Chapter 45: Rich Family Gossip is Exciting — “Tongue kissing is so intense!”
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Lu Xunye’s breath hitched, embarrassment flashing across his face. He stammered, looking up to gauge the young man. “You heard that?”
He wasn’t sure how much the young man had heard, nor did he know if he had muttered his inner thoughts aloud just now.
I didn’t say anything about the mission, right?
At this moment, he was like a child caught breaking a toy, feeling a bit apprehensive, not even noticing his hand was being held.
Shen Yunqian gave a light “Mhm.”
Lu Xunye felt like the sky was falling. It was as if a glass dome shattered by his ear. Is this broken door really that non-soundproof?!
He didn’t give up. “If you heard everything, why did you wait so long to wake up?”
Shen Yunqian kneaded his nervously clenched fingers, flattening them one by one.
After a long while, just when the other party was getting spooked by the wait, he said lightly, “Oh, I fell asleep again after that.”
Lu Xunye choked.
“Are you hungry?” Lu Xunye unconsciously withdrew his hand to pry open the lid of the thermal jar, steam still rising from inside.
He held up a clean spoon and asked eagerly, “Do you want some chicken soup?”
Shen Yunqian’s suddenly empty hand grasped at the air. He stared dangerously at his hand, narrowing his eyes.
Hearing the voice, he fell silent for a moment, then nodded. “I want to drink some water first.”
“Okay.” Lu Xunye hurriedly poured water for him. After pouring half a cup, he put the thermos back in place.
The boiling water was scalding, and the cup was hot to the touch, steaming heavily. He hadn’t expected Shen Yunqian to wake up so soon, so he had poured straight boiling water.
“I’ll go get some warm water to mix it.”
After getting up, he glanced back at the dwindling liquid in the IV bottle on the other side of the bed, said nothing, and walked straight out of the ward.
He got warm water from the water room. His palm had long been warmed by the cup so much that he couldn’t distinguish the specific temperature. Lu Xunye raised his hand and pressed the glass wall against his face; the temperature was just right.
On his way back, he met the medical staff on duty pushing the door open to come out.
The nurse, holding a medicine tray, stepped aside and instructed him, “The IV needle has been removed, and the patient’s temperature is normal.”
“Observe tonight to see if the patient has a recurring fever. Be careful not to open the window to prevent him from catching a cold again. If there is no fever tonight, he can be discharged tomorrow.”
Lu Xunye listened carefully. “Understood, thank you.”
Thinking of something, the nurse walked a few steps away then turned back, checking the time.
“Also, your family left a bag at the cashier’s desk when they left earlier. Go pick it up in a bit, we’re changing shifts.”
Lu Xunye: “Okay.”
After giving the water to Shen Yunqian, Lu Xunye went to retrieve the items. Inside the bag were disposable toothpaste, toothbrushes, rinsing cups, towels, slippers, and a washbasin. Truly thoughtful.
After he set these things up, Shen Yunqian had already eaten, so Lu Xunye swallowed the “Let me feed you” that was on the tip of his tongue.
He went over to simply tidy up the leftovers on the table and asked, “There’s no bathroom in the room. Shall I take you to wash up?”
After the two washed up, the lights were turned off.
Lu Xunye covered himself with his own jacket and lay on the empty bed next to the young man.
Lying down casually, his posture was just as casual, his long legs, having nowhere else to go, resting on the iron guardrail at the end of the bed.
In the pitch-black night, Lu Xunye stared at the ceiling, wondering how to spend the next three months and what to do after returning.
If he remembered correctly, not long after returning, Shen Yunqian would be kidnapped again by a mysterious person, hitting the back of his head on a rock. He would be in a coma for a month and wake up with his memory restored.
Calculating it, there should be four months left, but right now his life value was only 5 days.
Which meant that for the next three days, as long as he deceived Shen Yunqian and kept him believing he was his boyfriend, he would reach the one-month mark.
Thus completing the mission and gaining 100 life points.
After returning in three months, he would have to start investigating the hidden plot of the “White Moonlight’s Death.”
But by then, deducting the three months wasted on the island, if no new missions were released to gain other life points, the remaining time would really not be enough.
Unless he could complete the main mission—two million love points—directly within this limited life countdown.
Anyway, the other missions were just to obtain enough life points to complete this mission.
But what did two million love points represent?
Exactly how much do you have to love to reach two million points?
The deepest love?
But what exactly is “love”?
The slap his mother had dealt his face seemed to sting across the long years.
Lu Xunye would forever remember the hatred inadvertently revealed in his mother’s eyes when she slapped him to defend his abusive, cheating father. That was something absolutely impossible to disguise.
Or the vows his father made to marry his mother when they were young, only to unscrupulously reveal his true nature after marriage—abusing his wife and son, swindling money, and cheating with mistresses.
Is that love?
If it is, he doesn’t want that kind of love, nor does he want Shen Yunqian to have it.
Lu Xunye sometimes thought, since his life was already terrible, he might as well toss the mission aside and rot until death.
But as soon as this thought sprouted, it was burned to ashes by the intense desire to return to his original world.
It was strange; he didn’t even know what good things in the original world were worth his lingering attachment to return.
In the silent air, the other breathing in the room was rapid, as if the nose and mouth were blocked, gasping for air.
The nurse’s words echoed in his ears. Don’t tell me he has a fever again.
He turned over to check, fumbling for the thermometer gun in the dark, moving closer to press it against Shen Yunqian’s forehead.
The green light lit up in the dark, the screen displaying 36.8°C.
Normal.
Hearing Shen Yunqian mutter in his sleep that he was cold, Lu Xunye hissed. What’s going on?
He pressed it again. This time 36.5°C.
Why did it drop again?
He tapped and shook the thermometer gun, then aimed it at his own head. This time it was a red light, showing 38.6°C.
He touched his own forehead but couldn’t tell. He cursed inwardly: This gun is indeed broken.
Lu Xunye casually placed the thermometer gun on the table. Just as his hand touched Shen Yunqian’s forehead, before the temperature could be transferred, his arm was grabbed and he was yanked down.
Lu Xunye: “!!!!”
Thud—
Creak—
The deafening noise of the bed board compressing echoed in the quiet room.
Shen Yunqian hugged his hand, talking in his sleep: “…Cold.”
Lu Xunye had one knee pressed against the edge of the bed and slowly lowered his other leg to the floor, trying to withdraw his hand to get the quilt from the next bed to cover the young man.
Unexpectedly, he was hugged even tighter, the young man humming in dissatisfaction: “Don’t move…”
Lu Xunye pulled for a while but ran out of strength, feeling a bit dizzy. He guessed he had used too much force.
He couldn’t help but marvel secretly at when Shen Yunqian’s physical strength became so good.
In his daze, he was pulled down by the young man hugging his arm. The size of two adult men squeezed onto a narrow single bed was somewhat comical.
Lu Xunye whispered, “Wake up?”
Shen Yunqian ignored him.
Lu Xunye: “…”
He said faintly, “Fire.”
This time, Shen Yunqian gasped, emitting a muffled, crying tone from his throat: “…Brother, don’t leave.”
Lu Xunye: “…” Do you miss your brother that much?
…
During this time, Lu Xunye struggled with his hand. Finding it useless, he yawned, feeling a bit cold.
Giving up completely, he lifted a corner of the quilt and burrowed into the warm nest without any sense of guilt. It wasn’t the first time anyway; it didn’t matter.
The Next Day
In his hazy sleep, Lu Xunye rolled over and fell off the bed. His butt kissed the hard floor solidly, and he woke up instantly.
When the pain subsided a bit, he sat on the floor, his brain continuing to be fuzzy.
The person on the bed was obviously startled awake by the commotion too.
Shen Yunqian asked innocently, “Why were you in my bed?”
Lu Xunye raised his arm that had been imprisoned, finding it had been released at some point. He was speechless for a moment before finally remembering the mission he had thrown to the back of his mind.
So, he said calmly, “Isn’t it normal for boyfriends to sleep in the same bed?”
Shen Yunqian didn’t expect him to say this, and with such a matter-of-fact expression. He rubbed his chin. “Oh, okay. So you want to sleep with me every day from now on?”
His tone was simple, his eyes clean.
It gave Lu Xunye the inexplicable illusion that he was deceiving an ignorant youth.
Lu Xunye avoided his enthusiastic gaze. “Uh…”
Fortunately, at this moment, a noise came from the door, breaking the weird atmosphere.
The door was pushed open, and the two children bounced in, each carrying a lunch box.
Seeing Lu Xunye and Shen Yunqian, they rushed over, their childish voices speaking in unison.
“Brother, Uncle, good morning!”
“Uncle, what are you doing sitting on the floor?” The second child was curious. “Did you fall off the bed?”
Exposed, Lu Xunye pretended nothing had happened and rubbed his messy hair, acting tough. “Uncle is hot, sitting on the floor to cool off.”
The eldest child asked, “Uncle, do you sleep in the same bed as Brother?”
Before Lu Xunye could explain, the other looked disgusted. “I stopped sleeping with my parents when I was three. Uncle, you’re such a scaredy-cat, needing someone to sleep with you at night.”
What ‘sleep with’?
What nonsense.
Lu Xunye realized he was being looked down upon by a child?!
He shifted his gaze to the culprit, his eyes full of resentment.
Shen—The Culprit—Yunqian nodded in agreement. “Exactly.”
Lu Xunye: “…”
He quickly stood up. “Why are you two little brats here?”
“Delivering food!” The eldest child said firmly. “Our parents didn’t have time so they let us come.”
“Can Brother be discharged today?” The second child blinked his watery big eyes.
“Of course.” Shen Yunqian answered. “Have you eaten?”
Only then did the two remember they hadn’t eaten. Obeying their mother’s order to take away last night’s lunch boxes, they said goodbye and left, playing around.
Opening the lunch box, the aroma of steamed fish filled the nose.
Lu Xunye raised an eyebrow: It really is fish.
The two washed up simply.
Lu Xunye picked out the fish bones and placed a piece of fish meat into Shen Yunqian’s bowl.
Shen Yunqian was baffled by his sudden ingratiation.
Lu Xunye smiled brightly. “Touched?”
“…” Shen Yunqian was silent for a few seconds. “Touched.”
That’s right. After a night of careful consideration, Lu Xunye had resiliently resigned himself to his fate.
Rather than waiting for Shen Yunqian to regain his memory and watching the points clear to zero with his own eyes, it was better to take the initiative!
Points come to me, more and more.
Strive for 90 days, I want to get two million points!
Lu Xunye, full of fighting spirit, stuffed a mouthful of vegetables into his mouth. The next second, he choked on a fish bone.
He pushed with his tongue but didn’t get it out; instead, it triggered a wave of dry heaving.
Seeing his face turn blue, Shen Yunqian realized something was wrong. Putting down his bowl and chopsticks, he pulled Lu Xunye to sit on the bed. “Open your mouth.”
Although Lu Xunye felt he was losing face, he opened his mouth reluctantly and let him look.
It was backlit and hard to see. Shen Yunqian went to open the curtains to let the light in, pulled Lu Xunye to change direction, and cupped his face to look.
Lu Xunye opened his mouth, speaking indistinctly, “Can yoo see ih?” (Can you see it?)
Shen Yunqian couldn’t understand his gibberish. He responded casually, pinching his chin to lift it. “Open wider.”
The fish bone was stuck in the upper palate, just a little in front of the throat. Shen Yunqian’s first reaction was to reach in and pick it out, but thinking about it, he probably couldn’t reach it.
His eyes scanned around for a tool, and suddenly he saw the chopsticks.
At the same time.
A series of heavy, chaotic, and dense footsteps sounded in the corridor. The next instant, the door was burst open.
“Right here. The Young Master is in this ward.”
What everyone saw was a handsome boy in a hospital gown, legs spread apart, straddling the waist of another boy. The boy pressed underneath had his hands intimately holding the waist of the boy on top.
The two had their backs to them; one head tilted back, one head lowered, looking like they were in a passionate embrace and kiss.
At the narrow doorway, Lu Feng’s gentle smile froze on his face. He was surrounded in the center by the crowd behind him, and the assistant who spoke first fell silent.
The fish bone was picked out. Lu Xunye’s mouth was stirred by the chopsticks and he couldn’t hold it back: “Gag—”
Everyone was dumbfounded, a thunderclap exploding in everyone’s heart: Look! Tongue kissing until he’s gagging, just how intense must that be!!!
Hearing the commotion, Lu Xunye turned his head to look at them.
Now everyone clearly saw the physiological tears squeezed out of Lu Xunye’s red-rimmed eyes after the gagging.
Compared to the other person’s calmness, the state of Lu Xunye’s face right now was truly thought-provoking.
The crowd was even more shocked: The dignified heir of the top wealthy Lu family in Hai City, the Little Young Master Lu, is actually the one on the bottom!
Amidst the stunned silence, only the reporters smelled the scent of explosive news.
Even the microphones meant to interview Lu Feng about finding his grandson were tossed aside. They hoisted their cameras and snapped away furiously.
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