Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 116: Chapter 116: Love at First Sight

She scrambled to explain:

”I won’t touch you. I swear, I just wanted to see if your scars had faded. I didn’t mean anything by it...”

A moment ago, that truly had been her only thought. She’d had no ulterior motives, just a simple desire to check on his scars.

But now...

Her eyes drifted downward of their own accord.

’Good heavens.’

’He felt pretty nice to the touch...’

’I just wonder how big he actually is.’

At that moment, she felt she was toeing the line of being a shameless pervert!

Huang Ziyue swallowed hard, his gaze on her growing deeper and darker.

His eyes smoldered with an unspoken desire.

Watching her gaze repeatedly drift downward, his entire body grew taught.

”I am yours.”

Hearing this, Shen Yue looked up, her gaze meeting his cold eyes, which were now laced with raw desire.

The vortex within them was a bottomless pit; he was desperately restraining himself, yet it felt as if he was about to pull her in.

The man’s expression was as cold as ice, but the words that came out of his mouth were completely unexpected:

”Whatever you want to do, I will obey.”

It was as if he would do anything for her.

Even if it meant humbling himself or doing things he would never otherwise do.

It seemed that with her, no matter how unreasonable the request, he would make her wish come true.

Shen Yue’s heart trembled.

This man had the appearance of an iceberg, yet she never expected him to be so submissive to her on the inside.

He was the perfect example of that ultimate paradox: the more domineering the man, the more he dotes on his woman.

’Isn’t this the definition of a man utterly devoted to his wife? The kind who would spoil her to the high heavens.’

Her face flushed slightly.

”I heard you. I... don’t actually want to do anything.”

She had only wanted to check his scars, that was all.

She cleared her throat.

”Um, your scars have faded. You need to be more careful from now on. Try not to get injured so often!”

’My Vitality Water really is that effective,’ she thought.

Even those old scars were gone in just two days, leaving his skin good as new.

As Huang Ziyue listened, his eyes flickered.

He promised her,

”I will.”

Shen Yue felt pinned by his gaze, with nowhere to hide. Her face was burning as she hastily said,

”You should put your clothes back on! You’ll catch a cold!”

As she spoke, she averted her gaze and tried to move from his lap back to the ground.

But to her surprise,

the man pulled her down, sending her sprawling against his bare chest.

An intimate tension spread between them.

Shen Yue’s heart hammered like thunder.

She was so flustered she stuttered:

”What are you pulling me for? Let me go, I still want to watch the sunset!”

She had no idea just how alluring her flustered, trembling voice sounded to Huang Ziyue’s ears.

Especially when he glanced down and saw her cherry-red lips. Slightly swollen, they looked like a plump, juicy cherry.

They were utterly delectable, looking as if they would burst with juice at the slightest bite.

Holding her, Huang Ziyue felt all the heat in his body pool in one place.

Shen Yue felt his body react!

She grew nervous.

’No way!’

’He’s not going to let his beastly desires take over and have his way with me right here, is he?’

She was just about to speak.

But instead, Huang Ziyue simply held her close, his voice husky.

”Thank you.”

He was thanking her for her concern and for telling him to be careful.

He knew she cared about him.

Otherwise, why would she have treated his scars and worried so much about whether they had faded?

Shen Yue froze for a moment.

She hadn’t expected him to just hold her and say thank you.

Listening to his powerful heartbeat, she gradually relaxed.

...

By the time Shen Yue followed Huang Ziyue back to the bamboo house, the sky was already growing dark.

Before they even entered the courtyard, she could hear Bai Chaosi, Lan Cangyue, and Ye Lüqi arguing incessantly inside.

Ye Lüqi’s voice dripped with contempt.

”Don’t think I didn’t know you were faking it, you fox! You’re absolutely shameless! If this fish hadn’t spilled the beans, we’d never have known you were planning to get us all drunk so you could sneak into her bed!”

Bai Chaosi listened, his voice calm and unruffled.

”As her Beast Husband and the children’s Father, serving her is my duty and my obligation. How can you call me shameless for wanting to climb into her bed?”

Lan Cangyue scoffed.

”Your duty? Your obligation? You were clearly using drunkenness as an excuse to seduce her! You were acting like a rogue and trying to take advantage of her!”

”If the fish hadn’t shown up in time to ruin your fun, you probably would have succeeded!”

Bai Chaosi glared at the two who had foiled his plan.

They were also the ones who had tattled to Ye Lüqi and the others.

”I wasn’t the only one faking it—those two are no better! Besides, it’s in a fox’s nature to be seductive. I was merely moved by my emotions.”

Mu Silin glared at them and finally spoke up.

”Nature? Pah!”

”You have the nerve to say that? How despicable! I was wondering why you three suggested playing drinking games at dinner. So this was your plan all along! You wanted to get the rest of us drunk so you could make a move on Shen Yue, right?”

Listening from outside, the corner of Shen Yue’s mouth twitched.

During lunch, Lan Cangyue had been the one to suggest that just drinking wasn’t exciting enough and that they should play some drinking games.

Then Bai Chaosi and Gu Fangqi had been the first to agree.

And so, the six men had played and drunk. She hadn’t paid much attention to the process, as she was busy taking care of the little ones.

She hadn’t expected this. Now that Mu Silin had laid it all bare, she was finally, belatedly, putting the pieces together.

’So, does that mean the fish blowing bubbles, winking at me, and calling me Master was all an act?’

’Gu Fangqi turning into a wolf-dog and wagging his tail at me was also just for show?’

’And Bai Chaosi striking alluring poses and begging for affection was on purpose?’

Dark lines formed on Shen Yue’s forehead.

Just then, Mu Silin said angrily,

”All you know is how to play dirty tricks! You’re utterly shameless! Don’t you dare compete openly and honorably?”

Gu Fangqi listened and said, ”Don’t blame me for this. I’m not participating in your little competition. For me, it was love at first sight. I would never use children as an excuse or resort to such unsavory methods to seduce her!”

”I will use my own charm to make her fall in love with me, give her heart to me, and desire no one else.”

Shen Yue: ”...”

’This man really has some nerve.’

’Love at first sight?’

’He probably doesn’t even know my name yet!’

’Desire no one else? Give my heart to him?’

’I, Shen Yue, have never given my heart to any man.’

Meanwhile, as Lan Cangyue listened, his lips curled into a bewitching, slightly mocking smile.

”Your charm? You don’t mean wagging your tail at her, calling her ’Master,’ and begging for affection, do you?”

Gu Fangqi was struck speechless.

He was about to retort when he saw Shen Yue stride into the courtyard.

The others immediately fell silent.

Shen Yue drew closer and glanced at Gu Fangqi, recalling how he had wagged his tail, called her Master, and begged her to pet him...

She asked him one simple question:

”Do you know my name?”

Gu Fangqi froze.

Shen Yue continued,

”Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Shen Yue.”

Hearing this, the expression on Gu Fangqi’s handsome yet feral face froze for an instant.

Then, his pupils contracted.

”Shen... Shen Yue?”

’Which Shen Yue?’

’Why does that name sound so familiar?’