Chapter 449: High-Level Ghosts Really Like Wu Yue

Chapter 449 High-Level Ghosts Really Like Wu Yue

As soon as they finished eating, Shen Que got ready to take Wu Yue back to the team base.

He looked up and saw Wu Yue lounging on the sofa, still wearing her home pajamas, with no intention of changing clothes.

Shen Que walked over, "Honey, ready to go?"

Wu Yue glanced at him lazily, "I've been thinking, you go ahead without me. It’s safer if we live apart."

Shen Que protested, "It's not safe for you to stay alone."

Wu Yue, "This is the Central City Prince’s Manor, the place with the highest security level in the entire alliance, even safer than Blaze headquarters."

Just as Shen Que was about to sit next to Wu Yue, she suddenly sat up and scooted away from him, turning her head to look at her communicator and ignoring him.

Shen Que immediately recognized this behavior.

Back in the seaside mining town, Wu Yue had acted the same way—he had just avoided the draft coming through the car window, and she got so angry she was ready to jump out of the other door.

Shen Que couldn’t suppress a smile as he moved closer to Wu Yue. She jumped up and tried to run, but he pulled her back into his arms.

Shen Que said firmly, "I said we should go back to the base now and live separately. Are you angry?"

Wu Yue kept pushing his hand away, "I'm not. Captain Shen, please maintain a professional distance appropriate for teammates."

Shen Que laughed and leaned in to kiss her, "No way. I'm not proper at all—I just want to make a move on a beautiful female teammate like you."

Wu Yue tried several times to push away Shen Que's hand, which had slid under her pajama top, but couldn’t push him away. She finally turned her face away and ignored him.

Shen Que coaxed her, "Don't be angry. I was just worried you couldn’t handle it."

Wu Yue turned back, hooked her arms around his neck, and pinched his face, "Weren't you worried about my body before?"

Shen Que, "I didn't know things were this serious back then. If I had known, I wouldn’t have been so reckless."

Wu Yue, "Well, now you know it's very serious. Isn’t living separately the perfect solution?"

Shen Que, charmed by Wu Yue’s stubborn act, felt utterly spellbound, "I was wrong. Let's not live apart. I can't stand being away from you for even a second—I go crazy missing you."

Wu Yue shook her head, "No. You were the one who said we should live separately."

Shen Que simply pinned Wu Yue down, burying his face in the crook of her neck and chuckling against her neck. Wu Yue, furious, pushed him, "Is the captain of the alliance's top team really acting like a scoundrel?"

Shen Que's hand slid further down Wu Yue's pajamas, "Yeah, I'm acting like a scoundrel. Go ahead, yell louder—maybe someone will come rescue you."

Wu Yue wrapped her arms around Shen Que's neck, her face growing increasingly flushed. Shen Que lifted his head to kiss her, but she turned her face away to avoid it.

After several kisses landed on her cheeks and the corner of her mouth, Shen Que picked Wu Yue up and sat her down on his lap, holding the back of her neck as he kissed her deeply.

Feeling Wu Yue respond, Shen Que grew increasingly unrestrained.

Only when both of them were breathing heavily did he release Wu Yue, letting her rest against his chest.

Shen Que, "I was wrong, baby. Don't be mad at me. Whatever you say, we'll do, okay?"

Wu Yue, "I say we live separately."

Shen Que, totally disarmed by Wu Yue, had no choice, "Fine, we'll live separately."

Upon hearing Shen Que agree, Wu Yue immediately got angry. Before she could struggle, Shen Que suddenly pushed her down, and Wu Yue went rigid instantly.

Shen Que, panting softly, lowered his voice and whispered in her ear, "We'll live separately, but I'll come find you at night, okay?"

Wu Yue curled her lips into a smile and slowly looped her arms around his neck. "What are you going to do when you find me?"

Shen Que couldn't help but laugh. "I'm going to do you, over and over."

Wu Yue blushed and buried her face in his neck. "You're so perverted."

Shen Que wrapped his arms around her waist. "Yeah, I'm vulgar."

After holding her for a while, he asked, "Still mad?"

Wu Yue shyly leaned close to his ear. "If you wear the outfit Prince Squire had on during the engagement day, I won't be angry anymore."

Shen Que turned his face away, unable to suppress the smile on his lips and in his eyes. He coughed lightly and said seriously, "Deal."

The mood was ripe with intimacy. Shen Que couldn't resist leaning in. "Can we just start now—"

Before he could finish, another guest notification came through, and Shen Que was instantly pissed!

When he saw that the visitors were Shen Qingci and Su Mo, he showed the communicator to Wu Yue. She blinked and said, "It's for you."

Shen Que said, "Su Mo is here too. Will you come with me?"

Wu Yue thought for a moment. "Alright, give me a sec to change, and I'll come with you."

Shen Que nodded. "Okay."

Wu Yue turned and went to the closet to change. Shen Que accepted the visit request and waited for Wu Yue to finish changing before heading to the entrance hall together to meet Shen Qingci and Su Mo.

The moment the four of them met, they stood there staring, and the atmosphere grew particularly awkward.

Shen Qingci said, "Shen Que, the Alliance President and the Secretary-General came to the Royal Court today. All the privileges of the Royal Court have been restored. I wanted to ask for your opinion."

Shen Que replied, "You're the one in charge of the Royal Court now. You don't need to ask me. Do whatever you want."

Shen Que's indifferent attitude instantly made the situation even more awkward.

Wu Yue blinked and tugged his sleeve. "Maybe you should talk to Prince Squire in private?"

She then turned to Su Mo, who was standing to the side looking awkward and uneasy. "I've been at the Royal Court for a few days but haven't had the chance to look around. Would you mind showing me around?"

Su Mo looked at Wu Yue gratefully and immediately nodded. "Of course."

Shen Que held Wu Yue's hand. "Don't go too far."

Wu Yue smiled and nodded. "Okay, be civil. Keep it businesslike."

Shen Que replied, "I know."

As they watched Wu Yue leave, Shen Qingci suddenly sneered. "Look at you, jonesing like a junkie."

Shen Que turned and punched him. "Mind your tone, nephew. Weren't you the one falling over yourself to call me 'Uncle' before?"

Shen Qingci was hit hard enough to make him spit blood. "Damn, you hit harder than Jiang Cheng now."

Watching Shen Qingci desperately wiping the blood away, afraid Su Mo would find out he'd been hit—

Shen Que sneered, "How dare this asshole say that about me."

Shen Qingci said, "Hey, alright, let's get down to business.

When the descendants of the martyrs returned, they hoped you could make a public appearance representing the Royal Court.

After three rounds of suppression, the Royal Court's influence is now even weaker than the Daoist Sects. If you want to peacefully stay by Wu Yue's side while the money in Wu Yue's account keeps growing daily, you need to give them some reassurance."

Shen Que refused outright, "I'm not going."

Shen Qingci curled his lips into a smile, "You even turned down the military's offer to fast-track you to Alliance President reserve status. Aren't you just afraid someone else might steal your girl?

With your current strength and legitimate status, if I handle the operations and we work to rebuild the Royal Court, Wu Yue won’t care about your status.

But have you considered that she saved so many people this time, and all of them have their eyes on her?

If you don’t have a solid foundation and rely solely on yourself, what will you do if someone stronger and more influential suddenly pops up out of nowhere?"

Shen Que scoffed, "Don’t give me that. The whole Alliance's got this many people—where would someone stronger come from?"

Shen Qingci replied, "There might not be anyone among humans, but what about the Order Realm? Even Lu Ling couldn’t defeat the Order Master.

Have you ever wondered why they agreed to cooperate with Chu Cixie, and what their demands were?"

Shen Que slowly turned his head, "What else could those freaks demand? Nothing but reinvading the human world."

Shen Qingci said, "You must have already been to the Present World dungeon. Didn’t you notice?

The high-level ghosts, who share the same power source as Wu Yue, are all totally obsessed with her. They’re obsessed with her, just like you.

In fact, beyond mere affection, they’re also captivated by the bloodline and power origin connection with Wu Yue."

Shen Que’s gaze turned deadly, "What do you mean? What hidden secrets did you learn from Chu Cixie?"