Su Lin, who was hugged around his neck, could feel Xu Qichen’s nose bone rubbing against his shoulder through his coat. He felt a bit hoarse in his throat and couldn’t speak.
Xu Qichen had not mentioned that night until now, so Su Lin had naturally told himself that he must have lost consciousness while being converted, without knowing anything. So everything that had been said that night did not count.
The exchange of blood between vampires is called bonding, which is an intimate and private ritual. Once completed, they would become mutual partners and share each other’s lives for the rest of time.
He didn’t want Xu Qichen to make such a significant decision without realizing it.
But at this moment, he realized that this person knew everything, knew about the love he had blurted out, and knew the meaning of them sharing blood.
He wrapped his arms around Xu Qichen and let out a very light sigh.
Xu Qichen’s was buried on his shoulder, his entire nose filled with the smell of his body, causing him to feel uncomfortable all over, like a little mouse falling into a honey jar, about to drown in this sweetness.
He still had a little bit of reason left, Xu Qichen lifted his head, his hat tilted. Su Lin took off his hat, arranged his hair, and gently kissed his forehead.
Xu Qichen suddenly felt very embarrassed. It was rare for Su Lin to be so gentle, so he felt even more greedy.
With just a hint of guilt, Xu Qichen quickly kissed Su Lin on the lips, then snatched the hat from his hand and put it back on his head.
“I’m hungry, I wanna eat.”
Su Lin started the car and said, “What do you want to eat?”
Xu Qichen’s swung his legs, “Let’s eat… Mao Xue Wang!” He suddenly became happy, “Mao Xuewang is just blood, right? And it’s also very spicy. It’s my favorite flavor!”
Su Lin, who was speechless, could only silently turn the steering wheel and leave the dim parking lot.
“I’m beginning to regret converting you.”
Xu Qichen twisted around to stare at him, “Why?”
“You’re embarrassing. Don’t go around telling anyone I was the one who converted you.”
Despite his words, Su Lin still drove them to a nearby Sichuan-style restaurant. Xu Qichen happily ordered a large portion of extra spicy Mao Xue Wang.
“I’ve decided! From now on, I’ll eat this every day!”
“No,” Su Lin rejected the idea immediately. “That’s bad for your health.”
“Then I’ll only eat it three times a week!”
“Once a fortnight.”
Xu Qichen knew he couldn’t win an argument with Su Lin and could only reluctantly agree. He also knew that if he made a scene when he wanted to eat, Su Lin wouldn’t give in.
Satisfied with his meal, Xu Qichen walked out of the restaurant without putting on his mask in time. As soon as he opened the door, he was burned by the midday sun on his face. Su Lin heard him hiss and immediately covered Xu Qichen’s face with his palm, allowing him to put on his mask.
Upon returning to his office, Su Lin closed the curtains and examined Xu Qichen’s face. “Take off the mask, let me take a look.”
“I’m fine,” Xu Qichen said, though he still obediently took off the mask.
Su Lin lightly held his chin and turned his face. The skin under his right cheekbone was burned by sunlight, but fortunately it was protected by the medicine, leaving only a very light red mark.
Su Lin stood up and took out a can of ice cola he had just bought. He gently pressed it against Xu Qichen’s face. Seeing him instinctively step back, he sighed and removed it. His free hand reached into Xu Qichen’s long sleeve and caught the cool hand hidden inside.
“Do you think it’s a pity?”
Xu Qichen was confused, “What’s a pity?”
Su Lin once again pressed the can to his cheek and gently rolled it. “You really like the sunshine, right?” he said, looking at the flickering light leaking from under the curtains. “Now that you’re a vampire, you can’t enjoy the sunshine anymore. You can only hide in the dark and move around at night.”
Xu Qichen replied, “En, I do like the sunshine.”
His affirmation made Su Lin, who was already sad, feel even more down.
“But it’s not a pity.” Xu Qichen tilted Su Lin’s face so they were face to face, and smiled, “Because you are my sun.”
Su Lin looked at Xu Qichen, who was sincerely smiling, and the feeling in his heart was indescribable.
Su Lin thought Xu Qichen got it wrong.
Because Xu Qichen was the sun.
Unconsciously appearing in Su Lin’s dark and lonely life, he generously released the light and heat he was not accustomed to, and wrapped him in warmth as much as he could.
It gave him a little anticipation and attracted him to this beautiful light.
But he didn’t have the courage to face this enthusiasm directly.
Su Lin helplessly curled up the corner of his mouth and gently kissed Xu Qichen’s eyes without saying anything.
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Although he was not an ordinary human, long surgeries were still particularly exhausting.
When he returned home, it was already very late. He guessed that Xu Qichen should have gone to bed, but as soon as he opened the door, he found that the TV in the living room was still on and there was a western sitcom playing. Su Lin took off his coat, changed into shoes, and walked into the living room. Xu Qichen was half lying down, one arm cushioning his head, his legs folded together, while his fair ankles peeked out from the legs of the dark blue pants. Su Lin was tempted to rub his ankle.
After taking a shower, Su Lin sat down on the woolen carpet and quietly looked at Xu Qichen’s sleeping face, feeling like the world has slowed down at this moment.
His perked up nose, his eyelids so thin that the blood vessels can vaguely be made out, the small marks of sunburn on his cheeks, and the habitual slight opening of his lips during sleep. Every tiny detail was incredibly beautiful in Su Lin’s eyes.
He leaned over to Xu Qichen’s face and lightly kissed the tip of his nose. Xu Qichen, who was sleeping soundly, furrowed his brow and raised his hand to touch his itchy nose. As soon as he put it down, his hand was grabbed by Su Lin, who used one of his fingers to rub his nose.
Now Xu Qichen’s entire face furrowed and he snorted vaguely, like a awakened hamster, unable to open his eyes. He only reached out and grabbed around, touching Su Lin’s face, and then began to giggle.
“You’re home…”
Su Lin looked at him, who was too lazy to even open his eyes. He was very amused and put his hand on his waist to help him up. “Don’t sleep here,” he said.
In this half awakened state, Xu Qichen rested his arms on Su Lin’s shoulders, wrapped around his neck, and leaned into his embrace.
Su Lin originally wanted to carry him on his back, but unexpectedly, this guy hugged him directly. So Su Lin had no choice but to hold him up and wrap his legs around his waist, with his arms supporting his thighs, making him hang on his body like a koala.
As soon as Xu Qichen was placed on the bed, he automatically entered a state of sleep. He shrank into the blanket, revealing only half of his forehead. Su Lin pulled him up, revealing his nose and mouth. Xu Qichen felt the bed beside him sink a bit, and quickly moved over and hugged Su Lin’s back.
Su Lin glanced at the date on his phone, covered Xu Qichen’s hand with his palm, and fell peacefully into sleep.
The next day when Xu Qichen woke up, Su Lin had already gone to work again, leaving him alone at home. He felt like a small pet kept by his owner, eating the food prepared by the owner and waiting everyday at home for his owner to come back.
This metaphor was a bit pitiful. Xu Qichen curled his mouth and leaned down on the table, looking at the note left by Su Lin.
Looking at it, he suddenly felt that the handwriting was a bit strange.
Xu Qichen used to be very interested in calligraphy and studied it for a period of time while practicing calligraphy. Everyone’s handwriting has a fixed amount of brushstroke force and habit. To the trained eye, the written characters would always have a distinctive personal style.
Su Lin’s handwriting was not ugly, but rather a bit unusual in its intensity.
Like he was purposefully changing his handwriting.
Just as he was thinking about it, the doorbell suddenly rang. Xu Qichen thought it was Su Lin who had forgotten something and opened it without even thinking, “Why did you suddenly come back?”
Instead, on the other side of the door was a beautiful, fair-skinned woman in a dazzling purple dress.
As soon as the other party saw Xu Qichen, she immediately introduced herself directly, “Hello, my name is Fang Ya, and I am a friend of Su Lin’s.” She handed Xu Qichen the gift she was holding in her hand, and then let herself in and started changing her shoes.
Xu Qichen knew that Fang Ya was the female vampire who worked in the laboratory in the original text. Xu Qichen, who had figured out the details, slowly closed the door. Unexpectedly, Fang Ya scolded him and said, “You, how can you open the door for a stranger? What if it’s a bad person?”
How can she say this after letting herself in?
What a classic case of acting like the good guy after taking advantage of someone.
Xu Qichen smiled, “Because no one else has ever come here, so I thought Su Lin forgot his keys.”
“I brought you some supplements that are rather tasty, put them in the fridge.”
Xu Qichen looked into the bag, which was filled with red.
Done being polite, Fang Ya circled around Xu Qichen a few times, with a strange expression on her face. Xu Qichen looked at her, “What’s the matter?”
Fang Ya laughed and said, “It’s nothing, just thinking about why that guy is so kind to you.”
Xu Qichen scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, but he didn’t speak.
“He has never converted anyone.” Fang Ya saw the note on the dining table and took a look. “He has the highest bloodline among vampires, and many people have asked him to convert them, but he has never agreed, so I am curious about why he converted you.”
Xu Qichen lowered his head, looking at Fang Ya’s shoes, thinking of the unsatisfactory ending in the original text.
If Su Lin knew that the only person he had ever converted would eventually completely forget him and become his enemy, would he regret it?
Xu Qichen poured himself a glass of water, and as soon as he took a sip, he heard Fang Ya say, “Have you two already exchanged blood?”
Xu Qichen choked on the water and began coughing uncontrollably.
Fang Ya was even more surprised, “Really?”
“No, not yet.” Xu Qichen pursed his lips and said, “Since being converted, only I have been drinking his blood.”
Upon hearing this, Fang Ya burst out laughing, “That old man has such good restraint, hahaha.”
Xu Qichen suddenly thought that being a vampire wasn’t too bad. At least now nobody could see him blush.
“Do you hide at home every day waiting for him to come back?”
Xu Qichen hummed and said, “Because my condition isn’t stable yet, acting alone would be very dangerous.”
Fang Ya suddenly leaned across the table and wiggled her eyebrow at him, “Wanna go and play? Big sis can bring you out.”
On Friday, Su Lin specially adjusted his shift and rushed home at six o’clock. When he opened the door, he found that there was no one in the living room. He vaguely felt something was wrong and walked into the bedroom, but Xu Qichen was still nowhere to be found.
Where did he go?
Su Lin gave Xu Qichen a call.
“The number you are attempting to reach is unavailable.”
What’s going on? He started to panic, subconsciously pacing back and forth in the living room with his phone, thinking about where Xu Qichen would go.
If he simply went out, surely he would inform him?
What if he’s been abducted?
His mind became increasingly chaotic, and once this absurd possibility emerged, it caused him to become irrational.
Suddenly, Su Lin remembered the WeChat notification that he had closed unread during a consultation in the morning. He opened the WeChat interface and indeed saw Xu Qichen’s unread message. Only then did his heart settle down and he heaved a long sigh of relief.
But this peace of mind was gone within three seconds.
Upon tapping on the WeChat message, he stood up, grabbed the key on the porch cabinet, and left.
[Dr. Su, Fang Ya-jie is bringing me out to play.]
Thinking about Xu Qichen’s message, Su Lin felt that he was becoming more and more like an old father, constantly worrying about his child being kidnapped by others.
Four consecutive phone calls were made to Fang Ya along the way, before she finally picked up. It was very noisy at the other end of the call, and Su Lin couldn’t hear her at all. He only heard her shouting the name of a bar. Su Lin hung up the phone and stepped on the accelerator to head straight there.
This bar was difficult to find. It was run by a vampire about his age and was very famous in their circle.
Vampires did not reproduce like humans, and their strength only depended on their bloodline. Therefore, there was almost no clear distinction between genders, and same-sex couples were extremely common.
A clean newborn vampire like Xu Qichen, who was taken there without any sense of propriety by Fang Ya, would be like a rabbit falling into a wolf’s den. Su Lin became more and more angry as he thought, and stepped even harder on the accelerator.
As soon as Su Lin stood at the entrance of the bar, the receptionist noticed his noble bloodline and immediately greeted him with a smile, “Sir, would you like…”
“I’m looking for someone.” Su Lin stepped past her into the bar with his eyes on his phone. The music was so loud that it was hurting his ears.
“Hello? Su Lin?”
It was really too loud. Su Lin frowned, moving the phone further from his ear, “Where are you?”
“Walk further in, we’re near the band!”
Su Lin walked across the dance floor. Several people, both men and women, came up to chat with him when they smelled him. He pretended not to see them and continued onwards single-mindedly, looking for Xu Qichen.
After squeezing in the crowd for a long time, Su Lin finally saw the band and DJ. Looking further, he saw Fang Ya wearing a purple suspender dress. She seemed to have seen Su Lin earlier and waved at him with her slender arm in the distance.
Su Lin walked over and saw Fang Ya sitting alone at the bar. He skipped the greetings and asked, “Where is he?”
“Aren’t you too biased? We’ve known each other for hundreds of years but you won’t even greet me, and all you can think about is your baby.” Fang Ya took a sip of her drink, then pointed, “He went to the restroom. I couldn’t possibly go with him.”
Su Lin took in the two empty glasses on the bar, then headed to the restroom without another word.
The restroom was through a hallway with dim purple light that made one dizzy.
Su Lin strongly disliked the boss’s aesthetics.
He sensed Xu Qichen’s presence before he reached the restroom.
It was a little different from usual.
Upon turning the corner, he did indeed see Xu Qichen. He seemed to be wearing Su Lin’s black shirt, with a loose hem tucked into his pants, and a large patch of snow-white skin exposed at the collar.
He seemed to be drunk, weakly leaning against the wall. The scene had a sense of decadent beauty.
However, that was not Su Lin’s focus.
What caught his eye was that a tall vampire had pushed him against the wall and was about to pull him into his arms!
Su Lin’s blood boiled, and he stepped forward and threw the vampire on the ground, causing passersby to take a few steps back. Xu Qiche’’s condition was not very good, he was completely confused. How much had he drunk? He looked up at the person in front of him and found that it was Su Lin. His wet eyes suddenly curved and naturally leaned against Su Lin. “Dr. Su…”
The vampire who was thrown to the ground was also a guy with good blood lineage. He was so angry and embarrassed that he forced out a strong look and pushed Su Lin on the shoulder. “Do you know the fucking rules?! I picked him first!”
Picked?
This word hit a nerve.
Su Lin put an arm around Xu Qichen’s shoulder and let him lean against his arms. He turned around and glanced at the ignorant vampire, his eyes instantly turning red and his expression extremely cold.
The other vampire’s aura immediately weakened, and he clearly felt that the other party’s bloodline was much higher than his own. However, he was not convinced and was quite stubborn, saying, “You think you’re great just because you’re stronger? You haven’t formed a bond with him, why are you acting like this?”
Upon hearing this sentence, Su Lin furrowed his brows and thought of how the hooligan had leaned towards Xu Qichen’s neck earlier, seeming to be trying to suck his blood. Xu Qichen was so drunk that he couldn’t stand up. He could only stretch his arm around Su Lin’s neck and accidentally rubbed his forehead against Su Lin’s nose.
The arm around his waist tightened tightly, and Xu Qichen’s chest pressed against Su Lin’s solid chest. Su Lin’s other hand supported the back of his neck. The next second, Xu Qichen felt a severe pain, accompanied by a deadly burning sensation, flowing from the side of his neck to his chest.
His whole body began to tremble uncontrollably, as if it had been pierced by an electric current, causing pain, stimulation, and the numbness that followed, spread to all his limbs.
Su Lin released his fangs and affectionately licked the wound he had bitten open on Xu Qichen’s neck.
He looked back at the other vampire, eyes filled with contempt.
“Now we’ve bonded. Scram.”
He muttered under his breath, “Lunatic,” and left.
Since converting him, Su Lin had not drunk Xu Qichen’s blood. Bonding was a very serious matter, after all. He did not expect that he would complete the bonding simply because of someone’s aggravation.
Possessiveness is so scary.
The pain of having his blood vessel bitten open made the drunk Xu Qichen slightly sober up. He touched his neck with his hand, which was stained with a little blood. He looked up at Su Lin with some confusion, but the other person was still thinking about the earlier incident, and his expression was still very fierce.
“Dr. Su, what’s wrong…?” Xu Qichen did not even realize that he had been bitten by Su Lin and that the two of them had already completed the blood exchange.
Su Lin silently grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the hallway back to the bar.
“Oh, you’re back? Why did you take so long?” Fang Ya patted Xu Qichen’s shoulder, only to find that his snow-white neck was bleeding and startled. “Oi, little guy, who bit you!?”
Xu Qichen’s mind was in a state of confusion and he wanted to speak. After holding it for a while, he let out a crisp hiccup. Fang Ya looked at his wound in surprise. Su Lin couldn’t bear it anymore and spoke lightly, “I did it.”
“Oh, phew…” Fang Ya patted her chest in relief, then suddenly gasped, “You, you finally bonded!”
Finally? Su Lin raised his eyebrows in confusion and said, “How did you know?”
”The little guy told me,” Fang Ya immediately said. “He said he sucked your blood unilaterally, and you haven’t touched him yet.”
The two of them spoke without noticing anything amiss with Xu Qichen sitting next to them.
Fang Ya grabbed Su Lin’s arm, “Want a drink?”
Su Lin was about to refuse when Xu Qichen, who was sitting next to him, suddenly hugged his shoulder and tilted his body, causing the stool to fall. Su Lin caught him with both hands, afraid that he might fall. Xu Qichen blurted out Su Lin’s name, and his whole body crawled towards his neck, like a slippery little fish, unable to hold it tightly. Su Lin felt something was wrong and touched his neck, which was extremely hot.
Oh no.
“Why is he strange? Like…”
Su Lin took off his coat and covered Xu Qichen’s body, carrying him and standing up. “Today is the seventh day after his conversion.”
Fang Ya exclaimed, “So today… adult fever? Oh, no, I shouldn’t have let him drink.”
Su Lin did not answer and left the land of trouble with Xu Qichen.
Xu Qichen didn’t know what was wrong with him, as if he was stepping on a soft and floating cloud. The bitten side of his neck felt like someone had lit a fire, causing every cell in his body to boil. His throat so hoarse with thirst that he couldn’t speak, and he could only make hoarse gasps. His consciousness floated in mid air, unable to remember how he had been brought home, only feeling that the fire had become more and more intense, almost burning out all the thoughts in his mind.
It’s too hot!
The sound of the key twisting open the door was like the password unlocking the seal.
The whole way home, Su Lin’s heart was hanging in fear. After finally getting home, he closed the door and walked to the bathroom to turn on cold water for him.
Adult fever is a condition that vampires must experience on the seventh day of their first embrace. Their bodies will experience a high fever, and their desires will also peak, requiring continuous cold water immersions to alleviate the heat.
After experiencing it, newborn vampires will enter a growth period and their performance in all aspects will stabilize.
He was too careless, overwhelmed by the desire for possession, and ended up completing the contract on the day of his adulthood. The stimulation of the bond, alcohol, and adult fever… Even Su Lin had never experienced such a thing and had no idea what the consequences would be.
Seeing the water in the tub about to overflow, he panicked and turned off the water and exited the bathroom.
Xu Qichen was sitting in the hallway, one leg outstretched, the other leg bent, and his elbow resting on it. His head was lowered, hiding his expression. However, the house was too quiet, and Su Lin could clearly hear his uncontrollable breathing.
He walked up to Xu Qichen and half knelt down, pressing his palm against Xu Qichen’s hot cheek.
“Are you okay?”
Xu Qichen raised his head, his blood red eyes misty, and his slightly opened lips also showed red, trembling gently. Before Su Lin appeared by his side, he could barely suppress the impulse in his heart, but now he was kneeling in front of him, and looking into his eyes.
The fire finally burnt away the last vestiges of his hesitation.
Xu Qichen grabbed Su Lin’s shoulders with both hands, suddenly strengthened by the side effects of adult fever. The powerful bloodline belonging to Su Lin in his body began to attack, and before Su Lin could react, he was already pushed to the floor by this newborn vampire.
His throat was burned hoarse, but his eyes were still wet.
“Su Lin, I’m not feeling well…”
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