Chapter 152
Chapter 152: It’s A Crush, I’m Doomed, I Even Dreamed He Was Wrapped Around Me
Jiang Tea Tea curled her fingers into a fist and shook it at Sui Xuan Chu: “I’ll punch you. In a dream, anything can happen.”
Sui Xuan Chu instinctively tilted his head back to dodge her waving fist: “You cruel and heartless woman. If it weren’t for the youngling in your belly, I could punch you into the wall so hard you’d be stuck in it, no way to dig you out. Do you believe that?”
Jiang Tea Tea shot the threat right back: “Oh wow, I’m so scared my heart shook and skipped a few beats. I’ll tell your uncle later that you scared me and I’m not happy. Tell me, tomorrow will he drag ten people out to drill you?”
Sui Xuan Chu let out an exaggerated “oh”: “Roommate, you’ve changed. You’ve learned to rely on being spoiled.”
Jiang Tea Tea made a confused sound, and goosebumps broke out all over her body: “Rely on being spoiled? What kind of deadly phrase is that? I’ll give you another chance. Restructure that sentence, or I’ll go complain to your uncle and make him give you a hard time.”
Sui Xuan Chu’s face changed like turning a page. In a second he leaned close: “My roommate, you’re so beautiful, so cool, so sharp, so explosive. You won’t hold a grudge against me, right?”
He was scared. The one he was scared of was his uncle.
Defying his uncle did not exist in his world.
Jiang Tea Tea snorted in disdain: “Depends on my mood. If I’m in a bad mood, I’ll complain to your uncle. I’m just one person. Who would I be afraid of?”
Sui Xuan Chu begged for mercy right away: “Okay, okay, okay, I’m scared of you, I’m scared of you. But seriously, you spent one spring night with my uncle and you got pregnant with a youngling. That’s a first in the history of our Golden Dragon family, one of a kind.”
“So when this youngling in your belly is born, can you try to give us two kids in three years, three in seven years, five in ten years?”
Jiang Tea Tea reached out and pushed his forehead, shoving him farther away from her: “You’ve already shared this fantasy in front of me once. Stop bringing up old nonsense. It does not match your identity as crown prince.”
Sui Xuan Chu looked completely baffled: “I already said that? How come I don’t remember? Did training turn my brain to mush?”
“Heavens above, Beast God, roommate, when you go back later, please tell my uncle to give me two days off to sleep in a real bed. I really don’t want to sleep in the healing pod anymore, and I don’t want to deal with that sticky healing liquid.”
They always say, what kind of person raises what kind of child. That was right.
Chong Ming liked to speak in a roundabout way, circling around and then getting to the point.
His good nephew Sui Xuan Chu also had to lay a whole layer of padding and preface, run in circles, before finally howling out what he actually wanted.
Jiang Tea Tea shoved another big piece of meat into his mouth: “Eat your meat. Once you’re full, hurry up and go to sleep. Tomorrow will be the same as always.”
Sui Xuan Chu sniffled, suddenly looking small and pitiful, gnawing at the meat like the chunk in his hand had some deep hatred with him.
Jiang Tea Tea grilled meat for him, grilled seafood, grilled vegetables, grilled all kinds of things, and made drinks, just stuffing him with everything.
It went on past midnight. Only when Sui Xuan Chu was so full from being fed that he kept burping and could not eat another bite did they hear a soft cough.
Right after that, Chong Ming’s deep voice sounded: “You two, it’s already past midnight. In a few hours it will be dawn. Are you going to sleep or not?”
Jiang Tea Tea looked up. She pointed at Sui Xuan Chu: “I’ll sleep with him tonight…”
“I’ll go sleep right now, this instant.” Sui Xuan Chu did not wait for Jiang Tea Tea to finish. He cut her off, shot to his feet, stabbed Jiang Tea Tea in the back with that move, and bolted faster than a rabbit: “Imperial Uncle, good night. Roommate, good night. See you tomorrow, see you tomorrow.”
Who would dare sleep with her.
His uncle’s eyes were terrifying.
It was like he had stolen some treasure from his uncle’s corner.
He was scared, he was terrified, so he ran.
Jiang Tea Tea sat on the stool, watched that traitor run out of the kitchen, and let out a laugh of mock blame: “Your Highness Chong Ming, you scared my eating companion away.”
Chong Ming walked over to her and squatted down. He took out a pair of slippers and a handkerchief, then reached out toward Jiang Tea Tea’s feet: “Put on shoes and go back to sleep.”
Jiang Tea Tea moved her feet quickly, avoiding his hand. She stood up and walked out in big strides as she spoke: “I’m not wearing them. I like being barefoot.”
As a tree, when she was in human form with bare feet stepping on Mother Earth, she could also absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the nutrients from Mother Earth.
Why wear shoes? No need at all. She could walk faster barefoot than they could with shoes on.
But Jiang Tea Tea did not know that her line about liking to be barefoot sounded like she was acting cute in Chong Ming’s ears.
Chong Ming was in a very good mood. He did not insist on making her wear shoes. Wearing a black sleeping robe, carrying a pair of slippers, he walked behind her.
After midnight, the Imperial Palace was still bright as day. Lights shone everywhere. The paths, stone roads, corridors, and walls of the buildings were all clean and bright, not a speck of dust in sight.
The Imperial Palace guards, stewards, and other staff members saw His Highness Chong Ming carrying a pair of slippers and slowly following behind Jiang Tea Tea, staring at her without looking away. Their eyes almost popped out of their heads.
They could not believe it. The stern, domineering, decisive leader who had led the Zhenlin Empire toward prosperity and strength, so that no one dared invade, His Highness Chong Ming, actually had such a domineering and doting side. It made their hearts thump madly.
Once the two of them went far enough that they could not be seen, the guards, stewards, and staff clocking out of their shifts gathered in groups of two or three, whispering in awe: “Do you think that before long, the Imperial Palace will be hosting a wedding?”
“Oh my, I’ve never seen His Highness Chong Ming so down to earth. He was carrying a pair of fluffy slippers, following behind Miss Jiang Tea Tea, and his eyes were all on her. He spoils her so much.”
“If that scene had been filmed and posted online, StarNet would have crashed in less than ten seconds.”
“Right. I always thought Commander in Chief Chong Ming was far above everyone, standing in the clouds, not touched by mortal world smoke and fire. I never thought that when he is in love, he would be this sweet and doting.”
“Before this, there was a poll on StarNet asking who would stay single longer, Commander in Chief Chong Ming or the Western Kingdom’s chief executive commander.”
“Our Commander in Chief Chong Ming was way ahead, no one could shake his position. Who knew that while that chief executive commander from the Western Kingdom still hasn’t found a partner, our Commander in Chief, our lord, has already found his life goal.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. Our Commander in Chief, our lord, is in his prime and his supernatural abilities rank is high. After he gets married, he won’t need ten or twenty years to have a youngling. Maybe in three to five years there will be a youngling, and the Imperial Palace will be so lively then.”
“Keep your voices down, quiet, quiet. Confidentiality, confidentiality.”
“We know, we know. We’re only saying this inside the Imperial Palace, just among you guys. As soon as we step out, we’re all people who can recite the highest-level confidentiality agreements.”
The fact that Commander in Chief Chong Ming had someone he was chasing and that his target already lived in the same palace was not a secret inside the Imperial Palace.
All departments’ staff and guards in the Imperial Palace had their ancestry checked back five generations, signed confidentiality agreements, and gone through round after round of investigations and verifications before being allowed to work here.
Their mouths were tighter than an iron bucket. They might chat for a bit with a few people in the break room, but once they left, not a word could be pried out of them.
Jiang Tea Tea went back to the palace where she was staying, rushed into the bathroom, washed up again, and came out to find that the main light in the room was already off, leaving only a small lamp on.
She looked around and did not see Chong Ming. She was just starting to feel glad he was not there when she got onto the bed and found his half-dragon, half-human body already taking up half of it.
Jiang Tea Tea realized she really could not look at him in that form. Whenever she looked at him like that, she got hungry, greedy, and really wanted to pounce on him.
“You…”
“You sleep on your side, I’ll sleep on mine,” Chong Ming cut her off gently. “We won’t touch each other. It will also be easier for me to release my supernatural abilities to soothe you.”
The bed was large enough. If they did not try, they really would not bump into each other.
It was already past midnight, and dawn was only a few hours away.
Jiang Tea Tea was sleepy too. Under the soothing of his supernatural abilities and spiritual power, her whole body relaxed: “Okay, sleep.”
The corners of Chong Ming’s mouth curled up almost imperceptibly: “Sleep.”
Jiang Tea Tea pulled the blanket up. As soon as she closed her eyes, the image of half-dragon, half-human Chong Ming appeared in her mind, staring straight at her without saying a word.
She met his eyes. As they stared at each other, somehow she saw herself turn back into her original form, a lush, thick tea tree.
The half-dragon, half-human Chong Ming wrapped his dragon body, as thick as a man’s arm, around her trunk and climbed up along her.
His scales, his dragon body scraped along her trunk. His hands brushed over her leaves. From bottom to top, he wrapped her up so tightly that her trunk could no longer be seen, only his dragon body. Then he opened his mouth and started eating her leaves…
“Ah!”
“What is it, did you have a nightmare?”
Jiang Tea Tea let out a sharp scream, and Chong Ming’s voice followed right after.
Jiang Tea Tea flipped over and turned to face Chong Ming.
Chong Ming was dressed in a sharp military uniform, with two big golden dragon horns on his head. His long hair was tied back, and his gold eyes were full of worry.
Jiang Tea Tea looked at him, and her heart thumped wildly.
It was too scary. As a demon, she dreamed of food, but instead of eating it, she was being wrapped up and bitten by the food. Ridiculous. It was beyond ridiculous.
“Jiang Tea Tea…” Chong Ming saw that she was just staring at him without speaking. He knelt on one knee on the bed and reached out to touch her forehead: “Do you feel unwell anywhere?”
Jiang Tea Tea snapped out of it and turned her head to avoid his hand, panting: “I’m fine. I just had a nightmare.”
Chong Ming’s hand hovered in midair, then slowly withdrew: “It’s my fault. I got up too early. Tomorrow I’ll try to follow your schedule.”
“No, no, no.” Jiang Tea Tea rejected that at once: “You get up as early as you need to. Just release your supernatural abilities to soothe me. You don’t have to worry about anything else.”
Right now, her biological clock woke her at 5:30 or 5:50 every day, sometimes at six. He got up at 4:45. There was no need for him to adjust for her.
Chong Ming’s golden eyes dimmed a little: “Okay. Take your time to calm down, then get up slowly.”
Jiang Tea Tea made a sound of agreement. After she calmed her wildly pounding heart, she got out of bed, washed up, and left without even eating breakfast. She sent Sui Xuan Chu a message, did not say goodbye to Chong Ming, and did not let him drive her. She slipped away as fast as she could.
Sui Xuan Chu ran away from his early morning training halfway through and left with Jiang Tea Tea. Sitting in the copilot seat of the flying device, he hugged himself and shivered: “Roommate, you’re carrying the hope of the Golden Dragon family. My uncle won’t hit you, but he really will hit me.”
Jiang Tea Tea was piloting the flying device. She glanced at him: “You’re the heir of the Golden Dragon family. What are you afraid of?”
Sui Xuan Chu said in a gloomy tone: “I’m afraid of getting hit.”
His uncle usually did not make a move. Once he did, the result would be tragic.
Jiang Tea Tea comforted him: “Don’t be a coward. I’ll cover you.”
Sui Xuan Chu’s eyes lit up: “Really?”
Jiang Tea Tea nodded hard: “Really. Once we’re at the academy, I’ll message him and tell him we’re going to stay in the dorms for a few days, and he doesn’t need to pick us up at night.”
Sui Xuan Chu had just opened his mouth to say, “Great, great,” but then he looked out the window of the flying device. His hand trembled as he pointed outside, and his voice shook: “Sister Tea, no need to wait until we get to the academy to message him. My uncle is right next to you. You can tell him face to face that we’re not going home tonight!”