Chapter 25: Real Couples are the Best to Ship
Catching a glimpse of Xie Qiang’s horrified expression out of the corner of his eye, Sen Ji paused slightly, a trace of confusion and incomprehension flashing through his eyes.
Why is she looking at me like that?
As if she doesn’t understand my actions.
“Commander Sen,” Xie Qiang pressed her fingertips on his wrist, pushing his slightly unsheathed saber back through the cuff of his military uniform. “The world is so beautiful, yet you are so irritable. Not good, not good.”
She withdrew her strength, hooked her hands gently behind her back, looked up at him, and smiled softly. “Let’s go. Come to my office; the last purification hasn’t finished yet.”
Sen Ji was slightly stunned. Watching Xie Qiang leave the corner first and walk toward the crowd, he couldn’t help but chase after her.
She…
“Everyone is here quite early!”
The girl greeted everyone with a bright smile. Attracted by her smile, the Sentinels put away their lazy, ruffian-like appearances, straightened their backs, and greeted her. “Your Highness.”
Xie Qiang walked lightly toward the office, but when passing in front of a few people, she stopped, turned her head, and looked at them with a smile.
“Did you guys just say that Guide Jiang persuaded me to purify B-class Sentinels?”
Those few Sentinels didn’t expect their chat to be overheard by Xie Qiang. Their faces instantly panicked, and they hurriedly knelt on one knee. “Your Highness, we…”
“I want to correct one point.”
She interrupted their explanations neither lightly nor heavily. Lowering her eyes to look at the panicked Sentinels, her ice-blue pupils flowed with cat-like agility and clarity. “The one who influenced me was someone else.”
That would be my motherland!
My cadaver teachers!
And countless seniors I respect!
Xie Qiang’s small face was full of righteousness. After speaking, she turned to look at Sen Ji, confirming he had indeed followed, then smiled, turned back, and walked toward the office.
The Sentinels were dumbfounded.
After both Xie Qiang and Sen Ji entered the office, they looked at each other. “Who is the ‘someone else’ Her Highness mentioned?”
“After Her Highness finished speaking just now, she seemed to glance at Commander Sen…”
“Hiss—! Could it be Commander Sen? I heard that not only was he purified by Her Highness, but in the testing room, Her Highness also scolded those low-level Sentinels and personally admitted he is a hero of the Empire.”
“But didn’t she hate Commander Sen especially before?”
“I know! Do you remember half a month ago, when the Zerg ambushed the logistics department, and Commander Sen gave up the front line to save her? Maybe it was then—”
“A hero saving a beauty! First awakening of love! Deep-rooted affection!”
“Wow—!”
The atmosphere among the Sentinels instantly turned into pink bubbles. “Isn’t this the ‘Chasing Husband to the Crematorium’ trope from Sentinel-Guide novels!”
So there really are Guides who fall in love with the Sentinel who saved them, then put down their once noble status to chase their husband!
The Sentinels expressed that this was easy to ship and decided to follow for updates in the future.
Meanwhile, in a dark corner, a clump of red hair almost ground his molars to dust, his voice hiding anger. “Bullshit! The one who influenced her was clearly me, it’s me!”
The one she likes is me! It’s for me that she wants to be a kind person!
Not that defective product!
Are they all blind? She likes him so obviously, yet these people can’t see it?!
Inside the office, Sen Ji secretly observed Xie Qiang’s expression.
She hummed an unknown tune, walking briskly to the consultation area, and stood on tiptoe to take down a washed and dried cotton cloth bag.
There was no trace of her usual gloom or rage.
She… isn’t angry?
“Commander Sen, please sit.” Xie Qiang placed the cotton bag on the table and patted it with her small hand, gesturing. “I will purify you.”
Sen Ji pursed his lips slightly before walking over.
His long scabbard rubbed against his combat uniform, making a rustling low sound. It was hard not to notice his muscular, shapely thighs. Xie Qiang stared a bit, her entire focus gathering there.
Looks very powerful. Probably very healthy, perfect muscles.
“Seen enough?”
Sen Ji pulled out the chair and sat down, his face looking a bit dark.
“Cough.” Xie Qiang quickly withdrew her gaze, touched the tip of her nose in embarrassment, and said honestly, “Haven’t seen enough actually.”
“…”
She really is!
Sen Ji rubbed his brow, forcing himself to look at the cotton bag. “What is this for?”
“It’s a wrist cushion!” Xie Qiang reached out eagerly toward Sen Ji’s wrist. “I’ll teach you how to use it~”
Sen Ji dodged subconsciously. Looking up, he saw the girl’s slightly surprised, then disappointed expression.
The man’s heart trembled.
Just now outside, being misunderstood like that, she hadn’t shown a trace of disappointment or grievance. Why was she so sad just because he dodged her hand?
“Put your wrist here, like this.” The smile on Xie Qiang’s face quickly returned. She placed her own wrist on the cotton bag to demonstrate.
Sen Ji silently placed his hand on it.
Three slender fingers landed gently on the side of his wrist. Several threads of spiritual power drilled into his veins with familiarity, reaching his spiritual sea directly and transforming into three Ragdoll kittens, which marched into the Black Fog Forest with heads held high.
His mind shook. “This…”
“A new move I learned.” Xie Qiang propped her cheek with her other hand, her smile carrying a bit of naivety. “How is it? I’m quite talented, right?”
Sen Ji was speechless for a moment, then nodded.
The purification speed was indeed faster.
“Cough, I learned another move.” Like a kitten impatient to show off that it learned to peel a sausage independently, she raised her hand and drew a few circles in the air above the table. A Ragdoll cat spiritual body materialized.
The little Ragdoll stretched and yawned, walking unsteadily in front of Sen Ji. It gave a soft “meow” to him, then lowered its body and lay on its soft cat paws.
Its soft, small cat ears trembled lightly, and its cat tail curled and tapped gently on the table. The whole cat was extremely well-behaved.
“You can pet it.”
Xie Qiang poked the little Ragdoll cat. “This can speed up purification and won’t trigger binding heat.”
Sen Ji hesitated, somewhat doubting the truth of her words. But looking at her clear, pure eyes, he finally reached out and gently covered the little Ragdoll’s body.
A rich, clear purification power surged through his entire arm, yet it was very docile and cool, causing no physical reaction. Inside his palm was a fluffy sensation, soft and warm. The creamy white cat fur wrapped tightly around him through his fingers, as if sticky, making him unwilling to move away.
Sen Ji couldn’t help stroking the Ragdoll kitten’s back. The more he petted, the more he had the urge to pick it up and bury his face in the cat fur.
So soft…
His palm rubbed the Ragdoll kitten fondly. His cold, slender fingers brushed gently over those small cat ears, causing them to tremble lightly, rubbing against the back of his fingers as if hiding yet entangling.
Sen Ji was momentarily addicted, completely failing to notice that Xie Qiang, who was purifying him, had lowered her head slightly, her earlobes turning red.
No one told her that the tactile sensation of the materialized Ragdoll cat spiritual body being touched would be reflected on her!
Although very slight, both Xie Qiang and this body were very ticklish.
Her spine felt as if it were being quietly brushed by soft cotton. That faint itchiness spread slowly across her back like ripples, causing waves of numbness.
Her ear tips felt as if they were intimately rubbed by a pair of cool, gentle large hands. That numb sensation snaked down her cheek into her neck, as if currents of electricity were traveling through, causing her entire chest to ripple with numbness.
Seeing that the sensation was gradually moving toward her chest and lower abdomen, the little Ragdoll cat, which had been sleeping obediently, suddenly opened its eyes in alarm. It broke free from Sen Ji’s hand, drilled nimbly into Xie Qiang’s body, and disappeared.
Sen Ji’s large hand, which was planning to flip the cat over, froze in mid-air just like that.
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