Chapter 52: Unwrapping Tonight's Gift with Your Own Hands

Feng Yanting was wearing casual clothes, and amidst the hazy steam, his gaze carried a much stronger sense of aggression than usual.

Ye Moxi's face was flushed. Feng Yanting leaned back against the sink, hooked one of his legs around hers, and slowly drew her close to him.

Taking her hand, he placed it on the button of his loungewear.

"Would you like to unwrap tonight's gift with your own hands?"

Ye Moxi looked up at him, her eyes a mix of daze and hesitation. Feng Yanting lowered his head to kiss her, then swiftly unbuttoned and took off his top.

He guided her hand to his chest. Her soft, delicate fingers groped about with a sort of timid hesitation, then slid downwards...

"Mine..." A blush bloomed across the young woman's face, her water-clear eyes reflecting the man's features.

A face likewise suffused with desire.

"Forever yours, and only ever yours..."

He lowered his head, his thin lips covering her tender, cherry-pink mouth, their breaths mingling.

Their body temperatures kept rising. Before long, they tumbled onto the bed, and before they even knew it, their clothes were gone.

They held each other tightly, craving to draw more from one another, until—

"Ow... it hurts!"

Ye Moxi opened her mouth and bit down on Feng Yanting's shoulder, tasting a trace of blood. Veins bulged on his forehead as he seemed to reach the very limit of his endurance.

"Be a good girl! It won't hurt in a moment..."

"Liar!"

...

When Ye Moxi woke up again, Feng Yanting was holding her in a bathtub. The water was very hot, temporarily easing some of her discomfort. Ye Moxi lifted her eyelids and saw that the water was filled with fresh petals and various medicinal herbs.

"Awake?"

Feng Yanting's voice sounded from above, husky, deep, and all the more seductive.

Ye Moxi didn't want to move. She felt as though she didn't even have the strength in her fingertips.

"Are you hungry?"

Ye Moxi suddenly remembered with a sense of shame that in the middle of the night or perhaps the early morning, the man had fed her a tube of high-grade nutrient fluid...

All because her stomach had been rumbling!

Sob, sob... how humiliating!

"Did you notice anything?"

Notice what?

Wait!

Her spiritual sea!

"My spiritual power seems to have broken through! My superpower should have leveled up as well. You said that the higher the spiritual compatibility, the more crucial the first time is..."

Feng Yanting nodded.

"My spiritual power had already reached 3S-tier, so it didn't increase by much, but my superpower has leveled up."

Previously, he was a level-seven superpower user. Now, he was already a level-eight Fire and Metal dual-superpower user!

It wasn't as if the Moyun Star System had no level-eight superpower users, but Feng Yanting was a dual-superpower user! Since ancient times, there had never been a record of anyone with dual superpowers reaching above level six.

"Your tier at the academy will need to be updated."

Why? Since she wanted to keep a low profile and blend into the background, her spiritual power and superpower tiers shouldn't be too high. Otherwise, what was the point of keeping a low profile?

Feng Yanting kissed her forehead.

"I had my own selfish reasons for not telling you earlier. Only women whose spiritual power reaches S-tier and whose superpower reaches level six possess absolute autonomy regarding their future partners."

Oh! Ye Moxi nodded.

Although she knew that women in the interstellar era could have multiple husbands, her mindset was still anchored in the monogamy of her original world, so she didn't feel there was anything wrong with what Feng Yanting had done.

"Don't you think I'm being selfish?"

Ye Moxi hesitated for a moment, then said, "Actually, haven't you ever wondered? Although living in the safety zone was difficult for me, what about 'Star Snow Ink' and the 'self-heating pot'? Do you really think it was just because my brain works fast and I think a lot?"

Feng Yanting ruffled her hair.

"Are you trying to say you are a soul from another world?"

Now it was Ye Moxi's turn to be stunned.

"Have you forgotten? The Zhuge family has controlled the Moyun Star System for over ten thousand years; what secrets haven't I seen? The royal family itself has produced more than three queens and over five princesses who were souls from other worlds... not to mention various other transmigrators who stirred up trouble before being dealt with by the Star Pavilion!"

Ye Moxi's mouth dropped open. So fellow countrymen—no! There were so many predecessors who had transmigrated?!

"There are even more than three souls from other worlds in the Moyun Star System right now!"

That was true!

The formation master who traded with Ye Moxi and was always able to craft weird and wonderful gadgets was a prime suspect!

However, while the interstellar world was full of people whose personalities suddenly changed drastically due to transmigration, it was rare to find someone like Ye Moxi, who had transmigrated into a fetus.

According to Feng Yanting, people like her were generally treated as native residents by the Star Pavilion.

Ye Moxi wanted to share some more private thoughts with Feng Yanting, but seeing that she had regained some energy, his gaze grew increasingly dark. By the time Ye Moxi reacted, she was already pinned beneath the man, her body rapidly re-ignited...

"It's almost dawn, and today we still have..."

"It's only the morning, it won't ruin anything..."

"You're lying to me again!"

He had already lied to her twice last night!

And now he was saying that a single morning wouldn't ruin anything...

Feng Yanting remained silent.

He simply continued to fan the flames within her.

He had already said that the higher the spiritual compatibility, the stronger the mutual attraction and the urge to be close!

He could manage when she wasn't right in front of him, but now that she was right under his nose, expecting him only to look and not touch?

Wasn't that pure joking?

...

When Ye Moxi finally woke up from a deep sleep, she had just finished lunch and it was time for the afternoon treatment session.

Ye Moxi very much wanted to put on a show of anger, but upon seeing Feng Yanting's strikingly handsome, ascetic face—so completely different from how he looked in bed—her anger inevitably deflated.

Beauty makes fools of us all!

The morning treatment didn't go very smoothly. Mainly, Wu Gang was full of ambition, but his actual strength didn't match up. After struggling to complete five treatments in the morning, Wu Gang's spiritual power was completely overdrawn.

Nevertheless, he insisted on coming to the treatment room again in the afternoon. Knowing his own lack of experience, he wanted to observe more. In truth, he had no idea that Ye Moxi was deliberately suppressing her spiritual power again and again just to keep a low profile.

By the third day, the number of lucky individuals had reached fifty. Furthermore, after receiving treatment, the sentinels were able to return to their training without any delay.

Ye Moxi was quite satisfied with this. Theory combined with practice had proven that her proposal was feasible.

Wu Gang was officially hired by the First Legion to become Ye Mingming's assistant, and the salary offered by the First Legion was entirely sufficient for him to cover his tuition and living expenses. Ye Mingming hoped he would continue his education; after all, having academic credentials would increase his future remuneration.

After three days of observation, Wu Gang finally mastered some of the techniques.

Madam Feng Xi finished her work and prepared to return to the Imperial Capital.

With just a look from Feng Yanting, Ye Moxi stayed behind.

A week of sweet, shameless, and sugar-coated days flew by.

One day, while Feng Yanting went to take a shower, his optical computer lit up.

Sitting nearby and browsing the StarNet gossip columns, Ye Moxi thought it might be something urgent and prepared to take it to him in the bathroom. However, a passage on the optical computer screen caught her attention.

"Captain Feng, what on earth are you thinking? The other side is already doing everything in their power to block your marriage application, yet you are still having the academy update Ye Moxi's spiritual power and superpower tiers! Do you really believe that in the face of absolute power, that right to independently choose a future partner can actually be realized? Or will you only see my sincerity when Xiong Sheng settles for second best and is willing to become Ye Moxi's secondary husband?..."