ARLQLCC chapter 56

The backyard fell into silence because of Chu Zhaoye’s words. Su Ji’s hand was still being held, and the other party even increased his grip a little, as if afraid he would run away.

Although Su Ji was indeed startled by his sudden action, it didn’t mean he was going to run away.

And for some reason, after Chu Zhaoye turned back into human form, he would always do things that lacked a sense of security.

Like now—clearly feeling extremely guilty, yet still tightly holding onto him, his nervous gaze paired with stubborn movements, giving off a feeling of unwillingness after being abandoned.

Su Ji, who had only said one sentence, “……”

“You don’t need to be so nervous, and don’t pull me so hard.” Su Ji patted his hand and said softly, “I’m not going to run.”

The grip in his hand loosened a bit, then tightened again. Chu Zhaoye muttered, “I didn’t do it on purpose. You can’t be angry.”

Su Ji nodded: “I’m not angry, but you need to tell me why you suddenly kissed me.”

Chu Zhaoye opened his mouth, but Su Ji interrupted him: “Don’t say saliva can disinfect.”

The only excuse couldn’t be used anymore, and Chu Zhaoye started to feel a little restless.

Without the suppression of spiritual energy, the heat in his body became more and more unbearable. He only felt the blood in his entire body surging, all rushing toward one place. As his emotions fluctuated, the place where the blood gathered also showed faint signs of awakening.

Although some changes had appeared in his body, Chu Zhaoye didn’t pay much attention to them. His whole body was hot, his mouth dry, and he wanted to find something to kiss.

Looking at the slightly pink lips in front of him, he felt a bit wronged for some reason.

So uncomfortable. Not letting him kiss was one thing, but being this uncomfortable and still having to answer questions was another.

Su Ji was still patiently waiting for him to speak. Chu Zhaoye’s brain seemed stuck, turning slowly for a long time without coming up with an answer. He became anxious, heat rushing to his head, and simply broke the jar.

“Because I wanted to kiss you, is that not allowed!”

This blunt answer stunned Su Ji. He reflexively tried to pull his hand away, but Chu Zhaoye—who had been guarding against him escaping—immediately grabbed him and pulled him in. Su Ji couldn’t match his strength and crashed straight into the man’s arms.

His chest muscles were hard. Su Ji felt a sharp pain in his nose, and his eyes instantly filled with tears.

Only then did he realize Chu Zhaoye’s body temperature was abnormally high, and a strong, masculine aura surrounded him, so intense it seemed to want to mark him as his own.

After being pulled into his arms, Chu Zhaoye restrained him completely. Su Ji couldn’t move at all, his cheek pressed against the man’s chest muscles, clearly hearing his heavy breathing and heartbeat that felt like it was about to burst out.

Something’s wrong. Chu Zhaoye is very wrong right now.

Realizing this, Su Ji tried to break free, but he couldn’t budge him at all, only able to let himself be held like this.

Chu Zhaoye buried his head in his neck. His breath was hot, and the pale skin gradually turned a faint pink. Su Ji couldn’t help but gasp, “Chu… Chu Zhaoye, let me go.”

Chu Zhaoye didn’t listen. His mind was already muddled, only feeling that holding the person in front of him felt comfortable. His free large hand supported the slender waist, slowly rubbing it through the fabric.

He seemed a little restless, his canine teeth grinding against that delicate skin. He didn’t bite down, but also didn’t want to let go, stuck in between.

His waist felt weak. Su Ji struggled slightly, but was immediately held tighter. The man’s scorching body heat seemed to break through the barrier of clothing, tightly merging with him.

Su Ji was also getting hot from being rubbed like that. His free hand grabbed Chu Zhaoye’s hair and shouted in his ear, “Ma Tuan? Chu Zhaoye! Wake up!”

Whether the shout worked or not, Chu Zhaoye—who had been clinging to that patch of skin—lifted his head and said something inexplicable: “It’s all your fault.”

Su Ji was full of question marks: “What??”

The next second, ……

Su Ji paused for a moment, then immediately felt a chill run down his spine. His hand grabbing Chu Zhaoye’s hair tightened unconsciously, furiously flaring up: “CHU ZHAOYE!!!!!!”

Chu Zhaoye didn’t resist. His head was pulled back a little, and his throat emitted a low purring sound similar to a large feline.

His roar startled the two people who were diligently drawing formations. Tu Yan immediately looked up toward the backyard.

Hu Sansan also looked up and said blankly, “What’s going on?”

Tu Yan instructed him, “Just stay here and draw the formation. I’ll go see what’s going on. Don’t tell me they’re fighting.”

As he spoke, he was about to leave. Hu Sansan grabbed his hem, causing Tu Yan to stagger, and he turned back confused: “What are you doing?”

Hu Sansan said, “I want to go too.”

Tu Yan said, “What are you going for? What if they’re fighting and scare you!”

Hu Sansan stood up and hid behind him: “It’s fine, I’ll just hide. I won’t show myself.”

“Tch.” The situation was urgent, and Tu Yan didn’t bother arguing. He immediately ran toward the backyard, and Hu Sansan followed closely behind him, moving with him—left when he went left, right when he went right, hiding thoroughly.

Before they even reached the backyard, Hu Sansan, hiding behind Tu Yan, suddenly stopped. The intense, aggressive smell made him sneeze several times on the spot.

The pressure of a great demon spread through the hall along with the scent. He covered his nose, fear rising from the depths of his soul, making him tremble. If not for Tu Yan standing in front of him, he would have already collapsed.

Hu Sansan stepped back and refused to go any further.

“I… I’ll go draw the formation first, you go ahead!” he said, then hurriedly ran off, unable to hold back his sneezes while running.

Tu Yan cursed under his breath and immediately cut off his sense of smell, but his legs were still shaking badly.

He was also a great demon, but rank suppression in demon form would not go easy on him just because he was also a great demon. Chu Zhaoye’s cultivation was a whole major realm above him, and his true form was catastrophic-level. Tu Yan trembled as he forced himself toward the backyard.

In the courtyard, that terrifying aura surrounded Su Ji, but it did not pressure him. Instead, it carefully circled around him, as if afraid to hurt him.

When Tu Yan arrived, he didn’t even have time to complain. He clung to the door frame and shouted, “Su Ji! Su Ji!”

Su Ji turned his head. Tu Yan poked out a head and explained, “Boss has entered heat cycle! Are you okay?”

Su Ji froze. So Chu Zhaoye’s sudden abnormal behavior was because of the demon race’s heat cycle.

“I’m fine!” He let go of Chu Zhaoye’s hair and waved at Tu Yan. “Why aren’t you coming over? He’s holding me too tightly and I can’t break free!”

Tu Yan almost cried: “Demon heat cycle doesn’t allow others to approach. If I go over I’ll be beaten. The boss has no consciousness right now—if a fight breaks out, your whole mountain will collapse!”

Su Ji became anxious. He was still being pressed down. If Tu Yan couldn’t help, how long was he going to be held like this?

“What kind of damn heat cycle is this, why does it just happen like that? How long is he going to be like this?” he asked urgently.

Tu Yan was also cursing internally. This heat cycle had come too suddenly.

Chu Zhaoye didn’t have a partner. In the past, his heat cycles basically coincided with seclusion. He went into seclusion frequently and didn’t let anyone guard him, so over time Tu Yan didn’t even know exactly when his heat cycle was.

A few days ago, Chu Zhaoye had been completely normal and hadn’t shown any signs of heat cycle approaching. Who would’ve thought it would come so suddenly—just after they left for a bit, it arrived.

Su Ji was frantic, and Tu Yan was desperately searching for a solution.

If a demon in heat cycle didn’t have a partner and didn’t want to casually find someone, they would usually suppress it with cultivation and endure it. But that was only under prepared conditions.

Now the boss had entered heat cycle without any preparation. The situation wasn’t too bad yet and could still be controlled slightly.

He lowered his head and rummaged through his storage space, pulling out a small bottle and tossing it to Su Ji.

Su Ji caught it and asked, “What is this?”

Tu Yan explained, “It’s a suppression drug for heat cycle. If taken before heat cycle, it helps maintain sanity. But now that the boss has already entered heat cycle, its effect is greatly reduced.”

Su Ji was speechless: “Then why are you giving this to me?!”

Tu Yan smiled awkwardly: “Even if the effect is reduced, it’s still better than nothing. With the boss like this, if we don’t intervene, he’ll suffer a backlash from the heat soon, and then things will get troublesome.”

Su Ji cared a lot about whether Chu Zhaoye would get hurt. “But this medicine still can’t wake him up!”

Tu Yan stammered, “This… Su Ji, only you can get close to the boss now, and he listens to you. Can you try to calm him first? Once the heat cycle passes, he’ll return to normal.”

Su Ji froze. “Calm him? How?”

Tu Yan felt guilty: “Just… help deal with… the physiological needs of heat cycle. Feed him one pill a day, and it should end in about seven days…”

His voice got softer and softer. Seeing Su Ji’s face full of disbelief, he added, “Don’t worry… with the suppression from the pills, the boss won’t… do anything too excessive. Just coax him a bit.”

Su Ji didn’t respond.

Tu Yan pleaded, “Su Ji, please help. The boss is like a three-year-old child right now. We can’t get close. If even you don’t help him, he might lose control and harm himself if this drags on!”

If a demon in heat cycle couldn’t stay conscious before taking the pills and directly entered heat without relief or spiritual suppression, most would choose self-harm to reduce the pain.

If Su Ji didn’t agree, Tu Yan would have to risk his life to approach Chu Zhaoye, knock him out, and lock him in a sealed room to endure it forcefully.

But subduing a Tribulation realm cultivator was extremely difficult. If Su Ji agreed, it would be best. If not, Tu Yan can’t force him. He slapped his still-shaking leg, already prepared to be beaten to a pulp by the unconscious boss.

Su Ji was silent for a moment after hearing this, then turned to glance at Chu Zhaoye, who was softly whimpering because he was being ignored, and his heart softened.

This stupid cat even forgot his own heat cycle. He’s definitely getting a proper scolding after this ends!

Even though he knew agreeing might lead to some uncontrollable situations for the next seven days…

Forget it. For now, he would trust him. Chu Zhaoye’s life was more important!

As if making up his mind, Su Ji tightened his grip on the bottle and asked, “Then what about him? How do I move him?”

Seeing him agree, Tu Yan felt like he had been reborn. He pulled out another teleportation talisman from his storage space and handed it over with spiritual energy.

“This is a teleportation talisman to the boss’s bedroom. After he disappeared, I sealed it off. The room has everything you need. Just crush the talisman to go there! Don’t worry about the cafeteria expansion—I’ll oversee everything!”

Su Ji angrily pinched Chu Zhaoye’s back muscles. With that force, the talisman turned into a streak of light, enveloping them both.

The next second, Tu Yan felt his body lighten—and when he looked again, there was no one in front of him.

Author’s note:

This arc is over. Time to focus on the relationship line (smoking a cigarette).

Acargoreng: Yeayy😆

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