Upon hearing this, Cheng Xi looked up at him, puzzled.
‘Help her with what?’
However, after dropping that one line, he said nothing more until he had finished the steak on his plate.
The look in Cheng Xi’s eyes changed as she watched.
He didn’t even leave a single piece for her!
‘So stingy!’
She wouldn’t have even minded that they were leftovers; she just wanted a taste… and he wouldn’t even give her that.
‘She suddenly understood how those pets feel, crouching by the table legs, staring eagerly at their master’s moving mouth.’
Curling her lip slightly, she scraped her bowl of paste clean, grabbed a nearby napkin to wipe her mouth, and brought her first dinner with her Alien master to a satisfactory close.
Hotte noticed all of his pet’s little actions as she ate.
The corner of his mouth twitched.
‘She’s a clean one, at least.’
“Come with me.” Pushing back his dining chair, Hotte rolled his neck and headed upstairs with a lazy gait.
Cheng Xi followed behind, utterly confused.
With her gaze lowered, her eyes couldn’t help but fall on his large, bare feet.
‘Her master didn’t seem to like wearing shoes.
She remembered he wasn’t wearing any the first time they met, either.’
‘Doesn’t it hurt, walking around the castle barefoot every day?
Or are the soles of his feet too thick to feel anything?’
Hotte, walking ahead, had no idea what strange thoughts the little thing behind him was having about his feet.
When he reached his own bedroom, he remembered that his little pet had already moved that afternoon.
Without breaking his stride, he continued on toward the little pet’s new room.
The pink nest was still placed against the corner, but what was different was that the entire room had been decorated by Mary Mani.
Hotte felt a bit out of place the moment he stepped inside.
The soft pink and warm yellow tones gave him the strange feeling that he was raising a female cub.
There was a similar room in the Royal Palace, one his brother and his partner had prepared for their future female cub.
Hotte clicked his tongue.
‘Mary Mani really know how to take matters into their own hands,’ he thought.
He gave the room a quick look, then opened the wardrobe.
It was filled with the little pet’s clothes, all hanging in neat, colorful rows, which gave him a strange feeling for some reason.
‘It was as if a splash of color had suddenly burst into his life.’
As he conducted his inspection, Cheng Xi, standing behind him, felt a little anxious.
Thankfully, at her strong insistence, she’d had Mary and Mani put that pile of sexy underwear in the bottom drawer of the wardrobe.
‘Good thing I had the foresight.’
Hotte was just casually seeing how the room had been decorated, not deliberately prying into his little pet’s privacy, so he only gave the wardrobe a brief glance before closing it. This chapter was copied from novelping(.)com without permission.
Not forgetting the matter at hand, he said, “Cheng Xi, come here.
Lie down on the bed.”
“Huh?” Cheng Xi looked at him questioningly.
‘Why does he want me to lie on the bed?’
Facing the little pet’s confused gaze, Hotte cleared his throat and explained, “Doesn’t your stomach hurt? Mary said it would be best to help you warm it. You’ll feel much better that way.”
After hearing this, Cheng Xi let out a sound of surprise.
“How are you going to warm it?” ‘Do they have something like a heating pad here?’
As if sensing her question, Hotte pointed to the bed.
“Come lie down and you’ll find out.”
“Oh.” Half-believing, half-doubting, she took off her shoes, climbed onto the large bed, and lay down near the edge.
She waited for his next move.
She watched as he pushed his sleeves up to his elbows, then walked over to the bed with a deadpan expression, sat down on the floor, and placed his hand directly on her lower abdomen.
“Wh-What are you doing?!” Startled, Cheng Xi shot up from the bed and asked in astonishment.
But Hotte frowned and pushed her back down.
“Don’t move. I’m warming you with my hand.”
Cheng Xi’s face instantly froze.
She hurriedly tried to refuse.
“No, no! I thought you were going to get something…”
She waved her hands repeatedly, signaling that she didn’t need help.
“What are you dawdling for? Being disobedient again, are you?” Hotte glared at her, his eyes sharp, and forcibly pushed her down again.
His strength was so great that Cheng Xi couldn’t struggle free at all, and she couldn’t help but give a bitter smile.
Seeing how determined he was to warm her, she was speechless.
‘Where on earth did Mary get such a terrible idea?!’
His large, warm palm pressed firmly against her lower abdomen.
The dull ache was enveloped in warmth.
She didn’t know if it was just psychological, but… ‘Does it actually seem to be working?’
Speechless, Cheng Xi put a hand to her forehead.
Her whole body was completely stiff.
‘This position is so intimate!’
‘Maybe in his eyes, I’m no different from a cat or a dog, but for me, this is a real man placing his hand on my stomach!
How is this okay?!’
“Um, Master, I’m really okay. You really don’t need to warm me with your hand…” Cheng Xi tried to reason with him.
She tried using sign language at the same time, and though her gestures were a complete mess, she was really trying her best.
Her soft, nearly tearful voice was like a feather brushing against Hotte’s heart.
A strange light flashed in the depths of his eyes.
His breath hitched.
‘How could such a cute, pleading voice exist in this world?’
‘If she weren’t human, but a female of the Beast Clan, he couldn’t imagine how popular this captivating little thing would be!’
He took a sharp breath and reached out to cover her eyes.
“Close your eyes and don’t move!”
His forceful voice made Cheng Xi’s body grow even more rigid.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, all her embarrassment and shame hidden beneath his large palm.
‘What is wrong with this person?!’
Her resistance proving futile, Cheng Xi gave up and turned her head to the side, comforting herself: ‘Forget it, he means well.
Maybe in his eyes, I really am just an animal.
I’m the one overthinking it!’
‘Whatever.
It’s not like he’s touching my bare skin anyway.’
With this self-reassurance, it only took a few minutes for Cheng Xi to go from being completely stiff to gradually relaxing.
After relaxing, she finally felt the benefit of his palm.
It was like a heating pad, steadily and continuously warming her stomach.
It was very hot, but not scalding.
The warmth was very comfortable.
The male’s hand that had been covering her eyes had long since been withdrawn and was now resting casually on his own leg.
Cheng Xi couldn’t resist turning her head to look at him, and his cool, golden eyes were looking back at her.
One was lying on the bed, the other was sitting on the floor leaning against it.
One of his long, slender legs was bent against the bed, while the other was stretched out carelessly.
His right arm rested on the bed, his palm pressed against her abdomen.
Two buttons of his shirt had come undone at some point, brazenly revealing his powerful Adam’s apple and wheat-colored collarbones.
Paired with that disdainful, untamed gaze, his masculine hormones were simply off the charts!
So sexy it made one tremble!
Cheng Xi’s breath caught as she stared.
She unconsciously clutched the bedsheet and hastily whipped her head back around.
‘Foul play!
That’s foul play, okay?!’
‘Why is this Alien so handsome?!’
Her heart was pounding uncontrollably.
‘What do I do?
This master is just too handsome for me…’
“Why is your face suddenly so red?” a low, mellow, magnetic voice came from her side.