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Ch21 - Speaking of Which, Isn’t Your Estrus Period Around the Corner?
Translator: Mogumoguchan
Editor: Neirith
Once Ji Xinglan said this, he turned around and returned to his room.
As he stared at the door in front of him, Yan Qiu suddenly started suspecting something.
Was Ji Xinglan the one who destroyed the heater in his room?
However, while he harbored these doubts, Yan Qiu couldn’t bring forth any evidence, and he had still yet to bathe.
Yan Qiu checked the heater in his room again. It showed no signs of being tampered with and he could only trust that something had really happened to it. Ji Xinglan shouldn’t be someone who would be so perverted that he would do something like this.
Xining City was located at the coast southeast. While its autumn nights weren’t as cold as the twenty-seventh day after winter solstice, the cool winds that were humid and bone chilling. Even if the heater were turned in the room, Yan Qiu didn’t dare to bathe in this sort of weather. Besides, he was pregnant, and he had to be careful with everything he did.
If he caused Ji Xinglan’s child to become sick, Ji Xinglan might have him give birth to a few more children for him.
Yan Qiu wrapped his arms over his chest and grit his teeth. He told the butler that he could just ignore the heater for now and have someone repair it the next day. He returned to his room and grabbed his towel as well his bathrobe before he pushed open the door to Ji Xinglan’s room.
When Yan Qiu went in, he noticed that the room was a little dark. There was no ceiling light in Ji Xinglan’s room, only a bedside lamp shining with a gentle, orange light. It cast most of the room in a dim light.
Yan Qiu saw Ji Xinglan sitting at the edge of the bed, reading. He had already bathed and his scent was faint but refreshing. He was dressed in a bathrobe and his extraordinarily powerful legs were casually crossed over each other.
While he had his head lowered, the beautiful curve at his shoulders formed a diagonal line that was casually tucked into his collar. From the slightly opened collar, Yan Qiu could easily see his defined collarbone and through the thin fabric, he could see the lines of his muscles, which weren’t overly defined yet appeared powerful. He looked like a carefully sculpted statue.
Ji Xinglan saw Yan Qiu push the door open and enter. He raised his chin slightly, signaling him to enter the bathroom.
Yan Qiu couldn’t help but ask, “Did you ruin the heater in my room?”
Ji Xinglan looked a little surprised. “Why do you think so? If I really wanted to watch you bathe, I would have gone straight to your room.”
He was right. Ji Xinglan was shameless. If he wanted to take advantage of him, he would do so with the simplest and crudest fashion. He had no need for these tricks.
Yan Qiu looked away calmly and walked past him just as calmly. As he smelled the refreshing scent in the room, he entered the bathroom.
After he shut the bathroom door, he couldn’t help but criticize in his heart.
‘Why are Ji Xinglan’s pheromones always so strong? Is that guy constantly in a state of trying to court me?’
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He soaked in the bathtub for a while and he turned his head around to look for body soap. The toiletries were placed in a position he could easily reach. Needless to say, he knew who put those items there.
He didn’t expect that Ji Xinglan would be so attentive.
Yan Qiu rubbed his nose. He wasn’t quite used to the feeling of being taken care of. He pursed his lips and sat in the bathtub, using his hands to splash water toward his neck so that he could soak his entire body with warm water.
When he picked up the bottle for the body soap, he saw the familiar packaging and he was surprised.
Yan Qiu curiously opened the lid and drew the bottle near him. Just as expected, he smelled the familiar scent of milk. It was incredibly tempting. Sweet, but not overpowering. Even if he knew that he couldn’t eat this, it still managed to stir up his desires, so for an instant, he wanted to taste it.
It was the milk scented body soap specifically used for babies.
Why was Ji Xinglan’s body soap the same as the one he used in the past?
Yan Qiu scratched his head. He had bought the one for babies to save up on money, so what was the deal with Ji Xinglan buying this body soap?
As the bathroom filled with the scent of milk, Yan Qiu couldn’t help but sink deep into thought. Could it be that although Ji Xinglan looked like a straight alpha, he was actually someone who loved sniffing cute scents?
Yan Qiu laughed mercilessly at Ji Xinglan in his heart while he opened the bottle.
However, he didn’t expect that the bottle was full with the seal fully intact. It was clear that this wasn’t the body soap Ji Xinglan usually used.
Yan Qiu’s face instantly turned red. He failed to understand what Ji Xinglan’s intentions were. There was an instant where he suspected whether Ji Xinglan deliberately wanted him to use a cute scent.
This was essentially Ji Xinglan provoking him, saying that he was childish.
Yan Qiu didn’t want that person to achieve his wish. Yet when he looked around, he found that the other body soaps in the bathroom had all been hidden.
Yan Qiu felt resigned. He could only hastily wash himself with the body soap filled with the pure scent of milk made especially for babies.
There was a lack of oxygen in the steam-filled bathroom. When Yan Qiu pushed the door open and got out, there was a faint layer of pink on his skin, as he gave off an adorable, milky scent.
His hair was partially dry, with water still dripping from it. As Yan Qiu used his towel to wipe his hair, he sucked in a large breath of fresh air.
At that moment, when he wore his pyjamas, he found them to be a little embarrassing as well.
They were white bunny pyjamas, and they seemed to have come as a set with the pink bunny ear slippers. There was even a fluffy and round bunny tail at the back. When he walked out of the bathroom, Yan Qiu found himself a little too embarrassed to even look at Ji Xinglan.
When Ji Xinglan looked up, he was just in time to see a drop of water land on Yan Qiu’s pale collarbone. The crystalline drop of water slid down his skin into the collar of his pyjamas, and seeing this, he couldn’t help but gulp.
Yan Qiu was a little embarrassed because of how hard Ji Xinglan was staring, so he tugged at his collar.
Yan Qiu knew that the pyjamas were so cute that they were childish, but those were the most normal set of pyjamas he could find in the closet. To avoid the embarrassment of having both of them bare their legs on the first night Yan Qiu used his restroom, he still wore a bathrobe. He braced himself and prepared to cast aside his bathrobe as he adorned the woollen rabbit pyjamas set, because it had pants. It was warm, at the very least, it could help him prevent perverts.
Ji Xinglan’s gaze turned dark. His throat became a little dry. He asked Yan Qiu, “Where is the hair dryer?”
“It’s fine. I don’t need to dry it.” Yan Qiu used his tower to conscientiously dry his hair. His wet hair was nearly dried.
When he stood by the bed and moved his arms to dry his hair, Ji Xinglan sat on the bed, watching him. Yan Qiu’s sleeves were wide, and he could see vaguely into it.
Yan Qiu had always kept his hair short and seldom needed to use a hair dryer. Once he finished bathing, he could just dry it just a little and the rest would dry on its own. A few days ago, his hair had been too long, so he had to use a hair dryer to dry it. In the end, he had nearly burnt his hair.
When he remembered the burnt smell, Yan Qiu felt fear towards hair dryers. Right now, his hair was cut short, so he could skip the hassle of needing to blow dry his hair.
Yan Qiu used the towel to dry his hair for a while, but before he could get rid of all the water, Ji Xinglan had already come over with the hair dryer from the bathroom. He plugged it in, pressing down on Yan Qiu’s shoulder, forcing him to sit on the bed.
“I really don’t have to blow dry my hair.” Ji Xinglan toyed with his fringe, and it caused Yan Qiu’s expression to turn awkward.
Nevertheless, Ji Xinglan spoke with a tone that allowed for no arguments, “Dry it, or else, you’ll wake up tomorrow with a headache.”
Yan Qiu pursed his lips. Ji Xinglan’s tone was as domineering as always. Thus, he could only allow him to toy with his hair as he pleased.
Even though Ji Xinglan might seem like a straight man like Yan Qiu, his actions were surprisingly meticulous. Since he was afraid of scalding Yan Qiu, he didn’t turn the setting of the hair dryer to its highest. Instead, he slowly fiddled with his hair with the setting on low temperature as he dried his hair starting from its roots.
Curled around his fingers was soft hair that emanated the faint scent of milk that kept on wafting past his nose, causing him to feel desire swirl in his heart. Ji Xinglan suppressed his urges and patiently dried Yan Qiu’s hair.
Yan Qiu swayed his legs as he sat on the bed, bored. He stared at the person in front of him.
As he stared at Ji Xinglan’s well-defined side profile—it was so well-defined that when light shone on it, the shadows fell perfectly on parts of his face—Yan Qiu suddenly remembered what Mrs. Ji had mentioned earlier today. He asked, “What does your father do? Is he usually very busy?”
Mrs. Ji’s words caused Yan Qiu to be a little curious. Just what sort of father could produce a son like Ji Xinglan? He felt that Ji Xinglan’s father should be an elite businessman, constantly earning big bucks like on Wall Street, who was so busy that he didn’t even have time to visit his own own.
It was either this… or his father didn’t want to come
Yan Qiu knew that this question was too private. After asking, he didn’t dare to look at Ji Xinglan’s expression. He could only discreetly use the corner of his eyes, tentatively sizing up the teenager across him.
There was some sympathy in Yan Qiu’s eyes. This was a father who didn’t show up even for his son’s wedding. He could already imagine just how bad their relationship was.
Despite this, Ji Xinglan didn’t have any major reaction. He held the hair dryer with no expression on his face while he fiddled with Yan Qiu’s hair. After a long time, he spoke softly, “Ji Nai.”
As soon as he heard the name, Yan Qiu thought that his ears were deceiving him.
Ji Nai… Wasn’t he the newly elected Field Marshall Ji, who was the commander-in-chief of the allied forces?
Yan Qiu discreetly sucked in a sharp breath, and he couldn’t help but stare at the person in front of him.
He thought that Ji Xinglan was just a rich man’s son. He didn’t think that his father would be so amazing.
When he remembered how Ji Xinglan looked when he wore his uniform, Yan Qiu suddenly understood where he got his forceful personality from.
Ji Xinglan most probably went to a military school because of his father.
Yan Qiu was shocked, but found that it was only logical.
It made sense.
Why was Ji Xinglan so amazing? Because if Yan Qiu was the son of a field marshall as well, he would be amazing as well. Not only would he be amazing, he would also be a dominating force!
It was only at that moment that Yan Qiu understood just how foolish he had been in the past to provoke him. He and Ji Xinglan lived in two completely different worlds. If he hadn’t insisted on causing trouble to Ji Xinglan, they wouldn’t have come into contact with each other at all.
Nonetheless, it was already too late for regrets. Perhaps Ji Xinglan had never encountered someone like Yan Qiu, who would provoke him repeatedly in his youth. Ji Xinglan definitely hated him to his core.
Yan Qiu stared at Ji Xinglan’s arm as it moved in front of him and he shuddered. He definitely couldn’t let Ji Xinglan know who he really was now.
As he watched Ji Xinglan blow dry his hair, Yan Qiu felt that his sins come crawling down his back. He couldn’t help but think, ‘I wonder if I beg for mercy, will Ji Xinglan let me die in one whole piece?’
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Once Ji Xinglan dried Yan Qiu’s hair, he chased him off to bed.
Yan Qiu had just bathed and his entire body was relaxed. He hugged his bolster and laid on the soft mattress. Ji Xinglan placed the hair dryer back in the bathroom, and when he came out, he saw this scene: Yan Qiu laying on his bed after his bath with the fluffy tail of his pyjamas rising and falling.
Yan Qiu had his eyes half shut. He was about to slumber when his tail was suddenly grabbed. He opened his eyes, puzzled. When he turned his head around, he saw Ji Xinglan toying with his tail, and he was definitely up to no good. His face turned red.
“…What are you doing?!”
Author: Is there anyone here who plays adult games? QAQ
Mogumoguchan: Put two and two together, Yan Qiu!
Neirith: I’ve inducted Yan Qiu into the two brain cell club. We only have two members so far. Accepting all applications. ~(´ ∀ ` *)
Mogumoguchan: Shouldn’t it be one brain cell club?