Chapter 169: Flower Buds Formed

Ao Cang didn't say anything, but his head, which was buried in Qiao Mei's arms, moved slightly, and his eyelashes trembled a little faster.

If it weren't true, he would usually deny it outright, given his personality. But this time he reacted this way, and what that means is self-evident.

After letting out a soft sigh, she cupped his face in her hands and lightly kissed his lips: "No, I told you before that nothing can compare to our relationship, and that includes some of the things I need to do."

“Cangcang.” Qiao Mei’s expression turned serious as she spoke of the mecha sketch she had drawn yesterday. “The reason I care so much about this is because it’s related to you. I’m building the mecha to participate in the Star Monster’s All-People Professional League and win the prize money. I’ll use the prize money to make offerings for you and to buy you other things.”

In short, since it's related to him and something she did for him, how could she possibly focus more on those things?

Ao Cang had indeed forgotten that seven or eight parts of what Qiao Mei did, including many things she had done before, were actually related to him.

After a moment of stunned silence, the golden eyes that had been refusing to meet Qiao Mei's gaze finally lifted, meeting her eyes: "I know, I actually guessed it too, but... I still couldn't help but want to confirm it with you..."

At this point, Ao Cang avoided Qiao Mei's gaze again, his eyelashes lowered, and his expression dimmed.

"An'an, do you... do you find me a little annoying?"

Qiao Mei couldn't stand Ao Cang making that kind of expression. She wrapped her arms tightly around his waist and pulled him into her embrace, giving him a negative answer.

"No, I would never bother you, and on the contrary, I really like that you are so honest. If you don't say anything and just keep everything bottled up inside, you will feel depressed and uncomfortable, and it will make me feel bad too."

"So, if similar situations occur again in the future, just tell me the truth, or ask whatever you want, I won't mind."

Whether she was just being polite or speaking sincerely, Ao Cang could tell just by looking into her eyes.

A tiny bud suddenly appeared on the seedling that had sprouted in my heart. Now, looking at Qiao Mei's lips, I don't know why, but my throat feels a little dry and thirsty.

When he regained his senses, he realized that he had moved closer to her without her noticing and pressed his lips against hers.

"Cang Cang........?" Qiao Mei was surprised that Ao Cang would suddenly kiss her. After a moment of stunned silence, she looked at his equally bewildered expression.

Although Ao Cang's ears still turned red this time, he didn't avoid it like before.

Instead, after responding, he stared intently at her lips with his golden eyes, which were slightly misty, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down, and asked her in a hoarse voice, "An'an, I want to get closer to you, is that alright?"

Getting close doesn't mean kissing.

Qiao Mei understood what he meant instantly, but still asked him to confirm it.

"Is it more than just kissing?"

This wasn't the first time she'd been intimate with him; she'd tried it once before during his heat.

He also taught him that this could be called intimacy, just like kissing.

But after he learned the meaning of "kiss," he rarely used "closeness" to replace the word "kiss" anymore, so she had almost anticipated his answer.

Sure enough, a blush and heat quickly crept onto Ao Cang's face. He shook his head, then shyly leaned close to her ear and whispered, "It's...it's what you did to me when I was in heat..."

Qiao Mei coughed lightly, glanced at the time on her personal terminal, picked up the blanket next to her, covered Ao Cang and his body, and replied in a hoarse voice, "Then I understand. You can leave everything to me from now on."

......

Back at school, the morning session on using basic skills in coordination with familiars ended, and the afternoon session was the formal start of training on familiars' superpowers.

When Qiao Mei arrived at the training ground, she was still working on assembling the mecha arm and didn't pay much attention to what was happening inside.

Shu Qingqing and Shang Duojin, on the other hand, haven't stopped talking since they came in.

Seeing that Qiao Mei was still busy, Ao Cang directly acted as her little listener, pricking up his ears to listen carefully to the gossip the two of them were talking about.

"You naughty woman, I heard that this time the class on familiar superpowers will be held together with the class of the mecha department, and your childhood friend who's so hard to judge will be there too. Do you plan to deal with him then?"

"What do you mean, 'deal with'? Why should I deal with him? Boss Shang, have you forgotten that I already made it very clear to him that I have nothing to do with him anymore, and that he should stop bothering me?"

"Alright, why bring up that spoilsport? Let's talk about the female transfer student who just transferred to their class. I heard that she got in through some big connections, just like you did back then, but she seems to be even more powerful than you."

Shang Duojin got in through a back door during the entrance exam, so the difficulty wasn't too high.

And for this female transfer student, since school has been in session for so long, the difficulty level has naturally increased considerably.

"Tsk, could it be the royal family or the Federation? As for the four great families, I haven't heard anything about them either." After saying that, Shang Duojin stroked his chin and also became curious about the female transfer student.

Seeing him like this, Shu Qingqing leaned closer to him and lowered her voice, saying, "And I heard that, for some reason, she comes to the Federal Academy to take classes, but she still wears a veil on her face. Could it be that she has some kind of wound or scar on her face?"

Shang Duojin didn't care much about this. In his eyes, only Ao Cang, the Dragon God, mattered. Nothing else caught his eye. He replied perfunctorily, "Who knows? Maybe."

As the two finished their discussion, the main force of Class 1 of the Mecha Department arrived.

The female transfer student that Shu Qingqing mentioned earlier stood out among the group of students who had their faces fully exposed because she was wearing a veil; she was recognized almost immediately.

Upon seeing her for the first time, both Shang Duojin and Shu Qingqing were stunned.

Shu Qingqing nudged Qiao Mei's arm, who was still engrossed in looking at the computer screen, and said uncertainly, "Qiao Qiao, look at that girl, isn't she the one we met at the Drunken Dream Pavilion in the black market before? Didn't she save Boss Shang back then?"

Qiao Mei then looked up and followed the direction Shu Qingqing was looking, and found that the woman not far away did look somewhat familiar.

What impressed her most at the time was her eyes. Now that she was too far away to see clearly, she took a closer look and confirmed that it was her.

Judging from her age at the time, she seemed to be in her early twenties. Now, wearing the uniform of the Federal Academy, she doesn't look much different from an eighteen-year-old girl.

Just as I was thinking this, I felt my smart bracelet vibrate. I opened it and saw that it was a message from Cong Lie.

Qiao Mei: Tsk, just say you're jealous!