Chapter 161: Little Marshmallow, What Grade is Your Pheromone?
The Cabinet, Supreme Administrative Conference.
Sitting at the central main seat, Jun Chengyin was currently reviewing newly added legislative clauses when his optical computer suddenly rang.
Ding-dong—
It was his priority contact notification tone.
The assembled ministers collectively raised their heads in absolute bewilderment.
During sessions, everyone’s optical computers were strictly turned off; only emergency situations or priority contacts could bypass the restriction.
The person who warranted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s priority contact setting was?
Their eyes flashed with intense, gossipy curiosity as they watched the young storage heir instantly light up with a radiant expression as he opened his optical computer, looking as if he feared the person on the other end might wait a single split second too long.
It was Tangtang!
It was exceptionally rare for her to send him a message during working hours.
【Big Golden Retriever, I’m currently playing a dice-rolling game with a colleague. Can you help me out?】
【The stake is ten thousand. If we win, I’ll treat you to dinner.】
Dice-rolling?
He grasped her meaning at a single glance.
【Alright.】
“Stop!”
The exact millisecond Su Miantang called a halt, the meerkat slammed the dice cup heavily onto the table. The grizzly bear had already tracked the frequency of the dots inside, his eyes completely overflowing with smug triumph.
His victory was absolute.
He couldn’t wait to witness the spectacle of the arrogant, invincible Anaconda King getting slapped by a tiny female. It was bound to be incredibly stimulating!
“Wait a moment.”
The young girl waved the meerkat aside. A split second before opening the video connection, she looked toward the grizzly bear beastman.
“From this exact moment onward, the dots inside are locked. You are absolutely not permitted to utilize your combat power to cheat, otherwise… I will know.”
“Tch~” The grizzly bear scoffed. “Are you questioning my gambling ethics? I, Xiong San, thoroughly detest those shameless scoundrels who cheat!”
“…”
Su Shameless Scoundrel Miantang silently and guiltily averted her eyes, opening the video call.
In a mere single second, Jun Chengyin utilized his Double Pupil Power—X-ray Vision—to peer straight through the dice cup.
The video connection was instantly disconnected.
He typed out the exact dots: 111234
Su Miantang held up the screen, presenting it right before Xiong San’s face.
“Is it this?”
“Of course not, there isn’t a single person in this universe who could catch it at a single glance…”
Xiong San’s confident words completely choked in his throat the exact split second his eyes caught the numbers. He scrambled to his feet in absolute, wide-eyed panic.
“Th-This… how is this possible?”
“W-Who exactly is that friend of yours?!”
He had practiced his auditory tracking for decades to earn his title as a Gambling King.
He never expected that in this universe, someone actually existed who didn’t even need to listen to the sound, catching the exact dots inside a locked container at a single glance.
It was impossible, absolutely impossible!
Even if a literal Gambling God descended, they wouldn’t possess such an absolute lack of logic!
“I’ll tell you later.”
“Right now, you should gracefully accept your defeat and fulfill the wager.”
“You…” Xiong San clenched his fists tightly, his eyes flashing with a raw, bleeding fury as he stared at her. After a long silence, he gritted his teeth. “Speak. What exactly do you want me to do?”
Meanwhile, after Jun Chengyin sent the dots over, he waited for a moment before sensing that something was slightly amiss.
The recreational facilities inside the National Academy of Sciences consisted of rolling dice?
Why was it so strange?
He stared at those specific numbers once more, and suddenly, as if a realization hit him, he rearranged the sequence. What emerged was: 131421!
The homophonic pun for: I love you for a lifetime!
Tangtang wasn’t playing a game with a colleague at all; she was actively confessing her love to him?!
In an instant, his heart hammered like a chaotic tempest, his blood surged straight to his brain, and his mind went completely blank. He wished he could sprint over immediately to gather her into his arms and respond.
He loved her too.
Incredibly, deeply loved her!
Tossing the legislative documents aside, he began frantically typing into the chat box.
04592 (You are my absolute greatest love)
20609 (Love you until eternity)
04551 (You are my only one)
5452830 (Missing you every single second…)
“I want you to…”
Su Miantang turned her body slightly, looking toward the Eleventh Cell Block.
In the northeastern corner, the brutally massive grizzly bear suddenly rose to his feet, baring his fangs with a ferocious, bloodthirsty expression as he glared down at the petite, slender young girl before him, looking exactly as if he might devour her whole at any split second.
Yet she merely bit her lip with a pitiable expression, turning her head toward the man as if begging for his rescue.
The corners of Tenleson’s lips pulled up into a cold sneer.
What, her little trick of playing hard to get backfired completely? She finally remembered to turn to him for rescue? Just this little bit won’t be enough to seduce him.
He casually loosened his knuckles.
The prisoners of Sector Eleven harbored the exact same deduction, watching the scene with racing hearts, terrified she might get ripped apart in a flash, while Alan prepared to charge forward regardless of the consequences.
Yet what transpired in the very next split second…
The grizzly bear charged over like a sudden gust of wind, dropping straight onto his knees before Tenleson to strike three loud kowtows against the stone slab.
Across the yard, the sound of countless jaws dropping and shattering into pieces echoed endlessly.
Every single prisoner on the scene, including the guards, stood completely rooted to the spot like frozen statues. It was absolute, wide-eyed disbelief. Xiong San, who would usually prefer to have his fur stripped away to be manufactured into a fur coat rather than bow his head to the Anaconda King…
Today, because of a tiny female’s brief few words, had actually crawled over to kneel and kowtow in submission?!
Who… Who on earth was she? What kind of magic had she just pulled?
The phantom curve at the corners of Tenleson’s lips froze instantly.
His deep gaze didn’t linger on Xiong San for a single second, shifting straight onto the young girl behind him.
She carried her medical box, walking toward him with a slow, relaxed pace.
This appeared to be their very first true intersection of gazes.
In the air, invisible sparks of conflict collided and exploded.
Only now did he clearly trace that her crystal-clear eyes harbored zero pity or cowardice. There was only a boundless, absolute tranquility—a tranquility so deep it left one entirely unable to deduce her inner thoughts.
hardly able to restrain himself, he activated his Mind Reading capability once more.
“Respected Mr. Esper, excuse me, may we commence with the blood extraction now?”
The little female’s eyes curved into crescents, her smile radiating a warm, polite grace. Yet her inner mind—
【Can we draw the blood now? You wanton giant snake!】
Heh.
What a hypocritical little female.
He was wanton?
Who was the one who had been fantasizing about his anatomy the exact millisecond they met…
【What are you staring at? Those two green snake eyes are so eerie and ominous, it’s terrifying. My goosebumps are breaking out across my skin.】
【Is he going to turn back into that two-headed giant python to scare her again?】
“…”
So her previous ‘fainting,’ ‘shyness,’ ‘trembling,’ and ‘avoiding his gaze’ weren’t driven by affection at all, but pure, unadulterated terror.
The man’s eyes darkened subtly, a trace of sharp interest emerging within their depths.
How fascinating.
But, two heads?
【I need to extract the blood quickly, lest he alters his mind again.】
Su Miantang rapidly set down her medical box, pulling out the blood collection apparatus to wrap it tightly around his arm.
Tenleson’s train of thought was abruptly severed.
He lowered his head, tracking the little female’s movements.
Her hands were fair, delicate, and exceptionally soft. She practically required both hands combined just to securely grasp his arm, her slender fingertips continuously smoothing and wrapping across his wheat-toned skin, as if she were delivering a subtle caress.
It caused his heart to itch uncontrollably.
He felt a base urge to reverse his grip and squeeze her hands tightly to see if they would leak water. He even automatically wondered if she were to hold his other parts, would she also require both hands combined?
They might not even be enough.
Then…
The exact split second his dark gaze landed onto her gorgeous crimson lips, he caught her inner voice once more.
【His skin is perfectly fine, so why on earth did he cover it in so many tattoos?】
“These are my natural markings.”
【Ah!!!】
The memory of his terrifying python form—covered in lines of looping, intricate patterns—instantly flashed through Su Miantang’s mind, causing her delicate hand to shake violently from fright.
The man let out a deep, rumbling chuckle, completely satisfied with his successful prank.
Su Miantang shot him a brief glare, rapidly regaining her composure as she picked up the syringe.
【Then again, the veins on his arm are quite beautiful—bulging, distinct, and perfectly visible. Medical workers love this type the most.】
While she was thinking, she felt the man lean down, his hot, scalding breath whispering right against her ear canal in a magnetic, deeply ambiguous cadence. “The veins across my other parts are even more beautiful. Do you want to take a look?”
“?”
Su Miantang looked up in absolute shock. How on earth did he track her exact thoughts?
Could it be that her gaze tracking his veins had been too fervent?
She raised her head in confusion.
“Which parts? Can we inject a needle and extract blood from there as well?”
“…”
Tenleson’s expression shifted instantly.
“No.”
“Then I’ll decline the offer, thank you.”
The man was inexplicably charmed by her blunt response, letting out another deep chuckle.
While he was laughing, his chest muscles vibrated with a deep resonance, drawing the young girl’s attention once more.
【His physique is so massively robust. If I secretly extract a bit extra, it shouldn’t cause any issues, right?】
“Little Marshmallow, are you a literal living Grim Reaper?”
Su Miantang: “…” So she had genuinely been exposed again? What on earth was going on? Was she being that obvious?
“Extremely obvious.”
As Tenleson leaned closer to her once more, he caught a wisp of a highly delicate, fragrant gardenia aroma radiating from her body, and he froze completely.
It wasn’t pheromones.
It was her natural body fragrance.
“What grade is your pheromone?”
【Saying it out loud might terrify you to death.】
“Heh.”
Tenleson let out a mocking chuckle.
How terrifying could it possibly be?
If her grade were truly advanced, she would have long since driven it to suppress him into submission. Females always operated that way, didn’t they? The moment a male refused to cooperate, they would utilize their pheromones to force them into compliance.
With this thought, he caught her inner mind.
【SSSS-grade.】
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