Then the Federation is bleeding a lot this time?” Chu Yan felt unhappy again.

It’s a good thing that Long Baorou was hit by this, but she has a special status – her father still represents the Federation. If she lowered the dignity of the Federation in front of the Empire because of her own hubris, it would be a rotten thing.

The President’s daughter framed the visiting Imperial Princess. If the news spread, the Federation would definitely be slaughtered by the Empire!

“Don’t worry, it’s not that bad. Long Baorou won’t be so stupid as to admit it. She should have found out that she has been tricked by the Xiang-Wei families long ago. Now as long as she makes someone bear the blame, it will be impossible for the Empire to identify her as guilty, because the evidence found is not conclusive enough. In this regard, the Xiang-Wei families still have a sense of proportion. Moreover, the current situation of the Empire should not be very good because of the old Emperor’s poor health. They want steadiness, and not be too aggressive. In short, this matter will definitely become a third party’s fault in the end, so it will casted aside and be tied up neatly in the end. The true masterminds will continue to persist in the dark.”

Chu Yan’s expression told Chu Huai that he was deep in thought. He stretched out his hand again and said, “This time, the involved parties are the Presidential Palace, Prince An Xei, and the Xiang-Wei elders. The President definitely wants someone to bear the fire aimed towards them, so they will be extra eager to drag uninvolved parties to the mud. Don’t mess with them.”

“I won’t, I won’t!” Chu Yan hurriedly covered his forehead and hid, suppressing his “nefarious plan”. He picked up another bun to look honest, but then, he leaned over and asked, “Dage, then this means… the Xiang-Wei families really broke ties with the President.”

Chu Huai couldn’t do anything about him. He nodded and replied, “They did. The Xiang-Wei families’ involvement was very obvious. Once this incident is over, not only most of the Federal families won’t dare to ally with the President, even the Empire will think twice about it. The nature of what Long Baorou did this time is too bad.”

She was daring enough to target an Imperial Princess, even using a very dangerous radiation stone. This kind of lawlessness and viciousness, who would dare to ally themselves with someone like this?

The Xiang-Wei’s plan was really ruthless. Using Long Baorou as their borrowed knife, they made sure the Presidential faction offended both the Chu family and the Empire, cutting any possibility for them to ally in the future. Plus, if Qiao Zhiya was really harmed, the Chu family would be weakened. However, the remaining Ning family who had nothing to do with them still had a little relationship with Princess An Leen – that is, through Ning Kong’an – which directly isolated the President.

The President is now the grasshopper roasted on the fire, and the only way out is to continue to go back and be a puppet for the Xiang-Wei families. Sooner or later, his career would be dead.

Chu Yan also quickly figured out the twists and turns inside. He couldn’t help but gloat twice, and said happily, “Let that Long Baorou play tricks again, she deserves it!”