The Film Queen’s Live-In Son-in-Law is the King of the Women's Kingdom (GL) - Chapter 18

Explain.

Yu Chiyin nervously swallowed, her throat suddenly feeling dry. She then thought, “I’m the “sugar mommy,” so why am I being “sofa-pounced” by my little live-in husband in such a dominant way?

Stand up! Yu Chiyin, you can do this.

So she stubbornly stuck her neck out and said,

“Explain what?”

She refused to be defeated. The little hedgehog had put up her soft quills again, though it was unclear what she was trying to defend against.

“You tell me. What should you explain?” Shen Ji leaned in a bit closer. 

Their noses were less than a finger’s length apart, their breaths warm against each other’s faces.

Shen Ji’s beautiful, thin lips parted, and she didn’t seem to notice their overly close proximity.

“I didn’t know I couldn’t do it at some point.”

She took another step closer with each word. Yu Chiyin had nowhere to retreat and didn’t want to anymore. She stubbornly stared back at Shen Ji, talking nonsense. “I’ve never tried, so how would I know if you could or not?”

“So…” Shen Ji chuckled, pinching her “sugar mommy’s” chin and admiring her stubbornness. “Are you inviting me?”

“I, I’m not.”

Yu Chiyin denied it subconsciously, then felt like she’d lost face. Trying to recover, she turned her head away.

“You’re in bed with me and you don’t do anything. Isn’t it obvious whether you can or not?”

So that’s how she came to the conclusion that I couldn’t do it. The little live-in husband found it amusing. She’s blaming me for something she caused.

Last night, she felt sorry for Yu Chiyin because she was afraid of the dark, so she didn’t have the heart to continue. Shen Ji thought, 

“Sure enough, my “live-in husband” skills are still lacking.

To protect her “sugar mommy’s” pride, the little live-in husband decided to stop here. Otherwise, the person in front of her might become angry out of embarrassment.

She took a step back, but unexpectedly, Yu Chiyin reached out and pulled her back. Their lips met in a firm press. It was a little painful and a little numb, followed by an indescribable, wonderful sensation.

But neither of them backed away. Their eyes held a kind of madness that no one else could understand.

It was then that Shen Ji realized that what attracted her to this person was never just her beautiful face, one that could deceive millions, but the madness that she shared with her.

It was a sense of disgust with the world, etched into their bones and flowing in their bl00d. She no longer used her hands to support herself on the back of the sofa, letting the full weight of her body press down. The sofa sank, and the two of them, sober and rational, intertwined.

The kiss, lacking any experience, was more like biting. It was rational yet crazy. They endlessly took from each other, desperately trying to find proof of their existence in this world.

Shen Ji saw herself in a raging fire in her previous life, sitting on the ground, letting the flames consume her without any will to live. Yu Chiyin remembered a certain dark summer night, crying helplessly for an entire night, barefoot on a floor covered in broken glass.

At this moment, a crack appeared in both of their hearts, and a complex emotion flowed into it, causing their souls to tremble.

The two inexperienced beginners ground each other’s lips raw and swollen. They only separated when the last bit of air was squeezed out of their lungs, with great reluctance.

Shen Ji reached up to wipe the moisture from the corner of Yu Chiyin’s lips. She smiled in relief, relieved that they were, after all, exactly the same kind of person.

“Can I do it?” she asked in a hoarse voice.

Yu Chiyin took a deep, quick breath, trying to recover as much as possible, still proud. “Is that all?”

Shen Ji now knew that those two words, easily spoken by her, could be so deadly, easily defeating the cultivation Yu Chiyin had worked on for years.

It turned out she wasn’t immune to provocation, just immune to it from anyone other than Yu Chiyin.

And Yu Chiyin?

The person who had been pinned to the sofa and “chewed on” for an entire hour now had one thought in her mind: regret. She regretted provoking her little live-in husband with her death wish.

But she couldn’t deny that the fierce Shen Ji pleased her more than the gentle Shen Ji. There was a secret pleasure in it, even though her lips were now terribly swollen.

The little live-in husband went out to get takeout and quickly came back with a bag. She took out an ointment, carefully read the instructions, and walked over with the tube.

Even though she was in no better shape than Yu Chiyin, she calmly squeezed out some ointment, gently dabbed a small amount on her fingertips, and carefully applied it to Yu Chiyin’s lips.

She had returned to her usual gentle, calm demeanor.

Yu Chiyin was dissatisfied. She now realized that this might be Shen Ji’s harmless facade. She seemed to prefer Shen Ji’s fierce, possessive desire to devour her.

In those moments, it felt as though she could effortlessly touch Shen Ji’s true self—a spiritual closeness, not just a physical attraction.

Seeing her in a daze, the little live-in husband was a little worried that she had kissed her silly. “Does it hurt?”

At this moment, the great actress was exceptionally honest. She obediently answered, “It hurts.”

How could it not hurt? When this person was serious, the kiss wasn’t a kiss at all. Between their lips and tongues, she used her teeth to repeatedly bite her lower lip, as if she were afraid that the prey she had finally caught would escape.

Escape? Prey? Yu Chiyin didn’t think that was her.

“But I want to kiss you again.” She was so honest in facing all her desires.

Shen Ji’s hand paused. She looked up at Yu Chiyin, who smiled and said something that could make her even crazier. “Not just kissing.”

After such an intense kiss, it was impossible for them not to have a physical reaction. Even though they had never experienced it before, the instinctive desire required no words.

After carefully applying two layers of ointment, Shen Ji said, “It’s not time yet.”

Yu Chiyin thought she would just quietly move past it, but she gave an unexpected answer, not as a live-in husband, but as Shen Ji herself.

Yu Chiyin was a little confused, but she wasn’t one to let things bother her, so she directly asked, “Then when is the time?”

“Let’s eat first.” Shen Ji pulled her up. It seemed like an answer, but it also seemed like she was just subtly changing the subject.

“Can we do it after we eat?”

It wasn’t that Yu Chiyin was desperate or shameless. It was that Yu Chiyin was 26 years old and had been single for 26 years. Other than in acting, she had never had a relationship with anyone, not even an ambiguous one.

She had never experienced the basics of holding hands, hugging, kissing, or anything more intimate.

She had no expectations for marriage or love, but having a complete life experience wasn’t a bad thing. If she had the chance, she wanted to try it with this legal partner she didn’t dislike.

In short, the strong-willed great actress just didn’t want to admit that she was so entranced by beauty that she’d lost her head.

Seeing her persistence, Shen Ji knew she had to give her an answer. So the little princess seriously thought for a moment and straightened her expression.

She said very seriously, “Let’s put aside our relationship, whether it’s a contract marriage or legal wives. Let’s talk only about you and me.”

She seemed to choose her words carefully. “I’m not against it, but I want to ask you, is it okay if there’s no love?”

In fact, she and Yu Chiyin were very different. Shen Ji seemed indifferent to everything, but deep down, she had expectations for intimate relationships.

She knew she craved love and to be loved. This was the biggest weakness of a little princess who had never received genuine affection since childhood. It was hard for her to confess this to others.

It had nothing to do with pride; it was because her heart, despite being a queen of a whole kingdom, was a barren wasteland. It made her feel helpless, unsure how to tell Yu Chiyin.

This seemingly absurd and comical contract marriage was so important to a lost soul from another world. When Shen Ji was still getting to know this world, it gave her a home for her soul.

Shen Ji was grateful to Yu Chiyin, so she tried her best to play her role as a live-in husband and fulfill all of her needs. But she wanted Yu Chiyin to understand that if certain things happened, Yu Chiyin would no longer be just a “sugar mommy” to Shen Ji.

The little princess tilted her head, looking at the stunned Yu Chiyin. “I’m a very possessive person, Yu Chiyin.”

Because she had received so little love and had never truly owned anything before, Shen Ji would cherish everything she did have.

When she was a child, she once found a worn-out ragdoll. It was really old and had clearly been through a lot. But Shen Ji picked up the doll with several holes in it. Though she herself was dirty and uncared for, she meticulously cleaned the doll.

She tore off a few pieces of fabric from her clothes to sew the doll up. Even something someone else had thrown away, Shen Ji cherished it. That little broken doll stayed with her for a very long time.

Until one day, her sister, the princess, found it. She mocked Shen Ji for playing with such a broken and old doll, and she ordered her servants to rip the doll apart right in front of Shen Ji. With a pair of scissors, she cut Shen Ji’s only childhood toy into a pile of rags and scattered cotton.

Later, when Shen Ji ascended the throne, that princess ended up just like the broken doll she had scorned years ago.

And now, Shen Ji still hadn’t completely claimed Yu Chiyin as her own. She was still treating her strictly according to the contract marriage.

She remembered something she had seen while browsing the internet: “My view on marriage is, only death can do us part. There is no divorce.”

“……”

Yu Chiyin wanted to joke, I just wanted to sleep with you, and now you want my life?

But seeing how serious Shen Ji was, she thought for a moment before giving her answer.

“I never thought love or marriage would happen to me, so I can’t give you a definite answer. I might never fall in love with you.”

When she said this, she was the calm and powerful Actress Yu, not the lazy, playful Yu Chiyin who had tears in her eyes during their kiss.

She sounded a bit cold and inhuman. But then she changed her tone. 

“But we are married, Shen Ji.”

“The truth is, life’s opportunities don’t always happen the way we plan.”

“I never imagined I would get married one day, even if it’s a three-year contract marriage. But who knows where we’ll be in three years?”

“I would rather believe a contract written on paper than promises spoken.”

“If we both confirm that we don’t dislike each other and are willing to maintain this marriage, extending the contract in the future won’t be a big problem.”

This was her response to Shen Ji’s ‘only death can do us part, no divorce’ statement.

“But love… I don’t know how to do it yet, and I can’t guarantee if it will happen between us. All I can say is that I don’t dislike you, and I can accept any intimate act with you.”

In fact, their views on marriage were quite similar. Shen Ji, because of her lack of love, longed for an intimate relationship that belonged only to her and would last forever.

And Yu Chiyin, because of her family background, had a pessimistic view of love and marriage. She said she had no expectations, but her actions were the opposite.

She didn’t mind using a written contract to maintain her marriage, which just shows that she trusted the binding nature of a contract more than a marriage certificate. In reality, she still hoped for a long and stable marriage where they would never betray each other.

Shen Ji understood. This conversation seemed to have given no promises, but it was because neither of them believed in words alone.

The kiss on the sofa had already broken the simple contractual nature of their relationship. So, how to face each other and how to view this marriage was something Shen Ji needed to clarify, which is why she brought it up.

Yu Chiyin’s answer told Shen Ji that anything was possible. Even though she didn’t expect it to happen, she was willing to have that possibility with Shen Ji.

It was a little convoluted, but to put it simply, the two of them had reached an understanding: they would just let things flow naturally, but it would be based on the premise of their mutual loyalty to this marriage.

So Yu Chiyin happily asked, “Then tonight, is it a go?”

She simply didn’t want to be mocked by her friend anymore, and she certainly didn’t want to have to “take matters into her own hands.” She didn’t think it was shameful to have desires.

And she, Yu Chiyin, the great three-time award-winning actress, with countless assets, beautiful and leggy, and with countless other great qualities.

Why would she not use a perfectly good, legal bed partner?

It simply wasn’t her style.