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Tantai Jin looked at his Goddess who was sleeping in his arms. It was their wedding night. She was still in her wedding gown.Ye Xiwu was too exhausted to do 'something' on the bed, the wedding was very grand, and she just jumped on the bed and slept. The wedding was not only grand because it was between persons from two influential families in China; but also because it was a double wedding. Ye Xiwu's brother Ye Qingyu and his fiancee Pian Rian married simultaneously with Tantai Jin and Ye Xiwu. Pian Rian was initially against the idea of a 'double wedding' - saying that their future anniversaries would be converged into one; which means fewer days to party - but Ye Xiwu didn't want to wait anymore. So Tantai Jin and Ye Xiwu wedded the same day which was initially fixed for Ye Qingyu and Pian Rian.
She still has those ugly insecurities it seems. After that eventful day in the bar, they often met and had intense make out sessions. They did every sort of thing, but Tantai Jin was a man of word - he didn't penetrate her using his cock. Usually girls would be thankful that their guy is patient enough to wait till marriage, but it was the opposite for Ye Xiwu. She whimpered,cussed and even begged him to enter her. She wanted to make everything intimate to the core because she still thought that Tantai Jin would leave her before marriage. Not that penetration gives her a guarantee of eternal commitment, but she still wanted to do everything which will fuse them together. And Tantai Jin endured her suspicions and worries patiently each time they made out; because he was responsible for Ye Xiwu ‘s insecurities - It was his fault.
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Tantai Jin was a nerd, and he had a very bland teenage. He never had an erection for a girl (or boy) and romantic love was even far away from his heart. Normal teenagers used to have some love affair - or atleast a celebrity crush, but Tantai Jin had none. He knew that his ‘thing' was working - because he always had morning wood like a normal teenager. It's just that no one managed to pique his interest. It was same for others too - Tantai Jin was sure a hottie in his puberty, but no girls gave him attention. He thought it might be because he was a little thin, but he didn't mind it. Well no one likes me and I like no one. Tantai Jin didn't make a fuss about that and concentrated on studies.
But at his 18 th birthday, suddenly he became the centre of attraction of every girls - even boys. Tantai Jin ran away from his birthday party feeling overwhelmed by the attention. To his shock - he also realised that he started finding people attractive. It felt like his heart -lock is open now.
“Boy, why did you run away from your birthday party?” Tantai Jin heard a voice in his head. He was standing in a dark alley, and he almost fell hearing that.
“Who are you?” Tantai Jin yelled. Thinking that this is a hallucination ringing in his ears he covered both his ears using his hands.
“I’m Chu Mo, the Deity of Unluck. You must have heard about me. I’ll be your guide.”
Is this some kind of joke? Tantai Jin was bewildered. His late mom was from Yiuye Tribe which lived in the outskirts of China and they had a tradition of worshipping bad deities - like Chu Mo the Deity of Unluck and his best friend Ming Ye - The Deity of Nightmares and Erotic dreams. He is sure to be deluding.
“What do you want?” Tantai Jin asked.
“Well , it's your 18 th birthday today. I had to come.” Chu Mo replied.
“Go back to where you came from.” Tantai Jin said. This whole conversation is happening in his mind now, and Tantai Jin started to get irritated.
“I can't.” The voice said . “You are the chosen one.”
“What Chosen one? What are you saying?” Tantai Jin asked.
“You are chosen by Ming Ye to be a Dream Deity - temporarily.”
“I don't want to be an immortal. What the hell?”
“You won't be an immortal. You are prone to accidents and diseases like normal mortals. You’ll age like them too. You just get the power to manipulate other’s dreams.!”
“Hey, I'm living my life normally. I don't want to be any Deity.”
“That's so cruel Tantai Jin! You guys worship Ming Ye so loyally; and you aren't willing to help him a little? That's so sad! Ming Ye told me that humans are becoming increasingly crooked and normal ‘falling from heights‘ and ‘ghost chasing‘ nightmares aren't punishing them! Ming Ye is so stressed - he wants a one week vacation!” Then Chu Mo murmured: “That bastard is lying, he wants an undisturbed honeymoon with his newly wedded wife Sang Jiu.”
“Stop murmuring! Fine! If it's for 7 days, I’ll do it!” Tantai Jin sighed.
“No, it's for 50 years!” Chu Mo chuckled. “Sorry - 7 days there is 50 years here!”
“I disagree!” Tantai Jin retorted. “There is no way that I’ll manipulate other's dreams for 50 years. I’ll go insane!”
“That's why I'm here. Ming Ye asked me to guide you properly.” Chu Mo ‘s voice assured.
“Go to hell with your Ming Ye! I didn't ask to be a Deity.”
“But you are the chosen one. Can’t you see it? Your Romantic Threads were sealed until your 18 th birthday!”
“Romantic threads?” Tantai Jin was curious.
Chu Mo began to explain. Every being has a set of Love Threads in their spirit. It acts as a two way road - without its presence a person won't be able to give or receive love. There are different types of Love fibres in a single set of Love Threads - maternal, paternal, fraternal, friendship, romantic love & lust , thread for animal love. And apparently Tantai Jin ‘s Romantic Thread was frozen for 18 years - as a criteria to make him a dream deity, to make him temporarily fill Ming Ye ‘s position. No wonder why Tantai Jin didn't give or receive romantic love - his romantic thread was frozen.
“What a bunch of nonsense. I'm not going to believe any of that.” Tantai Jin was stubborn.
“You'll believe it slowly, now can you go back to your Birthday Party? I'm getting bored.” Chu Mo yawned.
“Why are you interested in my birthday party?” Tantai Jin asked suspiciously. He didn't hear a reply, so he decided to go back to the party.
Tantai Jin returned to his party. He was getting too much attention now . And to Tantai Jin ‘s surprise some mishaps were happening in the party. Like someone broke her heels, someone fell on ground and someone spilled his drinks whole over his body. Tantai Jin only understood what was happening when he heard Chu Mo ‘s laugh in his mind.
“Is it your work?” Tantai Jin asked mentally.
“Haha. It's very funny right? Oh I feel revitalised now!” Chu Mo said.
“Stop creating a scene!” Tantai Jin scolded Chu Mo mentally. Chu Mo was like an annoying friend you have - who’ll always pull silly pranks on you; just to laugh.
It was then Tantai Jin noticed a trio. Xiao Lin, his former classmate and two girls. One of them was Ye Bingchang, Xiao Lin ‘s girlfriend and both were invited by Tantai Jin for his birthday party. But the other girl who seemed to be one or two years younger than them came to the party uninvited. She looked like a younger sister who was compelled to tag along with the couple. Since Xiao Lin was a single child, it must be Ye Bingchang ‘s younger sister. The couple was getting a little bit comfortable with each other, and Tantai Jin saw the young girl rolling her eyes. She is forced to accompany them - maybe as a bodyguard for Ye Bingchang, and she clearly hates it. Tantai Jin thought the girl was cute.
“She is like you. The younger girl with your friend Xiao Lin.” Tantai Jin wanted to ask how exactly Chu Mo knew about his friends, but then again he is practically residing in Tantai Jin's mind /brain, Tantai Jin wouldn't be surprised if Chu Mo knew everything about Tantai Jin.
“Like me?” Tantai Jin was curious.
“Yes. A girl with a frozen Romantic Thread. It's very unusual , most people awaken their romantic thread by 15.” Chu Mo sighed.
“What does that mean, is she also a future deity? Like Ming Ye selected me by freezing my threads?”
“ I don't think she is a deity. She may be facing a spiritual malfunction.We can't say anything until she becomes 18. You see 18 is the critical age of a romantic thread, if it fails to awaken by then- she ‘ll never awaken it. But it's possible for the romantic thread to sleep until then. But it's a very rare case. 99% of the people ‘s love thread is activated by 15.” Chu Mo stated facts.
“I belong to the 1% because Ming Ye selected me as a dream deity. What about her? Why isn't her’s activated yet, if she is not a deity?”
“Maybe due to some past life karmas. I don't know. But there is a high chance that her threads will awaken under 18, my gut feeling tells so.”
It was from then that Tantai Jin started stalking Ye Xiwu. He is not a pervert, he wanted to know whether she is also a deity like him. But her frozen Romantic Thread was a false alarm, her romantic thread awakened when she turned 17 and she didn't have any aura like a deity. Just like Chu Mo predicted, it was a malfunction in her spiritual roots. Now since Ye Xiwu’s romantic thread is awakened, she was able to give and ‘receive ‘ love, which also resulted in Tantai Jin's love. Tantai Jin developed an intense love for Ye Xiwu. He was so obsessed that he kept her safe from the nasty stare of men by infecting their dreams. The guys who dared to look at her had a very bad dream that night, they would never stare at her again.
The feeling was so intense, he used to pleasure himself everyday thinking about her curves, her body but he was afraid to approach her. The Tantai family business was getting worse, they had so much debt, Tantai Jin wanted to stabilise that first. (Tantai Jin initially had a doubt that his family misfortune was caused by Chu Mo, but Chu Mo swore that he only cause silly unluck not tragic ones.)Only if he builds a stable nest, he’ll be able to accomodate Ye Xiwu comfortably. So he didn't approach her then. Tantai Jin, under Chu Mo ‘s training had become an excellent dream manipulator - he could even manipulate 100 people ‘s dreams simultaneously. He thought about putting his lifelong guaranteed superpower into business - he’ll start a sleep clinic and he’ll infect people with nightmares and earn money. Tantai Jin will cause the problem, Tantai Jin will resolve the problem, and Tantai Jin will earn money.
Tantai Jin opted for Somnology (study of sleep) as his major. He continued keeping people away from Ye Xiwu by infecting the guy’s who dared to stare at her. But that wasn't sufficient - because Ye Xiwu started getting bold and asking out guys. Tantai Jin would never give her a nightmare, so he had to think about something else.
He wanted to imprint Ye Xiwu, so he gave her erotic dreams consisting of him. But erotic dreams caused by the dream deity (him) had a limitation - the person in the dream would be faceless. Ming Ye used erotic dreams not to pleasure people - but as a way to punish them. For example he gave them erotic dreams just 5 minutes before the alarm rings. So Tantai Jin had to pretend that he was punishing Ye Xiwu while giving erotic dreams to her. Ye Xiwu woke up feeling immense longing for a person she never met and who was faceless.
The erotic dream’s effect on her was so evident that her taste in men changed completely. She started crushing on guys who had Tantai Jin ‘s physique and for Tantai Jin ‘s relief there weren't many of them around her. Her room was filled with Luo Yunxi ‘s posters who resembled his physique.
But in Ye Xiwu ‘s college, there were two guys who had Tantai Jin ‘s physique. In her first year, she had an immense crush on her classmate, but Tantai Jin scared him off with his dream manipulation. Yu Fuya was Ye Xiwu ‘s unrequited love in her third year, and he for Tantai Jin ‘s surprise ignored his nightmares. Yu Fuya even hugged his Ye Xiwu when she asked him out ! Tantai Jin was so angry that he gave Yu Fuya a (1) ‘vivid dream’.
Ye Xiwu felt so miserable after that rejection, she remained single for the next 5 years. Ye Xiao, Ye Xiwu ‘s dad was getting worried about his daughter determined to be single even in her 28th age, and arranged a matchmaker to find matches for her. Tantai Jin bribed the matchmaker and added his own biodata among the other suitors, and since Tantai Industries was leading in China by then - Ye Xiao was more determined to make Tantai Jin as his son-in-law.
It took him 11 years of thorough planning (from 19 -30 years old) to make Ye Xiwu his, and seeing her in bridal dress was truly worthy of his wait. All that time, what Tantai Jin least expected was Ye Xiwu ‘s low self-esteem. Tantai Jin never thought from that angle, that his actions would cause her to worry about herself; because till 18 Tantai Jin also had 0 romantic attention - and he never felt sad. But then again, Ye Xiwu suffered for 28 years, it was enough to kill her self esteem. Ye Xiwu still acted all guarded and perfect around Tantai Jin, and it’ll take her a little long to trust him. Tantai Jin is not in a rush, he sure can wait.
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“What are you thinking?” Tantai Jin heard Ye Xiwu 's sleepy voice. He didn't realise that he was staring at the ceiling for a longtime.
“Nothing. A- Xiwu. Did you sleep well?” Tantai Jin smiled.
“Yes! In fact I feel very refreshed now.” Ye Xiwu smiled with her drowsy eyes.
“Good then. Ye Xiwu, you owe me a wedding night.” Tantai Jin kissed Ye Xiwu.
“A-jin, I haven't brushed my teeth!” Ye Xiwu pushed him away. Tantai Jin knows what she was thinking. She didn't want Tantai Jin to feel gross out after this impulsive kiss. Ye Xiwu still thinks that Tantai Jin will get irritated with her gradually.
“I don't care.” Tantai Jin mounted on top of her. “You owe me a wedding night. You looked so pretty in your wedding dress, I wanted to eat you, but you just slept.” Tantai Jin pinned her wrists to the bed. “Actually you owe me more. I was being a man of word, I promised you that I wouldn't penetrate you until we are married, but you tried to seduce me all the 52 times we met! Ye Xiwu, you owe all of that to me!”
“A- Jin! You remember the number of times we met before marriage?” Ye Xiwu ‘s eyes were teary.
“I remember every little detail, when it comes to you. Ye Xiwu, I'm sorry but you won't be able to walk around for weeks. I have to vent all of my pent up feelings for you. You don't have to worry, I'll carry you around in our house!”
“A-jin , I..” Ye Xiwu ‘s face was red because of shyness and she looked so beautiful like that- her face red, her hair a little bit dishevelled and her eyes still drowsy. Her white floral wedding dress exposed her white jade shoulders which had a little bit of blemishes.Tantai Jin couldn't take it anymore, he kissed her desperately.
The couple will take some time to leave the bed.
Eros and Psyche Theory (I want to Fuck your minds)
I googled the word ‘Psyche’ and it in psychological theme means a unit which consists of consciousness, subconsciousness and thoughts (mind). So in chapter 3 , Tantai Jin calls her Psyche in his mind - so what if Ye Xiwu was just Tantai Jin ‘s illusion? He is already crazy because he hears Chu Mo ‘s voice in his mind (which is a symptom of schizophrenia) . What if Ye Xiwu was an illusion created by Tantai Jin's unstable mind.?
Clue: No it's not Tantai Jin ‘s illusion it's all real because I wrote the first 3 chapters from Ye Xiwu ‘s point of view. Hehe I just wanted to prank you.