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The Eighteen Techniques of Husband Subjugation, what is this? Is it like the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms?

Ye Qingyun had a vague feeling that something inappropriate was about to appear. He continued reading, and as expected, he found some things that were not suitable for minors. These things might be even more potent than the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms for Gu Shenyuan.

The letter also read: “The leader is naturally indifferent and has never paid attention to such matters of the bedchamber. To make the wedding night perfect, please study and memorize these positions.”

Ye Qingyun glanced at Gu Shenyuan, who indeed had a cold expression as if he were a statue carved from ice and snow atop a high mountain—detached from the world, uninterested in romance.

This face was so deceptive. Even though Gu Shenyuan had clearly shown some interest in such matters to him, Ye Qingyun, for a moment, wondered if they would simply sit on the bed and stare at each other on their wedding night.

However, Ye Qingyun rationally knew that this was impossible. Something would happen that night, whether they continued as close friends or took things further.

Ye Qingyun thought for a moment and then pushed the letter toward Gu Shenyuan.

Gu Shenyuan looked at it, “Hmm?”

“Take a look. You might need it,” Ye Qingyun said subtly.

Gu Shenyuan then picked up the letter and began reading from the beginning.

Ye Qingyun said again, “You don’t need to read the front, just look at the back.”

Gu Shenyuan flipped to the back and saw what Ye Qingyun wanted him to see. His face showed a hint of helplessness. He put the letter down and said to Ye Qingyun,

“You don’t need to learn these things.”

Ye Qingyun was suddenly startled.

Here it comes—Gu Shenyuan finally spoke the truth!

It turned out Gu Shenyuan was on the same wavelength as him and wanted to be intimate. He even expected him to be on top and ignite their first “fire” together!

Was this the tragedy of being on the same wavelength? But since Gu Shenyuan had spoken up, Ye Qingyun, even if not entirely fond of the idea, would still try it. After all, he liked Gu Shenyuan.

“I know.” Ye Qingyun took a deep breath, his tone tinged with a bit of sadness.

“Don’t worry. I’ll find the tutorial for being on top.”

Gu Shenyuan looked at him, his expression becoming a little strange.

Ye Qingyun, unable to hold it in any longer, said to Gu Shenyuan, “Can’t you not always have me on top? I don’t like that either. You should try it sometimes. If we don’t mix things up, it’ll feel imbalanced, and it could cause problems in our relationship.”

Ye Qingyun tried to test the waters, “Don’t you think so?”

Gu Shenyuan remained silent, his expression making it difficult for Ye Qingyun to read.

“Well, fine,” Ye Qingyun said with some grievance, “If you don’t want to try it, then forget it. We won’t talk about this anymore.”

Before he could finish speaking, a tingling sensation came from his back, causing Ye Qingyun to shudder and barely manage to support his body.

…He couldn’t imagine that if he felt this way on their wedding night, then no matter how many techniques he learned, it would be useless. He wouldn’t have the strength to do anything and would just be lying on top of Gu Shenyuan pretending to try.

The tingling sensation intensified, and Ye Qingyun couldn’t bear it anymore, collapsing into Gu Shenyuan’s arms, not realizing when he had arrived.

“You don’t need to prepare anything,” Ye Qingyun heard Gu Shenyuan say, “Just focus on feeling me… and everything I bring you.”

—

The wedding preparations proceeded swiftly. Gu Shenyuan was eager and impatient to make everything happen.

The date was finally set for six days later, on a beautiful planet.

A few days before the wedding, after confirming the location, Gu Shenyuan took Ye Qingyun with him to visit the wedding site in advance.

Gu Shenyuan said it was to familiarize themselves with the environment and make preparations. Ye Qingyun had no objections, and the two boarded a spaceship.

Bored on the ship, Ye Qingyun opened his terminal to check the latest news but was stopped by Gu Shenyuan’s hand.

“Don’t look at the terminal too much. It’s bad for your eyes,” Gu Chenyuan said.

Ye Qingyun responded, “…Then I’ll just look for a little while.”

Gu Shenyuan handed him a cup of water and some food, preventing him from using the terminal.

Ye Qingyun was confused. ‘…?’

Was he preventing him from checking the internet this much?

Thinking for a moment, Ye Qingyun returned the food to Gu Shenyuan’s hands and turned his back to him to open the terminal.

He hadn’t been online for a few days and was unaware of what was going on, but judging by Gu Shenyuan’s behavior, there was probably something he didn’t want him to see.

Ye Qingyun didn’t search deliberately; as soon as he logged into the Star network, he saw a huge, bold headline:

“Breaking! Tens of thousands petitioned for Gu Chenyuan to cancel the wedding!”

“Shocking! The highly anticipated wedding has no supporters?”

Ye Qingyun blocked Gu Shenyuan’s attempt to stop him and casually clicked on one of the headlines, scrolling down to see some of the netizens’ comments.

“I don’t agree! What kind of monster or demon wants to marry the leader? Does he deserve it?”

“The leader should belong to everyone. Anyone who wants to monopolize him can go die!”

“I won’t curse, I’ll just analyze it rationally. The leader is the strongest in the galaxy, and his looks are top-tier. Who could match him? Haha, I’m afraid someone took advantage of his pure emotional history and tricked him!”

Ye Qingyun quickly skimmed through, refreshed the page, and found that all the comments had been deleted.

He turned back to see Gu Shenyuan frowning, clearly upset. He had seen those comments too.

Ye Qingyun smiled, “Didn’t you already know about this? Why are you still angry?”

Gu Shenyuan slowly exhaled and reached over to turn off Ye Qingyun’s terminal.

 “I’ll make them regret saying those things.”

“Alright, is it really necessary?” Ye Qingyun took the food back from Gu Shenyuan’s hand.

“Do you still want to act like a tyrant? Then what am I, that… that…”

Ye Qingyun thought for a moment about a novel he had read, and a title suddenly flashed in his mind — “The Cold Tyrant’s Little Demon Concubine.”

This phrase applied to him and Gu Shenyuan felt both absurdly weird and strangely fitting. Ye Qingyun got goosebumps and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Gu Shenyuan didn’t laugh. He frowned and looked at Ye Qingyun, speaking softly, “They don’t know anything, and yet they slander you. It’s never that you’re not good enough for me, it’s clearly that I—”

“Alright,” Ye Qingyun interrupted Gu Shenyuan, “I know I’m excellent, and we’re a perfect match, but changing other people’s opinions isn’t something that happens overnight. I don’t want to see you acting like a tyrant. We need to be reasonable.”

When Gu Shenyuan heard “a perfect match,” his gaze was approving, but when he heard “be reasonable,” his expression turned cold again.

Ye Qingyun tried to reason with him, “I know you don’t like talking things through, you don’t want to waste words with others. But we have a long time ahead of us. We can take it slow, don’t you think?”

Gu Shenyuan looked into Ye Qingyun’s bright eyes, full of gentle affection, making one feel entranced.

…What he feared was that the time they had to peacefully get along was already limited.

However, under such a gaze, Gu Shenyuan couldn’t help but smile slightly, his voice soft, “You’re right, I’ll listen to you.”

Ye Qingyun felt satisfied, took the food from Gu Shenyuan, finished it, and then opened his terminal to browse other news.

There was a lot of news, and apart from their wedding being the big headline, there was something else that caught Ye Qingyun’s eye.

Many people had reported that they’d been feeling a little sluggish lately. They found it took longer to wake up, and sometimes they did things in their groggy state that they didn’t expect.

After visiting the hospital, no abnormalities could be found, and no treatment seemed to work.

Ye Qingyun thought this symptom was strange, but since he was far away from the source of the issue, he couldn’t make any judgments and decided to look into it after the wedding.

Though Gu Shenyuan had said that on their wedding night, he only needed to focus on feeling things out, who knew how things would go? If their intimate life wasn’t harmonious, then he’d have plenty of free time.

——

Ye Qingyun smoothly reached their destination and followed Gu Shenyuan off the spaceship.

A small part of this planet was “contracted” by Gu Shenyuan, and within that area, there were no other tourists or locals. All they could see were people that Gu Shenyuan had arranged to prepare the wedding house for them.

Since neither of them had parents or friends, and Gu Shenyuan didn’t plan on inviting the media, the wedding preparations were very simple.

Thus, most of Gu Shenyuan’s focus went into the wedding room.

The house was large, and Ye Qingyun wandered around aimlessly. Because he was wearing the clothes Gu Shenyuan gave him, Gu Shenyuan didn’t follow him closely but gave him some freedom.

Ye Qingyun went into the master bedroom and looked around. The decorations were very much to his taste—soft and comfortable, every little piece seemed to be carefully chosen.

The large bed in the room seemed like it could hold them both comfortably for several rounds without falling off. Ye Qingyun approached, touched the bedding, and then the beautifully carved four bedposts.

Then Ye Qingyun pressed an inconspicuous grid, and with a click, a chain popped out.

The silver-white chain was slender and light, not unattractive at all, even resembling a finely designed bracelet, though it was quite sturdy. Ye Qingyun tried pulling it, and the chain extended slightly, but once it reached its limit, it wouldn’t budge any further.

Ye Qingyun felt something was off. He went to the other three bedposts, repeated the steps, and found the same chains.

Ye Qingyun: ‘….’

Can someone tell him why there are retractable chains hidden in the four bedposts?

Who are they meant to restrain?

Ye Qingyun didn’t think too deeply. He quickly shoved the chain back and pretended nothing had happened.

“Ye Qingyun.” Gu Shenyuan’s voice came from behind.

Ye Qingyun jumped, turned around, and saw Gu Shenyuan standing there.

“What are you looking at?”

“Nothing,” Ye Qingyun tried to sound confident.

“The decorations here are really nice, I like it. Let’s go, let’s eat.”

Ye Qingyun walked toward Gu Shenyuan, ready to pass by him, but heard Gu Shenyuan say, “You saw it.”

Gu Shenyuan’s tone was firm, and Ye Qingyun stopped in his tracks. He gave an awkward laugh, not knowing how to respond.

Gu Shenyuan stayed silent. He had tried very carefully to hide those things, but still, on the first day, Ye Qingyun had discovered them.

He hadn’t meant to use them on Ye Qingyun, he was just afraid. Afraid that if Ye Qingyun began to hate him, he wouldn’t want to stay with him and would always try to run away.

Those chains were just there to keep Ye Qingyun in bed at night. During the day, he would take Ye Qingyun wherever he wanted to go.

This was the best method he had come up with, one that both of them could accept.

But for Ye Qingyun, this was proof that Gu Shenyuan didn’t trust him.

Gu Shenyuan lowered his eyes, pressing his lips together.

“Alright, it’s just some play,” Ye Qingyun sighed.

“Why act like the sky is falling? I’m not an old-fashioned stickler who can’t accept it. You can see we have the same attributes, and if you don’t force me to be on top, and I don’t force you either, but we use some props, that’s fine too.”

Gu Shenyuan: ‘….’

Ye Qingyun was also quite embarrassed, but he continued, “Besides that, you must have prepared other things, right? Now that we’ve come this far, there’s no need to be shy. If you have anything, just bring it out now and let me see it, so that… well, so that we don’t end up with something that doesn’t fit and cause harm.”

Before Ye Qingyun could finish his sentence, he was suddenly pulled into a familiar embrace.

“Props?” Gu Shenyuan’s voice was low and his warm breath brushed against Ye Qingyun’s ear.

 “Remember, I’ll only say this once, the only things that can feel your body temperature are mine.”