Li Yuheng immediately asked, "Your name! Why is your name Shu Bai?"
When they played together, Shu Bai didn't have a name (Li Yuheng didn't say his name either). Li Yuheng called him "Cat," and Shu Bai called Li Yuheng "Dog."
Shu Bai paused for a moment, seemingly sorting out the jumbled fragments of memory that had just resurfaced.
"It came later." He said calmly, "When it came to taking the exam for immortality, that damn system insisted on having a name."
He paused, a barely perceptible smile playing on his lips: "It's randomly generated. A bunch of code names. 'Shubai' looks better. That'll do."
Li Yuheng: "..."
He was speechless for a moment, taken aback by the answer, before finally managing to chuckle and cry at the same time: "...Just because of this? Randomly generated? 'Looks better'?"
Shu Bai raised an eyebrow, giving off a "what else?" look.
Well, that does fit his wife's personality quite well.
Li Yuheng pressed on, "Then...then why did you think I was the Crown Prince of Heaven?...I don't remember telling you I was from Heaven?"
"...Isn't it you stupid dog who's been bragging in my ear every day? Today you overturned Laozi's alchemy furnace, tomorrow you plucked the Old Man of the Moon's beard, and the day after tomorrow you put a toad in the Jade Pool! And you're so smug, saying that you're the only one in the entire Heavenly Court who has no parents to control you, and you can walk sideways!"
Shu Bai paused for a moment and then said, "What else did you say, 'I was born to be the tyrant of the Heavenly Court, and the name of the Crown Prince resounds throughout the Three Realms'?"
Li Yuheng: "!!!"
A dark chapter in his history, which he had completely forgotten, suddenly crashed into his mind!
Heavens above, earth below!
This is absolutely devastating to his perfect image!
But... well, who hasn't been unconventional for a while?
Even a protagonist like him, destined to reach the pinnacle of life, had to go through a period of youthful awkwardness and immaturity, didn't he?
This is the inevitable path for any male protagonist!
0090: [...]
It chooses—not to choose.
Shu Bai looked at Li Yuheng's expression, which was a mix of "I see" and a little guilty, and snorted coldly.
"Finished asking? Now it's my turn."
"Ask away! Ask away! I promise I'll answer everything I know!"
“Back then,” Shu Bai stared into Li Yuheng’s eyes, enunciating each word clearly, “when you were taken away, what gave you the right to tell me to come find you?”
Li Yuheng's brain was racing, trying to sift out details from that memory that he had selectively blurred because it was too embarrassing.
Being grabbed by the scruff of the neck by my dad...that seems to be something like that...
He was in the middle of bragging to Shu Bai when he was suddenly lifted up by an irresistible force, which frightened him so much that he kicked his arms and legs wildly.
The scene was quite awkward at one point.
In an attempt to maintain a semblance of dignity in front of his best friend (though it was ultimately futile), he did seem to stubbornly retort with something...
What exactly was it?
It seems so...
"Cat! Don't be afraid! Once I go back to inherit the family business (?) and establish myself (??), I'll come play with you!"
Uh, no, that seems to be what it's talking about...
"Remember to come find me when you transform into human form!"
Li Yuheng: "..."
It's all over.
He was just trying to save face. Being dragged away would be too humiliating, so he had to say something tough to maintain appearances and make a promise to his friends to salvage his prestige.
As for the question of "who sought out whom"...
He didn't think about it at all!
I just felt that "find me" sounded more imposing!
I forgot about it later.
...
Li Yuheng blinked, a sly glint in his eyes.
While Shu Bai was still waiting for his answer and his brows were slightly furrowed, he suddenly exerted force in his waist and abdomen, and rolled over cleanly and neatly.
The world spun around.
The positions were switched instantly.
Shu Bai was firmly trapped beneath him, sinking into the soft bed.
His black combat uniform made his skin appear even paler, and the two small moles under his right eye were clearly alluring up close.
"...Give me a kiss first, then we can talk slowly."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Yuheng leaned down and precisely captured those lips that were slightly parted in surprise.
“…Li Yuheng! Don’t even think about…getting…away…from…this!”
"Mmm, I know."
Yeah, right.
Trying to get away with it? Of course we'll try to get away with it!
Do I really have to admit that I was just being stubborn and making a lot of noise back then, which resulted in my wife having to go through the ordeal of taking the celestial examination to find someone?
How could a prince like him possibly do something so foolish as to ruin his image and disrupt the atmosphere!
Anyway, now that we've found each other, kissed, hugged, and are together, all those little "misunderstandings" and "twists" in the process can be categorized as "little episodes that add some fun!"
The important thing is the present and the future! Who wants to dredge up those old grievances?
The mere historical issue of "who sought whom" is utterly insignificant in the face of such overwhelming true love!
Yes, that's it!
Li Yuheng successfully convinced himself and quickly transformed his "guilty conscience" into "righteous indignation," so he kissed her even more passionately, trying to completely extinguish the little flame of Shu Bai's old grievances with his unreasonable arguments.
As for whether Shu Bai believes it or not, or whether he buys into it—hahaha, that's another matter.
Anyway, Li Yuheng would never verbally admit that he made a foolish mistake back then!
The glorious image of the male protagonist must remain unshaken!
…
They kissed for an unknown amount of time, until both of them were breathing heavily, before Li Yuheng finally raised his head slightly.
He looked down at Shu Bai beneath him, his Adam's apple bobbing suddenly, his eyes darkening.
He suddenly buried his face in Shu Bai's neck, rubbing against her like a large dog, greedily inhaling her cool yet slightly warm scent, and then hummed and whimpered, "Shu Bai, Shu Bai, do you want to try deep channeling with me, meow meow meow."
Shu Bai had just opened his lips, before he could even form a word, when Li Yuheng suddenly lifted his head from the crook of his neck as if he had been burned by something.
"Wait a minute." He interrupted Shu Bai, his brows furrowing as if he had suddenly remembered something extremely important and disappointing. "I forgot, you can leave now."
He propped himself up, his tone carrying a barely perceptible hint of...dejection.
"That damn correction system is gone, your immortal status has been restored, and your memories have returned... You're free. You can leave this little world anytime, and you don't have to care about any of that bullshit plot or missions anymore."
As he stated this fact, most of his previous romantic thoughts dissipated.
Shu Bai looked at his lips that drooped slightly and his eyes that suddenly weren't so bright, and remained silent for a moment.
Then, he turned his face away, looked at the wall, and said stiffly, "I'm bound to your system 0090."
He paused, then added, his tone carrying a hint of resigned disdain and a very subtle awkwardness:
"So, we can't leave."
When Shu Bai unbound himself from his previous system, he made a clear request to the Quick Transmigration Bureau: not only would he not leave, but he also wanted to rebind himself to Li Yuheng's system and continue his missions with Li Yuheng. Given those unequal terms, the Quick Transmigration Bureau quickly agreed to his request.
The air was silent for a second.
Li Yuheng was taken aback: "Bound? When did this happen?"
As soon as he finished speaking, 0090's weak voice echoed in his mind: [Your Highness, just now, when you were kissing, the Quick Transmigration Bureau sent a binding confirmation notification... I saw you were busy, so I didn't want to disturb you...]
Li Yuheng's eyes lit up instantly, his earlier gloom vanished in an instant, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.
He turned Shu Bai's face and gave him another loud kiss on the lips.
Wow! Shu Bai, you're so kind!
Honestly, that good-for-nothing cousin who got beaten up didn't even say thank you.
Li Yuheng's thoughts were inexplicably pulled back to that point in time three hundred years ago, and he quickly searched for his vague fragments of memory.
At that time, he seemed to be temporarily confined to his quarters because of the misdeeds of some "troublemakers"...
Wait, the reason for the lockdown seems to be...
His eyes suddenly widened slightly, and an absurd yet reasonable conjecture popped into his mind.
"Ahem, by the way, honey, why did you have to go see the Crown Prince of Heaven that day?"
Shu Bai stared at him expressionlessly, remained silent for a few seconds, and then spoke, her voice still flat, yet firm and resolute:
"He's going to get married."
After saying that, he seemed to think that his reason was sufficient, and then looked away from Li Yuheng.
That's how it is, and there's nothing more to add.
Li Yuheng leaned back against Shu Bai's neck.
“…Li Yuheng, stop laughing.”
"……I don't."
"Then why are you shaking?"
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR).
"..."
Shu Bai is truly speechless.
Before his clenched fist could even fall, Li Yuheng precisely grabbed his wrist.
Their wrists intertwined, the monitoring watches made a soft click, and the dials pressed together.
Li Yuheng stopped smiling: "Alright, alright, I'm not smiling anymore. Let's get down to business, how about trying some deep-level guidance?"
Shu Bai raised his chin and replied briefly, "Come on."
…
"...Li Yuheng, you...you're...a pile driver?!"
"No, no, no, your husband is a perpetual motion machine!"
...
...
Shu Bai regained consciousness amidst an extremely unfamiliar and intense sensory shock.
He suddenly opened his eyes.
...?
This is not his dormitory.
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