Who’s Being Proactive
When Ning Yi found out that the “questionable material” in her head had been transmitted, her face instantly turned bright red.
Ah! Where was King 11’s dignity now?! Ahhhh—!
But she still had to cover up her embarrassment, so she immediately started making a scene, grabbing Gu Cheng by the neck. “You cheated! You’re not a good person!”
Old schemer! Eternal old schemer!
Gu Cheng supported her with one hand and tugged at his collar with the other, laughing uncontrollably.
“You’re the one who watched it, and you’re blaming me?” His eyes were full of amusement.
Ning Yi’s eyes were practically sparking. “I also read technical books! And game design stuff! Why don’t you absorb something useful instead? You pervert!”
Gu Cheng just laughed and coaxed her, “Alright, alright, I am.”
They were still by the windowsill. Gu Cheng held Ning Yi in his arms, gently patting her back while kissing her flushed cheeks.
She was actually very cute, but he didn’t laugh anymore, afraid she’d get worked up again.
After quite a while, he finally managed to calm her down.
“My fault,” Gu Cheng admitted proactively.
“Fine!” Ning Yi was still reasonable. “It’s okay, I didn’t blame your combat skills anyway.”
Gu Cheng raised a brow. “Since when am I not good?”
Ning Yi huffed twice.
Gu Cheng pinched her cheek, making her lift her face. “I’m just afraid of hurting you, hm? Miss 01, do you have any conscience?”
As probably the man in this world who understood female physiology most personally, Gu Cheng had also read a lot of medical information afterward. From a health perspective, while many women might bleed the first time, that was often due to insufficient preparation causing tearing. With enough patience and care, it didn’t necessarily have to happen.
Still, there would usually be some discomfort, so Gu Cheng held himself back.
Ning Yi snapped out of her embarrassment and looked up at him for a while.
He was still in that “ready” state—she could feel it.
Gu Cheng also lowered his gaze to her, waiting for her decision.
How they would spend this gentle, sea-breeze-filled night.
Ning Yi thought for a bit, her expression slowly turning shy, her long lashes fluttering.
Gu Cheng’s gaze darkened bit by bit.
Before he could reach for her, Ning Yi suddenly hooked her arms around his neck—
“Then let’s watch it together!”
Gu Cheng: “?”
Ning Yi: That way they’d *both* have “questionable material” in their memories!
Haha!
…
Gu Cheng felt like, once again, he couldn’t quite keep up with his wife’s train of thought.
But watching her slender fingers fly across the keyboard, smoothly and efficiently clicking into a site full of… rather eye-closing content—
Gu Cheng didn’t close his eyes, but he did feel like laughing.
How could someone be this adorable?
So he held Ning Yi in his arms, letting her sit in his lap, leaning back against the headboard as they… watched.
After carefully selecting, Ning Yi picked something where both leads looked good and the style wasn’t too crude.
But after just a glance or two, Gu Cheng lost interest. To him, other people were irrelevant.
He just lowered his head to look at Ning Yi.
She was covering her mouth, her eyes bright and focused, filled with pure curiosity and a thirst for “knowledge.”
“Wow!”
“Oh!”
“No way—”
Hearing her increasingly impressed reactions, Gu Cheng finally stopped her from watching.
He closed the laptop, cutting off the sound, and then his kiss followed.
Ning Yi had been completely immersed, her heart already racing, and before she could calm down, it sped up even more.
In truth, Gu Cheng wasn’t much different from what they had just seen.
In fact, he had always been gentler, more careful, more patient.
But it turned out that watching something like that together did indeed… cause complications. This time, Gu Cheng was just a little less restrained.
Soon, that same sense of happiness began to fill the air again.
Then they reached a certain point.
Ning Yi frowned slightly in a daze. “A bit…”
Gu Cheng took a breath, then leaned closer until their noses touched. “…There’s another way so it doesn’t hurt.”
His other hand lifted, gently squeezing her ear in reassurance.
Ning Yi was still a bit out of it, caught in between sensations, not quite reacting. “What way?”
Gu Cheng chuckled softly and looked down at her.
At this point, the remaining effect of the exchange mechanism meant one main thing for him—he could still take on any pain she might feel, leaving only the comfort and happiness for her.
Like now. Like in the future, even in something like childbirth—those were things for Ning Yi to decide. Whether to take things further physically, whether to have children—those were decisions that belonged solely to her.
And the only thing Gu Cheng could do—and perhaps the only thing he *could* uniquely do—was bear the painful part for her.
He thought that might be the greatest meaning left in the fading mechanism.
Gu Cheng lowered his gaze, thinking, then said softly—
“It’s just…”
He had only said two words before stopping, suddenly lowering his head to glance down.
Her little hand… was twisting his leg.
Ning Yi’s method: then let’s both feel it, husband ^3^
“…?” Gu Cheng fell silent for a second. “That’s not what I meant.”
“Oh,” Ning Yi quietly withdrew her mischievous hand, then leaned in softly. “Husband, kiss~ ^3^”
Gu Cheng looked at her for a moment, then couldn’t help but laugh as he lowered his head and kissed her.
“You little… troublemaker.”
The little troublemaker 01 clearly understood what he meant. She giggled. “So you’re going to help me take the pain, husband?”
It might not be very kind—but she’d already done plenty of unkind things anyway ^-^ one more didn’t matter.
Gu Cheng hummed in acknowledgment, and as their palms met, their bodies switched.
But Ning Yi suddenly felt a bit nervous.
Even if it was just trying something briefly, she had no experience.
She wasn’t even that skilled with her own side, let alone the other side!
Gu Cheng gently reassured her in her mind.
But Ning Yi, now handling something she was already very familiar with in theory, fiddled with it for a while—only to realise…
She really shouldn’t have doubted Gu Cheng’s “combat ability,” because she didn’t know what she was doing either.
After fumbling around for quite some time, she couldn’t tell whether she’d succeeded or not.
Then suddenly, she exclaimed in shock, “W-why did it… go soft?!”
On her side, the “weapon” had suddenly lost momentum!
Gu Cheng couldn’t hold back his laughter anymore.
Defeated, Ning Yi shut her eyes and flopped down, then pressed his palm to switch their bodies back, looking a little dejected.
“How did it turn out like this…” she muttered.
But Gu Cheng had already pulled her into his arms, kissing her forehead. “Why feel frustrated? It’s normal if you don’t know how.”
Besides, those changes were all perfectly normal reactions.
Ning Yi looked up, a little pitiful. “Then… will it still hurt?”
Gu Cheng thought back to what he’d just felt. “It probably won’t anymore.”
Those exaggerated scenes in novels—where everything just happens perfectly the first time—were unrealistic and misleading, and could actually harm the body.
In reality, couples often experienced some awkwardness at the beginning. As long as they took things slowly, with patience and care, things would gradually become more comfortable and harmonious.
…And now, they could start reaching that point.
Ning Yi perked up again.
To reclaim King 11’s dignity, she began whispering playful, teasing lines into Gu Cheng’s ear.
After a few lines, Gu Cheng flipped over, looking down at her with a deep smile.
“Then… let’s go through them one by one.”
He leaned down.
Night deepened.
Ning Yi clutched his clothes, slowly curling up.
Alright—
He knew what he was doing.
He was “active” again.
Wuwuwu.
…
Later, Ning Yi started to find some enjoyment in it.
Gu Cheng was truly a mature and considerate partner.
And she no longer felt pain—only a soft, floating warmth, like cotton candy.
Later, lying in his arms, murmuring softly, she looked at him—restrained, yet not entirely restrained—and found it… strangely alluring.
It felt like—
he had only just begun.
There was still so much more.
So… still much to explore.
Mm.
Mm-hmm.
The next day, Ning Yi rightfully slept in for a *very, very long* time.
And insisted that Gu Cheng stay in bed with her.
Gu Cheng woke much earlier than she did, feeling unusually relaxed.
There was a subtle, indescribable satisfaction about him.
While she was still fast asleep, he got up and arranged the day’s schedule.
Assistant Zhou smiled. “Understood, young master—no problem.”
And from his micro-expression analysis, he concluded: the young master was in an *excellent* mood today!
Hehe!
Assistant Zhou secretly clenched his fist: must help create an even more romantic and perfect honeymoon!
Although netizens couldn’t follow Gu Cheng and Madam’s life in real time, even the occasional glimpse was enough to send them into a frenzy—
[Ahhh can’t we get just one more update QAQ]
[To the CP fan who’s infiltrated the front lines—please try a little harder!]
Assistant Zhou quietly accepted all the credit.
Of course, he would only act when other bystanders might also capture photos. In other situations, he would never reveal the young master and madam’s whereabouts. Even so, the internet kept a very close eye on them.
—This level of attention was even higher than Princess Ding and Movie Emperor Jiang’s “pregnancy escape” drama!
After leaving the wedding, Princess Ding staged a brand-new drama. Now Jiang Linyi was calling out to Ding Ziyue across the entire internet, begging her not to leave him so wilfully!
Netizens watched both for “sweet moments” and for entertainment, curious about what kind of dramatic twists those two would pull next.
Assistant Zhou, wearing a serene expression, watched Gu Cheng’s departing figure and thought: anyway, Gu de Mo Ning is pure sweetness!
Let the melodrama belong to the princess and her knight—
The sweetness belongs to the emperor and his wife!
Gu de Mo Ning is the best! T-T
Gu Cheng: ?
Why are you looking so moved?
After making his arrangements, he returned to the room. Ning Yi was still sleeping soundly.
Her sleep quality had completely recovered now. That hyper-alert state from the apocalypse was long gone.
Gu Cheng listened to her, climbed back into bed, and waited for her to wake up.
Leaning against the headboard, watching her peaceful sleeping face, he felt that… the honeymoon really was wonderful.
Life itself was wonderful.
When Ning Yi finally woke up after getting enough rest, Gu Cheng was indeed still beside her, looking down at her.
She blinked sleepily for a moment, then happily blew him a couple of air kisses. Then she stretched her arm out from under the blanket, pressed a hand against his abdomen, kicked one leg against his, and gave a huge, satisfying stretch.
From their room’s panoramic window, the distant sea could be seen. The blue sky stretched endlessly, and the ocean shimmered under the sunlight like clear glass—warm and gentle.
Every day of their honeymoon had new food and new fun waiting for them.
Ning Yi rolled around beside Gu Cheng a few times, then got up feeling refreshed.
“Let’s go see whales—!”
Gu Cheng got up with her, smiling as he took her hand. “Let’s go.”
Breakfast and the boat were already waiting.
…
The sea was calm today—perfect weather for going out.
Humpback whales—these gentle giants—would migrate thousands of kilometres from Alaska every year to this warm, shallow sea to breed.
The waters here were calm and clear, and local conservation policies were excellent. The fishermen were experienced, allowing them to use speedboats to get closer quickly when whales appeared.
After eating her fill, Ning Yi boarded the boat with Gu Cheng.
Standing on the deck, she looked up at the blue sky and suddenly remembered something—
“Husband,” she said dramatically, “do you want to…”
Gu Cheng immediately caught on. “—No.”
Ning Yi laughed. “I haven’t even said it yet and you already don’t want to?”
Gu Cheng looked up at the sky as well. He only had one memory.
He didn’t even need to share it with her.
Heh.
“Then I’m saying it anyway!” Ning Yi grinned. “Do you want to go flying again, husband?!”
Back when Gu Cheng bought her that yacht, she had gone parasailing—and very generously let him switch with her to experience it too.
Gu Cheng ground his teeth slightly, then pulled her into his arms. “Dragging you now is enough.”
Ning Yi laughed into the wind.
Thinking about it, she’d already wanted him to share in her happiness back then!
“I really like you ^3^,” Ning Yi said.
Gu Cheng didn’t want to recall that memory—
But looking at her, he couldn’t help pinching her puffed-up lips. “Then of course I like you even more.”
Ning Yi: “Hehehe.”
The speedboat headed out toward the open sea.
Most of the time, whales weren’t visible—they usually swam calmly beneath the surface, only occasionally showing their dorsal fins or tails. These creatures, several times larger than humans, could inspire a sense of awe, but humpback whales were actually very gentle and never attacked humans.
When they were in a good mood, they might leap out of the water, performing impressive aerial moves—and that was what whale watchers hoped to see.
Ning Yi rubbed her hands together, full of anticipation.
She’d never seen such a *huge* animal before!
The fishermen told them that spotting whales also depended on luck. Some people spent an entire day and night searching at sea and still considered it lucky. Of course, spotting one or two whales surfacing wasn’t too rare.
Ning Yi wasn’t worried at all.
She had a human “buff” right beside her.
And even if they didn’t see any, the scenery alone was enough.
Just enjoy the moment.
This trip was very different from being at a coastal city—it was the vast, open sea, with massive creatures swimming beneath the boat.
Ning Yi kept looking around.
They hadn’t spotted any whales yet—but they saw dolphins first.
“Hey, over there!”
“I think I saw them!”
It really was dolphins—they were lively in the water, their smooth, streamlined backs flashing by from time to time.
Then, when people weren’t paying attention, they would suddenly leap out of the water in graceful arcs, looking incredibly joyful.
Ning Yi went to the bow of the speedboat and sat down, just in time to see a small dolphin swim over.
“Wow wow wow!”
Gu Cheng, worried she might get too excited and fall in, wrapped an arm around her waist from behind. “Careful.”
Ning Yi: “It’s coming, it’s coming!”
The little dolphin swam right up beside their boat, friendly and curious.
Dolphins always seemed to be smiling—that slightly goofy, cheerful expression made them irresistibly cute.
Ning Yi had never seen a dolphin this close before. She crouched down, squealing softly, and carefully reached out to touch it.
These dolphins were used to humans in this area. Besides whale-watching and dolphin-spotting, there were even programs where people could swim with dolphins—but for Ning Yi, just being face-to-face like this was already pure happiness.
The little dolphin chirped playfully, nudging her hand.
“Husband, you try too!” Ning Yi turned back to call him. “It’s so gentle!”
The dolphin splashed lightly. Gu Cheng, still holding Ning Yi by the waist, had originally just been making sure she wouldn’t fall—but seeing the excitement in her eyes, and how she instinctively wanted to share that joy with him, he couldn’t help smiling.
He crouched down and gently touched the dolphin’s smooth head.
It really was cute.
In the end, Ning Yi waved goodbye with a bright smile.
The dolphins seemed to smile back, turning lightly before swimming away at speed.
The fisherman said, “Looks like you’re lucky today!”
Ning Yi clapped her hands and stood up, leaning against Gu Cheng, already feeling like the trip had been worth it.
The boat kept moving; soon it would be time to head back.
The sea stretched endlessly around them, full of vitality—as if the life force of the world was carried in the wind itself.
Gu Cheng pinched her ear lightly. “Happy?”
Ning Yi grinned and nodded. “Very.”
As expected—riding on that “888 emperor-level luck” really worked.
Gu Cheng chuckled, then raised his arm. “Look over there.”
Farther out on the open sea, a massive whale’s head suddenly broke the surface—
Before Ning Yi could react, the fisherman shouted, “Quick! A whale! Move closer!”
They couldn’t approach within a hundred meters of a humpback whale, but they could position themselves for the best view.
Ning Yi grabbed Gu Cheng’s hand excitedly as they drew nearer, stopping at the right distance.
From afar, they saw the serrated tail fin slap the water, sending waves rolling outward.
After surfacing for a while, the whale suddenly spouted—water shooting five or six meters into the air.
“Wow!!”
“That’s so high!”
This enormous, gentle creature felt like a guardian of the sea.
It seemed to greet humanity—then, in a sudden turn, it leapt out of the water, its massive body arcing through the sunlight, dazzling and magnificent—
At that moment—
Clouds layered across the horizon, the sea blending into the sky, and the deep-sea whale became the brightest movement upon that natural canvas.
Gu Cheng held Ning Yi’s hand as they quietly watched the breath-taking scene.
In that instant, a deeper, more powerful sense of life seemed to surge toward them.
After watching the whale, Ning Yi felt something stir in her chest.
She suddenly remembered—
She had once felt Gu Cheng’s darkness too, like a whale trapped in the deep sea, out of sync with everyone else, unable to send out a cry for help.
But now, they stood facing the ocean, as free as the wind.
Gu Cheng turned his head to look at her, as if he knew exactly what she was thinking.
She didn’t just want to share joy with him—she also felt for the pain in his past. She had experienced everything, lost many emotions, but never lost the ability to love.
She had said “I love you” in exaggerated ways many times—but that one confession beneath the glass dome had always been building toward something real.
Everyone on the boat was cheering.
“You’re so lucky!”
“As expected of Young Master Gu!”
“The man with emperor-level luck!”
But Gu Cheng only lowered his head, gently kissed her forehead, then smiled faintly as he pulled back.
“My luck…” he said, “has always been right in front of me.”
Ning Yi couldn’t help looking up at him.
At that moment, he leaned against the railing, his shirt billowing in the wind, his expression steady and smiling.
It felt like shimmering ocean light scattered across her heart—bright, dazzling, stirring.
She looked at the sky, played in the sea, and in the end couldn’t help leaning into his arms.
Tilting her head up with a smile, Gu Cheng was already there to kiss her.
“Luckier than emperor-level luck?”
“Mm. Luckier than the whole world.”
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