\nSheng Xing Ze walked to the bathroom after finishing speaking. The cold water ran over his red arm and took away the burning sensation.
It was still cold during March, and Sheng Xing Ze was quite afraid of the cold, so he covered himself in several layers of clothing.
Thanks to the clothes, he did not have any serious burns. The elbow that was hit by the iron pot was a little red, and it was quite stinging when touched. There was no serious injury on his body, but his clothes were covered in the scent of hot pot, which did not feel comfortable at all on his body.
"Xing Xing!" Yu Bai hurried back when he heard the news, he said in distress after seeing Sheng Xing Ze's embarrassed appearance, "the car is parked downstairs, let's go to the hospital first."
Sheng Xing Ze smiled nonchalantly. He pointed to the arm that was soaked under the cold water, "Film Emperor Yu, aren't you forgetting the most basic emergency treatment?"
Yu Bai pursed his lips but did not say anything, he could not help but let out his cold aura. He held Sheng Xing Ze's other hand, and Sheng Xing Ze felt that his hand was frighteningly cold.
"Why are your hands so cold, where's the hot milk tea? Use it to warm up your hands," he said with a smile.
Seeing the smile on his face, Yu Bai felt even more uncomfortable in his heart. He wanted to give Sheng Xing Ze a hug, but was swiftly avoided by the younger man.
"I'm dirty, don't come here."
"Xing Xing..." Yu Bai whispered to him, his voice was trembling.
"Huh?" Sheng Xing Ze responded, but Yu Bai did not say anything, just holding Sheng Xing Ze's hand.
It was quite noisy outside, and the program team handed Lin Mu to the police. Mother Sheng and Mother Yu who were eating in the private room also came out when they heard the noise.
"What happened there?" Mother Sheng asked a bystander in the crowd.
"I heard that some big name celebrity got into an accident," the onlooker only knew part of the story from the other onlookers.
Mother Sheng had a bad feeling at hearing this, something bad must have happened to either Sheng Xing Ze or Yu Bai, whoever got hurt was bad either way.
The waiters of the hot pot restaurant persuaded the crowded diners to return to their seats, and finally evacuate the scene a bit. Someone hurried forward to clean up the soup on the ground, and the hallway was quickly restored to its tidy clean state.
Lin Mu knew that he was now completely finished. Only when he saw Yu Bai rushing in anxiously, he knew that he could not turn over a new leap at all. The program crew had recorded everything he did, he could never return to the entertainment circle in the future; moreover, he would have a hard time finding a job now.
He squatted down desperately on the ground, hiding his face and crying, but no one passing by sympathized with him.
"Xing Xing, Da Bai," Mother Yu shouted worriedly outside the bathroom.
"Yes." Sheng Xing Ze replied and urged Yu Bai to go out to deal with the two mothers.
"Please, don't say anything to my mom." Sheng Xing Ze told him.
"Okay," Yu Bai agreed, squeezing Sheng Xing Ze's hand, and reluctantly left Sheng Xing Ze's side.
Yu Bai explained to Mother Sheng and Mother Yu that Sheng Xing Ze accidentally poured hot pot soup on himself, and now he got all soaked and smelly, so he did not want to see people.
Mother Sheng obviously did not believe it. She pointed to Lin Mu who was squatting by the wall, and the anger in her heart suddenly rose, "You, Lin Mu isn't it, I know you, don't think I don't know you've always been bullying our Xing Xing."
"Took away good resources from our Xing Xing, even deliberately slandered our Xing Xing's reputation, you were lucky that I didn't run into you before, did you also bully Xing Xing again today?"
Mother Yu also felt uncomfortable when she heard Mother Sheng said so. Sheng Xing Ze was now a daughter-in-law in her heart, so how could she let him be bullied like this, "I remember you, you're Yu Bai's junior. Having an alumnus like yourself is such a shame to the school's reputation."
Lin Mu squatted down on the ground and could not say a word of explanation.
"Mom, Auntie," Sheng Xing Ze came out wearing the black cloak that the old lady from earlier had on, and the stains on his body were covered by the cloak.
"Are you hurt?" Mother Sheng hurriedly walked forward, reaching out to touch Sheng Xing Ze.
Sheng Xing Ze dodged his mother's hand, and moved a few steps away from Mother Sheng, "Mom, don't touch me. I'm all covered in hot pot soup. Would you please let me go back to take a shower and change out my clothes?"
Mother Sheng understood that her son has his pride, after seeing that Sheng Xing Ze is not badly hurt, she was somewhat relieved, "Then you and Xiao Yu hurry back to wash up, and you must let me know if you need anything."
Sheng Xing Ze responded with a smile, said goodbye to both Mother Sheng and Mother Yu playfully, pulled Yu Bai out of the hot pot restaurant, and got into Yu Bai's car.
Yuan Yuan sat in the driver seat, "Brother Yu, should I go back to the villa or head to the hospital first?"
"Villa."
"Hospital."
Both of them said at the same time, Yuan Yuan suddenly felt a little loss, pondering if he should listen to his boss or to Brother Sheng.
"Go to the hospital." Yu Bai ignored Sheng Xing Ze's protest, leaning forward and instructed Yuan Yuan.
Yuan Yuan received a clear instruction and drove towards the hospital.
"I want to go back to take a bath." Sheng Xing Ze mumbled in dissatisfaction.
Yu Bai ruffled his hair, "Be good, let's go to the hospital to get some medicine, otherwise it will leave a scar."
"It's not a big deal." Sheng Xing Ze disapproved.
Yet, he still obediently followed Yu Bai's arrangement and went to the hospital.
The doctor looked over Sheng Xing Ze's injury, since the emergency treatment was done in a timely manner, there was basically no major issue on the injury. There was a slight burn on Sheng Xing Ze's arm and a small bruise from the iron pot. Generally speaking, it was not a serious one.
After Yu Bai's persistent request, the doctor reluctantly prescribed an ointment to treat the burned injury.
Before leaving, Yu Bai came back to the office and asked the doctor, "Will it leave a scar?"
The doctor looked at Yu Bai with a weird smile, "This kind of wound will heal before you reach the hospital, do you think it will leave a scar?"
He signed heavily, "I know you celebrities can't have any scar on you, but you're a bit overreacting, the injured person is not worried one bit, then why are you all panicking?"
Yu Bai was a little embarrassed. As the saying goes, one will lose all senses when one is caring too much. He did not believe this saying before, but now he could not help but to get all worked up when it comes to Sheng Xing Ze.
The doctor saw his embarrassment and smiled ambiguously: "During this time, pay attention to his diet. Try to eat something light tasting. It might get stingy after two days. Be careful not to touch the water. If he really wants to take a bath, you can help him."
Yu Bai nodded quickly, he could not suppress the smile on the corner of his mouth.
"What did the doctor say to make you so happy?" Sheng Xing Ze wondered when he saw that the other man was in a good mood after talking with the doctor alone.
"Nothing, just some precaution here and there."
The first thing Sheng Xing Ze did when he returned to the villa was to take a shower. He took off the black cloak given by the staff playing as the old lady earlier, and Yu Bai immediately followed in right after.
"What do you want to do?" Sheng Xing Ze's tone was wary as he stared at the older man.
"The doctor said to avoid water around the burned area, so I want to help you," Yu Bai said solemnly. Sheng Xing Ze looked at the man and did not see the man having any other meaning behind his words. It was not a big deal for two men to take a bath together, so he just brushed it off for now and agreed to the idea.
Yu Bai helped him turn on the hot water in the bathtub, while Sheng Xing Ze took off his clothes and quickly got into the tub. His face turned red, not sure it was from the steaming or from being embarrassed.
"Sit up a little bit, don't let the water get to your chest." Yu Bai saw that Sheng Xing Ze's chest was still a little red from the burn; however, he was more attracted to the two red dots on it.
Yu Bai tried to look away from them, putting his gaze on Sheng Xing Ze's short hair, and squeezed out some shampoo to help the man washing his hair.
Sheng Xing Ze closed his eyes and did not dare to look at him. He felt Yu Bai's fingers gliding across his scalp. The slightly hot water flowed down his ears, and the meandering water traces flowed from behind the ears to his neck.
Sheng Xing Ze's face got all blushed, and so were his ears.
Yu Bai was not much better, he tried to control his eyes, but his gaze could not help but keep on coming back to Sheng Xing Ze's chest, and moved southward...
"...it's okay."
Right when Yu Bai finished washing his hair, Sheng Xing Ze hurriedly said so to the older man. He did not think he could hold it any longer. The bubbles floating on the water helped block his body reaction under the water. Seeing that Yu Bai was going to continue to help him wash his body, he hurriedly held the man's wrist.
"I can do it myself."
"Just be careful."
Yu Bai also could not control himself anymore, he felt that if he were to stay any longer, his dirty thoughts would be seen through by Sheng Xing Ze. He said a few words to Sheng Xing Ze and fled out of the bathroom.
Sheng Xing Ze did not start taking a bath until Yu Bai walked out for awhile.
Just like the doctor said, Sheng Xing Ze would feel a slight burning sensation when he let the hot water touch the burned area. He moved awkwardly to avoid the wound on his hand, quickly washed his body, and got out. When he was about to put on his clothes, he realized that he did not bring a new set of clothes in with him.
There was only Yu Bai outside.
He quietly walked to the door.
"Film Emperor Yu?" He whispered, expecting Yu Bai to hear him, but at the same time hoping that he was not in the room.
However, he soon heard a knock on the bathroom door, "What's the matter?" Yu Bai's deep voice replied.
"Can you bring me some clothes?" Sheng Xing Ze said quietly, but Yu Bai still heard him clearly.
Yu Bai brought the clothes over with joy, hoping for Sheng Xing Ze to open the door, he knocked on it again, "the clothes are here."
Sheng Xing Ze looked at himself, then carefully opened the door with just a small opening and stretched out his hand.
Right when Yu Bai handed the clothes to his hand, Sheng Xing Ze immediately grabbed them with his hand.
"Thank you," he slammed the door shut, not giving the other man a chance to peek.
When he saw the underwear placed on top, the heat that had just dropped on Sheng Xing Ze's face was now rising again.
Why put this on top!
Acting quickly and neatly, Sheng Xing Ze hurriedly left the bathroom that made him blush.
Yu Bai had already prepared the hair dryer, and saw Sheng Xing Ze coming out of the bathroom and beckoning to him.
"Come here, I'll help blowdry your hair."
Sheng Xing Ze originally wanted to say that I can do it myself. When he sat down next to Yu Bai, the man had already turned on the hair dryer and inserted his slender fingers into Sheng Xing Ze's soft hair.
Neither of them spoke.
There was only the buzzing sound of the hair dryer when it was working, and the faces of the two people sitting in tandem were getting redder.