A Galaxy as Betrothal Gift

Ye Yan nuzzled against her. As the saying went, never judge a book by its cover. He had never imagined Bo Saixi would be so well endowed.

What a naughty little fellow. (⸝⸝⸝>`﹏ˊ<⸝⸝⸝)

A blush rose on Bo Saixi's face. She pressed a hand against the back of Ye Yan's head, stopping him from squirming.

Ye Yan pouted and began rummaging through the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges. Let's see where I put those gifts.

Found them. Huh? Why are there three lead boxes?

Bo Saixi blinked her beautiful eyes and quietly watched him fiddle around.

Ye Yan opened the boxes. Inside were two translucent, glittering arm bones, one left and one right, and a left leg bone of noticeably poorer quality.

Oh no. Qian Renxue worked me over so badly in Heaven Dou City that I even forgot the gift I'd prepared especially for Lingling.

I'll just have to give it to her later. Hopefully, she won't be angry.

After putting that one away again, Ye Yan handed the other two Soul Bones to Bo Saixi.

"Sister Xixi, these are the betrothal gifts I prepared especially for my future wife. The Right Arm Bone came from a two-hundred-and-forty-thousand-year-old Titan Snow Demon King, and the left arm bone came from a hundred-and-eighty-thousand-year-old forest emperor, the Sky Azure Bull Python."

Bo Saixi gazed at the glowing Soul Bones in her hands, rather surprised. Instead of absorbing such superb Soul Bones himself, he had actually saved them for his future wife.

"Xiaoyan, why don't I remember ever agreeing to become your wife? Aren't you afraid that, by bringing these out so early, I might take them and refuse to honor the deal?"

Ye Yan's lips curled into a mischievous smile. Were these two Soul Bones precious? Of course. Could absorbing them improve Bo Saixi's strength? Perhaps.

But for Bo Saixi as she was now, they were merely flowers added to brocade. She stayed on Sea God Island and never ventured out anyway.

And as it happened, she was invincible on Sea God Island. Besides, he was the heir to the Sea God godhood. She would have to have swallowed a bear's heart and a leopard's gall to dare rob him outright.

Of course, he couldn't say that. He wasn't an idiot.

"Sister Xixi~

"Look, you're the Sea God's Great Enshrined, and I'm the next Sea God. Aren't we a match made in heaven?

"Besides, is there any man in the world more generous, more handsome, or more talented than me?"

Huh?

What sort of twisted logic was that?

Bo Saixi pinched the tip of his nose. Who would have thought this little fellow was so full of himself? Still... looking across the entire Douluo world, there really was no one more outstanding than him.

Hadn't she taken a liking to Tang Chen back then precisely because he had surpassed Qian Daoliu?

Leaving aside their agreement that she would choose whoever became a god first, he had been gone for decades without so much as a word...

Forget it. Someone like that isn't worth waiting for anymore. The little fellow right in front of me is much more delectable.

Mm~

Let's tease him a little more and see just how much I matter to him.

"Xiaoyan, I've only absorbed one Head Soul Bone. Even with these two of yours, what am I supposed to do about the remaining three?"

There's a chance.

Her tickling had left Ye Yan squirming, and he was locked in an ultimate showdown with her wicked, jade-like fingers. At her words, his wide eyes darted around.

"Xixi, I've already figured out the rest:

"We'll use that eight-hundred-thousand-year-old Demon Empress for the Torso Bone. As for a leg bone, there's a two-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Scarlet King in the Star Dou Great Forest. We can look for the last one in the deep sea later."

A flicker of emotion appeared in Bo Saixi's eyes. She hadn't expected the little fellow to truly intend to assemble a full set of Soul Bones for her, much less refuse to fob her off with ordinary ones.

"You fool, is it worth it?

"I'm so much older than you. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call me old and faded. In talent, you far surpass me. In strength, that white-haired woman who came with you is no weaker than I am."

Ye Yan didn't answer. Instead, he boldly wrapped his arms around her neck, closed his eyes, and kissed her.

Her lips were soft, like pudding, moist with a faint milky taste.

Robbed of her first kiss, Bo Saixi was rather annoyed. You naughty Yan! How dare you be so brazen!

When she felt something foreign invade her mouth, she clamped her pearly teeth down, and the darling in her arms immediately began writhing fiercely.

Hmph, hmph. (.-`ω´-)

Want to leave now? Too late!

Bo Saixi's hands held him firmly in place like iron clamps. Though her slender arms looked soft and boneless, they contained terrifying strength.

Little Ye Yan had absolutely no power to resist. Crystal-clear tears rolled from the corners of his eyes and dripped onto her collar.

Meeting his pleading gaze, Bo Saixi sneered inwardly. Go on, keep acting cocky. Keep storming cities and seizing territory. Did you think I couldn't put you in your place?

Only when the taste of rust filled her mouth did she slowly unclench her teeth and let Ye Yan retreat.

"Hah... hah."

Ye Yan stuck out his swollen tongue and gazed resentfully at Bo Saixi. How could Big Sister be so mean?

You bite me just for kissing you a couple of times? Were you born under the sign of the wolf?

Still daring to glare at me?

Bo Saixi raised her hand as if to slap him, frightening Ye Yan into immediately burrowing into her arms. I was wrong, meow! I was wrong, meow!

Only then did she turn the impending slap into a caress, stroking Ye Yan's lovely hair. If only you'd behaved this well from the start, you little rascal.

"Now you know it hurts, don't you? From now on, no using your tongue without my permission, and absolutely no naughty ideas. Do you hear me?"

No using my tongue? That means kissing is allowed! That's not bad either. Ye Yan was quite good at comforting himself.

"I know~

"It's just that I like you so much, I couldn't help myself."

Hearing his muffled voice, Bo Saixi felt a little helpless. She hadn't wanted to be so violent either, but he had gone for something so intense on their very first kiss.

If she didn't teach Ye Yan a lesson, it probably wouldn't be long before he devoured her, wiped his mouth, and left nothing behind.

"Hmph. I'm going to absorb the Soul Bones now. You'll stand guard for me."

Ye Yan nodded in agreement and followed Bo Saixi to a secret chamber deep within the palace, quietly watching her absorb the Soul Bones.

Mm~

My darling wife is so beautiful even when she's just sitting there. I love her so much, so very much. It's a shame I don't have a camera, or I could keep a picture as a memento.

The next day, Ning Rongrong opened the door at the inn, intending to call Ye Yan to breakfast, only to discover that he was already nowhere to be found.

There was, however, a sheet of paper on the bedside table. After reading it, Ning Rongrong flopped onto the bed with a thump. Xiaoyan is rotten to the core! Are those big sisters really that wonderful?

When Ning Rongrong returned to the dining table, Ling Yuan noticed her sulky little kitten face and Ye Yan's absence, and asked what had happened.

"It's all that womanizing radish's fault. Take a look yourself."

Ling Yuan took the white sheet she handed over. It read: "I have something to discuss with the Great Enshrined, and it might take some time. If I'm not back by tomorrow morning, go ahead and take the First Trial, breaking through the Sea God's Light."

Signed-Your loving Yan (｡>∀<｡)

Crack.

After reading it, Ling Yuan's forehead bulged with veins, and she crushed the note into a ball.

"This is too much!"

No matter how much of a flirt Xiaoyan had been before, he had never acted like this, running off with some wicked woman he had just met without even saying goodbye, leaving only a note.

The Snow Empress snorted coldly. She had sensed Ye Yan's presence moving away last night and had assumed something had happened. So he had gone to see that vixen after all.

"Then let's go. Forget that ungrateful little brat. Let's see whether he can actually seduce that Great Enshrined!"