The Interstellar's Expert Plant Tamer

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Xie Sen was stunned by his own thoughts, and he also felt that he was mentally ill. How could he have such inexplicable thoughts about a man? As the same sex, shouldn’t they be comparing each other and being envious and jealous? No, he’s not sick, it’s all the other guy’s fault for being too good looking!

“You can’t leave my sight now.” Maine said, and pulled him to the edge of the bed to get him further away from the door.

As soon as he let go, Xie Sen immediately turned around and reached out his right hand to grab his wrist, a hand that would definitely change his pants if it was free.

Xie Sen thought about the difference in their strength, and was afraid that Maine would break free, so he reached out with his left hand and grabbed his arm, and held it with both hands together.

He tilted his head. He and Maine looked at each other. He was determined not to look below his chin, and said with a sincere face, “I’ve thought about it since I jumped off the building. I’m in a very good state mentally, full of sunshine. I’m living a very happy life, no suicidal thoughts.” He tried to explain, “Yesterday’s fall was an accident. I had cramps when I got up and I wasn’t going to take the medicine I just took out.”

Maine looked at his face. His eyes were open and he let him look at them. His eyes didn’t blink. He didn’t feel guilty at all.

“Why did you bring it out, if you weren’t going to take it?” Maine asked.

Xie Sen had been searching for something to say while he was undressing, and had been prepared for him to ask this question. “I was wondering if this medicine could be used for my contract beast.” He said it quickly to make the words more convincing. “My contract beast is a bit different. It’s a mimetic beast. Recently it has been simulating a chili pepper bush, exactly like a plant. Since this kind of antiseptic is for animals, I’m not sure if it can be used. It’s too striking in its current form, and the care center is too crowded, so I brought the medicine back on purpose.”

Maine tapped his chin with his hand. “Let go. Why didn’t you say so before?”

The moment Maine grabbed his hand, he was stunned and panicked. How could he find a suitable reason so quickly?

He let go of Maine’s hand, and was relieved to see Maine was buttoning up his pajamas again. “I’m going to my room to rest.”

“Wait,” Maine called out to him. “Can I see your contract beast? The spicy jerky we ate today. Is that spicy flavor the flavor of chili peppers?”

Xie Sen’s heart thudded. If he answered yes, then how would explain where the chili pepper came from?

Maine was too quick to think of the chili pepper bush. Even if a mimetic beast was disguised as a plant, producing edibles was an absolutely impossible result. It was equivalent to admitting that his contract beast was an actual chili pepper bush.

His contract beast was a plant, and his explanation for the germicidal medicine wouldn’t make sense again.

Xie Sen lamented in his heart, and rubbed his face. To lie or something, it was really too annoying.

“Is it difficult to say?” Maine was very understanding when he saw him like this.

Xie Sen raised a smile, and put a hand on his shoulder. “You’re very kind, brother. Some things aren’t easy to say. Seeing is different than saying. Everyone has something difficult to say. Even you have kept a secret from me twice!”

Maine’s eyes moved slightly. He thought of the post he had read, and his heart had a vague suspicion. “I kept it a secret for your own good. In a few days you will know.”