Seeing Mu Yao’s almost flattering smile, Xu Qichen could no longer suppress his emotions.
He had no reason to treat him like this.
Guilt washed over him suddenly.
“Sorry, I…”
But once again, his words were swallowed back down.
Mu Yao stood up and reached out with his right arm to pull Xu Qichen into his embrace.
“Don’t push me away.” Soaked in the moonlight, his voice was overly tender. “It would hurt.
His not-quite-there-laugh had a hint of pleasant cunning.
Even if it is only because of this half-threatening, half-acting cute trick, even if it’s only out of pity that you can’t push me away, as long as I can hug you, then I have won — that was his original intention.
Unexpectedly, Xu Qichen slowly raised his arms and wrapped them around his waist in a silent reciprocation.
That was an unexpected reaction.
They stood like that in silence for about a minute. When he felt that Xu Qichen was about to end the hug, he chose to break it himself.
“Senior,” Mu Yao said, “I want to take a shower.”
Xu Qichen looked at him in confusion, “Then… go ah…”
Mu Yao raised the corners of his lips and pointed at his tied-up left arm, “Help me remove this.”
Xu Qichen immediately understood and helped him quickly remove the sling. Mu Yao shrugged his numb left shoulder but accidentally pulled his chest muscles, making him hiss in pain, “I can hear my bones crunching whenever I move.”
“It must hurt a lot ba, it’s best if you don’t move your arm.”
“Then how can I shower?” Mu Yao asked with a laugh, “I can’t even strip.”
Xu Qichen replied without even thinking, “I’ll help you.” Then grabbed the bottom of Mu Yao’s jersey, “Lift up your arm gently ah.”
Mu Yao really wanted to suppress his smile. He repeated to himself, ‘Don’t be too obvious, don’t be too obvious.’ But his rebellious lips turned up uncontrollably.
When he looked up, Xu Qichen immediately saw Mu Yao’s sharp tooth and asked doubtfully, “What are you so happy about?”
“I’m not.” Mu Yao raised his arms, “It hurts, senior, hurry up and take it off for me.”
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He reached an arm around Xu Qichen’s waist, “Let’s just make the misunderstanding become the truth.”
Feeling ticklish, Xu Qichen flinched and knocked his elbow against the cupboard. He groaned in pain.
Mu Yao immediately dropped the prank, He held Xu Qichen’s elbow and rubbed it gently, “Okay, I’ll stop.”
In the end, he had to shower by himself.
Even after hesitating for so long, he did not dare to ask. He was afraid of coming across as being too forward.
Afraid that he would feel disgusted.
In the face of a person you like too much, it always feels like you’re walking on thin ice. Even if you can feel the other party’s favour, it always feels like the favour is no stronger than a bubble that may pop if you take a wrong step.
In the end, it’s because you care too much.
When you meet the person you like the most, your first thought is that he won’t like you.
Mu Yao sat in the bathtub and disappointedly tugged off the hair tie.
Suddenly he heard the sound of the doorknob twisting, “I’m coming in.”
His mood suddenly cleared up.
This was not like Xu Qichen at all, so it was completely unexpected.
In any case, it’s a good thing that he did not lock the door.
Xu Qichen came in wearing slippers and holding a stool. He sat beside the bathtub. “Close your eyes.” Then poured water over Mu Yao’s hair, squeezed some shampoo on his palm, put both his hands on Mu Yao’s head, and gently rubbed his scalp.
“Am I using too much strength?”
“It’s just right.”
“Don’t move your arm ah.”
“Okay.”
It really feels like washing a dog.
Xu Qichen actually thought it was funny.
Although he was nervous and his heart was pounding.
But he still managed to finish helping him wash up.
It took a while before Xu Qichen found time to shower himself. When he came out of the bathroom into the bedroom, he saw that Mu Yao had already put on a pair of pants and was lying on the bed half naked. So he picked up the short-sleeved shirt on the bed, put it over Mu Yao’s head and slowly put it on for him.
He’s so tall…
As Xu Qichen helped Mu Yao tie his left arm up and put on the girdle, he said embarrassedly, “En… My clothes might be a little small, I’ll get you a change of clothes from the hostel tomorrow.”
Mu Yao said very seriously, “The clothes are fine, only the underwear is too small.” Then he grinned so widely that his sharp teeth showed again.
Xu Qichen said with a straight face, “If you carry on like this I’ll help you break the bones on the other side too.”
0901’s voice suddenly appeared: “Mr. Xu has learned to threaten! You are no longer the Mr. Xu I know!”
Xu Qichen asked helplessly: Do you exist just to give comments without warning? By the way, you haven’t given me my reward for the past few days.
0901 replied solemnly: Because the rewardable actions were happening too frequently, the system is calculating it together.
Xu Qichen: Take your time, I’m sleeping.
Seeing Xu Qichen take blankets out from the cupboard and put them on the floor, Mu Yao made an aggrieved face and said, “Senior, you won’t be making this injured person sleep on the floor ba.”
Xu Qichen simply made a bed on the floor and took a pillow from the bed, “Of course not, I’ll sleep on the floor, you sleep on the bed.”
This answer was not much better.
Seeing Xu Qichen was already lying down on the floor, Mu Yao also got up from the bed and wordlessly lay down beside him.
“Get back on the bed,” Xu Qichen pushed his right arm, “the floor is too hard.”
Mu Yao stubbornly closed his eyes, “I’ll sleep wherever you’re sleeping.”
Even after repeating himself several times, Mu Yao pretended not to hear him. Xu Qichen could only sigh and bring the pillow back onto the bed. He stuck close to the wall and slept facing the wall.
Mu Yao climbed into the bed grinning, and lay down with his right arm against the side of the bed. Keeping a distance of about 10cm between them, he quietly stared at Xu Qichen’s back.
Even if nothing was real, having this one moment was enough.
Xu Qichen could not sleep. His mind was filled with things like the match in the afternoon, that pair of demons, and Ning Zheng who was still investigating.
To be honest, he was a little confused. This world was simply too different. In the previous world, he made big changes to the plot right from the beginning and basically rebuilt the entire plot in the later part. But this time, he has been moving according to the plot. There had inevitably been some difference, but he did not think that those differences could cause a butterfly effect capable of changing the plot so much.
He went through the details carefully. In the novel, number 8 and number 21 indeed showed up in this match and hurt Mu Yao, but he was very certain that he had written an arm injury. So there was a change in the method of attack that caused a more serious injury. That meant that the plot had indeed changed.
According to the original plan, the real boss, that is, the criminal group behind it, should appear in two chapters. They are the behind the scenes in this novel.
Demons’ extraordinary physical strength had always been coveted by some people, but they had their own ideas and did not want to be controlled easily by the humans.
Therefore, this criminal group had cooperated with some immoral biological scientists to develop drugs to improve the demons’ power, hence attracting a group of demons.
But this was only the beginning. The real motive was to destroy their minds in order to control these strong demons like animals.
Two more chapters. That should happen in about a week.
Xu Qichen could not simply sit and wait.
In the original text, these two little demons are just an example. Their arrogance aroused Mu Yao’s suspicion. At the same time, while they were being investigated by Mu Yao, they left a trail that made Ning Zheng mistakenly regard Mu Yao as the suspect of several previous homicides. Finally, the pursuit of the criminal group behind them caused Mu Yao to be attacked from both sides.
This must not happen. They must not follow the original plot.
Xu Qichen’s mind was moving quickly. He filtered out his anxiety and fear and put himself at the God’s point of view, once again looking at all the plotlines as the author.
Just like writing it all over again.
Numbers 8 and 21.
Ning Zheng.
Criminal group.
Mu Yao.
Simplify the complicated relationship diagram into four points.
As long as Mu Yao is kept out of the picture, Ning Zheng’s attention would be attracted by the two demons. Then slowly feed Ning Zheng breadcrumbs so that he would investigate the hidden boss. This way, Mu Yao would be safe.
No matter what, he must set up the new plot while Mu Yao is recovering. Otherwise, this world’s mission may very well fail.
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Thank you for the chapter!
Mu Yao being so shameless!
but didn’t the one from the first world know who he was and who XQ was? So is Mu Yao just pretending in this world?
thanks for the chapter <3
XD my baby grew he learned to threaten people!
thanks for the chapter ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
gosh that bit at the end with all the short sentences is perfect
Thank you for the chapter! Can’t wait for the next one~
this arc has higher stakes!