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020-01


Li Dong smiled silently and waited for Xi Xingling to finish bathing. 


After about ten minutes, Xingling jumped out wrapped in a bath towel. As soon as he came out, he couldn’t wait to pounce on Li Dong. He nuzzled into Li Dong’s neck and begged for a kiss. After asking for several kisses, he laid down and began working.


“Second Young Master, I’ll start now.”


“...”


Li Dong just watched him play, and occasionally gave him a look or made a small sound, which made Xingling very motivated.


It was obvious that he was really happy, and Xingling continued until he finally stopped after a long struggle.


Xingling turned to Li Dong after and said in a sickeningly sweet way, “Second Young Master…” The smile on his face was blinding. “I’m so tired after that, can you kiss me?”


“...” Li Dong acquiesced.


“Why are you so kind?” Xi Xingling closed his eyes and murmured. “I could die for you right now, Second Young Master.”


“What about tomorrow?”


Xi Xingling fell back into Li Dong’s arms, and he couldn’t help but laugh. “Oh, Second Young Master, how is your humor so dry, but you make me laugh so hard.”


“You just laugh easily.” Li Dong clarified, sleepy. “Stop laughing, go find me a cigarette.”


“You want to smoke again?” Xi Xingling pushed at his chest. “Stop smoking. Smoking is not good and will negatively affect your health.”


“Then what should I do if I want to smoke? I just crave it.” Li Dong said, but it wasn’t his own craving for cigarettes. It should be that of Yubai.


“If your mouth craves it, just kiss me instead.” XI Xingling said to Li Dong. He had just kissed him twice, but Xingling wanted to continue being kissed. He likes constantly being in skin-to-skin contact with Li Dong.


“Chi- you are quite scary.” Li Dong observes Xingling thinking about men only, all the time. To describe him, at best, he is an emotional person, at worst, he is an animal driven by desire.


Li Dong hates people who are driven by their bodily desires the most, so he wonders if he can ever accept Xi Xingling without being disgusted with himself.


“How can I…” Xi Xingling then realized that Li Dong seemed to have no desire to chat, so he wisely calmed down. “Second Young Master, you go to sleep, I won’t disturb you anymore.” HIs body also instinctively moved slightly away from Li Dong, so that Li Dong could sleep more comfortably.


“So obedient?” Is this still the clingy maniac Xi Xingling he knew before?


Li Dong glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and then reached out to reward him for his obedience with a scratch on the chin. “Then I’m going to sleep. Wake me up before eight o’clock in the evening.”


“Are you going to be leaving after that?” Xi Xingling asked timidly.


“You can’t bear me leaving, but don’t you have your sex toys to accompany you even without me here?” Li Dong joked with his eyes closed, looking as if he could pass out at any time.


“...” Xingling smiled to himself pitifully. Of course he couldn’t bear Li Dong leaving. He wished he could tie himself to Li Dong’s belt every day.


But even though he couldn’t realistically do that, Xingling is already very happy now with Li Dong sleeping in his bed.


Li Dong didn’t stay asleep until eight o’clock. He received a call from Han Tianlin at six o’clock, asking him where he was now and for him to go home immediately.


Li Dong got out of bed to see Xi Xingling wearing loose pajamas. He was leaning against the door and looking at Li Dong, holding a cup of scented tea.


“I’m leaving.” Li Dong approached him, picked up the scented tea in his hand, took a sip, and then left.


When Li Dong returned home, the lights were brightly lit. His patients, Han Tianlin, and someone who surprised Li Dong with his presence but also was completely expected to be there: Gu Xichen.


The image of a man with a prince-like temperament sitting in a luxurious hall can really make people attracted. Li Dong sort of understood how Han Yubai could have been obsessed with him for so long.


But Li Dong got to know Xi Xingling before even meeting Gu Xichen, and whenever he saw Gu Xichen’s face that looked exactly like Xi Xingling’s, with a similar reserved and noble expression, he always felt happy.


“There’s such a large crowd waiting for me at home?” Li Dong swaggered in. He greeted everyone in turn, and then took a seat at the dinner table beside Han Tianlin. The chair was purposely placed there by his brother.


“Yu Bai, why didn’t you greet Brother Chen?” Han Tianlin prompted as he gave a slight kick to his younger brother’s feet.


Li Dong looked up at Gu Xichen, who also looked back at him. “Yubai,” XIchen called first, as if he didn’t understand why the young man who used to be in love with him was so cold to him now, after meeting again.


“Brother Chen,” Li Dong called quietly, smiling.


“Since Yubai is home now, let’s eat,” Wang Yun ordered. Then, her eyes turned to Li Dong.


She dotes on her youngest son very much, just as much as Tianlin does. She has not seen her youngest son for a whole month and missed him very much. “You’ve come back now, please don’t run around anymore. Either come work in my company or follow Tianlin, you make your own choice. You can’t just keep wasting around doing nothing, you know.”


“You’re mother is right.” Their father turned towards Li Dong with a straight face. Compared to Wang Yun and Han Tianlin, he rarely doted on his youngest son. “It’s been so long since you graduated from university, and you’re still doing nothing all day long. How can you think this is okay? Look around at other people at your age, are any of them still just hanging out doing nothing like you?”


“...” Li Dong curled his lips, not knowing what to say.


“Look at Xichen, his business abroad has been growing exponentially. Now, he had several subsidiaries opening as soon as he returned to China. These were all done by himself without any assistance from his parents, not one penny from his family.”


“Uncle, you are being too nice, it took years of hard work to get to where I am today.” Gu Xichen saw Li Dong’s uncaring expression, and he felt like it was a bit weird. “Yu Bai is still young and has an unfettered personality. In fact, it’s quite nice to live life happily like this. Besides, Tianlin and I are both by his side, so why make things so difficult for him?”


Wang Yun had been grimacing this entire time, but now relaxed as she heard this. She smiled. “With Tianlin and Xichen here, I’m very relieved.” They both doted on their younger counterpart, so as parents, they had nothing to worry about even if the youngest son failed to achieve anything.


“Hmph,” this didn’t appease the father at all. He had many opinions about Han Yubao. He felt that his younger son was indolent and had a bad character.


translator’s notes:

consider buying me some caffeine!

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