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The hand around his waist only tightened, pressing their bodies closer together, and Xie Lian’s struggling hands were firmly folded and crushed against his own chest, trapping them in place. His lips, too, were securely sealed. The kiss deepened, and with it, a breath of cool, gentle air was transferred into his mouth.
Completely helpless and at a loss, just as Xie Lian began to accept his fate, he finally saw the person’s face clearly. It was Hua Cheng.
The moment he realized it was Hua Cheng, he stopped struggling.
Thoughts on 異世界の沙汰は社畜次第 | The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter, Episode 4: I Punished Them (it was great XD):
Aresh thinking about how to describe the person he's interested in and it's definitely not Seiichirou, nope lol I do love how he doesn't have any, "I don't think about him that way" moments (even to himself, unless you sort of editorialize around his thoughts. He's just been besotted for a while and answering Orjef's question as best as he can.
It's a pity we don't get to see Camile carrying Seiichirou lol Maybe that's why we get to see Siegvold do it down the line lol (At least in the manga, I assume we'll have to see it in the anime because the scene won't work well otherwise).
This was pretty :3
I know Aresh is averse to being seen as a paid prostitute, but I do find the similarities of what he does (in a way, he's not quite doing that) to sex work rather interesting. Sex workers do provide a service for other people's well-being (and I think this was pretty well shown in Natsume Wants to be Trained by Mamita, where Kou works as both a housekeeper and an escort). Yes, Bean's premise is very tropey and silly (as Romance is), but it's also got neat parallels. And Seiichirou's chill attitude with it and Aresh being a man are nice, too. It's just something necessary they have to do, and so long as they're both fine with it, it's okay. The anime makes Seiichirou a bit more remote, though. The novel dove into his thoughts a lot more, especially in regard to his understanding of Aresh's feelings.
Aresh sure does kneel for Seiichirou a lot :D
I'm happy we get to hear Aresh saying Seiichirou's names this episode. So far as I can tell, he hasn't done that in the anime prior to this. He refers to Seiichirou in a lot of different ways, but not even by "Kondu" prior to this episode (unless it's somewhere I missed). This episode we get "Kondu" a couple times and then he actually says "Seiichirou" (properly, unlike, say, Camile, who says "Seichiro"). It's nice :D Interestingly, in the Yen Press translation, Camile says, "Seiichirou" correctly, and Aresh says "Kondo" (which is still wrong in that translation, still, but different from how the anime makes the Romany residents incorrectly say it).
I love all of Seiichirou's husbands coming out to defend him. Camile wants to punish people, too! I also appreciate that knights picking up weaker people like they're bad kittens is not unique to Aresh lol
Camile ducking away while focused on Seiichirou's papers is so cute aldjalj He's a politician, he has the/one thing he wants XD So pleased XD
I do love the humor of the accountant only valuing his attackers for their monetary value lol
Sei extorting the government and awful people for his Aresh :3
I love the way Aresh pets his legs. GET ON THAT LAP SEIICHIROU!!!
These were cute :3 Themmm :3
So soft. Aresh just wants to keep him :3
I really like how Seiichirou looks in his party outfit in the anime. It's really nice! (And of course Aresh is in love):
He's Aresh's everything :3 (And Aresh is Seiichirou's everything :3)
Overall, a generally good episode with some fun stuff (Orjef being attractive is something I'm still adjusting to even though he's supposed to be aldjlaj And this show still has like no budget at all; Aresh's flight to Seiichirou's side was, well... something. As was his dressing down of his underlings, and not necessarily in a good way). Looking forward to the party and Yurius being himself as usual XD
But for a brief moment, just a slight bit of hope rushed in. ‘Could he mean he loves me? No, no that’s not what this relationship is. And this is definitely not a ring. Stop fooling yourself.’
More and more lately, Jiang Cheng had little inklings that maybe things could be more permanent. That Lan Xichen wanted the same thing Jiang Cheng had begun wanting; to be his one and only. Forever.
Relationship: Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin/Lan Huan | Lan Xichen
Characters: Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin, Lan Huan | Lan Xichen
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Omega Verse, Alpha/Omega, Alpha Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, Omega Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin, Past Jiang Cheng/Nie Mingjue, Mentioned Nie Mingjue, Mentioned Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao, Sugar Daddy Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, Possessive Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, early heat, Road Head, Vaginal Fingering, Vaginal Sex, Jiang Cheng has a pussy and dick, Clothed Sex, Stockings, collaring, Light Bondage, Impact Play, Porn With Plot, Falling In Love, Falling for that good dick, Definitely OOC, But you're just here for the sex, let's be real, Not Beta Read, No beta we die like wwx, All Cheng Gotcha for Gaza, Unplanned Pregnancy, Panic Attack, Almost vomit
