FMLB Chapter 112

Chapter 112 – Blindfolded Kiss

 

Xi Guican remained silent for a long time, holding He Ruge’s hand as they stood by the door. Half of his body was bathed in the halo of light, while the other half lingered in darkness.

 

He Ruge chuckled, “Why don’t you come in and listen to the class?” 

 

He pulled Xi Guican into the bright and spacious classroom, where they were greeted by the lively and energetic gazes of the young ones.

 

Today’s lesson was an experiential class that He Ruge had previously discussed with Shui Xirui. In this session, all the young ones had their eyes blindfolded. 

 

They could do anything—chat with friends, listen to music, or stroll through the corridors to admire flowers—but they were strictly forbidden to remove their blindfolds.

 

The blindfolds, adorned with various cute patterns, had been prepared in advance. The young ones were eager to wear them, eagerly raising their hands to pick their favorite designs.

 

Each young one wore a blindfold, including Autumn Dream Valley, who had a small golden star-shaped blindfold chosen for her by Ruanruan. At some point, Ruanruan had become Autumn Dream Valley’s good friend. 

 

He earnestly introduced the blindfold to her, saying, “It has twenty little stars, golden ones, very beautiful, and they match well with the colors on Dream Valley.”

 

Autumn Dream Valley asked softly, “What color am I?”

 

“Dream Valley is pink, a very gentle and cute color. My paw pads are also pink,” Ruanruan said, placing his paw in front of Autumn Dream Valley. 

 

“You can touch and feel.”

 

The pink snake hesitated for a moment, cautiously touching Ruanruan’s paw pad with her tail tip. 

 

She pressed down tentatively, then again, and finally commented, “It’s… soft, and warm.”

 

Pleased with the compliment, Ruanruan continued cheerfully, “Dream Valley has light yellow circles on her body, lighter than the color of the stars on the blindfold. I really like stars; Dream Valley’s colors are all my favorites.”

 

Autumn Dream Valley curled up and whispered, “I like stars too.” 

 

Pausing for a moment, she asked, “What does your blindfold look like?”

 

At that moment, Ruanruan was wearing a small sun-shaped blindfold. 

 

He found a spot next to Autumn Dream Valley and lay down. 

 

“It’s a sun,” he explained to her. 

 

“Brighter, bigger, warmer than stars, round.”

 

Autumn Dream Valley smiled faintly, softly saying, “Ruanruan… suits the sun very well.”

 

Xi Guican watched as all the young ones wore their blindfolds. A small black bear wore a green blindfold and sat listening attentively, while his desk mate, a sloth, lay sound asleep, undisturbed by the noise around him. 

 

Two little hedgehogs walked to the flowerpots in the corridor, gently sniffing the fragrance…

 

“Why don’t we pick one too?” 

 

He Ruge took out the remaining blindfolds. Xi Guican chose a plain black one, while He Ruge picked a pure white one. They both put them on, plunging the world into darkness. 

 

Xi Guican heard He Ruge’s laughter, “It’s a bit unsettling.”

 

Just hearing this person’s laughter, Xi Guican had already imagined the faint smile on his face in his mind. 

 

He held the other’s hand, fingers interlaced, and whispered softly, “It’s okay. I’m holding onto you, I won’t let you fall.”

 

“I’m actually not afraid at all.” 

 

The other’s fingers lightly scratched his palm. Perhaps influenced by the young ones or perhaps numbed by the darkness, He Ruge suddenly sounded childish.

 

The other hand, not held, moved up from Xi Guican’s wrist to his shoulder. The youth tiptoed and whispered into his ear. 

 

Xi Guican lowered his head, hearing the person say, “Guican, every time you make me close my eyes, you never let me get hurt.” 

 

Warm breath tickled his earlobe, creating a warm, tingling sensation. Then, the person lightly chuckled.

 

It must have been a very enticing laugh, seductive yet unaware. Unable to resist, Xi Guican grasped the other’s chin and kissed the soft lips directly. 

 

With sight deprived, other senses heightened infinitely—whether it was the youth’s quickened breath, the closed lips, or the suddenly tensed body, Xi Guican could perceive them all better.

 

Licking his lips, Xi Guican heard the other sounding slightly flustered, “This is a classroom.”

 

“They can’t see us.” 

 

His large palm covered the waist, index finger gently rubbing a spot on He Ruge’s waist, causing the body in his arms to soften.

 

A slight smile curled at the corner of his lips. Xi Guican lifted He Ruge, relying on memory to walk towards the door. He moved steadily, as if the blindfold were merely a decoration.

 

The door closed, forming a triangular space with a corner of the classroom. In this artificially created intimate space, Xi Guican kissed deeply and passionately. 

 

He removed his gloves, caressing the other’s slightly flushed face, and said in a confident tone, “You’re blushing.” 

 

In response, a suppressed moan escaped from between their lips, melodious and enchanting.

 

…

 

After this experiential class ended, Teacher Xiao He’s face was as red as if he had a fever, and the young ones were all so concerned that they urged him to go to the infirmary.

 

He Ruge felt so embarrassed that he wished the ground would open up and swallow him. He couldn’t help but glare at the culprit beside him. Xi Guican lowered his cap, revealing only his high nose and thin lips. 

 

A hint of smile played at the corners of his mouth as he softly called out, “Teacher Xiao He.” 

 

There was a faint blush on his pale face, but this blush wasn’t due to shyness—it was colored by the passion boiling over.

 

Xi Guican, this guy, was really becoming bolder and bolder.

 

Avoiding eye contact, He Ruge ignored the man who was taking advantage of the situation.

 

The next class was taught by Shui Xirui. He Ruge and Xi Guican walked back to the teachers’ dormitory. 

 

“Aren’t you going to Central Star?”

 

“I want to be with you.” 

 

Xi Guican took off his military cap and lay down on He Ruge’s bed. 

 

“It’s just a ceremony to confer a rank. It doesn’t matter where I go. I suddenly find it interesting here because Teacher Xiao He is here.”

 

The originally proper address took on a strange flavor in Xi Guican’s mouth. 

 

He Ruge frowned and said, “You’re not allowed to do this in the future. What if the young ones open their eyes during class?”

 

“But now we’re in the dormitory, with no outsiders. Can I do this now?” Xi Guican asked as he approached.

 

Alone in a room with a single man, one could easily imagine what might happen next. However, He Ruge didn’t want to experience Xi Guican’s thorny whip so early. 

 

“Speaking of which, we haven’t done the game task yet. Since we both have time now, let’s choose a streamer first.” 

 

He Ruge sat down on the bed far away from Xi Guican, pretending to be deaf and dumb, and opened the game.

 

Xi Guican watched He Ruge’s back, his gaze falling on the young man’s slender waist, which couldn’t be concealed even in loose clothing. His fingers moved slightly, reminiscing about the soft touch, his desire silently spreading. 

 

Despite wanting to pounce again, Xi Guican tried hard to restrain his rising desire. He didn’t want to force He Ruge.

 

The father’s love in the game had already reached a high degree of distortion, and he hoped that one day the paternal love would reach 100%, so He Ruge could willingly do these things with him.

 

When the burning gaze behind him moved away, He Ruge felt the sensation of being watched disappear. He quietly breathed a sigh of relief but then began to worry again. How could the thorns on his whip disappear? 

 

This was an unavoidable problem. He could escape for a while, but he couldn’t escape for a lifetime. Did he have to refuse Xi Guican’s request forever because of this issue?

 

Oh, the poor bald hairy tiger still didn’t know that the reason his little koi rejected him was not due to the degree of paternal love but because of the adorable thorn roses.

 

Unable to think of a solution for the time being, He Ruge planned to consult Mao Zixie in a while to see if he could solve this difficult problem. After thinking it through, He Ruge stopped wandering in his mind and focused on the game again, starting to choose a streamer.

 

He watched all kinds of live streams but still didn’t find a suitable candidate. At that moment, the notification sound from the live platform suddenly popped up, “The streamer you’re following is live now!” 

 

Although He Ruge didn’t want to choose Little Miss Flower Cat initially, he clicked on the follow button.

 

Thinking that being idle is also idle, it is better to watch the live broadcast of the little tabby cat to relax.

 

It was He Ruge who clicked into the familiar live broadcast room.

 

To his surprise, this time the tabby cat girl wasn’t doing her homework or telling stories, but instead was messing around with a bunch of strange things on her face.

 

He Ruge watched for a while before realizing she was putting on makeup. He couldn’t be blamed for taking a while to figure it out—interstellar cosmetics were quite different from those on Earth. One device shaped like a spray gun could spray out foundation. At first glance, one might think the girl was under immense pressure and wanted to use the gun to end it all.

 

The tabby cat girl was already naturally beautiful, just a bit tan. Now, holding the spray gun and dabbing it on her face, after spraying her face white, she looked even more stunning. Her eyes and brows were strikingly sharp, and with her face whitened like paper, her gray eyes were especially prominent and eye-catching.

 

A barrage comment floated by: “The host’s foundation is too white, must be a beginner.”

 

The tabby cat girl suddenly blushed, her cheeks showing a blush that made her look much better than her previous pale-faced appearance.

 

Another barrage appeared: “Where did you buy those street stall goods? Kids shouldn’t use them, they’ll ruin your face.”

 

It was only then that He Ruge noticed there were over a dozen viewers in the tabby cat girl’s live broadcast room this time, which was more lively than before, hence the increase in barrage comments.

 

“Beauty tags” were a recent new trend in themes, attracting these viewers.

 

A new comment echoed the previous one: “Using mom’s makeup? So poor, first time seeing such a poor host in a beauty tag. Looks like the lipstick case is peeling off, host, you should check if it’s expired. Low-quality expired lipstick will swell your lips.”

 

Upon seeing this barrage comment, the color drained from the tabby cat girl’s face in an instant, almost turning as white as a sheet of paper.

 

He Ruge then realized that this time, the number of viewers of the civet cat little girl’s live room was more than a dozen, more lively than before, so there were more pop-ups.

 

The beauty tag was a new cold topic tag that had just recently come out, and these viewers were all attracted by the new tag.

 

The newly appeared pop-ups attached to the previous one, “Stealing your mom’s makeup? Surprisingly poor, first time I’ve seen such a poor anchor in a beauty tag. The lipstick casing seems to have lost its paint, anchor, go check if the shelf life has expired, expired poor quality lipstick applied on the mouth, the mouth will swell.”

 

After seeing this pop-up, the blood color on the civet cat little girl’s face swished and disappeared into thin air, and that face was almost white as a sheet of paper.

 

He Ruge felt like this young girl was about to cry, her eyes shimmering with watery sadness. The next moment, she closed the live broadcast room.

 

He Ruge was stunned for a moment. He wanted to comfort the girl, so he anonymously gave the tabby cat girl a thousand star coins as a reward, and sent her a private message saying, “I was the audience who listened to your telling of ‘Cinderella’ last time. I thought you did a great job. Keep it up!”

 

After a while, she replied, “Thank you, thank you for your reward, I really appreciate it. Did you come this time to listen to me tell stories live? I’m sorry, I just tried a new tag and wasn’t telling stories. Can I add your StarNet account? I’ll tell you a story.”

 

Perhaps because of the thoughtless ridicule in the barrage just now, the girl didn’t have the courage to go live now, so she chose this indirect way to thank He Ruge for the reward. To reassure her to accept the reward, He Ruge agreed.

 

StarNet accounts have level permissions that allow you to choose whether friends can see your StarNet platform, personal information, etc. After adding the tabby cat girl’s account, He Ruge blocked his own personal information so that the tabby cat girl would not know his identity.

 

The girl sent a long voice message, her voice still as sweet as ever but slightly hoarse, as if she had just been crying.

 

He Ruge didn’t know what to say.

 

He wanted to encourage the girl not to mind those comments, but he was afraid to bring up what might have caused her sadness. 

 

“You tell stories very well. Keep it up.”

 

The tabby cat girl responded with a “O(∩_∩)O”.

 

Although He Ruge had blocked his information from the tabby cat girl, the permissions that the tabby cat girl granted to He Ruge were of the highest level. Therefore, He Ruge could enter the girl’s personal platform to see her information.

 

The tabby cat girl’s latest post was:

 

“Is this person a scammer? I feel a bit tempted after looking at it. If beauty tags really have popularity, can I test the waters first on StarNet live broadcast? ~Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ ~” 

 

The accompanying image was a private message from someone on StarNet, saying that a new beauty tag had appeared. He was a staff member of a small live broadcast website who was attracted by the tabby cat girl’s appearance and wanted to recruit her to their website as a beauty blogger, promising an attractive salary.

 

He Ruge hadn’t heard the name of this small website yet, he went to search for this website, and found that this website was not long built, and there were not many anchors, and the anchors in the hottest live broadcast room played a side ball and made all kinds of sexually suggestive actions, such as wearing short skirts and opening their thighs, and then wearing revealing clothes.

 

The barrage were also all incredibly vulgar, with unpleasant words.

 

He Ruge frowned after reading it, and his brows became tighter and tighter, especially when he thought that this website actually wanted to dig up the little tabby cat, He Ruge became a little angry. The little tabby cat is obviously just a child, and this kind of live broadcast site that harms children doesn’t even have a bottom line, report it!

 

He Ruge expressionlessly reported this live streaming website, the reason for the report was because of it spreading obscenity/pornography. He Ruge left this little crap website and continued to go to the cold tag area of the StarNet live broadcast platform to select anchors.

 

Xi Guican was also making a selection. To Xi Guican, everyone was trash, and if he had to choose among these losers, there were only two options. One was to pick someone less trashy, like Xue Yuexiao. The other was to choose someone so uniquely trashy that they left a lasting impression, like the middle-aged man who had lost his arm.

 

Xi Guican was currently watching the competition of that armless man. Originally, he wanted to see if the man’s speed would improve after switching to a holographic gaming pod. 

 

Cheap holographic gaming pods could be bought for just a thousand star coins. In order to promote these pods, even the basic ones were affordable. Last time, Xi Guican had essentially rewarded someone with a holographic gaming pod.

 

However, what surprised Xi Guican was that the man’s performance showed no improvement. His left hand still couldn’t move, indicating that the man was still using a holographic gaming headset.

 

Sitting in the stands, Xi Guican couldn’t help but fall into thought. He pondered whether he hadn’t given enough money, or if the man had lofty ambitions and wanted to buy a high-end holographic gaming pod.

 

The man still narrowly won, prompting Xi Guican to reward him with ten thousand star coins this time—money was just a number to him. 

 

He then asked, “Why not buy a holographic gaming pod?”

 

With a familiar mask and tone, the armless man recognized Xi Guican as the benefactor who had rewarded him last time with a substantial amount of money. 

 

He was almost knocked out by the huge sum, and under the onslaught of money, the man bent over, speaking in a humble tone that only a person beaten down by life would use: “Thank you very much for your reward! With the reward you gave me last time, I bought a holographic gaming pod for my cub.”

 

Xi Guican: “…”

 

For some reason, he suddenly recalled the paternal love in the game interface.

 

“Now you can buy one,” Xi Guican said.

 

“I have to use most of this money for my cub, and the rest to buy a ticket to Seventeen Star.”

 

Seventeen Star…

 

“You’re from Seventeen Star?”

 

Facing the big benefactor, the man spoke openly, revealing everything: “Yes, I’m a veteran who participated in the first star war. This arm of mine was bitten off by the bugs back then. Luckily, unlike others who lost their heads, I only lost my arm. After Seventeen Star fell, I took my cub to Sixteen Star. But two years ago, the second star war broke out, so I had to run to Fifteen Star.”

 

This armless man was called Xuan Wulian. His words omitted countless hardships. Seventeen Star’s technology lagged far behind other star systems, with underdeveloped artificial intelligence. Robots didn’t take away people’s jobs there. Many undereducated people from Seventeen Star left their homes and wandered around without finding work.

 

Until the federal government reserved dishwashing and delivery jobs for them. Although machines could do these jobs better, the government required a certain proportion of Seventeen Star residents to be employed alongside robots to ensure they could support themselves.

 

Xuan Wulian supported himself and his cub by delivering food. His wife died in the first star war. If not for taking care of his cub, he might have left this world with his beloved wife.

 

His cub was very young at that time, a healthy little pup. He carried his cub to deliver food every day. Unlike dishwashing, which provided a stable environment for his cub, exposed to the sun and wind in this industry, he didn’t want his cub to suffer. 

 

However, he had lost his left arm and couldn’t afford a good mechanical arm. To save money, Xuan Wulian used the lowest-quality mechanical arm, which couldn’t be exposed to water for long.

 

Later, his cub wrote an essay on “The Most Precious Thing in the World.”

 

His cub said the most precious thing in the world was Dad’s mechanical arm. When Dad took him to deliver food, he always held him with his right hand and used the mechanical arm to move goods. It was because of the mechanical arm that Dad could support their family.

 

With years of savings, Xuan Wulian bought a cramped residence on Sixteen Star. Everything seemed to be getting better. His child also got into a good university. But unexpectedly, the second star war broke out.

 

Everything he gained from his hard work on Sixteen Star disappeared with the sudden outbreak of the star war. However, life had to go on. He had to provide for his child’s living and education expenses. Although his cub repeatedly refused him, saying he could work hard to pay for his own education.

 

However… Xuan Wulian still remembered everything he saw when he took his cub to the Federal University on Central Star. The children there used the best light brains, with a wide variety of ring styles and necklace styles.

 

However, his cub couldn’t even bear to buy a holographic gaming pod.

 

Standing beside his cub, people passing by would look at his outdated mechanical arm with disdain or curiosity. In this place, the very outdated and outdated mechanical arm was so incompatible.

 

He had always cherished this mechanical arm because of the praise his cub had received for his essay. His cub won a prize for the essay praising the mechanical arm. 

 

His cub used the prize money to buy him mechanical care solution, and the little cub earnestly helped him care for the mechanical arm. It was the most unforgettable scene in Xuan Wulian’s memory.

 

The most precious thing in the world is Dad’s mechanical arm!

 

He still remembered the praise in the essay. He had once been proud of what was now being peeled off as an illusion…

 

In fact, it was just rubbish to be thrown into the trash can.

 

Xuan Wulian continued to deliver food on Fifteen Star, but the money he earned from delivery was too little to provide a decent living for his cub, unable to buy the latest and most expensive light brains for his cub. 

 

His existence would only embarrass his cub. On a hot morning, Xuan Wulian suddenly squatted on the ground and burst into tears, tears streaming down his weather-beaten face.

 

In addition to jobs like delivering food and washing dishes, some Seventeen Star residents engaged in underground boxing matches, which were banned by the federal government. No mechs, no weapons, bare-handed life-and-death battles. High risk, high return. Winning one match could earn a thousand star coins.

 

Xuan Wulian didn’t want to be involved in these things before because his cub was still young, and he was afraid that if something happened to him, there would be no one to take care of his cub. But now his cub had grown up, and without him, this embarrassing father, he could live well.

 

To enter the underground arena, one had to prove their worth first. The person in charge told him that after reaching the three-star level in the virtual arena, he could enter the underground arena to work.

 

“For a job, I have to reach the three-star level in the virtual arena to find a job,” Xuan Wulian told Xi Guican.

 

Seventeen Star residents, with their miserable backgrounds and lacking paternal love, were very suitable objects for poverty alleviation. 

 

Xi Guican chose Xuan Wulian, and the game prompt sounded:

 

【Ding——Do you want to choose Xuan Wulian? Once selected, it cannot be changed!】

 

【Yes】

 

【No】

 

【Ding——Xuan Wulian’s belief in the player has reached 67/100 (Money is faith!)】

 

Xi Guican silently looked at the contents in parentheses, then rewarded Xuan Wulian with ten thousand star coins.

 

【Ding——Xuan Wulian’s belief in the player has reached 77/100 (Daddy’s Money, whatever you say is right!)】

 

Xuan Wulian, humbly and gratefully, said, “Thank you for your reward, I, I…”

 

【Ding——Warning! The belief built with money is soulless. Small spending enhances happiness, and large spending breaks the rules!】

 

Seeing the warning, Xi Guican regretfully dismissed the idea of ​​rewarding a million star coins. He said to Xuan Wulian, “Buy a holographic gaming pod. I want to watch the game.”

 

Now that the big benefactor had spoken, Xuan Wulian immediately went offline to buy a holographic gaming pod.

 

Xi Guican logged out of the game, preparing to deal with the pile of unread messages on his light brain. There were over thirty messages from the military urging him to go to Central Star. 

 

Xi Guican replied, “Not now, give me another week.”

 

Wu Chengdeng sent over a bunch of question marks. Xi Guican responded indifferently, “It’s nothing, I just called you.”

 

After finishing up, Xi Guican closed his light brain and lazily lay on the bed, watching He Ruge. The buttons on his military uniform were too tight, so he unbuttoned one and noticed that He Ruge was still using his light brain.

 

What’s so interesting about the light brain? Am I not interesting enough?

 

So Xi Guican unhappily leaned over, rested his chin on He Ruge’s shoulder, and looked at He Ruge’s light brain—

 

# Rational discussion on Xi Guican’s beast form being bald #

 

# Shocking, Federal Blade Xi Guican is actually bald #

 

Xi Guican: “???”

 

Sleepyblue’s corner:

 

Pheww… it’s a long chapter T__T Lemme sleep for now…