Chapter 20: God of Wealth, bless me
Because he has always slept inside the Divine Image, Zhuang
Zhou never slept together with anyone before.
Ever since the first night when he slept with Wen XiaoYun, where
he ended up going into his Divine Image and forgetting to leave
ahead of time, he has been extremely careful.
Everyday, he waited until Wen XiaoYun fell asleep before entering
the Divine Image.
Right before Wen XiaoYun woke up, he’d come out of the Divine
Image and wait for him.
Because of this, in the last half a month, this was actually the
first time he’s sleeping together with Wen XiaoYun for real.
It was also the first time he’s been so… close to someone.
Wen XiaoYun’s body temperature was very high. His hand circled
around Zhou ZiRou’s waist, resting in front of Zhou ZiRou’s chest.
His palm was very big.
Strong and powerful heartbeats transmitted across their thin
clothes. Thud thud, thud thud. He can almost feel the repeated
rise and fall there.
Zhuang Zhou couldn’t help but reach out and touch his own
chest.
His heartbeat seemed a bit faster than before……
He kind of liked this kind of feeling, yet also felt a bit
embarrassed.
With Zhuang Zhou’s movement, Wen XiaoYun’s voice sounded
behind him.
“What’s the matter?”
Zhuang Zhou wetted his lips and said in a small voice:
“Somewhat unused to this.”
Wen XiaoYun’s voice was very soft: “You’ve never slept together
with anyone before?”
Zhuang Zhou shook his head: “No.”
Wen XiaoYun smiled briefly: “That’s pretty good.”
Zhuang Zhou didn’t understand: “En?”
The hand that Wen XiaoYun placed around Zhuang Zhou’s waist
explored upward slightly, landing on the top of his head. Patting
him lightly, Wen XiaoYun said: “I’m saying you’re very
well-behaved.”
Zhuang Zhou thought that he wouldn’t be able to sleep. This was
a new experience after all. Unexpectedly, as he kept his eyes
closed, he really did end up falling asleep.
Because he didn’t need to grant anyone dreams other than Wen
XiaoYun, after this night, Zhuang Zhou’s divine powers recovered
completely.
Right now, his ability to recover divine powers was very fast. The
people on battleship Wyvern were basically all his followers. It
was very favorable for him to be here.
When he opened his eyes, Wen XiaoYun still had his eyes closed.
He had woken up in Wen XiaoYun’s arms. The two people
embraced face to face. The Divine Image that was in his arms
already got lost to who knew where.
Zhaung Zhou used his divine powers to sense around. He
discovered the Divine Image behind him, pressed against the
wall. It wasn’t that far from him. On the contrary, Wen XiaoYun
was pretty much face to face with him.
The other’s light soft breath landed on his face. This kind of
feeling was very strange.
The closed-eyed Wen XiaoYun looked as gentle as usual. He
always seemed so calm, with such clear purpose, like nothing
made him feel anxious or worried, or let him lose his reason and
intelligence.
Wen XiaoYun was really very good looking, at least in Zhuang
Zhou’s eyes. Wen XiaoYun was the best looking person he has
ever seen.
Zhuang Zhou sighed somewhat enviously.
If he looked like this, he could imitate other wealth gods and
become a celebrity. Then he’d have many many fans, right?
“Why the sigh?” Wen XiaoYun suddenly opened his eyes, his deep
dark eyes without any signs of sleepiness like someone who had
just woken up.
Zhuang Zhou was startled briefly and then gave him a smile:
“You’re awake.”
“En. I felt like you’ve been looking at me for a while.” Wen
XiaoYun’s voice was very low, somewhat different than usual. It
carried a faint husk, sounding very sensual.
Zhuang Zhou’s face turned red.
Wen XiaoYun was clearly speaking the truth. He really was
examining Wen XiaoYun for quite a while just now.
But hearing these words from the other’s mouth strangely made
him feel somewhat embarrassed.
He said in a small voice: “I wanted to get up but I was afraid to
wake you.”
Wen XiaoYun smiled and said: “No need to fear waking me up.
I’m very happy to see you first thing in the morning.”
Zhuang Zhou slowly replied with an ‘oh’.
Wen XiaoYun asked him: "Do you want to get up now?"
Zhuang Zhou nodded his head and shifted slightly. Touching
something, he started feeling somewhat embarrassed again.
They were too close right now. His entire person seemed almost
plastered against Wen XiaoYun. Wen XiaoYun had a hand around
his waist, holding it tightly. His other hand came in upwards,
heading down, and pressed against his back.
Wen XiaoYun suddenly said: "Zhou Zhou, can I use intergalactic
etiquette with you? I don't want to offend you so I wanted to ask
you first."
Zhuang Zhou was confused: "Is there some kind of special
intergalactic etiquette?"
Lately, he's seen plenty of intergalactic documentaries and
history videos.
However, he still didn't study the area of etiquette yet.
Wen XiaoYun said: "There's plenty of intergalactic etiquette to
pay close attention to. Especially on the side of the Empire. You
may not know about them because you came from a remote
planet."
Zhuang Zhou nodded: "Alright."
Earth also counted as a remote planet right?
If it didn't disappear 2000 years ago that is.
Seeing Zhuang Zhou agree, Wen XiaoYun faintly lowered himself
and leaned a little closer. Wen XiaoYun pressed his face against
Zhuang Zhou's face.
The little friend's eyes widened faintly. His soft face was smooth,
without any blemish. It even carried a very pleasant aroma.
"Just like this."
The two pressed their faces together with a smile. Wen XiaoYun
backed up slightly: "Good morning, Zhou Zhou."
Zhuang Zhou's face flushed red, suddenly completely at a loss.
Then, he understood very quickly.
This seemed similar to the etiquettes from some Western
nations?
Nuzzling faces, kissing the back of hands, and even kissing each
other on the cheek.
Wasn't he making a fuss over nothing then?
Didn’t this make him seem like an inexperienced and
unknowledgeable God of Wealth!
Zhuang Zhou can only feign a calm and unperturbed appearance:
"En en, good morning....."
After the two people got up, Zhuang Zhou made a show saying
he's fine with just eating the nutritional protein and didn't go to
the dining hall. After Wen XiaoYun left, he started flipping
through the galactic net, searching for etiquette classes for
different nations within the universe.
An Eastern Wealth God can't allow themselves to be unaware of
this kind of knowledge!
After that, he began to memorize all of the contents within the
etiquette classes to avoid not understanding basic courtesy in the
future.
As he read, the unlocked door was pushed open. Cheng JinXue's
voice traveled inside: "Zhou Zhou, what are you doing?"
Zhuang Zhou turned his head back. Seeing Cheng JinXue, he
said: "I'm learning the etiquette of the Empire."
Cheng JinXue clicked his tongue: "What's the use of learning
that? It's not like you're an aristocrat. There's no need to be
concerned with all of that!
Zhuang Zhou asked: "Only aristocrats need to learn this?"
Cheng JinXue: "Not exactly. We have etiquette classes in military
school too. However, only aristocrats valued this. Gruff men like
us...…"
Speaking here, Cheng JinXue paused briefly, and looked at
Zhuang Zhou's delicate little face. That unconscious aura of
nobility that he emitted... Now he really did seem like some lost
aristocrat's child.
Therefore, Cheng JinXue silently corrected himself: "Gruff men
like me have no use for that kind of thing."
Zhuang Zhou nodded his head, indicating his understanding.
Cheng JinXue asked suspiciously: "Little Zhou Zhou, how come
you suddenly gained interest in this?"
Zhuang Zhou recalled the intimacy before and blushed. However,
since it didn't involve his secret identity, he wouldn't lie usually.
Therefore, he said honestly: "Because...… A while ago Wen
XiaoYun asked me if he could use intergalactic etiquette with
me...…"
Cheng JinXue: "...…."
Cheng JinXue cursed silently.
You really couldn’t tell this was the same Boss who, in the past,
would rather get beaten to death than date someone; the same
Boss who made people think he’d spend the rest of his life with a
mecha.
Who would have thought that once this old tree blossomed, he
was inappropriate enough to try bearing fruit right on the spot.
Cheng JinXue gave a soft cough and said slowly: “Hey Zhou
Zhou, what do you think of the Boss?”
Zhuang Zhou didn’t understand: “He’s very good.”
“Then do you think the person who marries Boss…… will be
happy?”
“Definitely.” Zhuang Zhou said without even thinking: “Wen
XiaoYun is so impressive and such a good person, there must be
a lot of girls who want to marry him.”
Since Zhuang Zhou already said this……
If Zhou Zhou didn’t have a very good impression of Boss, Cheng
JinXue really would have exposed the Boss’s perverted heart then
and there!
But since Zhou Zhou also felt Boss was good, this meant that
Zhou Zhou didn’t dislike Boss’s intimacy!
“Actually……” Cheng JinXue said: “We have a lot of etiquette in
the Empire that is only taught privately by aristocrats. Naturally
you won’t be able to find them on the galactic web. You can have
Boss teach you instead!”
With these interactions, wouldn’t their feelings intensify even
faster!
Zhuang Zhou said skeptically: “There are others?”
“Of course.” Cheng JinXue said: “However, you don’t need to
search for them. In anycase, when the time comes, you can just
ask Boss to teach you. Let’s go go go. I came to find you for
something. Do you still remember the mecha creator I told you
about previously, the great master Ge LuEn? His spaceship has
landed. Let’s go find him!”
Zhuang Zhou’s attention shifted very quickly. His eyes instantly lit
up: “Another spaceship arrived?!”
Seeing his eyes shining brightly, Cheng JinXue said with a smile:
“That’s right. Looks like you are also eager to see the great
master, Ge LuEn!”
Zhuang Zhou enthusiastically nodded his head. Of course he
wanted to. This was…… a new customer!!
After many toils and hardships, the great master Ge LuEn finally
arrived at B-324.
Because the spaceship that he took wasn’t a military grade
battleship, and it was only a small scale spaceship, it can only
warp jump once every two days. This trip took a total of half a
month for him to reach his destination.
After getting off the spaceship and putting on his protective gear,
Ge LuEn hastily rushed towards battleship Wyvern, extremely
looking forward to seeing Zhuang Zhou.
Wen XiaoYun arrived in person to welcome Ge LuEn.
However, Ge LuEn had no interest in seeing Wen XiaoYun at all.
“Walk faster. Get on the battleship. Is your family’s little friend
inside the battleship?”
Wen XiaoYun was somewhat exasperated: “En. What’s the rush?
It’s not like he’ll run away.”
After getting on battleship Wyvern, Ge LuEn didn’t even see the
little friend that he’s been yearning for before stopping in his
tracks. With an extremely strange expression on his face, he
stared at the scene in front of him, like he just saw a ghost or
something.
Inside the biggest activity room of battleship Wyvern, there were
a total of over 30 crew members of the 3rd Legion standing
together in neat rows. Each person held three incense sticks in
their hands. Gaze extremely focused and expression pious, they
faced an incense burner that was about half the height of a
person and kowtowed three times.
“God of Wealth, bless me--”
“God of Wealth, bless me--”
“God of Wealth, bless me--”
Yelling this chant in unison, the crowd piously inserted the
incense sticks into the incense burner, every single movement
solemn and grave as if they were meeting the Emperor himself.
Ge LuEn: “.......?”
He subconsciously took a step back, returning to Wen XiaoYun’s
side. His aged face gained a hint of horror: “Wen XiaoYun, did we
arrive at the site of a large heretic cult?”
Wen XiaoYun: “........”