The Ger's Contract Marriage [BL]
Chapter 445: An In For Two

Chapter 445: An In For Two

Xu Hu Zhe had taken the reigns back and seemed to sit farther away, like literally as far away as the carriage would allow without his butt slipping off the side.

The horses seemed to be instantly relieved, as if they knew they had one more degree of separation from the scary as$ demon beast at their back. Though with such a close proximity, and no cottage to separate them, they were still a bit skittish.

Xu Zeng looked over at the man, taking in the entire scene of the too tall frame hunching into himself like a shrimp yet still afraid of interacting with him, a ger.

There would be no rubbing of sleeves or touching of thighs while Xu Hu Zhe was on guard, and that was okay, Xu Zeng understood that much.

One thing he didn’t understand was why he wanted the rubbing of sleeves and touching of thighs—it wasn’t like he enjoyed skinship with others, why did he crave it with the garden snake 2.0? But at the same time, Xu Zeng didn’t like the other to look at him anymore...

It wasn’t like that in the past.

Still, the heaviness of the over-robe on his shoulders made him excited and calm all in the same breath. It made him feel safe and protected, happy even, like no one could see him. Just the way he liked.

It smelt really good too.

The second thing he didn’t understand was if Xu Hu Zhe was so against him— even as a ger he wasn’t good enough to be a mate— why did the man kiss him?

That wasn’t what Xu Hu Zhe should have been apologizing for. The kiss didn’t make Xu Zeng upset at all, it was tasty, just like all their kisses were. It was being ignored that ruffled his scales— he didn’t like the way Hu Zhe avoided him, it made his chest uncomfortable.

But Xu Zeng wouldn’t blame Xu Hu Zhe for not wanting him as a mate. As a ger, he was so useless... That was why he preferred the other body.

If Xu Hu Zhe hadn’t said he wanted a ger, Xu Zeng wouldn’t have been stupid enough to change into this shape before reaching Sun Village. Maybe they could have still been friends.

He didn’t have many... any friends before, but he ’was’ getting along okay with Xu Feng’s friends.

"Don’t cry." The words were short and to the point, but the tension was clearly heard.

"I’m not crying." Xu Zeng replied, and he wasn’t. He didn’t know what the snake was going on about now.

"Don’t be sad then." Xu Hu Zhe shot out again.

...

He wasn’t sad. He didn’t think he was sad, but all of a sudden he didn’t want to talk to the other anymore. If the carriage wasn’t moving Xu Zeng might have gone back inside.

He knew better though. Xu Hu Zhe might have another belly full of words to throw at him if he did that. The man’s nagging had no bounds.

"I’m sorry for yelling at you. I don’t like it when you do dangerous things." It should have been a short apology, but Xu Hu Zhe couldn’t help but start at his nagging again. "It’s not safe to climb a moving carriage. I don’t know where you learned that from, but you have to talk and communicate with people. You’re always doing as you like all the time, and putting yourself in danger. Even when you hunt in the forest, you always run off on your own and don’t consider anyone else’s feelings like no one cares about you..."

Xu Zeng couldn’t help but to roll his eyes again, but the other man’s voice did have the most calming effect on him. Even though Xu Hu Zhe rarely spoke unless he was in nagging mode, Xu Zeng always knew he liked to hear his voice.

"...I just don’t want you to get hurt in any way."

"Okay, I won’t scale the carriage anymore."

Xu Hu Zhe turned to stare at him incredulously, as if he was telling a lie or something, or maybe he had two heads— he wasn’t that type of demon beast!

...

"I’m sorry for kissing you earlier. I knew it was wrong but I did it anyway."

"Okay."

...

"You can have your robe back. Please stop the carriage, I want to go back inside."

...

There was no reply nor did Xu Hu Zhe stop the carriage, instead his grip on the reigns got tighter.

Xu Zeng readied himself to remove the robe but Hu Zhe finally broke his silence.

"You won’t wear my mask anymore? My robe too? Does it make you so uncomfortable?" The hurt in Xu Hu Zhe’s voice was barely there. The man was trying to hide it, but Xu Zeng could hear it in the undertone.

He immediately reached up to his face. The mask was gone? It really wasn’t there. He needed to pause and think back. He’d taken it off when he tasted Bai Mo and forgot to put it back on.

That might be why he was feeling so uncomfortable, this face was bare to the world. A face that should be covered.

’I just forgot to put it back on.’ But before he could reply, Xu Hu Zhe had begun talking again.

"I know you’ve already moved on with Master Bai Mo, but..." But what? Xu Zeng was curious about what the other had to say and also what he had moved on from.

"I don’t regret kissing you. I don’t care if you want to move on. I don’t care if I’m not enough for you. I don’t care if you are interested in Bai Mo. I know I’m not good enough for you, and Xu Feng would be ashamed, but I don’t want to let you go. Whether you’re a man or a ger, I don’t want to let you go. If I had a problem with you being a man, I wouldn’t have kissed you back those few times.

When I said I wanted to marry a ger, I just wanted to have an excuse to run away from what I wanted, what I was feeling. I feel so much. I feel everything. I want you, I want us, but I know I’m not enough. Still, I want you. I’m not sorry for kissing you earlier, I’m only sorry for not asking."

The man was breathing hard, and Xu Zeng didn’t understand why, but he knew he liked kissing Xu Hu Zhe too.

"We might be demon beasts of high bloodlines, but even Xu Feng didn’t look down on the other garden snake. Even if you’re a garden snake too, I wouldn’t look down on you, and I don’t think my brother did either."

...

It seemed like the two were having two separate conversations again. But this time Xu Hu Zhe broke out into laughter.

"Hahahahaha!"

The sound seemed to vibrate inside Xu Zeng’s belly and made his body tighten below and spasm lightly.

’What was that feeling?’ The silver haired ger frowned deeply as his body reacted in an over the top fashion. Being a ger after his bloodline awakening was absolutely troublesome. He might have to eat some of his shell just to switch bodies.

Hopefully, there would still be more than enough residual energy for his nephews to use to break their shells.

"You know Xuan Yang is the golden child of the Xuan family right? Yet you keep referring to him as a garden snake." The smile on Xu Hu Zhe’s face dimmed a bit, "If he is a garden snake, as a scholar, and a young master with many talents, how can I even match up?"

"A garden snake is a garden snake. That has nothing to do with me liking your taste. Our bodies like each other very much, and I like you."

...

"You like me and Master Bai Mo?" The stutter in Xu Hu Zhe’s voice did something to Xu Zeng’s heart. The tugging feelings lately were so strange.

"I like you and Bai Mo."

...

The man seemed sad, his eyes staring off into the distance, his profile seeming more mysterious, and out of reach. Xu Zeng didn’t want him out of reach.

"You make me feel one way, and Bai Mo makes me feel another. You both taste different, but you taste good. Sweet. Delicious." Xu Zeng thought about it more. How could he reassure the other man?

He began to consider them both as potential mates on the same day. Before that, he didn’t even think that far ahead. All that mattered was feeling good, and not thinking sad thoughts.

Now he had tasted them both, and he would take responsibility if they allowed him to. He wasn’t a lascivious demon beast. He had honor!

"I’m confident I can keep you both satisfied. I can’t have babies for you even with this body." Xu Zeng pointed at his bright red mole. "I would need to bed someone like Xuan Jian, or we’d need to raise your blood purity once we leave Dongzhou, but I can easily get Bai Mo pregnant!"