Chapter 87: Mating Heat
Si Jisheng agreed.
A Jiaoren’s mental sea was the most vast among all aliens. If the drug was strong enough to be effective on him, then it meant that it would also be effective on any other alien.
As for the person that the adjutant had caught in the sea area of District A, he would have to personally go to the military headquarters to interrogate him tomorrow. However, it was obvious that the abnormality of Deng Xi’s questions today was most likely due to this person.
Si Jisheng pressed his brow and leaned back against the back of the chair. Deng Xi was lying on his shoulder, and for some reason, his questions became softer and softer, until Si Jisheng could barely hear him.
Deng Xi no longer knew what he was asking. He was vaguely saying something, letting out one hot breath after another.
With every breath he took, the tip of his nose was filled with the unique scent of the silver-tail. Just like a kitten smelling catnip, Deng Xi was so comfortable he wanted to roll around, and his whole body was dizzy.
Why hadn’t the mating season ended yet…
It… it was itchy again.
Deng Xi’s posture, kneeling on the man’s lap, slightly shrank inwards, and he tightened his legs. Like a kitten, he sniffed and sniffed, and even wanted to stick out his kitten tongue to lick.
“Why is it so hot?” Si Jisheng clearly noticed that Deng Xi’s body temperature was abnormally high. This low question instantly woke the dazed Deng Xi up.
Deng Xi’s blue eyes widened in panic, and he was instantly awake. “No, no, nothing.” He answered irrelevantly, and then stammered, “It’s a little too stuffy, too stuffy.”
No.
Now the little mute was lucid. He couldn’t do that anymore.
If he endured it, it would be fine, it would pass.
He could do it.
He couldn’t be discovered by the little mute, but now, Deng Xi bit his lip. He didn’t want to leave the little mute’s side at all. He wanted to be held by the little mute all the time.
Although Deng Xi guessed that as long as he and the little mute were separated, the symptoms of his mating season would be much relieved, he simply couldn’t do it.
And if the little mute didn’t hold him, he would even hum in dissatisfaction.
Si Jisheng raised his hand and touched Deng Xi’s forehead.
Deng Xi subconsciously rubbed against the other’s palm. After he had finished rubbing, he belatedly and shyly lowered his eyelids.
“Have you had dinner?”
“No.”
Deng Xi shook his head. “I’ll wait for Little Mute to eat together.”
Si Jisheng wanted to carry Deng Xi down and place him on the ground. “Walk by yourself.”
Deng Xi continued to shake his head in resistance. “No, I want a hug.”
“Hug.”
Si Jisheng silently picked him up. He had no ability to refuse. The little merman was exceptionally clingy today. He didn’t even eat properly. He had to sit in his lap and say in a soft voice that he had to feed him.
After dinner, when it was time to clear the dishes, he refused to leave, clutching the corner of his casual clothes and following him wherever he went.
Like a little tail.
When it was time to sleep at night, Deng Xi, for the first time, refused to go back to the ocean to sleep. He wanted to maintain his human form and sleep in a human world’s big bed.
This way, he wouldn’t have to be separated from the little mute and sleep in two separate shells. A human’s bed was very, very big. He could sleep with the little mute in his arms.
Deng Xi had thought that he wouldn’t be able to sleep after taking a nap, but when he was in the little mute’s arms, he felt inexplicably at ease. This sense of security was different from usual. It would make Deng Xi feel sleepy and coax him to sleep.
The little merman, who was lazing in bed in the morning, was woken up by someone. He was half-asleep and had his face wiped with a soft, warm towel. He was carried to rinse his mouth, and only after he had drunk a cup of honey milk did he wake up.
So sleepy.
So strange.
Everything about the mating season had become so strange.
Si Jisheng squatted in front of him. “Put on your shoes.”
The drowsy Deng Xi slowly lifted his foot.
Si Jisheng put the white sneakers on for Deng Xi. “Dr. Li, in combination with your song, has developed a new type of gene-suppressing drug.”
Since he had promised yesterday, Si Jisheng would not go back on his word. He could also understand Deng Xi’s unease and worry, and did not hide anything. “I will go and try it today. Do you want to accompany me?”
The half-asleep Deng Xi subconsciously nodded his head. “Wherever Little Mute goes, I will go.”
Si Jisheng: “Even if it’s very dangerous?”
Deng Xi “hmm”-ed twice.
Only after he had replied did he belatedly react. “Is Little Mute going to take medicine today too?” His voice was cautious but also had a hint of anticipation, and his blue eyes were sparkling.
Si Jisheng replied with a low sound. After he had put on Deng Xi’s shoes, he went to put on his mechanical gloves.
But Deng Xi was thinking, then could he, while the little mute had no reason, completely get through his mating season?
It should be fine if he rubbed for a little longer, right?
Deng Xi thought, after he had gotten through his mating season, he would not get hot and itchy after being close to the little mute for too long.
That was too uncomfortable.
Deng Xi couldn’t bear it anymore. When they had reached the little mute’s workplace, he was still placed in the lounge by the little mute. Bunny was already holding his comm and watching Teacher Xiaomei, waiting for him.
Si Jisheng said seriously to Deng Xi, who was in a bad mood because he didn’t want to leave him, “I’m going to deal with something. I might be back soon, or I might be a little later. If you’re really not at ease, you can keep the tracker on.”
He was trying to explain it to Deng Xi clearly.
Deng Xi pursed his lips and asked with great disappointment, “What is it?”
For some reason, the current little merman would feel down and very unhappy the moment he left the little mute.
Si Jisheng: “The adjutant has caught a thief.”
Deng Xi replied in a muffled voice, “Then Little Mute has to come back quickly.” He was not an unreasonable little merman.
“Alright.”
Just as Si Jisheng was about to leave, Deng Xi, who was sitting on the sofa, couldn’t help but grab the corner of his clothes. He bit his lip, as if he were very embarrassed. The tips of his ears were almost burning. His voice was so small it was almost inaudible, and he squeezed out one word at a time, “Can Little Mute… take… take off your clothes for me?”
Deng Xi’s entire face was almost burning. He let out a hot breath and thought, he had really completely become the little pervert fish that Teacher Xiaomei had talked about.
But he didn’t want to be like this either.
He had become unlike himself. He was so sad.
The little merman’s emotions had become very unstable. One moment he was so happy he was about to bubble, and the next he was so sad he was about to cry.
Deng Xi also felt that he was being very unreasonable. How could there be such a clingy friend between normal partners?
Before he could react, the wide military uniform was draped over Deng Xi’s entire body, covering his upper body. The golden chain made a soft, rustling sound, and the golden medals pinned on it were heavy and dazzling.
Si Jisheng bent down and carefully tucked out the golden hair that was pressed under the coat, and let it all fall down his back in the black military uniform.
The dazzling gold and the light gold were intertwined. The black made the youth’s skin look as white as snow, as if he had been crowned. He was so beautiful he seemed to be shining, and it was impossible to look away.
The military greatcoat was thick and wide, covering Deng Xi. He was surrounded by the cold, damp scent of the deep sea, and his chaotic emotions slowly calmed down.
“If it’s cold, you can have the machine lower the temperature a little. The entire top floor is sealed off, and no one else can come in. If you meet a stranger, you have to send me a video call immediately.”
In case it was someone sent by the Council of Elders to sneak into the military.
Si Jisheng instructed, one sentence after another, “Don’t run out of the lounge. If you’re hungry, you can eat the things in the snack cabinet. It’s okay to eat a little more.”
Deng Xi obediently nodded his head.
Si Jisheng turned on the tracker on Deng Xi’s comm. After the blue screen was displayed in mid-air, he turned and left.
Deng Xi could no longer see the little mute’s back. He looked at the slowly moving little red dot on the light screen. Although it was slowly moving away from him, he could clearly see the other party’s real-time direction of movement, silently telling him that the other party had not disappeared and was always there.
Deng Xi looked and looked, and then his eyelids curved slightly.
He was not sad anymore.
Only then did Bunny run over. “Big brother is so shy. My mom and dad are not together every day.”
Deng Xi blinked his eyes in confusion. “But aren’t your parents mates?”
Bunny said, “My dad is very busy and will often go on business trips. He won’t be back for several months. My mom is also very busy. Recently, my mom hasn’t been home for a long time. She’s been doing research in the treatment center.”
Deng Xi was a little confused. “Do they video call?”
Bunny shook his head. “My dad said that his and my mom’s research is private, and they can’t deal with private matters when they’re working. But every time my dad comes back, he will bring a lot of gifts for my mom and me.”
Deng Xi nodded his head. He imagined if the little mute had to not come home for two or three months because of work, and he was at home by himself, and couldn’t see the other party all the time. He instantly shook his head in rejection.
But if human mates did not meet often and were not intimate, then what were he and the little mute?
Deng Xi’s breathing was a little difficult. “Then, Bunny, do you meet Xiaoye every day?”
Bunny shook his head. “No.”
Deng Xi asked anxiously, “But aren’t you good friends?”
Bunny said as if it were a matter of course, “But I’m also very busy. I have to go to class and accompany my mom. Xiaoye has to be treated. Our homes are not together, so how can we play together every day?”
“Big brother and that big brother are the abnormal ones.”
“Shameful.”
Deng Xi also hummed, “We’re different from humans.”
Only then did Bunny say, “Alright then.”
It must be because humans had too many things to do. Their merman clan was not busy. What was wrong with having time to play every day?
Deng Xi selectively ignored the fact that the little mute was also very busy.
He did not wait for long before he waited for the little mute, whose entire body was exuding a cold aura.
Who could have guessed that the failed experiment that had disappeared back then was actually still living on the imperial star? Besides being a little mentally unstable, the connection between his fish tail and his waist was perfect.
He was very useful.
Si Jisheng frowned. After a moment of thought, he handed this matter over to the secretary-general and did not let the adjutant, who could not control his temper, participate any further.
He left the interrogation room and, according to the agreed time, met Dr. Li in the lounge. Deng Xi quietly watched as Dr. Li handed a familiar briefcase to the little mute, and suppressed his expectant emotions.
Deng Xi politely said “goodbye” to Bunny and Dr. Li, then took the initiative to hold the little mute’s hand and was led away from the lounge by Si Jisheng, who was carrying the briefcase.
“Where is Little Mute going to take his medicine?”
“The treatment room.”
There were prepared tools there. Although the treatment pod was sealed, the shackles could still be used. Si Jisheng controlled the system and locked the mechanical gloves to prevent the Jiaoren’s sharp claws from hurting Deng Xi after his Jiaoren transformation.
The little merman cluelessly watched as the little mute locked one end of the shackles to the heavy treatment pod, and then buckled it to his left wrist. Deng Xi asked anxiously, “Why is Little Mute locking himself up?”
“If I have any intention of hurting you, it can buy you a little time to escape.” Si Jisheng handed the key to Deng Xi. “Hide it well.”
Deng Xi nervously gripped the key in his palm.
The lights in the treatment room were not on. After the door was locked from the inside, the room instantly became dim. Deng Xi could only guess what the little mute was doing by the sound.
The sound of a briefcase being opened, the sound of a test tube stopper being opened, the sound of swallowing. With every movement, the sound of chains could be heard.
Deng Xi looked around, placed the key on the table behind him, and his eyelids trembled nervously. The little bit of expectant emotion from his mating season, after no longer being deliberately ignored, seemed to have suddenly gained a strong presence.
It was infinitely amplified and fermented in the darkness.
And then, a huge thud of something falling to the ground suddenly woke the dazed Deng Xi, who was standing in place. The little merman’s first reaction was panic. He vaguely searched for the little mute who had fallen to the ground in the remaining light.
All thoughts of his mating season were thrown to the back of his mind.
“Little Mute?” Deng Xi was afraid of stepping on the silver-tail on the ground. He squatted on the ground, took off his shoes, and stepped barefoot on the carpet. He fumbled around in a panic until he touched a cool tail, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. “Did Little Mute fall and hurt himself?”
A dead silence.
There was no answer to his question in the darkness.
Deng Xi was already used to it. He fumbled his way up, bit by bit. The silver Jiaoren’s fish tail, which had fallen to the ground, was long and winding. Its scales were cold, and it was half-leaning against the wall.
Deng Xi swept away a lot of pieces of clothing and touched the thin muscles under the little mute’s open shirt. He could clearly feel the bulging blue veins under the skin, which were tense with forbearance.
He seemed to be in a lot of pain.
The little merman was so at a loss he was about to cry. “Didn’t you say the potion was improved? Little Mute, it doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt.” He moved closer and only then saw the silver eyes that were struggling to open and close. In them was a pair of silver, slitted pupils.
Si Jisheng was fighting against the strong effects of the potion. The potion was indeed improved. The moment he swallowed it, his mental sea was instantly in chaos, and his Jiaoren transformation appeared without warning, completely out of his control.
If he wanted to retain his consciousness, he had to fight against the instincts from his genes.
Brutal, bloodthirsty, his claws and fangs popped out uncontrollably, and the emotion of wanting to tear everything apart. Si Jisheng took a deep, heavy breath. At this time, he was still distracted, trying to coax the flustered Deng Xi. His voice was exceptionally vague and hoarse, and the Jiaoren’s subsonic voice came out uncontrollably. His speech was slow. “It… doesn’t… hurt.”
“You’re lying.” The little mute who had lost consciousness was still lying to him. Deng Xi was so anxious he was about to cry. He knelt on the thick fish tail above him, almost sitting on the other party’s waist and abdomen.
Deng Xi mustered his courage, propped himself up on the silver-tail’s shoulder, and looked down at the uncomfortable little mute below him. He anxiously leaned closer, then stopped on the other party’s body, a little conflicted. “You have to be good this time, you know?”
Si Jisheng’s consciousness was in chaos. He closed his eyes and squeezed out a low “hmm?” from his nasal cavity.
“You can’t press me on the ground anymore, and you can’t be nonstop. I won’t be able to breathe, and it will be very uncomfortable. If you’re not good, I won’t sing for you.”
Seeing that the silver-tail was not speaking, Deng Xi anxiously pushed him. “Do you know?”
The silver Jiaoren raised his eyes, and his slitted pupils slowly blinked, as if to say that he knew.
Deng Xi said in a small voice, “Then, then I’ll start.”
Start what?
As Deng Xi bent down, his curly golden hair all hung down on his body. The red blush at the corners of his eyes, his hot breath, were all exceptionally clear. His watery blue eyes made his curly eyelids also wet.
The closer they got, because of his fear and the flustered mating season, it reasserted its presence. Deng Xi bit his lip restlessly, and the pink pearl of his lips was licked until it was glistening.
While he was moving closer, he said.
“Don’t move.”
“Be good.”
“You have to be good.”
Deng Xi closed his blue eyes with both fear and anticipation, let out a small, hot breath, gritted his teeth, and pressed against him. He slightly touched the cold, thin lips in front of him, a touch and then gone.
His heart was beating wildly.
It’s not enough. One more kiss.
Deng Xi pressed against the silver Jiaoren’s pale, thin lips and clumsily pursed the other’s lips, rubbing them. He had been kissed so many times, but he still hadn’t learned how to kiss. He only vaguely remembered that he had to stick out his tongue.
The little merman dazedly stuck out his tongue and licked it. His voice was small and soft. “You, you stick out your tongue, okay? I don’t know how.”
“But don’t, don’t kiss so deep again.”
Deng Xi was extremely well-behaved. He took the initiative to slightly part his pink lips to the silver Jiaoren, opening his teeth and inviting him in. He could even see the soft tip of his tongue inside.
The little merman, who was dizzy from the mating heat, did not notice the silver Jiaoren’s silver, slitted pupils, which were narrowed into a line.
