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The General’s Seduction (4)

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“You saved me at that time, but there were many reasons that I had no choice but to leave earlier. I didn’t even get to say goodbye to you.”
　　
Yan Shuo thought deeply before he spoke. Shen Zhifan couldn’t help but look at him; as he was slowly recounting what had happened, Yan Shuo had a sort of distinct charm. His gaze was so settled and deep that the teeming of the outside world was incapable of intruding upon it.
　　
The current Yan Shuo attracted Shen Zhifan more than the spirited Major General of years back. The former hadn’t lost his sharpness; rather, he’d gradually taken that unmatched brilliance, crushed it, and affixed it beneath his calm severity. Although, after catching sight of those azure irises, one was sure to be entranced by the deeply-buried past within.
　　
He was like a worn book; even though he’d been flipped through, no one had really read and understood him. He hid a story that outsiders were unable to delve into, like a beam of moonlight suspended high in the dark night. That moonlight looked as if it were in reach, but in reality, it was enveloped by the imperceptibly endless night.
　　
A man with an untold story was the most enticing because he was already both mature and earnest. Towards young girls, he held a fatal appeal.
　　
Shen Zhifan suddenly thought of Princess Olivia. Even now, he still didn’t know how the princess who’d caused him to be taken in for interrogation in the middle of the night, and also gotten all the high levels of the Empire running around like headless chickens, looked like.
　　
But regardless of Olivia’s appearance, he felt that she couldn’t be very beautiful, and she definitely wasn’t very smart either.
　　
If she was a smart girl, why on earth would she have abandoned Yan Shuo to be infatuated with him then?
　　
However, if Shen Zhirou was here, she’d probably refute him at this point since the twenty-three year old Shen Zhifan possessed a disposition that the current Shen Zhifan wouldn’t be able to understand.
　　
It would equally be able to make young girls scrabble madly for something unattainable.
　
“It was very regrettable - while I was hospitalised, I saw the news about the N stellar system...I returned and tried to find you, but ended up empty-handed.”
　　
Speaking up to here, Yan Shuo’s mood unknowingly became downcast. He couldn’t help but turn to Shen Zhifan, but only saw Shen Zhifan gazing at his face, lost in thought.
　
Glancing at him from the corner of his eye, Yan Shuo felt both happy and displeased. Shen Zhifan’s gaze made something in his heart itch, and he couldn’t help but reach out to pinch the tip of his nose.
　　
Shen Zhifan was so startled that he almost bit his tongue.
　　
Yan Shuo’s eyes darkened, and his voice dulled a little as well, “My recount is very dull, but it's not so dull that you have to daydream, right?”
　　
He had leaned in very close, and Shen Zhifan felt like the tips of his ears were almost burning. There was nothing more unbearable than having his dream lover’s voice whispering huskily next to his ear.
　
“I, I…” Shen Zhifan seemed to have lost any semblance of control over his lips and tongue. He couldn’t help but move his head back a little; he couldn’t look the other man in the eye either, “I was thinking about things that happened back then as well.”
　　
There was no way he could say anything about his longing for the male god’s loveliness, right?!
　　
Seeing him recoil, Yan Shuo took the action as a silent refusal. Although he was used to it from before, as expected, he still felt a bit uneasy in his heart. [1]
　　
“I’m very sorry, at that time I didn’t find you quickly. I had thought that...you had encountered something unexpected during that incident.”
　　
“It’s - it’s alright,” Inexplicably, Shen Zhifan felt that Yan Shuo really looked sorrowful. This type of sadness emerged and...he was somewhat unable to comprehend it; he truly was quite confused, “Actually, it really didn’t have anything to do with you, you really don’t need to blame yourself, and nothing happened to me either. In fact, I believe that the me at that time being able to meet you was already the most unimaginable thing that happened!”
　　
There were some kinds of admiration that, once one’s emotions became fierce, one couldn’t help but blurt out.
　
After he finished speaking, Shen Zhifan’s ears became even more red. He became aware that something, somewhere in his body was pulsing acutely. Perhaps it was his heartbeat, or maybe it was somewhere in his nerves.
　　
In any case, it burned so fiercely that his mind became a little muddled.
　　
Yan Shuo froze slightly, as if he’d never thought that he’d hear such fervent...reverent feelings.
　　
One couldn’t help but mention that he became somewhat delighted because of these words. He’d previously never known that Shen Zhifan admired him so much...no, he did know of it a little, it was just that when they first met, the other hadn’t had time to convey it. Then afterwards, he had already passed this youthful age.
　
“I met you again two years ago,” Yan Shuo turned his eyes away, otherwise he didn’t know what he’d do if he continued looking at this passionate, ignorant Shen Zhifan, who seemed like a rabbit. Of course...these things would always need to be done, but at least he had told himself that there were some things that couldn’t be acted on with undue haste, “About you being in the underground Mech League, do you still remember that?”
　　
“...The underground Mech League?”
　　
At a loss, Shen Zhifan lifted his head. Here was yet another word that made him feel utterly bewildered.
　
“En, it’s an enormous illegal underground mech arena,” Yan Shuo’s brow creased faintly, “I originally went to close it down. It was there that I found you.”
　
Shen Zhifan suddenly thought of something that made his whole body lock up.
　　
“Are...are you saying that I was working in that illegal mech arena?”
　　
Yan Shuo nodded. Just as he was about to continue, he saw Shen Zhifan’s head droop down, as if he’d suffered a huge shock.
　　
“Hm?” Yan Shuo found it unexpected. Shen Zhifan’s emotions always seemed to go against his predictions, “What is it?”
　　
Shen Zhifan buried his face in his hands, “I was thinking of how embarrassing it is, coming across you while I was in that state.”
　　
Shen Zhifan had thought that he’d met Yan Shuo in the future when he already become world-famous. He would’ve never thought that he had actually been caught by him.
　　
Yan Shuo, “...”

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You saved me at that time, but there were many reasons that I had no choice but to leave earlier. I didn’t even get to say goodbye to you.”
　　
Yan Shuo thought deeply before he spoke. Shen Zhifan couldn’t help but look at him; as he was slowly recounting what had happened, Yan Shuo had a sort of distinct charm. His gaze was so settled and deep that the teeming of the outside world was incapable of intruding upon it.
　　
The current Yan Shuo attracted Shen Zhifan more than the spirited Major General of years back. The former hadn’t lost his sharpness; rather, he’d gradually taken that unmatched brilliance, crushed it, and affixed it beneath his calm severity. Although, after catching sight of those azure irises, one was sure to be entranced by the deeply-buried past within.
　　
He was like a worn book; even though he’d been flipped through, no one had really read and understood him. He hid a story that outsiders were unable to delve into, like a beam of moonlight suspended high in the dark night. That moonlight looked as if it were in reach, but in reality, it was enveloped by the imperceptibly endless night.
　　
A man with an untold story was the most enticing because he was already both mature and earnest. Towards young girls, he held a fatal appeal.
　　
Shen Zhifan suddenly thought of Princess Olivia. Even now, he still didn’t know how the princess who’d caused him to be taken in for interrogation in the middle of the night, and also gotten all the high levels of the Empire running around like headless chickens, looked like.
　　
But regardless of Olivia’s appearance, he felt that she couldn’t be very beautiful, and she definitely wasn’t very smart either.
　　
If she was a smart girl, why on earth would she have abandoned Yan Shuo to be infatuated with him then?
　　
However, if Shen Zhirou was here, she’d probably refute him at this point since the twenty-three year old Shen Zhifan possessed a disposition that the current Shen Zhifan wouldn’t be able to understand.
　　
It would equally be able to make young girls scrabble madly for something unattainable.
　
“It was very regrettable - while I was hospitalised, I saw the news about the N stellar system...I returned and tried to find you, but ended up empty-handed.”
　　
Speaking up to here, Yan Shuo’s mood unknowingly became downcast. He couldn’t help but turn to Shen Zhifan, but only saw Shen Zhifan gazing at his face, lost in thought.
　
Glancing at him from the corner of his eye, Yan Shuo felt both happy and displeased. Shen Zhifan’s gaze made something in his heart itch, and he couldn’t help but reach out to pinch the tip of his nose.
　　
Shen Zhifan was so startled that he almost bit his tongue.
　　
Yan Shuo’s eyes darkened, and his voice dulled a little as well, “My recount is very dull, but it's not so dull that you have to daydream, right?”
　　
He had leaned in very close, and Shen Zhifan felt like the tips of his ears were almost burning. There was nothing more unbearable than having his dream lover’s voice whispering huskily next to his ear.
　
“I, I…” Shen Zhifan seemed to have lost any semblance of control over his lips and tongue. He couldn’t help but move his head back a little; he couldn’t look the other man in the eye either, “I was thinking about things that happened back then as well.”
　　
There was no way he could say anything about his longing for the male god’s loveliness, right?!
　　
Seeing him recoil, Yan Shuo took the action as a silent refusal. Although he was used to it from before, as expected, he still felt a bit uneasy in his heart. [1]
　　
“I’m very sorry, at that time I didn’t find you quickly. I had thought that...you had encountered something unexpected during that incident.”
　　
“It’s - it’s alright,” Inexplicably, Shen Zhifan felt that Yan Shuo really looked sorrowful. This type of sadness emerged and...he was somewhat unable to comprehend it; he truly was quite confused, “Actually, it really didn’t have anything to do with you, you really don’t need to blame yourself, and nothing happened to me either. In fact, I believe that the me at that time being able to meet you was already the most unimaginable thing that happened!”
　　
There were some kinds of admiration that, once one’s emotions became fierce, one couldn’t help but blurt out.
　
After he finished speaking, Shen Zhifan’s ears became even more red. He became aware that something, somewhere in his body was pulsing acutely. Perhaps it was his heartbeat, or maybe it was somewhere in his nerves.
　　
In any case, it burned so fiercely that his mind became a little muddled.
　　
Yan Shuo froze slightly, as if he’d never thought that he’d hear such fervent...reverent feelings.
　　
One couldn’t help but mention that he became somewhat delighted because of these words. He’d previously never known that Shen Zhifan admired him so much...no, he did know of it a little, it was just that when they first met, the other hadn’t had time to convey it. Then afterwards, he had already passed this youthful age.
　
“I met you again two years ago,” Yan Shuo turned his eyes away, otherwise he didn’t know what he’d do if he continued looking at this passionate, ignorant Shen Zhifan, who seemed like a rabbit. Of course...these things would always need to be done, but at least he had told himself that there were some things that couldn’t be acted on with undue haste, “About you being in the underground Mech League, do you still remember that?”
　　
“...The underground Mech League?”
　　
At a loss, Shen Zhifan lifted his head. Here was yet another word that made him feel utterly bewildered.
　
“En, it’s an enormous illegal underground mech arena,” Yan Shuo’s brow creased faintly, “I originally went to close it down. It was there that I found you.”
　
Shen Zhifan suddenly thought of something that made his whole body lock up.
　　
“Are...are you saying that I was working in that illegal mech arena?”
　　
Yan Shuo nodded. Just as he was about to continue, he saw Shen Zhifan’s head droop down, as if he’d suffered a huge shock.
　　
“Hm?” Yan Shuo found it unexpected. Shen Zhifan’s emotions always seemed to go against his predictions, “What is it?”
　　
Shen Zhifan buried his face in his hands, “I was thinking of how embarrassing it is, coming across you while I was in that state.”
　　
Shen Zhifan had thought that he’d met Yan Shuo in the future when he already become world-famous. He would’ve never thought that he had actually been caught by him.
　　
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