Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

The pain in the back of his neck was mixed with dampness, and the pheromones entered, silently soothing Zhou Yanshu's glands that had long lost their vitality.

Just like what Zhou Yanshu sensed that morning, it wasn't the bitter almond scent of Yu Zhuo's pheromones, but another kind... pheromones that resonated with him.

After Zhou Yanshu's nerves relaxed a bit, he reapplied the suppression patch to him after the Yu Zhuo session, which sealed off all the pheromones.

"Why are you asking me these questions?" Yu Zhu belatedly realized something. He looked at Zhou Yanshu, who had already returned to his original expression, showing no emotion.

"It's nothing, just a casual question. I feel like you don't have much experience," Zhou Yanshu said calmly. "You just know how to bite randomly."

Yu Zhuo: "..."

Zhou Yanshu clearly said it felt good when he bit like that before. Now he's saying he has no experience? He's a system, how is he supposed to gain experience?

"Really? You've met some very experienced Alphas?" Yu Zhuo asked.

“That’s for sure,” Zhou Yanshu replied fluently.

Yu Zhuo turned her gaze to him and saw Zhou Yanshu say casually, "My late husband was very good at marking things when he was alive."

Yu Zhuo paused, then asked, "...For example?"

"For example, he won't bite like you do. He's very gentle and considerate, and he never makes me feel pain."

Yu Zhuo: "..."

Yu Zhuo thought to himself, "You're just making this up. If he hadn't experienced it himself, he might believe it to some extent."

Moreover, Zhou Yanshu can't even remember his name and face from when he was just trying to survive, and now he's making things up again, which looks like he's digging a pit for Yu Zhuo to fall into.

But Zhou Yanshu's untrue praise did indeed make the cowardly life quite enjoyable.

Yu Zhuo fiddled with Zhou Yanshu's blond hair, propped his chin up, and said, "Next time I bite, could you please give me some pointers? I'll bite the same way your late husband did, so I can gain some experience too, okay?"

Zhou Yanshu turned to look at Yu Zhuo, whose expression was serious and seemed to be humbly seeking advice.

"We'll talk about it next time."

Yu Zhuo smiled, stood up, and prepared to go to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash up.

Zhou Yanshu had already finished everything in advance. When Yu Zhu came out, he was holding his phone with his eyes downcast, as if he was replying to someone's message.

Yu Zhuo didn't care much, as Zhou Yanshu knew far more people here than Yu Zhuo.

Five hundred years may seem like a long time, but in their eyes it is only a few years—those subordinates who had belonged to Zhou Yanshu a hundred years ago were still waiting for his orders.

Yu Zhuo walked to Zhou Yanshu's side and waited until he finished replying to the message before reaching out his hand.

Zhou Yanshu also opened his arms, hugged Yu Zhuo's back as he was lifted up, and then lay down on the bed.

Zhou Yanshu pulled the covers up, turned his head to look at Yu Zhuo's dark figure moving in the lamplight, and suddenly asked, "Didn't you eat enough tonight?"

Yu Zhuo had just taken the candy beans off the table when he said, "No, these candy beans taste special. They're supposedly a new limited edition. I'll try them."

Zhou Yanshu didn't speak. Yu Zhuo noticed him staring at him menacingly in the darkness, so she handed him the package: "Want to eat a few too?"

"I've finished brushing my teeth, I'm not eating." Zhou Yanshu shrank further under the covers, leaving only his eyes showing, his gaze still fixed on Yu Zhuo.

After taking a couple of bites, Yu Zhuo folded the packaging and put it back in its original place. He went back into the bathroom to brush his teeth, and only after coming out did he finally lie down quietly next to Zhou Yanshu.

Zhou Yanshu had not yet closed his eyes. He was inexplicably absent-minded today. Through the light of the desk lamp next to him, Yu Zhuo could vaguely see Zhou Yanshu's silver pupils turning towards him.

"Are you hungry?" Yu Zhuo rolled over. "Want me two candies?"

"No." Zhou Yanshu closed his eyes.

“Okay.” Yu Zhuo patted Zhou Yanshu’s thigh, then withdrew his hand and closed his eyes, saying, “Then go to sleep early.”

He left a bit of the system's consciousness on Zhou Yanshu. Zhou Yanshu was acting strangely today, though he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong with him.

Yu Zhuo secretly kept an eye on his every move.

Sure enough, less than a minute later, Zhou Yanshu opened his eyes again. He glanced at Yu Zhuo beside him, his gaze settling on the phone Yu Zhuo had tossed on the bedside table.

He tapped his fingertip, recalling the black heart-shaped number in his phone. Yu Zhuo fell asleep quickly, and Zhou Yanshu waited until his breathing became steady before reaching for the phone beside him.

"what happened?"

Yu Zhuo's voice suddenly rang out in the air, and Zhou Yanshu's arm stiffened, so he immediately pulled his hand back.

I'm still awake.

Yu Zhuo turned on the small nightlight beside him, rubbed his eyes, and shifted his gaze from the corner of the table to Zhou Yanshu's face: "Stealed my phone?"

“…” Zhou Yanshu paused for a moment, “You’re overthinking it. I’m thirsty and want to drink water.”

The glass of cool boiled water was placed on the table. Upon seeing it, Yu Zhuo didn't think much of it and handed the glass to Zhou Yanshu: "Here you go."

Zhou Yanshu lowered his eyes and took a couple of sips. Yu Zhuo sat next to him, still suspecting that he hadn't eaten enough for dinner: "I noticed you didn't eat much tonight, so I'll order you some takeout?"

“You didn’t eat much either,” Zhou Yanshu suddenly said.

Yu Zhuo asked in surprise, "I gnawed on all the bones on the table, I haven't even eaten them yet."

"Fish." Zhou Yanshu's pupils turned to Yu Zhuo. "You don't like it?"

“I’ve always…” Yu Zhuo was about to say it when he suddenly stopped. He saw Zhou Yanshu staring at him intently, his gaze full of inquiry, and he immediately understood what was going on.

Yu Zhuo belongs to a special race, whose spiritual beings are almost all tabby cats, including the 3S-level Yu Xiangwan.

The characteristics of spiritual beings also affect them to some extent; after they transform into beasts, their abilities in all aspects will increase exponentially.

None of this mattered to Yu Zhuo, but Zhou Yanshu specifically asked him about fish today, clearly indicating that he had doubts about Yu Zhuo's completely different habits from those of the tabby cat.

"I've always loved eating that stuff," Yu Zhuo said dryly. Then, his eyes darted around, and he continued, "But I don't have much of an appetite today, so I can't eat it."

Zhou Yanshu looked at him: "Why?"

"It's that auction, the one Qi Mohan took me to," Yu Zhuo complained. "When I got there, they were auctioning off fish skulls and tails. You wouldn't believe it, they were all freshly cut off, still dripping blood... It was so disgusting, I couldn't eat it when I got back."

Zhou Yanshu: "Is that why you don't want to eat fish?"

"It's not that I don't want to eat, it's just that I haven't been able to eat anything lately. Seeing these things reminds me of those foods, and it makes me feel nauseous."

Zhou Yanshu pondered to himself.

It seems the information obtained earlier was correct; Yu Zhuo still likes to eat fish. It's just that Zhou Yanshu made the fish soup at the wrong time, encountering Qi Mohan, this scourge.