After Transmigrating as the Northeast CEO's Pampered Little Husband - Chapter 72

“Hah…” Gu Jiaoyang yawned. With no class on the weekend, he didn’t have to listen to the jarring sound of an alarm. He blinked, and the sight of a full chest pressed against his nose gave him a jolt of morning energy.

“Awake now?”

Dai Gucan, who was holding him, had already cleaned his little boyfriend’s body, even getting out of bed to wash up and place a glass of warm water on the bedside table before returning to his nest to cuddle the boyfriend he’d kneaded all night a boyfriend who couldn’t be softer.

“Mhm…” His voice was a little raspy from calling out so much last night. Gu Jiaoyang lowered his head, shyly rubbing his nose against Dai Gucan’s chest, then maliciously bit the man’s nipple.

“Sss, why are you biting, hmm?”

“Didn’t get enough gnawing last night?”

The curtains were slightly parted, and the sunlight wasn’t too harsh, transitioning into a warm, soft colour through the dark fabric. Even the usually quiet Dai Gucan seemed to have melted, speaking in low tones from the quilt, his voice laced with gentle affection.

“Do you know what you remind me of when you do this?”

After his little bite, Gu Jiaoyang pressed close again, inhaling deeply the man’s light, cool fragrance, smiling at the teeth marks on his chest.

I probably know what you’re going to say.

Dai Gucan stroked the hair of the little boyfriend in his arms, pretending he hadn’t guessed a thing.

“You look like a mother sow feeding her piglets! Lying on your side like this, all calm and serene.” Gu Jiaoyang kissed his chest, his soft, white hand drawing a few circles on the skin.

I’m far from serene, Dai Gucan thought. He felt that they were truly meant to be boyfriends, sharing the same strange visual associations.

“You know best.” Smiling didn’t seem quite right at this moment either. Dai Gucan caught the hand that was drawing patterns and kissed it, recalling the satisfying control he’d had over that small, pale hand the night before. He gently moved the little sheep’s ‘hoof’ down along the curve of his muscle.

“Bloody hell! Are you an animal!” Gu Jiaoyang was startled by the sudden heat of the touch. He quickly pulled his hand back, wrapped himself in the quilt, and scooted away, only revealing a pair of wide, startled eyes that stared at him with a look of meek accusation.

“What are you thinking? I just wanted you to feel where your own leg was resting.”

With the warm, little sheep escaping his arms, Dai Gucan unhappily rolled the other man, quilt and all, back into his embrace, and couldn’t resist kissing his little boyfriend’s bright, shining eyes.

They were slightly swollen, and the corners were still red. He had cried hard last night. Looking at him, Dai Gucan felt pity, but even more, a physical urge to make the other person feel better.

“…You’re repressed!” Gu Jiaoyang’s face was flushed. His sleeping habits were never stable. Even after all that vigorous exercise last night, when he was utterly exhausted, he still habitually threw his leg over onto Dai Gucan’s side when he slept… Thinking about it, his leg had just been resting on the man’s vital region…

Good thing he wasn’t heavy.

Seeing his usually flirtatious and quick-witted little friend blush so furiously, Dai Gucan genuinely laughed, playfully flicking his nose.

“I think you like it.”

The two of them lay in bed nuzzling each other for the better part of the morning before lazily getting up to wash. As the “injured party,” Gu Jiaoyang received full service from the culprit. His feet didn’t even touch the floor; the other man even brushed his teeth for him.

Dai Gucan weighed the little boyfriend in his arms. “Still too thin.”

With the recent acquisition of a new ranch, it wouldn’t take too long to arrange fresh beef and mutton. He needed to open a special paddock and rear the animals with the utmost care and refinement.

Someone once claimed that milk produced by cows fed strawberries was exceptional, wasn’t it? He wasn’t sure if that was true, but he’d have them look into it and set up a milk delivery line for his little sheep.

His mind worked quickly. Dai Gucan, who was born in the Northeast, knew how to cook many hearty meat dishes. Combined with his years of experience running a biochemical research and health company, slow-cooking supplements for nutrition was a trivial matter.

“Let’s go, time to eat.”

Dai Gucan had woken up early and instructed the kitchen staff downstairs to simmer a easily digestible porridge. It had been warming all morning, the rice grains fully broken down the perfect ‘blossoming’ state.

Dai Gucan personally handed Gu Jiaoyang his Doraemon cutlery and served him his meal.

“Speaking of which… that afternoon…” Gu Jiaoyang opened his mouth to ask after drinking a few sips of warm porridge.

Although Dai Gucan, a CEO, had a minimalist, high-end style of home decor, the house didn’t actually have many rules. It was like any ordinary home. While the dining table was huge and they only used a quarter of it, they talked freely, with no taboos.

Xi Chuanbai came to talk to me. He claimed to be my childhood friend, which I barely recall, and then he said he was your classmate, which I doubted.” The mere mention of outsiders soured Dai Gucan’s mood, especially for someone who put on such a sickening act and resorted to such shady tactics.

“Xi Chuanbai said he was my classmate? I might go to the same school as him, but I certainly don’t know him.”

The mention of “Xi Chuanbai” was potent. The Monitoring System, which had been locked up in the dark room all night, immediately jumped out and started cursing.

Aahhhh! The Virus System must have seen how good your relationship is and is trying to sabotage it! If it weren’t for this damned Virus System, I wouldn’t have been forced into this job before I was even fully assembled! And this world wouldn’t be in danger of collapsing!

Tsk. I remember in the original novel, that guy went to a different school and studied Economics! Gu Jiaoyang soothed the Monitoring System in his consciousness. He recalled the content his older sister made him memorise and clearly remembered that the main character’s intended partner in that book attended the same foreign school as the male lead, He Shengyuan, and studied ‘high-flying’ Economics.

We can’t rule out the Virus System interfering with the plot early. Since he’s already sent a lackey to ruin things for us, he’s probably coming in for a direct confrontation!

“I think… he fancies my man.”

“After all, in the original novel, this outwardly cold, emotionally repressed older man ruined his entire family fortune for him, obsessively loving the supporting character.”

“Ugh, supporting character my arse! You want to mess with my man? I’ll destroy you!”

The thought that the Virus System was coveting her perfectly good man infuriated Gu Jiaoyang. He bit down hard on his spoon.

The Virus System showing up so brazenly is far too arrogant! But because our production line was infected by the Virus System, our Monitoring System is restricted. We can only fight back if they actively attack first. For now, we just have to wait and see.

The Monitoring System in the sea of consciousness had learned a lot of emojis after connecting to this world’s internet. It spewed out many emojis while cursing the Virus System, making itself look adorably clumsy and utterly non-threatening.

In reality, it truly had no offensive capability.

Gu Jiaoyang sighed mentally. He guessed the opponent’s urgency to appear might be due to a segment of the original plot.

The protagonist’s partner, wanting to resist his family while facing the emotional control of the male lead, had to use the male supporting character’s money to establish his own business empire. This was to make himself the stronger party in negotiations, elevate himself to the same level as the male lead, and thus earn equal love.

So, they just want his man’s money?

They want it?

They won’t get the door, let alone the bloody window!

Gu Jiaoyang scoffed inwardly at his opponent.

It was time for his spiritual herbs to be planted.

He didn’t believe that Dai Group, propelled by spiritual-energy-infused medicinal herbs, would be vulnerable to the male lead’s contemptible schemes!

But first, one more thing needed to be confirmed.

“After you saw him, did you feel anything special?”

Gu Jiaoyang asked, holding the spoon to his mouth and staring intently at Dai Gucan.

He didn’t know how powerful the original plot’s influence was and was genuinely worried that Dai Gucan might have felt something different upon meeting that person.

Does ‘specially repulsed’ count?

Treating this as a test of their relationship, Dai Gucan chuckled and stroked the other boy’s head.

“Yes.”

Say that again?”

“I felt entirely uncomfortable seeing him. It was like seeing… a bug with too many legs crawling out of a dark, damp place.” He didn’t know if it was harmful, but the mere context made him feel alert and distressed.

“Ew, I’m eating, you know.” Gu Jiaoyang was reassured by Dai Gucan’s blunt expression of dislike, but talking about a multi-legged bug at the dining table… was a little off-putting.

He gave a slight hum and sped up his porridge consumption.

Dai Gucan helplessly watched his little boyfriend pretend to be aloof, yet look adorable with his cheeks puffed out as he ate breakfast. His heart melted. He no longer worried about why he felt that way and, playing the role of the “virtuous wife,” happily served more food to his little boyfriend.

Breakfast was pleasant. Gu Jiaoyang suggested to Dai Gucan, who was also off work, that they go and look at the land he bought. If it was ready, they could start selecting herbs, buying seeds, and cultivating them. He had been planning to make money for so long; it was time to stop procrastinating and begin.

“Fine. We’ll go after lunch. I’ll call Secretary Li and lend him to you.”

Dai Gucan’s work mainly involved checking documents, which he could easily do in the evening. He called the driver and informed the foreman.

Gu Jiaoyang was lying on the balcony, basking in the sun with Dai Gucan and listening to the radio, when he was startled by the voice of the Monitoring System in his mind.

“An allergic reaction?”

What kind of allergy looks like that? Like he was on drugs. Confused, Gu Jiaoyang went into his consciousness to look at the data provided by the Monitoring System.

That’s right! After my meticulous calculation and analysis, I found traces of the Virus Halo being used on your Mr. Dai. But, because… you’ve been together for a long time, he developed a certain immunity to those halos, which resulted in a stress-induced allergic reaction!

Consequently, it turned into this: a need for more physical closeness with you for comfort and shelter.

“Virus Halo?”

This wasn’t a new term. His older sister’s ridiculous web novels often featured protagonists with systems that could occasionally activate ‘golden finger’ halos beneficial to them.

“Why don’t you have one? Others do.”

Thinking this, Gu Jiaoyang slightly glared at his own Monitoring System, which seemed to be useless except for prize draws.

Of course not! That is a method used to actively control the other party! Under the rules of our Temporal Administration Bureau, unilaterally changing the original intentions of the world’s inhabitants is illegal!

We can interfere with and change our own fate, but unless the other party initiates the attack, doing so is considered infringing upon a lower-level world!

The Monitoring System righteously refuted him. Gu Jiaoyang had no intention of cheating in the first place, so he wasn’t upset. In fact, he thought the Temporal Administration Bureau’s rules were decent, lending a degree of fairness to the situation.

Alright, tell me more about this Virus Halo.

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