Translator: ChiFu
When Wen Mingyu said this,
Mu Zhan stared blankly, entering a rare trance. He didn’t react for a long time and was like a stiff statue, unmoving.
After waiting for a while without hearing back, Wen Mingyu tugged on Mu Zhan’s sleeve, cocked his head, and asked with some doubt, “Your Majesty? Are we going together?”
Mu Zhan was pulled and came back to his senses. He uncomfortably leaned on his side and coughed, then nodded his head calmly in response. “Sure.”
As if his head were like storming waves, clouds changing their color, the beast roared with shock and ecstasy. It was all a facade; he was so composed, so cool, and so undisturbed.
It must be said that Mu Zhan did a fantastic job with his acting. He was still an emperor, after all, and he knew how to keep his composure and control over his expression. He could even trick Wen Mingyu into believing he didn’t want to seem to join him that much. Only because he invited him did he grudgingly accept to accompany him out for a stroll.
Wen Mingyu had a hint of loss and hesitation in his heart. He wanted to go with Mu Zhan and enjoy the festival outdoors. That feeling should be like a date. A date was one of the must-do activities in a relationship. Wen Mingyu was completely ignorant of the dating scene, having never been on one. He couldn’t wait to try it out with Mu Zhan.
However, pushing Mu Zhan to go if he didn’t want to was not good. Wen Mingyu gave it some thought, with Mu Zhan’s character, he didn’t seem to fit in with a busy, boisterous environment.
Just as Wen Mingyu was about to speak, he unintentionally glanced behind Mu Zhan, and he suddenly saw some black shadow flashing behind Mu Zhan. He froze for a second, not reacting to what that was.
Sensing his desire to talk, Mu Zhan asked, “What is it?”
Wen Mingyu didn’t see that black shadow again at this point. It seemed that he just accidentally saw it himself. He then returned his gaze to Mu Zhan and said nervously, “If you don’t want to go, it would be better to forget about it.”
This time, Mu Zhan was dumbfounded even more. His dismay could not be hidden in his eyes. “Hold on…”
He hadn’t even finished speaking when Wen Mingyu felt something abruptly brush by his feet. He looked down and saw that it was a tail, its golden scales glistening with luster, as if anytime it would glow in the temple. But at this moment, it was somehow withered and lacking in spirit. It hit the ground with a plop and softly hooked his ankle.
The materials available on dragons from ancient times to the present day claim that they have spike-like fins on their back spine that extend all the way to the tip of their tails, resembling soft tassels but actually being hard. They also had dense, delicate scales covering their tops that seemed extremely sharp, as if they could cut through anything.
But when the scales rubbed over the skin of his ankle, the movement was very light. Wen Mingyu didn’t feel any pain, rather he felt that the tail was a little aggrieved. Sure enough, that tail moved upward and wrapped around his wrist. The tip of the tail, which was a huge tail fin, touched the back of his palm. It insisted on lying on the back of his hand, like a poor, helpless dog that had not eaten any meat or bones.
Wen Mingyu looked up at Mu Zhan with a somewhat subtle look. “Your Majesty, are you upset?”
Mu Zhan’s face sank coldly. As soon as he grabbed his own tail, he yanked it back and hurled it to the ground with unceremonious force. He also made it disappear into thin air.
It was a very imposing move, except that somehow it seemed to come through as a bit of annoyance and embarrassment at having a secret discovered.
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His thin lips were pursed and forced into a straight line as he replied stiffly and coldly. “No.”
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It doesn’t seem to be the case, though.
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Wen Mingyu grinned even brighter and more dazzlingly. Words were not enough to convey his feelings, so he simply went forward and hugged Mu Zhan as tight as possible.
A date with my wifey! We stick to the wife! Super lucky, hu!
“Then it’s official—tomorrow we’re going together!”
Wen Mingyu opened his mouth and swiftly babbled, saying he had arranged a time and place with his classmates and made plans to watch the performance and fireworks together.
Mu Zhan’s brows furrowed with some dissatisfaction. “Can’t we go alone?”
Wen Mingyu looked up in his arms. “But I’ve refused to go out with them many times. If I refused and then happened to run into them while wandering around outside, wouldn’t that be super awkward. “
That scene, just thinking about it, was killing him. He would wish he could just flee and disappear overnight.
“We can stay with them for a while, then the two of us can go exploring. Everyone has different things they want to play and watch, so it’s normal to go separately.”
Wen Mingyu had given it some thought. If Mu Zhan agreed to it, it would be a date, so of course he naturally intended their date to consist of just the two of them strolling around. However, at the same time, he also wanted Mu Zhan to meet his friends, share everything, and let him know. Despite never having been in a relationship, he was aware that, if you were together, it was crucial to properly introduce your partner to your friends. The circles of the two intermingled with each other. After Mu Zhan heard this, he felt that it was okay to have someone else with them for a brief whale, so he nodded.
The two of them bonded and cuddled before having their meal.
While Wen Mingyu was pulled over, he stared at Mu Zhan’s towering back and suddenly realized that the shadow he had seen in a blink should have been real.
And in relation to Mu Zhan’s sequences of reactions, wasn’t that just being proud and coquettish? He pretends that it’s okay on the surface. Since you wanted to go out so badly, he had to grudgingly accompany you with a blank face, but in reality, the dragon tail behind couldn’t help but emerge, wagging excitedly, much like a big dog’s tail.
Therefore, he didn’t anticipate that he would misunderstand, causing him to tell him not to go. The dragon tail rapidly reacted in response to his mood and withered.
Wen Mingyu couldn’t contain his laughter. His wifey was so cute.
The next day.
Wen Mingyu went to Imperial College.
Even though it was the Lantern Festival today, most of the festivities took place in the bustling late hours. Thus… the Imperial College still had morning sessions, making the holiday only half a day off.
The students sobbed and whined, but the teacher was cold and unfeeling, nonchalantly tapping his hand on the papers. Look at your grades. Are you still thinking about going out to play all day?!
In fact, the overall results were quite good. Imperial College was not a typical private school, however. The majority of the admitted students had outstanding talents, so the requirements were also higher.
As a result, the morning concluded with the teacher criticizing them for fifteen minutes, followed by the lecture and quiz dragging on.
Wen Mingyu approached Ye Xu and said, “Do you mind if I bring someone over?”
Ye Xu waved his hand unhesitantly. “Mind what? Festivals are more lively when there’s a lot of people around.”
The others responded in the same way.
Wen Mingyu flashed a small smile.
They agreed to meet in the evening, near the Yingxian House. They still returned to their respective homes in the afternoon.
Wen Mingyu returned to the palace, all the way back to Taiji Hall.
He wrote holiday assignments after lunch, and Mu Zhan took care of official matters. Both of them thought about finishing it as quickly as possible to free up time for their date. Driven by such thoughts, they were remarkably more productive than usual, completing tasks at an incredible speed.
They would be getting ready once it approached evening.
After all, with a special identity and a large number of people during the holiday, one naturally worries about problems. Therefore, Mu Zhan arranged for the forbidden guards to disguise themselves as passers-by, blend in with the crowd, and follow them silently.
In addition, Mu Zhan had such an outstanding appearance that he would stand out like a luminescent body in a crowd. This was also a problem.
Wen Mingyu thus helped him fix his face. Put simply, it meant weakening his deep and handsome features to become more ordinary. Especially with the stern aura surrounding him, he didn’t look like your average person in any way.
After Wen Mingyu cupped Mu Zhan’s face and turned it from side to side for a while, there were indeed some effects. Mu Zhan then deliberately converged a bit of his wine pheromones, weakening the pressure brought on people. In an instant, he went from being a handsome tyrant whose body was thick with brooding fury to a nobleman with a strong aura and above-average good looks.
During the makeup process, Mu Zhan sat quietly, his eyes fixed on the person in front of him. His warm exhale, his pheromones mingling, and the close proximity couldn’t distinguish such differences.
Wen Mingyu was initially quite serious, but because of that gaze that was too intense to ignore, he nearly drew crookedly several times. His ears became increasingly warm. He had no choice but to directly request, “You close your eyes.”
Mu Zhan kept staring until Wen Mingyu gave him a fierce look before he shut his eyes.
Wen Mingyu’s shaking hand only went back to normal after that burning gaze was gone, but his heartbeat remained rapid and loud. Being so close, he couldn’t help but wonder if Mu Zhan could hear it.
The sun began to set, and it was getting dark as they headed out.
In order to cover up, they traveled in a rather inconspicuous and common-looking carriage, arriving close to the Yingxian House and alighting there.
They were not late. It was still early, but Ye Xu preferred to come out to play and arrived even sooner.
Ye Xu originally didn’t notice they were here, but he picked up on the abnormality from the reactions of those around him.
Numerous individuals directed their gaze in the same direction, and some even whispered eagerly about something, earning a blush from the girls.
Ye Xu, adhering to the purpose of not letting go of gossip and not missing every melon, instantly stretched his neck and peered across, but he didn’t expect to eat the melon of his own friend.
At the entrance of the restaurant, there stood two slender figures. One was familiar, his classmate Wen Mingyu, and the other was an unfamiliar man he had never seen before.
Ye Xu had known for a while that Wen Mingyu was good-looking, but he was not good with men’s fashion, and he often saw him in the school, so he gradually got acclimated to it. But now that he was outside and observing other people’s reactions, he remembered that Wen Mingyu’s looks could afford to be the capital’s no. 1 beauty.
Moreover, Wen Mingyu had a tall man standing next to him whose appearance was not considered exceptional but nevertheless superior to most others’ and would not be overlooked when tossed into the crowd. More importantly, despite the fact that they were obviously two people with very different temperaments, there was an unfathomable sense of harmony when they stood next to each other.
Ye Xu sat by the window on the second floor, which was in an excellent location with a clear view of Wen Mingyu and the others, but he was momentarily stunned and surprisingly didn’t beckon them.
It was Wen Mingyu who sensed his gaze and looked up. He smiled and waved to him, then turned to face the man standing next to him, saying something. It should be something along the lines of meeting up with friends here or something.
Usually, people subconsciously look up when they hear people around them say that. However, Ye Xu found that the strange man, from beginning to end, never glanced up, as if except for Wen Mingyu at his side, he didn’t care about the rest, and nothing could catch his eyes.
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Wen Mingyu: see there’s my friend from school who we agreed to meet.
Mu Zhan: your lips are pretty when they talk.
this made me lol fr 😭😭♥️
Mu Zhan would definitely say that out loud 😭
Magic of makeup
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The two are on a date now! 🤧 It’s like watching my children grow up!
Thank you for your hard work 💜
Thanks for the chapter
Thank you for the chapter. 😍