Chapter 31: The Incompetent and Malicious Ex-Boyfriend
“Ye Qi, you damn well dared to hit me…” Ming Yanzhou growled, using his elbow to pin Ye Qi’s body down while raising his other hand to swing back.
“Since I was a kid, no one has ever dared to lay a finger on me. What kind of thing do you think you are?”
Ye Qi dodged the fist by twisting his body, then reached back to grab Ming Yanzhou’s hair, slamming his face toward the pavement. “What if I hit you? Anyone who tries to steal someone else’s boyfriend deserves a beating.”
“So what if I steal him? I like Shen-ge! I just want to be with him…”
Ming Yanzhou suddenly jerked his head up, his forehead slamming hard into Ye Qi’s chin. The impact forced a sharp grunt of pain from Ye Qi, causing his grip to loosen.
He immediately seized the chance to flip them over, pinning Ye Qi beneath him.
Ye Qi turned his head to look at the shocked Shen Ci, shouting out with a voice full of grievance, “Husband, hurry and help me hit him!”
Huh?
Husband?
Me?
The thought flashed through Shen Ci’s mind like a bolt of lightning.
The brawl between the two had broken out so suddenly that Shen Ci hadn’t quite processed what was happening. Hearing Ye Qi’s shout was like a soul-summoning bell on the seventh day after death, snapping him back to reality.
He hurried forward to break them apart.
“Ming Yanzhou, let go of Ye Qi right now!” Shen Ci shouted, grabbing Ming Yanzhou’s arm.
Ming Yanzhou’s movements faltered. He turned his head, his eyes rimmed with red as he looked at Shen Ci. “Shen-ge, he’s the one who started it.”
“I hit you because you’re a shameless creature!” Taking advantage of Ming Yanzhou’s distraction, Ye Qi shoved him off and scrambled up, landing a sharp kick on Ming Yanzhou for good measure.
Then, he lunged into Shen Ci’s arms, his voice sounding incredibly wounded. “Husband, he hit me so hard, it hurts…”
The word “Husband” made Shen Ci’s scalp tingle.
This was—
Far too sudden.
Ming Yanzhou was nearly exploding with rage at Ye Qi’s blatant acting.
He was the one who was more seriously injured!
Ye Qi had fought with lethal intent, the sheer pain having sobered Ming Yanzhou up from his lingering drunken stupor.
He crawled up from the ground, the fire of fury burning hotter in his eyes. Half his face was swollen, and the corner of his mouth was bleeding.
He glared at Ye Qi with pure defiance. “Shen-ge, he’s just faking being pitiful!”
Leaning against Shen Ci’s chest, Ye Qi raised an eyebrow at Ming Yanzhou, casting him a look of pure provocation.
He rubbed his head against Shen Ci’s chest. “Husband, I’m not faking. It really hurts. Please, make him go away…”
Shen Ci: “…”
Shen Ci felt like his head was swelling to the size of a bucket.
Seeing that Shen Ci remained silent, Ye Qi looked up at him, the corners of his eyes flushed red.
He bit his lip. “Husband, have you changed your mind? Have you taken a liking to Ming Yanzhou? Do you not love me anymore?”
The lethal triple-question.
Shen Ci’s headache worsened.
To maintain his character persona, he could only soothe Ye Qi first.
He gently patted Ye Qi’s back. “How could I change my mind? Of course I love you. Let’s not stoop to his level, okay? Let’s just go home.”
“Shen-ge…” Beside them, Ming Yanzhou was practically on the verge of tears from frustration.
He wanted Shen Ci to coax him, too.
Shen Ci cast him a glance, his tone hardening. “Xiao Ming, since you’ve sobered up, go stay at the hotel next door for the night. I’ll reimburse your room fee. Tomorrow, pack your things and move out.”
Ming Yanzhou froze on the spot. His hands clenched into tight fists, his knuckles turning a pale, cold blue.
He watched Shen Ci’s back as he shielded Ye Qi, a dull ache thudding in his chest—both sour and painful.
He didn’t understand why Shen Ci was being so heartless toward him.
Ye Qi stood up straight and lifted his chin. He didn’t say a word, but the mockery in his eyes was clear for Ming Yanzhou to see.
Ming Yanzhou wanted to say something else, but his throat felt as if it were stuffed with cotton; not a single word would come out.
He could only stand there, watching as Shen Ci wrapped an arm around Ye Qi’s shoulder and disappeared from his sight.
After a long silence, he suddenly let out a laugh, though the mirth never reached his eyes.
Did Ye Qi really think he would give up just like this? He truly underestimated him.
So what if Shen Ci didn’t like him?
It was enough that he liked Shen Ci.
Even if a “forced melon” wasn’t sweet, he just happened to have a taste for sour fruit.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
After Shen Ci and Ye Qi returned home, Shen Ci looked at him.
“Where are you hurt?”
Ye Qi unbuttoned his shirt with an obedient expression.
There were bruises on his chest, and the skin on his knees was scraped. His skin was pale, making these marks look much more severe than they actually were.
However, as Shen Ci’s gaze fell upon Ye Qi’s chest, a thought that shouldn’t have been there suddenly surfaced in his mind.
But it was only for a second before he suppressed it.
He felt like staying with Ye Qi for too long was turning him into a bit of a pervert.
“Husband, my back hurts, too. Can you check it for me…?”
When Ye Qi had called him “Husband” earlier, Shen Ci was shocked, but he had ignored it in the heat of the moment.
Now that Ye Qi was saying it so casually and openly, Shen Ci felt his face heat up.
A grown man calling him “Husband”—it was just too weird.
“Ye Qi, just call me A-Ci…”
Ye Qi’s eyes welled up instantly.
There was a phrase for it—
“Pear blossoms bathed in rain.”
Yes.
Shen Ci felt that was exactly the vibe Ye Qi was giving off right now.
The corners of his eyes were like crushed begonias, shimmering with fine shards of watery light.
He looked incredibly pitiful.
“Do you find me distasteful? I see other couples calling each other that all the time.”
Shen Ci: “…”
Here he goes again.
He felt Ye Qi was being truly unreasonable, but he couldn’t even call him out on it.
After muttering a silent curse in his heart, Shen Ci let out a sigh. “Call me whatever you want!”
Ye Qi brightened up immediately.
He leaned into Shen Ci’s arms in a clingy manner. “Husband is the best.”
Shen Ci: “…”
He couldn’t help but frown. “Go take a shower. I’ll put some medicine on you when you’re done.”
When Ye Qi emerged from the bathroom, Shen Ci was sitting on the sofa with a first-aid kit in front of him.
Seeing that he was finished, Shen Ci beckoned him over. “Come here.”
Ye Qi sat down beside Shen Ci, his eyes curving into crescents. A faint blush rose on his fair cheeks, and even his voice became coy and clingy.
“Husband, do I need to take it all off?”
Shen Ci: “…”
For God’s sake, why was he acting so “heated”?
He was just putting medicine on the guy’s back!
“No. Just keep your pants on.”
Ye Qi’s face turned even redder. “Husband, what are you thinking? I was asking if I should take off my shirt…”
Shen Ci: “…”
Shen Ci decided to just shut up.
He took a bottle of medicated oil for bruises out of the kit.
“Lift up your shirt.”
Ye Qi obediently lifted his shirt, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Shen Ci with anticipation.
Shen Ci felt completely uncomfortable under his gaze.
His Adam’s apple rolled.
“Turn around. I’ll do your back first.”
Ye Qi turned his back to Shen Ci.
The injuries on his back weren’t as bad as the ones on his chest—just a small patch of bruising slightly above the waist.
Shen Ci sprayed the oil on the bruise and began to rub it in gently.
The moment his palm touched the skin of Ye Qi’s back, Ye Qi’s body couldn’t help but tremble slightly, and his breathing grew heavy.
Shen Ci’s hand froze for an instant.
His face felt strangely warm.
Is a grown man really this sensitive? It didn’t seem like much at first, but Ye Qi’s reaction was making him feel incredibly awkward.
Once he finished applying the medicine, Shen Ci felt as if he had finally been liberated.
He stood up from the sofa. “Ye Qi, you can do the rest yourself. I’m going to shower.”
“Husband, my chest hurts so much. Won’t you rub it for me?”
Shen Ci: “…”After the Straight Man Cannon Fodder Was Targeted by the Perverted Crazies Chapter 160 (vol. 2)
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