Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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They said it was to save time for the two of them, but in reality, the bath time was longer than usual.
The battle was so intense that the bathtub was flooded. The long, golden dragon’s tail could not be fully coiled up and could only dangle out of the tub, its tip occasionally swaying, indicating the owner’s leisurely mood.
Jiang Lan hugged his tail contentedly, stroking it intermittently. His head rested on Ying Qiao’s shoulder, his cheek occasionally brushing against Ying Qiao’s smooth, cool skin, letting out a sigh of contentment.
“Go rest? You can still sleep for an hour or two,”
Ying Qiao turned his head to look at him and saw a drop of water about to fall on his thick, dark eyelashes. He couldn’t help but reach out to touch it. The slightly stiff eyelashes brushed against his fingertips, causing a fine, ticklish sensation, and stirring up his suppressed desire again.
He withdrew his hand, the tip of his tail twitching a few times in a bit of restlessness, and then he wanted to get up and go out first.
As a result, Jiang Lan reached out and grabbed him, licked his lips, and suggested with lingering interest, “Just an hour or two, or we won’t sleep.”
Why don’t we do some more invigorating exercises together?
Ying Qiao stared at him intently, his eyebrows raised high: “Are you sure?”
Jiang Lan nodded quickly: “Mmm-hmm.”
He was slightly puzzled. What was there to be certain or uncertain about this?
Ying Qiao’s eyes deepened slightly as he looked at him with a half-smile. He then stepped back into the bathtub, wrapped his tail around Jiang Lan’s waist, and pressed himself close to him: “Then let’s not sleep…” Before he finished speaking, he kissed Jiang Lan, and the rest of his words were vaguely mixed into the passionate kiss.
….
The sound of running water filled the bathroom. Two hours later—
Jiang Lan pushed Ying Qiao away with a mixture of enjoyment and pain, muttering a complaint: “I won’t do this again next time, you’re too big.”
It feels a little painful.
Ying Qiao raised his eyes, his lips slightly pursed: “You’ll get used to it.” Then he sighed: “If this isn’t working now, how will we mate later?”
Jiang Lan was shocked: “Can mating hurt this much?”
This was completely different from what he had imagined!
Shouldn’t it be very comfortable?
Ying Qiao paused for a moment, then hesitated and said, “If we practice together more when we’re in human form, it shouldn’t hurt when we mate?”
The main issue is that he’s never mated with anyone else before and has no experience. Besides, the true form is only larger than the human form, and dragons also separate their pen*ses during mating…
Seeing Jiang Lan’s refusal, Ying Qiao gently massaged him while coaxing him, “Didn’t you just say it felt good? It’s always a little painful the first time, but it won’t hurt again.”
“Really?” Jiang Lan was skeptical. He had had too many expectations for mating before, but after trying it out in human form, he found that it wasn’t quite like that.
It felt good, but it also hurt a lot.
He glanced at Ying Qiao subconsciously, a mixture of envy and reproach in his eyes: “How come you’re so big? If you were smaller, it wouldn’t hurt.”
Ying Qiao: …
What else could he say?
All he could say was, “It’s innate.”
Jiang Lan’s eyes darted around, and he suggested, “How about I do it next time?”
He noticed that Ying Qiao seemed to be enjoying himself just now.
He wanted to try it too!
Ying Qiao glanced at him lightly but did not refuse. He simply said, “It’s your turn. You’ll have to do everything I did before.”
Jiang Lan: ???
He recalled what Ying Qiao had done and realized that it seemed that Ying Qiao had been the one preparing the whole time, while he was only responsible for lying down or changing positions with him.
“Then let’s forget about it…” Jiang Lan said hesitantly.
He liked to lie down because it was so comfortable.
Compared to that, the slight pain wasn’t unbearable!
Ying Qiao’s lips curled into a smile; he knew this would happen. He then glanced at the digital clock on the bedside table and asked, “How about I ask a day off for you and you rest at home?”
Jiang Lan immediately refused, thinking to himself that he always had a legitimate reason for taking leave in the past, so why would he ask for leave now just because of a sore butt?
It was embarrassing just thinking about it.
It was not very impressive for such a big Taotie to skip work just because of a sore butt.
Jiang Lan flatly rejected Ying Qiao’s suggestion, saying that he was no longer in pain, and then jumped out of bed to change his clothes and get ready for work.
Ying Qiao leaned against the headboard, his tail casually stretched out on the bed. Watching him hurriedly get dressed, the summer morning sunlight enveloping him, made him look like he was glowing.
He couldn’t help but lean over and hug him, nuzzling against his neck as if embracing a bright, warm ball of fire, dispelling all the previous darkness.
“Thank you,” he said.
Jiang Lan paused, then turned his head and gave him a quick, haphazard kiss on the cheek. He then pushed him away anxiously, saying, “Let go of me! I have to go to work, or I’ll be late.”
Ying Qiao had no choice but to release him as instructed, while tidying up his bag. He then quickly changed into casual clothes and said, “I’ll drive you there.”
Then he asked, “Should Jiao Tu and the others come to your workplace with you or stay at home?”
He originally intended to bring Jiu Ding and the kids directly to the company, but then he suddenly realized that Chen Hua was still recovering from his injuries. He would probably have to do many things himself in the coming period, and he definitely wouldn’t be able to take care of the kids.
“Come with me to the office,” Jiang Lan said. “Jiang Chi still needs some materials for school that I need the director to help me with. I’ll take him with me.”
The two of them got ready and went downstairs, where the little ones had already gotten up and dressed on their own.
Jiang Lan picked up Jiao Tu and Suan Ni, took Jiang Chi’s hand, and was about to go out with Ying Qiao.
Jiu Ding saw them off, staring at them expectantly, and tentatively asked, “Are you all going to work? I want to go too.”
Why leave him alone at home when everyone else has left?!
Ying Qiao glanced at him upon hearing this and thinking of the cauldron he had entrusted to the Demon Management Bureau, he simply told him to get in the car: “Then come with me to the company, and we’ll go to the bureau after get off work.”
Upon hearing this, Jiu Ding immediately got into the back seat happily and sat next to Jiang Chi.
So the family of six drove to the neighborhood office.
Upon arriving at the destination, Jiang Lan waved goodbye to Ying Qiao and Jiu Ding, then hurriedly went to check in, managing to make it just in time.
He breathed a sigh of relief before slowing his pace and leading the kids into the office.
As soon as they entered the room, they heard Xiao Xiaoyu say with great emotion, “You didn’t see it, but after my two girlfriends woke up in the hospital, they were completely stunned. After the check-up showed that they were fine, they went home and threw away all of Bai You’s endorsed products and album posters overnight.”
Xue Meng was still wondering, “Was Bai You really colluding with a cult to deceive fans? What’s in it for him?”
Why did this report sound exactly like what he and Jiang Lan had experienced in Sanshui Village? The villagers were clearly helping the monster harm people, but the report showed that the villagers were profiting from selling corpses. He and Jiang Lan were almost killed while helping the poor in the countryside, but they managed to outwit the villagers, escape danger, and call the police, helping them solve a case of illegal corpse trading.
Could Bai You be some kind of monster trying to trick young fans into eating him?
But Xiao Xiaoyu insisted: “It’s been reported in the news, and the police issued a notice overnight. If you don’t believe that, what do you believe? Only he knows what he was after. Maybe he had just been brainwashed by a cult.”
Although she spoke with great conviction, she did not look Xue Meng in the eye.
After all, what happened last night was too bizarre and involved Jiang Lan, so she really didn’t know how to explain it and could only insist that what the police released was the truth.
But heaven knows how much psychological trauma she suffered last night.
When the two sisters woke up, they were a little weak and tired and had no recollection of Bai You or the monsters. They were thus filled with fear and anger.
But she had been tormented by Bai You like a mouse for so long, and only she knew how deep the psychological trauma was. If she hadn’t been afraid to tell her parents for fear of worrying them, and hadn’t wanted to stay home alone, she definitely wouldn’t have come to work today in her current state.
Xiao Xiaoyu added two more packets of sugar to the milk. Drinking the hot, sweet milk and listening to Xue Meng’s chattering voice made her feel like she was living in the real world.
Those demons and monsters are just fleeting dreams.
Her life was still normal.
After finishing her hot milk in one gulp, Xiao Xiaoyu looked up and saw Jiang Lan entering the room. Afraid that Jiang Lan hadn’t seen the news and that his version of events differed from hers, she frantically winked at Jiang Lan: “Did you see the news and trending topics this morning? The police have already issued a statement: Bai You colluded with a cult to abduct fans. The Weibo servers are now down. Many fans are posting pictures of endorsed products and merchandise, unfollowing and turning against Bai You, proving that they were truly bewitched and irrational when they were fans of Bai You.”
Jiang Lan stared at her blankly: ???
Xiao Xiaoyu: …
She winked frantically at Jiang Lan, smiling as she hinted, “I just told Xue Meng and the others about what happened last night. Thanks to you for coming to find me last night, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to get everyone back.”
Jiang Lan: …
He glanced at Xiao Xiaoyu, who looked like she hadn’t betrayed him, then at Xue Meng, who was peeking around with a suspicious expression, and at Zhang Tianxing, who looked knowing and indifferent, as if to say, “Let’s see how you play this.” He then coughed lightly and said, “Actually… Xue Meng already knows.”
After thinking for a moment, he added, “Everyone in our office knows about it.”
Except for you.
Xiao Xiaoyu: ???
Her eyes widened: “Know what?”
Could it be what she’s thinking?
No way, really?
So she was the last one to find out?
Then all her efforts to cover for Jiang Lan were just a charade!
Xue Meng glanced at her shocked expression and suddenly understood, exclaiming, “Looks like we can’t even keep the last Muggle in our office.”
Xiao Xiaoyu turned her head and glared at him fiercely: “When did you find out?”
Xue Meng took a step back warily and explained awkwardly, “It was that time I went to the countryside for poverty alleviation during the Dragon Boat Festival…”
Seeing Xiao Xiaoyu’s expression grow increasingly fierce, he quickly added, “I didn’t want to either; I was forced to find out. As for Zhang Tianxing and Uncle Zhou, they’re not ordinary people. The director is a leader; isn’t it normal for him to know?”
“In this huge office, there are only two ordinary people, us. We’re in the same boat, so why are we fighting each other?”
Xiao Xiaoyu: …
That made some sense.
She glared at Xue Meng, then sat back down and made herself another cup of milk to calm her nerves: “I wasted so much of my breath.”
Seeing that she had calmed down, Xue Meng chuckled and dragged a chair to sit in the middle of the aisle, gossiping, “What exactly happened last night? I know the news is unreliable, but did Bai You do that too?”
Xiao Xiaoyu then recounted what happened last night, and even Zhang Tianxing, holding Suan Ni, came over to listen.
She didn’t dare tell anyone about what happened last night, not even posting it online.
She was afraid people would say she had delusions, and she was also afraid of revealing Jiang Lan’s identity, so she kept quiet and didn’t dare to utter a single word. Now that someone was listening to her, and Xue Meng was even commenting from time to time, her tense nerves relaxed a lot, and the shadow left behind faded away without her realizing it.
After she finished speaking, she let out a long sigh of relief, feeling that what happened last night was not a big deal.
After all, Xue Meng listened with great interest and even praised Jiang Lan from time to time. Judging from his expression, he almost wanted to send comments on the spot.
Wasn’t it just a bewitching monster?
Jiang Lan ate them all up to their heads, what’s so scary about that?
It’s not scary at all.
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