The Protagonist 'Gong' Became my Wife - Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Departure

Ding! Today’s task is completed!

77 circled happily in the air, celebrating that the progress of Task Two had reached sixty percent.

It was just about to share this good news with its host.

Turning around, its vision blurred; the host had already taken Jiang Yanning into the car and zoomed away.

It froze for two seconds, then flapped its wings to catch up.

Host! Host, wait for me!

Finally catching up, Gu Zhuo stepped out of the car, carried Jiang Yanning to the sofa, and stared at his belly with a serious expression.

77 slowly descended and perched on Gu Zhuo’s shoulder.

Host? What’s wrong?

“Nothing. Jiang Yanning is pregnant; I need to take him to the hospital for a check-up.”

77’s entire orb-like body seemed to glitch, processing slowly.

You… you’re saying… Jiang… Jiang Yanning is pregnant?

How was that possible!

Even though Jiang Yanning had a tendency to differentiate into an Omega, this wasn’t an ABO world after all. He couldn’t fully differentiate, let alone get pregnant!

77 remained silent, secretly activating its medical function to scan Jiang Yanning.

Then, it let out a sigh of relief.

Host, rest easy. He’s not pregnant. It’s just that because your pheromones blended too many times recently, he ingested too much of yours, resulting in a pseudopregnancy (false pregnancy).

It rummaged through the Mall on its own.

Oh, I even found a medication that can treat it. It’s only ten points very cheap. It’ll cure the symptoms immediately. Host, do you want to try it?

77 promoted it sincerely, thinking it had solved a major crisis for Gu Zhuo.

Unexpectedly, Gu Zhuo’s mood plummeted from heaven to earth.

Stuffing 77 under a chair, Gu Zhuo took a deep breath and reached out again, wanting to touch Jiang Yanning’s belly.

The sensation was so real; how could it be fake?

Unwilling to show the regret in his heart, he lowered his head and rubbed that patch of skin until it turned red, reluctant to let go.

Jiang Yanning felt something was off. He lifted Gu Zhuo’s chin, looking a bit worried.

“What’s wrong? You seem distracted. Do you not like this child?”

Gu Zhuo shook his head urgently: “Of course not! I like it very much!”

If this child were real, he would look forward to its arrival with great anticipation, willing to offer all the best things in the world to them.

Because this was his and Jiang Yanning’s child.

When he first heard the news, he had even thought of the child’s name.

He hadn’t expected 77 to puncture his fantasy so quickly.

It didn’t matter if he was disappointed; what mattered most was that he couldn’t let Jiang Yanning remain stuck in a pseudopregnancy state influenced by hormones.

Just look at him now Jiang Yanning, fearing Gu Zhuo would hurt the baby by rubbing his belly too much, pulled his hand away.

Gu Zhuo took the opportunity to interlace their fingers.

He spoke tentatively.

“Ge, don’t you think it’s a bit strange? How can two men have a child? How about we go to the hospital for a check-up?”

Jiang Yanning refused firmly.

“It’s precisely because we are both men that we can’t go to the hospital. Don’t worry, my feelings won’t be wrong. The child is doing well; they’ll be born in seven months.”

Gu Zhuo gave him a complicated look.

He changed the subject.

“Ge, how do you plan to deal with Li Chuan?”

“He actually dared to kidnap you this time. I’ve already told Uncle Li; he’ll be sent abroad in a couple of days.”

As he spoke, he was still a bit angry.

“I should have given him a few more punches today. How dare he lock you in a basement!”

His logic was clear, his speech fluent.

He could understand these things perfectly fine, so why couldn’t he convince himself that he simply couldn’t be pregnant!

Gu Zhuo knew that Jiang Yanning had already formed a perfect set of logic in his mind. Unless he took medicine to reduce the influence of pheromones, no one could persuade him otherwise.

If he forced the issue, it might cause Jiang Yanning to fall into depression or other emotional states he couldn’t escape.

77 also sensed that things were difficult and whispered a reminder to Gu Zhuo.

Host, we still have two weeks left. Do your best.

With the task barely meeting the standard, 77 left briskly, not wanting to disturb Gu Zhuo and Jiang Yanning’s “world of two.”

Leaving Gu Zhuo looking at a pill in his palm, pondering feasible methods.

Returning home, Gu Zhuo carefully checked the injuries on Jiang Yanning’s body and used medicinal wine to massage him.

In the time it took to turn around and put the first-aid kit away, Jiang Yanning stood up and switched off all the lights in the room.

The light dimmed abruptly, leaving only cold moonlight spilling onto the windowsill, illuminating a small patch of the floor.

Gu Zhuo never had trouble seeing in the dark, and he knew Jiang Yanning was afraid of the dark.

He deftly avoided all obstacles, walked to Jiang Yanning’s side, and grabbed his cool arm.

“What’s wrong? Why did you suddenly turn off the lights?”

Jiang Yanning looked recklessly at Gu Zhuo’s blurred face and told the truth.

“I want you to only feel me, only think of me. Since we even have a child now, let’s go get married tomorrow.”

With his vision obstructed, his hearing became exceptionally sharp.

He heard Gu Zhuo’s breathing stop for a moment in surprise, his heartbeat gradually accelerating, and the sound of his arm rubbing against his clothes.

His eyes were covered by a large palm.

Gu Zhuo took a deep breath.

“Ge, it’s late. We should rest.”

The expression on his face might be hidden from Jiang Yanning, but his subconscious physical reactions had already exposed his thoughts.

Jiang Yanning followed his lead and walked into the bathroom.

Gu Zhuo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, turned on the main lights, and went to the next room to wash up.

As long as I can bluff my way through.

He let out a long sigh of relief.

By eleven at night, Gu Zhuo felt that too much had happened today and didn’t want to disturb Jiang Yanning, so he lay down on his own bed and closed his eyes.

Faint footsteps stopped by the bedside.

Jiang Yanning’s voice carried a tremor, “It’s only been three months, and you’re already sleeping in separate rooms?”

Gu Zhuo snapped his eyes open, jumped out of bed, carried the person back to the next room, and lay down with him.

“How could I, Ge? I was just afraid you were too tired.”

His expression was sincere; at least, Jiang Yanning believed him.

The breathing of the person in his arms gradually leveled out. Gu Zhuo summoned 77 and asked why Jiang Yanning was so inseparable from him right now.

77 pushed up the glasses it had just put on and flipped through an ABO world physiology book in its hand.

Found it, Host. This is a manifestation of great insecurity. During a pseudopregnancy, if enough security isn’t provided, then he… won’t be able to give birth.

“What do you mean, ‘won’t be able to give birth’?”

It means he’ll stay pregnant forever, unless you forcibly use medication. However, this might affect his psychology. Host, you should consider it carefully.

77 put away its glasses, intending to vanish.

Suddenly, it poked half its head out again to remind him.

Host, you are more than half responsible for him being like this. Who told you that you couldn’t explain all this clearly?

Jiang Yanning was steady by nature and liked to keep these things in his heart.

If it weren’t for this pseudopregnancy, perhaps he would never have let Gu Zhuo know the panic in his heart when he thought Gu Zhuo didn’t like him.

Gu Zhuo dismissed 77.

He lowered his eyes and buried his head in Jiang Yanning’s chest.

In his sleep, Jiang Yanning subconsciously raised his hand, gently patted his back, and quickly lost consciousness again.

Gu Zhuo silently tightened his arms.

It’s not that I don’t want to marry you, it’s that I can’t.

…

The influence of pheromones on a person is limited.

As long as Gu Zhuo stopped providing pheromones for a period and stayed by Jiang Yanning’s side constantly, he would recover.

When his consciousness cleared, Jiang Yanning was lying on the sofa listening to prenatal music.

Gu Zhuo was happy to play along, sitting nearby reading him fairy tales.

“Cinderella needs to leave the castle before midnight…”

Jiang Yanning’s face slowly darkened, and he gritted his teeth.

“Shut up!”

The music was snapped off. Jiang Yanning stood up and looked down; Gu Zhuo was looking up at him expectantly.

“Ge, you’re finally awake. My throat is almost hoarse.”

He didn’t have amnesia; he didn’t need a special reminder of how ridiculous he had been during this time!

Jiang Yanning gently pinched the flesh of his cheek, his voice full of threat.

“You’d better forget everything from the past few days. You’re not allowed to mention it again, understand?”

Gu Zhuo nodded repeatedly, “I know, I know!”

He pulled a pill out of his pocket and handed it over.

“Ge, eat this quickly.”

Jiang Yanning picked it up and looked at it.

“What is this?”

Gu Zhuo smiled like a cunning fox.

“Abortion pill.”

Jiang Yanning glared at him fiercely. He still remembered that Gu Zhuo had been trying to feed him this pill for several days, but unfortunately, he never succeeded.

The clear-headed him knew that Gu Zhuo wouldn’t actually harm him, so he assumed it was just an ordinary candy.

He opened his mouth and swallowed it.

After his mind regained clarity, Jiang Yanning went to the company nonstop to handle work.

For some unknown reason, he removed the bodyguards at the door and allowed Gu Zhuo to go out whenever he wanted.

Although Gu Zhuo was puzzled, he still used the last few days in this world to do a few things.

Countdown to departure from the small world: three hours.

That evening, Jiang Yanning unexpectedly returned very early, carrying a large bag of ingredients, intending to cook lunch for Gu Zhuo.

He was busy in the kitchen. Gu Zhuo hugged his waist from behind and exchanged a long kiss with him.

Jiang Yanning pushed his shoulder.

“There’s a lot of oil smoke here; go wait outside.”

Gu Zhuo rubbed against the crook of his neck and shook his head, “Ge, why are you suddenly making so many dishes? Is someone else coming over?”

“No, it’s just that I happen to be free today and wanted to make more so you could eat happily.”

The air was filled with the aroma of various dishes. Gu Zhuo squinted his eyes happily.

“Ge is so good.”

Once lunch was ready, Jiang Yanning brought out his collection of red wine and took a big gulp himself.

Gu Zhuo stopped him in surprise.

Jiang Yanning choked until tears came to his eyes, “It’s okay, I’m happy today.”

The two chatted and ate as usual.

Countdown to departure from the small world: two hours.

Jiang Yanning got himself drunk.

Gu Zhuo frowned, thinking bitterly that he had hoped to spend his final moments with Jiang Yanning properly.

The drunk Jiang Yanning was like a lazily sleeping big cat, slumped softly on the sofa.

Gu Zhuo squatted by the sofa, staring intently for a long time until his legs felt a bit numb.

Countdown to departure from the small world: one hour.

Jiang Yanning finally moved, grabbing Gu Zhuo’s arm.

“Xiao Zhuo, I want to eat candy.”

Gu Zhuo reacted for a moment, then his hand trembled as he took out a pill he had exchanged with 77 in advance.

As if totally unaware, Jiang Yanning obediently swallowed the pill.

This was a sleeping potion Gu Zhuo had specifically exchanged, fearing Jiang Yanning would be frightened when he left.

When he woke up, it would be the next day, and he wouldn’t remember the unannounced departure.

Countdown to departure from the small world: thirty minutes.

77’s prompt snapped Gu Zhuo out of his daze.

He suddenly leaned over, holding Jiang Yanning tightly in his arms, his pheromones releasing continuously, wanting to leave a lifelong mark on this person.

No matter which time or space they were in, Jiang Yanning would only belong to him.

“Ge, I love you.”

The voice sounded like an incantation, making Jiang Yanning’s eyelids grow heavy.

In the darkness, it felt as if a hand reached out to pull his soul into chaos.

He resisted with all his might but couldn’t break free.

Using the last of his strength, he could only place the item hidden in his palm into Gu Zhuo’s pocket.

Before losing consciousness, he seemed to hear a conversation between two people.

“77, I’m sorry I couldn’t help you find the fragment.”

“It’s okay, Host! This is my first mission, and there’s a Newbie Protection Period! So, Host, are you leaving now?”

“Yeah, let’s go.”

Before stepping into the portal of light, Gu Zhuo took one last look back.

On the bed, Jiang Yanning was sleeping quietly with his back to him.

“Goodbye.”

…

Jiang Yanning cried unconsciously in his deep sleep for a long time. When he woke up, the dawn had broken. It was a new day.

But Gu Zhuo and that mysterious orb were nowhere to be found.

He sat there dejectedly, his thoughts returning to a few days ago.

At that time, for some reason, he could suddenly see a ball of light that had been constantly circling Gu Zhuo.

Its name was 77.

From the day he exposed Gu Zhuo’s lie, 77 had abruptly appeared before his eyes.

Jiang Yanning didn’t understand what the “tasks” they spoke of were. He only knew that Gu Zhuo didn’t belong to this world.

Gu Zhuo was destined to leave.

When he heard this news, he was still holding the ruby left by his grandmother.

The sharp edges pierced his palm, almost digging into his flesh.

This was what he had intended to make into a ring for Gu Zhuo.

Pity that no matter how perfect the size or how beautiful the ring, it couldn’t lock down one Gu Zhuo.

He turned away in silence and gave that gemstone to Gu Zhuo to play with in another way.

He harbored the extravagant hope of using this method to obtain a promise never to leave.

Unfortunately, it was destined to fail.

That day, Jiang Yanning and Gu Zhuo walked into the same dreamscape.

He heard all the conversations between Gu Zhuo and 77.

I am willing to let Gu Zhuo leave, he thought.

But another voice rose abruptly in his heart.

He didn’t want to; he wanted to bind Gu Zhuo to his side forever, never to part again.

…

Jiang Yanning snapped back to reality, rubbing his brow, still fearful of that feeling of his mind being controlled.

During those few days, he was always falling into that state of madness. Fortunately, Gu Zhuo didn’t have a strong desire to leave immediately, which prevented him from going completely insane.

Calming down slightly, he understood the abnormality within himself.

Seeking the root of the matter, Jiang Yanning fixed his gaze on that ruby.

It was from the day he picked up this gemstone that he saw 77’s existence.

And on the day he just returned from abroad he had originally booked a flight for the next day, but after touching this gemstone, he suddenly changed his mind.

He must be that person Gu Zhuo mentioned who was affected by the fragment.

The fragment was that ruby.

Jiang Yanning stood up and pulled open the thin curtains.

The sunlight felt very comfortable on his face.

But a surge of bitterness rose in his heart.

Gu Zhuo, I am your great benefactor!

Don’t forget me…

At the same time, in the Interstellar World.

Gu Zhuo was in a noisy banquet hall, a perfect fake smile still hanging on his lips.

Every person who met his eyes couldn’t help but have a flash of amazement.

A pity that in half an hour, everything would change.

Using the crowd as cover, Gu Zhuo quietly walked to a secret room, intending to wake up his mecha.

Reaching into his pocket with his right hand, he pulled out a beautiful ruby.

“Ding! Task One is completed. Fragment influence cleared. Congratulations to the Host for perfectly completing the task!”

77 cheered excitedly, circling the gemstone nonstop.

Only Gu Zhuo quietly felt his eyes turn red.