Subordinate Doting - Chap 121
“Why aren’t you talking?” Ji Tingyu asked.
”I just feel proud.” He Zhuo kissed the top of his head: “The little fur ball that used to pull my beard to climb up has grown up.” He has also suffered.
”I really hope we can meet again soon, so that I can give you twenty, no, two hundred, two million dollars anytime without you having to work so hard swinging the stick.”
”Then I’m afraid I’ll have to work hard and get stabbed with a stick.”
He Zhuo burst out laughing.
Pinch his mouth to stop him from ruining the atmosphere.
”I’m serious, Xiaoyu. I can’t give you any guarantees, such as letting you enjoy favorable conditions at all times. This is unrealistic, but I will do my best to give you the best.”
Ji Tingyu pointed at his mouth and He Zhuo let him go.
The proud little cat rarely reveals her true feelings to him:
”It’s already very good. You have always been very good.”
”With you here, I feel more at ease.”
”I used to be always worried. I was afraid that Xiaoqing would get into trouble, Mengfan would get lost, Rosalin would be too pretty and someone would target her, Monkey would be too talkative and deserve a beating, and these fifty-odd people would die in the war or be wasted by the war.”
“But now I’m not afraid anymore.”
He raised his head very solemnly and put his forehead against He Zhuo’s: “I regard you as my best comrade, lover, and brother. In the past 25 years of my life, you have been my only source of security. Without even realizing it, my heart was already beating for you.”
The night wind slowly stopped between his words.
He Zhuo was a little dazed, his tongue and vocal cords were as taut as clockwork. The moonlight outside the window rested on his eyes, like rippling waves reflected by a frozen ocean.
”Baby, this is the first time you confessed to me.”
He didn’t even dare to blink just now, for fear of affecting his ears and missing some words. He even wanted to take out his mobile phone to record this passage, burn it into a CD, and lock it in a safe in a Swiss bank as a family heirloom.
Seeing him like this, Ji Tingyu couldn’t help but reflect on what he had said and done, both of which were too little.
”I’ll try to talk more in the future.”
”Why are you so obedient?” He Zhuo wanted to present the best things in the world to him at this moment: “How about I give you another gift? It’s in the base.”
”That’s perfect. I’ve also prepared the gift for you.” Ji Tingyu asked in a consulting tone, “Can I see you off tonight?”
After he asked, He Zhuo grabbed him into his arms with such force that it seemed as if he was pressing him into his ribs.
”Don’t be so cautious. I’ll be happy even if you give me a handful of snow.”
They rushed back to the base as fast as they could. He Zhuo drove so fast that sparks flew from the tires and the strong wind scratched the windows violently.
”Swish!” A sharp brake sound.
The Wrangler spun its tail and stopped in front of the base gate, leaving the team members far behind.
”Why aren’t the lights on?”
Ji Tingyu stepped out of the car and looked at the dark base with doubts in his heart. He Zhuo took his hand and said, “Xiaoyu, you have to turn on the lights tonight.”
Ji Tingyu seemed to realize something and let He Zhuo take him to the door and press the operating handle.
In an instant, dozens of mechanical “click” sounds gradually exploded in my ears.
The entire base suddenly became brightly lit.
Ji Tingyu was unable to open his eyes due to the strong light. When his vision finally became clear, he stood there in panic.
From where he was standing all the way to the huge frozen lake, the entire base, covering nearly a thousand square meters of ice and snow, was covered with thousands of blooming glacier roses.
The ice and snow rushed in all directions from under Ji Tingyu’s feet like a waterfall flowing backwards. The rose broke through the ice, encircling him with a crazy and violent love.
And in the center of this sea of flowers, in the place that was surrounded by black cloth by He Zhuo after the building collapsed, there stood a newly completed castle.
It is nearly four stories high, with blue-gray curved walls and Gothic architectural style. It has pointed towers on both sides and a solemn round clock inlaid on the arch of the gate.
The clock pointed to eight o’clock in the evening, and the precise hands struck the air with a solemn “clang” sound.
Then a light came on above the dim castle, and a stone cat’s head appeared in front of Ji Tingyu. Only then did he realize that the main top of the castle was not a pointed design, but a stone cat’s head that looked exactly like his own.
”Why did you put me up there…”
Ji Tingyu’s voice choked with sobs, and he reached out his hand foolishly to touch his head.
”Because this is your castle.”
He Zhuo led him into the castle gate and introduced it to him: “I hired the world’s top construction team and used the best materials to build this castle. No matter it is an earthquake, tsunami, or the residual power of a missile, it cannot be shaken in the slightest. You will never be knocked to the ground by a missile that exploded from nowhere like that night.”
He spent several months, hiding it from everyone, and expended unimaginable financial and material resources to build this indestructible cat castle for Ji Tingyu, just so that his kitten would have a way to escape when war broke out.
”I don’t have to worry anymore, do I?”
The wind blew across Ji Tingyu’s eyes, and when he turned his head, a drop of water slid out of the corner of his eye.
He Zhuo wiped away his tears and confessed his feelings to him honestly.
”From the first day I started building this castle, dark thoughts have been growing in my heart like a volcanic eruption.”
”I often gaze at you in the dead of night. I want to put a veil on your face, put shackles on your ankles, and lock a collar around your neck that only I can unlock. Then I want to imprison you in this castle and make you my kitten.”
Ji Tingyu’s heart trembled. He knew that with He Zhuo’s ability, he could do it as long as he wanted to.
”But I still can’t bear to leave.” He Zhuo said.
”You are not a bird kept in an iron cage. You are an eagle on the snowy plain, a proud lion, and the sun of Nivea. I cannot selfishly claim you as my own.”
