Arc 4: Chapter 13
Lin Yuan stared at the ring on Lu Ye's ring finger. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. Although there was no big, shiny diamond, he thought it looked even better. It was the most beautiful ring in the universe.
He extended his own hand out and looked at Lu Ye with evident expectation: “Husband, put the other one on me.”
Lu Ye turned the matching ring around in his hand. He asked meaningfully: “Sui Sui, do you know what we need to do before exchanging rings?”
Lin Yuan thought about it and shook his head: “I don't know. What is it?”
Lu Ye moved closer to Lin Yuan and whispered: “Make an oath.”
Lin Yuan got it. Making an oath was very simple.
He skillfully began to recite the marriage vows very seriously. After all, he had married twice in the past modern worlds. How could reciting the oath be difficult for him?
After reciting, Lin Yuan grabbed the corner of Lu Ye's clothes with shining eyes and asked softly: “Is it okay? Can you put the ring on me now?”
Lu Ye originally just wanted to tease Lin Yuan a bit, he didn't expect him to say the vows so seriously, as if they were really getting married. Although there were no guests, no family members, no witnesses, but as long as Lu Ye and Lin Yuan were there, that was enough.
“Okay.” Lu Ye chuckled and hooked Lin Yuan’s fingers. He said in a low voice: “I have to say the vows too.”
Lu Ye repeated the vows that Lin Yuan had said word for word. When he finally put the ring on Lin Yuan, his actions were more solemn than ever, and there was a little bit of nervousness. The silver ring was slowly pushed snug against the base of Lin Yuan's ring finger, and the size was just right.
Lin Yuan raised his hand, looked at the ring shining in the light, and nodded with satisfaction. He hugged Lu Ye's neck, shyly leaned in and kissed the young man's lips, and said: “You put it on me, so I am yours too.”
Lu Ye intrusively thought to himself, you’ve been mine for a long time, whether you have the ring or not, you are mine, there is no place to escape.
But in his heart, when he heard Lin Yuan say this, he felt an indescribable amount of joy and satisfaction, as if his abyss of desire was finally filled with something he had longed for.
Lu Ye slowly leaned over and pressed Lin Yuan against the driver's seat. He gently thumbed over Lin Yuan's red and swollen lips, and asked hoarsely: “Sui Sui, you should also know what happens after exchanging rings, right?”
Lin Yuan saw the hot look in his husband’s eyes, how could he not understand? Knowing they were outside, his soft face was blushing with shyness. He whimpered and bit down on the finger on his lips to stop it from moving around. He grinded a little and then licked it in comfort and said shyly: “After exchanging rings, the groom must... kiss the bride, but... you can't kiss me now, it's not good to be seen by others.”
Lu Ye mused and felt that it was indeed not good to be seen by others. His Sui Sui with a flushed face and teary eyes looked very tempting, this scene could only be appreciated by him alone.
“Okay, I'll listen to Sui Sui.”
Lin Yuan hummed, rubbed against Lu Ye's face softly, and whispered in his ear: “Wait... when no one is around, you... you can kiss me however you want, I... I’ll like everything you do…”
Before saying the word ‘everything’, Lin Yuan hesitated a bit, but still said it. He really did like it when his husband kissed him, it was just he was shy saying it out loud.
Lu Ye felt that his wife was going to make his heart overwork itself one day. He bared his fangs to others, but in front of him, he was so good and well behaved. This contradiction struck the softest part of Lu Ye’s heart. The beast deep in his heart clamored to possess and conquer.
Lu Ye thought regretfully that they probably wouldn't have a chance to do anything on the way to Nan City. But after arriving… they likely would have time to do things. He should prepare some things first.
Thinking of this, Lu Ye lowered his head and whispered a few words into Lin Yuan's ear.
Lin Yuan's face turned red again. He didn’t have the guts to look outside and hid his face in Lu Ye's neck in embarrassment. The other party coaxed him for a long time before he reluctantly agreed: “Okay... okay, I'll go... collect some... condoms, and…”
Lu Ye kneaded the back of Lin Yuan's neck, and the skin underneath his fingers was a little hot. Lu Ye couldn't help but be obsessed with this warmth: “Some is not enough, we’ll need a lot. Now this kind of thing is probably not going to be produced anymore—collect more, just in case.”
Lin Yuan thought he made sense, and nodded obediently: “Okay, I'll collect more.”
While the two of them were kissing and sticking together, Min Chengze's team was busy moving the supplies. Which actually meant that the ordinary people were moving supplies while the power users watched from the side.
As they left, ordinary people were crowded and packed on the truck bed, while the superpowers sat in the seats in the front. There were too many people, and one of the power users had to be stuffed into Lu Ye's car.
As they drove, Lu Ye secretly spread out his newly acquired mental power and moved the nearby zombies further away.
This was a very special power. As the villain of the end of the world, Lu Ye's powers were obviously not ordinary, in fact, both his mental and plant powers had mutated. For example, his mental power was the only ability in the world that could control zombies.
Half an hour later, the vehicles stopped in front of a large warehouse. It was the base of Min Chengze and his team.
The iron door slowly creaked open, revealing a building full of people. There was dirt and sweat on their clothes and faces. The moment the door opened, unpleasant smells wafted towards them like a tide.
The voices in the warehouse were chaotic and noisy, stricken with panic and anxiety. One could distinguish the sound of children crying and some people cursing. But the moment Min Chengze and others approached, all of these voices disappeared. The warehouse instantly turned heavily silent and their expressions were fearful. They didn't even dare to look up. The crying children had their mouths covered.
Chu Minghe ordered all of the ordinary people to move out the supplies from the truck, and also made them cook and prepare food.
The newcomers had never been ordered around like this and felt it was unfair.
This scenario was not completely surprising. They had been trapped in the supermarket ever since the apocalypse started and were not exposed to the chaos outside. To put it bluntly, they had not yet faced the cruelty of the apocalypse. In comparison, the people in the warehouse had already witnessed countless massacres and deaths. They were numb to this power imbalance.
After dinner, Min Chengze came over to Lin Yuan and said: “We need to keep watch at night, Lin Yuan, you also have to take a shift. There’s no time for you to adapt.”
Lin Yuan nodded and said: “Okay, I know.”
Since the start, Min Chengze and the others never asked Lu Ye if he had a superpower. So Lu Ye didn't say anything, and thus Lin Yuan naturally didn’t say anything either. They just assumed that Lu Ye was an ordinary person relying on Lin Yuan to survive.
Lu Ye didn't mind being seen this way. Before awakening his powers, it was correct to say that he was dependent on his Sui Sui.
At 3AM, Lin Yuan, who was sleeping in Lu Ye's arms, was awakened by Chu Minghe. Chu Minghe glanced at Lu Ye, who had also woke up, and said to Lin Yuan: “Lin Yuan, it's your turn.”
Lin Yuan stretched and said: “Okay.”
Lu Ye put his arm around his shoulders and said softly: “I'll keep watch with you.”
Lin Yuan smiled sweetly and nodded and held Lu Ye's hand all the way to the place where he was supposed to keep watch.
At night the temperature was close to zero degrees Celsius, but Lin Yuan's body was very warm, and holding him was like holding a large heater.
The two of them had slept well for a few hours and were no longer sleepy. Everything around them was shrouded in darkness and the silence was almost eerie. Lu Ye lowered his head and pecked Lin Yuan's cheek. His voice was deep and sexy under the night sky: “Mr. Lin Yuan, there’s no one around now. May I, the groom, kiss the bride?”
Lin Yuan couldn't help looking around just to make sure. He practically had the words ‘guilty conscience’ written on his forehead.
Lin Yuan turned around in Lu Ye's arms and was about to hug his husband’s neck and kiss him for a while, when he suddenly remembered something, and whispered: “You can't kiss for so long this time. Let's kiss for five minutes…”
After saying this, Lin Yuan felt that five minutes was too short, and he quickly changed his words: “Kiss for ten minutes!”
Then Lin Yuan felt that five minutes was still too short, and was about to add another five minutes, but Lu Ye had already lowered his head and held his lips, kissing and sucking slowly. When Lin Yuan spread apart his lips, Lu Ye took the opportunity to explore, entangling with different levels of force and speed, and finally bit the soft and moist tongue before withdrawing.
Lu Ye lowered his eyes, and his dark eyes were full of Lin Yuan's figure: “Is the bride satisfied with the kiss?”
Lin Yuan took two big breaths, and his breathing was very disordered. He reached out and gently traced Lu Ye's wet lips, and then traced his features up to his narrow and beautiful eyes.
Lin Yuan nestled himself snugly in Lu Ye's arms and nodded: “Satisfied, very satisfied…”
Lu Ye couldn't help but hold him tighter and tighter. In such a dangerous and desolate night, his heart felt an indescribable sense of peace, as if the death and decay that had taken root in this world had been uprooted at this moment.
【Di! Congrats host, the villain’s blackening value has decreased to 24%.】
【Di! Congrats host, the villain’s blackening value has decreased to 22%.】
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As a newly joined power user, Min Chengze requested that Lin Yuan stay and protect the warehouse. This task was actually more difficult than going out to search for supplies. All of the people crammed in the warehouse was like a huge buffet to the zombies.
However, in order to collect ‘certain’ things, Lin Yuan still went out with Lu Ye the next afternoon after the team of power users had come back to the warehouse.
After this trip, Lin Yuan couldn't help but grip his storage ring tightly, for fear that people could somehow know what was in his ring.
Two days later, when Min Chengze and his gang came back from their daily search, several familiar faces came into view.
The other person quickly noticed Lu Ye, and he was extremely surprised: “Lu Ye?”
He didn’t die yet?