Chapter 37
Even with a thick and soft scarf, one could see that the young man’s neck was long and graceful. Lu Bai, sitting on the man’s lap, stared at the young man’s scarf-adorned throat, and that small piece of fair skin that was bare, finding it very tempting.
He looked for a long time and swallowed before meeting Qu Xueyu’s eyes and feigning viciousness: “You don’t agree?”
Qu Xueyu’s hand grasped the youth’s waist. He looked at the other silently for a moment before raising his eyebrow and said: “Please.” Heh, would he be afraid of being bitten by Xiao Bai? Instead of saying that this was a punishment, it would be more accurate to say that it was a reward.
Lu Bai stared at the exquisite face of the young man under the glow of the light, and his eyes looked as if they had rivers of flowing lights. The fragrance of roses filled his nostrils, so he deviously stated, “In fact, you are more suitable to be stripped of all your clothes and thrown into a rose field covered with petals, and then be bitten by me fiercely.” After a beat, Lu Bai reached out and touched the scarf the youth was wearing, saying, “This can be used to tie your hands.”
Lu Bai looked at the young man in front of him before lowering his eyes and imagining the scene. His cheeks couldn’t help but flush a little. Well, that was, damn, too tempting…
Qu Xueyu had gotten used to the strange things that came out of the teenager’s mouth from time to time and smiled subtly: “Then, Xiao Bai, you and I will be the first people to be pierced by rose thorns into hedgehogs.” He paused and then added some insinuation. “But you like rose petals, that’s good.”
Lu Bai: “Oh, I like rose petals very much—So, you want to do it with me on rose petals, eh?”
Qu Xueyu’s breathing turned disorderly in a flash, and his eyebrows flew up, changing the subject, “Xiao Bai, are you still biting?”
Lu Bai, quite honest, nodded: “Biting.” After a pause, he tutted, “Seeing as it’s cold now, I won’t strip you of your clothes.”
After that, he leaned over, sniffing contentedly at the neck of the youth. He opened his mouth on the young man’s shoulder which was covered with the fabric of his white shirt.
The stinging sensation came with an ambiguous heat; Qu Xueyu completely relaxed against the soft sofa. His white shirt was unbuttoned a bit, revealing a large area of fair skin and a part of his clavicle. He felt the teenager’s lovely teeth nibbling on his shoulder through the fabric. The other’s warm breath puffed on the side of his neck. He held the young man’s waist, slightly tilting his head back. Looking at the steel beams of the greenhouse roof, he laughed low and hoarse. His eyes were turning red at the end, and there was a deep desire in his eyes. He had been wearing an ice-like mask for so long, but at this moment, he looked just like a passionate Lothario1a man who behaves selfishly and irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women: “They are seduced by a handsome Lothario who gains control of their financial affairs”. He’s a character from a book.
“A Lothario is a man who commonly seduces women, or who is viewed as intensely attractive to women, even if he chooses not to pursue them. As a general rule, Lotharios are also viewed as somewhat dangerous, since the assumption is that after the seduction, they will throw the woman away. Some similar slang terms include “Casanova” and “Don Juan.” Curiously enough, no female counterpart to Lothario exists, at least in English, perhaps because of a double standard about sexual behavior that dominates many English-speaking societies.
This slang term is a reference to a play called The Fair Penitent, written by Nicholas Rowe and published in 1703. In the play, Lothario is a character who seduces a woman and then ultimately betrays her. Rowe may have borrowed the character from Don Quixote (1605), where a remarkably similar situation also includes a character named Lothario. By the 1750s, “Lothario” had entered common English slang to refer to a seducer, usually with the implication that the seduction would inevitably end in betrayal of some form or another.” –https://www.publicpeople.org/what-is-a-lothario.htm.
“Does it hurt?” Lu Bai asked when he finally loosened his mouth in satisfaction.
Qu Xueyu lowered his head and looked into the teenager’s eyes, saying without any qualms: “Yes.”
“Oh.” Lu Bai leaned down again. He stretched out his tongue across the nearly transparent fabric and gently licked the faint teeth marks under it.
Qu Xueyu’s breathing was labored, and he kneaded the back of the teenager’s neck, before finally hoarsely exclaiming, “Xiao Bai, that’s enough.”
Only then did Lu Bai raise his head and said, “Not enough. I have other demands.”
Qu Xueyu took a deep breath: “Xiao Bai, tell me.”
Lu Bai smiled triumphantly as he said, “You lied to me, so you’re no longer my boyfriend .”
Qu Xueyu’s eyes dilated and was about to say something, but the teenager stretched out a finger to cover his lips.
Then, Lu Bai added: “But I’ll allow you to chase me.” When he said this, he seemed a little embarrassed. His voice was a little quieter, and the tips of his ears, along with his neck and cheeks, were flushed.
Qu Xueyu looked at the teenager’s appearance in a better mood and curled his eyes.
Lu Bai then added, “I am very angry that you lied to me. In order to compensate me, you will have to continue to live with me, as well as to sleep with me. More importantly, you can’t be too far away from me and you have to take me with you everywhere you go.” The last point was simply because even if Ruan Jiangjiu was just a fictional character in the movie that Qu Xueyu was going to play, for some reason, the fear and hidden worries in his heart still somehow couldn’t subside. He still needed to watch the youth at all times to feel at ease.
Qu Xueyu raised one eyebrow as he nodded.
“One last thing-” Lu Bai feigned a menacing look and said viciously. “You need to stay away from Qin Gu! You’re a person who is going to chase me. You are not allowed to be entangled with other men!” After a pause, he said without shame. “Although you are no longer my boyfriend, only I am suitable for you, really.”
After all, in the original story, Qu Xueyu and Qin Gu were meant to be together, and they ended up in HE2HE= Happy Ending, BE= Bad Ending! Thinking of this, Lu Bai’s inner warning bells rang even louder. He reached out and cupped the youth’s face, again, with a fierce look, he said, “You absolutely can’t like him! Only me! Otherwise, I’ll, I’ll-“
Qu Xueyu crooked his eyebrow, his eyes deep, as he looked at the teenager: “You’ll do what?”
Lu Bai: “Lock you up!” The words spoken were fierce, but the cheeks were even redder and hotter.
Qu Xueyu once again laughed quietly as he pressed hard against the teenager’s neck and gave the other a light kiss.
“Ah…” Lu Bai’s eyes opened wide, but in the end, he looped his arms around the young man’s neck.
After their kiss, Qu Xueyu looked at the teenager’s somewhat misty eyes. He reached out to wipe the other’s now somewhat flushed lips and suddenly stated, “Xiao Bai, I have actually said it before.”
Lu Bai was panting slightly, a quizzical expression crossed his face: “What?”
Qu Xueyu replied, “‘I have someone I want to kiss, and he’s a little fool.'”
Lu Bai froze.
Qu Xueyu pecked the tip of Lu Bai’s nose, his voice gentle and moving, containing a warm doting: “Little fool.”
Thump, thump.
Then, Lu Bai once again felt like his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
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“Brother, he…” Lu Guanguan seemed to be in low spirits, and when she saw Qu Xueyu in their living room, her eyes widened: ” He-he’s that guy who was with Qin Gu!”
Lu Bai ruffled Lu Guanguan’s hair with a smile and said, “Be good, from now on, he has nothing to do with Qin Gu.” After a pause, he then added: “Only with me.”
Qu Xueyu smiled and said, “I also had nothing to do with Qin Gu in the past.”
Elder Lu was already resting upstairs, and Father Lu and Sheng Mei regarded Qu Xueyu standing beside Lu Bai, and their eyebrows jerked, somewhat stunned.
“Hello uncle and aunt, I’m sorry to bother you at night.” The young man smiled so politely that one could not pick a single fault.
Lu Bai hastily added: “I was going to chase him out, so I brought him my scarf. But it’s too late now, so he should just stay here tonight.” Then added, “He can stay in a guest room.”
Lu Guanguan scoffed, looking at her watch with reluctance, and hesitated: “Brother, it’s only eight o’clock…” Qu Xueyu wasn’t a kid, but how could he be unable to return home at eight o’clock? It was then she added: “Our driver can send him home. He’s absolutely safe.” Although her brother had always chased after Qin Gu, somehow, she felt that this young man was a hundred times more dangerous than Qin Gu.
Lu Bai: “But I want him to stay here tonight.”
So Lu Guanguan completely folded, her head throbbing with a sigh, “Well, I guess that’s fine.”
Father Lu and Sheng Mei looked at Qu Xueyu with complicated eyes. After a while, Father Lu asked the young man, with a slight frown, “Are you willing to stay? This kid doesn’t know how to do things, so if you’re not voluntarily with him and you’re not serious, by all means, please feel free to go.” His son has already suffered the pain of unrequited love for that Qin boy, and he didn’t want him to suffer a second time.
Qu Xueyu arched his eyes and met Father Lu’s gaze. He then said with all seriousness, “Naturally, I’m gladly willing.3Another complicated poetic Chinese phrase was here. Check the dropdown at the bottom of the chapter if you are interested!“
Sheng Mei sighed softly after hearing this and said, “Uncle Liu. Please go and arrange a room for Young Master Qu.”
Butler: “Yes, madam.” He then stepped forward and gestured gracefully, “Young Master Qu, this way please.”
Qu Xueyu smiled and looked over at the teenager before following the butler. Lu Bai watched to see which guest room the man entered before looking back to his family and said, “Well, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be going up first.”
Father Lu stared at him for a long time before he waved his hand with a “tsk“: ” Beat it!”
He looked at his son’s back as he vanished up the stairs and harrumphed somewhat helplessly: “Stinky brat.”
Sheng Mei chuckled: “Young master Qu has always been more reliable than that Qin Gu. I haven’t seen Xiao Bai so happy in a long time.” Just now, that kid had a dazzling smile all over his face.
Father Lu smiled helplessly: “I know.” So, what else was there to say…
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Standing in the bedroom hallway, Lu Bai was rubbing Lu Guanguan’s hair. With gentle eyes, he exclaimed, “Guanguan, for such a scum, it’s not worth it.”
Lu Guanguan was dazed, and the corners of her eyes became a little red. “In fact, I was with him for less than a week. But I did like him, and I had really wanted to fall in love with him.” She was impressed by the other party’s artificially designed encounter, so she was both angry and sad to learn that she had been conned.
“But!” Lu Guanguan revealed a bright and dazzling smile. “Brother, you are right. He is a scum, and I, Lu Guanguan, definitely do not want to be disturbed by such a villain. Brother, don’t worry. I’ll be completely recovered tomorrow.”
Lu Bai curled the corners of his mouth and placed his arm over Lu Guanguan’s shoulder. His voice sounded gentle: “Good.”
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Midnight.
The night light remained on in Lu Bai’s room.
He was wearing one of Qu Xueyu’s shirts that he brought with him while hugging the other in his arms, but he couldn’t fall asleep. Lu Bai sat up and scratched his head, and his hair had become a bird’s nest; he was too accustomed to falling asleep in the other’s arms, and once he was away, he couldn’t sleep.
He stared blankly at the shirt belonging to his young man, and after only two seconds of pondering, he got out of bed without hesitation and walked out of his room.
Because Lu Bai was afraid of the dark, the Lu family’s corridor was always lit. This late at night was quiet. Qu Xueyu’s guest room was on the ground floor, so he gingerly went downstairs and reached the guest room.
He put his hand on the handle and twisted it gently, and it really opened—Qu Xueyu had not locked the door.
Lu Bai walked in and saw that the night light was on in the youth’s room and that the youth himself was already asleep in bed, breathing slowly.
Lu Bai’s mood was strangely calm. He walked forward and squatted beside the youth’s side and then, without any hesitation, shook the young man’s shoulder.
Qu Xueyu was a shallow sleeper, so when he opened his eyes, he was not surprised to see the teenager but smiled slightly: “What?”
Lu Bai tugged at the sleeve of his shirt and showed the other person the one hanging on his arm, he bristled and said, “These are useless.”
Qu Xueyu: “?”
Lu Bai: “I wore your shirt and also deliberately brought an extra one to hold, but I still can’t sleep.” After a brief second, he said, “You just promised to continue sleeping with me.”
Qu Xueyu’s pupils shrank, only then did he see the teenager was wearing a poorly fitted shirt, and the neckline exposed his pale skin. His eyes darkened a bit and said in a husky voice: “You’re wearing my shirt?”
Lu Bai nodded his head without any hesitation.
Qu Xueyu regarded Lu Bai with eyes heavy with some kind of strange feelings for a long time and then laughed under his breath. He half-sat up and said: “Come up.”
Lu Bai’s eyes lit up and casually hopped into the other man’s bed and was about to get under the covers when he was pinched on the back of his neck—Qu Xueyu held the other man’s nape and pulled him into his arms, so close that their eyelashes were almost touching.
Lu Bai: “?”
Qu Xueyu reached out ambiguously, caressing the other man’s lips, and whispered, “Xiao Bai, you said I’m not your boyfriend anymore.”
Lu Bai blinked and nodded his head.
Qu Xueyu: “But you still climbed into my bed. Moreover, this is your home.”
Lu Bai nodded again—this was indeed the truth.
Qu Xueyu’s long fingers gently pressed the teenager’s beautiful lips, and his voice was as low as a lullaby: “Xiao Bai, do you know what people call this kind of behavior?”
Lu Bai: “What?”
Qu Xueyu smiled and raised an eyebrow: “Secret Affair.”
Lu Bai cocked his head: “Oh. Then, do you want to do it? I can ask Uncle Liu to deliver condoms and lubricants.” After a brief pause, he added: “I can also ask him to bring fresh rose petals. As you’ve seen, I have a large number of them growing in my greenhouse.”
Qu Xueyu: “…”
Lu Bai looked righteous and rational: “Otherwise, have you ever seen an affair that doesn’t involve lovemaking?”
The author has something to say: is about to pass out again for the night oooh, enjoy reading the story ~ the author will see if they can adjust their situation, and try to update earlier in the future because I feel that my body can not hold up orz
Spoiler alert, the next chapter will have a foreshadowing of the truth about the plot da ~
Have fun reading the chapter, good night ~
Naturally Willing So what he actually says is “Naturally, I am sweet as syrup” But it has this other meaning that feels very romantic.
甘之如饴 gān zhī rú yí lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly; a glutton for punishment—-yabla
Gan Zhiru Yi, a Chinese idiom, the pinyin is gān zhī rú yí, Gan: sweet; Yi: malt syrup. Feel as sweet as sugar. Refers to the willingness to endure hardship and pain in order to engage in a certain work. From Song Zhendexiu’s “Preface to Sending Zhou Tianji”: “Wealth without righteousness; distance is like dirt; misfortune is low and poor; sweetness is like honey.”
In a sentence:
1. In the eyes of others, this kind of occupation is very difficult, but he enjoys it.
2. It seems to be poor, but he is willing to do it, and never feels that there is something missing.
3. Soldiers are willing to sacrifice everything for the revolution.
4. After participating in the revolution, although life was difficult and the situation was dangerous, everyone was happy and open-minded.
5. I will try my best to stick to the thoughts and life attitudes I have realized. Although there are swords and axes, I will be willing to repay my confidantes in my life.—–baidu
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