After a few seconds, Jiang Chuyan heard He Yuan say "Come on" behind him.
"I forgot to bring a towel—"
Hearing this, Jiang Chuyan turned her back to him and pursed her lips.
"Chu Yan, you don't mind, right?"
He Yuan asked in a very low voice, and one could faintly hear a hint of embarrassment in his voice.
"Sorry, I'll find another place to hang out later."
Jiang Chuyan couldn't help but tilt his head slightly and glance at him again. He Yuan smiled awkwardly in his direction, and his blocking posture was a bit awkward.
The capital is so strong that it seems impossible to stop it with just hands.
Jiang Chuyan's eyes drifted away subtly, then he silently bent down and unzipped his backpack.
"No problem," he said, then pulled a towel from his backpack and passed it behind him. "I just happened to have an extra one."
"…Thank you."
He Yuan paused for a second and whispered a thank you.
"Aren't you too well prepared?" he muttered softly.
"I don't know why I wanted to bring a spare towel before leaving. Don't worry, it's a new one."
Jiang Chuyan said.
When he turned around again, He Yuan had already tied the towel around his waist, allowing Jiang Chuyan to finally look straight at him.
"Sorry to waste your towel. I'll go back and wash it and give it back to you. Forget it, just give this towel to me. Otherwise, you'll laugh at me for being cunning again."
He Yuan said this a little helplessly, then turned his back to Jiang Chuyan and slowly stepped into the water.
"Wow, cool—"
The hot spring water was not too deep, only reaching He Yuan's waist. The boy's back trembled the moment he entered the water, and the entire dragon scale tattoo on his back seemed to come alive.
Jiang Chuyan glanced at He Yuan's back.
"Your tattoo..."
He hesitated.
"How about it? Handsome, right?" He Yuan immediately became happy and said excitedly, "The tattoo artist was shocked at the time and didn't understand why I wanted this tattoo, but I just like it-"
"It looks painful."
"Well--"
"But it's really beautiful."
Jiang Chuyan praised.
Then, he once again saw the boy who could take off his pants in front of him in one go, and his neck began to turn red because of a word of praise in front of him.
Jiang Chuyan couldn't help but looked at the back of He Yuan's head and curled the corners of his mouth.
Then he took off his clothes, wrapped himself in a towel, and immersed himself in the hot spring water from the other side.
The water temperature of the hot spring was higher than he expected, and it was also much more comfortable than he thought.
Jiang Chuyan had initially thought he'd be embarrassed. Honestly, even when he was with Xu Yuanzhou, he'd never been so frank and close to another boy. But, perhaps because he'd been so exhausted over the past two days, or perhaps because he'd been so tense, not long after entering the hot springs, fatigue washed over him like a tsunami. Jiang Chuyan shook his head, feeling a bit dizzy.
"Are you sleepy?"
He Yuan looked at him stealthily and asked.
"Hmm... a little tired."
Jiang Chuyan wiped his face and forced himself to stay awake. It was easy to catch a bad cold if you fell asleep in a place like this, and the only thing more troublesome than a bad cold was catching a bad cold in a remote mountainous area like Longzhao.
"Then let me tell you a ghost story to sober you up?"
Without waiting for Jiang Chuyan's answer, He Yuan had already laid back with most of his body submerged in the water. He stared at the spring on the top of the hillside where white smoke was rising, and started talking to himself.
"In fact, there has always been a very primitive tradition in the Xishan area, which is the Dragon God's wedding. Of course, under normal circumstances, the villagers will simply call it Luolong Cave. Well, Luolong Cave is not just a place name, it is also a custom..."
If a major disaster struck a village, such as famine or plague, the villagers would believe they had inadvertently angered the Dragon God. To appease the Dragon God's wrath, they would select the youngest and most beautiful boy or girl in the village, dress them up, and seal them in a wooden coffin called a wedding coffin. Then, with the sound of gongs and drums, the villagers would carry the coffin down into the Luolong Cave, as if marrying off their daughter. After waiting overnight, they would retrieve the coffin and remove the nails that sealed it one by one. Upon opening the coffin lid, they would discover that the 'bride' who had once lain inside was gone. Inside was a large, snow-white fish with a strange appearance. When startled, the fish would scream, almost like a human baby, with an extremely shrill cry.
"According to the elders, this means the Dragon God has taken his bride away, and the fish is the betrothal gift he left behind."
Hearing this, Jiang Chuyan's brows furrowed.
The story that He Yuan mentioned casually was not scary at all. After all, the whole story was very traditional and almost clichéd.
There are similar legends all over the country, but this story alone made Jiang Chuyan feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
He thought of the snow-white giant salamander he saw in the morning.
I thought of the deformed chicken in the soup pot at breakfast.
Also, the villagers who kept staring at him with strange eyes.
…
"The villagers would slaughter and eat the fish that the brides had exchanged for. Once they ate the fish, they would receive the Dragon God's blessing. They would no longer be hungry or plagued by diseases. They would become extremely strong and even achieve immortality."
"It's a very traditional folk myth," Jiang Chuyan said softly. "The overall storyline is similar to the story of the Fallen Flower Cave Girl in western Hunan. The so-called being taken away by the Dragon God is more likely just a beautification and cover-up of human sacrifice."
Amid the gurgling sound of water, Jiang Chuyan's voice gradually became deeper.
"There's no such thing as a Dragon God Bride. The 'bride' sent into the cave was most likely killed that very night, a sacrifice used by the village's ruling class to appease the lower classes..."
"Maybe."
He Yuan gently splashed the water with his hands.
"But do you know why this place is so close to Longzhao Village, but so few villagers come here?"
"Um?"
"Decades ago, a villager was chosen to be the bride of the Dragon God. However, unwilling to die in such an inexplicable sacrifice, she escaped that very night. Fearing the Dragon God's wrath, the villagers of Longzhao Village organized a large-scale search of the mountain to capture the escaped 'bride,' but to no avail. She was clearly just a fragile child, yet after hiding in the mountains, she disappeared without a trace. The group searching for her exhausted themselves until they stumbled upon this hot spring. It was then that they smelled a strong fragrance and discovered the spring on the mountaintop..."
As he spoke, He Yuan pointed to the spring.
"They discovered that what was gushing out of the spring was not water, but a milky, fragrant and delicious broth."
At that time, there had been no food in the village for a long time. Everyone was exhausted and starving.
They believed it was a gift from the Dragon God, so they rushed forward without hesitation and drank the broth there in big gulps... It is said that the broth tasted simply intoxicatingly delicious.
Jiang Chuyan's brows furrowed even tighter. He had vaguely guessed the sequel of the story. Sure enough, the next second He Yuan smiled and told the ending of the story.
"The spring water only became clear after everyone in the village had finished drinking the soup. At that moment, someone looked into the spring and found a skeleton at the bottom of the spring."
"That's the skeleton of the 'bride'. She wasn't very good at escaping, but she accidentally slipped and fell into the 'soup pot'. After being boiled in boiling water for seven days and seven nights, her flesh completely melted and turned into that delicious and fragrant soup."
"Since then, people have often felt something gently pulling at the backs of their feet while soaking in the hot springs. And in the thick mist, a vague figure has been seen, constantly asking... "
"Is it delicious?"
He Yuan's voice suddenly changed.
It becomes unreal and sharp.
"Is the soup made with my corpse delicious?"
Before he finished speaking, He Yuan suddenly let out a short scream.
I saw his whole body sliding straight towards the bottom of the water, and he sank into the water in an instant.
"He Yuan?!"
Jiang Chuyan screamed and rushed over without thinking to grab He Yuan.
"Crash…"
The next second, a handful of water was splashed on his face.
He Yuan emerged from the water, his face covered in water stains, and looked at Jiang Chuyan with a smile.
"How about it, are you still sleepy now?"
He asked.
"…"
Jiang Chuyan wiped the water off his face very slowly.
He stared straight at He Yuan's silly smiling face, expressionless.
Then, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pressed it on the top of He Yuan's head, pushing the boy who seemed to have only the emotional intelligence of an elementary school student directly into the water.
"You're crazy!"
Jiang Chuyan cursed for the first time in his life.
"Gurgle…"
He Yuan was like a crab, darting around in the shallow hot spring, sending a stream of bubbles bubbling up from the surface. Jiang Chuyan pressed for a few seconds, then didn't dare press any further, withdrawing her hand angrily.
He Yuan immediately climbed out from the bottom of the water, wiping the water off his face with his hands while grinning foolishly at Jiang Chuyan.
"Wow, you're so fierce."
The boy muttered.
A bright smile on her face.
But Jiang Chuyan just stared at him with a stern face.
...God knows how fast his heart was beating at that moment.
The elusive strangeness and the pervasive sense of danger in Longzhao Village were already nearly overwhelming Jiang Chuyan. His nerves, already strained since arriving in Longzhao Village, nearly snapped when he saw He Yuan nearly being dragged into the water.
It was only at this time that He Yuan could still smile at him without any composure.
"Finally I see you angry."
Suddenly, Jiang Chuyan heard He Yuan muttering softly.
"you--"
"I thought you never got angry, but it turns out you can be quite fierce when you do."
He Yuan spoke directly to interrupt Jiang Chuyan.
"Actually, I think you're cuter when you're angry."
He said.
Jiang Chuyan was stunned.
"Every time I looked at you before, I thought you looked very tired." He Yuan tilted his head slightly, and the color of his eyes seemed a little darker than before. "Actually, you can be willful occasionally and vent your true emotions."
Jiang Chuyan fell silent.
He had never expected He Yuan to speak so directly.
Are you tired?
Of course I'm tired.
It seems that ever since my mother committed suicide due to mental disorder, I have naturally forgotten how to express my emotions directly while growing up in different homes.
Gentle, indifferent, smart, considerate... these words seem to have been branded on him and can never be erased.
As for the real me...
Jiang Chuyan had long forgotten when was the last time he let his emotions out in vain.
"But I still have to say sorry to you. I'm sorry that I scared you just now."
Just when Jiang Chuyan was distracted, He Yuan leaned towards him.
His voice was soft.
"Don't be angry with me."
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Chuyan felt a slight weight on his palm. He Yuan had stuffed a small object into his hand.
Jiang Chuyan looked closely and found that it was actually a crystal clear, brightly colored small stone.
I don't know where He Yuan got it from just now.
"I'll use this as an apology. Please be magnanimous and forgive me... I won't dare to do it again."
He Yuan spoke softly to Jiang Chuyan, almost looking like he was acting like a spoiled child.
"…full of tricks."
After a long silence, Jiang Chuyan gritted his teeth and spoke to He Yuan.
"Are you an elementary school student?!"
However, the usually indifferent young man couldn't help but blush at this moment.
He Yuan stared at Jiang Chuyan in front of him, and the smile on his lips deepened.
"Crash—"
Beneath the water, something invisible and thick seemed to sway gently.
*
"Clatter—"
The sound of water, vague whispers, and the boy's deep and magnetic laughter...
Those vague sounds merged together and passed into Bai Ke's ears from the other side of the warm and humid white mist.
"Tsk."
Bai Ke poured a bucket of water on himself, and then he shivered involuntarily.
His face suddenly turned gloomy.
There are actually not many springs with suitable water temperatures near the wild hot springs, and the place he has chosen now has a strong flow of water, but the water temperature is very low.
But Bai Ke always felt cold.
Perhaps it was because he had stayed in Luolong Cave for too long, so the lingering coldness of the cave still remained in his body. The lukewarm water falling on his body did not make Bai Ke feel comfortable at all. Instead, it seemed to take away the last bit of body temperature in him.
Bai Ke was already unhappy, and when he heard the laughter of the two people not far away, he felt even more upset.
Feeling unhappy, Bai Ke simply climbed out of the pool with a towel wrapped around him, and then followed the sound of water back up. He still remembered that He Yuan mentioned that the closer to the top of the mountain, the higher the water temperature.
However, Bai Ke tried several pools and felt that the temperature was a bit low.
"Fuck, is he kidding me?"
Bai Ke's patience gradually began to run out, and finally he saw the simple water pipes near the stone trough. These pipes were responsible for diverting stream water to dilute the water temperature.
Bai Ke was too lazy to run around anymore, so he just found a stone on the ground and stuffed it into the water outlet of the pipe.
Sure enough, without the introduction of stream water, the temperature in the stone trough where he was staying soon rose.
"Crash…"
White smoke rises and hot air curls.
Bai Ke took off all her clothes and immersed herself in the pool.
Finally, the warm water soaked my whole body, taking away the chill that had penetrated deep into my bones bit by bit.
Bai Ke sighed deeply, and finally felt a little better...
Then, a feeling of drowsiness slowly spread throughout her body. Bai Ke closed her eyes slightly, letting herself float up and down in the water.
In a trance, he seemed to have a dream.
In the dream, he, Xu Yuanzhou, Jiang Chuyan and Liu Tianyu were sitting in the same car.
They seemed to be on their way.
The car was bumpy and the sky outside the window was dark.
["hurry up--"]
"Hurry up, hurry up, He's catching up!"
He heard Liu Tianyu screaming.
For some reason, he was also very nervous in this dream. He kept clinging to Xu Yuanzhou's arm tightly, but Xu Yuanzhou was also shaking and screaming.
"Jiang Chuyan, drive the fucking faster, or we won't be able to escape! Damn, this is all Li's fucking fault! Why did you have to provoke that psychopath?"
"Wuwuwuwu… Help… He's coming… He's following us!"
Bai Ke heard herself crying.
"Boom—"
Then, with a loud bang, their car rolled over.
As the world spun, Bai Ke saw everyone in the car flying up.
"Bang--"
Then the car hit something hard.
…
Blood.
The smell of gasoline.
Firelight.
There was also a strong, indescribable fishy smell that enveloped Bai Ke's dream.
There are still people alive.
At least, Bai Ke knew that he was alive.
The same went for Xu Yuanzhou. He and Xu Yuanzhou were pressed tightly together, leaving no gap at all.
A painful groan came from deep in his chest.
He saw Liu Tianyu sitting in the passenger seat with his head lowered, and most of his head had deflated.
Then, it was Jiang Chuyan.
Compared to them, Jiang Chuyan's injuries were the lightest. It was so light that it seemed as if someone had deliberately protected the pale and frail young man when the car fell.
["No--"]
However, at this moment, Jiang Chuyan's face was as pale as paper. Although he was the least injured, the expression on his face was the most terrifying.
["No, no, no—"]
He struggled frantically in his seat, but he seemed to be stuck and couldn't move at all.
Then, a deformed arm covered with scales stretched out from the broken car window and hooked directly onto Jiang Chuyan's body.
Jiang Chuyan screamed.
["Let me go—no—let me go—help—help—"]
That was something Bai Ke had never heard before. It seemed like the most miserable and desperate wail in the world.
Jiang Chuyan even gripped the steering wheel tightly, trying in vain to stay in the car that could explode at any moment. However, it was no use. More arms, pitch-black, slender, misshapen, covered in scales, with claws as sharp as daggers, stretched out from the windows of the car.
Just like tearing a piece of A4 paper, they tore open the metal parts in the car, then they closed their arms and dragged the screaming young man out.
[don't worry.]
A strange, vague, maddening sound came from the depths of the dark shadows.
[It will be fine... It will definitely be better next time... Yanyan... Let's do it again...]
"Rustle… rustle…"
Bai Ke opened his eyes wide in shock in his dream. He looked at the huge body outside the car window, a body with scales, which was wrapped around the entire car.
Finally, an eye emerged from the empty front windshield.
Scarlet eyes that fill the entire frame.
He stared at the three remaining humans in the carriage with great calmness and indifference for a while, and then a huge sense of fear came over him, almost crushing Bai Ke's brain into sauce.
"I can't take it anymore."
Bai Ke heard himself mumbling, his voice extremely humble and desperate.
["…Let us die."]
…
"Hmm…"
Bai Ke suddenly woke up and found that he had taken a short nap in the hot spring without realizing it.
How long have you slept?
He rubbed his temples and felt a little dizzy.
Looking around again, he saw white smoke curling between the sky and the earth. The water vapor rising from the water had already filled everything around Bai Ke with pure white.
Bai Ke sniffed.
He inexplicably smelled a strong aroma of meat, and after smelling the meat, he found that he suddenly became a little hungry.
*
"Bai Ke, we should go."
After soaking in the hot spring for a while and washing his body, Jiang Chuyan felt refreshed.
Although he still wanted to continue enjoying himself, after looking at the sky, Jiang Chuyan made a prompt decision and climbed out of the hot spring - if they wanted to return to Longzhao Village before dawn, they had to leave now.
Jiang Chuyan put on his clothes, packed his backpack, and shouted in the direction Bai Ke had left.
But Bai Ke ignored him.
"Bai Ke... forget it, I'll go take a look."
Jiang Chuyan sighed, said hello to He Yuan, and walked towards the other side on the slippery mountain path, one step deep and one step shallow.
For some reason, the moisture and heat here are much thicker than over there.
After searching for a while, Jiang Chuyan finally saw a figure in a stone trough near the top of the mountain.
From several meters away, a wave of hot air carrying water vapor swept over, making it almost impossible for Jiang Chuyan to open his eyes.
Bai Ke was actually taking a hot spring bath in this place? Didn't he feel it was too hot?
A trace of doubt flashed through Jiang Chuyan's mind.
"Bai Ke?"
He shouted again.
"Yeah, I heard that."
Finally, he heard Bai Ke's response this time.
"I'll be right out."
Behind the mist, Bai Ke's figure swayed.
Jiang Chuyan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, we have to get down the mountain quickly. It will be unsafe if we are too late."
He said.
A gust of wind blew, and the moisture seemed to fade a little. When Jiang Chuyan turned around to leave, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Bai Ke's shadow from the corner of his eye, and was stunned for a moment.
strangeness?
Why did he feel that Bai Ke's actions at this moment were like the whole person was curled up in the pool, constantly fishing out food from the water?
"Bai Ke, do you want my help? Can you come out?"
Jiang Chuyan's heart skipped a beat and he blurted out.
"Need not."
Bai Ke refused in a stiff voice.
Jiang Chuyan came to his senses at this time. He shook his head and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Really, why did I think of the made-up story He Yuan told me when I looked at Bai Ke?
You're really overthinking it.
Sure enough, not long after, Bai Ke put on his clothes and walked over staggeringly.
"Let's go."
He said to Jiang Chuyan.
His eyes looked a little empty, as if he was dazed after soaking in a hot spring.
"good."
Jiang Chuyan met his eyes and was inexplicably stunned for a moment. He responded half a beat late. Then, Jiang Chuyan couldn't help but look at the stone trough where Bai Ke had taken a hot spring bath before.
When passing by Bai Ke, Jiang Chuyan actually felt as if he smelled a fragrance.
A...
Meaty aroma.
Damn, why did I think of this again?
Jiang Chuyan took a deep breath and forced himself to forget the story about the hot spring soup.
On the way back, the three of them were silent.
What made Jiang Chuyan a little concerned was that Bai Ke walked slower than usual on the way back, and his gait seemed a little strange.
But after asking, Bai Ke just said that he felt a little dizzy after soaking in the hot spring for too long.
Jiang Chuyan did not escape this point. As his muscles were completely relaxed by the hot water, he felt heavy and dizzy. He wished he could go back to his room and lie on the bed to sleep for a few hours.
Therefore, he suppressed the panic in his heart that was about to jump up from time to time, and just continued on his way in silence.
The sky in Longzhao darkened faster than Jiang Chuyan expected.
The sky was bright blue when we came down from the mountain, but when we saw Longzhao Village, it had turned a dull purple.
As soon as the sun sets, the wind seems to stop, and the whole world seems to fall into silence in an instant.
The lights in Longzhao Village were bright. On both sides of the narrow dirt road, the remains of the pagodas that had not been completely cleaned up were emitting white smoke, but the people were gone.
Although it was predictable that the villagers had probably hidden in their own buildings in advance for fear of water monkeys, just like yesterday, the atmosphere in the entire village was still very tense.
Jiang Chuyan couldn't help but quicken his pace.
Immediately afterwards, he saw the man waiting at the entrance of Longzhao Village.
"Hey...you three...why did you run so far away!"
When she saw Jiang Chuyan and the others, Budacuocuo's eyes lit up.
Looking at Budacuocuo's face, there was no trace of the panic he had shown during the incident at the village banquet that morning. The attentive and considerate village chief had returned to them, looking even more considerate and attentive than before.
"That's unlucky."
Budacuocuo glanced at He Yuan and whispered softly.
"Well, let's just... go over and take a look."
He Yuan said perfunctorily.
After a few words, the sky darkened again. Budacuocuo suddenly fell silent and looked up at the sky.
"Well, you guys need to hurry back. It's going to rain tonight—water monkeys love this kind of weather."
A hint of nervousness flashed across Budacuocuo's face.
"And the Dragon God showed up this morning. Those things will be even more ferocious."
The village chief urged the three outsiders urgently to return to the small building.
"Be sure to keep an eye on the lights tonight...don't let them go out."
Although Jiang Chuyan and the other two looked strange and the atmosphere became awkward when they heard the word "water monkey", Budacuocuo seemed to have not noticed this at all and kept chattering on and on.
"Be careful of the water monkeys."
Finally, Budacuocuo left with a worried look on his face, looking back every few steps.
"call..."
Seeing Budacuocuo's back disappear, Jiang Chuyan let out a silent sigh.
"You know what, Budacuocuo is so nervous that it makes me a little nervous too."
When passing by those small buildings with lights on, Jiang Chuyan could feel that there seemed to be eyes staring at him between the closed windows and door cracks.
"It's okay, that's just how people are here."
He Yuan said.
Then he glanced at Jiang Chuyan, bent down, and completely folded up the stairs.
"Okay, now we don't have to worry about the water monkey."
He said.
*
The small building was incredibly quiet...
It was as if there was no one there.
"We're back."
Jiang Chuyan couldn't help but shout.
No one answered.
Jiang Chuyan couldn't help but frown.
"Where are the people?"
At this moment, He Yuan pulled the light cord with a click.
After a buzzing sound of electricity, the light bulb hanging from the high ceiling flickered and lit up.
A pale man appeared in front of everyone.
"Xu Yuanzhou?"
Jiang Chuyan was almost scared by Xu Yuanzhou.
If He Yuan hadn't turned on the light, he wouldn't have noticed that there was someone next to the fire pit.
Xu Yuanzhou was hunching his back, staring blankly with his knees against his forehead.
He didn't raise his head until the lights came on.
"…First words!"
However, after seeing Bai Ke following behind Jiang Chuyan, Xu Yuanzhou's expression suddenly became extremely gloomy.
His chest heaved and he felt very upset, but the next second, he forced himself to remain calm and straighten up.
"Ah, you guys are back."
His voice is hoarse.
The soundproofing of the small building was so poor, but Xu Yuanzhou acted as if he had just realized someone had come in.
Jiang Chuyan looked at Xu Yuanzhou strangely.
The other person's appearance at the moment was very abnormal. Jiang Chuyan had originally prepared herself for an emotional and persistent person, but now Xu Yuanzhou looked unusually quiet.
Jiang Chuyan even felt that Xu Yuanzhou seemed to be avoiding him.
Because within a few minutes after they came back, Xu Yuanzhou avoided his gaze and found an excuse to hide in the room.
…
Jiang Chuyan stared at Xu Yuanzhou's hunched back for a few seconds, and his vision was blocked by He Yuan.
"Why hasn't Liu Tianyu gotten up yet? He slept all day, right?"
He Yuan raised his head and looked at the second floor, muttering.
He sounds quite worried.
"I'll go take a look."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chuyan immediately put Xu Yuanzhou out of his mind and hurried upstairs.
*
"Crack—"
"Crack—"
…
"Liu Tianyu, are you still awake? Are you still feeling unwell?"
…
Xu Yuanzhou could still clearly hear Jiang Chuyan's every move in the room on the first floor.
When Xu Yuanzhou heard the other party's familiar voice, he felt a pain in his chest, and a bloody smell surged up and filled his throat.
At this moment, Bai Ke had already staggered into the room, passed by him without even looking at him, and was about to go to bed.
Xu Yuanzhou suddenly reached out and grabbed the other person.
Bai Ke staggered when he caught her and almost fell to the ground.
"What are you doing?"
Bai Ke suddenly turned around and glared at Xu Yuanzhou irritably.
His head was still dizzy, and he didn't even have the energy to respond to Xu Yuanzhou.
"…"
For several seconds, Xu Yuanzhou didn't say a word. He just stared at Bai Ke, breathing heavily, his eyes full of bloodshot.
After a few seconds of stalemate, Xu Yuanzhou finally spoke hoarsely, "Why did you go find Jiang Chuyan? Do you think you have me under your thumb, so you want to find Chuyan to threaten me?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Ke's head was full of question marks.
"What do you mean by tact or not...Brother Yuanzhou, I don't know what you're talking about. I feel a little dizzy and I want to sleep..."
"What happened this afternoon was just a mistake from beginning to end. Don't think you have any evidence against me. If you dare to tell Chu Yan about this, I will make you regret it!"
Xu Yuanzhou's hands were shaking as he spoke.
A hint of annoyance flashed in Bai Ke's eyes.
In fact, Bai Ke has always known that he was the one who licked Xu Yuanzhou more. Now Xu Yuanzhou is in a weak position no matter what. Under normal circumstances, even if he is confused, he can soften his attitude and say some nice words to coax the other party.
However, today, when Bai Ke looked at Xu Yuanzhou like this, she felt nothing at all.
Bai Ke just felt dizzy and sleepy, and was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes.
He shook off Xu Yuanzhou's hand without any patience.
"We can talk tomorrow if you have anything to say... I'm very sleepy, I'm going to bed."
Bai Ke walked straight to the bed and lay down on it without even taking off his clothes.
Xu Yuanzhou was gasping for breath. He stared at the wet footprints left by Bai Ke on the ground and trembled uncontrollably.
The indifference in Bai Ke's eyes made Xu Yuanzhou feel breathless.
He wanted to wake the other person up, but looking at Bai Ke's back, Xu Yuanzhou retracted his hand in fear. What he feared most now was to anger Bai Ke and let Bai Ke tell Jiang Chuyan about that incident.
If that's the case...
He would never be able to win Jiang Chuyan back.
"Fuck, it was just a mistake."
As he thought about it, Xu Yuanzhou half-sat on the ground in a dejected manner. He grasped his hair tightly with his hands. For the first time in his life, he knew what it meant to be unable to cry.
He was well aware that he had made an irreversible... mistake.
At this moment, he recalled everything that happened in the afternoon and had no idea why he did that.
He and Bai Ke went to bed.
*
In fact, when Bai Ke left him and ran out of the room, he was already extremely furious.
After all, he thought Bai Ke was still by his side after being abandoned, but Bai Ke just quit because of his harsh words.
This was a huge blow like a nuclear bomb to Xu Yuanzhou's self-esteem.
After hastily bandaging his wound, Xu Yuanzhou lay down on the bed in a bad mood.
However, not long after he lay down, the severe pain in his hand gradually subsided. When he was drowsy, a pair of cold hands suddenly wrapped around his back.
It must be Bai Ke who has returned.
Moreover, perhaps because of the stimulation, the boy who had been secretly seducing her this time went straight to the point.
Xu Yuanzhou's body froze for a moment.
"Don't mess around—"
He said unnaturally.
However, under the opponent's clever technique, he began to stand up uncontrollably.