Chapter 62: Human Doll â A Human Doll Branded by Jiang Yan…
“Don’t do anything reckless…” Jiang Yunian hung his head, pitifully clutching at his clothes, his trembling wrist exposing his unease. “Xuezhang is just worried about me.”
Jiang Yan didn’t soften in the slightest due to this posture of weakness. Instead, because he was defending that wild man, the jealousy in the bottom of his heart surged even more violently.
“Do you still remember,” Jiang Yan pinched his chin, speaking coldly and hard, “who your man is?”
Jiang Yunian looked up with a pale, small face. Under his oppressive gaze, he nodded with difficulty.
“But Ge spoke up for him.” Jiang Yanâs thumb rubbed his lower lip, the force neither light nor heavy. “This makes me very… unhappy.”
Jiang Yunian swallowed nervously. “I didn’t speak up for him. He’s just… just an ordinary friend. Don’t…”
The other party clicked his tongue, becoming even more displeased. Jiang Yunian was too scared to speak. The head he had just lifted lowered again, shrinking back timidly, afraid that Jiang Yan would really do something to his friend.
Jiang Yan watched coldly, lifting his chin arrogantly. “Prove it to me.”
Jiang Yunian froze. Catching a glimpse of the undisguised desire in his eyes, he seemed to understand something. His lip, bitten white by himself, trembled as he struggled internally. Slowly, he raised his hand, climbed onto his broad shoulders, stood on tiptoe, and offered up his lips that were bitten out of shape.
Only a millimeter away from those thin lips, he paused. The gaze above his head had a strong presence, solid as substance, warning him there was no retreat. Jiang Yunian closed his eyes, finally abandoning all resistance completely, and pressed against them in resignation.
The moment their lips touched, Jiang Yanâs breathing changed. Suppressing it for so long, he finally waited for this day. Only he knew how hard he had endured these past few days. The person he loved was right in front of him, holding that soft body sleeping in the same bed every night, yet he was like an ascetic monkâonly able to look, not touch. At this moment, just a dragonfly-skimming-water kiss was almost enough to make his reason collapse.
He indulged in Jiang Yunianâs rare initiative, greedily absorbing this deliciousness, yet hated his insincerityâthe compromise and concession made for Lu Yuanbai.
Jiang Yunian pressed lightly for a moment then retreated, looking at Jiang Yanâs expression with apprehension. The other party had no expression on his face. He didn’t dare move, freezing in place, waiting for his command or judgment.
A few seconds later, Jiang Yan grabbed his shoulder and pinned him against the floor-to-ceiling window. The cold glass instantly seeped into his skin through the thin bathrobe, and Jiang Yunian couldn’t help but shiver. The vast curtain of rain blurred the lights of thousands of homes; in front of him was the absolute oppression formed by Jiang Yanâs physique, which was much taller and more robust than his. The huge size difference made him look like a lamb pressed on a chopping board, fragile and helpless, passive to the extreme.
The other’s face approached slowly. Warm breath sprayed on his cheek, causing him to turn his head to dodge. This subtle resistance made Jiang Yanâs movement pause.
“Does Ge want to refuse me?”
Jiang Yunian turned his head to look at the heavy curtains tied up aside, was silent for a while, then turned his head back.
Jiang Yan seemed to enjoy this obedience and submission quite a bit. Hesitating no longer, he lowered his head and kissed him. Unlike the superficial taste before, this kiss was deep and lingering, filled with full possessiveness. Jiang Yunianâs eyelashes trembled rapidly, enduring it passively. Midway through the kiss, Jiang Yan half-lifted his eyelids from his immersion and crashed into his open eyesâthere was no look of indulgence, only helplessness and unease, clearly displaying the word “forced”.
From beginning to end, he was the only one immersed in it. This realization was like cold water poured over his head. Jiang Yan lowered his brow, covered his eyes with one hand, and deepened this anger-filled kiss. With vision deprived and senses infinitely amplified, Jiang Yunian was finally dragged into the vortex, getting lost in the hot kiss.
A single kiss lasted a long, long time, until both their breaths were disordered. Jiang Yan looked at the person in his armsâcheeks crimson, lips moist, eyes glazed over. His Adam’s apple moved, and he wrapped an arm around his slender waist, pressing the person into the soft large bed nearby.
A kiss impermeable to wind struck again. Jiang Yunian thought, He finally can’t hold back anymore. This day would come sooner or later. Jiang Yan cupped his face, prying open his teeth with an obsession bordering on piety. In his intoxication, he lost control more and more, peeling away the hindering restraints layer by layer, lingering in that dazzling fineness, bringing up a series of dense shivers.
After lingering for a moment, Jiang Yan suddenly raised his head, stopping all movements. Jiang Yunian half-closed his eyes; the intrusion on his body suddenly disappeared, bringing a trace of bewildered discomfort. Vaguely, a cool finger gently touched his lips. He looked over sluggishly, meeting Jiang Yanâs eyes which were so hot they almost melted him.
“Lick.”
Jiang Yanâs voice was low and husky. As if bewitched, Jiang Yunianâs lips moved unconsciously, opening a small gap, allowing that slender finger to drill in, entwining and playing.
The finger pad swept over his gums and soft tongue bit by bit, while the other hand rubbed his soft hair soothingly. “Very good.”
Everything after that turned into chaotic light and shadows in Jiang Yunianâs blurry consciousness. He felt like a lonely boat on the sea, thoroughly conquered by the surging waves, thrown to the crest and sinking to the trough, losing the last shred of clarity, only able to drift helplessly with the current, floating up and down. At the end, the small boat hit an iceberg, freezing him until his hands and feet trembled, waking him from confusion with a start. Unknown when, he had been turned over and pressed against the floor-to-ceiling window again. Before his eyes was the city under the heavy night curtain, refreshed after being washed by rain. Majestic, continuous skyscrapers rose one after another, lighting up with brilliance like stars, shining upon the human world.
It turned out it was already night.
Jiang Yan embraced him from behind, his sweaty chest pressed against his back, his slightly hoarse voice revealing a trace of laziness. “Is it beautiful?”
He had no mind to appreciate the scenery, only feeling exhausted in body and mind. But the other party refused to let him go, insisting on deeply communicating about the city’s prosperity together in this best viewing spot. Jiang Yan supported his teetering body, whispering in his ear that he had prepared this meticulously for Ge, enough to overlook the entire city. Jiang Yunian heard his intermittent output; the noise gave him a headache. Every time there was a pause, he swayed along with it, not even having the strength to tell him to shut up. In the end, the so-called night view wasn’t appreciated, and he was bumped and carried back. Jiang Yan never let go of him.
Early morning.
Jiang Yunianâs eyelashes trembled. His consciousness hadn’t fully returned, vaguely hearing Jiang Yanâs low voice.
“Mn.”
“…”
Jiang Yunian lifted his sore eyelids, glancing at the silhouette standing by the window on the phone. The morning light outlined his tall and cold profile; his slightly furrowed brow seemed to have encountered some thorny issue. In this instant, he felt that something about Jiang Yan had become different.
This calm appearance was like a different person from the man who used to indulge in love and act coquettishly. A strange feeling passed through Jiang Yunianâs heart. These days, there were too many details he had ignored. The luxurious presidential suite, Jiang Yanâs mysterious whereabouts, the occasional calmness and decisiveness revealed that exceeded his age… everything made him feel increasingly unfamiliar.
However, the physical and mental exhaustion at this moment prevented him from thinking deeply or making connections. What else Jiang Yan was hiding from him didn’t matter anymore. Keeping his own peace was already an extravagant hope.
He parted his dry lips, emitting a weak breath of sound. Jiang Yan looked over and hurriedly hung up the phone. “Go handle it.”
He walked to the bedside and leaned down, finally hearing clearly his Geâs weak request.
“Don’t do anything reckless…”
The concern on Jiang Yanâs face froze instantly. So the first thing he does when waking up, what he is obsessed with, is still that wild man? So the obedience last night, giving whatever was asked, was just to plead for mercy.
He laughed from extreme anger, the corners of his mouth hooking up with thick sarcasm. “Ge made such a big sacrifice just for him?”
Jiang Yunian was stunned. He lowered his eyelashes, avoiding his sharp gaze, and denied in a low voice.
“No.”
Jiang Yan let out a cold snort, straightened up, and stopped looking at him. He methodically buttoned his cuffs, adjusted his collar, and resumed that mask of composure. He picked up a set of clean loungewear intending to put them on him, but Jiang Yunian turned his head away. Receiving no response, he was unwilling to cooperate.
Jiang Yanâs fingers holding the clothes tightened, crumpling the fabric. “Don’t want to wear them? Fine. Ge really doesn’t need them here anyway.”
Not until before he went out did Jiang Yunian have a bit of reaction.
“How much longer until you let me out?”
Jiang Yanâs footsteps paused slightly; he didn’t answer.
He didn’t insist further, still harboring a sliver of luck in the bottom of his heart, thinking that no matter how good his relationship with Zhou Shu was, it was impossible to let him keep him locked up here forever.
With this breakthrough, Jiang Yan was like a beast completely unleashed. He no longer restrained himself, pestering Jiang Yunian with demands almost every day. Watching TV, his Ge ignored him; playing games, he was unresponsive. In the end, it seemed only this method remained to make his Ge briefly forget the hatred towards him and give him a bit of pitiful response.
This became the only communication between them. Gradually, he became addicted to this feeling, becoming even more excessive.
And Jiang Yunian, in this day-after-day floating and sinking, became less and less clear-headed. his head was always groggy, his whole body weak. Without a clock, not knowing dawn from dusk, staying alone in an empty room without even someone to talk to. The handwriting in the textbooks became distorted; he couldn’t absorb a single word. He seemed to have gone blind. The world seemed to only consist of waitingâwaiting for Jiang Yanâs appearance, which was the only living thing he could perceive.
At night, half-dreaming and half-awake, Jiang Yan would always press against his ear when his consciousness was weakest and he was most powerless to resist, forcing the question over and over, swearing not to stop until he got an answer.
“Do you like me?”
“…Like.”
“Who am I?”
“Ah Yan…”
“Do you like me the most?”
“Yes…”
“We will never separate, okay?”
“…Okay.”
Then, Jiang Yan would give a rewarding kiss with satisfaction. “Love Ge the most.”
Jiang Yunian couldn’t hear clearly what he was saying at all, only knowing to respond to reduce the pain. He felt himself losing his self bit by bit, thoroughly reduced to a human-shaped doll branded with Jiang Yanâs exclusive mark. Doing it every day, switching back and forth between sluggishness and confusion, the “oaths” repeated thousands of times were forcibly implanted, eroding his will bit by bit. Unable to distinguish between dreams and reality, he thought Jiang Yan really loved him.
He began to become dependent, waiting for Jiang Yanâs appearance every day. If he didn’t see him for a long time, he would fall into inexplicable unease and anxiety, needing Jiang Yan to comfort him patiently for a long time to calm down. Jiang Yan seemed to enjoy this process very much. The promise to let him leave was never mentioned again.
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