I adopted a child demon from the Gap, and I'm a special agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Ab

I will never back down.

"It's almost time. I'll go to the hospital cafeteria to get you lunch. Be a good boy and sleep well. If you have any trouble, just press the call button by your bed."

"Alright, I'm not a little kid anymore, go ahead."

"Hehe, isn't Cheng just as fragile as a child these days? He even needs a tube to pee."

"Uh, don't bring up things like that!"

With light steps, the girl cheerfully rose from the stool beside the bed and walked towards the door, teasing and joking with the young man as she went. But as she reached the door and opened it to leave, the young man looked at the girl with her back to him and seemed to vaguely hear her whispering something.

"If you really choose to give up..."

"Huh, what did you just say?"

"It's nothing, just talking to yourself. Just lie still, Mr. Wounded."

Click—

The door was locked, and the single-occupancy ward returned to silence.

She's a girl who's hard to describe. But I don't think I've had much close contact with girls over the years. Maybe I'll meet someone special.

"call……"

With a sigh of relief, the young man closed his eyes and lay motionless on the bed.

I took a whole month off to take care of him, and I'm really grateful that my boss approved it. I feel a little embarrassed that I've been being taken care of by her for so long.

When he opened his eyes again, the young man recalled the girl's words before she left the room, pondering that unclear whisper.

"If I were to give up, would I? How could I possibly give up?"

It wasn't a bitter tone, but a resolute one, spoken by the young man in a voice only he could hear. Yet, for some reason, he felt a subtle sense of guilt.

Am I becoming strange? It seems possible, or rather, I've always been abnormal.

However, she seems to be a little different from usual today.

He raised his still-mobile right hand and gently pressed it against his chest, as if a strange throbbing sensation was slowly echoing in his heart.

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Section 213, Chapter Sixteen: Dreams of Companionship

I was discharged from the hospital in the autumn.

Moving his body, which was somewhat weak from being bedridden for a long time, the young man walked along the maple-covered road, with the girl who had taken care of him in the hospital for three months following beside him.

"No need to walk so fast, let's get used to it first and take it slow."

Noticing the young man's slightly stiff movements, the girl stepped forward and supported him, whispering a reminder. The young man was taken aback by the girl's reaction for a moment, then smiled.

"It's not that bad. I'm an A-level martial artist, after all. My physical foundation is what it is."

As he spoke, he tried to pull his hand back, but the girl held his arm tightly, not giving him a chance to break free.

"Be good, okay?"

The girl gave a sly smile and said softly.

"Seriously, don't treat me like a child, you idiot."

"Who told you to be so careless with yourself!"

In retrospect, it seems that their relationship began to slowly become strange after their time in the hospital, and they were no longer the simple friends they were at the beginning.

As a single person whose age at birth is the same as their age at being single, the young man is utterly foolish when it comes to relationships. Although he is aware of the differences, he has absolutely no idea how to advance this hazy feeling.

The girl, who had never had a similar experience, was also completely unable to recognize this feeling, and the two continued to get along in this strange way.

In daily life, everything seems to continue as usual: the young man gets up early to exercise, and the young woman prepares breakfast. If there are no field assignments, the young man and the young woman will go to work at the Special Department together.

Due to his injury, the young man was assigned fewer missions and began to take on more clerical work. This proved somewhat difficult for someone who had long been on the front lines, almost causing him to make a fool of himself and frequently having to ask the girl for help.

At lunchtime, the girl would often approach the young man, and the two would go out for lunch together. If one of them was busy, the other would tacitly pack some food and bring it over. Because of this, they were often teased by their colleagues, although they themselves didn't seem to mind much.

The young woman usually got off work much earlier, while the young man, because of the more varied and complex tasks he was responsible for, was often busy until the wee hours of the morning. But no matter what time it was, as long as he returned to his rented room, there would always be food magically kept warm, quietly waiting for him on the table.

"Those two completely skipped the dating phase and went straight into the old married couple mode."

During a mission, the young man's teammates chatted and complained to each other.

Moreover, neither party involved reacted to the situation at all, completely unaware of their own predicament. This left the single bystander feeling unbearably uncomfortable, yet he was unable to offer any advice due to the young man's overwhelming strength and natural personality.

And so the two of them remained in this ambiguous state, with nothing changing.

The deadlock wasn't broken until a year later, when a mob attacked the Special Sciences headquarters. (For those watching these two, it was undoubtedly a stalemate and torture.)

"Ye Jia!"

Passing through the chaotic hall, the young man shouted loudly as he rushed inside.

The chaotic crowd was noisy, with shouts from those maintaining order, cries of the injured, and the pervasive smell of burning.

Seemingly due to some welfare policy or other reason, attackers using Molotov cocktails and homemade explosives appeared in the Special Science area. Although the superhumans present quickly suppressed the riot, many people were still injured in the chaos.

"Ye Jia!"

The young man shouted loudly, making way for two doctors carrying a stretcher, and walked toward the office area.

The girl's office was a mess, and the flames hadn't even been completely extinguished. The young man's heart sank a little, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't see the girl and continued walking inside, his eyes constantly searching for her.

Where is she? Where is she?

"I accept!"

As he rounded a corner, he finally heard the sound he had been longing to hear.

Amidst the black smoke, a figure swiftly weaved through the crowd and arrived before the young man. Almost instinctively, he stepped forward and embraced her. Two or three minutes later, he took a deep breath and, regaining his composure, quickly examined the girl to check for any injuries.

"I'm fine, I'm fine."

The girl smiled and took the young man's hand, helping him calm down. People were still passing by, but the young man didn't pay much attention, simply hugging the girl again.

That's great! I'm so glad you're alright!

……

Clean up the mess, send the girl to the hospital for treatment, and follow the clues to dismantle the organizing group behind the riot. As one of the victims, the girl was given a rare day off after giving her statement and undergoing diagnosis. She returned home before the sun had completely set for the first time, with the young man by her side.

Perhaps due to the attack, the streets were deserted. When the two approached the rented house, the road was completely empty. Only the maple leaves fluttering in the setting sun cast a hazy, blood-red hue on the street.

"Speaking of which, we've actually maintained this platonic cohabitation relationship for several years now. Every time I tell the people around us, no one is willing to believe it."

As they walked along the road, the girl suddenly spoke, startling the young man beside her.

"Ah, this... this matter..."

The young man gave a dry laugh, unsure how to respond. He knew that because of this incident, he had been thoroughly ridiculed by his teammates during a casual chat; those guys had absolutely no respect for their superiors.

However, no matter what, I still felt...

"Cheng, speaking of which, there's a question I've always wanted to ask you."

The girl was laughing when she suddenly stood in front of the young man, blocking his way, and looked up at him directly.

"This kind of question, cough, hey, don't look at me like that."

Uncomfortable being stared at like that, the young man took a step back somewhat awkwardly, but the girl clearly had no intention of giving him a chance to avoid it, and immediately stepped forward, continuing to stare intently at him.

"Running away isn't good, Seung, so you should answer properly."

The girl giggled, giving the young man no chance to dodge.

"Could it be that Cheng has already had some wonderful experience?"

"How could that be? Don't talk nonsense. I'm not the kind of man who has that kind of destiny."

"So, the answer is no, right?"

"……Um."

"Hehe, in that case, you already have it now."

"What's going on—hmm!"

Standing on tiptoe, the girl gently offered a kiss. The completely stunned young man stared wide-eyed, unsure how to react. It wasn't until the girl hugged him again that he finally came to his senses.

"You're really messing around, aren't you?"

"If I don't do anything reckless, by the time you realize it yourself, I might already be an old woman."

"That old woman is going too far..."

"Hmph, don't you know what kind of person you are?"

"...Uh, that's true."

……

From friends to lovers, and then to the wedding day. The former takes more than ten years, while the latter takes less than a few months. Perhaps it is the accumulation of years that makes it a natural progression, so that once the boundary is broken, it becomes like a wildfire that cannot be stopped.

The wedding was held in the town where the young man grew up, at the joint decision of the couple, and was officiated by his retired uncle. It was a small affair, with few guests invited, but for the young man, it was undoubtedly a day he would never forget.

Especially that night, when he discovered that the girl had used magic to draw power from the earth and fought him all night without even breaking a sweat.

After getting married, the young man chose to leave the team and return to the Special Affairs Department as an ordinary operative, leading a small squad to handle various incidents. The young woman continued her previous work. However, the rented house that had originally been their home was bought by the young man at a considerable cost, becoming their true home.

Of course, the two single beds have been replaced with a large bed that can fit two people.

The rhythm of life and everything seemed not much different from before, or rather, the way the two got along was originally too similar to that of an old married couple, only now they had become a real married couple.

Life continued in this way, just like the rising and setting of the sun, without any major changes.

Until the child is born.

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