Lan wasn't afraid of Karoon either. He asked Xia Lin excitedly again, "Then, Your Majesty the Queen, are you free tomorrow?"
Xia Lin nodded. "I'll be free tomorrow afternoon. I'll send you a message then." Karoon let out an unhappy snort. Xia Lin tugged at Karoon's arm, reminding him to behave himself.
"Well, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."
Xia Lin was about to be polite and ask if Lan wanted to stay for dinner with them, but Karoon had already said preemptively, "Then hurry up and go!" Hurry up and get out of here!
After Lan left, Xia Lin originally wanted to tell Karoon not to be so petty with a few kids. But then he thought that Karoon was actually quite sensitive. If he really said that, Karoon might think he was taking sides with others!
Forget it. In his heart, Karoon was still more important. No one else in this world could compare.
The system sensed his thoughts. It held back the words it wanted to say, like "You also need to increase the affection value of the villain boss in the next world" and the truth that they were actually the same person. The system didn't plan to tell Xia Lin because the main system didn't allow it. The system sighed quietly. Alas, why did it suddenly feel sorry for the host?
A month of peaceful days passed. During this period, although Karoon had been jealous of Lan a few times, everyone lived in harmony. Xia Lin thought it was really great to have such a peaceful life after the war.
Moreover, thanks to Xia Lin's persistent "brainwashing", Karoon's blackening value had decreased again. At first, Xia Lin was very happy about it, but later he didn't really want to see Karoon's blackening value drop so quickly. Once that value reached zero, he would have to go to the next world.
However, although Xia Lin really wanted to drag things out, the system told him, [Host, host, you can't deliberately drag out the time. You still have one year to complete the task. You can't exceed one year. If you exceed the time limit, the task will be considered a failure, and you won't be able to get a chance to be resurrected.]
Xia Lin sighed. As expected, there was no way to take shortcuts. But even if he didn't deliberately drag out the time, that little bit of blackening value would turn to zero within a year.
With the thought that each day was one day less, Xia Lin became very clingy to Karoon. At first, Karoon really enjoyed Xia Lin clinging to him, but soon he sensed something was wrong.
One night, Xia Lin took the initiative to make love again. Karoon satisfied Xia Lin thoroughly. Looking at his quiet sleeping face, Karoon couldn't fall asleep. Xiaolin must be hiding something from me. He felt a bit sad. Why can't he tell me?
A few days later, Karoon just couldn't hold it in anymore. One day when Xia Lin came in to discuss work matters with him, he suddenly pulled Xia Lin onto his lap.
Although Xia Lin was already used to sitting on Karoon's lap, this time Karoon's movement was so sudden that it gave Xia Lin a fright.
"What are you doing?" It couldn't be that he was in heat in broad daylight, could it?
Karoon rested his chin on Xia Lin's head and asked gloomily, "Xiaolin, you've been acting weird these days. Are you hiding some secret from me?"
Xia Lin's heart skipped a beat. Was it that obvious? He thought he had hidden it well.
"No... no. I'm not acting weird. You're just overthinking, Karoon."
Karoon lifted his head and stared intently at Xia Lin, making Xia Lin even more nervous. "Xiaolin, you're not good at hiding things. Tell me what's going on. Don't you even trust me anymore?"