CH 26

The consequence of cutting his fingers while cooking was that Qiu Zhenyang did not let Ling Mu enter the kitchen again. Qiu Zhenyang would also take care of washing the dishes before his wound heals.

Ling Mu naturally protested, but his protest was obviously invalid.

In the afternoon, the two of them went to the same classroom again. This time, no matter how slow Ling Mu was, he could still react. Qiu Zhenyang must have gotten the information about his course selection from somewhere. But since it didn’t affect him, Ling Mu didn’t bother to ask or care much, and followed along with Qiu Zhenyang’s act.

But that was until class ended. After class, Qiu Zhenyang was still tagging behind. Ling Mu finally couldn’t help it, and spoke up.

“You have nothing to do? Why are you always following me?” It was the end of class and there were a lot of people, so Ling Mu dragged him into an empty classroom and closed the door to question him.

Qiu Zhenyang thought for a while: “I really have nothing.”

“…Go back if you have nothing to do, don’t follow me.” Ling Mu looked at the terminal on his wrist. It was too late.

Seeing that Ling Mu was about to go out, Qiu Zhenyang hurriedly grabbed his hand. “Where are you going?”

Ling Mu was very annoyed. “I’m going to an interview. If you make me late, I’ll beat you to death when I go back at night.”

Lightly exerting force, Qiu Zhenyang’s previously good mood immediately dropped, and a trace of danger leaked out. “Interview? Is it that sparring partner you said before?”

“En.” Ling Mu reluctantly nodded, trying to find a way to pull Qiu Zhenyang’s hand away.

“Didn’t I tell you not to go?” Qiu Zhengyang’s voice was stern, and his frown deepened.

Ling Mu ignored him, and silently complained in his heart: Where will the money come from if I don’t go?

Qiu Zhenyang’s head hurt a little seeing the words “I disagree” written all over his face. Ling Mu didn’t take his own words to heart at all…

Exerting more force with his hand, his footsteps approached in an instant, directly pressing the person against the door. The movement was so loud that the door made a “bang”, startling a few people outside to glance over curiously, before they were pushed away by the stream of people coming up from behind.

“The sparring job is too dangerous, don’t go.” Qiu Zhenyang stared into Ling Mu’s eyes at close distance.

Ling Mu, who was forced to look at him, found that Qiu Zhenyang’s eyes had turned red again. It was not the first time he had seen it. Every time a dark red light appeared in this person’s eyes, it was a sign of his anger.

Qiu Zhenyang usually doesn’t use pheromones to suppress him, but the look now made Ling Mu want to surrender.

But when he thought about the living expenses in his account, Ling Mu still gritted his teeth and retorted: “Why don’t you let me go? I fight a lot, you don’t need to worry about it!”

“Xiao Mumu, don’t make me angry.” Qiu Zhenyang single-handedly leaned on the door, buried his head on Ling Mu’s neck and shoulders, and took a breath. A slender right leg snuck between Ling Mu’s legs, completely trapping him. The person in his arms seems to have become prey, craving to possess,  wanting to control, desiring to merge their bodies together, so that he can no longer worry about himself like this…

He can’t bear to let Ling Mu become someone else’s sparring partner.

Can’t stand my baby being touched by others, and can’t stand him touching others even in a purely physical altercation…

Taking a deep breath, Qiu Zhenyang felt that he was a little abnormal.

He never thought that he would care about a person to this extent. Is this what it feels like to like someone?

Ling Mu who was held down was motionless. He has never been a coward. If another person treated him like this, he would have beaten him badly. But Qiu Zhenyang was the bastard who broke off their marriage contract, and they were recently in a relationship. Even though the other party hadn’t released any pheromone, he felt the heat permeating through such a soft embrace.

“Don’t go, be obedient, I’ll open a shop soon. Come work in my shop, I’ll give you a higher salary, eh?” Relying on the faint fragrance near Ling Mu’s glands, Qiu Zhenyang finally regained some sanity, coaxing in a low voice as he rubbed his lips against the smooth skin of Ling Mu’s neck.

Ling Mu’s face flushed. Biting his lips, he didn’t speak.

He didn’t say anything, so Qiu Zhenyang continued to rub, and after a while, he started kissing. In the end, he tentatively opened his thin lips and bit down gently.

The dense kisses and bites were like ants, causing him to tremble from the skin to the heart.

Ling Mu was almost driven mad by this person!

Qiu Zhenyang hugged Ling Mu and nibbled contentedly. The skin on his neck was full of nerves, and was outrageously hot!

“Work in my shop, okay?” Qiu Zhenyang asked again with a softened tone. “It’s too tiring to work alone, and it just so happens that you need a job again. It’s definitely better to work there than for someone else, okay?”

In all fairness, Qiu Zhenyang’s proposal was really the best. Ling Mu knew that he wasn’t lying, and also knew that he recently fiddled with milk tea and fried chicken for a reason, but… how can he agree in such a situation!

Obviously he was talking about work, but Qiu Zhenyang’s actions and tone seemed to be talking about another thing. Ling Mu couldn’t open his mouth at all! It was as if he agreed, he would immediately fall into the quagmire called Qiu Zhenyang, and would never be able to climb out again!

Qiu Zhenyang raised his head slightly and saw the struggle in Ling Mu’s eyes. He immediately understood and chuckled lightly, “Can’t say? Then you can kiss me.”

“…F*ck, I agree.” Ling Mu closed his eyes and turned his head to hide his expression, but his red earlobes gave him away.

Qiu Zhenyang, who finally got a positive response, took a step back mercifully. He said to Ling Mu as he helped tidy up his clothes: “That’s good~ then let’s go, I’ll go pick up Ling Dang with you.”

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Class finished soon, and Qiu Zhenyang’s milk tea shop was also on the agenda.

The milk tea shop finished renovations on Friday, and could finally open the next day.

Qiu Zhenyang did not deliberately promote his milk tea shop. He also closed the front door and only used the back when the interior was being renovated.

So when it opened on Saturday morning, the store was deserted and there was not a single customer.

Glancing at the store opposite, Ling Mu squinted at Qiu Zhenyang. “Aren’t you going out to solicit customers?”

“Me, solicit?” Qiu Zhenyang was stunned. He was embarrassed and even felt a little wronged to meet Ling Mu gaze. “How can anyone tell their husband to go out and solicit customers?”

“Say that again?” Ling Mu narrowed his eyes, and a dangerous light shone through.

“Cough nothing,” Qiu Zhenyang pretended to cough, and sat on the edge of the dining table to rest his head. “What’s the rush, maybe it will be difficult to rest in the future. Just sit and wait and see.”

Although he knew most people had promotions, discounts, a wave of marketing, and at least a store opening ceremony, Qiu Zhenyang was too lazy and didn’t want to do any of these things.

Originally, his purpose of opening this store was to give Ling Mu a safe place to work, not really to make money, so he didn’t care much even if the business was deserted. Besides, Qiu Zhenyang really doesn’t think that his milk tea shop will be deserted for long. As long as someone comes in and tries it, they will definitely become a regular customer in the future!

The charm of milk tea and fried chicken is unstoppable!

He’s just this confident!

After half a day of leisure, when Qiu Zhenyang was so bored that he yawned and was about to tease Ling Mu again, the “Yaoyao Milk Tea Shop” finally welcomed its first batch of customers.

“Welcome to Yaoyao Milk Tea Shop. The ordering screen is on the upper right corner of the desktop. If you have any questions, you can call us.”

Qiu Zhenyang stood up to greet the two male students and smiled friendly at them. Ling Mu was already standing at the counter, with a serving tray at the ready.

“What is milk tea?” The two boys who came in were very good-looking, especially the tall one, whose appearance was even somewhat comparable to that of Qiu Zhenyang. However, Qiu Zhenyang looked more upright and forceful because he was born into a Legion family and trained since he was a child.

“Milk tea is a beverage with a rich and mellow taste, and you can choose the sweetness and temperature.” Qiu Zhenyang didn’t explain too much. Sometimes explaining too much will mislead people’s impressions of new things. It’s better for them to experience it themselves.

The tall boy nodded and continued to look at the menu on the ordering screen.

The varieties sold in the milk tea shop are very simple. In addition to milk tea, only fried chicken is available. One can choose the milk tea’s sweetness, temperature, and cup size, while for fried chicken, one can choose which parts and flavors.

“Zhou Yan, are you sure you want to eat here? Why do I feel this store is unreliable?” Qin Jian frowned and glanced around the store. Although it was quite clean and the decoration was beautiful, this menu… isn’t it too simple?

Zhou Yan didn’t look up, and pressed a few times on the ordering screen.

“Just try it first. If it doesn’t taste good, we can go.”

Hearing this, Qin Jian couldn’t say anything else, and could only wait on the side.

The robot in the back kitchen is very powerful. Their meal was ready in less than a minute and handed out to the food outlet.

Ling Mu picked up the tray and walked steadily to the table of the guests. He put two cups of milk tea and fried chicken on the table. Before leaving, he bent down and said, “Please enjoy.”

Qiu Zhenyang was wholeheartedly paying attention to Ling Mu. When he saw how serious he was working, he secretly sighed that his decision to open this milk tea shop was so right!

Looking at the milk tea and fried chicken on the table, Qin Jian’s nose twitched, a little surprised. “What is this, it smells so good! I have never smelled something so good!”

Zhou Yan was a little surprised, and took the lead in putting on plastic gloves according to Qiu Zhenyang’s prompt, picked up a fried chicken leg and ate it.

Taking a bite through the crispy skin and tender meat, fragrant and juicy. Zhou Yan paused for a while, and then directly buried his head to continue eating.

So fragrant and delicious!

It was the first time that Qin Jian saw Zhou Yan look like this. He didn’t hesitate any longer and grabbed a chicken leg and took a bite.

“My god, this is too delicious!”

Qin Jian’s eyes lit up, and after saying something vaguely, he buried himself in eating like Zhou Yan.

The two finished all the fried chicken in less than a while, and immediately ordered two more without any nonsense.

While waiting for the fried chicken, they tried the milk tea and…  ordered two more milk teas!

Seeing Qin Jian and Zhou Yan’s fascination with milk tea and fried chicken, Qiu Zhenyang laughed treacherously.

Hehe, stupid interstellar people, you can’t escape the law of milk tea and fried chicken!

Y’know, I’ve never had fried chicken and milk tea together… Not sure I want to either.

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