Chapter 97 is too much.
Faced with that expectant gaze, Bai Chenzhu said with a blank face, "I just lay down in your office for a while, but I can't sleep right now. Why don't you go to sleep if you're sleepy?"
He thought Jiang Ye wouldn't agree, but to his surprise, Jiang Ye looked at him and said disappointedly, "Okay."
But that gaze gave Bai Chenzhu a sharp feeling that his thoughts had been seen through.
Jiang Ye turned and went into the room, closing the door behind him.
Bai Chenzhu thought for a moment, feeling he should be more natural and open. He pushed open the door, and a flesh-colored scene came into view—Jiang Ye was changing clothes.
Bai Chenzhu slammed the door shut.
Or perhaps we should wait a while before going in.
He shook his head, trying to shake the image of the lithe, cheetah-like figure from his mind.
He went into the kitchen, drank two glasses of water, and, keeping track of the time, returned to the room. The room light was still on, and Jiang Ye buried himself in the covers, sleeping with his back to him.
He looked like he was asleep, but we left the light on for him.
Bai Chenzhu felt a sense of relief. He threw back the covers and sat down. Just as he was about to turn off the light, someone pounced on him. "Hey!"
His heart pounded with fear, and he propped himself up in a half-lying, half-sitting position.
Jiang Ye pressed down on him, his eyes gleaming with laughter, "You've been dawdling for so long, do you think I'd eat you up?"
“I didn’t dawdle,” Bai Chenzhu couldn’t help but say.
"Oh, if you don't, you don't." Jiang Ye gently shook his chin. "What are you so nervous about?"
"No," Bai Chenzhu said calmly.
"No? But I'm so nervous." Jiang Ye pulled his arm over, made him press his palm against his heart, and smiled so hard his eyes crinkled. "Just thinking that you would actually avoid me because you're shy makes me so happy."
Bai Chenzhu froze, his heart pounding beneath his palm, hot and burning against it. Unable to bear it any longer, he pulled his hand away. "I'm not shy."
A finger lightly poked his cheek, leaving a small dent.
"That's amazing, her face is so white, but it's still warm to the touch." Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow. "Now that you mention it, it's even more like tofu."
He leaned in and kissed Bai Chenzhu before he could react.
"Jiang Ye!" Bai Chenzhu suddenly pushed him away and sat up straight.
Jiang Ye raised his hands and leaned back as if surrendering, "Okay, okay, I won't touch you, I won't touch you anymore."
Bai Chenzhu gritted her teeth, but she really couldn't do anything about Jiang Ye. "If you do anything reckless again, I'm leaving."
"No, baby, I didn't do anything wrong." Jiang Ye feigned innocence. "Look, I didn't do anything, did I? Isn't it normal for couples to kiss? We haven't seen each other for so long, and you're always around me. You can't forget me but not let me touch you, can you?"
What kind of twisted logic is that? Bai Chenzhu's temples throbbed as he listened, and he rubbed them.
"Besides," Jiang Ye said dramatically, "we've already done much more intimate things, why would we care about this?"
"Eno!"
"Okay, I won't say it anymore. Anyway, you don't like me anymore, you don't care about me anymore." Jiang Ye pouted, obediently shrank back into the quilt, turned her back to him with a wronged expression, and looked extremely sad.
Under the bright light, Bai Chenzhu couldn't help but glance at that figure from behind.
Did I overreact just now? Did I say something wrong? Bai Chenzhu knew she hadn't done anything wrong, but the thought kept involuntarily popping into her mind.
If you think about it carefully, if my boyfriend had amnesia and didn't remember me, it would be normal for him to be excited when we finally see each other again.
Bai Chenzhu glanced at Jiang Ye a few more times.
Am I really going too far?
Bai Chenzhu stuck out a finger and poked Jiang Ye in the back. "Hey?"
Jiang Ye did not react.
"Asleep?" Bai Chenzhu paused, then asked in a low voice, "Are you asleep?"
There was no reply; it seemed she had truly fallen asleep.
Bai Chenzhu breathed a sigh of relief. He stared at Jiang Ye's back for a while, then said softly, "I shouldn't have been so harsh with you just now."
"You're right, I was being a bit too sensitive."
"I'm sorry if I hurt you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he met a pair of extremely clear eyes that were looking at him with great interest.
Bai Chenzhu was speechless for a moment.
"Isn't there any compensation?" Jiang Ye quickly snuggled up to him, half-lying on him like a big cat that always likes to hide its possessions under its body.
Now, it's clear that Bai Chenzhu is now considered his property.
Bai Chenzhu should have denied the existence of any compensation, but looking at those sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and recalling that aggrieved figure from earlier, he couldn't help but soften and asked, "What kind of compensation do you want?"
Jiang Ye raised his index finger and hooked Bai Chenzhu's hair. He saw through Bai Chenzhu's tension beneath his calm demeanor and didn't intend to make things difficult for the person in front of him. "How about I braid your hair tomorrow morning?"
“Yes,” Bai Chenzhu said reservedly.
"besides--"
"How come there are still some?" Bai Chenzhu was speechless.
Jiang Ye smiled and said, "You'll hold me while we sleep tonight."
Bai Chenzhu wondered if there was something wrong with his ears. "What?"
"You can hold me while we sleep." Jiang Ye raised a finger and waved it in front of the other person's eyes. "Embracing is fine too, we don't have to share the same blanket, it's not difficult, right?"
He had to find a way to get Bai Chenzhu to take the initiative to get closer to him.
Even forced 'voluntary' actions are acceptable.
Bai Chenzhu hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
The lights are off.
There was no response from the other side for a long time. Jiang Ye's tongue swept across his palate, and he clicked his tongue. He suppressed his desire to attack and urged Bai Chenzhu to "take the initiative" and "hug me."
Bai Chenzhu stretched out a stiff arm and placed it on Jiang Ye's blanket. "Is this okay?"
"Not bad." Jiang Ye said with satisfaction, but in his heart he wished he could be bolder. But then he thought that the other party didn't remember anything right now, and if he was too eager, the tortoise would have to retreat again.
Bai Chenzhu didn't think too much about it. He was just not used to being so close to people. In order to complete the mission, he had to move very close to Jiang Ye until the two blankets touched. He stretched out an arm and stiffly hugged the 'rice ball' in front of him.
In the darkness, he could only hear breathing around him. Jiang Ye hadn't spoken for a long time, and his stiff arms gradually felt tired, pressing heavily onto the quilt.
Bai Chenzhu wondered, "Is he really asleep this time?"
He listened to the very rhythmic breathing, and slowly, he too fell asleep to that sound, his consciousness settling steadily into the quiet darkness.
Jiang Ye opened his eyes. His senses were far more acute than Bai Chenzhu's, so he was the first to notice when Bai Chenzhu's aura changed.
He cautiously stretched an arm out from under his blanket and pulled Bai Chenzhu's hand to his waist.
He then forcefully put his arm around Bai Chenzhu's shoulder, shortening the distance between them. He pulled Bai Chenzhu's body down until he could hold him in his arms, his chin resting on the other's forehead, the two inseparable.
Jiang Ye nodded in satisfaction, and finally fell asleep.
——
the next day.
Bai Chenzhu woke up first, only to find himself surrounded by a jumbled mess of tangled limbs. He recoiled in shock, pulling his hand away and backing away, somewhat incredulous at his terrible sleeping posture!
He got up, changed his clothes, and went to the kitchen to drink a glass of water to calm down.
After washing up and returning to the room, I intended to wake Jiang Ye as a dutiful assistant, but Jiang Ye had already tidied himself up.
He waved to Bai Chenzhu and said happily, "Come on, let me fix your hair."
Bai Chenzhu gave him a strange look and sat down in the chair. Jiang Ye pulled out a transparent box like a treasure, inside which were colorful hair ties. He waved his hand with great arrogance and said excitedly, "Choose one."
Bai Chenzhu: ...
He chose black.
Jiang Ye was very disappointed.
But Bai Chenzhu was in a good mood. He looked at the person who had been humiliated and curled up the corner of his lips. "How about this?" He picked up a strand of brown hair with his fingertip.
"This is good, better than black," Jiang Ye, who loves bright colors, said quickly. Fearing he might change his mind, she snatched the hair tie away.
Bai Chenzhu thought he would just tie his hair into a simple ponytail—after all, you can't expect a grown man to know any skills, including him.
However, Jiang Ye's skills were unexpectedly good. His fingers flew, braiding his long hair, which he himself was too lazy to take care of, into a thin braid from the side, which fell to his shoulder and was rolled into a small loop at the end.
"How is it?" Jiang Ye tidied his stray hairs.
Bai Chenzhu carefully chose his words, "You...have had a girlfriend?"
Unexpectedly, the person standing behind him immediately guessed his thoughts, "You're wronging me, I learned how to braid your hair by doing it."
Bai Chenzhu said sincerely, "There's no need for that. Just cut it with one snip."
“That won’t do,” Jiang Ye strongly objected. “You said you would save it for me.”
"Did I say that?" Bai Chenzhu was somewhat stunned.
Indeed, he knows himself best. He hasn't had long hair in the past twenty years, and he won't suddenly change his habits when he comes to an unfamiliar place.
He then realized that Jiang Ye might have held a heavier place in his heart than he had imagined.
Bai Chenzhu said, "In that case, let's keep it." He smoothed his braid, looked it over, and thought that it looked quite pleasing to the eye after a while.
The ginkgo leaf pendant by my ear swayed, making my eyes dazzled.
Jiang Ye raised his hand and instantly covered the earlobe with the pendant, like covering a small golden butterfly.
At that moment, both of them were somewhat dazed.
Images flashed before Bai Chenzhu's eyes: the vague impression of someone always liking to play with the ends of his hair on countless mornings, from the initial little tufts to eventually being able to braid them smoothly...
Bai Chenzhu rubbed his temples with one hand. The static pattern of the old TV screen appeared before his eyes, accompanied by rustling sounds. He took Jiang Ye's hand away. "I'm a little hungry."
"Then let's go get breakfast." Jiang Ye coughed twice. "To the cafeteria?"
"good."
——
While the two were still arguing about who should hug whom, the alien they had captured the night before had already been interrogated all night.
After breakfast, Jiang Ye led him to an ordinary building. At first glance, the building seemed unremarkable, and upon closer inspection, it remained unremarkable. However, upon entering, he discovered that there was no sunlight, the windows were all covered, and all the rooms inside were tightly closed.
Liang Haoran was standing at the door of a room when he saw Jiang Ye arrive. As always, he gave a stiff salute. Jiang Ye didn't bother to correct him and simply asked, "What did you find out?"
Liang Haoran handed him the folder tucked under his arm. Jiang Ye glanced at it and said, "Just as I expected."
The folder was handed to Bai Chenzhu. Bai Chenzhu glanced at Jiang Ye, hesitated, picked it up, and quickly flipped through it.
This spy was very weak-willed and easily confessed. The folder stated that the alien race had sent some people to various bases to lure zombies to attack the cities with their mental power, with the sole purpose of testing the number and strength of the superhumans.
It was obvious that last night was a test, and the people in the city were like frightened birds, and the number of superhumans they sent out far exceeded what the alien race had expected. Therefore, the alien race panicked and planned to ambush in the villa area, but was intercepted by Bai Chenzhu on the way.
The spiritual power of alien races can lure zombies.
Bai Chenzhu pondered, this was very similar to his own special ability. But he had always been careful, his special ability was only related to himself and Zhou Mengmeng... no, Jiang Ye had said that he had a very good relationship with several people before he lost his memory.
Looking at Jiang Ye's back, Bai Chenzhu suddenly understood why Jiang Ye had handed him the folder.
All his turbulent thoughts were hidden beneath a calm exterior as he returned the folder to Liang Haoran.
"Show it to the city lord." Jiang Ye casually tossed the bundle aside. "Let's see what he thinks."
Jiang Ye dismissed Xiao Liang, crossed his arms, and looked at Bai Chenzhu, "Want to go in and take a look? Want to learn some experience?"
“No need.” Bai Chenzhu glanced at the room and said in a low voice, “By the way, weren’t male insects supposed to be very rare? Why are they so willing to send them out?”
Jiang Ye chuckled, "Who knows? Maybe their base is already in complete chaos." He made no mention of who leaked their address.
He glanced at his watch, turned around, and said, "Let's go to the Dawn Research Institute to check on the vaccine progress."
Bai Chenzhu recalled all the known actions of the alien races, from human experimentation and spreading viruses to destroying capitals of various countries, and now to secretly luring zombies to attack bases...
To erase all traces, they really did it like rats in the gutter. Bai Chenzhu sighed, walking side by side with Jiang Ye, "How many people are there in total?"
“That number, no more than ten thousand, isn’t a lot, but it’s equivalent to everyone being a superhuman. Although there are far more humans, most of them are still ordinary people, and the quality of superhumans varies greatly,” Jiang Ye stroked his chin. “Moreover, what’s difficult to deal with is their weapons, which cannot be withstood by flesh and blood. However, since the apocalypse began, they have long since lost their rear support.”
Bai Chenzhu said with a heavy heart, "It just means that energy is used up little by little. But if we have devastating weapons, the consequences are unimaginable."
"Don't worry, no living being is willing to die. As far as I know, they can't go back to their home planet now unless they want to perish together with us. Otherwise, they've reached that point..." Jiang Ye told him about the current situation in a low voice, speaking gently and slowly.
Bai Chenzhu looked at Jiang Ye, and suddenly felt something. "Will you answer all my questions truthfully?"
Jiang Ye stepped across the threshold and walked towards the light. "Of course, I'll answer any questions."
Bai Chenzhu stepped back from him, stopped in place, and looked up to ask, "You won't answer if you don't ask, right?"
Jiang Ye turned around, his profile indistinct in the shadows, only a vague outline. He chuckled, "Not with you."
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