"Clang!"
Shen Qingfeng was startled. He sat up abruptly and saw Lu Yan covering his head and sitting on the ground, gasping in pain.
Next to his head was the culprit with a bulge on it, the wooden table. Lu Yan's iron-like head had just bumped into the corner.
"Pfft!" Shen Qingfeng couldn't help laughing gleefully. The gloom in his heart vanished in an instant. Looking at Lu Yan sitting on the ground rubbing his head, something in his heart softened quietly.
He got out of bed, squatted in front of Lu Yan, and covered the wound with his hand over Lu Yan's, asking, "Does it hurt?"
"Yeah." Lu Yan nodded obediently. For some reason, it seemed to Shen Qingfeng that there was a hint of coquetry and grievance in Lu Yan's voice.
Who would have thought that this God of War from the Northern Kingdom would become so... cute after getting drunk?
Shen Qingfeng felt much better. He gently knelt on the ground and slowly pried Lu Yan's hands away with both hands. "Relax. Let me take a look."
Lu Yan gasped in pain but still obediently let go of his hands. There was a large bruise on his forehead from hitting the protruding table corner. Such a handsome face was marred like this. Shen Qingfeng sighed. Seeing that he seemed to be in great pain, he blew on the wound, took out a box of ointment from his bosom, and said, "You deserve it."
Hearing this, Lu Yan suddenly seemed to deflate. He slumped on the ground, letting Shen Qingfeng apply the medicine on him. This was the first time Shen Qingfeng had seen Lu Yan like this. He didn't expect Lu Yan to be so obedient after getting drunk. If he had a pair of ears, they would probably be drooping beside his head, looking aggrieved now.
A smile appeared on Shen Qingfeng's lips. He softly scolded, "You were squeezing my arm so hard just now. We're even now."
Hearing this, Lu Yan secretly glanced at him. His eyes were very big. Looking at Shen Qingfeng like this made Shen Qingfeng feel a bit at a loss for a moment.
"Cough." Shen Qingfeng cleared his throat. As if to prove something, he rolled up his sleeve. There was a bruise on his forearm, the result of Lu Yan's "octopus-like" hold just now.
Lu Yan stared at the bruise. His mind was still muddled, and he couldn't tell that the bruise on Shen Qingfeng's arm was caused by himself. But this was Shen Qingfeng's arm. Seeing such a glaring mark on his fair arm, Lu Yan frowned. His first reaction was to grab Shen Qingfeng's forearm to take a closer look, but Shen Qingfeng dodged his hand and ordered, "Sit still!"
Lu Yan was stunned. He looked at Shen Qingfeng and then reluctantly withdrew his hand, sitting obediently on the ground.
Shen Qingfeng couldn't help but look at Lu Yan a few more times.
Really... this fool was so much more likable after getting drunk than when he was sober.
After Shen Qingfeng finished applying the medicine, Lu Yan let out a belch. His eyelids were drooping, but he still stubbornly refused to fall asleep.
"Okay, go to bed and rest quickly." Shen Qingfeng put away the medicine box, patted Lu Yan's shoulder, and said, "Look, you can hardly keep your eyes open."
Just as Shen Qingfeng was about to get up, Lu Yan grabbed his sleeve. "Take a bath..."
Shen Qingfeng sighed. "People who are drunk shouldn't take a bath. You'll feel even dizzier."
Lu Yan was stubborn. "You don't like it... I want to take a bath."
Shen Qingfeng didn't expect Lu Yan to remember his words just now. He looked at Lu Yan for a while and then softly said, "Then take a bath."
"I..." Lu Yan opened his mouth. "I can't."
Was this guy really drunk or just pretending? Shen Qingfeng leaned closer to his face to take a closer look. After seeing Lu Yan's unfocused pupils, he stepped back a bit.
Looking at the obvious bump on Lu Yan's forehead, Shen Qingfeng couldn't help but sigh.
If he let him take a bath alone, would something happen...
Shen Qingfeng rubbed his forehead.
Forget it. He might as well do a good deed to the end. Shen Qingfeng thought. Maybe it was because his feelings for Xia Chuli resonated with Lu Yan's feelings for him. Without even realizing it, he didn't seem to be as repulsed by Lu Yan as before.
He put one hand under Lu Yan's arm and then grabbed his other shoulder. He exerted all his strength and tried to carry Lu Yan on his back. But Shen Qingfeng was good at using his brain, not at physical work. He almost used all his strength to carry Lu Yan to the bathtub. He gasped for breath and cursed secretly that Lu Yan's muscles were really a hassle. Then he used both hands to throw Lu Yan into the bathtub.
Fortunately, Lu Yan still had a bit of consciousness. He grabbed the edge of the bathtub with both hands. His body swayed unsteadily, and he was about to step in.
"Hey! You haven't taken off your clothes yet!" Shen Qingfeng kindly reminded him.
"Okay."
Shen Qingfeng sighed. He put one hand on his chest and closed his eyes, gasping for breath. But when he opened his eyes, he saw Lu Yan standing there naked!
Lu Yan's skin was a healthy wheat color. There were several crisscrossing scars on his broad back, but they weren't glaring. Instead, they gave a wild sense of beauty. His well - proportioned muscles and lines extended from his shoulder blades all the way to his hips. Shen Qingfeng felt a rush of blood to his head and almost fell to the ground.
"What are you doing?!"
"Taking off my clothes..." Lu Yan seemed a bit confused and was about to turn around to look at Shen Qingfeng.
Shen Qingfeng's scalp went numb, and he quickly stopped him. "Don't turn around!!!"
Lu Yan stopped immediately. His body only turned halfway, but Shen Qingfeng could already faintly see the tuft of black hair in front of his crotch.
Damn it!
Shen Qingfeng kept chanting in his mind, "Don't look and don't listen to obscenities." He felt that all the four commandments of a gentleman he had learned in two lifetimes had been ruined by Lu Yan in just one short night!
Really—!
"You go in and take a bath by yourself!" Shen Qingfeng shouted. Then he didn't want to stay in this troublesome place any longer and directly dodged around the screen and returned to the inner room.
Shen Qingfeng sat down on the chair nervously, but the "sexy" scene of Lu Yan just now kept lingering in his mind. He touched his blushing face and cursed under his breath.
Shen Qingfeng was not an ascetic. It was just a pity that in his previous life, he was lustful for Xia Chuli's body, but the two of them had only kissed and didn't do anything more. Although he said so, in his previous life, just chasing after Xia Chuli had consumed too much of his energy, so he had never even thought about those things.
And now...
Shen Qingfeng looked up at the screen not far away. He knew that behind the screen was that man who was already drunk and clearly expressed his love for him.
Shen Qingfeng understood Lu Yan's deep affection. Because Lu Yan was so much like his previous self, he could even fully understand how tortured and tormented Lu Yan was. But even so, he still couldn't accept Lu Yan now.
After all, he had been heartbroken by Xia Chuli. The so - called cool words like "to make up for the failure of one relationship with another" had no persuasion at all after his heart had been intermittently drained by Xia Chuli for ten years.
Just like a person who had been extremely hungry couldn't overeat all at once, his dried - up heart couldn't hold Lu Yan's intense feelings at all. Moreover, what kind of feelings did he have for Lu Yan now?
Did he have feelings of love for Lu Yan?
The answer was no. For Lu Yan, he might feel more guilt and empathy. He couldn't accept Lu Yan's love with such feelings. After all, that would be too unfair to Lu Yan.
Shen Qingfeng sighed softly.
Because of King Xia Jie, there were surely many more changes to come between him and Lu Yan. Since he had chosen to act, he had to act to the end.
And he had to let Lu Yan know this.
Shen Qingfeng lowered his eyes. In his mind, the grief - stricken look on Lu Yan's face in the Mountain and River Hall just now flashed by.
After all, now, he didn't want him to be so sad.