Chapter 52: Suddenly Having the Urge to Play in the Bathtub
Qin Wan’s hands trembled slightly. Undoing the belt didn’t go very smoothly. Eventually, he managed to get all the man’s clothes off before Gu Xinglan’s patience ran out. Qin Wan didn’t dare look up, keeping his head low and his eyes on his toes.
Gu Xinglan gave a chuckle and walked into the bathtub, which was already filled with water. He soaked himself in. “Where… where should I start washing?” Qin Wan asked again.
Gu Xinglan rested his head on the leather headrest of the tub, his eyelids slightly closed. “When you bathe yourself, where do you start?”
Qin Wan was stunned for a moment. He actually couldn’t remember. “I think it’s the… neck!”
“Mn. However you wash yourself is how you’ll wash me, understand?” Gu Xinglan said.
Qin Wan nodded and sat on the small stool by the tub. His gaze fell on the water. The scenery below the surface was visible at a glance. He felt his heart racing. His hands simply wouldn’t obey him. He thought for a moment, then grabbed a bottle of body wash. He pressed the pump into the bathtub water.
With his eyes closed, Gu Xinglan didn’t know what Qin Wan was doing. It wasn’t until Qin Wan reached into the water and began stirring it back and forth that he opened his eyes. He discovered that the tub was now covered in a thick layer of foam, completely concealing his body.
“What are you doing?” He frowned slightly. Was he being given a bubble bath?
” Gege , didn’t you say I should wash you how I wash myself? I like bubble baths when I bathe. You should try it too.” As the boy spoke, he gave a squinted smile, his fox eyes flashing with a bit of hidden craftiness.
Gu Xinglan: “…” He felt like he had been tricked by the little liar again. But he didn’t know how to start retaliating.
” Gege , bubble baths are very comfortable. They’re especially good for relaxing the body and mind.”
Gu Xinglan was laughed out of anger. “Qin Wan, are you going to throw in a few squeaky plastic ducks too?”
Qin Wan blinked. “Do you have any here?”
Gu Xinglan: “!”
“Hurry up and wash. Don’t force me to deal with you.” He said with a smirk and a cold threat.
Qin Wan shrank his neck in fear. He quickly got to work, using a bath lily to scrub the man. Gu Xinglan kept his eyes half-closed, watching the boy’s face, which had turned rosy from shyness. Within that handsomeness was an alluring quality that made one’s heart itch.
Gu Xinglan reached out and grabbed Qin Wan, who was sitting on the stool, pulling him directly into the water. “Hey, Gege , what are you doing?” Qin Wan was startled by the sudden move.
A wicked smile curled Gu Xinglan’s lips. “We’ll wash together.”
“Qin Wan, you like playing with ducks in the tub? That’s too childish. Let’s play something else, okay?”
Qin Wan felt his heart rate accelerating. He knew that this fellow Gu Xinglan was up to no good again. Gu Xinglan looked down at Qin Wan’s soaked trousers and shirt hem. The wet fabric clung to his legs, clearly outlining those long, thin limbs. The hem of his T-shirt was also soaked, sticking to his soft, lithe waist.
A wet little puppy looked exceptionally sexy and provocative.
“Qin Wan, I said earlier: tonight you’ll be the one putting in the effort, and I’ll just be the one enjoying it. It won’t end until I’m satisfied.” Gu Xinglan said slowly, his phoenix eyes half-closed. As he spoke, he carefully studied the expression on Qin Wan’s face.
” Gege , what… what do you want me to do…” Qin Wan asked softly.
“Your wounds haven’t fully healed; I’m afraid of hurting you. Why don’t we try a different way?” As he spoke, he caught Qin Wan’s hands. He studied them closely and rubbed them gently for a while.
“They’re very thin, very soft, and very warm.” He said, his tongue pressing against his cheek. A deep layer of lust clouded his charming eyes. “They must feel good to hold.” He said. “Qin Wan, begin.”
Qin Wan finally understood what he meant by “feel good to hold.” His face turned so red it looked like it was about to drip blood.
Savoring the shy expression on the boy’s face, Gu Xinglan chuckled. “What’s there to be shy about? I have to thank your bubble bath for making me suddenly want to play in here.”
Qin Wan: “…” He had shot himself in the foot! Helpless, he could only do as Gu Xinglan required.
“You haven’t done this before?” Gu Xinglan watched his rosy face with interest. Qin Wan lowered his head in shame and shook it vigorously.
“Qin Wan, what did you have for dinner?” He suddenly changed the subject.
Qin Wan was nervous and embarrassed, yet he had to answer the man’s idle question. “…Cantonese food…”
Gu Xinglan gave a low hum. “You didn’t eat enough, did you?”
Qin Wan: “…” He finally understood: the man was complaining that he wasn’t putting in enough effort! This wicked Gu Xinglan!
Watching Qin Wan’s shy and annoyed expression, Gu Xinglan couldn’t help but smile. And Qin Wan’s intimate contact stirred a burning desire in him, from his senses to his emotions. He rose slightly and held Qin Wan’s back, feeling the boy’s body was as stiff as a board.
A look of tender warmth filled Gu Xinglan’s eyes. “Don’t be nervous. You’ll get used to it slowly.”
Qin Wan bit his lower lip and nodded slightly. Gu Xinglan lowered his head, gently kissing the top of his head. His lips then brushed over the boy’s long eyelashes, then the tip of his nose, and finally, his lips.
The boy’s face was sweaty, wet, and soft. In the bathtub water, the common scent of body wash was faint. But as it combined with the boy, it seemed to blend into an intoxicating, lingering fragrance. It made Gu Xinglan lose all self-control.
He murmured to himself, “Little liar, just what kind of person are you…”
Over the next four hours, from the bathtub to the large bed, Gu Xinglan used both soft and hard tactics to demand from Qin Wan again and again. It wasn’t until Qin Wan truly ran out of strength and fell into a deep sleep midway through that Gu Xinglan let him go.
Looking at the small figure slumped on the bed like a soft ball, the tenderness and warmth in Gu Xinglan’s eyes were no longer hidden. He reached out and gently stroked the boy’s back. There, many faint scars remained—injuries from when he was young, inflicted by the Eldest Young Master of the Sheng family. On his fair skin, they looked like bitter, blooming flowers.
Gu Xinglan felt a wave of inexplicable heartache. His eyes darkened. The Sheng family—the Eldest Young Master who bullied Qin Wan, and the Second Young Master who coveted him—all of them had to be dealt with!
He lowered his head and kissed the boy’s back gently, then kissed his tilted little face. Under the soft, dim light, the tiny scar on Qin Wan’s right eyelid came into view.
For a moment, Gu Xinglan felt like he had returned to seven years ago. To that intersection where he first saw him. Looking back now, the reason he hadn’t been able to let go for seven years—was there something else besides the bitter consequences of being tricked? There was, wasn’t there? Otherwise, whenever the boy’s face appeared before him over those seven years, it was never ugly or hateful. Instead, it was always so delicate, handsome, and pure.
Perhaps it was exactly that indefinable something mixed into his hatred for the little liar that had kept him conflicted in the deepest part of his heart for so long.
Gu Xinglan lowered his eyes. He gently pulled up the silk quilt, covering them both. He reached out to hug Qin Wan’s waist, burying his head in the crook of the boy’s neck.
“Goodnight, little liar—”
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