7.3 - He must have fallen into the river of love
translator: xiin
editors: alamerysl & BlueBug
Yan Qiwen's face and appearance was gentle and cute. His entire person seemed kind, and because of his face, the charm and impact of Xue Ling's eyes was reduced significantly. The eyes that were originally slender became slightly rounded, and the corners of his eyes were still tilted upwards, making him appear particularly smart. Such eyes were clearly unsuitable on such a lovely face, but the feeling that he gave others was not dissonant at all. Rather, he seemed even cuter, making others feel closer to him.
Normal people felt closer to him, and people who were enchanted by Xue Ling's charm ability would feel a lot of goodwill towards him. When faced with such a carefully prepared smile, Yan Qingjun only felt that something had drilled into his heart, making his entire person feel flustered.
He had not paid much attention to this little merperson when he had come in just now. He had only felt that it would most likely be another spoiled young master merchild who was one of the natural merfolk. Now that he looked carefully at him, he felt that his previous assumptions had been a little overboard.
This little merchild was different from the others. His tail was a mysterious and noble black and gold, and the scales were arranged one by one, making his entire tail appear very smooth and sleek. His scales were shiny, and it was clear that he was very healthy. Similar to his tail color, the merman's hair was black, but under the sunshine he had a light golden halo. His sweet smile displayed two dimples, and made Yan Qingjun's first impression of him very good.
He was very good looking, but unlike Yan Qingjun's warm and mild gentlemen's temperament, the little merman's temperament had a kind of mysterious nobility. Although he was smiling, it made others feel that he was sacred and inviolable. Although observers felt close to him, they were simultaneously afraid to approach him. This kind of contradictory feeling wandered through his thoughts, making Yan Qingjun a little stunned.
Xue Ling smiled and let him look as he pleased. He also knew that he had been affected by his enchantment, and his mind was experiencing some fluctuations. But, struggling was useless. As long as Xue Ling wanted, he could make anyone like him to the point of madness. The ability to charm was very effective on those who had lower spiritual power than him. If the difference in power between the two was not too great, he would be able to handle the other party and make it so that they were unable to become his enemy.
Oh. It didn't work for people who hated him from the bottom of their hearts. That was why he had been forced into this situation of having to look all over the worlds for his tails.
Yan Qingjun could not resist Xue Ling's influence on him. He curved his lips up into a smile and said, "Hello, I am Yan Qingjun."
"Oh, you are also surnamed Yan?" The Yan surname was a widespread one. Other than the family of the Duke's Palace, the several of the Emperor's friends in the upper echelons of society were also surnamed Yan. Those with the Yan surname did not all belong to a head clan, and in light of the fact that the Empire's governing system did not allow for a family clan to stand in such a dominant position, most people with the Yan surname were scattered. "I have been in the Palace ever since I was small, and this is my first time coming to school. You're the third mermaid that I have ever seen, and you're very beautiful."
Yan Qingjun blushed under such blatant praise. He spoke with some embarrassment, "Natural merfolk are all favourites from heaven, so all natural mermaids will be very good looking. Look at yourself - you are also very attractive."
Xue Ling patted his own, slightly round face, touched the tear mole in the corner of his eyes and said, "You don't need to comfort me, after all, I will never grow up to be as beautiful as you."
He propped his cheek on his hand and tilted his head to look at Yan Qingjun. He spoke while sighing in admiration, "You're really a treat for the eyes. You even look like my mother." After saying that, he clapped his hands and continued, "I'll show you some pictures of my mother from when she was young. She was a famous beauty, and my father was unbearably fascinated with her." After saying so, he self-consciously brought up the picture of the Duchess on his nano-computer, and before Yan Qingjun could recover, leaned over to show it to him. "Look, she's beautiful."
When Yan Qingjun saw the photograph of the Duchess, his entire person froze for a few seconds, but the turbulent thoughts in his eyes were soon brought under control, and his eyes became full of amusement as though he had not noticed his relationship to the Duchess at all. He gave Xue Ling an odd look, as if thinking about why Xue Ling would want to show him the photo, and whether it was for a specific purpose.
Xue Ling ignored his suspicions. After swiping across to show the Duchess' photos, he continued to swipe and showed Yan Qingjun some photos of his childhood. "These are all pictures from my childhood. Wasn't I cute as a child?"
There were some things that could not be overdone. He had come to act as a silly and sweet character, and there was no need to allow Yan Qingjun to see his true face even if what he wanted to do was not anything bad.
As Xue Ling had previously seen on the merfolk network, Lou Cen was very attractive. After all, he was the protagonist gong that had been picked out of thousands and chosen out of ten thousand options to match with Yan Qingjun, and would absolutely appear amazing. Although he was dressed in hospital clothing and had been in a coma for over half a month, his physique had already been upgraded by a level, and he would wake up as soon as his spiritual strength finished rising.
"When will he wake up?" Xue Ling quietly asked Madame Lou, his eyes revealing a little concern that even she was unable to resent him for.
"I also don't know." Although she firmly believed that her son was alright, Madame Lou was also distressed that he had been lying here for half a month. She waved her hand and said, "The doctor said it all depends on him."
Xue Ling softly let out an 'oh' sound, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought in his heart, 'he's waking up now'.
In the next second, Lou Cen's spiritual power directly broke through the SS level, and advanced to the SSS level. The power that had previously been suppressed broke through, and all the machines in the ward began to wail. Xue Ling opened his mouth and asked, "Aunt, Lieutenant General Lou is waking up!"
Madame Lou was overwhelmed by surprise. Because of the unexpected situation in the ward, all the doctors had arrived, and Madame Lou retreated to the back of the room, looking at the bed with a joyful expression on her face.
Xue Ling asked the system, "Now that he's waking up, is he aware of his surroundings?"
"Yes, he is." The system wagged its snow-white tail and exaggeratedly praised its host. "Is it because you two have been in love for such a long time that the ability to sense the other party is maxed out? Host's guess was correct this time - that's him."
Xue Ling's lips curved in satisfaction. Despite all the doctors around them, his gaze met with a pair of dark eyes.
Those eyes belonged to Lou Cen, who had just woken up. His gaze was still filed with sharp killing intent, and the doctors were rather wary of getting close to him. After all, he was already a SSS-class powerhouse. It was also because he was SSS-class that Lou Cen subconsciously looked towards the only person in the room who could threaten his spiritual strength the second he woke up.
Then, he fell into a pair of golden eyes.
It was a pair of very good-looking eyes. Slightly uptilted, they seemed to draw people in, and the tear moles at the corner of his eyes made gave him the appearance of an alluring demon. But that pair of eyes on that slightly rounded, still somewhat immature face that still had traces of baby fat, made people suddenly feel that it was much more pure.
It was rather strange, because the first thought that appeared in Lou Cen's head was not 'who is he', nor was it 'why is this person here', but rather one word - cute.
This version of him was so cute.
That kind of warm and lively feeling that came from his heart allowed his tense spirit to relax. He looked at the person who was meeting his gaze, slowly closed his eyes, and fell back into a deep sleep.
Before he fell asleep, he saw the teenager smile at him.
It was a very beautiful, very good looking smile. The corners of his lips curved upwards slightly, and two lovely dimples appeared on his cheeks, making his eyes sparkle and shine. It was a smile that was very much to his liking.
He must have fallen into the river of love.
This was the thought that flashed through Lieutenant General Lou's mind before he fell asleep.
chapter 90 is 10 chapters away from 100, which is kinda like being halfway through WTMT...