RALP Chapter 68.1

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Du You knew what ‘copulate’ mean, although it is usually used to describe animals.

Given Ryan is a werewolf, it’s not something he can’t understand.

He extends his hand, going past Ryan’s sides.

Ryan can only feel a sudden, strong force. Before he can react, he is lifted up whole, then taken off the bed, only placed back down on the ground outside the bedroom.

Du You crouches in front of him, “is it mating season for you?” He explains, “if you turn back into beast form, I can try to find a big dog for you.”

Ryan angrily replies, “I’m not a dog!”

Du You seems troubled, “I can also try to find a wolf, but that would be a bit of an effort.”

Ryan is silent for a few seconds before yelling, “no! I only want to copulate with my lover!”

Du You replies, “I don’t want to copulate with you.”

Ryan says pitifully, “do you hate me?”

It doesn’t seem like it should be a question of simple ‘like/hate’ though.

Du You is not replying, so Ryan tentative raises his hand, putting it onto his kneecap, saying, “I like my lover, so I want to do that. Is that no good?”

Du You looks at the werewolf.

He once asked what he meant.

For Ryan, it apparently meant that he ‘liked’ him as far as his appearance was concerned.

Du You cannot understand why you simply would ‘like’ someone due to someone’s appearance and perhaps even want to get in bed with him.

At least, up to this point, nobody has managed to tell him loud and clear what ‘like’ means.

Du You stands back up, causing Ryan’s hand to naturally slide back down.

“It’s late today, get some sleep,” Du You pauses, then says, “the agent will be here for you tomorrow.”

Before Ryan can ask again, he shuts the door at him.

Ryan is dejected seeing his lover disappear behind the door.

He’s been refused.

The door is unlocked, and he can easily enter if he wanted.

But, no matter how bold he can act usually, he can never force himself on someone. At least, it is made clear to him his lover refuses to go further with him tonight.

He raises his head up in frustration and yowls.

What does he have to do to make his lover like him back?

Werebeasts have an extremely simplistic view on romance. As long as their looks are attractive enough to females, then they can immediately have sex that evening.

An outstanding appearance is enough to make females abandon all wariness and even approach them of their own accord. Their strong, muscular bodies can offer a sense of security for females, while also representing an excellent ability to hunt.

He excels in both areas. Add to that his beautiful fur in his beast form, it was enough to get him elected leader of the tribe.

Although none of those seem at all useful when it comes to his lover.

The werewolf’s lonely wails echo through the moonless night. Du You has got back on bed and this time he properly pulled his bedsheets up.

System [Are you going to sleep like that? Go lock the door and then push the closet in front of it!]

It really can’t help but feel the… virile werebeast won’t be giving up so easily. Maybe when the host is asleep he will sneak into the room and… something something fait accompli.

Even if he can’t succeed at first, but he can perhaps break through the shell bit by bit until its host was used to him and eventually get roped into his scheme like a dum-dum.

The system is oh so very worried.

But the host does not heed its warnings at all. He just shuts his eyes and goes asleep immediately.

System “…”

It can’t be helped. To protect its host’s virginity, it has to be in charge of lookout.

It must protect its host.

This, is the resolve it has for a fellow fan of the romance epic anime ‘Stop Running Away You Bossy School Hunk’!

Yet, unfortunately for it, or rather, fortunately, nobody came in after that. The system, with big eyebags under its eyes, can even hear a snoring sound from outside the door.

It is in disbelief.

After that dumb dog decided to floor everything with its host and got rebuffed, it decided to give up like that and go back to sleep?!

And its host doesn’t seem the least bit fazed either.

The two people in question are both sleeping soundly while it, someone not directly related, is all wary and jumpy. What the heck?!

Nobody can answer the system’s grand questions.

Tomorrow morning, when Du You is up and washing his face, he realises the system has been quiet. In fact, it does not respond even when he calls out to it.

Is it having another one of those ‘beauty sleeps’ again? He so thinks.

As today is a weekend, Du You woke up later than usual. Normally the auntie wouldn’t try to wake him up either, and will have the breakfast made before leaving without disturbing him.

Going down the stairs, he can smell the food in the kitchen already. When Du You is about to walk inside, he can suddenly feel a strong wind blowing from behind him. He looks back to see a shadow rushing towards him.

“Morning!”

Du You extends his hand to receive the shadow and push it downwards. Ryan gets pushed down and adopts a sitting posture in the meantime, his tail waggling.

“Just now the auntie made a meal and then left,” Ryan reports with an energetic voice.

It seems that despite last night their relationship hasn’t changed in the slightest, neither moving forward or even backward.

As if it was actually just a casual remark.

Du You asks, “have you eaten yet?”

“I did,” Ryan licks his mouth, “a tasty broth.”

——It’s a nutritious congee the auntie specifically prepared for pets.

Du You walks into the kitchen and the food are still placed in their containers with lids on to keep it warm. If it really became cold, he just has to reheat them as well.

The auntie’s cooking is excellent as usual.

Although Ryan has finished his breakfast early, he is still following closely behind Du You, his eyes glued onto him.

“Here you go,” Du You thought he might still be hungry so he shares a bit of his food with him.

Ryan would, of course, not refuse food personally given to him by his lover. He starts wolfing down again.

After breakfast, agent Wu is here as scheduled.

“Good morning, Mr. Du,” he has brought Western confectioneries along this time.

Today he is here mainly to take Ryan to sign onto the company and then some greetings with the people from Eve as they will begin shooting the advert tomorrow.

Agent Wu gives him a simple report before asking, poking his head in, “um, where is Ryan?”

Du You thought Ryan was still following behind him and only looks backwards now. There’s nobody behind.

“Is he… still unwilling to see me?” The agent asks, hesitant.

Du You goes back into the living room, and Ryan is sticking onto the wall like yesterday. He seems to want to go out but also a bit reluctant.

Du You asks, “do you still hate him?”

Agent Wu looks thunderstruck at the door – Mr. Du, did you have to ask that directly?!

Ryan answers, “I’m trying to adapt.”

Du You tells him, “you don’t have to force yourself if you don’t want to.”

Agent Wu extends his Erkang hands – wait, Mr. Du, we already signed with Eve!

“No, I need to earn money,” Ryan shakes his head.

His resolution is certainly much more firm than Du You’s. He takes a bit of time to ready before nodding, “I’m done!”

Then he proudly strides towards the door and stands before the agent.

Ryan is already taller than him, and add to that the step down from the entrance he is certainly looking right down when he speaks.

“Let’s go. I will try to endure your face as much as possible.”

Agent Wu – Why the heck do you actually hate me so much!

Though while Ryan is fired up and ready to go, they can’t just leave yet.

The agent is holding two bags. Besides the confectioneries, there’s a bag of clothes.

As he isn’t sure how Ryan is usually dressed, he picked the clothes out this time so that they can definitely leave an impression on Eve’s manager.

Though he had to expend so much effort just to get him to settle down for half an hour. Today they’ll be out for a whole day at least. He can’t have him rip his clothes up every so often.

They’re all wads of cash he’s ripping there, you know.

Anyway, he will have to ask Mr. Du to cooperate.

The agent hands the clothes over with that in mind, “Mr. Du, can you ask him to wear this?”

Du You hands it to Ryan, “that’s what he said.”

The agent is all ‘no no no, I want you to tell him to wear it because he won’t listen to me.’

As expected, Ryan shakes his head, “no, it’s uncomfortable.”

Du You hands the clothes back to the agent, “that’s what he said.”

“…” The agent replies, “yes, I heard as well.”

He feels like Du You’s own self-perception is skewed. He is actually the person of the highest social standing here, why is he willingly being a messenger?

The agent, exasperated, “Mr. Du, are you sure you want him to go out in public like this?”

Du You then takes another look at Ryan.

He has always been half-naked, so much so that he’s become used to it.

But certainly it would stand out quite a bit for others. In fact, it might attract unwanted attention.

Du You asks, “can you wear these clothes?”

“Will it be problematic for you if I don’t?” Ryan compromises easily, “can you help me?”

He says as he raises his arms to his shoulders, “help me wear these.”

Du You opens up the sticker closing the bag, and inside is an off-white cardigan.

It is about the right season for a single cardigan. It’s not hand-sewn so it won’t be prickly either.

Du You flutters it then puts it on Ryan from the head down. Afterwards a silvery mess pops out of the collar hole, the hair all disheveled. It is of similar colour to the clothes.

Du You then tells him to put his hands through the sleeves.

Ryan obediently does what he asks and his arms pop easily through.

Although his lover helped put it on, it was really uncomfortable. Ryan is pulling subconsciously on the collar, trying to reduce the contact between it and himself as much as possible, suppressing his urge to rip it open.

“Done,” Du You turns back to the agent, “take him away.”

The agent is silent for a bit, before saying, “umm…”

Du You “?”

“It’s inside out.”

A few minutes later, they’re finally done with the clothes.

The agent also brought shoes, which happens to be the pair Ryan wore to audition earlier. While his clothes were ripped, his shoes were fine.

Ryan follows behind agent Wu but is turning his head backwards with every step, “I’m going.”

Du You sees him off.

Ryan asks again, “can’t you go with me?”

The agent says then, “even if he can accompany you this time around, when you officially debut there are a lot of times when you will be alone. You have to get used to it.”

In the end, Ryan enters the car alone.

He is continuously waving back at him through the open window even as the car is already driving away.

System =口=

Although it started feeling this way back when they were dressing Ryan up, but what is this? Mother sending off her son to college for the first time ever?

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TL’s notes: Thank god none of them recall something called a ‘video call,’ or Du You would never have peace ever again, hehe.