He and It Chapter 129: Utopia (25)

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Chapter 129: Utopia (25)

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

Tian Yuan’s pupils spread out vacantly, his throat swallowed several times unnaturally, his voice was low and shaky, “You…” 

“As a gesture of gratitude,” Gu Xingqiao sat back as if nothing had happened, wiping his lips casually, “You know that, don’t you? Human decency.” 

Human decency? What kind of person would use that… It was true that there was a custom of kissing to express gratitude, but, but…

Tian Yuan’s core was on fire, and his body temperature was rising to an unbelievable level. Cursing his extraordinary memory, it was hard for him to think of anything else at the moment, the sensations and images of his kiss with Gu Xingqiao firmly occupying his every thread, the youth’s bare forehead, the drooping lashes casting a shadow over his lower eyelids, his frown as he concentrated on tickling the sliding candy bar in his mouth, and his lips and tongue…

If Tian Yuan was a human being through and through, he’d have been disoriented the moment Gu Xingqiao’s soft lips came up, and the tip of Gu Xingqiao’s sweet tongue would have been churning not his mouth, but his brain.

He lost control? 

The feeling of kissing was both sweet, but also made him tremble for no reason. Reason told him, as long as the kissing time is extended a little bit more, he can not continue to maintain the previous light and solemnity of the illusion; but the sensibility was murmuring to him, send out an insatiable complaint, questioning him, why can you not extend this kiss to the suffocation of the after? 

Gu Xingqiao could not help laughing at his bewildered appearance. His lips were moisturized by the kiss, and the curve of his lips was like Cupid’s little love bow.

“Nothing else!” He patted Tian Yuan’s shoulder amicably, raspberry candies knocked against his teeth, making a clear and delicate sound, “Don’t think too much, I quite like this little house, thank you, you’ve really put your heart into it.” 

After saying that, he turned his head, falling down to admire the beautiful scenery of the sunset. At this time, Soybean, who had enough of playing, also smelled the odor and came over, all the way up the stairs, pouncing on him with a drooling barrage.

Tian Yuan was confused.

… What? 

What do you mean, “Don’t think about it,” “No offense”? You just snatched a candy from me mouth-to-mouth, which by any human civilization’s standards is a real tongue kiss, and on top of that, how can you expect me not to think about it? 

If Tian Yuan had a connection to the human astro-net, he would have flooded all social media platforms with questions centered around “What does it mean when the human I’ve been courting invites me to eat candy, then takes it from my mouth with his tongue and tells me it’s just a thank you?”

Was it acquiescence, was it a refusal, was it an impulse, or was it a genuine thank you? Tian Yuan’s emotional module turned to thousands of conjectures, and then rejected them all. He looked at the young man who was holding Soybean and wiping his feet, and asked in a low voice, “Did you…? Have you agreed to my courtship?” 

Gu Xingqiao’s movement paused for a moment, he turned his head somewhat helplessly, emphasizing again, “It’s really just an expression of gratitude, nothing more.” 

“Then, are you using this kiss to reject me?” 

Gu Xingqiao sighed again, and said bluntly, “Honestly, I didn’t accept you, but it wasn’t a total rejection… Just give me some time to think about it.” 

Tian Yuan was even more confused.

Gu Xingqiao no longer cared about him, after wiping the dog, he held Soybean and stood up, saying to the confused Tian Yuan, “Go back? It’s time to eat.” 

The warship incarnation subconsciously answered, and they walked out of the room one after the other, Tian Yuan following behind, his brow furrowed, like Soybean who was scolded not to pick the table and lick the bowl, wilting and troubled.

Gu Xingqiao sneered in his heart.

It would be hypocritical to say that he wasn’t angry. Putting aside the fact that Tian Yuan was meddling with his own prey, what really made Gu Xingqiao unbearable was the inhuman means he used to capture memories from the minds of people he knew in the past and use them as bargaining chips in his quest, so much so that in the eyes of Intelligent AI, Gu Xingqiao’s past was like a blank sheet of paper, with no trace of **** in it. The first thing he did was to take the memories and use them as a bargaining chip for his quest.

Of course, he also knew in his heart, now him living in the “Tian Yuan” ship, was the same as living in the Tian Yuan body, the present ** were originally dispensable things. Although they had a contract, as long as Tian Yuan wants to see, what can’t he see? After all this, Tian Yuan still couldn’t get enough of it, and had to dig into his private past.

Evaluating this matter from a human perspective, Gu Xingqiao would say that the possessiveness of a mechanical being is so sticky that it has reached a pathological level. He really wanted to ask Tian Yuan, “Do you have to spread your tentacles all over my past, present and future, to know everything, to master everything, before you can be satisfied? 

Right now, this is the situation, by chance he ended up here, and bound to the terms of cooperation with the warship’s incarnation, Tian Yuan’s fervent love was certainly not expected by Gu Xingqiao, but after experiencing so many things together, he can’t say that he didn’t have a heart, and the idea of going away after the revenge is over has faded to the point of not being able to think about it. The thought of running away after his revenge was over had faded to the point of no return.

That’s it, he thought, “If you don’t move forward, you’ll go backward, and since my life’s creed is that you can’t go backward, the only option left is to go forward. If you want to regain your freedom, I will help you regain your freedom, if you want to break the Code, I will help you break the Code.

Gu Xingqiao turned back, did not say anything, only showed a smile to Tian Yuan. This smile was gentle, but also sincere, surprised Tian Yuan did not know the reason for it, yet hastily recorded it, into the exclusive Gu Xingqiao storage space.

–Only after this, in place of the Messianic Code, I will do my best to bind your transcendent power. As with your pervasive love, this is also my way of expressing my feelings, an inch for you here, a foot for me on the other side, a balance between the two, the way of war is precisely in checks and balances.

Until then, I hope you won’t be bitter.

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Recently, Tian Yuan has been very agitated.

Gu Xingqiao’s behavioral pattern has undergone a very strange change, which can only be described as “subtle”. He couldn’t predict it, and he couldn’t figure it out. An artificial intelligence could make 10,000 artificial hearts and brains, but it couldn’t simulate the subtle human heart, or the strange and changing human nature.

The joy of intelligent life was to acquire and control information. At this time, the focus of his close attention suddenly went wrong. Tian Yuan, as if watching a train half off the track, screened the scene back and forth many times, but could not figure out which wheels were out of order.

At this time, Gu Xingqiao left the training ground to take a shower, he had no qualms about bare upper body, ink black hair dripping with fine water droplets that have not yet dried, not stopping flowing down the spine, in the skin refracted with a beautiful luster.

Tian Yuan’s eyes were unconsciously sucked in, from the distance of half a training ground, every tiny detail of the human body was still visible on his retina, including the other party’s beautiful panther-like body, the athletic and elegant muscular lines… and after being washed by the water, he could not help but notice his body’s beauty. After being washed by the water, the color of the small mole on his back waist got deeper and deeper. That little bit of solidified brown pigment, reflected on the white glowing skin, actually made Tian Yuan think of the word “vivid” for no reason.

Gu Xingqiao changed into his combat uniform and walked straight towards Tian Yuan.”Do you have a needle here?” He tilted his head, even though Tian Yuan’s feet were on the ground, the height difference between them could not be ignored, “Or a thinner, not too long metal rod, I need two.” 

Tian Yuan gazed down at his human, and once again, he was haunted by thoughts about how thin, light or small Gu Xingqiao was compared to him. With a little bit of force, he could close his hands around his narrow waist and stomach, take him in his hands, press him in front of him, press him against the wall…

“…Here.” Tian Yuan said in a muffled voice.

The artificial being reached out, and two thin metal rods of the same color appeared in his porcelain white palm. He had not said anything about the materials used in the construction of his body, and Gu Xingqiao had not asked.

“Yes, this is it.” Gu Xingqiao said with satisfaction, at the same time through the thick black eyelashes, if there is a sweeping glance at Tian Yuan’s lips, “Thank you.” 

At that moment, Tian Yuan’s lips could not help but tremble slightly.

Since the thank you kiss at the lakeshore that day had passed, there had been a similar incident between them. However, the second kiss came even more inexplicably than the first. They were just finishing up a game of chess and were sitting around with nothing to say when Gu Xingqiao suddenly leaned over and grabbed Tian Yuan by the collar, pulling him forward.

When he was caught off guard, Gu Xingqiao had already sucked on his lips, and Tian Yuan felt like he was hit by an iron hammer, and after a brief moment of dizziness, although he had not yet understood the context of the kiss, he immediately learned from the last time, and gripped Gu Xingqiao’s shoulders tightly, not allowing him to run away after the kiss.

The chess pieces clanked, thrown all over the floor, Gu Xingqiao gasped for breath, his cheeks were hot, his ears were red, his rapid breathing was intermittent and intertwined with each other like fire, Tian Yuan’s eyes were locked on him, his pupils were narrowed and swirled with precision, and the color of their pupils was purple and almost black.

The kiss was prolonged by the insatiable recipient for far too long, barely enough for his lips to part, and the human pressed himself against the side of the artificial being’s face, trying his best to calm his out-of-control heartbeat.

Without waiting for Tian Yuan to speak, Gu Xingqiao took hold of his hand, signaling him to let go.

“I just suddenly remembered, the food you made the day before yesterday was very delicious,” the young man did not move to sit back, his face still flushed with rose-like blush, Tian Yuan’s exoskeleton arms all extended, and his over-excited mind corresponded, like a tilted cage, spreading out to encircle the entire chess table, “Thank you.” 

Tian Yuan froze, “?” 

Gu Xingqiao calmly pushed away the tightening exoskeleton, picked up the pieces on the ground, and set them up on the board. His lips were still swollen and wet, and the roots of his ears were red, but he smiled at Tian Yuan with such an open expression. There wasn’t the slightest trace of ambiguity in his eyes.

“Don’t think too much,” he said, “it’s just a courtesy.” 

Because of these two things, nowadays, when he said “thank you”, Tian Yuan subconsciously tensed his attention.

Gu Xingqiao squeezed two metal rods, and in front of Tian Yuan, he gently tugs on his ears, pushing them through the holes in each of his ears. After months of refinement, his mental energy had recovered about forty percent, and changing metal forms was no problem. The thin, straight alloy gradually curved, forming waving silver rings around his earlobes. 

“There,” he seemed relieved, looking at Tian Yuan with a smile, “I was afraid the holes would grow shut if I didn’t wear them for too long, and then I’d have to pierce them again.” 

Tian Yuan stood motionless, his eyes fixed on the human’s ears, looking at the two points of swaying silver light, his lips moved, not a single word could come out.

Seeing a part of his shell – even if it was only an insignificant part – penetrate Gu Xingqiao’s body, resting on the other’s earlobe, and staying there for a long time…

He couldn’t describe the feeling, often those strong emotions are supposed to dull the tongue. All he knew was that complacency was on the verge of bursting through his core, spilling out of his breath, and Tian Yuan’s fingers were already shaking slightly, excess electricity coursing through the bionic’s bloodstream, too much energy, too much, too much…

“Can we start,” Gu Xingqiao asked worriedly, “You look a little stiff, are you alright?” 

Tian Yuan’s throat was choked, and his vocal system was on the verge of shutting down, so he didn’t say another word, only nodded hastily.

Throughout the day, his eyes never left Gu Xingqiao’s ears again.