The night was dark, and the warm street light scattered around them, elongating the shadows of the two people.
Lin Yuan didn't understand Huo Chen's meaning, but after thinking carefully, he understood a little bit. He immediately glanced left and right like a thief. Seeing that the driver was standing not far away, he was too embarrassed to speak.
But he worried that if he didn't answer, what if Huo Chen regretted it?
Lin Yuan quickly approached Huo Chen's ear and whispered: "My room. I said I would give you half of the bed."
When he whispered, his clean eyes were bright, like he was both happy and shy.
Huo Chen stared at him deeply and his pupils were dark, the same as the night around him. He walked towards the villa with the person in his arms, and with a careless tone, he said casually: "Ok, go to your room."
Lin Yuan hadn't been princess carried like this before, and he felt very novel. He looked around with blinking eyes.
As usual, Housekeeper Yuan stood at the door to welcome the two people. When he saw this scene, he was stunned for a moment, and then came forward with a smile: "Sir, young master."
Lin Yuan happily greeted him: "Housekeeper Yuan, we're back."
Housekeeper Yuan now liked Lin Yuan very much, such a cheerful personality and no schemes. Moreover, ever since he arrived at the villa, Sir's diet had become much more normal, which was a very good thing.
But Housekeeper Yuan also knew clearly that nothing happened between them. Every night they slept separately. So now seeing Huo Chen carry Lin Yuan back, Housekeeper Yuan was elated.
"Dinner is ready. Would the Sir and young master like to eat first before going back to your room?"
Lin Yuan was worried that after Huo Chen returned to his room, he wouldn't want to go downstairs for dinner. He looked up and asked: "Huo Chen, can you carry me back to my room after dinner?"
Huo Chen hummed faintly and carried Lin Yuan into the dining room, setting him down at his usual chair.
The attendants quickly arranged the food on the table. While eating, Lin Yuan inexplicably remembered when he was in the office in the afternoon and Huo Chen hugged him for a long time. He felt a little awkward and didn't pick up vegetables for Huo Chen like before.
Huo Chen didn't say anything about this and was the same as ever. No, this time he didn't even pick up a single dish, before, he would at least stretch out his chopsticks to the dish closest to him.
Lin Yuan saw this before even taking two bites and sighed helplessly.
Although in the setting of the plot, Huo Chen was a crazy villain with a mental illness, in real life, he didn't even eat his meals well and needed to be cared for.
Lin Yuan immediately picked up a large portion of food and said with a smile: "Huo Chen~ Eat this~"
Huo Chen stayed silent and ate it. His long, inky eyelashes blocked the dark surge in his eyes.
The delicious taste spread from the tip of his tongue and continuously filled his empty stomach, but it still wasn't enough. His body felt more and more empty, and an overwhelming hunger engulfed him, a strong desire to occupy dominated his thoughts. He needed something more delicious.
After the meal, Huo Chen carried Lin Yuan to the room. Lin Yuan grabbed Huo Chen's hands and pulled him to the side of the bed. He pointed to the side near the window and said: "Huo Chen, sleep on this side tonight. I usually sleep on the other side, is that okay? If you like to sleep on the other side, I can also switch with you."
Huo Chen wanted to look at Lin Yuan all the time, and didn't want him to leave his sight. But in the middle of the night, having someone laying next to himself, even if this person was Lin Yuan, he was also afraid.
His fear was etched into his bone marrow.
Huo Chen felt that he had made an extremely wrong choice and wanted to go back on his word, but Lin Yuan's hands were so warm that he couldn't help but miss it.
"... Ok." Huo Chen said.
Lin Yuan always took his shower slowly and seriously, but today he found out that Huo Chen took even longer than him. After Lin Yuan came out, he waited for about an hour until Huo Chen walked into the room wiping his hair.
He was wearing dark gray pajamas, and his black hair was still dripping wet. Lin Yuan sat on the bed and looked at Huo Chen, feeling that his countenance seemed to be paler than in the day, like melting snow or elusive cold moonlight.
When Lin Yuan saw him, he smiled unconsciously. He climbed to the end of the bed and tugged at Huo Chen's clothes, looking up at him with wide eyes: "Why are you so slow? I waited for you for a long time and almost fell asleep."
Huo Chen let himself be pulled by Lin Yuan and sat on the bed, slowly wiping his hair.
After wiping, Huo Chen placed the towel aside and said indifferently: "Sleep."
Lin Yuan didn't notice Huo Chen's abnormality and nodded: "En, sleep. Good night, Huo Chen~"
"Pa-- --" With that sound, the light turned off and the room fell into darkness. Lin Yuan's sleep quality was excellent, and he always fell asleep quickly in a few minutes.
But Huo Chen's mental health was bad, and from a young age, he would always have bloody and terrible dreams. He often jerked awake in the middle of the night and stayed awake until dawn.
In recent years, his situation worsened. He couldn't use medince to fall asleep. Usually in his own room, the familiar surroundings would give him a weak sense of security. It was almost nothing, but still better than nothing.
However, in Lin Yuan's room, there seemed to be a cold chill, and a pair of invisible hands stretched out of the darkness and quietly wrapped around his neck. A terrible feeling of suffocation swept through his whole body in an instant with a heavy sense of oppression.
Huo Chen breathed heavily, like a drowning person asking for help, eager for fresh oxygen, but he couldn't feel a trace of vitality from his unfamiliar surroundings. He couldn't even get these feelings from Lin Yuan, who he desired.
In the darkness, Huo Chen could no longer hear Lin Yuan's breathing. He could only hear his wheezing voice, which was more embarrassing and depressing than a dying animal.
Time passed minute by minute, and Huo Chen's consciousness became more and more chaotic. He wanted to reach out and hug Lin Yuan. It was because of Lin Yuan's warmth that he was willing to sleep here, but his body was so tight, like he was frozen, and he had no strength to reach out his hands at all.
He knew that it was Lin Yuan, warm and clean Lin Yuan. He knew, he was extremely sure.
But...
But...
This night, lying next to Lin Yuan, Huo Chen was in even more pain than previous nights.
At six o'clock in the morning, Lin Yuan, who had a habit of waking up at this time, opened his eyes. In a daze, he felt an extremely gloomy and dark look.
His sight gradually became clear. Lin Yuan saw Huo Chen looking at him and his eyes lit up. He drilled into his arms like a puppy and said with a soft voice: "Huo Chen~"
Huo Chen's spirit was worse than when he stayed up all night, but the moment Lin Yuan hugged him, he felt that last night was nothing. Anyways, he had always been like this. More or less, nothing would change.
He stretched out his arms and hugged the young man in his arms. The warmth was still the same. Huo Chen gently closed his eyes and focused on Lin Yuan's clean and pure breath.
"Tonight, go sleep in my room."
Huo Chen's face was pale and abnormal. Even if he knew that being in his own room would result in the same situation as last night, he was already enthralled by Lin Yuan, practically addicted.
Lin Yuan was like an eternal abyss to him, and he already had no way to extricate himself.