Chapter 47 - His Woman: (2)

Long Yat-sen casually sat with Shao Lin atop of him.

As men spoke to them, he appeared bored and disinterested with the conversation, but he responded anyway with few words here and there and few grumbles. Most of his focus had been on the woman on his lap, who tempted him to ignore his companions and to do more than gentle caresses.​​

He placed a hand to Shao Lin's side, stroking a thumb over her dress fabric. She shivered when his hand went a little too south, and he loved the way her body reacted sensitively to him.

A man called Ace had come over, and Shao Lin stiffened in his arms. Long Yat-sen tried to give her a reassuring touch without making it seem like it was. The man Ace had a tattoo of an Ox over the collarbone of his neck.

"Boss, the tracking of Zhong Bai and Niu Wen have gone cold since last week. There are not no more sightings of them."

"Keep searching and don't report to me again until you have something," Long Yat-sen replied deadpanned.

At that, Ace nodded and disappeared.

Shao Lin relaxed when the man left, and Long Yat-sen finally said to her. "Remember that part of the Ox organization is under the Dragon rule, and since we are married, it further legitimizes our claim to them from your grandfather. Even if they don't see me as their prince, they see you as their Queen."

Shao Lin's eyes widened. "What if they betray us for my grandfather?"

Long Yat-sen tightened his grip on her. "Some have already accepted you more than him, and they don't think of you as weak."

Shao Lin grinned. "But still, don't you fear they would turn their backs?"

"I don't fear," Long Yat-sen responded. "But I always suspect traitors, and when I do, I have those loyal to me work with them to track their every move. Betraying me does not have a happy future waiting for them, so most people that fall under my command often submit and don't think of it at all. I also try to satisfy them without seeming compassionate."

Shao Lin looked at him, stunned. "You really thought of everything?"

Long Yat-sen smiled. "It's the only way to survive. To protect those I care for."

He glanced at Shao Lin, his wife, who stared at him as if he completely enthralled her. Part of him feared that she would want to leave and never see this side of him again. But she looked as if she was ecstatic to be seeing him like this.

An eccentric member of the organization named Rui then approached them with a bottle that looked like wine. He held it in his hand as he came over to greet them.

"A gift," Rui said to both of them.

It was Shao Lin that took it from his hand with a wide smile. Long Yat-sen wanted to tell her not to show her pretty smiles, as it would reveal her innocence and her kindness, but he didn't want to tell her to stop doing anything.

"Thank you," she told the man with appreciation. "You really didn't have to."

Long Yat-sen said nothing, as he looked bored.

The man bowed his head. "It's the first time I am meeting the new Queen, and you are a lot more…friendlier than I imagined," Rui said, glancing between Long Yat-sen and Shao Lin.

Long Yat-sen had never brought his wife here before, and many speculated Shao Lin to be as cold-hearted as him. They speculated her to be someone that did not care about organizations enough to socialize with them and that money and shiny things only mattered.

But now they see it. Shao Lin had good intentions, and Long Yat-sen cannot tell if their people saw it as a weakness or if they liked it.

But he could tell that they like her. She was courteous and respectful, and she won over their hearts as well as their smiles.

"I hope that's a good thing," Shao Lin responded to Rui.

He smiled. "It's refreshing." He bowed his head once more. "Enjoy your evening." He disappeared.

Shao Lin glanced at the label of the wine bottle. "That was so nice of him."

Long Yat-sen chuckled against her flushed shoulder. "It's most likely laced with an aphrodisiac."

She gaped at him. "How do you know?"

He smiled. "The man that gifted us this bottle is a raunchy person with many tastes to his activities. He gifted this for us as a couple."

Shao Lin flushed. "Oh my…"

"What are you thinking?" Long Yat-sen teased her.

"Nothing," she responded, her face red.

Long Yat-sen pressed her against him tighter when Yuan Bojing and Long Xia finally joined them. They were arguing about something he could not decipher. Long Yat-sen could not tell if Yuan Bojing had said something stupid to trigger her anger or if Long Xia was spewing at him for breathing a little too hard. She often blew up at him for no reason.

Honestly, he never understood why they quarrelled so much.

"You're ridiculous!" Long Xia waved an arm at Yuan Bojing.

She then took the bottle from the table, snapped it open, and started to chug from the bottle's lip.

Shao Lin reached for it, but it was too late. She only watched as Long Xia drank it. "Ah! I needed that, thank you, sis," she told Shao Lin. Shao Lin could only smile awkwardly as she turned to face Long Yat-sen.

Long Yat-sen wanted to laugh at his wife's concern, but he held back.

"Do we tell her?" Shao Lin whispered.

"No," he answered. "It will heighten if she's aroused, and the last thing we need is to put that idea into her head."

"Right!"

Shao Lin tried to act normal until she turned to find Yuan Bojing taking the bottle to pour himself a glass and drank it fully in one swig.

Whatever the petty argument was about, it enticed them to drink, and now Shao Lin had to remain lip-tight. She only hoped Yuan Bojing and Long Xia would keep themselves under control for the night and not take any strangers home.

"We'll send them home in a bit, and hopefully, when they get home, they have themselves to entertain," Long Yat-sen said in her ear.

"Sounds good," Shao Lin responded anxiously.