Chapter 37: 2.9 Third Small Star – Plans

Hei Xue's designated room. After the doctor had changed Xue's bandages, this old medical practitioner scolded Wan Lengya for overreacting and shouting within the hospital premises. Seating quietly on his bed, Hei Xue, who was watching silently, couldn't help but giggle as he saw his husband get reprimanded like a child until his head was lowered in embarrassment and remorse. A few moments after the doctor left, Wan Lengya finally noticed the soft giggles coming from his wife, surprising him. He looked at Hei Xue with a stunned expression, making his wife laugh at him aloud this time. HAHAHA! Laughing, Hei Xue said, "What's with that ridiculous face you are making? You look silly~ hubby." He even took a picture of his shocked husband with his phone. His wounds weren't hurting anymore as he had been given painkillers. In a daze, Wan Lengya responded, "H-Hubby?" Smiling evilly at his husband, Hei Xue said, "I'll give you a task. If you complete this, then I'll give you a reward, hu-b-by." Knowing that he wasn't hearing things and that his wife was giving him a second chance, Wan Lengya felt incredibly pleased. "What task? What reward?" he asked. "Your task is that you must capture the one who wanted to kill me. Make sure he will be alive after torturing him half-dead. Get him imprisoned for life and make his life inside the prison even worse than hell, not allowing him to die nor letting him want to live. Your time limit is only a month. If you fail, you will never see me ever again in this life," replied Hei Xue with an evil smile. Hearing his wife's answer, Wan Lengya's face turned dark when he heard the consequences of failure, but his focus was still on the prize he would get. "How about my reward?" he asked. With an alluring smile on his face, he waved his hands at Wan Lengya, asking him to get closer. When there was only an arm's distance away, Hei Xue pulled Wan Lengya over by his tie and gave him fleeting kisses on the corner of his cold lips, startling the latter with his dumbfounded face. When Hei Xue saw his husband's astonished but silly expression, he couldn't stop himself from teasing Lengya. The man was teased badly, causing his face to turn red in provocation, excitement, and anger. Thoughts like why his wife was teasing him this much and not even giving him a proper kiss echoed in his mind. Unable to bear his wife's teasing, Wan Lengya grabbed the back of his wife's head and pulled him over for a proper kiss. As if he were hungry for this man's kiss, Wan Lengya couldn't help but bite Hei Xue's lips in anger and deprivation. He didn't stop until their mouths were filled with the taste of blood. Seeing his husband's irritation, Xue knew he had teased him quite too much, incurring his husband's possessiveness. This time, he didn't struggle and let his husband kiss him. The feeling of someone wanting to eat him alive was something he experienced for the first time. Their tongues entangled as if wanting to suck out the souls from their bodies. Their deep kiss lasted for a few minutes, and it was only when his husband noticed his lack of air that he let go of him. Seeing his wife's misty eyes, Lengya couldn't help but click his tongue. *Tsk* Licking the stretched silver line connecting his lips to his wife, he looked at his wife's seductive state with cold eyes filled with lust but couldn't do anything because of his wife's current state. With an unexplainable yearning in his eyes, he controlled himself not to lose control and gently pulled his wife into his embrace, wrapping his arms around his waist in a very possessive manner, but extremely gentle, as if protecting something very precious. Smelling his wife's sweet minty scent as he rested his head on his shoulder left him with a relaxing feeling, as if he got back something important. He didn't want to let go, even for a second. "So, your reward is that... I will allow you to marry me for the last time. Moreover, since I'm of royal descent, you must convince my Grandma Dowager and Uncle Emperor in France. It will not be easy, but do you accept, Wan Lengya?" asked Hei Xue with a smile as he held Lengya's hand with a bit of hesitation. Only for the latter to capture his hand and intertwine their ten fingers as if locking in their fates. Gently squeezing his wife's soft hands and fingers, a smile appeared on Lengya's face. "Hm~ a month later, I'll go back with you to France to propose and ask Grandma Dowager and Uncle Emperor for permission. After that, let's go prepare our wedding and announce our engagement. Where would you like to go for a honeymoon, wifey?" asked Wan Lengya while giving his wife's white neck some ticklish kisses. Giving out a soft moan, Hei Xue replied, "Hn~... Want to tour the world... Ah~ together?" He was being teased by his husband's tickling kisses on his neck and nape, sometimes sucking and leaving traces of ownership on his neck. The lovers stayed by each other's side day by day. It lasted for a whole week until Hei Xue got pissed that his sticky husband was even ignoring his work in the conservatoire. He had kicked him out of the hospital for the sake of the students. --- One Evening Wan Lengya called for his friend Yue Wuya and his wife, Hei Yu. He wanted to ask Hei Yu to look after his wife while he did his work. It wasn't that Wan Lengya didn't leave bodyguards to protect his wife; it was just that it was better if there was someone from his wife's side to stay with Xue while he was away. The four had a conversation that night. Their conversation topic was how they should capture Xing Ran and gather enough evidence for it. The conversation ended up with one keeping a silent stance (Hei Yu), one in disagreement (Wan Lengya), one in agreement (Hei Xue), and one in disbelief (Yue Wuya). With a scowling face, Wan Lengya said in a serious tone, "I do not agree!" Smiling, Hei Xue teased, "This is the fastest way. You can only agree. Unless you do not wish to marry me, Hubby~" With a frown added between his brows, Wan Lengya replied, "Marrying you is a must, but... I still don't agree to this plan!" Disbelieving, Yue Wuya said, "I... I-I don't like my role. So, can I disagree?" He proposed only to receive countless glares from his wife and friends. --- The Contents of Their Plan - **Hei Xue**: Bait. He wanted Xing Ran to attempt murder and create opportunities for him to take his life. - **Wan Lengya**: Reinforcement. He would prepare everything from surveillance to manpower to make sure that the plan would be a success. - **Hei Yu**: Supporting Character. He would act in a skit with Hei Xue and give Xing Ran the opportunity to get close to Hei Xue. - **Yue Wuya**: Seducer. He would use his charms to ensure Xing Ran would be tempted to visit Hei Xue and plan for his murder. Note: This plan was thought out entirely by Hei Xue, which is why Wan Lengya isn't agreeing because he is putting his life and body in danger. --- Yue Wuya's wife, Hei Yu, gave her husband a cold smile after hearing his complaints. "My dear~ this wife has already given permission. Moreover, this is a request from a Prince; you cannot not agree," she rebuked Hei Yu. Complaining, Yue Wuya said, "Why don't you get Lengya to do it? If it's him, that slut will agree no matter what Lengya says to him!" Giving Yue Wuya an amused but totally fake smile, Hei Xue asked, "Do you want to die, Wuya?" His voice was icy despite the captivating expression on his face. *Gulps!* Yue Wuya could only tremble when he saw his wife's cold smile and his friend's dangerous smile. He knew that even though they were both smiling, what was behind those smiles was nothing but threats to his life. He could only move his complaints to the other person who was less scary than his own wife and best friend. But what he received from the latter was an even scarier expression. Looking at Wuya like a dead man, Wan Lengya said with a cold voice, "Do I have to prepare your coffin? Wuya~" "I'm not touching nor looking at that damn thing!" said Lengya, disgust filling his silvery eyes. The bullied Yue Wuya could only sit in the corner of the room, drawing a circle on the ground while growing mushrooms at the same time, as his authority among the group was the lowest. Wan Lengya's decision didn't change even when his wife tried to console him over it. He was really not willing to put Hei Xue in danger for the third time. He was afraid that he might fail to protect him again. Wan Lengya declared, "It's dangerous! I will never agree." In the end, to make his husband agree, Hei Xue could only whisper something into his husband's ear and force him to compromise. Hearing what his wife had secretly promised him, his dark expression slowly smoothed. With a blooming smile on Lengya's face, he said, "Good, I thought I would have to make sure you would not be harmed. I will... reluctantly agree. Wuya, do your best." Wan Lengya even tried his best to stop himself from laughing in contentment, but they could still see his lips twitching as if he wanted to smile. Staring at him, the others thought he had lost a few screws in his head. Beside him, Hei Xue just grinned as his plan was successfully approved. All they needed to do was schedule when they would execute it. Meanwhile, the dense and innocent little Wuya moved close to his wife and whispered, "Honey~ what do you think Xue said to that fool?" Looking at her husband like an idiot, Hei Yu whispered something to him, making Wuya smile like an idiot, unlike Lengya, who controlled his expressions well. Consoled in the same way as Lengya, this little fool, who was just wailing in his dismay a few minutes ago, was completely gone. Yue Wuya's attitude took a whole 180-degree rotation, and he changed his mind as fast as he blinked his eyes. Giggling with silliness, he said, "Hehehe~ Honey, I shall do my best?" Wan Lengya, who saw Yue Wuya's silly expression, looked at him with one thought: *This idiot is under the control of his wife.* Not even noticing that their wives beside them were looking at both their husbands with a 'can't be helped' expression on their faces. They knew how easy it was for them to control these two lustful beasts with a few promises regarding bed matters.