ISMW Chapter 126

Soon, Yu Chen received the first answer.

[Answerer No. 1: ?]

[Questioner replied to Answerer No. 1: ?]

—Why was it a question mark again?

Yu Chen had a very poor user experience with this Q&A platform, because he remembered when he previously came here to ask why Yun Xunlan liked hearing him curse, the first answer he received was also a question mark. So Yu Chen, like before, also used a question mark to express his confusion.

However, this time Answerer No. 1 gave Yu Chen another reply: [If you want to hear him call you daddy, just say so directly. We’re all old perverts here, no need to be stubborn and pretend to be pure, and no need to deceive yourself.]

Yu Chen insisted he wasn’t being stubborn: [Questioner replied to Answerer No. 1: What am I pretending to be pure about? I’m just worried that he actually really wants to call me that, but my hesitation in not agreeing directly at the time might have made him feel insecure, so he’s been suppressing this desire and doesn’t dare bring it up again. Actually, if he really wants to, I wouldn’t disagree.]

[Answerer No. 2: Is this a promotional post from the BDSM community next door? They like calling each other daddy, mommy, and master. Why don’t you try calling him that?]

[Questioner replied to Answerer No. 2: We don’t play BDSM, that’s perverted.]

[Answerer No. 2: You have the nerve to call others perverted? Bro, there’s no point in pretending anymore.]

[Questioner replied to Answerer No. 2: What exactly am I pretending?]

Three minutes later—

[Questioner replied to Answerer No. 2: Does calling him that really work?]

[Answerer No. 3: I remember you, aren’t you that questioner who couldn’t tell humans from dogs? And you still dare say you’re not in the BDSM community?!]

[Questioner replied to Answerer No. 3: I’m not in the BDSM community, and I can tell humans from dogs. I’m human, you’re a dog.]

[Answerer No. 3: Alright, you found me out. Master, do you need another dog? *wagging tail.jpg*]

Yu Chen had already typed “Are you fucking stupid?” but for the first time didn’t dare send it, afraid of giving this pervert pleasure. He felt powerless, unable to reach through the screen to hit someone. In the end, he could only choose to report this person. After seeing Answerer No. 3 get instantly banned, he calmed down a bit and continued reading the remaining answers—

[Answerer No. 4: Questioner, I remember you too. Alright, alright, stop pretending. We’re all kindred spirits. I’ll tell you—human sexual fetishes only get more perverted, they don’t get better. What’s wrong with liking pet play? Too bad my wife only knows how to bleat, not call me daddy, otherwise I’d want to hear it call me daddy too.]

What did he mean by kindred spirits?

What did he mean by liking pet play?

And why was Answerer No. 4’s wife referred to with the pronoun “it”?

Yu Chen’s user experience with this Q&A platform had now reached rock bottom. Last time his question at least got resolved in the end, but now his new question wasn’t getting solved, and his confusion was only growing.

Moreover, just as Yu Chen was about to look at Answerer No. 5’s reply, the platform notified him that his question had been blocked for involving obscene content, and his account had been banned from speaking in the Q&A community for a month due to inappropriate content.

Yu Chen: “…?”

Yu Chen, with his good temper, almost got so angry he nearly entered his susceptible period.

Fortunately, after Yun Xunlan’s secondary differentiation into an omega, their pheromones no longer fought each other. Yu Chen’s susceptible periods had become very regular recently, and his mood was easy to calm. He took two deep breaths, checked what time it was, and found that even though he had the day off, he didn’t have much time left to sleep. So he turned off his light brain and prepared to sleep.

However, Yun Xunlan becoming an omega wasn’t without impact on their relationship, because there was indeed some invisible yet persistent strange connection between marked alphas and omegas, even with temporary marking.

Yun Xunlan could sense Yu Chen’s emotional changes through the temporary mark connection via his pheromone scent.

For instance, now, in his drowsy state, he felt that his bedmate’s pheromones hadn’t been quiet all night, with large fluctuations like surging waves in the sea. But these waves were hot and scorching, as if a cargo ship had accidentally spilled its full load of fuel into the sea, then been completely ignited by a great fire, burning so intensely that he, someone soaking in this sea, couldn’t rest.

Finally, when this sea of fire burned most fiercely, Yun Xunlan woke up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Yu Chen staring intently at his light brain screen. It was still dark outside, and the room was very dark. The faint fluorescent light from the screen cast a ghostly glow on the man’s deep, handsome face, illuminating his high nose bridge and furrowed brows coldly and clearly, but it quickly dimmed.

Yun Xunlan felt his lover lie down in the blanket with pheromones full of restless anxiety.

“Baby…” He reached out to hug Yu Chen before Yu Chen could hug him, asking, “Why aren’t you sleeping in the middle of the night again?”

Yu Chen also instinctively wanted to hug Yun Xunlan back, but after hearing what the young man said, his body stiffened slightly and he denied it outright: “I wasn’t staying up in the middle of the night.”

His voice was low and clear, slightly hoarse, but not the kind of slight hoarseness Yun Xunlan had from just waking up with lingering sleepiness. It completely exposed the fact that he hadn’t slept at all.

“Your pheromone scent isn’t quite right…”

Yun Xunlan wrapped his arms around Yu Chen’s neck, leaned closer to sniff at his shoulder and neck, then released a bit of his own omega pheromones to comfort his lover: “Are you in a bad mood?”

Yu Chen lowered his head, burying his face in the young man’s neck, and made up a lie: “I’m a bit anxious.”

Yun Xunlan was puzzled: “Anxious?”

“Yes.” Yu Chen’s lies became smoother: “Pre-wedding anxiety syndrome.”

Yun Xunlan: “…”

“Actually, I think we don’t need to rush the wedding.” After thinking for a few seconds, Yun Xunlan offered what he considered an appropriate solution: “If you’re really anxious, we can wait a few years before getting married.”

As a result, his lover fell silent after hearing this.

Moreover, Yun Xunlan discovered that his pheromones no longer just felt hot and scorching, but also bitter, as if he had swallowed a pound of bitter herbs.

Yu Chen also said: “That would make me even more anxious.”

Yun Xunlan touched his nape and asked: “Then how can I make you feel better?”

That was where the alpha’s glands that couldn’t be casually touched were located, but Yu Chen lazily pressed his lips against his collarbone, letting Yun Xunlan caress him, saying: “It’ll be fine after we get married.”

Yun Xunlan laughed: “You don’t actually have pre-wedding anxiety syndrome, do you?”

Hearing this, Yu Chen also laughed: “I got it after seeing online that the new products from the daily goods company you and Jian Wenxi partnered to open are selling too well.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Xunlan’s body also stiffened slightly, and he couldn’t laugh anymore.

Yu Chen raised his hand to clasp the young man’s nape, using two fingers to replace the canine teeth used for marking, pressing dangerously there, asking knowingly: “What was that new product again? I don’t remember. Your Highness, do you remember?”

Yun Xunlan: “…”

“Baby, have you heard this saying? When people reach old age, they can’t help themselves, selling their souls for money…” Understanding that when Yu Chen called him “Your Highness” he was being sarcastic, Yun Xunlan deflected: “Materials science research projects are very expensive, and the research funding allocated by the royal finance department each year isn’t quite enough to go around…”

When Yun Xunlan was studying, his major was Materials Science and Engineering.

He chose this field because interstellar medicine and cultivation world medical arts were completely different systems. Moreover, the Empire’s 3S mecha research progress was slow at the time. Yun Xunlan hoped he could make useful contributions to the country and develop 3S mechas sooner to improve the success rate of forced landing plans, which might save He Chubai… Various factors intertwined, and Yun Xunlan ultimately chose another major completely unrelated to “medicine.”

His past life experiences of repeatedly saving people to the point of bankruptcy also taught Yun Xunlan how important “money” was.

Moreover, materials science research was a money-burning beast. Yun Xunlan couldn’t very well use his status to demand more funding from the Ministry of Finance, as this might cause complaints from researchers at other experimental bases. Although Jian Wenxi would also invest money in experimental projects, constantly having him pay out of pocket to supplement research funding wasn’t a long-term solution. After much consideration, Yun Xunlan could only cooperate with Jian Wenxi to earn some “small money.”

After all, he hadn’t expected to have a lover in this lifetime, so naturally he wouldn’t consider how much jealousy daily products with the same pheromone scent would cause his future lover…

But now that he had a lover, he had to consider his lover’s feelings.

Yun Xunlan paused and opened his lips to ask: “Baby, if…”

“Why not make money when you can?”

Yu Chen seemed to have anticipated what he was going to say, cutting off his words with a rhetorical question before Yun Xunlan could finish.

But soon he asked again: “But… old age?”

—If Yun Xunlan’s age counted as old age, then what was he?

But Yun Xunlan felt that the years he had lived across two lifetimes combined could no longer be described by the term “old age,” though his current age really wasn’t that old…

He pondered for a moment and corrected himself: “Middle age?”

Yu Chen’s voice rose: “Middle age?”

…His hair had already turned completely white, so how could he not be middle-aged? But hearing his lover’s somewhat dissatisfied questioning tone, Yun Xunlan had to correct himself for the third time: “Adult?”

“Heh.” Yu Chen sneered. “Your Highness, you started selling when you were seventeen years, six months, eighteen days, eight hours, eight minutes, and eight seconds old—still a minor.”

Yun Xunlan: “………..”

Yes, when he was exactly seventeen years, six months, and eighteen days old, the daily goods company he partnered with Jian Wenxi launched their first lychee-scented rose-shaped pink pillow. The pillow’s release time was set for exactly 8:08:08 that day, supposedly for lucky numbers. The pillow’s scent wasn’t even lychee rose flavor, yet it still sold very well with amazing sales figures.

These were all facts, but why did they sound so strange when described by Yu Chen?

Yun Xunlan really couldn’t out-talk Yu Chen, so he simply stopped trying and buried his face in the man’s chest muscles, asking evasively: “Baby, let’s sleep. Aren’t you tired yet?”

“Not tired.” Yu Chen said. “It’s a day off anyway, let me be anxious a bit longer.”

Yun Xunlan had to try harder to release pheromones to comfort his lover, but because of his secondary differentiation, he and Yu Chen had 100% compatibility as destined partners, so releasing too many pheromones easily produced other effects.

Moreover, with marking present, omegas would be more infatuated with alpha pheromones.

Most importantly, Yu Chen’s physique had indeed improved a lot…

Yun Xunlan wasn’t aware of what his hands were doing. By the time he realized it, his consciousness was already scrambled by the heat buried deep within his body.

He half-opened his eyes and saw Yu Chen’s abdominal muscles tensed, sweat gathering on his chest and dripping down like waves lapping the shore. There was a fishy, astringent smell in the air, somewhat like seawater, but these scents were coming from Yun Xunlan.

Yu Chen only continued releasing pheromones, nothing else.

Pheromones absorbed from the air alone couldn’t satisfy an omega, so Yun Xunlan reached out to touch Yu Chen’s face. His intention was to kiss his lover and get some comfort from another type of bodily fluid that could currently be given.

But the blue-eyed alpha lowered his head as Yun Xunlan hoped, yet didn’t lean in to kiss him. Instead, like a clingy puppy, he nuzzled his master’s palm with his head.

You must know that even before, when they were both alphas, Yu Chen had always occupied the dominant and controlling position in bed, while Yun Xunlan was like soft silk, only knowing how to wrap around docilely.

Now Yu Chen positioned himself extremely low. With his wolf-tail haircut, when he pleased Yun Xunlan in this posture, he looked even more like a dog.

He even lightly licked his lover’s collarbone after giving Yun Xunlan another temporary mark, calling out: “…Master.”

Yun Xunlan’s rationality was incredibly dull at this moment, his thoughts running very slowly. By the time he realized what Yu Chen had called him, the man’s tongue and teeth had moved elsewhere.

This time, using a title that matched what he was currently doing, he swallowed and lightly sucked, calling Yun Xunlan hoarsely: “…Mommy?”

Yun Xunlan’s eyes widened as he let out a broken trembling sound, pitifully releasing the fishy, astringent scent mixed with lychee rose fragrance for the second time.

After hearing this, Yu Chen straightened up, resuming that dominating posture, curving his lips and raising an eyebrow: “You like playing this.”

“No, I don’t, I…” Yun Xunlan wanted to explain, but rapid breathing took up too much of his energy, making his speech intermittent.

Yu Chen interrupted him: “You had a big reaction.”

Yun Xunlan quickly said: “That’s because…” I was startled.

But this sentence was also wickedly interrupted by the man, who twisted its meaning: “You like it. We can continue playing in the future, and we can each call each other accordingly—you call me ‘daddy,’ I call you ‘mommy.'”

After a few seconds’ pause, Yu Chen added: “Calling me ‘master’ is also fine.”

Though he said this, the puppy who had been so obediently nuzzling his master’s palm just now had become thoroughly wicked.

After all, alphas were such detestable creatures. He made decisions for his omega, saying in an unquestionable tone: “You like this, my little slut.”

…Who exactly liked it?

Yun Xunlan was helpless. He reached out to grab the man’s hair, meeting those beautiful glacier-blue eyes, also raising an eyebrow before pressing his head down to kiss him: “…Fine, Master likes this.”

…

The next day, Yu Chen, whose pre-wedding anxiety syndrome had been cured without treatment, gave the galaxy’s largest Q&A platform app a four-and-a-half-star rating on his light brain, with the review: [So-so, not very useful, but questions can still get resolved. Hope they improve the review mechanism in the future and stop acting like idiots.]

However, this review was blocked fifteen minutes after posting due to profanity failing the review process.

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