CH 30

Sivir saw Mianmian’s pouting appearance with bulging cheeks, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

He reached out and patted Tu Mianmian’s shoulder to get his attention.

Mianmian turned away while humming.

His little husband looked like he was having a small temper.

“Mianmian doesn’t want to care about me?” The Duke lowered himself and went to coax his sweetheart, “Then why don’t you care about the fans who care about you?”

Sivir pushed his light brain over, and Tu Mianmian turned his head just to catch sight of the comments that came into view.

[I’m from the countryside, just connected to the star network (bah). Can I take the liberty to ask if it’s true that Mianmian is sick and was hospitalized?]

[Hello friend from the countryside. 80% sure he is sick, 20% sure he has not been hospitalized.]

[Yes! Not hospitalized! I took a picture of the Duchess coming out of the Royal Hospital! It was a waste of time for me to squat in front of the Royal Hospital for a few hours…in the end, I was kicked away three times by patrol robots.]

[Wooooo! Why, why does a ruthless, serious illness come to destroy my Mianmian! Woooo!]

[Shut up upstairs! Your tears have flooded me! Mianmian hasn’t died yet! Why are you crying?!]

[Did Mianmian get an illness related to his metal power or something? After all, wasn’t his energy absorbed by the Rainbow-colored Flower today in order to hatch the elf?]

[I also suspected that there was something wrong with his mental power. I went to the scene to watch the show today. After the incident, the behind the scenes wasn’t captured on camera, but I heard the show team wanted to give Mianmian a check-up. Mianmian refused, and he still looked healthy at the time.]

[…But the program team had to check it in case and found that Mianmian’s mental power was very stable and there was no danger, so they didn’t force Mianmian to undergo a standard full-body examination. Now it seems…an outbreak after an incubation period?]

[I’m heartbroken! My baby is hurting!]

[Borg is so #%&*! I also heard some behind-the-scenes news. It’s been estimated that Mianmian has S-level mental power. Fortunately, Mianmian had such a high level of mental power or he wouldn’t have survived. If he had a lower level of mental power, wouldn’t all of it have been absorbed until he was completely exhausted and became a waste person?]

[Borg deserves to be smeared forever! Perhaps when he did these things, he never thought that there would be such serious consequences. He just wanted to make sure his own tricks were successful. He’s really stupid and poisonous!]

[There were rumors that His Royal Highness was seriously injured, but now there are rumors that Mianmian is severely ill. Hey, why is my lovely Mianmian so miserable…]

The star network was full of speculations about Tu Mianmian’s condition and they threw punches and kicks at Borg.

Tu Mianmian tilted his head as he read their comments.

After finishing, his eyes fixed on the last comment.

After a pause, he looked up at the Duke: “…The news of your injury spread on the star network before.”

Tu Mianmian stretched out his finger and poked Sivir’s chest: “Although I thought the public opinion at the time was false, but…are you really injured?”

Tu Mianmian still remembered that in one of his communications with Sivir, he heard the sound of disinfection bubbles dissolving coming from Sivir.

After questioning him, Sivir told him that he was consoling the wounded soldiers and that the disinfection bubbles were being used on the wounded soldiers.

Thinking about it now…

Tu Mianmian poked his finger harder on Sivir’s chest.

Sivir was startled.

He guessed what Tu Mianmian was probably thinking, and with a warm heart, he grabbed Tu Mianmian’s fingers and answered truthfully, saying warmly, “I was injured, and now I have recovered.”

“Where is the injury, let me see!”

The Duke was very obedient.

He rolled up the sleeve of his right arm, stretched it out in front of his little husband, and showed him: “It was the right arm that was injured.”

“When I used the right arm of Daylight to charge energy to attack, the upper limit exceeded the threshold. Under such a load on the mecha’s right arm, the feedback from the neural connection caused my right hand to be injured.”

Sivir continued to explain: “The enemy fleet later launched a sneak attack and pierced the side of my cockpit, and happened to also further injure my right arm.”

“The injury was not serious. Before I came back from the border, I was already back to normal.”

There were no longer any signs of injury on Sivir’s right arm.

As he said, he had indeed recovered.

Seeing the worry in Tu Mianmian’s eyes, Sivir involuntarily added another sentence, to comfort Tu Mianmian: “The military uses special medicines, and the recovery is very fast.”

Only then did Tu Mianmian breathe a sigh of relief.

Part of him felt sorry for the Duke who desperately fought on the battlefield.

He was no longer angry with his Lord Duke.

The two were tired and leaned on each other, and between husband and spouse, they whispered to each other, deepening their bond.

After a while, Tu Mianmian, who had already ended up rolling into the Duke’s arms, raised his head and rubbed the Duke’s chin with his cheek.

“I died of a serious illness before even one night passed.” Tu Mianmian said as he pointed to the star network comments that were constantly being refreshed on his light brain, and wrinkled his nose.

Netizens seem to have unlimited brain holes.

In just ten minutes, the guesses had changed from ‘is there a problem with Mianmian’s mental power’ to ‘is it so bad that Mianmian can’t be cured?’

Tu Mianmian climbed out of Sivir’s arms, took his light brain and logged on to his own StarNet account and said: “I’m going to clarify.”

Otherwise, he might have ‘passed away’ according to the star network, by the time he wakes up tomorrow morning.

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Tu Mianmian ✓: Thank you for your concern, I’m fine! Rumors of death or serious illness are false. Don’t believe it!

After the dynamic was updated on Tu Mianmian’s account, the number of comments quickly accumulated.

In the middle of the night, the fans still haven’t slept.

[I didn’t believe in the rumors of a critical illness! But I also can’t believe what you say!]

[Yes, how could everything be alright? Mianmian, you’ve already gone to the hospital.]

[I was unfortunate enough to have gone to the hospital when I was young. It was really dark. I had to go because of a serious illness. My parents and I both almost fainted from crying too much.]

[If there’s no serious illness, why go to the hospital? Does the medical robot not work well? Mianmian, you lie to us!]

[Mianmian blink if you’re threatened or have been kidnapped.]

Tu Mianmian frowned, feeling that the situation got more complicated.

He shook his cute, little head confused about the situation, “Why don’t they believe what I say?”

Sivir had watched the whole thing.

He leaned over from behind, his chin rested on Tu Mianmian’s shoulder, and the air flow from his breath brushed over Tu Mianmian’s ear when he spoke: “…It should be that your reason is too weak to support your conclusion.”

Tu Mianmian heard his words and began to rack his brains in thought.

Afterwards, he ended up adding fuel to the flames—

Tu Mianmian ✓: I’m really fine. I went to the hospital because I had to have a physical examination. Thank you for caring. [cute] [rose]

The fans became even more arrogant!

[Tu Mianmian, you little liar! Your lies broke this mother’s heart!]

[Mianmian, do you think we’re stupid!? Give you two minutes to type! Hand over the truth!]

[Mianmian! I will repeat it again! Blink if you’ve been kidnapped!]

[Who goes to the hospital for a physical exam in the middle of the night? Can’t you go during the day?!]

Tu Mianmian replied to this comment: I, I’m someone who goes to get checked in the middle of the night! Because…because the other appointment times were full! So I went then! [cute] [selling cute]

Tu Mianmian tried to sell cute, but fans didn’t buy it.

[Mianmian, you have changed.]

[It’s a fact that even if you end up missing an appointment, you can still make an appointment tomorrow at any time you want as a member of the Duke’s family.]

[Wooo wooo, what’s wrong with you?! Why don’t you tell us and cover it up in every possible way?!]

[This cover-up, even if it doesn’t matter, the key is that we have dismantled it. Mianmian, are you seriously ill and about to die? (T＿T)]

[Mianmian! Is it true that Mianmian can’t be cured, so he doesn’t want to tell us the truth or make us sad?]

[Woo woo woo – I don’t want Mianmian to die!]

Why is everything getting darker and darker?

Mianmian is confused.

The problem is that he really isn’t sick!

It’s impossible to tell the public about going to the hospital for a diagnosis of his tail ball—because it’s too shameful!

“Humph!” The Duke’s little husband frowned and said domineeringly: “I don’t need them to know anything! I only want me to know!”

When Tu Mianmian got angry, the originally calm demon power fluctuated, and long rabbit ears suddenly popped out.

Sivir: “…”

Tu Mianmian: “…”

Sivir: “…”

“This, this…” Tu Mianmian trembled and stuttered.

He stretched out his hands and covered his rabbit ears: “I, I, I…” His demon power seems to be not very calm again QAQ.

Tu Mianmian had a spark of inspiration and remembered the fact that he was diagnosed with atavism.

He straightened his back and said, “I seem to have had atavism of animal characteristics again!”

Two rabbit ears grew out from both sides of Tu Mianmian’s head, and the white rabbit ears were particularly eye-catching against his black hair.

The lop-eared rabbit’s ears were not upright, but drooped softly on his cheeks.

The outside of the rabbit ears had snow-white fluff, and the inner pinna was pink and tender.

Tu Mianmian grabbed one of his ears, pulled it over to block in front of him, and looked at Sivir timidly.

The Duke’s eyes suddenly sank, fearing that he’d scare Mianmian.

Sivir hesitated for a moment before reaching out and slowly touching Tu Mianmian’s ears.

His fingers caressed the rabbit ears, and it was soft and fluffy to the touch.

Tu Mianmian’s ears trembled sensitively, as Sivir’s warm fingertips drew circles on his ears.

Tu Mianmian’s cheeks flushed red.

His voice also became weak, his tone softened, and he wanted to push Sivir’s hand away: “No, don’t do that…”

Due to Mianmian’s sensitivity and nervousness, his already calm demon power became even more uncontrollable.

As a result, the tail ball also came out.

Mianmian’s current posture of sitting on the bed pressed down on his rabbit tail.

He wasn’t comfortable, so he twisted to and fro while the Duke continued to rub his ears.

Tu Mianmian moved his legs and finally found a suitable sitting posture, freeing the pinned tail ball and giving it freedom.

When Mianmian was moving around, he was already full of discomfort!

Sivir was suspicious, and noticed a few clues.

So after Mianmian found a good sitting position, he tilted his head slightly and took a glance.

The Duke rubbed the rabbit ears with one hand and held Tu Mianmian down with the other, while looking behind him.

He said in the tone of a gentleman, “Mianmian, I’m just curious, so I’ll take a quick look.”

The soft little husband was looked over by the domineering Duke.

The rabbit ears were touched and the rabbit’s tail was rubbed.

When the Duke was finally done enjoying himself, he let his little sweetheart go.

Tu Mianmian huddled in the quilt aggrievedly, like a ruined girl.

The rabbit fur on his ears and tail were rubbed into a mess.

With tears in his eyes, he glared at Sivir.

“Mianmian.” The Duke said his name lovingly while he shamelessly continued to reach out to rub Tu Mianmian’s fur.

“Humph!” Tu Mianmian knocked off Sivir’s hand.

Dog man!!

In the end, the little husband became angry, so the Duke had to bow down and pretend to be small—trying to coax him tenderly.

After he was fondled without shame, Tu Mianmian, who had been tired all day, was finally coaxed to sleep by the Duke.

Tu Mianmian’s rabbit ears and tail couldn’t be retracted, so he had to fall asleep with this appearance.

He laid on his side under the covers with his two rabbit ears resting softly on the pillow.

Sivir was afraid that Tu Mianmian would press his ears when he turned over later in his sleep, so he moved them.

In his sleep, Tu Mianmian felt someone move his ears, frowned, and waved his hand at them.

Sivir immediately dodged, and Tu Mianmian’s arm slapped the soft quilt.

Mianmian murmured incomplete sentences, and it was hard to tell what he was talking about.

He might have continued to scold the Duke as a dog man.

Sivir reached out and smoothed Tu Mianmian’s frown away.

He looked at Mianmian who was relaxed and had fallen asleep peacefully, and there was a small smile in his eyes.

Sivir’s light brain suddenly shook slightly, and the light brain AI reminded him that there were still urgent matters to be dealt with.

He got out of bed lightly, opened his light brain to check, and found that there were several unprocessed military affairs.

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There was also a missed communication from Anna.

Not to disturb Tu Mianmian who was already asleep, Sivir got up and went to the study to deal with the affairs.

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In the study—

In the successfully connected video communication, Anna was reporting the situation to Sivir with a serious face: “His Royal Highness, Borg has been detained by the Overwatch Council and has confessed to the crime of framing the Duchess…”

Anna told Sivir the result of Borg’s punishment and disposal.

After giving her report, because Anna also paid attention to the comments on the star network, she was shocked by the various speculations that Tu Mianmian died of a serious illness.

Now that she had a chance, she asked, “Is the Duchess okay now?”

“He is fine.” Sivir nodded slightly, not wanting to say more about Tu Mianmian’s situation.

The phenomenon of atavism is very rare, and once it is announced, it will definitely attract a lot of social attention.

What’s more, just from the characteristics of the animal ears and tail shown by Tu Mianmian…

The plush will definitely attract a lot of attention.

The Duke felt that Tu Mianmian’s existing fans were already noisy enough, and he didn’t  want Tu Mianmian to be disturbed even more.

“Okay.” Anna responded politely.

However, she didn’t give up and asked, “Can this subordinate go to the Duke’s Mansion to meet the Duchess?”

She also wanted to suck the lovely Duchess!

As early as when they first set out on their expedition, the Duke promised that after they returned with victory, he would let Anna and Yuri come to visit and get to know Tu Mianmian.

Although it was a successful return, they didn’t expect Tu Mianmian to encounter such chaos.

It wasn’t a good time to come and see him.

But it’s always a good idea to book it first.

Anna frowned as she became lost in thought.

Sivir stared at Anna silently for a while after hearing her words, and after a pause, he hung up the video communication without warning.

Anna: “…”

Anna: “…”

Huh!

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After ending the video communication, Sivir took a little more time to finish his affairs.

He walked out of the study and went back to the bedroom.

Tu Mianmian had fallen into a sound sleep, and the intelligent system had turned off all the lights in the bedroom to give him a proper sleeping environment.

As Sivir pushed the door in, the intelligent system only turned on the floor lights in a few corners, and the dim light provided illumination, allowing Sivir to navigate to the bed smoothly.

Sivir: “…Mianmian?”

Mianmian, who was lying on his side on the bed before he went to his study, disappeared.

The quilt that had been raised like a hill also collapsed, and the figure of Mianmian was no longer on the bed.

Sivir looked slightly confused as he strode to the bedside in order to make sure that he hadn’t seen it wrong and that Tu Mianmian was really not there.

He frowned, and when he looked around, his eyes swept over the quilt, and suddenly he noticed a small lump.

Sivir lifted the quilt—in the center of the big bed, a lovely snow-white lop-eared rabbit was lying on its back and sleeping soundly, its petite body undulating with its breathing.

What did the Duke find??~~