Chapter 123
Chapter 123: Old Mud Loach Has Been Fooled Into His Own Cub For Seven Months, Congratulations
Jiang Tea Tea cupped his hand even tighter and said in disbelief: “No way. You are his own nephew. I really cannot believe he would kick you two li away.”
He was the Crown Prince of the Zhenlin Empire, the only little seedling left of the Golden Dragon imperial clan. Even if they did not hold him in their hands or in their mouths, they still would not lock him up for eighteen years.
Sui Xuan Chu was so angry that he laughed: “You not only do not understand his strength, you also do not understand what kind of person he is.”
“It is exactly because I am his blood nephew, his only blood relative that he guided step by step on the battlefield and personally hatched, no different from his own son.”
“There are only him and me left in the Golden Dragon royal family. So many of the dragon clan’s eyes are staring at us, hoping we die early, hoping we make a mistake.”
“If you make me take the blame for you, you are making me commit a mistake and break the law. Human words are scary, public opinion is scary. If he does not kick me two li away, who would he kick, you? Forget it. That kick he gave you at the Royal Military Academy, you still hold a grudge about it even now!”
Jiang Tea Tea thought it over. Judging by that old mud loach’s personality and way of doing things, he really did seem like he could kick Sui Xuan Chu two li away.
But if he did not kick Sui Xuan Chu two li away, then when he came back later, was she supposed to run in front of him, stick out her belly, and use the cubs to grab him by the throat?
Wow, was that not pure nonsense? Without a proper name and an open acknowledgment, later he could just keep the child and throw away the mother, and she would not get even a single cub. Where would her demon face go then?
Seeing that she did not speak, Sui Xuan Chu leaned his face closer and lowered his voice: “Roommate, you are really something. My uncle chose you as a candidate for Commander in Chief of the Three Armies to make you my shield, to guard the Empire for me, and to make you listen to me. But you are fine with going straight to becoming my aunt and making me listen to you…”
“Get lost with that aunt talk.” Jiang Tea Tea cut him off angrily: “This is mine, mine, mine alone. Important things should be said three times. It has nothing to do with your uncle. If you will not take the fall for me, then stop putting yourself into it.”
Sui Xuan Chu clicked his tongue: “And you call it the bond of sharing one room and sharing one bed. You still will not tell me the truth.”
Jiang Tea Tea took a deep breath, unwilling to give up: “How about this. You help me take the blame. After you do, I will leave the Imperial Military Headquarters, then I will slip away from the Capital Planet so your uncle will never find me again.”
Sui Xuan Chu pointed at her: “You sly commoner, you are trying to harm me!”
[He called her a sly commoner?]
Fine. He was the Crown Prince, the future Emperor, His Majesty. It did kind of make sense for him to call her a commoner.
Jiang Tea Tea did not argue with him. She spoke earnestly, almost pleading: “I am not trying to hurt you. I just want to ask you for a favor.”
“Not helping…”
“If you do not help me, I will kill you.”
“Compared to being killed by my uncle, I would rather be killed by you. Go ahead and kill me.”
“You…”
Knock, knock, knock.
A few knocks on the door cut off Jiang Tea Tea and Sui Xuan Chu. The two of them turned their eyes toward the door.
Chong Ming pushed the door open and stood at the doorway. From far away he saw their hands clasped together. His golden eyes narrowed, and his deep voice rang out: “Have the two of you finished matching your stories? If not, I can give you three more minutes.”
Sui Xuan Chu yanked hard, again and again, but still could not pull his hand free. It stayed trapped and held in Jiang Tea Tea’s grip.
How could a female have such strength? She was giving him no way to live, treating him like someone from the insectoid race.
Jiang Tea Tea squeezed Sui Xuan Chu’s hand tightly and pressed it down onto her own leg. She shot back at Chong Ming: “We are working on our relationship. We are not matching stories. No need to give us three more minutes.”
When he heard this, Chong Ming lifted his foot and walked into the office. He closed the door behind him and walked toward the only sofa in the big office where the two of them were sitting.
Sui Xuan Chu felt guilty and panicked. His hand was pressed against Jiang Tea Tea’s leg. He kept trying to pull it back but could not. He hoped his uncle was wise and sharp-eyed enough not to misunderstand.
Jiang Tea Tea refused to lose in momentum even if she lost in strength. As this old mud loach, Chong Ming, stared at her with both eyes, she stared right back at him.
Chong Ming sat down across from them, calm and at ease, like a ferocious wild beast that had pulled back its fangs, watching the two little prey under its claws bare their teeth and wave their claws.
As the saying went, when two armies fought, it was not only about strength. It was also about mindset and willpower. The one who charged first did not always win.
Chong Ming did not speak, and Jiang Tea Tea did not speak either. The two of them stared at each other, one pair of golden eyes calm, the other pair full of challenge.
All right, but the third person suffered. Sui Xuan Chu felt like he was sitting on needles, itching all over, silently calling to Heaven Above, Mother Earth, the Beast God, and his dad and mother to save him.
“Ahem.” Finally, Sui Xuan Chu could not bear it anymore and gave a light cough: “Imperial Uncle, you called my roommate over. What do you want to ask?”
Chong Ming’s gaze met Jiang Tea Tea’s, then moved to Sui Xuan Chu’s face as he asked: “Are the two of you dating?”
“Yes!”
“No!”
Sui Xuan Chu and Jiang Tea Tea spoke at the same time, one giving a denial, the other giving a yes.
Chong Ming looked at the two of them and let out a sigh, sounding quite disappointed: “Sure enough, you two did not match your stories well.”
Jiang Tea Tea lifted her chin. She decided to spout nonsense and drag Sui Xuan Chu down with her: “What do you mean we did not match our stories? We do not have any story to match. It is your good nephew who dares to do things but does not dare to take responsibility.”
Chong Ming nodded in agreement but reminded her: “If you let go of his hand, you will find that he not only dares to do things without taking responsibility, he will also run away from you very fast.”
Sui Xuan Chu: “!!!!”
[Uncle, real uncle, he really does understand me!]
[He did not need to be afraid of getting kicked two li away and locked up for eighteen years anymore!]
Jiang Tea Tea almost could not hold her face steady. Grinding her back teeth, she answered Chong Ming: “He is my darling. Why would I let go of his hand.”
A small smile hooked at the corner of Chong Ming’s mouth as he asked Sui Xuan Chu: “You are her darling, and you are not willing to let go of her hand?”
Sui Xuan Chu shook his head like a rattle drum and shouted: “I am innocent, Uncle, I really am innocent. I am even more pure with her than plain water. Beast God above, I have never had any improper thoughts about her.”
[Was he insane?]
Not to mention that she was the candidate for Commander in Chief of the Three Armies his uncle had picked for him.
Even the cubs in her belly might be his uncle’s.
She was going to become his aunt. How could he dare to have improper thoughts about her?
[Did he not want his dog life anymore!]
Jiang Tea Tea only wanted to drag Sui Xuan Chu down with her, but ended up being stabbed in the back by him. She snapped her head toward him, her gaze as sharp as needles: “Sui Xuan Chu, you…”
Sui Xuan Chu suddenly yanked his hand free and darted toward the door like a loach while saying: “Roommate, confess and you will be treated more lightly. Resist and you will be treated more harshly. The Institute Director of the Supernatural Abilities Research Institute has already been arrested. I believe my uncle will not send you to the dissection table. Whatever complaints you have about him, just be bold and tell him.”
Jiang Tea Tea shot to her feet: “Get back here.”
Sui Xuan Chu did not come back at all. He rushed to the door, pulled it open, slipped out, then stuck his head back into the room and said to her: “Do not be afraid. Just curse him out and be fierce with him. I will be waiting for you at the door. You can do it!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he slammed the door shut.
The room fell silent.
Jiang Tea Tea curled her fingers into a fist: “That Chong guy, I have nothing to say to you. I am going back to the Academy.”
Chong Ming stood up and took a step toward Jiang Tea Tea.
Jiang Tea Tea took a step back: “What are you going to do?”
Chong Ming reached back and took a cup of nutrient fruit juice from his space knob storage device, then handed it to her: “For you to drink.”
Jiang Tea Tea furrowed her brows and stared at the cup of nutrient fruit juice in his hand like she was staring at poison: “I am not drinking that, thank you.”
Chong Ming pulled back the hand holding the cup, stepped back, sat down on the sofa again, and took a sip himself.
The nutrient fruit juice that was sixty percent ripe was sour, very sour.
But she liked it a lot. She could drink several cups in one go, and she could eat several kilos of nutrient fruit at sixty percent ripeness at once.
Jiang Tea Tea could not figure out his actions and behavior. She felt a bit guilty and a bit flustered. It always felt like he had dug a pit and was waiting for her to jump in.
Chong Ming swallowed the nutrient fruit juice and lifted his head to look at Jiang Tea Tea: “You refused to drink it yourself. So why are you staring at me?”
Jiang Tea Tea suddenly met his gaze and snapped: “You are standing in front of me and I cannot look at you now? Then I will leave.”
Chong Ming put the nutrient fruit juice down: “You can look at me. Please explain the matter at the First Hotel while you are at it.”
Jiang Tea Tea shot back: “I never saw you at the First Hotel. What is there for me to explain?”
He looked her over from head to toe, his gaze stopping on her lower belly. She tried to block his line of sight. “You tell me what you need to explain,” Chong Ming said.
As his gaze moved, Jiang Tea Tea’s hand followed it. She instinctively laid her hand across her lower belly: “I do not know what I am supposed to explain. I only know that you threatened me to come here, and I had no choice but to…”
At the sight of her hand lying across her lower belly, Chong Ming’s golden eyes narrowed, as if something was surfacing in his mind. On purpose he cut her off and asked: “Jiang Tea Tea, the youngling is six months along, right?”
Jiang Tea Tea was cut off by him. With her words pushed forward, her mouth slipped, and she blurted out: “More than six months, not yet seven months…”