Upon receiving the gift, Nalun specifically inquired about the screenshot function. Surprisingly, he discovered that the couple’s competition at the amusement park had waves of good reviews online. Plenty of people posted pictures. Coincidentally, he even saw the champion of the ‘Dress up contest’– that extremely rotund hamster. In a picture, it wore a flower crown and exposed its little belly, while accompanied by the words: My beloved looks the best matter what you change into.
“……”
Nalun scrolled down. Below, a bunch of melon-eating individuals were seconding the notion in the comments, thinking that the little hamster looked really very cute!
–He already said it was fat and bloated. This was clearly being overweight.
In a complicated mood, the Honored Prince prepared to close the webpage when he got a glimpse of a corner of the screen through the corner of his eyes. He abruptly leaned forward, eyes practically beaming with light!
What did he just see?!
He excitedly clicked and enlarged one of the pictures– This was the moment when the little hamster won the contest. The person who took the screenshot clearly was very proud and specifically pulled out to take a far shot, squeezing in the crowd of various pets– including a certain, gloomy and listless Chow Chow, who entered the scene by mistake.
The aspiring young Nalun practically seemed as if he found treasure and saved the picture extremely contently. Then he used a program to edit it somewhat. Cutting out the Chow Chow and enlarging it, he adjusted the clarity and finally…… successfully made it into an ‘utter despair’ emoji. He immediately sent it to Sirius.
[Utter despair.jpg]
[……]
After many days, the Imperial Admiral once again appeared before Nalun in an ‘instant reply’ manner.
Based on the speed of the ellipsis reply, Sirius clearly responded immediately after seeing the message. For Nalun, what’s important in a message wasn’t the beauty of wording or the length of the writing; whether, it was about if the reply was returned fast enough.
However…… until now, the ‘instant reply’ seemed to be a treatment that only Duo Ni received.
The truth was: Nalun Charvey himself has never received this kind of treatment before. If the ‘two people’ contacted Sirius at the same time, Nalun would be the side that’s forgotten– The contrast was clear to this kind of infuriating degree.
Yet right now, the communication device which belonged to ‘Duo Ni’ has been silent for many, many days without any notifications. This also signified that the smooth talker, Sirius, who had sent selfies, wrote poems, prepared gifts, and behaved ambiguously flirtatious towards Duo Ni not too long ago, has already laid down the flag and given up.
On the contrary, the personal comp belonging to ‘Nalun’ started becoming lively lately.
Discovering this change, the Honored Prince didn’t feel very good.
— In other words, Sirius really moved on with his affections? Had grown weary of the cold and indifferent Duo Ni, who appeared and disappeared unpredictably? And switched to developing an interest in Nalun, whom he was gradually growing closer to?
The ex and new interest were both him. This kind of development was kind of insane.
A notification alerted on Nalun’s personal comp, shocking him awake from his emotional thoughts. The Admiral, who replied previously with ellipsis, very quickly threw a new emoji towards him.
[As long as you’re happy.jpg] The black kitten looked cool and elegant, eyes filled with a captivating look of disdain, and a ‘I’m super fierce’ expression on his face.
[……] This person replying with ellipsis this time became Nalun.
Sirius then sent a screenshot of his avatar.
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Nalun took a close look and discovered that Sirius’s avatar actually changed into the Chow Chow emoji that he just sent?
The original photo of the male god in military uniform was gone, instead it was an image of a big Chow Chow with a completely unhappy face.
Immediately afterwards, Sirius sent over a screenshot of Nalun’s avatar…… his intention loud and clear.
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Nalun expressionlessly thought: He definitely wouldn’t be changing his avatar.
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Sirius called out again: “Baobei?”
Hah, even using the nickname for Duo Ni on him.
Nalun purposely furrowed his brow, pulled up the blanket and moved his body, making it seem like he was about to wake up.
Sirius: “Nalun, awake?”
What he received in reply was a loud blowing of air.
Sirius sounded regretful: “Still not awake huh……”
“……” Nalun, who was pretending to be asleep, really wanted to roll his eyes right now: Stop calling his name, thanks—If this continued, it’d be practically unreasonable that he didn’t wake up. If you really want to do something while someone’s asleep, at least assume a fearful attitude. The first step is to talk less, maintain quiet, and don’t wake him up with all that noise!
Sirius didn’t say anymore. He ruffled and stroked Nalun’s curly hair, took off his shoes, and squeezed onto bed.
Nalun: “……” Now this, this, this was a bit too outrageous.
A certain fastidious Honored Prince instantly tensed in nervousness. The hundreds of thousands of thoughts in his head combined into one question: Before Sirius arrived, did he clean his clothes?
Good thing Sirius only climbed into bed– It seemed like he felt tired, and wanted to find a place to lay down for a bit.
Secretly grasping both sides of the blankets tightly to prevent the other from taking an inch and going for the mile and squeezing into the blankets, Nalun had no choice but to stubbornly maintain his ‘sleep like the dead’ character setting.
After spending a few minutes like this, the eyes-closed Honored Prince felt like an entire lifetime had already passed by, yet there was no activity from Sirius……
If it weren’t for the soft sound of breathing by his side, he’d almost think the other had already left.
Could it be, he climbed onto the bed just to sleep?
If you must know, running between two places like this every night was indeed a lot of effort. Staying up too much led to exhaustion easily. With exhaustion, people could fall asleep as soon as their head touched the pillow. Not to mention, Nalun’s big bed was extremely soft and comfortable, practically like a heaven for inducing sleep.
Nalun secretly opened his eyes a crack. The picture of Sirius napping with his eyes closed that Nalun had imagined didn’t actually appear. Sirius was currently looking down and fiddling with his personal comp.
“……”
The cold light from the screen shined on the dignified face of that pretentious hypocrite; he actually looked pretty handsome.
The Admiral suddenly stopped fiddling with his personal comp. Keenly sensing something, he swiftly looked to the side– The Honored Prince had his mouth slightly open, cheeks bright red from sleep.
Sirius chuckled and put down the personal comp in his hand. He leaned down and finally commenced tonight’s proper business: Kissing this little liar who refused to wake up no matter what.
When their lips touched, Nalun thought in anguish: Oh god, his first reaction was actually a. sense. of. relief.
However, the torment continued.
In the darkness, he felt the opening of the blanket being lifted slightly. The next second, Sirius’s astonished voice sounded next to Nalun’s ear: “What’s this?”
Nalun: “……”
The soundly asleep person flipped over, back against the intruder while covering his chest.
Sirius’s bewildered soft voice continued: “Seems like something was there?”
Nalun: “……” No, no there wasn’t.
The soundly asleep person emitted a soft snore and continued to adjust his sleeping posture, switching to sleeping on his stomach.
This series of movements was fluid and smooth, extremely natural.
Sirius suppressed his laughter, not exposing this superb sleeper. The way the other had hidden the symbol of the Monte patriarch and refused to let it be seen was really both cautious and careful.
Speaking of which, someone had finally discovered in the last few days that it’s been a long time since he has worn the patriarch’s sigil. Although he didn’t need a sigil to maintain his position, it was an heirloom that’s been passed down for many generations, with profound significance. If it were lost carelessly, the elders of the family would inevitably complain.
However, since Nalun didn’t actually want to return it…….
The Monte patriarch, who was irrational and intoxicated by love, deeply felt that giving it to his beloved was a pretty good outcome. Compared to being a mere decoration, rings to be put to use for their true purpose, no?
If other people knew his thoughts, they’d probably reply: (Finger) Rings… are worn on the hand.
–Not pierced through the chest.
In the end, convinced that the Honored Prince was still unwilling to wake up tonight, the Admiral conducted a merciless and brutal two-fold harassment before he left– he ultimately couldn’t restrain himself. Extending his wicked hands, he lifted a corner of the blankets, embraced the Honored Prince for a while, before finally leaving reluctantly.
Hearing the sound of him leaving, the Honored Prince opened his eyes and fixed up his disheveled clothes. Turning over and yawning, he wrapped himself in the blankets and fell into a deep sleep.
— Looking really very practiced in ‘dealing with the aftermath’.
These kinds of days continued for almost a week, until a certain night, the overly complacent and confident Admiral-daren accidentally bumped into the Honored Prince Sr. who was returning late at night.
“Who?”
When Angeli Charvey was young, he was also a very keen and sharp, male god-like individual. Even in his current age, he maintained a high level of vigilance and reflex. He swiftly locked onto a certain suspicious dark shadow not far away.
The intruder paused for a moment and then escaped towards the back.
“Stop!” The Honored Prince Sr. immediately gave chase, his manner robust and vigorous without tire.
However, the escape artist was even more shrewd. When he reached the wall, he ran a distance to vault up and then flipped over the wall, escaping from the private estate.
The Honored Prince Sr.: “……”
He estimated briefly. With his current body, flipping over a wall would most likely cause him to throw out his back. Therefore, he could only watch wide-eyed as the other disappeared into the darkness of the night.
The second day, the Honored Prince Sr. summoned a family meeting.
“A thief broke into the house.” His face color was dark and gloomy: “They’re a habitual criminal, extremely adept and experienced in climbing walls.”
Nalun was currently holding a bowl and drinking congee. When he heard these words, he asked: “Is something missing?”
The Honored Prince Sr. shook his head: “Perhaps it’s because I discovered him just in time. When I checked the inventory this morning, I didn’t find anything missing.”
Nalun nodded his head and continued to drink the congee.
Yaming, however, felt something didn’t seem right: “Didn’t we just update the security system a few days ago? Not to mention, there are guards on duty overnight…… Father, are you sure you saw clearly?”
The Honored Prince Sr. emitted a terrifying aura: “You’re questioning me?”
Yaming instantly shut up, smoothed out his expression and looked down.
The Honored Prince Sr.: “There’s a camera in the corner. Although it only recorded a back view, it’s enough to prove that I didn’t imagine it.” With a heavy face, he started describing the features of the intruder: “…… short hair, very big and tall with outstanding physique.”
The Honored Prince, who was quietly drinking congee, slowly realized something was wrong. He carefully asked: “Father, when did you bump into him?”
The Honored Prince Sr. gave a time.
Nalun: “……”
The Honored Prince Sr. narrowed his eyes: “You know something?”
Nalun swiftly said: “No, that time I was already asleep.”
The Honored Prince Sr. nodded and said soothingly: “No need to worry. I already requested old Monte to investigate this matter clearly.”
Nalun: “Who?”
The Honored Prince Sr.’s eyes flashed with a hint of melancholy. Very quickly, he recovered: “Your uncle Gavin, young Monte’s father.”
Nalun: “……Aren’t you guys?”
The Honored Prince Sr.: “En, we met up. That’s why I returned late last night. Because I chatted so happily with your uncle Gavin that I delayed coming home.”
He turned his head to look at his young son and expressed tactfully: After many years of cold war, he discovered that he had a huge misunderstanding towards Gavin Monte. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, the two families will get along extremely peacefully in the future.
Nalun: “???”
The Honored Prince Sr. then said: “Your uncle Gavin works in the police bureau. Handing this matter to him definitely won’t be a problem. Sometimes in the future, I’ll also request him to set up the security system in our home again to ensure that people with ill-intent won’t be able to break in!”
Nalun: “……”
By the end, the Honored Prince, who couldn’t even drink congee anymore, left the dining table in a daze.
Under the vigorous energy of the old Honored Prince Sr., the Charvey Estate’s operation to catch the thief launched in full swing.
Yaming performed extremely proactively. He looked through the surveillance footage and felt very negatively regarding a thief entering the house. Not only did he reprimand the careless and negligent guards, he also bought a new set of cameras. Madam Sheryl felt very unsafe and decided to sleep hugging her daughter and husband that night.
As for the Honored Prince Sr.: “I have already contacted Gavin. Tomorrow he will help us upgrade our security system.”
During this operation, besides Ilia, who was drowning in homework, the only other person who wasn’t very active or enthusiastic was Nalun, who did absolutely nothing at all.
Ilia asked: “Little uncle, do you think the thief will also steal my homework?”
“Don’t worry. Even if your homework disappears, there’s no need to feel distressed.” Nalun said comfortingly: “If that happens, I’ll buy you two new copies.”
Ilia: “……”
Thank You for the new chapter ʚ♡⃛ɞ(ू•ᴗ•ू❁)
OK, so I mostly started reading this because I found the translator’s warning about the author not understanding nipple rings very intriguing. I couldn’t understand how someone misunderstands nipple rings badly enough that the translator would feel the need to warn people in advance. And now, we finally have our payoff! Lets just say … I wasn’t disappointed. How does someone misunderstand nipple rings that badly. 😂😂😂
Omg, yes!! I always wondered how in the world did anyone ever misunderstand it as bad as the author did hahahaha. My thoughts are like, did author and nipple ring get lost in translation?? Is this a cultural thing I don’t know about or something?? LIKE HOW IN THE WORLD?? then boom hahahahaha the revelation of it all and i’m just left feeling like: wow, never expected THAT type of ring
Pfft HAHAHAHA at this point, I’m just waiting for when everything gets revealed. I feel like Nalun would just wanna die from the embarrassment with how much of a tsundere he is.
Also, I find it so funny how father-in-law almost caught Sirius while escaping and labelling him as a thief – which he technically is HAHAHAHA. He literally be claiming Nalun without the latter even aware that everyone around already consider their relationship good as sold at this point hahahah
Thanks for the update!!
nalun? relieved at sirius kissing him? dear, you’ve gone too deep already. accept it!
thanks for the chapter!