EOL Chapter 24

There was a bedside reading lamp lit in the Crown Prince’s bedroom.

Xiu was sitting on the bed wearing pajamas of fine fabrics, still holding the book “Our Home: Heaven or Hell” in his hand.

He seems to be reading it before going to bed, but if someone observes him, they will find that it looks like he was reading, but in fact, he has not turned a page at all.

Although there is no day or night in the universe, humans have biological clocks.

It was already early morning in Xuelixing. Xiu had already rested at this time, but today he still left the light on and sat with a book in his hands.

This was to adjust the biological clock so that he would not waste time getting jet-lagged after returning to the main planet… and also to see if Alfred could pass through the guards guarding him outside.

‘It’s already time, Alfred probably won’t come today.’

Xiu thought about this, becoming more and more sleepy, and his eyes slowly closed.

His fingers relaxed, and the book in his hand lost its support and fell to the side. It was about to fall off the bed. Before the book fell and woke up the people on the bed, a strong hand moved as fast as lightning and grabbed the book.

Alfred stood quietly by the bed, staring at Xiu who was sleeping with his head lowered.

The light from the bedside reading lamp shone from one side, casting a faint shadow on the other side of his face. This made Xiu’s originally calm and perfect face look different from usual. Alfred seemed to have never seen him before like this. He looked at him expressionlessly.

It was obvious that he had been manipulated.

During the period of house arrest, Xiu had no communication tools and could not plan the murder plan anyway, so this had been planned long ago.

For people in high positions like them, indeed, they do not need to do it themselves, but it is better to have an alibi than not to have one, and the suspicion of being on the border is always smaller than being on the main planet. Xiu was not stalling for Alfred at all, he was stalling for himself.

When the second prince died, among the two vested interests, Alfred was naturally much more suspected than the crown prince, because he was under house arrest by the third prince before the incident, and the emperor knew this.

Alfred finally had an epiphany, why did Xiu know there was an explosion, but deliberately designed to injure everyone in his palace, causing him to have no one available and be under house arrest; why was he not anxious at all when his communication tools were taken away, and never thought about it? Trying to escape or contact the outside world is almost considered cooperation.

It’s not that he hasn’t thought about these issues, but he ridiculously attributes these anomalies to an impossible delusion.

His gaze seemed to be substantial, Xiu seemed to feel something, and his sleep became more and more uneasy. Finally, his long eyelashes trembled, and Xiu slowly opened his eyes.

Being dazed when waking up is a very luxurious thing for Xiu. He has developed conditioned reflexes since he was a child. As long as he opens his eyes, he will be awake the next moment.

The two people looked at each other, one was suppressing anger, the other was cold and calm.

“How did you get in?” Xiu asked.

Alfred said: “My stealth ability is not bad.”

“It seems I should change my guard.” Xiu said, “What can I do for you?”

“What else can be done in the bedroom? Sleeping, of course.”

Alfred said as he was about to get on the bed, but Xiu held out his hand to stop him.

“Go back to your bedroom and sleep.”

Alfred pushed his hand away, but Xiu didn’t compete with him and said calmly: “Don’t come up, or I’ll call someone.”

After all, this spaceship is the Crown Prince’s exclusive ship, and this level is filled with the Crown Prince’s entourage – unlike Xueli Star, this is Xiu’s territory.

“What’s wrong? Didn’t we sleep together many times when we were at Xue Lixing? We were so well-behaved at that time, why did we turn against each other after changing beds?” Alfred said deliberately vulgarly, Sure enough, he saw Xiu’s brows frowning slightly.

“Watch your words, Prince Alfred.” Xiu said, “I thought you had figured out why.”

Of course, Alfred thought it through. Xue Lixing was his territory. If Xiu wants to spend his time under house arrest safely without being embarrassed, he naturally needs to use some means.

Indeed, if it weren’t for Xiu’s ambiguous attitude that made him feel that those conjectures were not nonsense, he would not have made Xiu’s life so easy.

“You induced me.” Alfred said in a deep voice word for word, “Your previous attitude made me think…”

Xiu interrupted him and said, “So what?”

So what? What a light and confident rhetorical question! Yes, between them, they have framed, plotted, killed, and set fires, so what does inducement mean?

But that delusion, the delusion that carried all Alfred’s secret hopes and desires, was shattered.

Accusing him will only make him appear naive and inferior. Alfred shut his mouth, lifted Xiu’s quilt, and wanted to get into bed.

Xiu tightly grabbed his quilt to prevent him from coming up and said coldly: “Get out. If you are caught sneaking into the prince’s room at this time, think about the consequences.”

Alfred said, “I won’t get caught.”

“Really?” Xiu asked rhetorically, shouting: “Come on – um!”

He couldn’t cry out, Alfred blocked his lips – with his lips.

“Uh, no…uh!”

Xiu struggled desperately, but unfortunately, he had never been Alfred’s opponent in terms of strength, and no one could be Alfred’s opponent. His jaw was clamped tightly, and the overbearing and powerful lips and tongue plundered his soft mouth, making him speechless.

The ambiguous sound of water made one blush and made one’s heartbeat come from between their connected mouths, stimulating the nerves of both people at the same time.

A strong gust of wind came, and Alfred’s fighting instinct made him reach out to stop it as fast as lightning.

The expensive and exquisite desk lamp failed to hit Alfred’s head but was intercepted by him in advance and fell to the ground.

“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!” The night guard knocked on the bedroom door, “Are you okay? Do you need me to come in?”

There was no sound inside, and the guard became more vigilant and asked loudly again: “Your Highness! What happened?”

“Well…” Xiu managed to turn his head, briefly broke away from Alfred’s entanglement, and said loudly, “It’s okay, stand back!”

The guard outside the door responded: “Yes.”

“Didn’t you just want to call him in? Why is it ‘all right’ now?” Alfred asked maliciously, “Don’t you dare to let him see this scene?”

“You…” It was rare in Xiu’s life that his emotions fluctuated so much that he couldn’t speak coherently, “You are ridiculous! Extremely ridiculous!”

The more he scolded, the more excited Alfred became, and at the same time, he suddenly wanted to laugh – His Royal Highness, the extremely noble Crown Prince, received the highest level of etiquette education from below, and even scolded people in such an elegant manner that he couldn’t come up with a good idea even if he scolded people over and over again.

“If you don’t let me come up to sleep, I can do something even more ridiculous,” he said.

Xiu was not threatened by him and said without hesitation: “Get out!”

But Alfred was not negotiating with him. As he spoke, he had already forcefully got on the bed and rubbed himself into Xiu’s quilt.

Let alone two people, this gorgeous and soft high bed was more than enough for five or six adult men, but Alfred had to squeeze in with Xiu. His long arms hugged Xiu’s shoulders tightly to restrain his resistance. He buried his head in Xiu’s dry, soft black hair and took a deep breath.

It is the unique sleeping aroma of Xiu’s bedroom, quiet and long.

Previously in Xueli Star, Xiu was under house arrest by him. He had no servants to take care of him, and the fragrance was almost too weak to smell. Now that he has returned to Xiu’s territory, this flavor that represents the most private side of his eldest brother in Alfred’s childhood memories has returned.

The scent of this perfume, which was exclusively used in the Prince’s dormitory at Dawn Palace, stimulated Alfred’s inner desires as well as his physical desires.

“What is the formula of this perfume? It matches you very well.” Alfred held the person tightly in his arms and murmured, “Every time I hold you in my arms and smell this smell, I always fall asleep better.”

Xiu never does useless things. He has given up struggling, but his face is still cold and tight. Hearing Alfred’s words, he said coldly: “This is the sleeping perfume that the previous crown prince used to use. I just let the old servants of Dawn Palace continue the tradition.”

Alfred was immersed in raging desire, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this: “Huh? The last crown prince…”

“He is the current emperor.” Xiu continued calmly, “So theoretically speaking, holding your father in your arms will have the same effect.”

Alfred’s physical desire quickly withered away.

“…Thank you for your advice.” He gritted his teeth and said, “Sleep!”