Chapter 130: Chapter 130: Doggy

Lu Xiao was someone who naturally made people feel secure. Ares had known this since the very first day he spent with her.

And as it happened, he was sensitive and prone to overthinking, not particularly good at expressing himself.

In truth, this wasn’t a flaw unique to him. Most males in the Empire were like this.

Sometimes, it wasn’t that they couldn’t express themselves, but that they didn’t dare to. Most females simply lacked the patience to listen. All they cared about was what value a male could bring them.

A male’s emotions, his thoughts, his insecurities—those were things they couldn’t care less about.

But Lu Xiao was different. She would take the initiative to talk things through. Whenever she sensed that Ares might be feeling a little insecure, she would encourage him. She’d tell him that they were family, and family meant mutual tolerance and understanding, helping each other solve problems. They were both intimate family and inseparable partners.

After being comforted by her, Ares always felt as if he were soaking in a warm hot spring, his heart filled with contentment and ease.

Before he could even start to overthink, Lu Xiao had already healed him.

It was impossible not to love her.

After Lu Xiao finished speaking, she saw Ares staring at her with a burning gaze, yet he said nothing. Her heart tightened. “Why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?”

As she spoke, Lu Xiao reached up to wipe her face, but before she could touch her skin, her wrist was caught in a firm grip. Then, her chin was tilted up, and Ares’s lips were on hers.

Lu Xiao’s heart fluttered in a panic, and a soft sound escaped her lips, but it was quickly swallowed by his kiss.

This time, Ares’s kiss was urgent and fierce, and Lu Xiao felt as if she, too, had been set ablaze.

…

When it was over, Lu Xiao felt she had gone just as crazy as Ares. ’In the car, of all places…’

She had never imagined she would do something so outrageous. If Ares had lost control, then she hadn’t been much better.

Sensing the silence from the young female in his arms, Ares looked down at the blushing Lu Xiao, his gaze tender and affectionate.

Being stared at again, Lu Xiao couldn’t take it anymore. She raised a hand to cover Ares’s eyes and grumbled softly, “That’s enough, Ares. You need to know when to stop with this sort of thing.”

Seeing that Lu Xiao had misunderstood, Ares’s lips curved into a slight smile. He pulled her hand away but didn’t explain, only replying softly, “Alright.”

After speaking, he lowered his head and kissed her shoulder, pressing himself against her, unwilling to let go.

Lu Xiao was now learning firsthand that no matter how obediently his mouth responded, his body was just as rebellious.

“Then let me go!” Seeing Ares acting roguish, Lu Xiao laughed and patted the arm draped across her body.

“Just a little longer,” Ares said, disobeying for the first time. He felt that Lu Xiao’s indulgence was truly starting to spoil him.

Lu Xiao hadn’t expected Ares, who was always so obedient, to actually refuse her. He even admitted that he wanted to hold her a little longer. This surprised her, but at the same time, she felt gratified. Ares was finally learning to express his own desires. The price was a bit… unexpected, but the result was still satisfying.

Lu Xiao suddenly realized she was losing all her principles when it came to Ares.

She reached out, hugged him back, and said indulgently, “Alright, then. Just a little longer.”

’Actually, I don’t really want to move either.’

’And it’s so comfortable leaning against Ares.’

Having been granted permission, Ares felt happy but not surprised. It was as if, when he made the request, he had already known with certainty that Lu Xiao would agree.

He kissed the top of her head, his heart completely content.

When Lu Xiao woke up again, she was already back home. She couldn’t even remember how she got there.

She only remembered Ares saying he wanted to hold her a little longer and her agreeing. She had no memory of when she had fallen asleep.

Now, waking in a daze, she discovered not only that she was back in her familiar bedroom, but that her clothes had been changed. Ares had even given her a bath.

’I must have been sleeping like a log. I didn’t feel a thing.’

Just as she was thinking this, Ares pushed the door open. Noticing she was already sitting up, he said, “You’re awake. I made some porridge. Should I bring some up for you to eat?”

Hearing this, Lu Xiao replied, “No, I’ll eat downstairs. It’ll be good to move around a bit. What time is it? Was I asleep for a long time?”

“It’s not too late. You slept for about two hours.” Lu Xiao had been at the Seventh Military District recently, conducting physicals and treating the soldiers. Although she hadn’t felt particularly tired, she was actually long overdue for a good rest.

Being so intimate with Ares today had allowed her tense spirit to relax. After waking up from that nap, she felt refreshed in both body and mind.

Ares had made her favorite shredded chicken congee and even prepared some refreshing side dishes.

Lu Xiao hadn’t felt hungry at first, but the moment she sat down and saw the food on the table, her appetite returned.

Ares thoughtfully poured her a glass of sparkling water.

Lu Xiao picked up a steamed custard bun shaped like a little rabbit. She took a bite and her eyes lit up when she found it was filled with molten custard. “This is different from the ones we bought before. Did you make this yourself?”

Ares didn’t hide it. “Mhm. I saw that you liked them, so I tried making them myself. It wasn’t too hard.”

Ares’s cooking skills were getting better and better, so Lu Xiao wasn’t surprised that he could make custard buns. But… “Why are they all little animals?”

She was holding a little rabbit, and on the plate were little cats, pigs, ponies, lambs, lions, tigers, and so on.

Lu Xiao took a closer look. There were enough to start a zoo, but she noticed there wasn’t a single dog among them.

Ares raised a hand and lightly touched his nose. “You don’t like them?”

When he was making them, he had only been thinking of how to make her happy.

“It’s not that I don’t like them. They’re quite cute. It’s just… Ares, why are there all kinds of animals here but no dogs? Do you not know how to shape one?”

The moment she asked this, Ares’s heart tightened.

Seeing Ares suddenly fall silent at her question, Lu Xiao grew nervous as well. “What’s wrong?”

Ares met Lu Xiao’s confused gaze, the tips of his ears silently turning red. He said softly, “I didn’t want you to eat me.”

In truth, it wasn’t just dogs that were missing from the plate; there were no canine-related animals at all.

Ares’s secret hope was that if she ate all of these animals, he would be the one left over, forever Lu Xiao’s one and only.

This was his own little clever ploy.

Lu Xiao’s eyes widened involuntarily. Realizing something, she suddenly burst out laughing. “Ares, are you a puppy?”

Ares nodded. “I can be.”

He could be Lu Xiao’s and Lu Xiao’s alone. Forever.

Lu Xiao felt that Ares was particularly different today. The smile in her eyes deepened. “Then make some ears pop out for me to see.”

The moment she finished speaking, a pair of fluffy, upright ears appeared on top of Ares’s head. As if to attract her attention, the ears even gave a little twitch.

Lu Xiao’s eyes widened again. “Ares, those don’t look like puppy ears!”

’They look a bit like a wolf’s.’

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