After Faking a Disability, I Married the New Chief Sentinel 46

Chapter 46: A Mess

Doesn’t that mean there’s already a locator?
Following Xu Xunyue’s movements, Zhu Hui’s gaze settled on the hair tie, and a certain speculation gradually took shape.
“It is…?”
The Sentinel murmured, his face a little red.
“This is a tech product from the pre-Cataclysm era, right?” That’s why I didn’t notice.
Of course, of course, it was partly because he hadn’t strictly inspected the things his brother had given him, but he could usually detect most problematic equipment even without a deliberate inspection.
The main thing was that he didn’t want his brother to think he was incompetent for not even noticing this.
As for the fact that his brother had already put a locator on him…
It could only mean that his brother’s special care for him had started earlier than he had imagined, that his brother cared about him, and had a desire to control him.
He was overjoyed.
“It is indeed a tech product from the pre-Cataclysm era,” Xu Xunyue said unhurriedly, as if intentionally or unintentionally. “It also has a listening function.”
“Listening? That’s very convenient—”
Zhu Hui was enthusiastically preparing to discuss the function of the locator when he suddenly remembered something, and his words got stuck halfway.
Listening…
Lis-tening?
Damn it.
He had never taken off the hair tie his brother had given him. He had been wearing it for almost half a month now, and it had witnessed many big and small events of their newlywed life.
It’s fine if brother heard it, but why did he suddenly tell me this?
He must know what I’ve been doing.
I just said I would be honest with brother, that I had no privacy from him, and that I had nothing to hide about my past.
But, there are some minor details…
Secretly glancing at Xu Xunyue, Zhu Hui tried to find some clues in his calm and slightly smiling expression, but unfortunately, with his heart pounding, he found nothing.
It was unknown if it was a psychological effect, but he felt that something was wrong with his whole body, that his brother must already be thinking about how to punish him, and that this was the last chance, there would be no next time.
“Brother, I was wrong. I, I, I still have something I haven’t told you.”
He couldn’t withstand any pressure from Xu Xunyue—although this “pressure” was something Zhu Hui had imagined himself. In short, in a flash, Zhu Hui’s voice softened.
Xu Xunyue raised an eyebrow, his tone calm. “Tell me.”
“That, two weeks ago, I was the one who broke the plate in the kitchen, not my spiritual body.”
Xu Xunyue: “…”
He had known the truth about the plate on the same day, since there were cameras at home.
It was just a plate, not important. It was just that Zhu Hui was determined to frame his own spiritual body, the snow wolf, so he hadn’t exposed him.
Maintaining a calm expression, Xu Xunyue said:
“Is that all?”
Zhu Hui: “…”
Xu Xunyue’s lips curled into a smile.
He knew, of course, that wasn’t all.
Zhu Hui had never officially told him about secretly printing his photos, nor had he mentioned secretly kissing his photos.
Putting a locator on Zhu Hui was to increase his safety and make it easier to catch him when needed, not to actually listen in on him. Xu Xunyue also couldn’t possibly give the listening authority to an outsider and have them watch Zhu Hui’s every move 24/7. That would be putting the cart before the horse.
When he used it himself, the listening function wouldn’t be on all the time, so Xu Xunyue naturally didn’t know every detail.
When he first told Zhu Hui that the locator had a listening function, Xu Xunyue had just wanted to tease him about the details of kissing his photos. Now it seemed that there was a lot to dig up.
Zhu Hui stammered:
“And… and, I took the book you were reading to my room to read. You agreed. But I wasn’t actually reading it. I would get sleepy after reading a little bit. I put it by my pillow every night to sleep.”
Xu Xunyue was noncommittal, looking at him with a leisurely expression.
Zhu Hui could tell that he clearly meant “continue.”
This isn’t enough? I have to say more?
Did he really hear everything?
Red spread from his cheeks to his neck. Zhu Hui stammered, “I also shouldn’t have worn the hair tie brother gave me while doing that kind of thing… and whispering brother’s name… that’s not right.”
Xu Xunyue: “?”
He pinched his Sentinel’s chin and made him lift his head. Xu Xunyue saw Zhu Hui’s evasive gaze.
Zhu Hui’s bedroom was the only place in his manor that didn’t have a camera. There used to be one, but it was removed before Zhu Hui moved in.
An oversight in a hundred plans. He really hadn’t known before.
The more Xu Xunyue thought about it, the more he found it amusing. He no longer pretended to maintain his expression, and a smile immediately appeared.
Zhu Hui was stunned by his smile. At first, he felt that it was fine and subconsciously relaxed, but the second second, he felt that something was wrong.
Was brother tricking me?
What did I just say?
“Brother…” he murmured, but couldn’t bring himself to say it.
“I didn’t know about the last two things you said,” Xu Xunyue wouldn’t let him off. “Now I know.”
Zhu Hui pursed his lips, his mind wavering between “how could brother be like this” and “but I’m not that honest either.” In the end, he probably gave up, and his forehead gently bumped against Xu Xunyue’s shoulder, rubbing back and forth, but not speaking.
Pressed against the Guide’s warm skin, he heard the other’s somewhat muffled voice.
“So, do you want to sleep with me when we get back?”
“Yes,” Zhu Hui answered in a second.
If I sleep with brother, I won’t have to put the book by my pillow.
I can be closer, and there will be random benefits.
On the other side, Xu Xunyue was holding Zhu Hui and still found it very amusing. While laughing, he also had to endure the muttering of the shadows in his spiritual world.

[This Sentinel is so bad.]
[So bad.]
[You can’t judge a book by its cover.]
[I wouldn’t have broken the plate.]
[Me neither.]
[How could he frame the little wolf?]
[Not only did he frame the little wolf, he also lied to his own Guide.]
[The key is that this Guide isn’t even angry.]
[Love is blind.]

Xu Xunyue: [I can hear you. Tone it down.]
Hearing the response from the person in question, the spiritual body became even more enthusiastic.

[It’s been so long since you recovered your memory. Before, you ignored us when we called you. Now you should let this Sentinel let the little wolf out, right?]
[Yeah, yeah, hurry up!]
[We want to play with it!]
[Shut up, we want to comfort it.]
[Right, right, we want to comfort it.]

Xu Xunyue was silent for a long moment, then stroked Zhu Hui’s head and said tactfully:
“Um… can you let your spiritual body out? My spiritual body says it misses it very much.”
The Sentinel, who was being gently stroked on the head, was immersed in a happy bubble and let out his spiritual body without a moment’s hesitation.
…
A mess.
“Will this be too loud?” Zhu Hui asked with some worry.
“No, this room is covered by my spiritual power. As long as we don’t stay here for too long, this room is temporarily safe.”
Zhu Hui understood, and his gaze moved away from the entangled spiritual bodies.
“Then should we move? The two middle-aged people who came out of the alley and that convoy, although they didn’t track us, they were still targeting us to some extent. This place is not right… Brother, do you want to look around here again? I mean, go to the living room or other rooms.”
Xu Xunyue paused and looked at the family photo on the bedside table.
The frame was clean, and the background of the photo was a blue sky, white clouds, and a sweetgum tree. Two adults stood in the back, and in front of them were a boy and a little girl.
This was taken a few days before he awakened as a Guide at fourteen and set off for the Imperial Capital.
A total of three photos were printed. One was in the living room, one was in his vacant bedroom, and one was put in his luggage and taken on the aircraft to the Imperial Capital.
The aircraft had crashed, and his luggage was gone when he woke up.
This was a photo that only existed in the past.
A series of coincidences had allowed Xu Xunyue to see it in the dry river of time.
The face that had been erased by time and space became clear again, engraved in his memory one-to-one by the now-powerful spiritual power of the high-level Guide.
And this was the final function of the photo’s phantom.
Like a dream star that bloomed for a night, a dream star that represented blessings and a way home, distant, beautiful, only to be remembered, not to be taken away.
Xu Xunyue had always told himself in his heart that of all he saw before him, only his Sentinel was real.
He could be hugged, he could speak, he had warmth, and he would cry.
Xu Xunyue shook his head.
“I’m not looking anymore.”
Now, there was only one thing that mattered most—to take his Sentinel and leave this phantom city.
“Do you still remember that creature I mentioned? My state before was very similar to that creature’s. The other party might also be a contaminated human, a special kind of cataclysmic being.”
His spiritual body was being held down and played with a few meters away, but Zhu Hui seemed not to have seen it, and was listening intently to Xu Xunyue speak.
“Of course, what the other party is doesn’t matter. It’s not in this city at the moment. This city is one of its territories, and so is the Endless Snow.”
“The me in my golden-eyed state cut off its connection with the Endless Snow the first moment I woke up, preventing the accident of the Sentinel group losing control in the academy’s practical activity—that is, the one-second ringing in your ears you heard.”
“After that, the Endless Snow became my territory. I was able to penetrate my spiritual power into the ground, intertwining with every inch of the Endless Snow. The longer the time, the stronger the connection, thus achieving a stable ruling effect. This connection is a two-way street. Controlling a region will also affect the controller’s mind.”
Speaking of this, Xu Xunyue glanced at Zhu Hui and added, “My connection with the Endless Snow has been broken now. Don’t worry.”
If Zhu Hui hadn’t come, he probably would have dived after quickly ruling the Endless Snow, then ruled this underwater city, his former hometown, and then followed the sense of familiarity in his subconscious to find his former home… He would have recovered his memory all the same, but Zhu Hui’s arrival had undoubtedly added to his combat power.
The him who had recovered his memory was no longer in that state like a killing machine. In the depths of a cataclysm zone, it was a good thing to have a bonded Sentinel to fight alongside.
And he had also learned some knowledge from his golden-eyed state. The effect of personal experience was ultimately different. In the future, not only would he not repeat the same mistakes, but with a little more practice and experimentation, he might even be able to master the trick of actively switching states.
Seeing Zhu Hui’s obedient nod, Xu Xunyue casually pinched his cheek.
“Actually, you won’t have any problems with me around. You have to trust your own judgment, and also trust that you can have enough influence on me.”
Zhu Hui blushed and nodded.
How can brother say sweet nothings in a serious tone while talking about serious matters? So unfair.
“But my compatibility with the ocean has decreased a lot after I recovered my memory. In the following transfer of positions and other actions, some abilities can’t be used as before—for example, the mutual transformation of my entire body and my spiritual body. This is something I can only use in the seawater in that state.”
Xu Xunyue was seriously giving Zhu Hui a heads-up, mainly to prepare him psychologically for possible battles in the future.
Zhu Hui seriously expressed that he understood.
“I know, brother. I will protect you.”