23. Agreeing to Move In
“You’re lying. I didn’t even go inside, how could I possibly leave a mark on you?”
This was also something Zhan Ye hadn’t expected. After returning from Su Tang’s place, he discovered this mark had appeared on his body.
“I guess it might have something to do with our compatibility being too high. As for whether this is your mark, just come over and feel it, and you’ll know.”
A mark placed by a Guide on a Sentinel retains the Guide’s spiritual power. Su Tang leaned close to Zhan Ye, her fingertips lightly touching that spot of golden light. After sensing that it truly was her own spiritual power fluctuation, she fell into a brief silence.
“See, I didn’t lie to you. I’m already your man now, so, Little Beauty, you have to treat me a little better.”
Zhan Ye bowed his body halfway, staring with burning eyes at the Little Beauty before him. His taste was truly excellent, picking such a beautiful little Guide for himself.
“That’s still no reason for you to break into my bedroom in the middle of the night.”
Su Tang withdrew her hand and retreated several steps in succession, putting distance between herself and Zhan Ye.
“Injustice, Little Beauty. You should know that it is very difficult for a marked Sentinel to refuse the Guide. I felt you purifying the Golden Eagle, and my whole body became unusually craving. I tried to suppress it too, but I couldn’t control it at all.”
Once a Sentinel’s desire rose, it wasn’t so easy to suppress unless suppressants were injected. But having tasted the sweetness of a Guide, those cold, dull suppressants had long since lost their effect on him.
He really couldn’t control his body, which was why he sneaked in at midnight.
“You, you…”
Su Tang stammered for a long time without being able to say a complete sentence. She understood the principles Zhan Ye spoke of, but she just couldn’t quite accept the current result. How did she vaguely manage to mark Zhan Ye?
“Don’t be so disgusted by me. In terms of looks and ability, I’m no worse than that cold block of ice Mo Xiao. Marking me has no downsides for you. In the future, my merit points will all be shared with you. It’s just that you only walked around the periphery of my consciousness sea this morning, so this mark isn’t perfect yet. It can only be counted as a semi-finished product.”
A semi-finished product was already this attractive to him; Zhan Ye dared not imagine what he would become when this mark was completed thoroughly.
“That means it can’t be counted as a full mark yet, right?”
Seeing the little Guide’s eyes light up as if she had grabbed onto a life-saving driftwood, a strong displeasure sprouted in Zhan Ye’s heart.
“What do you mean by this? Am I that disgusting to you?”
The Golden Eagle seemed to sense its owner’s emotions. It rose from Zhan Ye’s shoulder and flew into Su Tang’s arms, its little head rubbing against her again and again. Looking at the Golden Eagle’s fawning appearance, Su Tang sighed softly.
“I didn’t mean that. It’s just that I haven’t mentally prepared myself to mark a Sentinel yet. You know, performing purification for you and marking you are completely different.”
The original host’s memories told her that a Guide marking a Sentinel was no different from getting a marriage certificate in modern life. After a Guide marks a Sentinel, everything the Sentinel gains is shared with the Guide, and the Guide has the obligation to provide purification and channeling for the Sentinel to prevent mental collapse.
Su Tang hadn’t even thoroughly figured out the rules of life in the White Tower, yet she had inexplicably marked a Super S-class Sentinel captain.
For her, such a change was a bit too big.
“That is to say, you don’t dislike me.”
“Of course not.”
She clearly knew that when a Guide marked a Sentinel, the benefiting party was definitely mostly the Guide. How could she dislike Zhan Ye? It was just that, for the moment, she couldn’t quite accept such a shift.
Su Tang took a deep breath, her irritable emotions gradually cooling down. She raised her eyes to look again at that mark point Zhan Ye had exposed nakedly without any intention of concealing.
“Will such a semi-finished mark cause damage to you?”
“Rare, ah. Little Beauty finally knows to care about me.”
The man extended a finger and tapped lightly on that gold dot.
“I just ran over to Shen Ji’s place. According to his test, there’s no major damage, at most it will put my body in a period of heat for a while.”
A semi-finished mark was equivalent to a Sentinel’s craving being satisfied halfway and then suddenly being cast aside by the Guide. Damage to the Sentinel’s consciousness sea still existed; his body would subconsciously begin to accept the spiritual power left by that bit of marking.
This was also why Zhan Ye now generated a difficult-to-control longing for Su Tang.
Before coming, he had also injected himself with a suppressant, but the effect… well, the moment he saw the little Guide, his sense of reason collapsed instantly, and the drug’s effect was like foam, vanishing into thin air in an instant.
She simply didn’t know how much effort he had to pay to restrain the beast nature in his body and speak to her so gentlemanly right now.
“Heat… period?”
The little Guide seemed to notice the terrifying nature of the term she spoke. Finally, the gaze looking at him contained a few points of wariness that he disliked.
“Don’t worry. I took a suppressant before coming. The heat period lasts about three days. As long as I don’t touch you during these three days, I think there won’t be a big problem.”
Zhan Ye both rejoiced that Mo Xiao was taking Su Tang on a mission and felt this result was somewhat regrettable. If she wasn’t taken on the mission by Mo Xiao, then during these three days of heat, would she stay by his side?
“I came here today, firstly to tell you about this matter, and secondly to obtain your consent.”
“What?”
“You know, I am the Captain of the Third Squad after all. If I don’t appear at the training ground for three consecutive days, my team members will be suspicious. So, I want to request that during the period you are out on the mission, you allow me to live here.”
Everywhere here was filled with the sweet scent of the Guide’s pheromones. With the scent of these pheromones present, his three days wouldn’t be so unbearable.
Su Tang pursed her lips.
Letting a man move into her room—in the past, she definitely would have refused such a thing. But Zhan Ye becoming like this was partly due to her. Moreover, he was just moving in and not doing anything else, so she wouldn’t be that petty.
“I can agree to your request.”
“Also.”
“What?”
“Please permit me to use the items in your room.”
“Of course.”
She had already agreed to let him move in; what use was there in not letting him touch the things in the room?
Su Tang lowered her head, carefully comforting the seemingly uneasy Golden Eagle in her arms. Naturally, she didn’t see the glint of dark light revealed in the eyes of the Sentinel standing before her when he heard she agreed to his request.
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