“This belongs to me.”
Firstly, the subject “我” here refers to Walter. Secondly, “这里” refers to Li ZouXing or, more specifically, the area around Li ZouXing’s waist or back.
So, when translated, it means: Li ZouXing belongs to Walter, or, Li ZouXing’s waist/back belongs to Walter.
But how could this be possible?!
The viewers watching the live stream were going crazy, trying to make sense of what this meant!
Walter, a man who had recently appeared at Chengyang Military Academy, overturning theories about patrilineality1a social system or kinship system in which an individual’s family membership, inheritance, and lineage are determined primarily through their paternal or father’s line. and transgenderism, had left the mark “This belongs to me” on another male student he called his future opponent.
Not only the online viewers but also the Dream Team members on-site were utterly thunderstruck.
What could this mean?
This meaning… seemed a bit off.
Ren Yingying couldn’t help but walk over. The Royal Academy had a high level of interest in Chengyang Military Academy. “Walter, isn’t Walter a man?”
Why did the meaning of this sentence… She looked at Li ZouXing, who also didn’t seem like a girl. The meaning of this sentence was just so strange.
“He’s a man,” Xi Nan muttered to himself, then began to doubt himself and asked Ji Yu beside him, “He is a man, right?”
Ji Yu nodded hesitantly, “Anyway, ZouXing is definitely a genuine guy.”
Li ZouXing touched his waist and gave a smirk.
“This belongs to him,” he said, “Does it mean that I belong to him?”
Gu WenCheng felt an immense sense of satisfaction welling up inside him. If this sentence wasn’t a question but a statement, he could be on cloud nine right now.
Li Zouxing belongs to Gu WenCheng.
Just think about it, whenever anyone saw Li ZouXing, they would think of this sentence left by Walter. Everyone, absolutely everyone, would think of him belonging to Walter.
Just thinking about it sent shivers down one’s spine, toes curling.
Too satisfying.
The people present shook their heads vigorously, “We must have misunderstood something!”
“Either that,” they gritted their teeth, “or that bastard Walter did this intentionally, it was definitely premeditated!”
They looked like their entire worldviews were about to shatter. Li ZouXing cleared his throat, feeling somewhat guilty. “It’s also possible that when he said ‘here,’ he meant my life.”
He deliberately lowered his voice, “Li ZouXing’s life belongs to Walter, and no one else is allowed to touch it except Walter.”
Thump, thump…
Xi Nan’s bewildered gaze swept over Gu WenCheng. Strange, why was he blushing?
He seemed to be trying hard to suppress his excitement…
The idea that the life of a future opponent could only be touched by Walter was indeed somewhat bizarre.
Imperial citizens on the Star Network fell into silence for a while, suddenly feeling that maybe this was the answer beneath the characters.
How else could you explain it? Did Walter want Li ZouXing?
Oh my goodness…
The excitement was overwhelming.
From inside the screen to outside, even if they told themselves that Walter’s meaning was to claim Li ZouXing’s life, human thoughts were just so mysterious. All sorts of impure and pure thoughts rushed in.
If it’s genuinely just as opponents, why send flowers?
But if it’s not as opponents, why leave this sentence?
Walter’s attitude was so high-profile, as if he wanted to pursue Li ZouXing in front of the entire empire.
Damn it! What pursuit? There’s no pursuit!
This mentally bewildered group of people needed some quiet time, they needed to clear their minds.
Li ZouXing’s hand was still on his side, and he glanced over. There indeed were mysterious black characters there.
But the skin didn’t have the slightest raised surface; it was quite miraculous. Moreover, the location chosen by Gu WenCheng carried a judgment of sensuality that was innate in men.
The characters from Meide Star didn’t look like letters; they resembled patterns, and they looked exceptionally beautiful on the skin.
“WenCheng,” he casually asked, “When did you see these characters?”
Ling Nian and the others perked up and quickly looked at Gu WenCheng. After all, they had never paid attention to when exactly Walter had left this mark.
“Yesterday,” Gu WenCheng thought for a moment, “It was probably yesterday. As for the exact time, I’m not sure; I just happened to glimpse it. I thought it was my imagination.”
But they were sure they hadn’t seen Walter yesterday, right?
A face full of worry.
Even in the live broadcast, there was no sign of Walter. The event organizers had started to review the surveillance repeatedly but had not seen Walter’s shadow in any of the machines.
“Unless Walter fooled us,” Ling Nian pondered, “and also fooled the machines.”
The opponent could use mental power to control people and could also shield machines.
Si Wo Lin exclaimed, “Doesn’t that make it very dangerous for ZouXing?”
Gu WenCheng’s gaze followed Li ZouXing’s hand, and he really wanted to touch the mark left by him and run his fingers over it several times. It matched so perfectly, how could it look so good?
“I’ll be with ZouXing,” he spoke with brotherly affection, “every step of the way. If Walter really appears, I’ll immediately seek help from all of you.”
Li ZouXing glanced at him with a playful smile. “Every step of the way, isn’t that what Walter does?”
He didn’t continue this topic but instead gathered everyone in a circle and started telling them ghost stories.
He was eager to see if Gu WenCheng, who had just displayed such a high-handed attitude claiming ownership, would get scared and hide in his arms.
His stories were novel, with only the glow of the LightBrain providing illumination in the cave. Outside the cave was pitch black, and even the corners inside were dark. There was also the sound of wind howling. The imperial citizens, who had never experienced ghost stories, were so frightened that they trembled, and goosebumps chilled their skin.
“It’s this hand,” Li ZouXing’s tone was eerie, and the light from the LightBrain cast shadows on his face. His handsome face appeared particularly terrifying at this moment. “Reaching out from under the bed…”
[“Oh my goodness!!! Please, please stop talking!!!”]
[“I’m hiding under my blanket trembling right now, I’m so scared. I constantly feel like someone is knocking on my door, walking around outside my room.”]
[“I’ve got goosebumps all over, but I can’t help but listen further. I feel a chill down my spine, it’s like someone is standing behind me.”]
At the beginning of the ghost story, the comments in the livestream instantly multiplied several times. Initially, it was all curiosity, but later on, it split into two results.
One was sobbing and begging for it to stop, and the other was getting more and more frightened yet strangely excited.
[“Oh my goodness… if they made a holographic movie of this kind of story…”]
[“I dare not think about it, but would there really be people who would experience this?”]
[“I absolutely would not go through it!!! Absolutely not!!! It’s so damn terrifying I dare not look under my bed now!”]
Xi Nan grabbed Ji Yu, his fingers trembling.
So, so scary!
Could there really be ghosts in this world?
Ji Yu also shivered, stammering, “Si-Si Wo Lin, y-your hand.”
“Why are your hands so cold?”
Xi Nan’s voice echoed softly in his ears, “These are my hands.”
“!”
The most devious thing wasn’t that Li ZouXing was filling them with ghost stories against the backdrop of the cosmos, but that he was narrating the stories and creating the atmosphere.
Gu WenCheng had a stiff face, showing no expression.
He had killed so many people; if there were really ghosts, he would have been avenged by them long ago. He wasn’t afraid, of course, but he indulged in playing along with Li ZouXing’s performance.
Every now and then, he took advantage of the mood and hugged him tightly, then took full advantage of the situation.
After an extended ghost story interwoven with various spooky elements, Ren Yingying shivered as she spoke, “C-Can we hear another one?”
This girl seemed to have been triggered with some kind of special ability, as she was the first among this group of tough guys to grasp the thrill of ghost stories.
The other Dream Team members wanted to hear and didn’t want to hear at the same time, their gazes conflicted.
These stories seemed to have a kind of magic; they couldn’t stop being afraid, but when they stopped, it didn’t feel enough.
Plus, with the mermaid story last time… Could this guy be the reincarnation of stories?
The live chat was divided between those who requested more stories and those who threatened, [“If you tell another one, I won’t watch anymore!”]
[“Yeah, yeah, telling these stories at this hour is really scary QAQ.”]
But the viewership numbers kept skyrocketing.
Li ZouXing, nestled in the warm softness, asked Gu WenCheng, “Can you handle it, WenCheng?”
“I can manage,” he took the opportunity while everyone was still catching their breath, using his hands to explore wherever he could, “but do we need to turn off all the lights later?”
Ren Yingying was pleasantly surprised, “I think we can!”
She was so excited that she even dared to respond to Gu WenCheng.
If the girl said it was okay, how could the guy say no?
The group of people nodded with some hesitation.
In the darkness, even with night vision, the details were hard to make out.
Li ZouXing felt a warm hand covering his, it was Gu WenCheng’s hand.
“I’m a bit scared,” he said using telepathy.
Li ZouXing held onto his hand. “Are you still scared?”
“Your mental power,” Gu WenCheng couldn’t resist, “lend me some.”
Mental power, theoretically, shouldn’t be easily touched by others, but Gu WenCheng and Li ZouXing’s mental powers seemed to allow each other to touch them freely.
Li ZouXing sent a strand of mental power to him.
Even in night vision mode where they couldn’t see the details, kissing was not possible, but they hadn’t kissed for two days now.
The atmosphere at this moment was making it hard to stay rational.
When Gu WenCheng’s silver mental power emitted light, catching the attention of the others, he had already wrapped it around Li ZouXing with his invisible mental power. His mental power hungrily coveted the mental power belonging to Li ZouXing, which was surrounded by it, but under the control of his master, he couldn’t make any contact.
After receiving the mental power, Gu WenCheng dissipated his own mental power. Then, under the cover of the night, he took the strand of Li ZouXing’s mental power into his mouth.
The moment it entered his lips, Li ZouXing’s mental power began to entwine his tongue and envelop his tongue tip.
The taste in Li ZouXing’s mouth was sweet, and every sensation felt as if it were truly happening.
The words on his lips couldn’t help but pause for a moment but immediately continued.
Gu WenCheng glanced at Li ZouXing with a smirk.
The mental power in his mouth was incredibly lively, just as impatient as him.
It turned out that deep inside, the other also longed for intimacy, just like him.
As the ghost story continued, Gu WenCheng even started to smile.
Accidentally lighting up the light brain, he saw the amused smile on Ren Yingying’s lips.
…Oh, how scary.
Author’s Note:
Empire citizens: Sob, sob, sob, don’t want to listen… (secretly listening)
