The tentacle hesitated for a moment, then quickly wrapped around Jiang Yan's struggling hands and lifted them above his head.
"Idiot! Let me go!" Jiang Yan struggled and cursed.
At this moment, his robe was wide open, revealing his snow-white chest and slender waist, with the black tentacle resting around his waist, bubbling as it reacted to his agitation.
The large red canopy, the pale young man, and the black tentacles created a striking image that stirred the blood.
Jiang Yan’s appearance wasn’t the stunning type, but he had a kind of magnetic charm that drew people’s eyes to him. Perhaps it was because everyone who saw him would instinctively try to catch a glimpse of some unique emotional fluctuation in his beautiful light, pale blue eyes.
Therefore, at this moment, Yu Xiu, looking at his angry wife beneath him, felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
Jiang Yan only ever showed him that kind of expression, didn’t he?
Even if it wasn’t affection, or deep love, even if it was anger, it was still something that belonged only to him!
Thinking this, Yu Xiu’s green eyes slightly darkened for a moment, and then he showed a satisfied smile. He smiled as he grabbed Jiang Yan’s perfect chin, forcing him to look up at him.
Those light pale blue eyes, which were now made wet and misty because of him, had Jiang Yan’s hands bound, his cheeks slightly flushed, making him look extremely tempting!
[Damn! I can’t take this anymore! Is this really happening?!]
[Let him go!! Let him go! Let me take his place!!]
[Jiang Yan is really so beautiful!]
[I don’t know why, but purely from his features, he’s not the best-looking in the entire game, not even the best-looking NPC, but why does he look so strangely beautiful?]
[By the way, if I become a system NPC now, will there be a chance to play Jiang Yan's husband in the future?]
"You guys are just watching while your employees are being sexually harassed?" Jiang Yan complained to the individual system 663, who was making noise and acting like it was just fun and games.
"How can this be considered sexual harassment? He's your husband!" 663 responded evasively.
"He’s not my husband anymore!"
Yu Xiu’s hand, which had been lingering around Jiang Yan’s waist, suddenly paused. His eyes darkened instantly.
Jiang Yan didn’t notice the change at all. He was still arguing with 663, saying, “We’ve been divorced for half a year, what kind of husband is that?!”
As soon as his words finished, the black tentacles that had been wrapped around his hands instantly tightened.
Jiang Yan couldn’t help but let out a soft moan.
"I mean, your game character!" 663 clarified, "You just got married the day before yesterday, didn’t you forget?"
"Damn!" Jiang Yan cursed under his breath.
Oh...
Yu Xiu’s hand slipped under the hem of his robe, and as it reached somewhere on his body, Jiang Yan let out a soft cry from the sudden pain.
"Are you about to cry?" Yu Xiu asked with a smile, his eerie green eyes hiding a storm of fury.
"Will Yan Yan cry?" His voice carried a hint of amusement, but his eyes, though slightly misty, made it seem as though it wasn’t Jiang Yan, but rather Yu Xiu, who was about to break down.
The black tentacles grew several times larger, not only restraining Jiang Yan’s hands but also binding his slender, snow-white waist, his delicate skin, and his long legs.
The tentacles lifted him slightly, suspending Jiang Yan in the center of the large bed, as if ready for him to be taken.
“What the hell are you going crazy for again?!” Jiang Yan shot a furious glare at the tentacle wrapped around his waist and abdomen.
What the hell was this bastard doing?
Was it because of the same genes that he was being affected and messing around like this?
Jiang Yan’s gaze flickered slightly.
"Calm down! Show some professionalism!" 663, ever the bystander, spoke with unmasked glee. "It’s just a system NPC after all! But you’re Jiang Yan! You just made a group of big shots obediently listen to you and followed your game plan!"
"What’s the big deal about this system NPC? Don’t worry about it!"
"Besides, you’re not exactly unfamiliar with these two bodies, are you?"
Jiang Yan was once again bantering with the disgusting personal system.
He regained his usual calm, observing the two people in front of him, who were now making moves on him.
At this moment, he was bound by the tentacles, unable to move, like a sacrificial, beautiful dessert.
In front of him, the two brothers were each holding one of his slender, white ankles, one of them licking the red mole on his ankle, while the other grabbed his chin and leaned in towards his lips.
Yu Xiu stared at his wife’s tempting lips. If he really kissed her, would Yan Yan cry?
Would he cry?
Such an extreme act, would Yan Yan cry?
Then let him cry! Even if he does, it will be for him, right?
Just as he decided to force a kiss to make Jiang Yan cry, unexpectedly, the person beneath him lifted his chin first!
What...!
Yu Xiu felt like his brain crashed in an instant!
At the same time, the tentacles wrapping around Jiang Yan seemed to freeze, loosening immediately.
Jiang Yan’s whole body fell back onto the soft blanket. In the moment of falling, he reached out, hooking Yu Xiu's neck and rolling on top of him to deepen the kiss.
[fck!!! Jiang Yan took the initiative!!!]
[Haha, this is so bold!!]
[Let the main system pollute me! I want to play Jiang Yan's husband!]
The red candle from last night had already burned out, its cooled wax clinging to the candleholder, leaving a mess of leftover red.
A damp kiss ended.
Jiang Yan propped himself up, looking down at Yu Xiu, who had an expression of pleasure on his face, and then at the "brother" sitting nearby, who was motionless, seemingly shocked by the scene.
The tentacles, which had been so eagerly stretched out before, had now shrunk away in defeat, lying limp like sea anemones, playing dead around Jiang Yan’s waist and abdomen.
Jiang Yan sat straddling Yu Xiu, slightly panting, wiping the corner of his mouth, and looking at the two with wide, shining eyes, who were staring blankly with no reaction. He sneered, "What? Want to continue?"
Yu Xiu blinked, as if still not fully coming to his senses.
"Want to continue?" Jiang Yan reached out and patted his blue-gray face, which was adorned with golden runes, and revealed a rare smile. The smile was laced with danger: "Wasn’t that fun just now? Want to continue? Let’s make you sleep in front of all these people."
At this moment, the room was empty except for Jiang Yan and Yu Xiu. The "many people" Jiang Yan referred to were, of course, the audience watching from the game forum.
[Huh? What does Jiang Yan mean?]
[Is he reasoning with these system NPCs? How could system NPCs possibly understand?]
[Wait, won’t this make him lose his character design?]
[What? Is he crazy?! If the system NPC detects something wrong, he’s done for!!!]
As the players said, the moment Jiang Yan finished speaking, the red curtains fluttered with no wind, and all the doors and windows creaked. It seemed that the dungeon had noticed his anomaly.
[It’s over! Looks like the character is collapsing!]
[What is Jiang Yan doing? He was so confident just now, how did he suddenly collapse his character?]
[Is this still such a low-level mistake? How could he say that kind of thing to a system NPC?]
[I seriously suspect he’s trying to commit suicide!]
[It’s over! Jiang Yan is finished this time! Even if the main god comes, he won’t be saved]
Ding!
[Item: Lost Rose]
As the players and NPCs on the forum collectively mourned for Jiang Yan, the main system’s notification rang out.
Thorny branches, filled with withered roses, spread out from the red curtains, covering the entire room. They extended through the window and door cracks, climbing up the gray walls, seemingly wrapping the whole room in a rose’s binding.
In an instant, the world’s abnormalities stopped.
At that moment, the players on the game forum could only see the room filled with roses, but they couldn’t see anything happening inside the red curtains.
[Is everything fine now? This doesn’t count as character collapse?]
[Why can’t we see what’s happening in the bed? Did the main system collapse again?]
[Could this be the system providing an empty scene? The main perspective should be on the players, right? There’s no view from Cang Rou and Ding Wanyu either.]
The forum’s collective view shifted to the players, who were desperately trying to find the grave of the Ghost Bride.
Meanwhile, inside the red curtains, Jiang Yan was still sitting on Yu Xiu, with the person beneath him seemingly still stunned.
"Jiang... Jiang Yan, what are you saying?!"
663 exclaimed in shock. "He’s just a system NPC!"
"Shut up." Jiang Yan replied indifferently.
He stared hard at Yu Xiu beneath him, trying to see any hint of emotion that didn’t belong to this character.
However, contrary to his expectations, Yu Xiu only blinked and asked in confusion: "Yan Yan... What are you saying?"
Jiang Yan’s brow furrowed instantly. He glanced at the game panel, watching the item countdown.
Lost Rose — a product permitted by the gods for escape.
As an "escapee," he had the right to exit the game within the range of his item. Not just him, but anyone or anything within his item’s range, whether they were players, real NPCs, or even puppets of the main god, would be removed from the dungeon state for five minutes.
In other words, if Yu Xiu in front of him was an NPC created by a hidden player or a puppet of the main god, then at least for the next five minutes, he would return to normal.
"Stop pretending! Tell me exactly what’s going on!" Jiang Yan said impatiently.
"What are you talking about?" 663 asked in confusion. "He’s just a normal system NPC! Do you really think he’s your husband?!"
"Ex-husband." Jiang Yan corrected.
663: "... Fine! Ex-husband!"
"He’s just a real NPC created using your ex-husband’s genes! The escape function of your item can only be used three times in a dungeon! Isn’t this a waste?!" 663 lamented.
"You only have one escape chance left. What are you going to do if Yu Jia tries something again?"
"One time is enough."
Before 663 could finish speaking, Jiang Yan interrupted.
Jiang Yan looked coldly at the person beneath him, sneering.
"An ordinary system NPC?"
"Would an ordinary system NPC actively help?"
Last night in the shrine, this guy gave Cang Rou a hint, which is clearly not something an ordinary system NPC would do!
Not to mention...
The kiss just now.
Jiang Yan lowered his eyelids, his long lashes slightly trembling. He had been married to Yu Xiu for two years. Whether this person was really Yu Xiu or a fabricated system NPC, he couldn’t possibly not tell!
This guy was Yu Xiu!
No, or rather, he was part of Yu Xiu.
Jiang Yan reached out and touched the obedient black tentacle at his abdomen. As he suspected, this guy had messed himself up!
But in this game, normal participants are players or real NPCs. The other system NPCs are either players or real NPCs contaminated by the game, or data fabricated by the main system.
Including the "staff" under the main god—those system NPCs and "puppets."
He had only heard about "puppets" from 663 once, and didn’t even know such things existed!
Even if they did, according to the function of his item, whether Yu Xiu was one or not, he should have been "removed" from the game by now!
But now, the confused expression on the person beneath him couldn’t be fake.
Why?
Jiang Yan couldn’t figure it out. He reached up and pinched Yu Xiu’s face, examining him.
"You’re neither a real NPC, nor a puppet, nor a player. What exactly have you turned yourself into?"
Yu Xiu didn’t answer him.
At this moment, another "Yu Xiu" pounced, pressing Jiang Yan between himself and his brother.
Jiang Yan impatiently clicked his tongue.
"Continue?" The "Yu Xiu" on top of him had bright, sparkling eyes.
Jiang Yan’s gaze darkened.
Had he been wrong?
Impossible! He could never be just cold data!
But why? Why, even in the Lost Rose, couldn’t he escape the game?
What had this guy really done to him?!
Or… had he really made a mistake?
"Yan Yan, continue?"
The "Yu Xiu" beneath him snapped back to his senses, sitting up and pulling Jiang Yan into his arms. He whispered in his ear, "Yan Yan, do you want to continue?"
The black tentacles stirred again, showing that they also wanted to join in this "game."
Jiang Yan, caught between them, looked at the two identical faces—one full of life, the other full of eerie coldness. He curled his lips into a smile.
"I don’t mind. Only 2 minutes left. Are you sure?"
Jiang Yan looked at the countdown on his personal panel: "1 minute 58 seconds, 57, 56, 55..."
"Half a year since the divorce, you’ve made yourself a mess.
Now, you only have one minute’s worth of strength left?"
Yu Xiu: "..."
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