Chapter 6: Intentional Teasing — “Do You Want Me to Put Them on For You?”
“True enough.” Shen Yunqian rested his hand against Lu Xunye’s chest.
Lu Xunye, who had intended to tease him, suddenly turned pale. As Shen Yunqian withdrew his foot, he gave a gentle shove, pushing the man away. He airily added the second half of his sentence, “But no need.”
“Hiss—”
Lu Xunye lifted his trampled foot in pain. Leaning his elbow against the door and burying his face in his arm, he whined accusingly, “You have such a cruel heart. Aren’t we friends now?”
Feignng injury, he asked, “Is this how you treat a friend?”
“You certainly aren’t acting like a friend right now,” Shen Yunqian called him out. “Stop pretending.”
Lu Xunye coughed awkwardly twice, straightened his collar, and asked, looking amused, “If not a friend, then what do I seem like?”
“A hooligan.” Seeing his look of astonishment, Shen Yunqian couldn’t help but ask, “Are you not?”
“…” Lu Xunye shook his head with a chuckle. “Fine, let’s say I am.”
He took a pair of clean gray slippers from the shoe rack, bent down, and placed them by Shen Yunqian’s feet. “Come in and have a seat.”
Shen Yunqian didn’t move. Lu Xunye emphasized, “They aren’t dirty; no one has worn them.”
Still no movement. Lu Xunye tried a different approach. “Aren’t you tired of standing? Or do you want me to put them on for you?”
He remained silent for a moment. “Sure.”
Having said that, he crouched down, reaching to remove Shen Yunqian’s shoes.
Shen Yunqian had underestimated his shamelessness. He took a step back, saying stiffly, “I… I’ll do it myself.”
Lu Xunye raised an eyebrow, stood up, and spread his hands. “Suit yourself.”
The two sat on the sofas. Shen Yunqian sat on the central long sofa, his expression slightly dark, his gaze fixed on nothing in particular.
Lu Xunye, on the other hand, sat lazily on the single black leather sofa to the side, propping his temple with one hand and stealing glances at the young man like a thief.
The silence between them bred no romantic tension; instead, it was heavy and oppressive.
Someone had to break the silence eventually.
Finally, Lu Xunye straightened up, leaning against the back of the sofa. He looked at him sideways, dragging back the topic they had already dropped at the door—a transition so stiff anyone could hear it.
“You just called me a hooligan. So, running into a hooligan’s house in the middle of the night… isn’t that walking right into the tiger’s den?”
Shen Yunqian didn’t want to waste words with him. He took out his phone and presented his Alipay QR code. “Exchange contacts?”
Lu Xunye didn’t look closely at all. Struck by this sudden surprise, his brain short-circuited while his hands uncontrollably fumbled around his pants pockets.
“?”
After rummaging for a long time without success, Lu Xunye stood up and turned to look behind him at the sofa, scratching his head.
Shen Yunqian couldn’t bear to watch anymore and reminded him, “Table.”
Lu Xunye looked over. The phone was sitting right there on the corner of the table, resting peacefully right under his nose. “…”
He tried to salvage the situation. “Ahem… you know how it is. Sometimes you’re just blind to things right in front of you, cough.”
He hurriedly opened WeChat and scanned the code, hearing a beep.
The contact information he expected didn’t appear. Instead, a blank screen showed a string of black text: To view, please long-press to copy the URL and open in a browser.
There was a URL attached below. Lu Xunye intuitively felt something was off.
He wanted to check which app interface Shen Yunqian had used, but the young man had already put his phone away.
He had no choice but to copy, paste, and search. The result jumped directly to Alipay.
The long-awaited information finally appeared. Lu Xunye was puzzled. “Alipay?”
Shen Yunqian refreshed the page and saw no new friend request. He looked up, suspecting Lu Xunye hadn’t added him at all. “Done yet?”
“Done, done.” Lu Xunye quickly added him and tossed the phone aside.
Without blushing or skipping a beat, he blamed the phone. “My phone lagged just now. I’ll replace it later.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yunqian turned his head, covered his mouth, and sneezed. Lu Xunye turned to look at the air conditioner.
19 degrees was indeed a bit too low; the temperature had dropped recently, not to mention Shen Yunqian had just been caught in the rain and had a fever.
Shen Yunqian sneezed twice in a row. When he opened his eyes, he saw Lu Xunye leaning toward him. His muscles tensed up, and he pressed his back against the sofa.
Lu Xunye reached out, getting closer and closer. Shen Yunqian’s heart skipped a beat. Just as the hand was about to touch him, he grabbed Lu Xunye’s arm.
Lu Xunye frowned, a muffled groan escaping his throat.
Shen Yunqian noticed his expression, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw blood seeping through the sleeve. His hand trembled, and he immediately let go.
The object in the man’s hand fell onto Shen Yunqian. He looked down—it was the air conditioner remote.
Realizing he had misunderstood, Shen Yunqian pursed his lips and rolled up the other’s sleeve. The wound, which had previously stopped bleeding, was now inflamed and looked like it was getting worse.
He rummaged through the plastic bag. The cotton swabs and gauze were unopened, not to mention the iodine.
Lacking strength, Lu Xunye flopped down next to Shen Yunqian.
Shen Yunqian unscrewed the iodine bottle and saw the seal was still intact. “Why didn’t you apply the medicine?”
He glanced at Lu Xunye’s damp hair—he had clearly taken a shower. “Don’t you know you shouldn’t get water on a wound?”
“I didn’t have time.” Lu Xunye acted like it was nothing, but under Shen Yunqian’s gaze, he took the bottle from his hand, chuckling as if everything was fine. “It’s the same if I apply it now.”
Shen Yunqian said, “You should go to the hospital now, not wait until the wound gets worse.”
“But I’m so tired and sleepy.” Lu Xunye blinked at him pitifully. “I don’t want to go.”
“…” Shen Yunqian opened his mouth, then closed it. Finally, he said coldly, “Suit yourself.”
The moment the medicine was applied, the cotton swab soaked in cold liquid touched the wound.
Lu Xunye’s breath hitched, his jaw muscles tightened, his brow furrowed, and the veins in his neck bulged.
Eventually, Shen Yunqian watched as Lu Xunye clumsily wrapped the bandage around his right arm with his left hand. It was loose and messy.
Some parts of the wound weren’t covered at all, exposing bright red flesh. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and snatched the gauze from Lu Xunye’s hand.
This time, the young man leaned in on his own accord. Lu Xunye stared unblinkingly at him as he focused on bandaging the wound.
Under the yellow pendant light, the young man’s long, thick eyelashes cast shadows beneath his eyes, and the warm yellow glow coated him, softening his naturally cold demeanor.
It made Lu Xunye forget how ruthlessly the man had shut him out the first time they met.
【Host, countdown: 10 minutes. Please manage your time to complete the side mission.】
Lu Xunye was startled awake by the sudden electronic voice in his head.
He snapped back to reality to see Shen Yunqian finishing the bandaging. Atop the layers of neat, white gauze sat a delicate bow.
He lifted his arm, teasing, “A bow?”
“…” Shen Yunqian choked on his words and immediately reached out to undo it.
“Hey.” Lu Xunye deliberately held his arm up high, his eyes curving into a smile. “It looks great. Why undo it?”
He enunciated every word, his voice lilting slightly: “I. Like. It.”
Shen Yunqian’s eyelashes trembled, and he stood up abruptly. “I’m going back. You… rest well.”
【Host!】 Seeing the target leaving, the system cried out anxiously about the mission progress.
“Wait.” Lu Xunye grabbed the hem of the departing man’s clothes.
Shen Yunqian turned back, his gaze shifting from the hand on his clothes to the other’s face. “Something wrong?”
Lu Xunye withdrew his hand and handed him the canvas bag from earlier. “…Returning this to its owner.”
Shen Yunqian didn’t recall owning a bag with this pattern. Confused, he took it and pulled out a transparent folder from inside. The first page was blank.
He glanced down at Lu Xunye, then continued flipping.
When he reached the second page, he froze uncontrollably. His fingers gripped the corner of the paper, fingertips turning white from the force.
Something that others had thrown away as trash had been picked up by this person, dried, put in a protective sleeve, and returned to him.
It was his character sketch. Actually… it wasn’t that important… Shen Yunqian couldn’t describe the feeling in his heart.
A sudden stinging sensation rushed to his nose. His voice choked up as he looked at Lu Xunye in surprise. “You…”
“Don’t get too moved.” Lu Xunye paused for a moment. “I hope you won’t let your painstaking effort go to waste.”
【Countdown: 30 seconds…】 The system’s prompt floated through his mind.
No one had ever said such words to him. Shen Yunqian suddenly tilted his head up to look at the light fixture, whispering, “Thank you.”
【Countdown: 10 seconds…】
Lu Xunye still saw a large, crystal-clear tear hanging from the young man’s jaw, sliding down his slender neck and disappearing into his collar.
He lowered his eyes as if to escape, clenched his fists, and forced a twitch of his lips. “Your painting is the…”
【Countdown: 5 seconds…】
Lu Xunye swallowed hard, slowly forcing out the words: “…best I’ve ever seen.”
The next moment, his face turned cold as he issued the eviction order. “You should leave. I’m sleepy.”
【Countdown: 3, 2, 1. Punishment initiated.】
Crash— A water glass shattered on the floor.
Shen Yunqian looked down to see the person who was fine just a moment ago suddenly smash the glass. His fingers gripped the edge of the coffee table tightly, his whole body trembling. Veins bulged on his forehead and arms as he swayed, on the verge of collapsing.
“What’s wrong with you?” Shen Yunqian crouched down to support his back.
“Go!” Lu Xunye shoved him away.
If he doesn’t leave now, I won’t be able to hold it in.
He bit his lip hard, his mind filled with only one thought: The previous mission… must not be in vain!
“Something’s wrong with you. I’m taking you to the hospital.” Saying this, Shen Yunqian tried to help him up.
“I don’t need you to care about me.” Delirious, Lu Xunye pushed him away with force. “I don’t need it!”
If he were still lucid, he would probably be saying: Just go, I’m begging you, I’m about to get electrocuted to death.
The side of Shen Yunqian’s neck was grazed by the table corner, leaving a bloody scratch. Feeling the sting, he gritted his teeth. “Do you think I want to care about you?”
With that, he actually left.
Through his blurred vision, Lu Xunye saw the open door and the back of the other person storming off in anger. His body slumped to the floor, the snow-white gauze soaking through with blood.
He didn’t know how much time had passed, but by the time he woke up, the sky was bright.
Lu Xunye sat up on the sofa, a thin blanket sliding off him. His head was heavy, and he couldn’t recall exactly what happened last night. He only remembered returning the painting, and after that… he drew a blank.
He checked his phone and found a notification of an incoming Alipay transfer from after ten o’clock last night.
Opening it, he saw Shen Yunqian had transferred 50,000 yuan with the note: “Medical expenses. We’re even.”
He went back to check his balance; sure enough, there was 50,000 yuan. However, “yun,” who should have been a friend, now displayed a stranger tag.
Did he never add him, or… did he delete him again?
Lu Xunye laughed self-deprecatingly. So, his purpose in coming over yesterday was to settle debts.
No wonder he wanted to add Alipay for contact—so he could transfer money directly to his account.
“What a heart of iron.” Lu Xunye let out a long sigh and lay back down.
This mission target is interesting.
Xiao Ai popped out then, its tone complaining: 【Host, you might as well have completed the mission! At least you’d have the life span. Isn’t the ending the same now anyway?】
It was the system’s voice.
But this time, it wasn’t inside his head. Following the source of the sound, Lu Xunye glanced at the table, suddenly realized something was wrong, and looked back.
Standing on the table was a silver-white Munchkin cat with long fur.
The kitten leaped, landing on the blanket over Lu Xunye’s legs. His eyes widened, locking with the kitten’s round, black eyes.
“!!! Holy sh*t?”
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thanks for the update ❤️
You’re welcome.