Chapter 245
Chapter 245: What Kind of Proper Demon Marries Their Own Food?
Chong Ming let go of her wrists, his brow lifting: “You finally noticed. That really is rare and worth celebrating.”
“If it were not that there are so many problems right now and it is not a good time to set off fireworks, I would at least get some firecrackers and fireworks and set them off to celebrate that your eyes are not blind anymore.”
Jiang Tea Tea gave a dry little laugh. She pulled her hands back from his chest and started to climb down from his waist and stomach as she said: “Well, thing is, we are different species. So do not seduce me. There is a gap.”
“I am pretty healthy lately. I do not need to drink dragon blood, and I do not need your supernatural abilities or spiritual power to soothe me. If there is nothing else, I will go back up to the mountain estate I bought. When school starts, I will go back to the Academy.”
The hand Chong Ming still had on her waist stopped her from sliding all the way off him: “Jiang Tea Tea, what are you chickening out for?”
[What is she chickening out for? What could she even be afraid of?]
She treated him as Emergency Rations, as a Tonic Dragon, as fertilizer. Yet he was actually thinking about her, seducing her, wanting to have a dragon-demon romance with her.
She had said it before. She was not that greedy of a demon. Why would seeing his human body, dragon body, and dragon tail make her both hungry and craving every time? Turns out it was all his deliberate seduction, using his own body as bait.
Jiang Tea Tea twisted her arm and grabbed the hand on her waist, trying to pull it off: “Who is chickening out? Me? No way. I just think we are not that close yet. Do not say things that make people misunderstand. If someone else hears, it will be bad for your reputation.”
Chong Ming let her pull his hand away easily. His gaze burned as he stared at her: “Between us there is the kind of familiarity from negative distance contact, the kind of familiarity from sharing a bed and pillow, and the kind of familiarity from you having my youngling in your belly.”
“With so many kinds of familiarity already here, and you still say we are not close? Jiang Tea Tea, are you the so-called scummy woman in pure humans’ stories who does not want to take responsibility for me?”
Take responsibility for him?
He was the dignified top leader of the Zhenlin Empire.
Did he really need her to take responsibility for him?
Tsk. Did he really think she was a simple and naive demon?
Jiang Tea Tea rolled off his waist and stomach, quickly got out of bed, and put distance between them. She did her best to deny being a scummy woman: “Who is a scummy woman? I am not. That negative distance contact we had before was totally an accident.”
“As for sharing a bed, that was only because I wanted my youngling to grow up healthy, so I treated you as a tool dragon.”
“Do not act close with me, and do not try to seduce me. I do not want to date you. I do not want to have a thing with you. I definitely do not want to register a marriage with you.”
[What proper demon would register a marriage with their own Emergency Rations?]
If this upside-down thing spread back to the Demon Realm, it would be an even bigger joke among the demons than her green tea girl act soaking in tea until even the leaves turned bitter.
For the sake of her noble Great Demon Stage reputation, she only wanted the youngling, not the youngling’s dad.
Of course, the most important reason was that her contract with the fake young miss still was not complete. Once it was finished, sooner or later she would leave this place and return to the Demon Realm.
If she registered a marriage with him and formed a partner bond, that would mean owing a debt here. It would mean ties and bindings. When he died, she would have to hunt down his reincarnation. If she wanted to return to the Demon Realm, there would be no way at all.
The little brats were different. They would be children she gave birth to. She could let their chances and fortunes fall here, or she could let their chances and fortunes fall back in the Demon Realm.
Chong Ming braced a hand on the bed and sat up. His face was cold as he looked at Jiang Tea Tea, who stood in the moonlight, glancing left and right, ready to run at any moment. He did not speak. He just stared at her.
Under his gaze, Jiang Tea Tea started to feel weak and guilty, as if she really was trash.
[No, she is not. Trash what? His skills were terrible. After one night he had almost snapped her tree trunk, and he still wants her to take responsibility? No way. She does not ever want to experience his awful technique again.]
Jiang Tea Tea cleared her throat, her eyes drifting as she said: “Um, Chong Ming, calm down a bit. A male like you, handsome and good looking, tall and strong, holding great power, when you look for a partner you should find a princess. If not a princess, then at least a lady from a big noble family.”
“Me, my father is unknown, my mother is unknown. I do things unreliably. I look ugly. I like to sneak around and play tricks. I am arrogant and proud and do not take anyone seriously. Someone like me does not match you. I completely do not match you.”
“So instead of spending your time seducing me and thinking about me, you should go find someone else. With your face and your status, whoever you take a liking to, you can just register a marriage with her and have younglings.”
“Do not worry. The cub in my belly is only known to you, me, Cheng Lin Yue, Sui Xuan Chu, and Cheng Yuan. The five of us. Other than that, I will not let a sixth person know.”
“The day the youngling is born, I will color it. Its existence will never affect the relationship between you and your partner.”
“I also do not need you to pay child support. I do not need you to give it anything. I will give birth to it and raise it myself. I will handle it. The two of us will stay far away from you and will absolutely not become an obstacle between you and your partner.”
Chong Ming watched her rush to cut ties with him. Suddenly he felt that when she was clueless and acted like a wooden block, she only annoyed him without meaning to. Now that she had figured it out, knew it, and understood it, she had started to annoy him on purpose.
Chong Ming took a deep breath and forced it down. His dragon tail turned into two legs as he moved to get out of bed…
Jiang Tea Tea quickly grabbed her coat. She did not even have time to put on shoes: “Well then, you do not need to get up. You can keep sleeping. I am fully rested. I will go see if Jin Lin has digested those four dragons yet. See you…”
“Jiang Tea Tea…”
The moment Chong Ming called her name, Jiang Tea Tea vanished from in front of his eyes. She moved so fast he did not even have time to reach out and stop her.
Zhong Li He was in beast form with his head tucked under his wing, sleeping soundly in the middle of the night, when the vibration of his light-brain wrist terminal woke him up.
He stretched out a claw and kicked Kong Que.
Kong Que was almost kicked off the bed. His beast form shook. He turned into human form, picked up Zhong Li He’s light-brain wrist terminal, tapped it open, then looked at Zhong Li He’s beast form with its bright, gorgeous feathers: “Executive Commander, Commander in Chief Chong Ming is asking you to go to his Imperial Military Headquarters. He has something to discuss with you. The flying device coming to pick you up will arrive in about five minutes.”
Zhong Li He pulled his head out from under his wing. His sapphire blue eyes looked at Kong Que.
Kong Que showed him the message to prove that the information he had just received really was sent by Commander in Chief Chong Ming, calling him to the Imperial Military Headquarters.
After reading it, Zhong Li He’s sleepiness disappeared. He shifted into human form, took the light-brain wrist terminal, fastened it on his wrist, and hurried off the bed: “It is three in the morning. For him to send me a message this late, it must really be something important.”
“Kong Que, tidy up and come with me. On the way, ask the researchers in the rescue teams, and the long-range ships, space stations, and defense stations around the Western Kingdom’s star territories if there are any sudden emergency military situations.”
“If there are no emergencies, remind them that not only do the star territories around the Western Kingdom need guarding and protection, they also need to keep a close watch on whether the Border Stars region of the Zhenlin Empire is being attacked or invaded by the Insectoid Race or by people from any other nations.”