Chapter 127 - 124: Don’t Be Afraid, Don’t Hide
When Mo Xiao led Su Mo out, Yue Ying and the others were already waiting outside.
That fox was dressed as flamboyantly as he possibly could be today.
The look in his eyes as he gazed at Su Mo was overflowing with tenderness.
Before Su Mo could react, he stepped forward and pulled her into his embrace.
"Momo, you look so beautiful today. I love it."
’Even though he wasn’t the main star of the day, it didn’t matter.
He loved her.
Loved her so much that he didn’t even care if he wasn’t the main husband.’
Not far away, Fei Yan, Cang Lan, and Ye Yuan also watched her with gentle expressions.
Long Yan stood under a nearby tree, holding the hands of the two Little Dragons, his dark eyes fixed on the figure in red.
The red accentuated her snow-white skin, making her look like a woman who had stepped out of a painting—vivid, dazzling, and breathtakingly beautiful.
The Think Tank sighed beside him. ’If only I had known their Lord Major General would fall this deep. I should have found a way to arrange the marriage while Miss Su was still with the Dragon Clan.’
If he had started working on it back then, perhaps he could have been getting married alongside them now.
Nannan tugged on Long Yan’s hand and asked, "Lord Major General, when are you finally going to marry Sister Mo?"
Long Yan snapped back to reality and glanced down at him. "D-Don’t talk nonsense."
Dongdong frowned in confusion. "Don’t you want to? Sister Mo is so pretty, and she’s so nice. Don’t you want her to be your wife?"
Long Yan stammered, at a loss for words.
The old Think Tank walked over, sighing and shaking his head helplessly.
Dongdong tugged the old Think Tank’s hand and asked, "Lord Think Tank, what can we do to get the Lord Major General to marry Sister Mo sooner?"
The old Think Tank raised a slight eyebrow. "I told you last time—you just have to be shameless. Learn from the thick skin of those others, and everything will work out!"
"I already told the Lord Major General that, but it doesn’t seem to be working~"
The Think Tank shook his head helplessly. "That’s because he hasn’t learned the essence of it."
The Think Tank’s world-weary gaze drifted to the ones who were basking in success today. If those shameless fellows hadn’t chased her all the way to the Dragon Clan Tribe, perhaps Miss Su and their Lord Major General would have already had their happy ending.
But there was nothing to be done. No one else could woo a wife for him; some things a man had to figure out for himself.
Once he understood, he would have his breakthrough.
Standing not far off, Xuan Shuang was talking to Xuan Wei.
"Why didn’t we meet Miss Su sooner? If we had, that position of main husband might have really gone to someone from our Tiger Clan."
Xuan Wei glanced at her. "It wasn’t fated. It’s useless to dwell on it. If Miss Su hadn’t needed an antidote, she probably would have never set foot in the Tiger Clan."
With that, she glanced at Xuan Qing in the distance and sighed. "With his personality, it’s going to be very difficult. There’s a Lord Major General waiting over there, and who here isn’t more interesting than him? If all of them had his disposition, they would have been out of the running long ago."
Xuan Shuang frowned, displeased. "Stop praising others at our own family’s expense! That’s your own brother! Just wait, I’ll teach him a few tricks later!"
Xuan Wei raised an eyebrow and smiled. "That’s assuming he’s willing to learn."
At her words, Xuan Shuang sighed and couldn’t help but glance at the person leaning against a tree.
’What a blockhead!!!’
Su Mo, Mo Xiao, and the others were quite busy today.
The evening was the main event.
Many people had come from the Snake Clan, the Fox Clan, and the East Sea.
Su Mo hadn’t touched a drop of alcohol at noon, mainly because Mo Xiao was watching her closely.
But the evening was the main celebration, so raising a glass was unavoidable.
After one cup of wine, she realized something was wrong when she took a second.
It tasted just like plain water.
Su Mo subconsciously glanced at Mo Xiao beside her. ’When did he switch it?’
Mo Xiao’s profound eyes darted toward her, and he leaned in to whisper in her ear, "Momo can’t get drunk tonight."
Su Mo’s cheeks instantly burned.
’Right, I can’t get drunk. In that case, I’ll just let that stinky snake drink more...’
Mo Xiao just smiled without a word, accepting every drink offered to him by the guests.
With every gesture, he already carried the air of half a master of the house.
During the latter half of the party, Su Mo got separated from Mo Xiao, and Ah Nuan handed her a cup of wine.
"Sister, congratulations!"
Su Mo accepted the drink with a smile and downed it in one gulp.
Soon, someone else handed her another cup, and it was hard to refuse their enthusiasm...
By the time Mo Xiao realized what was happening, it was too late.
He couldn’t help but suspect this group of people was doing it on purpose. Who gets the main person of honor drunk on their wedding night?
Ah Nuan looked at Mo Xiao and explained sheepishly, "None of us expected her tolerance for alcohol to be so... low. Uh, sorry about that. Su Mo’s man, don’t be angry."
Mo Xiao shook his head to show it was fine, then helped Su Mo over to the side before continuing to entertain the guests.
Once the guests in the courtyard had been seen off, Mo Xiao picked up the dazed woman.
Yue Ying watched the helplessness in Mo Xiao’s dark eyes, feeling a strange sense of delight.
’With his wife that drunk, I’d love to see how that stinky snake is going to show off tonight.’
Su Mo leaned against Mo Xiao’s chest, murmuring unconsciously, "Everyone, drink up, keep drinking~"
Mo Xiao furrowed his brow, looked at her, and said in a low voice, "Didn’t I tell you not to drink too much?"
"Mmm... I didn’t drink much, just... a little tiny bit~"
Su Mo murmured unconsciously and tightened her arms around the man in front of her.
The moment she leaned softly against him, an uncontrollable shudder ran through Mo Xiao.
After going inside, Mo Xiao gave her some water. He also wanted to give her a sobriety pill.
But she struggled, refusing to cooperate.
After a few fruitless attempts at coaxing her, he simply kissed her directly.
After feeding her the sobriety pill that way, he gave her some more water.
Su Mo groggily opened her eyes. Seeing the man before her, she squinted and smiled. "Mo Xiao~"
Her drunken voice was incredibly seductive.
"It’s me." He raised a hand to gently caress her cheek, his eyes filled with deep affection.
The warmth of his fingertips and the delicate texture of her skin made his heart tremble involuntarily.
He gazed at her, his eyes as soft as moonlight, yet like a surging, hidden tide.
There were so many things he wanted to say to her, but now wasn’t the right time.
He carried her to the bathing tub.
Their clothes fell away.
His slightly cool body temperature sobered her up a bit. In her daze, she only felt something wrapping around her tighter and tighter.
She reached out and touched the tip of his mischievous tail...
Mo Xiao lowered his head and lightly kissed her rosy lips.
He coaxed her in a husky voice, "Good girl, Mo’er, don’t stop..."
The next instant, he was carrying her to the bed.
Su Mo’s breathing grew ragged, and she subconsciously gripped his lapels.
A second later, he gently caught her hands and pinned them firmly above her head.
He seemed to have endless patience tonight, like a hunter savoring his prey, unhurriedly luring her into oblivion.
It was a slow, deliberate exploration.
"M-Mo Xiao..."
A strange, intense emotion welled up from the bottom of her heart, making Su Mo a little flustered.
She called his name subconsciously, but the sound that escaped her lips was laced with a breathless passion that was foreign even to herself.
It sounded more like a silent invitation.
His eyes, like fire and sea, watched her as he gave a soft hum of acknowledgment.
"What did Mo’er just call me?"
Su Mo’s voice trembled. "M-Mo... Xiao..."
He chuckled, his tone half-coaxing, half-threatening. "I’ll give you one more chance. Otherwise, don’t even think about sleeping tonight."
His hands roamed freely.
Su Mo trembled, biting her lip as she murmured, "H-Husband~"
The next second, Mo Xiao’s breathing became uncontrollably heavy...
He lowered his head and patiently soothed her once more, his actions restrained yet filled with a barely contained madness.
Su Mo felt as if she were about to melt in his embrace.
"Good girl, Momo, say it again, won’t you?"
"I love hearing you call me that... Don’t be scared, don’t hide. How could I ever bear to hurt you in the slightest..."
"..."
What little reason Mo Xiao had left evaporated with every sweet, soft utterance of "Husband."
...
’I’ll make her remember forever that tonight, it was I who led her to lose herself in the beautiful night. I will utterly devour all her senses in this long, dark night...’
That night, the wind blew through the branches, and the leaves swayed back and forth.
Sometimes overlapping, sometimes separating, like a silent shadow play, startling the birds in the treetops into fluttering away.
