After recovering, Meng Yue Sheng pulled his underwear back on, slipped into his bathrobe, and returned to the water. The warmth enveloped him, leaving him utterly relaxed.

Wei Jin joined him too, leaning on the edge, letting Meng Yue Sheng lean against her. Although she wasn’t very fleshy, it was still much more comfortable than the hard rocks.

The two didn’t speak, simply enjoying the afterglow in silence, so quiet that they could hear the laughter from next door—it wasn’t loud, but the laughter was.

That was unmistakably Xu Xu’s laughter.

Loud and merry.

Meng Yue Sheng heard it too, and after exchanging a glance with Wei Jin, he chuckled as well.

“They must be splashing around,” Wei Jin said with a laugh.

She then looked at the water and back at Meng Yue Sheng.

Meng Yue Sheng, guessing what she might do next, quickly moved away from her embrace, playfully dipped his fingertip in the water, and flicked a droplet at her face.

Wei Jin closed her eyes reflexively; the droplet was small, hanging from her eyelashes.

When she opened her eyes, Meng Yue Sheng had already retreated a few steps away. As the waves reached her, she lost control and burst into laughter, splashing water towards him.

The splashing created large waves, and the two ended up throwing water at each other, laughing louder than their neighbors.

Wei Jin couldn’t stop laughing, her hands scooping water frantically and hurling it at Meng Yue Sheng.

Meng Yue Sheng, unable to retaliate, shielded his face with his arms to dodge.

His legs were still weak; he hadn’t run far when a wave toppled him over, sitting him down in the water. Seeing Wei Jin charging at him with splashes, he shielded his face with his arms, too scared to even speak lest he swallowed a mouthful of water.

Wei Jin, thoroughly enjoying herself, decided to sit down in the water too, alternating hands as she splashed water at Meng Yue Sheng, acting like a jubilant puppy.

Meng Yue Sheng was soaked from head to toe, his hair dripping. Seizing a moment when Wei Jin paused, he wiped his face.

“No more, no more… I’m out of strength now, can’t beat you…” he pleaded, brushing his wet hair back from his forehead.

Wei Jin was also quite wet, a result of her own mischief. Seeing Meng Yue Sheng plead, she stopped as well.

She was still catching her breath heavily from the playful fight.

Unbeknownst to them, while Wei Jin was truly playing with water, next door Xu Xu was engaging in playful romance.

Gu Ziyan, delicate and feeble, lay in the water while Xu Xu flicked water droplets at his face with her fingertips.

“Baby, can you do that thing again for me?” she asked, giggling.

Gu Ziyan, looking innocently wronged, caught the droplets she flicked at him and turned his head, his doe-like eyes shimmering with moisture, “Ah~ So cool~”

“Hahahaha, baby, you’re so cute!”

Xu Xu, invigorated with a new idea for play, announced, “Baby, now I’m the Monk Tang and you’re the king. Come, seduce me, hehehe…”

She folded her hands in her lap, sitting cross-legged with a serious and enduring expression, while Gu Ziyan walked around her, occasionally touching her, his breath hot on her ear, cooing, “Holy Monk~”

“Open your eyes and look at me, I don’t believe you see nothing~”

“Sister~”

This sent Xu Xu into fits of laughter, “Hehehe, baby, you are the best baby in the world! Muah muah muah muah!”

After playing in the water and soaking in the hot springs, Wei Jin and Meng Yue Sheng decided to head upstairs to rest.

Having both bathed and tired from their playful day, they went straight to bed, falling into a deep sleep.

•

As the host, Xu Xu naturally took good care of Wei Jin and the others, ensuring they enjoyed all the fun activities at the villa. In the evenings, the four of them would gather to play mahjong.

Unfortunately, Wei Jin really wasn’t good at it, just blindly playing. Luckily, all four of them were equally novice, none truly knowing how to play.

Eventually, they simplified the game to matching tiles of the same suit or consecutive numbers, and whoever ran out of tiles first won.

After several rounds, Gu Ziyan, puzzled as he shuffled the mahjong tiles, asked, “If this is the case, why don’t we just play cards?”

Good question!

“Ahahaha…” Wei Jin scratched her head, “Right?”

So, they switched to playing cards, teaming up in pairs.

The scene turned into Xu Xu and Wei Jin mindlessly feeding cards to their partners, Meng Yue Sheng and Gu Ziyan battling wits.

The first round, Meng Yue Sheng won.

Xu Xu looked at Gu Ziyan but said nothing.

The second round, Meng Yue Sheng won again.

Xu Xu shivered as she dealt the cards.

The third round, Meng Yue Sheng won once more.

Xu Xu exclaimed, “Baby, let’s not play anymore!”

Meng Yue Sheng pushed his glasses up, smiling, “Thank you for letting me win.”

Wei Jin looked at him in admiration, “Wow, Meng Yue Sheng, how did you do that? You’re so amazing!”

She moved closer, rubbing against his shoulder as she continued to compliment him.

“Let’s talk about it later, it might disturb their rest now.”

Unwilling to accept defeat, Xu Xu wrapped her arms around Gu Ziyan, shuffling the cards loudly, “No, go ahead, I really want to hear what’s the deal!”

“Well, if that’s the case, I’ll tell you,” Meng Yue Sheng smiled modestly, “Your cards were quite memorable. Once you played a few, I could guess what you had left. It’s all coincidental…”

Xu Xu: “QAQ.”

Xu Xu: “Baby, look at him! Wuuu, he’s even counting cards wuuu…”

Gu Ziyan, not minding the casual game, found Xu Xu’s coquettish behavior amusing and naturally comforted her, “It’s okay, it’s okay, you’re the best, aww…”

Wei Jin: “…”

Wei Jin: Speechless.

Alpha’s competitive spirit is hard to quell. Wei Jin playfully boasted, “Big brother is so talented, unlike me, I just drag big brother down…”

“Big brother, although I’m a bit clumsy (covering chest and sticking out tongue), I’ll try hard to learn~”

“Big brother, big brother, my heart aches, only a hug can cure it (blinking, accidentally letting out a cute burp, quickly covering her mouth), oh, how embarrassing~”

Xu Xu: “Ew…”

Xu Xu: Outrageous.

Sure enough, love is blind. Far from being repulsed, Meng Yue Sheng found her even more adorable.

He manually muted his mic, pinching Wei Jin’s mouth.

Xu Xu covered Gu Ziyan’s ears, “Enough, really, you owe us for emotional damage…”

After enough playacting, everyone returned to their rooms to rest.

A rare gathering of good friends, they enjoyed unbridled fun together.

•

Wei Jin’s heat was completely expected.

When Meng Yue Sheng woke up in the morning, he saw Wei Jin’s ears poking out, her tail wrapped around his leg, gently wagging as her nose pressed against his neck.

Wei Jin was still asleep, but she couldn’t help seeking her omega.

After the temporary marking, an alpha’s instinct to chase their omega became unavoidable.

The root of his leg was cozily wrapped by the fluffy tail, and covered with the blanket, Meng Yue Sheng soon felt stiflingly warm.

He lifted a corner of the blanket to air it out, shifting his body to get a better view of Wei Jin’s ears.

Mixed grey with a hint of white, the insides of her ears were pinkish, and you could just make out the fine down on them.

He gently pinched her ear, causing it to twitch.

In Meng Yue Sheng’s memory, he rarely showed his beast-like characteristics during a heat, and thanks to suppressants, he mostly managed to control his instincts.

Ah, Wei Jin was still just a kid who had just entered society.

He affectionately stroked Wei Jin’s hair.

If his little uncle saw this, he’d probably wake Meng Yue Sheng up immediately: Wake up, man! She’s no kid! You’re looking through rose-colored glasses!

Meng Yue Sheng certainly didn’t realize he’d pay a price for seeing Wei Jin as a child.

Because Wei Jin’s heat was really clingy.

The moment Wei Jin opened her eyes and saw Meng Yue Sheng playing with her ears, she whined unhappily, her pheromones so faint she could hardly smell them.

Still wrapped around his leg, she snuggled into Meng Yue Sheng’s arms, whining for pheromones, “Wuuu, the pheromones are so faint… don’t you like me anymore wuuu… I want pheromones…”

Meng Yue Sheng had no choice but to release pheromones to soothe her.

He thought, if Wei Jin made any demands, he would definitely agree, as this was also his first time experiencing a heat with Wei Jin.

Initially, Meng Yue Sheng found Wei Jin’s clingy requests cute and easily satisfied her.

She wanted him to pat her back, to sing to her.

Meng Yue Sheng covered his face, he rarely paid attention to these things, and the few songs he knew were those familiar nursery rhymes.

Yet, simple nursery rhymes sung in Meng Yue Sheng’s cool voice had a unique charm.

After listening to the nursery rhymes, Wei Jin, having slept well, demanded Meng Yue Sheng to hold her tightly, wrapping herself in his embrace.

Thankfully, Wei Jin wasn’t very large, or Meng Yue Sheng really couldn’t have managed it.

After holding her, Wei Jin then wanted him to stroke her tail.

Thankfully Wei Jin didn’t shed… Meng Yue Sheng thought as he stroked.

Seeing it was noon, Meng Yue Sheng coaxed Wei Jin, saying he’d go downstairs to get food for them both, asking her to be good and wait for him, promising to return quickly.

Wei Jin verbally agreed well, “I’m good, I listen, I’ll wait for you…”

Meng Yue Sheng looked back three times with each step but still went downstairs.

On his way to get food, he ran into Xu Xu and informed her about Wei Jin entering her heat.

Xu Xu nodded to show she understood, then asked if he needed any concierge services, “Like, you call us if you need anything, and our staff can bring it upstairs. It would be much more convenient, so you don’t have to go out…”

“Thank you.”

Seeing Meng Yue Sheng carrying meals for two and worried about his inconvenience, Xu Xu helped him carry one and delivered it upstairs.

Even through the elevator doors, Xu Xu could feel Wei Jin’s aggressively flaring pheromones.

After exiting the elevator, she activated the hallway’s purification system and hurriedly handed over the tray at the door, “I can’t take it anymore, I’m off, be careful!”

Meng Yue Sheng caught the tray, thanking her.

Struggling to open the door, Wei Jin’s pheromones hit him like a typhoon—literally, Meng Yue Sheng felt his hairs stand on end.

Each step he took, the scent of rum wrapped tighter around him.

Finally setting down the tray, Meng Yue Sheng was promptly tackled onto the bed by Wei Jin.

Wei Jin sniffed him, “It’s another alpha’s scent…”

“You’ve been gone so long… You came back so late…”

“Were you talking with another alpha? What did you talk about? Can you tell me?”

“Hmm?”

Meng Yue Sheng lay obediently on the bed, which somewhat pleased Wei Jin, but she remained upset, her wet kisses covering his exposed neck.

“It was Xu Xu.” Meng Yue Sheng endured her leaving moist traces on his neck, thinking that if he wiped them off, Wei Jin might be even harder to calm.

“Okay…” Knowing it was Xu Xu, Wei Jin acknowledged her state was different from usual, but she only remembered one thing: she must not hurt the person in front of her, then she threw that moment of lucidity out of her mind.

Meng Yue Sheng got Wei Jin to sit up, “Let’s eat, and you can fuss after.”

“Fuss?” Wei Jin blinked, “Wuuu I wasn’t fussing, I was being good wuuu…”

“You came back late and I still waited for you wuuu…”

Meng Yue Sheng closed his eyes briefly, “My fault. Ancestor, let’s eat.”

“I want you to feed me…” Wei Jin opened her mouth wide, and Meng Yue Sheng fed her a piece of potato, “Okay, I can eat by myself now…”

Wei Jin picked up her chopsticks, heaping a large helping of vegetables, and began eating heartily with her rice.

Feeding her just once was enough, feeding her more would leave his wife hungry. She was a good alpha, not one to bully her wife!

Meng Yue Sheng watched her eat properly and relaxed, starting to eat as well.

After eating, Meng Yue Sheng directly called the service to come upstairs to pick up the dishes, placing them in the hallway’s luggage cabinet to avoid Wei Jin’s potential whimpering later.

In the afternoon, Meng Yue Sheng asked Wei Jin if she needed a temporary mark.

Wei Jin felt fine and declined the mark.

But by evening, after brushing her teeth, Wei Jin jumped onto the bed to snuggle up to Meng Yue Sheng, “Little moon, little moon, you smell so good… can I bite you?”

“Wuuu I want a mark wuuu…”

Meng Yue Sheng quickly quieted her sobs, “Alright, alright.”

He exposed his neck, his gland close to Wei Jin’s face.

The scent of mint wafted around.

“Can I really bite?”

Wei Jin cherished the minty scent, as if savoring an ice cream, taking care to lick all the flavor into her stomach.

Meng Yue Sheng inhaled deeply, was Wei Jin always so elaborate?

He urged her, “Weren’t you going to mark?”

He was barely holding on.

The pain shot from his neck throughout his body, followed by the intertwining of mint and rum, alpha and omega pheromones mingling, making the initial pain seem trivial.

Wei Jin’s first night of heat ended with a prolonged temporary mark.

The next day, with the experience from the first day, Meng Yue Sheng handled Wei Jin well. Apart from the temporary mark, Wei Jin was no longer satisfied just with that, but also dared not do much more.

In any case, it made Meng Yue Sheng uncomfortable too.

Sigh.

Meng Yue Sheng tentatively reached out his hand.

Wei Jin shivered.

The scent of rum was intermittent, followed by a minor explosion.

Ah… Meng Yue Sheng withdrew his hand to grab a tissue, just about to tend to himself, when Wei Jin stopped him.

Of course, our Wei Jin is a good child, if someone does her a favor, she returns it tenfold.

Meng Yue Sheng covered his face, he had underestimated Wei Jin.

The universe is the totality of time, space, and all its contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, the intergalactic space, subatomic particles, and all matter and energy. (From Sogou Encyclopedia)

Meng Yue Sheng felt like he was leaving his body, his soul about to fly away.

But that soul was still held by Wei Jin.

Wei Jin, having benefited, pleaded with Meng Yue Sheng to join her again.

Wei Jin’s second night of heat ended with many more encounters.

Approaching New Year’s Eve, many fireworks went off outside the window, but the people inside had no time to spare them a glance.

For New Year’s Eve, Wei Jin had no plans to go home, not wanting to disturb her mother and Little Dad’s twosome world. She stayed in the small room filled with their pheromones, together with Meng Yue Sheng.

Whatever way they spent it was fine.

Human tolerance always increases. Like on the third day, if Wei Jin clung to Meng Yue Sheng for the same thing as the first day, Meng Yue Sheng would feel it was merely a sprinkling of water. If it was like the second day, well, that wasn’t unacceptable either.

But the third day was definitely different.

After Wei Jin had her fill, Meng Yue Sheng equally had his fill of little Wei Jin.

It’s hard to describe such a scene.

Meng Yue Sheng’s eyes.

Meng Yue Sheng’s nose.

Meng Yue Sheng’s open mouth.

And Meng Yue Sheng’s slender hands.

It’s also difficult to describe the sounds of that moment.

Disordered.

Bewitched.

Sweltering.

Chaotic.

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However, at that moment, it wasn’t the universe that exploded.

The release of pheromones allowed Wei Jin a rare moment of clarity. During their rest, she changed her clothes and also changed the bed sheets and covers.

Setting the alarm clock, she tightly held the small box in her palm.

The dry sheets slowly soaked up their pheromones.

She played with Meng Yue Sheng’s fingers, one by one.

Meng Yue Sheng turned to look at her, then quietly lay back down.

“Beep beep beep beep—”

The pre-set alarm rang.

Suddenly, Wei Jin got up on one knee on the bed, still holding Meng Yue Sheng’s hand.

“Little moon, will you marry me? I love you…”

Her ears perked up, Meng Yue Sheng looking at the ring she offered, its deep blue like profound moonlight.

He truly hadn’t expected Wei Jin to propose at this moment… He wasn’t even dressed formally.

Yet even so, he got up, spreading his fingers apart.

“I would love to.”

As the countdown to midnight went on, small fireworks intermittently lit up outside, but as Wei Jin placed the moonlight into Meng Yue Sheng’s fingertips, large fireworks exploded from the night sky, one after another, turning the night into a brilliant display of fireworks.

The two, barely dressed, were still moved by the moment.

They, who rarely spent time out of bed lucid, watched the fireworks for a while.

The alarm was set for 23:59.

She gave herself just one minute.

A whole universe for a single red bean.