Chapter 164 describes a relationship that allows for intimacy and closeness.
"?" Qiao Mei looked at Ao Cang with shocked eyes, but he grabbed her left hand and intertwined their fingers. She listened as he emphasized it again.
"He's the kind of boyfriend you have a very good relationship with."
Cong Lie had never heard Qiao Mei mention it before. Although he was a little surprised to hear Ao Cang's words, he didn't say much. He nodded and then asked Qiao Mei, "Can we go now?"
Qiao Mei was still in shock. It wasn't until Cong Lie asked her a second time that she came to her senses. With mixed feelings, she looked at Ao Cang again and gave an affirmative answer.
“Let’s go through the main entrance. Once we get to your casino, I have something to give you.”
The gambling den is half an hour away from the auction house. Because the area is relatively narrow and it is not easy to drive a flying vehicle, we took a relatively outdated interstellar hovercar.
It's somewhat similar to the taxi Qiao Mei took in modern times, where the fare is based on the distance traveled.
After Qiao Mei and the other two got into a hovercar one by one, Cong Lie sat in the front, while she and Ao Cang sat in the back.
Perhaps it was because it was Ao Cang's first time riding in such a vehicle, and he was a little nervous.
After getting on the bus, he pressed himself against Qiao Mei's body, almost exactly like a baby duck going out with its mother for the first time.
Qiao Mei noticed his nervousness, tightened her grip on his fingers, and whispered to reassure him, "Don't be afraid, it's similar to an aircraft."
Although Ao Cang listened, he still didn't distance himself from Qiao Mei. He was so clingy that the driver of the hovercar in front of him kept glancing at them in the rearview mirror.
He joked, "The young couple has a great relationship. It's rare to see a boyfriend so clingy to his girlfriend."
In interstellar society, strength reigns supreme. Unlike in modern times, men have significantly more say than women in interstellar society, so it's rare to see a man appearing submissive while with a woman.
However, "few" doesn't mean "absent," it just means "somewhat rare."
The driver's words reminded Qiao Mei of Ao Cang's earlier "arrogant remarks."
She was 100% certain that he didn't even know the true meaning of boyfriend and girlfriend.
I guess they just heard or saw something before and made that comment out of curiosity.
She glared at him reproachfully, and was about to explain when Ao Cang interrupted her, saying, "Yes."
Their enthusiasm for answering was just like that of a well-behaved student eagerly answering the teacher's questions in class.
Qiao Mei: "......."
Oh well, either way she's the one taking advantage of Ao Cang. I can only indulge the person I like.
She stopped talking for the rest of the journey, letting Ao Cang get close to her body, even going so far as to rest his head on her shoulder for a nap.
Cong Lie caught a glimpse of Qiao Mei helping Ao Cang adjust his sleeping position out of the corner of his eye. He seemed to think of something, and a look of envy appeared in his eyes. Then his gaze dimmed, and he lowered his eyes, lost in thought.
Upon arriving at the gambling den, Qiao Mei followed Cong Lie up to the third floor. After entering a room, she took out two items from her smartwatch.
One is an interstellar card, similar to a modern bank card, which can store interstellar currency.
The other one was a slip of paper with numbers written on it.
“Choose one. The interstellar card on the left has a total of 30,000 interstellar coins. The note on the right has my grandfather’s computer ID. You can add it and make a request to my grandfather. I’ve already told my grandfather about it beforehand.”
Logically speaking, Xu Wenfeng shouldn't be helping her with this, but she really doesn't have much ability right now, and the only powerful figure she has is Xu Wenfeng.
Xu Wenfeng is getting old, and every time he chatted with her before, he would intentionally or unintentionally express his hope that his granddaughter could "trouble" him more and ask him to do some things for her.
Since this matter was indeed beyond her capabilities, she decided not to be stingy.
We might as well use the existing resources; it'll only make the elderly happy.
After careful consideration, she came up with this way to repay Cong Lie.
Cong Lie knew Xu Wenfeng's identity. After staring at the note in Qiao Mei's right hand for a long time, he asked her, "Any kind of help is fine? Even from the black market?"
Qiao Mei nodded: "Sure, as long as it doesn't violate interstellar law or is too outrageous."
With her words, Cong Lie took the note from her hand without hesitation and said in a hoarse voice, "This is it. I will send the request to the old man later."
"Sure, I'll be going now."
Ao Cang's dragon blood has been obtained, but it's unknown when he might suddenly transform into a little black dragon. Staying here any longer could easily lead to an accident.
Cong Lie had no objection, only saying that he would send some of his men to escort her when she left.
After leaving the auction house, Qiao Mei took Ao Cang onto her aircraft. She glanced at the mushroom-shaped wig he was still wearing on his head, reached out and took it off, revealing his long, silver, curly hair that had been covered up for too long and was a bit deformed.
When asked about it later, he mentioned that he had previously said he was her boyfriend.
She looked a little helpless and asked him in a soft voice if he knew what her boyfriend really meant.
"I'll let it go this time, but if there's a next time, you can't just say things like that."
Ao Cang was very clingy to her. After boarding the aircraft, he still hugged her waist, as if he wanted to become a leech and stick to her body.
He hugged her from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder, and said in a muffled voice, "I know, but if there's a next time, I'd still say that."
"You know? Then tell me, what is a boyfriend?" Qiao Mei chuckled, suddenly realizing why Ao Cang would say that.
It's probably because of the contract boyfriend thing that Shu Qingqing and Zuo Chenxing did before that made him understand something.
After hearing Qiao Mei's question, Ao Cang indeed couldn't give her an answer immediately.
After a moment of silence, he replied somewhat uncertainly, "Yes, it's okay to be so close to An'an, to be intimate with her, right?"
Qiao Mei was somewhat speechless.
That's true, but besides that relationship, people can also have pets together, and many close same-sex friends can also have this kind of relationship.
She glanced at the boy who was eager for her approval and praise, and finally sighed, saying reluctantly, "I guess so, but there's actually a deeper meaning behind it, which I can't tell you right now."
"How about this, I'll talk to you again when you reach the stage of youth?"
His youthful form required him to recover to a better state, but that was a long way off, so she didn't take it to heart.
But Ao Cang secretly made a mental note of it, nodded, and replied to her in a very serious tone: "Okay!"
When that time came, he also had something very important to give her!
Ao Cang: Right, right, right? Is that what you mean?
Qiao Mei: ...In a sense, yes.
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