novelraw Chapter 500 Si Lisao of the Dragon Clan’s Mating Season Has Arrived 1
Chapter 500 Si Lisao of the Dragon Clan’s Mating Season Has Arrived 1
Ye Siyuan finally understood. She felt somewhat embarrassed but was unwilling to concede. "In what way am I not perfect?"
It was a perilous question, one Si Lisao refused to answer.
He himself, however, relaxed. His usually stern face, never one for frivolous speech or actions and always full of authority, now softened with a tender smile as he looked at her. "I saw you a month ago, and you’ve lost some weight," he said. "Were you deliberately dieting?"
He knew girls often dieted. He wanted to tell her she looked good even without losing weight, but then he considered that telling a girl her painstaking dieting efforts were unnecessary might be quite insensitive. So, he complimented her instead, "You look even more beautiful."
Ye Siyuan couldn’t hide the smile tugging at her lips. She jabbed a straw into her cup of mango pomelo sago, held it with both hands, took a couple of sips, and said, "Delicious."
Si Lisao reached out and patted her head.
The gentle head pat was irresistible to Ye Siyuan, and she took another big sip.
Si Lisao took her out for a meal. The restaurant had been cleared in advance. As the two entered the private room, Si Lisao handed her the menu to order.
He took off his suit jacket and draped it over the back of the chair. Then, he undid the cuff buttons of his white shirt and rolled up the sleeves several times, revealing his sleek, fair, and powerful arms.
Ye Siyuan ordered two dishes based on the pictures, then handed the menu back to Si Lisao, who ordered two more.
While waiting for the delicious food to arrive, Si Lisao initiated small talk with her.
Ye Siyuan took a deep sniff. "Are you wearing perfume? What brand is it? It smells really nice."
Si Lisao paused. "You can smell it?"
Ye Siyuan nodded. Having never smelled this fragrance before, she couldn’t contain her curiosity and wanted to ask him.
"It’s not perfume," Si Lisao said nonchalantly, his restrained voice tinged with a tease. "Ordinary people can’t smell it."
"Ah? Then what is it?"
This was the scent emitted only during the Dragon Clan’s mating season, and his had arrived. Normally, ordinary people couldn’t smell it, so he didn’t usually pay it much mind. He just hadn’t expected her nose to be so perceptive. Si Lisao wasn’t secretive. He smiled faintly and said, "Do you know the Dragon Clan has a mating season?"
Ye Siyuan shook her head. Even if Mo Yinhe understood, Ye Siyuan didn’t.
Neither Mo Yinhe nor Si Mingjing would casually disclose such matters to outsiders.
Si Lisao said, "It’s nothing."
But Ye Siyuan was intensely curious. Later, when the delicious dishes were served, she ate while sneakily texting Si Mingjing: "Mingjing, what is the Dragon Clan’s mating season?"
Si Mingjing replied quickly: "Have you and your parents arrived on Mu Continent already?"
Ye Siyuan: "We’ve arrived. My parents are staying at the State Guest Hotel. I’m out dining with Crown Prince Lisao. What’s the Dragon Clan’s mating season?"
Si Mingjing: "Why are you asking this?"
Ye Siyuan: "I smelled a lovely scent on Crown Prince Lisao and asked what perfume he was wearing. He said it wasn’t perfume and asked if I knew about the Dragon Clan’s mating season."
Si Mingjing enlightened her: "It’s their breeding season. For two days each month, they enter their mating season and emit a strong scent to attract a mate. It’s the scent of Dragon Clan hormones, or what some call the ’scent of love.’ Ordinary people can’t smell it, but to a loved one, this scent is very fragrant."
Ah? So I smelled Si Lisao’s hormonal scent? And I even foolishly asked him about it! He must be laughing himself silly at me inwardly. The tips of Ye Siyuan’s ears burned.
"Try this, it tastes good." Si Lisao served her some food.
Ye Siyuan looked up, her eyes shimmering.
Curious, she texted Si Mingjing again: "Um, do Dragon Clan members have to mate during their mating season? What happens if they don’t?"
Si Mingjing: "They just have to endure it, and it will pass. Although it’s tough, it’s not insurmountable."
Ye Siyuan: "Oh, oh, oh!"
Isn’t Crown Prince Lisao in terrible agony right now? Ye Siyuan wondered.
She asked subconsciously, "Are you uncomfortable?"
"Hmm?"
Ye Siyuan suddenly sat up straight. "It’s nothing! Nothing at all!"
Si Lisao’s gaze sharpened. "Who are you messaging on WeChat?"
She was dining with him yet chatting nonstop on WeChat. Si Lisao felt a bit neglected.
"My sister-in-law."
"Oh?" Si Lisao suddenly laughed, his smile full of meaning, as if he’d guessed what she was discussing.
Ye Siyuan felt even more mortified. She buried her head and concentrated on her food, not daring to look up for a long time, even though she could feel his gaze constantly on her face.
At that moment, Si Lisao said, "I am a bit uncomfortable."
"Ah?" Ye Siyuan looked up. "Then what should we do?"
Si Lisao laughed heartily, a rare occurrence. This girl is such a little fool. Asking a man what to do... isn’t that like a lamb willingly walking into a tiger’s den?
Si Lisao, tall and imposing, leaned back against his chair. He casually tapped the tabletop with one hand, turning the question back to her. "What do you think we should do?"
Ye Siyuan’s heart pounded. I’ve dug a pit for myself! Now I’m about to fall off a cliff with no way back up!
Serves me right for opening my big mouth!
Ye Siyuan wished she could bite her tongue.
After thinking for a moment, Ye Siyuan batted her pretty eyes. "Otherwise, why don’t you go home and take several cold showers?"
Si Lisao leaned in and flicked her forehead hard.
So infuriating! This prim and self-respecting little rascal!
He hadn’t found his mating season too unbearable before. But now, looking at her tender, collagen-rich face, he found it exceptionally hard to endure.
After the meal, Ye Siyuan made an excuse, saying she wanted to find Si Mingjing.
She felt apprehensive. Seeing a subtle fire in Si Lisao’s eyes, as if it threatened to consume her, she feared she wouldn’t be able to resist and would voluntarily throw herself into his arms.
"There’s no rush," Si Lisao said. "I’ll be very busy for the next couple of days and won’t have time to see you. This afternoon, I happen to have some free time."
So, Si Lisao is actually on a date with me? A small thrill of joy blossomed in Ye Siyuan’s heart.
After the meal, she went to the restroom to touch up her lipstick, prettily pursing her full, red lips in the mirror.
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Meanwhile, Si Mingjing and Mo Yinhe had taken the little ones to the State Guest Hotel.
Ye Xinguang was a bit tired after several hours on the plane and wanted to catch up on sleep at the hotel. Ye Junqing naturally wanted to accompany his beloved wife. So, when Si Mingjing arrived, she didn’t disturb her parents-in-law. Ye Shen, however, was very excited. He wanted to explore and asked Si Mingjing to be his tour guide.
"Where do you want to go?"
Ye Shen held a brochure he had casually picked up from the hotel’s front desk. Pointing to several tourist spots featured in it, he said, "Of course, I want to visit them all!"
Actually, Si Mingjing hadn’t visited those tourist spots in the brochure either.
Ye Shen’s head was full of black lines. "Sister-in-law, you’ve been on Mu Continent for a month and a half, and you haven’t gone out to sightsee at all? What have you been doing then?"
Mo Yinhe shot him a chilling glare, and Ye Shen immediately clammed up.
"I know, I know, Mom! I’ll be your tour guide!"
"This baby knows too!"
Sheng Liangliang and Gu Shurong eagerly volunteered.
Si Mingjing said with a smile, "That’s great. None of us have been. Let’s have the children be our tour guides, and we’ll all go out together."