Chapter 178: Chapter 132: Cannot Be Refused

"...But she’s not interested."

The old dean swore, "She’s only not interested because she’s never touched a real Mecha! I’ve already been rejected by you once. I won’t let your niece reject me again!"

Seeing that he wouldn’t give up, Shu Chao Yu chuckled and corrected him in a low voice, "I believe I’ve refused you more than once..."

The old dean huffed and cut the connection.

Once the old dean’s image vanished, the smile on Shu Chao Yu’s face was replaced by anxiety.

’Why would the old dean suddenly take notice of her? What on earth did Yaoyao do?’

「Next door.」

Shu Yao suddenly received another special recruitment invitation.

After she rejected it, a second one immediately followed, then a third...

The invitations were like spam, relentlessly bombarding her Light Brain’s inbox.

Even when she blocked and reported the sender, she would still receive the exact same invitation from a new account.

’I really don’t know how they can be so persistent.’

Shu Yao chose to just ignore them.

When the man came out of the bathroom, she held up her injured right hand, wearing a fragile and woeful expression.

"Darling, look, my poor hand is hurt~"

Seeing her put on this coquettish act, Qin Shiwei couldn’t help but smile.

Shu Yao immediately grew indignant, swaying her body dramatically. "You may be handsome when you smile, but how can you laugh when I’m hurt! Do you not love me anymore~"

The man, trailing damp air, pressed down toward her. "Oh, I think you already know just how deeply I love you."

Shu Yao leaped up eagerly, wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist, clinging to his chest.

"Some things don’t have to wait until nighttime~"

Qin Shiwei said in a husky voice, "If you want, I can make it nighttime right here."

"You’re so quick with the bold lines and sweet talk!" Shu Yao demanded with a hint of jealousy. "Tell me, how many other girls have you practiced on?"

Qin Shiwei replied earnestly, a hint of exasperation in his voice. "I’ve told you before. There’s only you."

Shu Yao narrowed her eyes, feigning a fierce expression. "If I ever find out you’re lying to me, you’re dead meat!"

The man lowered his dark green eyes, looking thoughtful, or perhaps guilty. Before Shu Yao could press him, he confessed, "I did lie to you about one thing... I told you that only His Majesty and I knew about the child’s true parentage. The truth is, the Empress knows as well."

"!" Shu Yao’s heart skipped a beat.

Qin Shiwei said softly, "But you don’t need to worry. The Empress has her own goals and her pride. She won’t covet... our child. She’s more concerned with having a child of her own with His Majesty."

’Of course, it’s always better to have your own flesh and blood.’

Shu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Shiwei continued to explain, "I didn’t tell you before because I didn’t want to create any friction between you and the Empress. Given her current situation, her focus is on carefully managing the Imperial Court Company. Only His Majesty and I can secure her position and that of Lady You’s family. She isn’t foolish enough to make an enemy of us."

Shu Yao nodded. "Now that you put it that way, I understand. But I still don’t want her to see him as a threat, knowing he exists."

Seeing the worry in her eyes, Qin Shiwei placed a tender kiss on the corner of her eye.

"Your attitude and actions have already put the Empress’s mind at ease on that front. Xiao Juzi isn’t legally registered under my name, and you have no plans to bring him into the Imperial Family..." freewebnovⅇl.com

The man’s dark green gaze seemed searing enough to burn. His scorching breath spilled out unrestrained. An orange tail with black spots emerged from beneath his bathrobe, its fluffy tip thumping excitedly against the floor before coiling tightly around Shu Yao’s delicate ankle like a chain.

From the sheer effort of holding back, the lines of Qin Shiwei’s face grew taut and pale. A patch of mesmerizing leopard spots materialized on the side of his neck, and despite his control, his scorching breaths grew rapid and ragged.

"...Yaoyao, let’s not talk about this anymore. Can we go to the bedroom?"

Meeting the man’s gaze, filled with an almost desperate craving, Shu Yao’s heart fluttered.

’This proud, lofty man had given her his utmost respect. How could she not love him!’

’A quickie is definitely out of the question now.’

"Tonight..." Shu Yao rested her head on his shoulder, snuggling into his embrace as her hand drew circles on his chest. "I’m all yours, body and soul~"

’To get more and more of this love, I’ll just have to let my baby feel a little neglected.’

’And the rest of the family, too.’

’If Xiao Juzi wakes up and can’t find me for a while, he’s sure to get upset.’

’Shu Xin and Shu Chao Yu will have their hands full trying to calm him down all night.’

In the bedroom, Qin Shiwei took the healing salve delivered by First Generation and gently applied the transparent ointment to Shu Yao’s injured finger.

Shu Yao grew impatient. "Don’t bother with that, it’ll just get rubbed off on the sheets in a minute anyway~"

Her words were the final blow that shattered the man’s last thread of self-control. He let out a suppressed roar and crushed his lips to hers.

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