The story afterward
As it turns out, Yu Miaomiao's improved physical strength not only gave her an advantage when staying up late, but also greatly helped her in other aspects.
"No, I don't want it anymore..."
Yu Miaomiao sobbed intermittently, her slender fingers gripping the bedsheets as she struggled to crawl out, trying to escape Jiang Chengyi's control.
She had barely moved an inch when Jiang Chengyi immediately caught up. The shock was immense. Yu Miaomiao screamed, instantly losing all strength and collapsing onto the bed, forgetting even to breathe.
Jiang Cheng gently but firmly pried open Yu Miaomiao's fingers, which were gripping the bed sheet, and intertwined them with his own. With his other hand, he cupped Yu Miaomiao's face and leaned down to gently kiss away the tear stains at the corners of her eyes.
His voice was hoarse, "Miaomiao did a great job today."
"I was so tired before that I almost fell asleep, but I still have the energy to run away today."
He propped himself up, brushing his sweat-dampened hair back, his breathing heavy and slow, as if suppressing something. His face, usually cold and indifferent, was now filled with lust. His dark eyes were fixed on Yu Miaomiao, and a cruel smile played on his lips.
"How about changing it to...everyday?"
"don't want!"
Yu Miaomiao finally snapped out of her daze and shook her head frantically upon hearing these words.
"Like this... ah... my body will... break down... no... ah—"
Before she could finish speaking, she was plunged into an even deeper loss of control by Jiang Chengyi's aggression.
...
It wasn't until late at night that Jiang Cheng took Yu Miaomiao to take a bath.
For the first time afterward, Yu Miaomiao still had the strength to move. She gritted her teeth against Jiang Chengyi's pectoral muscles and warned him, "Don't do it every day, don't!"
Although it's very comfortable, you can't do it every day. She has a lot of work to do, and most importantly, being in this dizzy state every day will not only damage her body, but also ruin her mind!
Jiang Chengyi was helping her wash away the slippery stuff on her lower abdomen, "But I feel it's not enough."
"She hasn't slept for three days, but she was still able to hold on until the end, which means she's far from reaching her limit."
His voice was gentle, with a hint of amusement. But Yu Miaomiao jolted, stopping her teeth grinding.
She knew Jiang Chengyi was angry.
She thought for a moment, then climbed onto Jiang Chengyi's shoulder and kissed his lips, "Okay, I'm sorry..."
Jiang Chengyi was surprised: "Miaomiao didn't do anything wrong, why is she saying sorry?"
Yu Miaomiao could tell from his expression that this matter was not over yet.
After being together for so many years, she had long understood that although he was easy to talk to in most things, he would never back down when it came to her health.
Yu Miaomiao gritted her teeth and began to admit her mistakes, "I shouldn't have taken advantage of having an inner core to stay up all night writing code, not eating or sleeping, and even pretending not to hear what you said..."
The more she talked, the more outrageous she felt her behavior was, and her voice grew softer and softer until she finally stopped and began to wait anxiously for the other person's response.
A soft sigh sounded overhead.
"Miaomiao, the inner core only gave you demonic power, not turned you into a superhuman. The fatigue and damage accumulated from staying up all night have not disappeared, they have just been suppressed."
"Once you let your guard down, they will come back and feed back to your body in double the intensity."
“I know Miaomiao won’t care about these things.”
She looked up and saw Jiang Chengyi's gentle and pitying eyes.
"But Miaomiao, it will make me very sad."
It felt like a heavy stone had suddenly pressed down on her chest, causing Yu Miaomiao's heart to ache slightly, making her feel compelled to do something to alleviate the pain.
She thought for a moment, then held up three fingers and solemnly swore, "I promise I'll never do it again!"
Jiang Cheng pressed down on the other person's finger, his voice filled with genuine laughter, "No need to swear, I believe Miao Miao won't lie to me."
-
After six months of promotion, the feedback was positive, and the Monster Department, together with Jiang Chengyi's project team, planned a public press conference.
Yu Miaomiao, as the first demon to receive an inner core transplant, has attracted a lot of media attention.
"Ms. Yu, as the first person to receive an inner core transplant, there is no precedent to follow. Do you have any concerns or doubts?"
"No."
"Did you know about this project beforehand, so you felt confident about it?"
Yu Miaomiao shook her head, "I don't know anything about it."
The reporter hesitated: "Uh... is that a desperate gamble?"
"Neither."
"That's why?"
Yu Miaomiao said casually, "Because my boyfriend is the project manager, I trust him."
"Oh, I see!"
The reporter jotted down in his notebook: Outrageous! What could possibly drive a monster to risk its life and lie on the operating table? What was the reason?
Jiang Chengyi's project's facade was ruthlessly pushed out by his colleagues to shield him from the barrage of cameras and microphones.
The reporter, microphone in hand, rushed over here again to grab the headline.
"I heard that Engineer Jiang is the only human in the project. May I ask why he joined the project team in the first place?"
"I chose this project because my girlfriend is a monster who is missing her inner core."
"This project took seven years to complete, and there must have been many difficulties along the way."
Jiang Cheng pondered for a moment: "Indeed, we encountered many difficulties. For a time, we thought that this project could not continue and had to be cut short."
"Wow, that sounds really difficult. How did you manage to get through it in the end?"
"When I think of my girlfriend, those difficulties seem insignificant. I grit my teeth and overcome them."
Wow, that's so touching!
The reporter turned a page in her notebook and continued writing: Unbelievable! This ordinary human resolutely joined the monster company, and the reason was...?
As he wrote the last question mark, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
She joined the project because of her girlfriend; she applied for the project because of her boyfriend… How come Ms. Yu and Engineer Jiang's interviews are so subtly similar…
hiss……
Thinking of something, he bravely pushed through the crowd and rushed forward, shouting, "Jiang, is the girlfriend you just mentioned Miss Yu Miaomiao?"
Jiang Chengyi seemed to have expected this, and nodded with a smile, "That's right."
Wow, this is big news.
The reporter turned to another page in his notebook and wrote: The ending of a human-demon love story? This couple proved it to us with their lives…
A colleague next to him glanced at the contents of his notebook and couldn't help but complain, "Dude, which newspaper are you from? Why are your headlines so sensational?"
The reporter put away his notebook, smiled shyly, and said, "UC."
Jiang Chengyi's colleague, who was being interviewed alongside him, stared at him in disbelief, his pupils dilating in shock.
"Damn, Lao Jiang, did you just say something very important?"
Jiang Cheng tilted his head. "What?"
His colleague pulled him backstage and whispered, "About your girlfriend!"
"Didn't you already know that?"
My colleague nodded. "I'm sure I know—wait! How do you know I know?"
Jiang Chengyi remained calm and composed. "After the investigation ended six months ago, you started acting strangely, and you never asked about my girlfriend again. I guessed it right away."
My colleague was so angry he was about to vomit blood. "You guessed it but didn't tell me!"
"Do you know how much I suffered to keep your secret? I didn't dare talk to anyone, afraid they'd trick me into telling anything, and I'm losing clumps of hair!"
"After that, you won't need to be conservative anymore."
Jiang Chengyi said, "Her declassification application was approved yesterday, so we no longer need to keep it a secret."
"Very good!"
My colleague wanted to shout to the heavens, "I'm finally free from this secret!"
Then, as if remembering something, he stared intently at Jiang Chengyi, "As a reward for keeping your secret for so long, you have to treat me to dinner!"
"Can."
Jiang Chengyi surprisingly agreed quickly, which surprised his colleagues.
He added, "Please see me in four months."
The colleague was wary, "After all this time, are you just trying to brush me off?"
Jiang Cheng shook his head, his tone indifferent, yet revealing an undisguised joy, "We're planning to get married during the National Day holiday. We'll send you an invitation then; you can eat whatever you want."
Someone at the front desk urged him on, and he responded. Before leaving, he patted his colleague on the shoulder and said, "Remember to come."
His colleague was left speechless, exclaiming, "I don't even have a girlfriend, and you, a human being, are getting married!"
-
The press conference ended in the evening.
Yu Miaomiao and Jiang Cheng walked out of the scene together.
She asked the age-old question: "Haven't you found a donor yet?"
Internal alchemy transplantation does not require the confidentiality of the donor's information. In the past six months, many donors and recipients have appeared together in the news for interviews.
However, Yu Miaomiao's donor is an exception. She refused to reveal any information about herself. To this day, she still doesn't know whether the person who helped her was male or female, or what kind of monster she was.
I don't even know how to express my gratitude.
Jiang Cheng shook his head: "There's still no news."
"Once we find the person, I will thank Him properly."
He paused for a moment before saying, "Yes."
As she passed the lab, she remembered something. "Wait for me outside. Hu Li wants me to get a checkup."
The Moon Dew project was restarted a month ago, and Yu Miaomiao, as the initial subject, is of great research value.
Once inside, Hu Li was waiting. As the main person in charge of the laboratory, she didn't even have to lift a finger after drawing blood from Yu Miaomiao; her subordinates would take the samples and do the testing.
While waiting, the two chatted.
Hu Li's fiery red hair rubbed against Yu Miaomiao, making it all messy.
"Miaomiao~ Isn't it too early to get married now? In the world of monsters, you're still a little baby~"
Yu Miaomiao retorted, "We've been dating for seven years, it's not early."
"Seven years is nothing!"
Hu Li's voice suddenly grew louder, as if she was deliberately speaking to someone outside the door.
"Among monsters, dating for forty or fifty years isn't considered long, getting married at one or two hundred years old is normal! If you ask me, Miaomiao, it would be so much better to find a monster partner, then your life wouldn't be so quickly tied down!"
"But that's alright. Wait a few decades, until some human dies of old age, and then you can look for another one—"
"Hu Li!"
Her words were interrupted by a stern voice.
Hu Li was taken aback and looked at Yu Miaomiao. Her cold face was now looking at her seriously. "Jiang Chengyi is the partner I have chosen. Marriage is a decision we made together. I hope you can respect my choice."
“You are my friend, and I don’t want to hear you say such things again.”
Hu Li remained silent for a long time before speaking again, her voice very soft: "But Miao Miao, how lonely the remaining hundreds of years will be..."
After completing the examination, Yu Miaomiao left the laboratory and took the elevator with Jiang Cheng to the underground parking garage.
He started by talking about everyday things, "What do you want to eat? Let's go buy groceries, and some more—"
"You heard that, didn't you?"
Yu Miaomiao looked at the other person's blurry reflection in the elevator and suddenly spoke.
The other person stopped abruptly and smiled, "Miaomiao found out."
His expression was so normal, as if he had only heard something trivial.
But Yu Miaomiao clearly heard that after Hu Li finished speaking, the heartbeat outside the door suddenly became rapid.
She hugged Jiang Chengyi, and perhaps because her face was buried in his chest, her voice was muffled: "Don't listen to Hu Li's nonsense."
"I don't care if you're human or a monster, nor do I care if we can be together for decades or centuries."
"If you die, I will not go looking for other monsters or humans. You are my only companion."
"I know, Miaomiao, I know."
Jiang Cheng hugged her again, his voice low and reassuring.
“I have never doubted that.”
He laughed again: "But after I die, Miaomiao should find another one, after all, the lifespan of a demon is short—"
"Don't say any more!"
Yu Miaomiao covered Jiang Chengyi's mouth, her eyes red, as if she was furious.
"I won't go looking for anyone else!"
He sighed softly, then hugged the girl again, so tightly that it was as if he wanted to meld her into his body.
"I'm sorry, Miaomiao, I shouldn't have said those things."
Much later, Yu Miaomiao asked, "Can I return the inner core?"
"The inner core has taken root in your body and become a complete one; it can no longer be returned."
"How about I give you half of my inner core?"
"No, I am human."
"What about a whole one?"
"That's even more unacceptable."
...
Jiang Cheng patiently explained each of Yu Miaomiao's unreasonable questions.
Finally, he cupped Yu Miaomiao's face and wiped away the wetness from the corners of her eyes.
"Miaomiao, promise me you won't be sad about things that haven't happened yet, okay?"
Yu Miaomiao gritted her teeth and took a deep breath for a long time before saying, "...Okay."
The elevator had been stopped on the basement level for a long time, so he hugged the girl and walked out.
"Let's have stew for dinner. I learned a new recipe."
"……good."
...
If the ending is already predetermined, then at least we should cherish every moment we spend together.
"Jiang Chengyi, could you live a little longer, to be 150 years old?"
"Living to 150 is a bit difficult, I'll try to live to 120."
Can't there be more?
"Um... I'll try my best."
...
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