"You Punish Me"

Late at night, trouble arrived.

A fierce wind howled across Calamity Planet. Inside Lu Mi's Warden's Rest Cabin, everything was utterly quiet.

On the large bed in the master bedroom, Yu Tu lay flat and still. Lu Mi held him from the side, and beneath the faint glow of a small lamp, the scene looked especially warm and tender.

Suddenly, Bean Sprout popped out from above Yu Tu's head.

Yu Tu's expression remained calm, but Bean Sprout slowly crept closer to Lu Mi.

The tip of its white vine gently brushed his long lashes, the tip of his nose, and finally his lips.

Lu Mi slowly opened his eyes.

Bean Sprout pressed itself against Lu Mi's face again, wriggling like an inchworm.

Lu Mi looked at Yu Tu's profile and curled his lips slightly. Propping his head up with one hand, he simply lay on his side and watched him.

Bean Sprout wrapped around Lu Mi's wrist, trying to pull him toward Yu Tu.

Lu Mi controlled his strength and remained completely still.

Lu Mi smirked, his smile wickedly playful. "0456, what bad thing are you trying to do in this warden's master bedroom?"

Bean Sprout quickly retreated.

Two crimson patches spread across Yu Tu's pale face.

With his eyes closed, he obediently answered, "Lu Mi, I'm hungry."

"What do you want to eat?"

"You."

Lu Mi did not answer. When silence swept through the room once more, Yu Tu secretly cracked one eye open and happened to see Lu Mi's half-smiling face.

Yu Tu could not figure out what Lu Mi meant, so he decided to reason with him.

Yu Tu opened his eyes and sat up. His long white hair draped against his cheeks, giving him an otherworldly charm mixed with an innocent, unworldly obedience.

Yu Tu began counting on his fingers for Lu Mi.

"Lu Mi, look. You told me to wait obediently for you. Didn't I wait obediently?"

"Mm."

"You told me not to use my vines. Didn't I hold back and not use them?"

"Mm."

"Look how well I listened to you. Shouldn't you reward me?"

"Mm."

Yu Tu said happily, "Then why are you still saying 'mm'? Hurry up!"

Although the room was humid enough, as long as Lu Mi was around, water became the second thing Yu Tu could not do without.

What he desired most would always be Lu Mi.

Lu Mi stared silently at Yu Tu's face. After a long while, he slowly got up, drove Black Shadow and Golden Eye from the room, and took out the black shackles he carried with him.

Lu Mi used the shackles to lock himself to the headboard, then leaned back against the bed.

"Yu Tu, it shouldn't be me rewarding you. It should be you punishing me. I was the one who did something wrong. Come on, right now, punish me."

Yu Tu tilted his head. "Is there a difference?"

"There is." Lu Mi said, "If you punish me, I'll endure it no matter how long it takes."

Yu Tu threw back the blankets. "Lu Mi, then I won't hold back!"

The next day.

Lu Mi opened his eyes in a daze.

At last, he began paying the price for his youthful arrogance and reckless bravado.

His wrists hurt, his ankles hurt, and his poor old waist hurt even more.

He struggled out of bed and supported his waist as he got down. The moment his feet touched the floor, his legs gave out, and he nearly pitched forward.

"Lu Mi!"

Yu Tu, who was already up, ran over to support him.

Yu Tu had changed into clean clothes, wearing only one of Lu Mi's white shirts.

Lu Mi had never worn this shirt. It was extremely oversized, and on Yu Tu, the hem nearly reached above his knees.

Yet it was utterly, innocently seductive.

Lu Mi could not help taking a few extra looks.

Yu Tu rubbed his waist. "Does it hurt here? I didn't see any wounds here, so I didn't heal you. Should I try treating it with my vines?"

Lu Mi gave a cold snort. He really had to bring up exactly the wrong subject.

But having his waist rubbed was truly something he desperately needed.

Lu Mi lay facedown on the bed. "Go ahead."

Yu Tu knelt beside him, his fingers turning into white vines as he really began massaging him.

The pressure was just right. It hurt Lu Mi, but felt so good that once he got comfortable, he started complaining. "Hey, no, you old bastard. I told you to punish me, but you didn't have to try to kill me, did you?"

Thinking of Lu Mi's miserable state last night, Yu Tu felt a little guilty. "Sorry... I was too happy, and then I didn't know what I was doing."

Yu Tu felt that his condition was probably some incurable disease.

There was no fixing him. Lu Mi could only improve himself.

Yu Tu kindly suggested, "Lu Mi... do you usually exercise very little? Should you work out more and build up your stamina? Every time, I haven't even said I'm tired yet, and you're already done. You seem a little weak."

Lu Mi: "..."

Lu Mi climbed off the bed, ready to explode, but when he saw Yu Tu's clear red eyes, he lay back down again.

"I'm weak? Yu Tu, it's obviously you, you old bastard, who isn't normal! You're already so old—how come you never get tired? This isn't scientific!"

The old Yu Tu had not been like this either!

He had been quite uninhibited, but he would get tired.

Yu Tu's face suddenly flushed crimson. He leaned close to Lu Mi's ear and whispered, "Thank you for praising me, Warden Lu. Actually, if you hadn't been unable to continue, I could have kept going. Hehe!"

Lu Mi: "..."

Sorry for bothering you.

"Baby, massage me a little more. Just a little more, and I'll get up and cook for you."

And brew some medicine while I'm at it, sob sob sob!

The medicine could not stop. It absolutely could not stop!

Now that Lin Luo had returned, Lu Mi no longer needed to keep a special eye on order in First Prison. After getting up, he rummaged through cabinets and found a long-sleeved cat apron to wear before starting to cook.

Lu Mi had not cooked in a long time, but his movements were still practiced.

Yu Tu squatted on a dining chair, staring through the glass door at Lu Mi's back for a long time. Bean Sprout emerged from above his head and formed a question mark.

"Bean Sprout."

Bean Sprout swayed back and forth.

But because Bean Sprout itself expressed Yu Tu's emotions, Yu Tu was essentially talking to himself now.

"Don't you think... this scene feels very familiar?"

Bean Sprout swayed even harder.

Yu Tu frowned. "Let me think..."

The giant paw of the black panther mech rose and waved up and down like a lucky cat. Black Shadow had somehow appeared in front of Yu Tu, sitting on the floor and presenting his reserved self to him.

Yu Tu's attention was instantly drawn over. He reached out and patted Black Shadow's head. "Hello, Black Shadow."

"Hisss."

Golden Eye slithered over from the dining table. It slowly raised itself upright and gave Black Shadow a contemptuous look.

Black Shadow snorted out a blast of cold air.

His disdain had reached the extreme.

"Hisss."

Then, something happened that left Black Shadow dumbfounded.

Golden Eye slowly crawled to the center of the dining table, then bent his metallic snake body under Yu Tu's and Black Shadow's watchful eyes.

Standing upright on the tabletop, he formed a golden heart shape.

Black Shadow threw back his head and roared furiously.

Shameless! Shameless! How could there be such a shameless pet mech?!

Golden Eye did not care in the slightest. The heart gathered in the middle, then spread apart to either side and became a V.

Then the V and the heart switched back and forth.

Yu Tu watched happily and clapped his hands. "Oh my god, you're amazing! What kind of divine little snake are you? I like you so much! Can I pet you?"

Golden Eye turned into an acrobat. This was exactly what he had been waiting for!

With a whoosh, he slithered in front of Yu Tu, propped himself up on his tail, and stood perfectly straight.

Yu Tu immediately reached out to pet his head.

Black Shadow: "Roar, roar, roar!"

Panther was furious!

Wasn't it just a heart? Panther could do that too!

Black Shadow angrily turned around, opened the door himself, and charged wildly into the yellow sand.

Lu Mi came out of the kitchen holding bowls. He set them down and went to close the door. Compared to why Black Shadow had run off to lose his mind, what concerned him more was—

"Big brother, dinner's ready. Go wash your hands."

"Okay."

An hour later.

Someone knocked on the door of the Warden's Rest Cabin.

Lu Mi went to open it. Black Shadow burst in wrapped in a cloud of yellow sand, panting as he rushed toward Yu Tu!

Black Shadow proudly lay on the floor and offered the tip of his tail to Yu Tu.

Lu Mi closed the door, walked over, and habitually kicked Black Shadow's metal butt.

Then he froze.

At the tip of Black Shadow's tail was a dark red, barbed triangle.

That barbed triangle had now been ground into the shape of a heart.

Lu Mi: "..."

Black Shadow presented the heart at the tip of his tail to Yu Tu.

Yu Tu noticed the heart too.

"Wow, that's so cute, isn't it, Lu Mi?"

Lu Mi, who was nearly exploding with rage: "...It is."

It was my ass!!!!!!!!!

Third Prison.

Ming Qiuxue lay peacefully on his single bed, a faint smile on his lips.

Very good. Black Shadow's mental state had gone a little crazy too.

He was no longer lonely.