After Being Transformed Into Cannon Fodder For Death, The Heartthrob Chapter 45

Ye Qingyun was dumbfounded, even suspecting that he had failed his language class and misunderstood Gu Shenyuan’s meaning.

Gu Shenyuan was already conquering the world?

But hadn’t Gu Shenyuan been by his side all this time, being a slacker with him? When did he start conquering it? In a dream?

Gu Shenyuan had no intention of hiding it and spoke up at the right time, explaining his actions during this period. After explaining, he added, “Doing it this way is slower, but I can stay by your side to ensure your safety and prevent you from getting hurt. Don’t worry.”

Ye Qingyun felt like worrying his ass off. After hearing that, he wanted to pinch his philtrum to revive himself or punch Gu Shenyuan, this simpleton, senseless.

“Is this about whether I get hurt? This is clearly about whether YOU will be okay!” Ye Qingyun tapped Gu Shenyuan’s arm and told him everything he had just found out.

Gu Shenyuan showed no fear after hearing it, only slight surprise.

“Is that so,” Gu Shenyuan said.

“Big Brother, times have changed, stop this!” Ye Qingyun urged anxiously. “You are in great danger now. Wouldn’t it be better if we just retreated to the mountains and lived a simple life?”

Gu Shenyuan looked thoughtful, then said after a moment, “You can call me Ge, I don’t mind.”

Ye Qingyun observed Gu Shenyuan’s expression and felt that Gu Shenyuan didn’t just not mind; he probably loved it to death.

But was this the time to talk about that!

Ye Qingyun was practically fainting from anger and repeated what he had just said: “Can we find a place and hide?”

Ye Qingyun thought Gu Shenyuan would agree, but Gu Shenyuan looked at him for a long time and said flatly, “Not a good idea.”

“Why?” Ye Qingyun was astonished.

Didn’t Gu Shenyuan say before, when he was drugged, that he wanted to take him to a planet where they wouldn’t see anyone else?

“Even if I don’t actively look for trouble, they will actively seek us out,” Gu Shenyuan replied. “The Third Prince, the Second Princess, and the Emperor who wants to use me as an example to warn others.”

Ye Qingyun froze, then continued after a while, “But even so, that still…”

But Ye Qingyun’s words were interrupted by Gu Shenyuan, which was rare: “Yes, the Star Net is vast, and we could certainly spend our lives hiding. But, is that the life you want?”

Of course, Ye Qingyun didn’t like it, but he lied without hesitation: “Yes, being a homebody is so comfortable. I can be anywhere.”

Gu Shenyuan was silent for a moment, shook his head, and whispered, “Being forced to stay in one place is not the same as choosing to stay in one place. If you are with me, your life cannot be worse than others.”

Ye Qingyun was suddenly hit by a love confession, and his face flushed. For a moment, he couldn’t remember what he was supposed to say.

Gu Shenyuan maintained a neutral expression and continued, “If, because of me, you are restricted everywhere, you will inevitably grow resentful towards me in the future. Rather than waiting for your attitude to change, I should act sooner. Even if they have special weapons, I still have to try.”

Ye Qingyun said urgently, “I won’t feel annoyed!”

Gu Shenyuan still shook his head and remained silent.

Ye Qingyun tried to use Gu Shenyuan’s previous statements to persuade him: “Didn’t you tell me when you were drugged that you wanted to lock me up on a planet and not let me see anyone else? A real man keeps his word. If you said lock me up, you have to lock me up, understand?”

Gu Shenyuan smiled, a hint of helplessness appearing on his face: “I was delirious at the time, speaking nonsense…”

Ye Qingyun’s internal alarm bells went off, and he became vigilant.

Was Gu Shenyuan trying to tell him that he never wanted to lock him up, and everything he said then was insincere?

Bullshit! They were clearly his true feelings, and Gu Shenyuan admitted it later! He couldn’t go back on his word!

Today, he was going to be the little pampered wife who was imprisoned, and no one could stop him. Moreover, he was going to tie Gu Shenyuan down so that Gu Shenyuan couldn’t run around causing trouble either.

Gu Shenyuan reached out a hand and pressed Ye Qingyun’s head against his shoulder. Ye Qingyun couldn’t see Gu Shenyuan’s face, only hear his voice.

Gu Shenyuan’s tone was very gentle, but the content was somewhat terrifying: “I was inconsiderate then. How could one planet be enough? It would be too much of a slight to you, and you would be unhappy. But as long as I conquer the world, then this entire Star Net will be…”

Gu Shenyuan didn’t finish his sentence, but Ye Qingyun understood his unspoken meaning.

By then, the entire Star Net would be Gu Shenyuan’s cage.

No matter where he went, he would be within Gu Shenyuan’s territory, unable to escape.

The topic actually circled back!

This works??

And he actually found Gu Shenyuan’s line of reasoning quite smooth and logical. He couldn’t think of any way to persuade Gu Shenyuan!

Gu Shenyuan was so obsessive, yet he was willing to consider Ye Qingyun and give him maximum freedom. Could he really be unreasonable and insist on being the little pampered wife locked away?

The little dark rooms in the novels he read weren’t played like this! The little dark rooms were always confined to a room with only a bed, followed by lots of *pa pa pa*, where was the little dark room that allowed fish to leap in the sea and birds to fly in the sky!

Ye Qingyun choked up. After much thought, he continued, “Then, then don’t be too hasty. Let me investigate and see if that Ability Inhibitor has any weaknesses. I’ll help you break the machine, and then you can go, okay?”

Gu Shenyuan thought about it, but still refused: “The weakness of such a machine certainly won’t be exposed openly. To find the truth, one must break through many obstacles. What if they notice you? It’s too dangerous. I refuse.”

Ye Qingyun was truly speechless and could only glare at Gu Shenyuan angrily.

Gu Shenyuan kissed his forehead and whispered, “Sleep. I will bear all the risks alone. If I succeed, I will hold the grandest wedding to marry you. If I can’t defeat that machine…” Gu Shenyuan smiled, the airflow brushing against Ye Qingyun’s ear tip, “I hope that when you mourn the deceased, you miss me the most. Can you do that?”

“Miss my ass!” Ye Qingyun angrily punched Gu Shenyuan’s chest, lay down, and covered himself completely with the blanket.

Ye Qingyun felt the bed sink beside him. Someone cautiously embraced him from behind.

“Don’t touch me,” Ye Qingyun said. “I’m angry.”

“Why are you angry?” Gu Shenyuan asked.

Ye Qingyun shifted sideways, moving out of Gu Shenyuan’s embrace: “How dare you ask me? If I suddenly abandoned you now and went to commit suicide, wouldn’t you be angry?”

Gu Shenyuan fell silent.

Of course, he would be angry, and he would desperately stop Ye Qingyun from doing such a thing.

Gu Shenyuan knew Ye Qingyun said this to convey his feelings and to stop him from continuing his conquest.

But he and Ye Qingyun were different. He couldn’t live without Ye Qingyun, but Ye Qingyun, although sad for a while without him, would eventually move on, perhaps even finding life more comfortable after leaving him.

So he couldn’t find a reason to hide in a corner. Rather than living a wretched life and watching Ye Qingyun’s love for him turn into hatred, it was better to act early and be decisive.

The window was slightly open, and the night wind brought coolness. Silver moonlight scattered onto the bed, like shattered silver.

Gu Shenyuan’s arms were empty. Ye Qingyun wouldn’t let him hug him, showing he was still angry.

Gu Shenyuan sighed silently, withdrew his hand, and lay flat on the bed, staring at the dark ceiling, focusing his attention on Ye Qingyun’s breathing beside him.

He liked sleeping while holding Ye Qingyun, even if they did nothing else. So he would wait until Ye Qingyun fell asleep before quietly embracing him.

The sound of the blanket being pushed aside rang out. A figure sat up, then turned over and sat on his waist.

Ye Qingyun looked down at Gu Shenyuan from above. Although the night was too dark for him to see anything clearly, he still put on a serious face: “You think I’m just playing around with you, which is why you don’t care about your own life, right?”

Ye Qingyun wasn’t wrong, so Gu Shenyuan didn’t refute him, only slightly adjusted his posture so Ye Qingyun wasn’t sitting on his sensitive area.

Ye Qingyun pinched Gu Shenyuan to vent his anger, then crossed his arms and said, “I don’t care. If you want to conquer the world, go ahead, but you must ensure your safety. Otherwise… otherwise, how am I supposed to live with the child? An orphan and a widow, won’t that make us easy targets? You, as a father, must take responsibility and live well.”

Towards the end, Ye Qingyun even wiped away non-existent tears with his hand, his tone mournful.

Gu Shenyuan: “…?”

Gu Shenyuan suspected his ears were malfunctioning, or that his ears had a mind of their own, making him hear things Ye Qingyun hadn’t actually said.

Ye Qingyun was forced into this. He felt he had been completely open with Gu Shenyuan, yet Gu Shenyuan was still insecure. He could only think of another way to force Gu Shenyuan to survive out of responsibility.

Ye Qingyun racked his brain but couldn’t come up with a good idea, so he asked the System for help, asking how people in other worlds dealt with this situation.

The System told him that according to their research, when one party was pregnant, the other party’s sense of responsibility significantly increased. There was even a Protagonist Gong in one world who fought desperately to survive so that the Protagonist Shou wouldn’t have to go through the lonely pregnancy and childbirth alone.

Ye Qingyun thought this method was brilliant and especially suited Gu Shenyuan. Given Gu Shenyuan’s sense of responsibility, he would surely crawl back, even if he only had one breath left, just so Ye Qingyun wouldn’t have to raise the child alone.

Hmm, the only problem now was that he couldn’t get pregnant. But what did that matter? He could totally make it up, stall for time, and use the opportunity to look for a loophole in the Ability Inhibitor. Even if he couldn’t find one, he could artificially create a child to make Gu Shenyuan afraid to leave.

Ye Qingyun reached out a hand to cover his stomach and wiped tears at Gu Shenyuan: “I’m having such a hard time. The child isn’t even born yet, and their father is going off to war, completely unconcerned about how I’m supposed to live. I’m so miserable!”

After speaking, Ye Qingyun slumped down and lay on Gu Shenyuan’s body. Gu Shenyuan wrapped his arms around Ye Qingyun, his voice filled with disbelief: “We haven’t done that, so how…”

How did they suddenly have a child?

Ye Qingyun began to lie through his teeth: “My race has a special constitution. Regardless of gender, as long as they hold hands with someone they like, they might get pregnant.”

After saying this, Ye Qingyun himself felt it was too ridiculous, but he still pushed through: “For my race, holding hands is equivalent to sleeping together. We’ve held hands so many times, that’s like sleeping together dozens or hundreds of times! And we didn’t use protection, so I think it’s highly likely…”

Ye Qingyun couldn’t finish. He buried his face in Gu Shenyuan’s shoulder in shame, waiting for Gu Shenyuan’s reaction.

Gu Shenyuan was so smart, he might see through his lie immediately, or perhaps Gu Shenyuan knew that there was no race in the world that could get pregnant just by holding hands, and wouldn’t believe him.

Immediately after, Ye Qingyun felt Gu Shenyuan’s Mental Strength gently envelop him, lifting him up, away from Gu Shenyuan’s embrace, and placing him flat on the bed.

Ye Qingyun: “!!!”

He was exposed after all!

Gu Shenyuan said in a muffled voice, “You… you shouldn’t sleep on your stomach, it’s bad for your body.”

Ye Qingyun: “Ah? Ah, yes, yes, you’re right. Flat on my back, I’ll lie flat.”

Gu Shenyuan actually believed him! Falling in love really does reduce one’s IQ to zero, it’s true!

Ye Qingyun covered his stomach, reached out a hand, fumbled for and grasped Gu Shenyuan’s hand, trying to discuss their future plans: “You have responsibilities now, so you can’t treat your life carelessly anymore, understand?”

Gu Shenyuan responded with a muffled sound. The hand he held with Ye Qingyun opened and closed, looking like he wanted to hold it but dared not.

Just as Ye Qingyun felt confused, he heard Gu Shenyuan say, “That kind of activity during pregnancy is bad for your body. We should… restrain ourselves.”

Ye Qingyun: “…?”

That kind of activity? What kind of activity?

Ye Qingyun was puzzled, then suddenly realized.

Right, he was now a person whose race considered holding hands with a loved one equivalent to sleeping together. So his current action of actively holding Gu Shenyuan’s hand, wasn’t that…

Wasn’t that actively soliciting intimacy?

Gu Shenyuan must now think he was someone with a huge demand in that area, extremely thirsty.

He was truly wronged and couldn’t clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River!

However, since things were already like this, Ye Qingyun didn’t want to lose the ability to even hold Gu Shenyuan’s hand in the future, so he continued to fabricate: “It’s okay, as long as we don’t touch the stomach, it won’t affect anything. I just want to hold you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qingyun felt Gu Shenyuan’s long, strong fingers slide one by one into the gaps between his fingers, then firmly clasp his hand.

This was normally a very ordinary gesture, but when Ye Qingyun connected it to his previous statement about holding hands being like sleeping together, he immediately felt that Gu Shenyuan’s action had other meanings.

His thoughts were truly filthy; he needed to reflect.

Gu Shenyuan suddenly asked, “Do you like this position?”

Ye Qingyun was startled and replied, “I like it.”

Gu Shenyuan: “Mm.”

Ye Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief. So it wasn’t just him being filthy; Gu Shenyuan really was thinking that way. That reassured him.

The problem was temporarily solved, and drowsiness surged. Ye Qingyun struggled to stay awake and instructed Gu Shenyuan: “Promise me you’ll do your utmost to ensure your safety, and don’t cause trouble during this time.”

Gu Shenyuan: “Okay.”

Having received a satisfactory response, Ye Qingyun finally felt at ease. He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Gu Shenyuan listened to the gentle breathing and felt the warmth in his palm. He slowly turned his head to look at the person sleeping soundly beside him.

Ye Qingyun’s eyelashes were long, and his sleeping face held a peaceful, timeless beauty that was endlessly captivating.

Gu Shenyuan’s gaze shifted down to Ye Qingyun’s abdomen.

It was still flat, showing no sign of another life.

Gu Shenyuan released Ye Qingyun’s hand and got up to pull the slightly askew blanket back over Ye Qingyun.

The news Ye Qingyun brought was shocking. He had never imagined having a child, and he didn’t particularly like children. In fact, he didn’t much care for people of any age group.

Gu Shenyuan’s emotions were complex.

He was inherently possessive and emotionally extreme. He didn’t want Ye Qingyun’s attention divided among anyone else. The thought of Ye Qingyun potentially revolving around someone else all day, even if that person was their child, made Gu Shenyuan feel angry.

However, with this child, as long as he didn’t make mistakes, Ye Qingyun would stay with him for life. Even if Ye Qingyun found someone he liked more, he would most likely still choose Gu Shenyuan.

His lifelong dream… it seemed genuinely possible now.