His Match Is an Interstellar Monster

Chapter 22: Good Morning Kiss

The next day.

The morning light filtered through the gaps in the curtains, casting a faint white glow on the wine-red wooden floor.

Awakened by his biological clock, Landis felt as though both his body and mind were immersed in a state of extreme comfort. Even the bed he slept in daily felt unusually plush, so much so that he didn’t want to get up.

When he raised his hand, he bumped into an arm that was wrapped around his shoulder. Landis turned his head and a young, handsome sleeping face immediately came into view. Xiao Sa was sleeping soundly, his breathing slow and steady, motionless.

Landis studied his face closely. His features were softly relaxed, his thick, long eyelashes casting two shallow shadows beneath his eyes. Below his straight, prominent nose, his thin lips were slightly open. His messy hair stood up in unruly curls, as if he was having a beautiful dream.

A sudden memory flashed through his mind, recalling how Xiao Sa had pinned him down last night, his fierce expression contrasting with the gentle and quiet look he had now, which aligned more with Landis’s impression of him.

The memories of their wedding night slowly returned. Landis frowned, wondering why they hadn’t engaged in the expected marital activities.

He had fully intended to fulfill his duties as a husband and cherish his new spouse, but after Xiao Sa bit his neck, he grew drowsy and fell asleep.

He moved slightly and noticed a bit of soreness at the back of his neck. His fingers touched the area, feeling a slight sting and a tingling numbness. Without looking in the mirror, he knew the skin there was probably red and swollen.

He hadn’t lost control like he did on the warship last time. His mind had been clear, and the moment Xiao Sa bit his neck, the shiver and intense sensation that deeply stimulated his nerves was unforgettable.

And that rich fragrance…

It was as if he had experienced a surreal dream, filled with indescribable allure and pleasure. Upon waking, he felt a sense of emptiness, as if his body yearned for something unfulfilled.

Landis massaged his temples, expecting the usual migraine to set in—he hadn’t taken an inhibitor in two days, yet the usual mental disturbance he experienced upon waking was absent.

But they hadn’t deeply bonded.

He gave his partner a deep look. Could it be that intimate contact between 100% compatible partners could trigger special mental reactions even without deep bonding?

Or perhaps Xiao Sa wasn’t entirely a C-grade mental disability case after all. He wondered if the experience guide he gave him would be useful.

However, he hadn’t anticipated Xiao Sa’s habit of biting necks in bed.

Like a hungry puppy unsure of where to start.

A small smile tugged at Landis’s lips as he couldn’t help but lean closer, inhaling the scent from Xiao Sa’s body. He couldn’t determine if it was his perfume or his natural body scent.

The rich, lingering fragrance enveloped him, giving him an unexplainable sense of peace and comfort.

Landis suddenly found his sleeping position odd. He had accidentally slept with his head on Xiao Sa's arm all night, which must be numb by now.

Landis composed himself, sat up, and slowly moved Xiao Sa's hand away, tucking it into the blanket. Then he reached out and wrapped his arm around Xiao Sa’s shoulders, letting Xiao Sa’s head rest on his chest.

With Landis' strict routine, he should have already risen, washed up, and headed to the training ground for his morning workout.

His rational side agreed, but his body was immersed in this tranquil and intoxicating atmosphere, reluctant to leave his new spouse.

Is this what it feels like to start a family?

No wonder his adjutant, Caro, had been urging him to go on matchmaking sessions.

Little did he know, this was due entirely to being marked by the same Alpha twice, with highly concentrated pheromones entering his bloodstream.

On Xiao Sa's home planet, Alpha-Omega couples began with pheromonal attraction. The marked party would naturally develop a psychological dependence and physical craving for the Alpha, which, in turn, made the Alpha possessive and protective.

There was no logical explanation for it, just an instinct engrained in their genes.

Xiao Sa, who had been slightly shifted, woke up groggily from his deep sleep.

As an Alpha, he should have been more responsive to external stimuli, but he had just marked his new spouse. At this moment, he was completely enveloped by the mingled pheromones of both, feeling only warmth and peace, with an overwhelming sense of security.

It's just that his partner’s scent was rather faint. If not for his keen sense of smell, he might not have noticed it at all.

Wanting to smell more, Xiao Sa subconsciously moved closer, his cheek pressing tightly against a resilient, firm patch of skin—not too soft, not too hard, with an elastic and reliable feel.

This pillow is of great quality...

A faint smile played at the corners of his mouth as Xiao Sa, half-asleep, hugged the large pillow and rubbed against it.

Landis, who had just finished an internal debate and was preparing to overcome the allure of the warm embrace to get up: “……”

Seeing Xiao Sa's face pressed against his chest, Landis silently lay back down.

Ah, just three more minutes...

Ten minutes later.

Landis irritably dismissed the video communication request that made his neural net beep insistently.

Xiao Sa, still resting his head on Landis’s chest, furrowed his brow slightly, his eyeballs fluttering briefly under his eyelids. Perhaps to avoid the light, he simply turned his head and buried his face in the 'pillow.'

His warm breath, like a little heater, warmed Landis’s chest and caused a tingling sensation.

Landis gently shifted Xiao Sa’s head to the pillow and tucked him under the covers, then got up to check the neural net communication.

Feeling overheated from the insulation, Xiao Sa couldn’t bear it any longer. His arms and legs emerged from the blanket, only to be tugged back under by Landis. After a few attempts, he finally woke up completely from the heat.

Xiao Sa slowly blinked, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a tall figure dressing in the backlight.

The white shirt was neatly buttoned up to the collar, concealing the red marks Xiao Sa had left by rubbing against his chest. Black combat pants hugged his straight, long legs, and golden stripes on the sides extended from the waist to the shiny black high-top military boots.

Landis, fastening his cufflinks, looked at him, his voice low, "Did I wake you up?"

Xiao Sa jolted awake, sitting up in bed. His brain started running at high speed. On the second morning of their new marriage, what should a perfect Alpha do in this situation?

He searched through his meager knowledge of AO marriages and finally scraped out a bit of information from the blind spots.

He tentatively asked, "Do you feel any discomfort now? Or is there something missing?"

Generally speaking, a marked O would crave the Alpha’s pheromones even more, right? Although Landis wasn’t an Omega, judging by how he was triggered by the pheromones last night, there should still be some commonalities.

They tend to pay more attention to the Alpha’s every move, needing constant companionship, and in severe cases, they might even show signs of emotional lows, insecurity, or even anxiety.

Landis was taken aback, his icy blue eyes looking at him gently, "No discomfort."

His mind was calm, and he even felt refreshed.

No wonder everyone envied a 100% matched marriage. Haino’s matching mechanism was indeed correct.

However...

"I’m sorry I fell asleep last night," Landis slightly furrowed his brow, "I haven’t..."

Haven’t fulfilled my duty as a husband yet.

Xiao Sa wore an "I knew it" expression. He knew Landis wanted to absorb his pheromones but was too embarrassed to ask.

But it's okay, after all, he’s a magnanimous Alpha.

So he simply and decisively pulled back the covers, sat on the edge of the bed, straightening his back, pointed to his neck, tilting his head slightly, and looked up at the other person, "Here, come on."

You can have a taste, just one taste, though.

Landis raised an eyebrow in surprise, is this... his newlywed partner asking for a kiss?

He had previously thought Xiao Sa was unfortunate in life, physically frail yet innocently endearing, easily evoking a sense of protection and responsibility. Now it seems, he was surprisingly charming.

His deep gaze lingered on him for a moment, then he slowly leaned forward, turned his face, and gently kissed Xiao Sa's cheek, his palm resting on Xiao Sa’s head, tousling his messy hair.

"Good morning kiss."

His warm breath brushed against him, and they parted instantly.

Caught off guard by the sudden kiss, Xiao Sa blinked in confusion.

He had braced himself for a thorough sniff, and this was it? This guy wasn’t acting like this when he touched his neck in the bathroom yesterday.

Tsk, such a fickle man from the Star Sea Region.

Unaware that Xiao Sa was criticizing him behind his back, Landis had already finished washing up in the bathroom.

As he walked out, his fine, soft golden hair was combed back, styled with hair wax, each strand meticulously groomed.

His military uniform was immaculately pressed, without a single wrinkle, the standing collar completely concealing his swollen nape. His expression was as steady and composed as ever, looking stern and restrained, having returned to the cold and proud officer appearance Xiao Sa had first seen.

"I have a military meeting to attend to. You can have breakfast in the dining room or have it brought up. If I don’t have time to accompany you today, feel free to explore the estate."

"If you want to go shopping, have the butler arrange for guards to escort you. Your light brain ID has been linked to my account, so you can buy whatever you want."

As he spoke to Xiao Sa, his light brain started beeping incessantly again. Landis frowned, quickly answered with a "Coming right away," nodded to Xiao Sa, and strode out of the bedroom.

The door clicked shut, leaving the room quiet again.

Sitting alone on the edge of the bed, Xiao Sa hugged his arms and rubbed his chin, his brows slowly rising, feeling like something wasn't quite right.

He recalled the AO marriage life depicted in the dramas he watched; mostly, the Alpha was busy working outside, earning money to support the family and take care of the children, while the Omega was responsible for being beautiful and staying home to have children.

Why does it feel like the opposite is happening to me?

Xiao Sa was suddenly hit by a thunderbolt.

Isn't this what they call being a kept man? No way! I don't want that!

He immediately felt his Alpha dignity was severely challenged.

Xiao Sa had always had a clear sense of self-identity—he naturally had a strong Alpha mentality, but it wouldn’t do for others to treat him that way.

He immediately got out of bed, took a quick battle shower, and in the walk-in closet, the entire wall of wardrobe was filled with the monotonous black-and-white military uniforms that Landis preferred. His custom-made outfits were the same style.

Xiao Sa fell silent again.

He couldn’t remember Landis wearing anything other than these two colors. Oh, except when he was undressed.

He touched the earring in his left ear, and Haino's projection appeared instantly. With arms crossed, Haino bent over to get a closer look at Xiao Sa, glanced left and right, a mischievous grin on his face. After holding back all night, his chatterbox finally opened, and he babbled non-stop:

"Xiao Sa, how did you find the wedding night? The partner I arranged for you was top-notch, wasn't he? He's the highest priority match in all aspects. Was it hot and passionate, inseparable, as the ancient poem says? 'I take off the general’s armor, and from that day on, the emperor no longer holds court...'"

Xiao Sa lowered his brows and looked at him with squinted eyes. He clenched and unclenched his right fist. "...Nothing happened."

Haino was taken aback. "Then what did happen?"

Xiao Sa’s lips twitched slightly, a cold smile. "I’ve got the privilege of being a kept man. Would you want it?"

Haino muttered under his breath, "I wouldn’t get to enjoy it anyway."

Xiao Sa ignored him and casually put on a white shirt. He headed to the dining room, planning to think about the work he should be doing after he was full and satisfied.

Butler Pero led him to the flower hall. The grand dining room where he attended his first banquet was used for Wenser family gatherings. With Landis gone, no one else used it.

The attendants wheeled in the breakfast cart and served the dishes Landis had arranged, one by one.

There was a grilled chicken breast and fried egg sandwich, a quinoa green vegetable tomato salad, shrimp potato cakes, and a bowl of bitter melon soup with vegetables and fruit.

Looking at the cartoon-shaped potato cakes and the smiling face arranged with vegetables and fruits in the salad, Xiao Sa was speechless. Was this really a children’s nutritious breakfast? And why is it bitter melon soup again?

Xiao Sa secretly glanced at the butler standing respectfully beside him, trying to discreetly dispose of the bitter melon soup when a few more people entered the flower hall.

It was cousin Alandon, the one he had seen at the family gathering that day, along with a few other younger relatives of the same generation. They were holding several tablet light computers and, upon seeing Xiao Sa sitting by the window, exchanged glances before walking straight toward him.

"Lord Xiao Sa," Alandon called, his tone deliberately polite.

Xiao Sa raised his eyebrow. "What is it?"

Alandon placed his light computer on the table and opened the projection screen, which was immediately filled with dense business flow data reports, all related to the operations of the Wenser family's properties. These were the assets that had been part of the ownership sharing agreement when Landis and Xiao Sa signed their marriage contract.

"We apologize for disturbing your meal, but since your official marriage to the head of the family, you've needed to review these reports promptly. There are also new project proposals and contracts that require your signature."

"If you have any opinions on these projects, please raise them as soon as possible. If delays cause us to fall behind, the resulting losses would be too great for us to bear."

The more courteous Alandon appeared on the surface, the more disdainful he felt in his heart.

They had already thoroughly investigated everything about this sudden "lord consort" through the head of the family's guards. A spaceship accident and kidnapping by space pirates, being "questioned" alone by the head of the family for a whole night—who knows what happened? When the guards entered, the room was in disarray, and the head of the family was disheveled. Shortly after, they were tasked with rescuing him again from the gangs in the lower-class star systems.

Ha, such seductive tactics followed by playing hard to get, while playing both sides against each other—this might fool their never-been-in-a-relationship, workaholic head of the family, but not them, the playboys who had been mingling in the flower world since childhood.

Otherwise, how could someone with a C-grade disability like him stay safe for so long in a gang-infested place? It must be said, quite a few people find someone as outstanding as Xiao Sa appealing.

If it weren't for his incredibly good luck with a 100% match, how could someone so unsuitable in status end up marrying into the family?

Since the head of the family had signed the financial agreement, they had no choice but to comply on the surface. However, they assumed this guy likely knew nothing about these professional financial reports.

Being mentally impaired and tasked with clearing mental contamination for the head of the family, he wouldn't have the extra energy to delve into such complex business matters.

This way, they could offload all the complicated work onto him, confuse him a bit, and he would back down, content to be a trophy and a blood bag, not interfering in any power he shouldn't.

Alandon's plans were clear in his mind, and his expression grew even more respectful as he looked at Xiao Sa, as if genuinely expecting the other to take charge.

Xiao Sa blinked slowly, looking from the detailed reports to the earnestly smiling Alandon. A look of kindness and gratitude gradually appeared in his eyes.

He hadn’t expected the Wensers to be so straightforward.

Based on his understanding of noble families, no patriarch would be pleased with an outsider taking a share of the pie. Most would try to stall and hide as much as possible, dragging things out indefinitely.

Unlike Elton, what an honest and sincere young man he is!

He had just been complaining to Haino about being forced to "depend on a woman," which damaged his dignity as a great Alpha. He was thinking about doing something meaningful to help Landis and fulfill his responsibilities as a husband.

And just like that, someone handed him a "real meal."

Thinking of this, Xiao Sa looked at Elton with an increasingly gentle gaze. Although Elton still had much to learn in terms of intelligence and business skills, despite managing the Wincer family’s business for so many years, he still had to consult this newcomer for everything.

But that didn’t matter. Since Elton had sincerely asked for his help, he should lend a hand.

Xiao Sa naturally took over the light brain, quickly skimmed through the reports, then summoned Haino to take notes and analyze the data, and also retrieved the previous years’ industrial data that Elton hadn’t presented.

"Got it. Leave it with me, and I’ll take a look after I finish my meal."

Seeing Xiao Sa pretend to read the report, Elton inwardly sneered, wondering how long he could keep up the act.

He deliberately said, "These industries have always been managed by my uncle and father. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. If you really don’t know how to handle it, we can assist you..."

Xiao Sa swallowed a bite of the hash brown, looked up at him, and felt a warm, deeply touched feeling. As a reward, he decided to offer Elton something—a nutritious bowl of vegetable and bitter melon soup.

He pushed the bitter melon soup he didn’t like towards Elton with a kind, elder-like smile. "Thank you for your kindness, here, have this."

Seeing the green ripples in the bitter melon soup, Elton was initially dumbfounded, then his cheeks flushed with anger. Did he look like a trash bin for leftovers?!

Who would want to eat his leftovers?!

Did he look like a garbage bin for kitchen waste?

Just as Elton was about to lose his temper, the corner of his eye caught sight of a large black lion with shiny fur, striding majestically over like a cat.

His expression changed instantly, and he swallowed his anger, pretending to be deeply moved as he accepted the bitter melon soup and gulped it down in one go.

So bitter!

Xiao Sa was definitely doing this on purpose, right? What a devious plan, what a strong sense of revenge.

Elton was extremely frustrated, and just as he was about to leave with his tail between his legs, he saw Xiao Sa’s eyes light up at the sight of the black lion.

Xiao Sa then waved at it and, without hesitation, pulled the family head’s S-rank mental entity into his arms, rubbing and stroking it without restraint, from the tailbone to the tip of the tail, giving it a thorough petting.

Elton was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. Touching a mental entity in such an intimate way, wasn't it the same as publicly being intimate with the family head? How can someone be so shameless?

It was utterly indecent.

※※※

Meanwhile, in the conference room on the fourth floor of the main building.

Landis, dressed in a crisp military uniform, sat at the head of the rectangular conference table. Caro, his adjutant, sat to his left, while the other seats were filled with holographic images of senior military officers.

Midway through the meeting, Landis sat ramrod straight, his expression serious as he listened intently to his subordinates' reports.

Caro silently glanced at his workaholic superior and couldn’t help but think, why hadn’t Landis even taken a proper honeymoon, returning to work the day after his wedding.

Soon, the subordinates finished reporting, and it was Landis’s turn to speak. However, Caro noticed that his superior was distracted!

"Sir, sir," he whispered to get his attention.

A thin sheen of sweat appeared on Landis’s forehead, and his hand unconsciously clenched the fabric of his trousers. His chest rose and fell more rapidly. Unseen by others, the muscles in his thighs, wrapped in his trousers, tensed slightly.

Landis’s Adam’s apple moved slightly as he grabbed his glass of iced tea and took a sip, but it did little to ease his parched throat.

After a moment, he let out a soft sigh, stood up, his voice hoarse, his expression cold and stern, "Carry on, I need to use the restroom."

He left Caro and the other subordinates exchanging confused glances.