Chapter 60 The Human World (5) I want you to love me very, very much...
Xia Ying immediately shouted, "No!"
Cerberus retorted, "Why not?!"
Liu Ze asked, looking aggrieved, "Why not?"
The almost overlapping questions left Xia Ying a little flustered. She quickly organized her thoughts and softened her tone.
"What I mean is, I don't have any plans in that regard right now." Xia Ying deliberately feigned a troubled expression, looking at Liu Ze in front of her. "Besides, shouldn't we be in an investigator-investigated relationship? Wouldn't getting too close violate your regulations?"
Liu Ze froze for a moment, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head.
Totally.
Xia Ying's reminder calmed Liu Ze's hot-blooded mind, and then regret welled up in his heart.
"I'm sorry, I don't know why I suddenly said such things." He looked embarrassed and ashamed, and stammered as he apologized, "I didn't mean to bother you, please pretend I didn't say anything."
But unlike the pureblood monsters in Cocytus who pursue their desires with righteous indignation, Yanagisawa has a conscious awareness of being human. Thus, although his human side is troubled and at a loss by this untimely love, his abyssal side finds it hard to resist this hot and sweet attraction.
To be honest, he looked rather pitiful.
However, Xia Ying found an opportunity in this situation and did not intend to rescue him from this contradictory predicament.
Liu Ze had no idea what Xia Ying was thinking in that fleeting moment. He was still deeply mired in regret and shame, his ears burning. He couldn't help but cover his face with his hands, wishing he could escape into the ground immediately.
He only heard Xia Ying's voice in front of him: "It's alright, Mr. Liu Ze, I won't doubt your professionalism because of this."
Liu Ze slightly opened his fingers a crack, only to see Xia Ying leaning closer to him.
He was startled by this simple movement and overreacted, leaning back so that the back of his head hit the floor-to-ceiling glass with a loud thud.
Liu Ze cried out in pain, rubbing the throbbing bump on his head, and sank into despair.
When will this embarrassing blunder finally end?
Xia Ying smiled gently, picked up a fork, and slowly and casually cut off a corner of the chestnut cake in front of the other person, leaving a messy cross-section on the originally square cake.
Liu Ze watched her every move with fascination until she brought the sweet, soft, and helpless cake to her own lips.
Xia Ying asked softly, "Aren't you going to eat?"
Bewitched by her voice, Liu Ze opened his mouth and ate the cake. The light cream melted on his tongue like a beautiful dream, sliding down his esophagus into his stomach, turning into the emptiness and melancholy of waking up.
Xia Ying put down her fork, the metal and porcelain plate gently touching, making a crisp sound. Liu Ze's consciousness trembled slightly with that sound, and he looked at her face as if waking from a dream.
Xia Ying pointed to her mouth and smiled at him, "This time it really got cream on it."
"Huh? Ah!"
Liu Ze hurriedly went to find tissues, and Xia Ying calmly got up and said goodbye to him: "Then see you next time, Liu Ze."
She came like a gentle breeze and then quietly left. Liu Ze stood there stunned for a while before remembering to use the communicator to report the situation.
He typed in as if facing a major crisis: Oh no, she's so cute... wait, wait, no, that's not what I meant to say.
[Level 2 Investigator Liu Ze: Contact has been made with the mission target; all indicators are normal, and rational values are within the normal range.]
The investigator's own rationality was starting to become somewhat precarious.
After sending the message, Liu Ze collapsed weakly onto the table.
What should I do? I'm already so confused after only meeting you twice. Will everything be alright if we continue?
He sent a second message, hoping for the best.
[Level 2 Investigator Liu Ze: Requesting a change of personnel.]
About two seconds later, the other end replied very coldly.
[turn down. ]
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"I feel there's nothing wrong."
After reuniting with her companions, Xia Ying concluded.
"I think this meeting was just to assess how they would approach me further. Their intentions aren't very clear yet, so we'll see how things go later... What's wrong, Kel, why do you still look so preoccupied?"
Cerberus hesitated for a moment, then finally spoke up: "What about that guy saying he wanted to pursue you?"
"..." Xia Ying was both amused and exasperated. "What? I'm talking about serious matters!"
Cerberus persisted, "What if? Xia Ying, what do you think of him?"
The demon dog immediately covered its ears: "Okay, stop talking, I don't want to hear it!"
Xia Ying grinned mischievously and tried to pry his hand away: "Isn't it what you want to hear?"
Fenrir turned to Xia Ying and asked, "What does 'pursuit' mean?"
Xia Ying paused, pondering as she explained, "It refers to the various things a person... or an abyssal creature does in order to gain the favor of another abyssal creature it likes."
The other person nodded as if they understood, and Xia Ying glanced at the sky: "Let's buy something on the way and then go home."
With no objections from anyone, Xia Ying and the others embarked on their journey home.
Cerberus suggested going to the supermarket first. When they reached a crowded area, Xia Ying noticed that Fenrir looked uncomfortable, so she asked, "What's wrong, Fenrir? Are you feeling unwell?"
Perhaps because dogs understand dogs better, before Fenrir could speak, Cerberus, who was skillfully pushing a shopping cart to the supermarket cart parking area, said first, "It's probably because it's noisy. The noise here is chaotic, and it might take some getting used to at first."
"I see." Xia Ying turned to Fenrir. "Then why don't you turn into a puppy? Maybe it'll be better if I carry you."
Fenrir considered it for a moment and agreed to the suggestion. So Xia Ying secretly pulled him to a corner where there were no surveillance cameras, opened her arms, and whispered, "Come on."
The snow-white fluffy ball immediately jumped into her arms. Xia Ying adjusted her posture slightly, covered the puppy's ears with her hands, and turned to walk back to Ke'er's side.
She was a little worried that Cerberus would get jealous and loudly demand equal or better treatment, but the humanoid demon hound said, "I don't want that."
Xia Ying: "Huh?"
Cerberus pushed the shopping cart alongside her, taking a bag of cheap, discounted potatoes from the shelf as he said, "In human form, we look like a couple shopping together. Otherwise, people will just think you're walking two pets. I don't want to look like Fenrir."
As they were talking, two middle school girls ran over excitedly: "Sister, your puppy is so cute, can I pet it?"
"Uh..." Xia Ying glanced down, the white fur ball in her arms stirred, her expression unfriendly, and she made a threatening sound from her throat, "No, our dog is a bit shy."
The girls were quite disappointed, but they still politely thanked the two men.
Cerberus said smugly, "You see, this is the difference between a master and a pet."
Xia Ying's comment: "Immature."
Fenrir rolled over and lay comfortably in Xia Ying's arms, flicking its tail and completely ignoring Cerberus.
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As a result, Kernel, still quite arrogantly, prepared dinner as usual.
Xia Ying found it a little funny, but out of respect for the chef, she didn't say anything more. Fenrir frowned and looked at her for a while, but only moved slightly.
After dinner, Cerberus washed the dishes as usual, while Fenrir sat on the sofa watching TV. Xia Ying sat down next to him and said, "The human world is strange, isn't it? Cerberus thought so at first too."
Fenrir remained silent for a long time before saying, "Cerberus, he really has become very different from before."
“I think so too,” Xia Ying said cheerfully. “Right now, he seems to prefer the human world to the demon realm.”
Fenrir stared at her with his icy blue eyes, without saying a word.
Cerberus's shout broke the strange silence between the two.
"Xia Ying! Go take a shower first!"
"Ah, okay!" Xia Ying responded, and shook Fenrir's hand one last time. "You may not be used to it here, but it's okay, we'll be back in Cocytus soon."
She went into the bathroom, took a quick shower, dried herself off, put on a nightgown, and walked to the mirror with her long, wet hair to dry it.
...but I can't find a hair dryer.
"Cere! Cere! Where's the hair dryer?"
Kerber said impatiently, "Isn't it in the drawer under the mirror?"
"No! Come help me find it!"
Cerberus rushed into the bathroom and miraculously retrieved the hair dryer from the spot where Xia Ying had just searched.
Xia Ying shut her mouth, feeling completely guilty. Cerberus turned to look at her, then suddenly put down the hairdryer, picked Xia Ying up from behind his knees, and pressed her against the mirror.
A sudden sense of insecurity made Xia Ying subconsciously run her fingers through Cerberus's hair, and then she looked down and saw Cerberus's fiery red eyes.
"Kernel, what's wrong?"
Cerberus asked, "Will you marry another human in the future?"
The word "marriage" sounded a bit out of place coming from the Flame Prison Demon Dog, and Xia Ying couldn't help but chuckle.
Ker still stared at her stubbornly, so Xia Ying thought about it seriously and replied, "I don't know, I haven't thought about it... Why would Ker ask that?"
"Because in TV dramas, the female and male leads live happily ever after after they get married." Kernel hesitated for a moment before finally asking the question she really wanted to ask, "Can't you marry me?"
“That won’t work,” Xia Ying replied quickly. “Ke’er doesn’t have an ID card.”
The demon hound's ears drooped in disappointment, but Xia Ying quickly added, "However, being together forever doesn't necessarily mean getting married. For example, Ker and I can be together forever even without getting married."
"Really?" Kernel immediately perked up, but couldn't help feeling a little doubtful. "Then what kind of relationship do you and I have?"
Xia Ying said matter-of-factly, "As long as it's a relationship between 'Xia Ying' and 'Cerberus,' that should be enough, right?"
Cerberus gazed at her, then slowly leaned down, and their shadows in the mirror gradually overlapped.
At such close range, their breaths almost mingled. Cerberus suddenly felt a little timid and hesitant, but Xia Ying closed her eyes, wrapped her arms around his neck, pulled him closer, and then tilted her head back to press her lips to his.
Neither of them were good at kissing, so at first their interactions were just clumsy and awkward touching. But as they got used to each other's lips and teeth, their exploration deepened, gradually transforming their animalistic licking into deep, passionate kisses between adults.
This was a state they had never reached in their previous boundless intimacy, and strangely enough, the boundary seemed to appear all at once when they realized it.
Cerberus had never felt Xia Ying's presence so clearly before. He held her tightly, as if embracing a bright and blazing fire.
The kiss lasted a long time, and when they parted, both of their faces were flushed.
"Ke'er, do you want to continue?" Xia Ying whispered. "But I don't know how. Do you?"
“I don’t know either,” Cerberus said dazedly, “but sometimes you see those kinds of scenes in TV dramas…”
"It's another TV drama," Xia Ying laughed. "After doing something like this, will the female and male leads stay together forever?"
“It’s not quite the same.” Cerberus lowered his head and gently touched Xia Ying’s slightly damp eyelashes with his lips. “They usually do this because they are very much in love… Xia Ying.”
He stopped, feeling an unbearable burning sensation in his body, an endless desire pumping through his limbs with each heavy heartbeat.
He prayed to the source of his desire, his anchor, and his master: "I want you to love me very, very much."
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Author's Note: Literally, it's puppy love, but I still think the topic of "love" is a bit too mature for Xia Ying and Ke Er...
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