âI really really like you.â
After being appeased by Yao Qi, Liu Lin blatantly said it twice.
Liu Lin had always known that he liked Yao Qi, and he had also told Yao Qi as such many times before.
But he didnât know that liking someone would make him care this much about that person, to the extent that he cared about anything related to Yao Qi more than Yao Qi himself did. He always thought that it was normal for him to feel possessive, attentive, tolerant and protective towards Yao Qi.
Because he thought it was normal and didnât consider it a big deal, he never thought about the reason why didnât want anything to happen to Yao Qi.
If it wasnât necessary, he would never think about this question for his whole life. To put it in other words, he never wanted to admit the answer to this question. Even when the answer was dangling right in front of his face, he wouldnât look at it or pay it any attention.
Living in a daze wasnât such a bad feeling. It was how he had lived his life before meeting Yao Qi, and he didnât feel like there was anything wrong with it.
Yao Qiâs gentle smile let him know that the man was satisfied by his answer.
âDid it hurt for you? When I cut myself with the knife just now.â
Before Liu Lin could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the next question come. His loosened nerves instantly tensed up once more.
He remained silent for a while before finally nodding stiffly. Remembering how Yao Qi told him to answer the question verbally, he pursed his lips and whispered, âIt hurts.â
When he realised what had happened just now, he felt as if someone had ruthlessly squeezed his heart, so tight it was still hurting right until this second.
He really wanted to bite Yao Qi right now.
Yao Qi looked at him and smiled, âHave you figured out what you did wrong?â
âI also like Ah-Lin.â
âI like you very very much.â
âSo if Ah-Lin gets injured, I will also feel very hurt. If one day I was injured as badly as Ah-Lin was, but still insisted on taking a shower without caring about how serious my wounds were, do you think youâd get angry?â Yao Qi caressed the manâs face.
His words thoroughly softened Liu Lin to the core.
Frightened by his own self, Liu Lin broke out in cold sweat.
For a moment, he thought that Yao Qi was simply too cunning, always finding out new methods to grind down his claws, leaving Liu Lin with no other way than to care even more for him.
But after that, he thought that Yao Qi was simply too sweet. Being together with him felt as if he had been plunged into a jar of sugar.
The current Liu Lin was like a cat whose fur had been groomed, its whole body smooth and fluffy, so soft that it would be at your complete mercy should you wish to bully itâand the way it was staring at you with pitiful eyes only made you want to bully it even more.
âBut you shouldnât hurt yourself. Canât you just tell me directly?â
âIâm afraid it wonât take long for you to forget it.â To translate Yao Qiâs words, he was basically saying that Liu Lin wouldnât have taken it to heart in the first place.
Because this incident had made Yao Qi understand that his Ah-Lin never thought about this situation at all.
ââŠYouâre too sly. â Whether it was the gentle attitude before they came back, the kiss in the middle of the street, or even what he was currently doing, they were all traps that Liu Lin couldnât refuse.
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âShouldnât it be smart?â
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He knew this was something Liu Lin could not refuse.
Sure enough, although Liu Lin looked like he was about to say no, he failed to resist in the end, grabbing a hold of Yao Qiâs face and giving him a fiery kiss.
âI want to kiss your lips.â
Liu Lin licked his lips. He spoke fiercely, but the words he uttered wouldnât be able to scare anyone.
Looking at his serious expression, Yao Qi used all his might to suppress the smile on his face and put on an equally solemn expression, âGo ahead then.â
After saying that, Yao Qi couldnât hold it back any longer. He laughed out loud, and then, before Liu Lin could react, hugged the man and kissed him.
Layers of clothes were quickly thrown to the floor.
Like a couple of snakes, the two young bodies tightly entangled one another.
A restricted scene soon began to play out in the living room.
Liu Lin had a dream that night.
In his dream, he was sitting on a bed and smiling brightly, chatting with two shadowy figures. Then the two shadows started tearing each other apart and disappeared right in front of his eyes, and before he knew it, he had turned into a monster.
The scene changed afterwards, and Liu Lin, who had turned into a monster, caught an angel. The angel was soft and white, and Liu Lin could easily kill him with just one hand.
In the beginning, the angel was very afraid and cowered at the sight of him. But gradually, it began to approach him, daring to touch his claws, and to smile and talk to him. The angel even bathed him, fed him, stroked his head, and embraced him.
At last, he saw what the angel looked like.
It was unmistakably Yao Qi.
The scene changed once again.
Yao Qi was leading the way while holding his hand. He couldnât see the path and could only feel Yao Qi dragging him forward, so he began to struggle. He gripped Yao Qiâs neck with his claws, but Yao Qi immediately smiled at him, hugged him, and kissed him. So he became obedient again.
He withdrew his claws and let Yao Qi lead him.
In the vast expanse of white, Liu Lin couldnât see anything else aside from Yao Qiâs back. He kept stumbling along the bumpy road, but he was still being dragged forward. Regardless of his unwillingness to continue moving, despite him starting to struggle once again, and even after he put his claws on top of Yao Qiâs head many, many times, the man never once loosened his hold on Liu Linâs hand.
As long as he used a little force, he couldâve certainly stopped everything. But in the end, he still didnât do it.
Yao Qi finally let go of him.
He slowly walked forward, calling for Liu Lin to follow him.
There was a sea of blue water in front of them. Liu Lin watched as Yao Qi walked into the water until his whole body was submerged, then shortly reappeared with his upper body out of the water, calling him over.
He reached out his hand towards Yao Qi, walking step by step into the sea. The water submerged his calves, then his lower body, but he still continued to walk forward, trying to grab the man with his outstretched hand.
He knew he would drown if he went any further, but he still didnât want to retreat.
He saw the man smiling at him.
Two shadows were reflected on the surface of the seaâthe angel had the monsterâs hand in his grasp.
Inside the water, his outstretched hand still tried to grab Yao Qiâs hand.
The water was up to his neck.
Even if Liu Lin were to turn around now, he still wouldnât be able to escape, because by looking at their shadows, you would find that Yao Qi had never let go of him. It didnât matter whether or not he ran away, because Yao Qi would definitely pull him into the water in the end.
He grabbed Yao Qiâs hand.
Liu Linâs eyes abruptly flew open as he woke up.
He was held in somebodyâs embrace.
Yao Qiâs body temperature was on the lower side, but he had always been the one holding Liu Lin in his arms when they slept together, subconsciously showing his protectiveness towards Liu Lin.
Liu Lin stared at his sleeping face and pursed his lips after remembering what happened at night.
Yao Qi didnât know that Liu Lin had planned on locking him up if he continued to leave him in the cold for a few more days. Yao Qi wouldnât know, and Liu Lin wouldnât tell him.
Liu Lin grinned, licking his slightly dry lips.
Then he raised his head and left several pecks on the manâs lips.
However, why did he wake up in the middle of the night?
Oh, it seemed like it was because he had a strange dream.
What was the dream about?
Forget it, he would think about it tomorrow.
âI had a dream last night.â
âRinse for one more time before putting it into the pot.â He watched as Liu Lin washed the rice with his hands, adding more water to the pot. âYesterday you suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, was it because you were scared awake by a nightmare?â
Yao Qi had initially slept very well last night, but something kept harassing him in his sleep. He pried open his eyes to take a look, and the culprit was, as expected, Liu Lin. It was rather shameful to speak of, but after being stimulated half awake by this guy, Yao Qi pushed him down and did it two more times before finally going to sleep. As a result, he only woke up when the day had almost reached the afternoon.
So as it ought to be, Yao Qi and Liu Lin were now standing in the kitchen, bustling about to cook their meal. It was originally Yao Qiâs turn to cook this week, while Liu Lin was in charge of the rest of the chores, but because Yao Qi cut his hand yesterday, Liu Lin wouldnât allow him to cook today. Having no other options, Yao Qi could only watch over and give Liu Lin his directions.
âTch, Iâm not a little kid, how can a dream scare me awake?â Liu Lin sneered, poured the washed rice into the pot, covered it with the lid, and turned on the stove.
âThen what did you dream about?â Yao Qi smiled and handed him the tomatoes and eggs. âLetâs make do with something simple for this lunch.â
Liu Lin took the ingredients in Yao Qiâs hand and turned around to put them back inside the refrigerator. âYouâre injured, making do is no-no.â
Without waiting for Yao Qiâs reply, he directly took out some vegetables and put them on the sink. âIâd forgotten most of it, but the gist was that I turned into a monster, you became an angel, and then you dragged me along to commit suicide with youââ
He really only remembered that much.
âAh, so thatâs how it went,â Yao Qi nodded, finding it to be funny.
âDonât you have anything to say?â Liu Lin stopped his current action of washing the vegetables, raising his eyebrows and turning his head to look at Yao Qi.
âHmâthe monster is pretty good.â As long as the monster was his Ah-Lin, Yao Qi thought.
âWhat a joke⊠No, but, donât you think that this ending isnât quite right? Shouldnât it have been a happy ending like âthe angel and the monster live together happily ever afterâ? Itâs not a happy ending, I donât like it!!â He angrily frowned, huffing and grumbling as he vented on the vegetables in his hand.
âPfftâitâs just a dream, thereâs nothing to worry about.â Yao Qi laughed and stroked Liu Linâs head to soothe him.
âI didnât even want to go on, but you insisted on dragging me with you even when I tripped and stumbled all along the way. In the end, you actually pulled me to commit suicide together.â Liu Lin rubbed his head against Yao Qiâs palm with a somehow empty stare.
âReally? But for two people to die together, donât you think it counts as another type of happy ending?â Yao Qi pinched the manâs cheek, then leaned in to kiss his face, âBut from what youâve said, it sounds that the one who dragged you to in the dream was really me.â
âOf course it was you. If anyone else dared to pull that with me, Iâd have already slapped that person to death.â The corners of Liu Linâs mouth quirked up, enjoying Yao Qiâs kiss.
Everyone knew him as someone warm and gentle, never contrasting other peopleâs opinions, but those close to him as well as Yao Qi himself knew that hidden beneath that gentlemanly layer was a strong and firm character who wouldnât take any kind of refusal.
Take his relationship with Liu Lin for example; from the time they got together, Liu Lin had always been the one to make concessions among the two.
Yao Qi didnât need to kick up a fuss or make any threat to get Liu Lin to submit to him. As long as he gave the man something sweet, or sometimes, a light slap, the one to give in would never be him.
He felt that some of Liu Linâs habits were terrible, and thus, regardless of whether or not Liu Lin was willing, he would slowly and subtly steer him to change them. Just like what Liu Lin said earlier, Yao Qi would keep on pulling him towards the direction he wanted even if he had to trip and stumble along the way.
Precisely like what happened last night.
Liu Lin didnât wish to continue the topic, he didnât want to think about it, so Yao Qi came up with a way to force him to think. He might be gentle, but he was even more unyielding, persistently intolerant of rejection.
But Yao Qi thought of his own character as a very good thing, because otherwise, he would not be able to make Liu Lin change his bad habits.
From the time they entered the kitchen until the food was cooked and finally brought to the table, the two of them never stopped chatting.
They were like a pair of elderly spouses.
Living ordinary yet happy days.
Little Monster Ah-Lin: Iâm afraid of water!
Little Monster Ah-Lin: Look, Iâve followed you all the way here. Letâs not go into the water, alright? QWQ
Little Monster Ah-Lin: *dawdles into the water*
Angel Xiao Qi: *holds his head and presses it down*
Little Monster Ah-Lin: Glugluglugâ(Iâve already come into the water, why are you still bullying me!)
Angel Xiao Qi: *softly smiling* Will you move faster when I tell you to next time?
Little Monster Ah-Lin: âŠYes QWQ