Ch2 - Along came a crazy little girl

After Liu Lin’s emotions had calmed down, Yao Qi patted his broad back and stepped away to open a little distance between them.

“Go pour some water and take the medicine, I’ll get the first aid kit.”

Yao Qi took the medicine out of his pocket and put it in Liu Lin’s hand. As for the tragic state of the floor—well, he’d take care of that after dressing Ah-Lin’s wound.

While waiting for Yao Qi to take the medical kit, Liu Lin sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, staring at the medicine Yao Qi had just handed him.

Yao Qi walked over and sat down next to the man, rubbing his hair with a smile, “What’s wrong?”

“Don’t wanna drink it.”

From early on, Liu Lin had tacitly consented to Yao Qi rubbing his head—if anything, he actually rather liked it. Coupled with the fact that Yao Qi didn’t run away just now, and even kissed him upon returning, he was in a really good mood.

“Why?” Yao Qi had only seen him fall sick once before, and at that time, the man had taken his medicine without saying anything. But he was quite happy that Liu Lin was willing to share his thoughts with him, so Yao Qi opened the medical kit and started treating the wound of the man lying on the sofa.

“…” Liu Lin remained silent for a while, then leaned his head on Yao Qi’s shoulder, “I just don’t like it.”

After speaking, he put the medicine on his thigh and dexterously tore open the wrapping with his right hand. Then he grabbed all of the pills, threw them in his mouth, and began to chew.

Yao Qi gave his palm a light squeeze and softly said, “Drink some water.”

“No need,” mumbled Liu Lin. He swallowed the chewed up medicine and scorned in disgust, “Tastes horrible.”

“Good medicine tastes bitter.” Yao Qi took a glass of water from the table and put it in front of the man, “Be good, drink some water.”

“I told you to stop telling me to ‘be good’, it sounds like you’re playing with a dog.” Liu Lin grabbed the glass and squinted his eyes at the water inside it.

“I’ll remember it next time,” Yao Qi nodded to indicate that he understood.

But in fact, both of them knew Yao Qi wouldn’t be taking his words seriously.

As if he had thought of something, Liu Lin grinned, licked the corner of his mouth, and glanced at Yao Qi’s side profile. “Hey, look over here.”

“Hm?” Yao Qi stopped what he was doing and turned his head to stare at the man.

Liu Lin immediately straightened up and opened his mouth to nibble on Yao Qi’s lips. He stretched out his tongue to pry open the man’s sealed mouth, hooking Yao Qi’s tongue for a dance and guiding it into his own mouth to entangle them. Like a beast who had gotten his fill, his eyes finally narrowed in satisfaction.

He didn’t start it with the intention to make out, so, before long, the kiss ended.

“Tastes good,” Liu Lin smacked his lips.

“Indeed,” Yao Qi nodded in agreement, the corner of his mouth slightly raised. He then resumed treating Liu Lin’s fingers.

“You look so good when you smile.” He wanted to touch Yao Qi’s face, but he was holding a glass in his right hand, and his left hand was grasped by the man. He couldn’t do what he wanted to, so he had to remove his head from Yao Qi’s shoulder and bring up the glass to his lips, raising his head as he poured the water into his mouth, exposing his fragile neck. His adam’s apple bobbed along as he swallowed, creating an extremely sexy view.

“Really?” Yao Qi had no special opinion on his own appearance. He was indeed good-looking. Coupled with his gentle aura, people always thought he gave off the impression of an upright gentleman. “Drink slowly.”

“Hm.” After finishing the water in a few gulps, Liu Lin threw the glass that hindered his way to the table and raised his hand to touch Yao Qi’s face, “So it’s better to let this head stay on your neck.”

“Pfft—” Yao Qi couldn’t help laughing, “Are you trying to scare me or compliment me?”

“I’m serious.” Looking at the man’s smiling eyes, Liu Lin couldn’t hold back anymore. He pulled back his left hand from the man’s grasp, grabbed the back of his head, and planted a bunch of kisses all over his face.

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Liu Lin frowned, eyes growing chilly.

Amused, Yao Qi patted him on the back and stroked his hair before getting up to open the door.

Outside the door stood a little girl around 13 or 14 years old. She was wearing a black lolita-style dress, her petite figure further emphasised by the puffy skirt. Her skin was fair, and her face still carried a little amount of baby fat, looking pinchable and soft to the touch. But her big black eyes were so lifeless that looking at them would strike you with an uncomfortable feeling.

Yao Qi was momentarily taken aback by her eyes, but soon he reacted and bent down to look at her with a warm smile.

“What are you looking for, little sister?”

The girl raised the corners of her lips as if about to smile, but abruptly stopped in the next second, forming a fake smile that looked inexplicably sinister.

Yao Qi followed her line of sight and saw Liu Lin standing behind him with a grim face, dead cold eyes akin to a snake. Seeing this gaze, Yao Qi suddenly realised why the little girl’s eyes made him feel uncomfortable just now…

They were the same eyes with which Liu Lin looked at him when they first met.

The eyes of a predator looking at its prey—or rather, looking at a dead man.

Sensing the danger, Yao Qi frowned. No longer caring about what the girl was up to, he took two steps backward, planning to directly close the door.

But the moment his hand touched the knob, it was blocked by another hand.

That hand belonged to Liu Lin, who grabbed him without giving him a look, still staring at the girl outside.

“Get lost.”

Because of the fever, Liu Lin’s voice was a little hoarse. It didn’t sound threatening, a little lethargic even, but it was full of oppression.

The little girl looked at him and said nothing.

Liu Lin let out a snort, and with a sneer, pulled Yao Qi back with a firm grip on his hand while simultaneously stepping forward.

The girl instantly retreated in two steps.

It happened so quickly that Yao Qi had no time to react.

Yao Qi might not understand, but the girl understood it very well.

The beast was showing his territory. Her ‘brother’ was his possession, and he was telling her not to breach his territory, otherwise, he would tear her apart.

The girl stopped moving to think.

She wasn’t at all surprised by the man’s action, because she could tell what he was at first glance.

Risking her life for a target wasn’t worth it.

But Yao Qi was different. Yao Qi was her ‘ideal brother’, and she was reluctant to let him go.

Moreover, the man didn’t look like he was in a good condition, perhaps she could try to fight for it?

She quietly moved her wrist—

“Get. Lost.”

Liu Lin repeated, his tone marking the end of his patience.

The beast just roared at her.

It was frightening.

The girl pursed her lips. She glanced at Yao Qi—who had most of his figure blocked by Liu Lin—before finally turning around, slowly walking downstairs.

Once the little girl completely disappeared from sight, Liu Lin closed the door with a snap.

“What did you do?”

“Huh?” Seeing Liu Lin’s unhappy expression, Yao Qi was a little confused.

“What did you do when you went out just now?”

Yao Qi pointed to the plastic bag on the table, “After buying the medicine, I went to grab some snacks.”

“Not that.” Liu Lin irritably circled around him twice. After making sure that Yao Qi was indeed all right, he wetted his lips, “What did you do to provoke that thing?”

No matter how slow Yao Qi was, he knew the ‘thing’ Liu Lin referred to was the little girl who came just now.

He went over his memories and shook his head, “I’ve never seen her before.”

He hadn’t even seen her before, so how could he provoke her?

“…” The word impossible revolved in his throat, but Liu Lin at last swallowed it down.

That thing was half of the same kind as him, he could see it at a glance.

He knew that if he hadn’t made her leave on her own, she would keep lingering outside the house until she achieved her target. And her target, evidently, was Yao Qi.

Yao Qi was his treasure, a treasure he didn’t even dare to touch. He would never let other people have any filthy ideas about him.

In fact, he also knew that if Yao Qi hadn’t provoked, or more accurately, attracted that thing, she wouldn’t have regarded Yao Qi as her ‘target’.

Liu Lin was pissed.

In the short time Yao Qi went out without him, his treasure was targeted by someone else.

He really wanted to hide Yao Qi.

“Is that little girl so dangerous?” Yao Qi wasn’t stupid, the look in her eyes and Liu Lin’s reaction had been enough of a proof, but he really had no recollection of that girl.

“…” Liu Lin wanted to use this incident as a warning for him to stop attracting all kinds of messy things, but seeing Yao Qi frown made Liu Lin reluctant to scare him. Thinking that Yao Qi couldn’t have done it on purpose, his heart softened again.

He raised his hand to stroke Yao Qi’s pursed brow and comforted him after some thought, “Don’t worry, she’s not as dangerous as me.”

Hearing his words, Yao Qi was dumbfounded, eyebrows instantly shooting up.

How could anyone say that about themselves?

His Ah-Lin was really stupidly cute.

Although it was the truth, when he put it that way, it gave off a different meaning.

“Don’t go anywhere alone these few days.” Liu Lin didn’t understand why Yao Qi suddenly laughed, but to him, the reason didn’t matter. No matter what it was that made him laugh, as long as Yao Qi was happy, then that was good for him.

“Alright,” replied Yao Qi without any hesitation.

Liu Lin used to follow him all the time before, and he had already gotten used to it.

And Liu Lin wasn’t asking for his consent either, he was simply telling Yao Qi what he would do. Regardless of whether or not Yao Qi agreed, he wouldn’t let him be alone.

But Yao Qi’s agreement certainly gave it more significance.

It made Liu Lin feel a little better.

His heart itched at the sound of Yao Qi’s laughter, as if a cat was lightly sweeping at it with its tail—so ticklish it tempted him to do something.

And so he did.

He held Yao Qi’s face in both hands and kissed him again and again and again, like a big clingy dog.

Yao Qi gleefully accepted and responded to his kisses, tossing the incident with the little girl to the back of his mind.

Small theatre

Ah-Lin: The medicine’s bitter.

Xiao Qi: *hugs and kisses him*

Ah-Lin: It’s sweet now♥

Little girl: *staring* (Damn, why won’t you let the single dogs live! Burn in hell!)

Ah-Lin: *hugs Xiao Qi and pecks him all over his face*

Little girl: (Aaaaaaaahhh my titanium dog eyes are blinded now—nosebleed’s coming out!) *dies*