ISMW Chapter 32

In the face of such teasing and seduction, how many people in the entire galaxy could remain unmoved?

 

Yu Chen, however, believed he could control himself and remain unaffected.

 

He held his breath for the sixth time, calmly moving his leg away, and his body as well.

 

Then… Yun Xunlan snuggled over again.

 

Yu Chen: “…”

 

He moved again.

 

Yun Xunlan moved again too.

 

After several rounds of this tug-of-war, they had moved from the center of the bed to the left side.

 

The system was the first to ask impatiently: “Are you two practicing Tai Chi on the bed? Or are you practicing the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth?”

 

Yun Xunlan also felt helpless: “Yu Chen is avoiding me.”

 

“Why is he avoiding you?” The system was confused, “Is he ticklish? Did you touch his ticklish spot?”

 

Yun Xunlan said: “If I don’t touch him, we can’t sleep foot-to-foot.”

 

The system pondered for a moment, then mused: “Can’t you not sleep foot-to-foot? I remember there’s another sleeping position called ‘sleeping neck-to-neck’ or something?”

 

“There is,” Yun Xunlan told it, “but that sleeping position won’t make us brothers, only lovers.”

 

The system sighed: “Ah… why isn’t Yu Chen gay? Well, you can’t force these things. Try one more time, move gently, be careful not to touch his ticklish spot. If he still avoids you this time, let’s give up and think of another way.”

 

Yun Xunlan agreed with this idea.

 

He noticed that every time he touched Yu Chen’s ankle, Yu Chen would move his body, so he guessed the ankle might be Yu Chen’s ticklish spot. Perhaps there wouldn’t be a problem if he didn’t touch Yu Chen’s ankle.

 

So in this final attempt to sleep foot-to-foot, Yun Xunlan gently pressed his toes against Yu Chen’s calf and didn’t move down any further.

 

And indeed, Yu Chen didn’t move his body to avoid his touch.

 

Yun Xunlan happily told the system: “The ankle really is Yu Chen’s ticklish spot. He doesn’t avoid me if I don’t touch it.”

 

“Good, good, good. Although it’s not foot-to-foot, we’ve settled for leg-to-leg, which should have a similar effect,” the system was genuinely happy for Yun Xunlan. “Anyway, just don’t touch his ankle when you sleep with Yu Chen in the future.”

 

“Mm, goodnight, Little Hermit.”

 

Having successfully cuddled with his future good brother Yu Chen, Yun Xunlan was satisfied. He pulled up the blanket, said goodnight to the system, and closed his eyes to peacefully enter dreamland.

 

As for Yu Chen?

 

He was still awake with his eyes open.

 

Because he found that the prince’s desire was far too intense.

 

Yu Chen feared that the more he resisted, the more excited Yun Xunlan would become, so he simply stopped struggling.

 

The result was indeed: when he stopped moving, the prince also stopped moving—a perfect case of “if the enemy doesn’t move, I don’t move.”

 

This time, Yun Xunlan wasn’t even in skin-to-skin contact with him, separated by a layer of pajama pants, making it less ambiguous.

 

But Yu Chen didn’t know why another kind of anxiety and irritation kept rising in his heart, finally turning into a question:

 

…Has he stopped trying to seduce me?

 

Yu Chen waited for a long time but didn’t see Yun Xunlan’s next move.

 

He waited for a full quarter of an hour before slowly turning to face Yun Xunlan—the prince had fallen asleep, right beside him, less than half a forearm’s length away.

 

The soft moonlight, like a light gauze, gently illuminated half of his face, making the silver-haired alpha seem to melt into this light, beautiful in a pale and stunning way, like a materialized, bizarre and luxurious dream.

 

Yu Chen’s gaze lingered on his face for a few seconds, then found it hard to look away, watching the youth for the entire night.

 

At dawn, the moonlight faded.

 

Before getting up, Yu Chen took one last look at Yun Xunlan, at the lush little red mole on his eyelid that looked like a dab of paint.

 

But as he looked, Yu Chen’s arm, hanging by his side, lifted slightly, his body involuntarily leaning forward, every movement expressing his desire to wipe away that drop of paint—or rather, the impulse to touch the youth.

 

This desire was like a chronic illness; he could barely suppress it with all his effort, but couldn’t completely cure it.

 

On the way back to his dormitory, Yu Chen’s expression was unprecedentedly grave.

 

Fu Yanxi and Gui Yan, squatting in front of his dormitory door, also had faces of unprecedented sternness.

 

As soon as they saw Yu Chen return, they both stood up abruptly, staring at Yu Chen as if he were the neighbor’s unfaithful husband.

 

Fu Yanxi spoke first, in a solemn voice: “Yu Chen, after you went to see the Third Highness yesterday, you didn’t come back all night.”

 

Gui Yan followed closely, asking sternly: “Speak! What did you do last night?”

 

Yu Chen: “…”

 

Yu Chen told the truth: “I was tutoring the Third Highness in ‘War Psychology’.”

 

Fu Yanxi asked him again: “What kind of tutoring takes all night?”

 

This question had a similar flavor to when Mu Xingyu asked Yun Xunlan “What kind of tutoring do you need to do in the bedroom?” Yu Chen couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly, then quickly flattened them, pretending to be serious and repeating Yun Xunlan’s answer: “Didn’t I say? We were studying ‘War Psychology’.”

 

Gui Yan: “…”

 

Fu Yanxi: “…”

 

Fu Yanxi and Gui Yan’s faces turned even greener, they asked suspiciously: “Tutoring all night?”

 

“Yes,” Yu Chen lied without blushing or his heart racing, pointing at the very faint dark circles under his eyes, “I tutored so much that I got dark circles, it was very tiring.”

 

Gui Yan said: “Brother Xi and I also stayed up all night waiting for you, but your dark circles aren’t as heavy as ours. Are you lying to us?”

 

Yu Chen said bluntly: “That’s because you two are weak. How can you compare with someone as strong as me? You should reflect on yourselves.”

 

Unexpectedly, Fu Yanxi suddenly made a puzzling suggestion: “Well, in that case, why don’t you tutor me too? Look, you’ve only tutored the Third Highness for one night and you’ve already got dark circles. How tiring. If you could bring my ‘War Psychology’ score up to full marks too, I could help share your burden, and you wouldn’t be so tired.”

 

Yu Chen: “?”

 

“Me too, me too! Tutor me as well,” Gui Yan raised his hand, then lowered his voice, “Just tutor Brother Xi and me, don’t let the others hear about it. Otherwise, they’ll all want tutoring, and our study competition pressure will be too high.”

 

Yu Chen: “???”

 

“You two are already so weak, and you still want to stay up all night tutoring the Third Highness?” Yu Chen asked them, “Aren’t you afraid of sudden death?”

 

Fu Yanxi and Gui Yan smiled faintly, saying with resignation: “It’s okay, Yu Chen. Even if we die here today, we must share your burden and tutor the Third Highness overnight!”

 

Yu Chen: “…”

 

Yu Chen: “You two are too slow to learn, you can’t get full marks. Stop daydreaming.”

 

Fu Yanxi and Gui Yan struggled and protested: “You haven’t tutored us yet, how do you know we’re slow learners? Let’s try first.”

 

Yu Chen couldn’t be bothered to argue with them anymore. He pushed them aside, one in each hand, and used his fingerprint to unlock his dormitory door, preparing to go in and change into his training clothes.

 

However, just as he was about to enter, he suddenly paused, turning back to stare at Gui Yan.

 

Gui Yan thought he had changed his mind about tutoring him and got so excited he even called him “Brother”: “Brother Yu, have you agreed?”

 

“No,” Yu Chen denied, then paused for a few seconds. His blue eyes glanced elsewhere before returning to Gui Yan. Looking down at him, he slowly asked again the answer he hadn’t fully heard in the cafeteria yesterday, “Why did you decide at seventeen to devote your life to the Third Highness?”

 

“Ah… that,” Gui Yan scratched his head embarrassedly, his ears turning red as he said, “I came from a welfare home, you know. The planet I was on was very remote and backward. At the time, the matron tried many ways but couldn’t gather enough for my last year’s tuition. There were other younger kids at the home waiting for tuition too, so I thought I’d quit school and get a job. But then the Third Highness donated a sum of money that allowed all the children in our welfare home to continue studying. I finished my last year successfully and got into Anlos Military Academy. After graduation, I joined the Yuheng Legion with Brother Xi.”

 

“Just like that?” Yu Chen raised an eyebrow, “Nothing special.”

 

“Compared to Brother Xi’s encounter with the Third Highness, mine really isn’t anything special,” Gui Yan nodded in agreement. “But the Third Highness changed me from someone who received help to someone who could help others. He changed my life.”

 

Yu Chen said: “The Third Highness gave you an opportunity, but you changed your own life through your efforts. It’s not like anyone can just get into Anlos Military Academy.”

 

Gui Yan’s amber eyes lit up, sparkling: “Yes, yes, yes! Later, when I wrote to thank the Third Highness, I didn’t expect a reply. But in his handwritten reply, that’s exactly what he wrote! His Highness even praised me for being excellent and said I would definitely become an admirable great hero of the Empire in the future. I framed that handwritten letter and put it by my bed. I have to look at it every night before sleeping, or I can’t fall asleep.”

 

Yu Chen: “…”

 

Yu Chen: “Do you also keep a photo of the Third Highness in your wallet?”

 

Gui Yan nodded repeatedly: “Yes, yes, yes!”

 

Fu Yanxi even asked Yu Chen back: “We all do, even Zhou Shun who was kicked out does. He’s shown us before. Don’t you?”

 

Yu Chen: “……”

 

“Bang—!”

 

Yu Chen slammed the dormitory door shut, not wanting to see Fu Yanxi and Gui Yan’s faces anymore.

 

While changing clothes, he called Pei Xingting on his light brain bracelet. As soon as the call connected, he said: “I didn’t misunderstand. Yun Xunlan is indeed interested in me and wants to date me.”

 

Pei Xingting had improved a lot this time, only laughing for half a minute before responding to Yu Chen: “Did you just wake up? Are you still not fully awake?”

 

Damn it, he hadn’t closed his eyes all night, what “not fully awake”?

 

Yu Chen said coldly: “You’re doubting my words again?”

 

Isn’t this because you’re trying to fool your brother again? Pei Xingting thought to himself.

 

But he said aloud: “Alright, alright. Then you’d better control yourself and absolutely not develop feelings for His Highness.”

 

Yu Chen asked: “Why?”

 

Pei Xingting explained to him: “Because if you like the Third Highness today, tomorrow you’ll be going crazy with red eyes.”

 

Yu Chen didn’t understand: “What nonsense is this? My eyes are blue.”

 

“Red-eye literature,” Pei Xingting made a surprised sound. “You haven’t read it?”

 

Yu Chen said: “Never read it. I only know that last year, Bo Zun Company had a heavy motorcycle called ‘Red Eye’, which was my previous baby.”

 

Pei Xingting: “…”

 

Pei Xingting sighed deeply: “Then let me be more direct. You have too many love rivals. I’m afraid that after you fall for the Third Highness, you’ll easily get jealous and end up taking down all our own people before the Insectoid race even manages to conquer the galaxy.”

 

Yu Chen chuckled: “I’ve always been generous and broad-minded.”

 

Pei Xingting: “Impressive.”

 

He said to Yu Chen: “How about this, you don’t need to come to the hospital for a check-up. I’ll prescribe some medicine for you to take first…”

 

Yu Chen interrupted him directly, using facts to prove that his mind was normal, neither crazy nor sick: “I slept with Yun Xunlan last night.”

 

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