Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

Pei Du's massaging motion paused slightly. He hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Are you sure they're from the military?"

Sheng Shixian wrinkled his nose, moved his face away from Pei Du's abdomen, and opened his right hand to reveal the fabric that he had been holding in his palm.

"I tore it off him." Sheng Shixian's complexion improved a lot in the past few minutes, and although his lips were pale, they regained color over time.

Pei Du looked at Sheng Shixian's palm. He picked up the cloth, which was completely black, as if Sheng Shixian had torn it from the man's shirt. A sickle-shaped dagger was clearly sewn on it with platinum thread.

Today, the military commanders in charge of various cities all wear this distinctive uniform with a dagger motif.

It seems that the person who came to his house to investigate was a high-ranking individual.

Pei Du's fingers traced the bloodstains on the platinum thread, and his movements gradually slowed down.

Sheng Shixian's hands, feet, and even mouth were restrained. His clothes were stained with blood, but there were no wounds on his body... How did he get into a fight with someone?

“The military is very difficult to deal with, and possessing alien species is a serious crime.” Pei Du heard Sheng Shixian’s voice and turned his gaze to him.

Sheng Shixian looked up at Pei Du, whose face was clean but whose eyes had some bruises. "You're still a lab technician. If you're found out, you'll be sentenced to at least twenty years in prison."

"So what?" Pei Du asked.

It's not like he hasn't done this kind of thing before.

The father hid the mother, and he hid Sheng Shixian.

It's the same villa, the same layout. And now, it's just that the same thing is happening inside, something that has happened before.

Sheng Shixian narrowed his eyes, pulled Pei Du's hand over, and made him continue to stroke his tailbone. Pei Du paused for a few seconds, then bent over following Sheng Shixian's pressure.

"You can hand me over, and I'll take full responsibility." Sheng Shixian put his arm around Pei Du, and pressed his lips against the medical patch on Pei Du's ear, his warm breath seeping deeper into the patch.

He said softly, "I am a mutant. If I die, I die. You must live a long life."

Pei Du thought to himself that he had died seventy years earlier than Sheng Shixian in his previous life. Sheng Shixian, the male protagonist, lived to the age of ninety-three. By the time he passed away, the grass on Pei Du's grave would probably be taller than him.

"Won't you be angry if I hand you over?" Pei Du skipped over those ambiguous and always complicated questions and asked directly.

Sheng Shixian still tilted his head back, his black bangs falling to the sides, a smile appearing in his dark eyes. "Yes."

"I'd like to bite you to death."

Pei Du: "..."

Then what are you talking about?

"Don't worry, of course I'll live a long time, at least a hundred years old," Pei Du said casually, pressing his fingertip against the red mark on Sheng Shixian's back. He continued, "You'll live a long time too. You've eaten so much of my food; you'll pay me back slowly in the future."

Sheng Shixian understood the meaning behind Pei Du's words, and he smiled and said, "Stingy."

“I’m not as stingy as you.” Pei Du pulled his hand back. “Change your clothes later, they’re all covered in blood.”

Sheng Shixian looked at him: "Where will you sleep after you change?"

Bullet holes were still visible in the wall, and shards of glass lay scattered on the floor. Pei Du hadn't gone to the bathroom yet, but just by looking at the several scattered bloodstains near the bathroom door, he knew the situation inside was dire.

Sheng Shixian sat on the sofa without moving. His gaze wandered over the second floor for a moment before landing on Pei Du.

Pei Du easily accepted Sheng Shixian's hint and said, "You have to wear a gag if you sleep with me."

Sheng Shixian: "...Hmm."

Pei Du was helpless. Sheng Shixian's initial extreme resistance to wearing a gag had evolved into his current unwavering acceptance of it.

Sheng Shixian picked up the cane beside him and deliberately washed the almost dried blood off his palms before walking with Pei Du toward the sink.

"bump."

A soft sound came from the direction of the gate.

Sheng Shixian's beast ears twitched slightly, and a chill rose in his eyes. He grabbed Pei Du's sleeve and exclaimed, "Who?!"

Pei Du immediately stopped in his tracks. His hearing was not as developed as Sheng Shixian's, so he could not hear any strange or unusual sounds. He could only feel that Sheng Shixian was gripping him tighter and tighter.

Sheng Shixian frowned. A few seconds after he finished speaking, the footsteps outside the gate quickly faded and retreated towards the road in the distance.

“There’s someone here,” Sheng Shixian said.

As he spoke, he pulled Pei Du behind him, preventing Pei Du from having a chance to move forward. Sheng Shixian, on the other hand, leaned on his cane and slowly approached the gate, saying, "Don't go, I'll go."

Pei Du was stunned for a moment. He walked behind Sheng Shixian and realized that Sheng Shixian was now walking much more steadily.

Although he still relies on a cane, he is no longer as unsteady and confused as before. Even his occasionally hunched back has straightened, casting a light, thin shadow under the light.

Sheng Shixian walked behind the gate. All the surveillance cameras in the villa had been destroyed, so they didn't know what was happening outside and could only rely on Sheng Shixian's beast ears to find out what was going on outside.

“Nobody’s here.” Sheng Shixian turned his head and said seriously, “And there’s no bomb.”

Pei Du: "..."

They'll all die if there's a bomb.

Pei Du said, "Judging from the footsteps, there were probably a few people outside earlier?"

Sheng Shixian remained silent for a few seconds before speaking, "One person, there are no others."

It was unclear whether the person outside was with the military. Sheng Shixian had been focused on dealing with the person who had climbed over the wall, but he hadn't expected that there was someone else lurking at the door.

But since that person hasn't done anything outrageous or intended to attack them for so long, they might have just been eavesdropping.

Sheng Shixian snapped out of his thoughts, had Pei Du stand behind him, and stepped forward to open the villa's door.

The air was completely silent, and Pei Du's nerves tightened, his breathing unconsciously becoming shallow.

It was pitch black outside, except for the white light from streetlights on the other side of the road, which cast shadows on the dense, overlapping trees. The chirping of insects echoed softly from the grass, and Pei Du could faintly smell the fragrance of flowers again.

Like the bouquet of roses he had taken to the lab for testing, mixed with incense of unknown origin, the combined scent made people dizzy.

Pei Du covered his mouth and nose, walked to the side, and casually pressed the light control button installed at the gate.

The darkness that had accumulated at the doorway vanished instantly, revealing the scene outside under the light and exposing the ground clearly.

Pei Du stepped forward, and amidst the pervasive fragrance, he looked down and saw a large expanse of rose petals scattered at his doorway.

The rose petals were a vibrant red, perhaps from freshly picked roses, still glistening with tiny dewdrops that had gathered overnight in the cool air.