Sponsored chapter (2/4)
Their lips gently met at the corners, and a brief stillness enveloped them.
For a fleeting moment, Yu Baihan’s thoughts raced. He’d just been kissed by Lu Huan… His heart quickened, his eyelashes quivered, and a tingling warmth suffused his face. An impending sense of embarrassment began to creep into his consciousness:
Should he inch forward and continue this unexpected encounter?
But just as he was contemplating this, the arm around his waist slowly withdrew.
The warm sensation on his lips dissipated, leaving behind slightly erratic breaths in their wake.
Lu Huan hadn’t carried him far. He halted a mere two centimeters away, a distance that felt like an unbridgeable chasm. It was as if their true desires were revealed in the restraint, and ambiguity swelled in the intertwined breaths.
Yu Baihan gently tightened his grip on Lu Huan’s shoulder, as if trying to anchor himself in the moment.
The subtle pressure seemed to awaken them both, causing their breaths to tremble where they hung suspended. Then Lu Huan lowered his gaze, stepped back, and placed Yu Baihan back onto the steps.
Yu Baihan looked up at Lu Huan. Their lips tingle, and in the warm light, the base of Lu Huan’s ear appeared to redden… perhaps a blush?
Yu Baihan felt his own cheeks flush too.
Lu Huan, their Commander, looked rather innocent. Yet beneath that innocence lay a subtle assertiveness. Like a restrained beast longing for freedom, it yearned to break free from its restraints. Yu Baihan couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if those restraints were loosened.
Just as these thoughts swirled in his mind, there came a sound from the kitchen.
Aunt Zhou’s voice carried from the kitchen into the dining room, “The porridge is ready, you can eat it now. I’ll serve it right away.”
Uncle Feng chimed in, “Perfect timing.”
Badump. Yu Baihan’s throat bobbed as he swallowed hard.
The hand that had been on his waist retreated, gently turning him around. From behind him, Lu Huan’s voice carried an undertone of uncertain emotions. “Let’s go eat.”
With that, he gestured with his hand, urging Yu Baihan toward the kitchen.
Complying, Yu Baihan was led into the kitchen, where he took a seat at the table.
Lu Huan stood by the doorway, a hand slipping into his pocket.
Around the table, Aunt Zhou and Uncle Feng were busy arranging spoons, bowls, and chopsticks, seemingly unaware of the undercurrents playing out between the two.
Yu Baihan’s bowl of porridge was still steaming hot, so he picked it up and began blowing on it. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Lu Huan’s lips once again.
His heart raced, and he secretly lamented: his fever thwarted this opportunity; he should’ve seized it!
Lu Huan inquired, “What are you looking at?”
Yu Baihan quickly averted his gaze. “It’s nothing.”
As he spoke, he sipped on the porridge gently, his lips making contact with the rim of the bowl, which was hot from the steaming liquid. His lips, which were naturally pale, started to turn a shade darker as they reacted to the heat.
He was testing the porridge’s temperature, spoon by spoon, using the bowl’s rim, when suddenly Lu Huan commented, “Savor the porridge properly.”
Yu Baihan furrowed his brows slightly in confusion.
Wasn’t he just eating porridge?
Glancing at Lu Huan, he explained, “It’s hot.”
For a few seconds, Lu Huan’s gaze lingered on his lips. He then curled his fingertips and turned away, heading out of the kitchen.
The tall silhouette disappeared beyond the doorway.
Setting the bowl down, Yu Baihan picked up a spoon and began to slowly stir the porridge. He scooped up another spoonful and cautiously brought it to his lips for a taste. The sensation from moments ago seemed to linger on his lips…
Just a peck on the corner of the lips—was that what it felt like?
The heat in his face flared up once more.
What would it be like when their lips met in a real kiss?
…
Yu Baihan initially believed that Lu Huan had gone upstairs after leaving the living room.
However, when he exited the dining room after finishing his meal, he was surprised to discover that Lu Huan was still seated in front of the coffee table in the adjacent hall. On the coffee table lay his own medication, and Lu Huan was meticulously sorting the pills into their proper dosages and arranging them on a plastic tray.
Yu Baihan couldn’t help but tease, “Dr. Lu is personally managing my medications?”
Without lifting his gaze from the task at hand, Lu Huan quipped, “Well, our patient Baihan has been feeling dizzy, and his limbs are weak.”
Yu Baihan smirked inwardly: Is he giving him orders again?
As he approached Lu Huan, he settled into a chair and peered at the medication. “Do you need to take this many pills?”
He playfully bumped his shoulder into Lu Huan’s arm. In response, a pill rolled off the table and dropped onto the floor.
“Oops…”
Yu Baihan quirked an eyebrow, “Dr. Lu, it seems you’re a bit dizzy and your limbs are weak as well. Should I take over?”
Lu Huan brushed away his hand, muttering, “You distracted me.”
Yu Baihan raised an eyebrow: Could Lu Huan’s breath be that powerful?
Nevertheless, he watched with patience as Lu Huan continued sorting the medication:
After all, Lu Huan was helping him, so he didn’t mind a little trouble.
The medications were sorted swiftly, taking about half an hour.
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While waiting for Lu Huan, Yu Baihan couldn’t help but glance at his laptop on the coffee table. A familiar game icon adorned the desktop. He inquired, “Did you uninstall it?”
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Yu Baihan felt a tingle of warmth, like he was being caressed by a gentle flame. When he realized that Lu Huan had turned away, he couldn’t help himself and reached out to pat his shoulder, saying, “Lu Huan.”
Lu Huan questioned, “What?”
“Why aren’t you looking at me?”
Lu Huan responded indifferently, “What do you want me to see?”
Yu Baihan stared at him for a moment, then abruptly leaned closer, his eyes sparkling as if he’d just unearthed a hidden treasure. “Are you blushing… because we almost kissed?”
This sudden revelation caused Lu Huan to swivel around, a sardonic grin tugging at his lips. He pinched Yu Baihan’s cheeks with one hand to silence him. “Blushing?”
Lu Huan’s slender fingers firmly held Yu Baihan’s slightly flushed cheeks.
Lu Huan’s penetrating gaze bore into Yu Baihan’s face for a few moments before he let out a faint chuckle. Then, he playfully touched Yu Baihan’s lowered eyes and teased, “I believe your fever hasn’t fully subsided yet.”
His fingers continued to toy with Yu Baihan’s face.
Yu Baihan sighed contentedly, closing his eyes: Is this the new “Loose Soil” position?
—
Spent half an hour downstairs.
After Yu Baihan took the medicine, he went upstairs and went back to the house to take a shower.
When he came out of the shower, the stuffy bed quilt had been replaced with a new one by the servant.
I can’t sleep right now, and I have nothing to do. Yu Baihan simply sat on the bed and sent Lu Huan a message.
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The other side didn’t return.
Two minutes later, his bedroom door was opened as scheduled.
Lu Huan stood at the door holding his mobile phone, “What’s the matter?”
“Can’t I come to you if I have nothing to do?” Yu Baihan lightly accused, “Doctor Lu, You’re so unfamiliar. You even kissed just now…”
“Si Baihan.”
The two stared at each other for a few seconds.
Yu Baihan showed his usual expression: OuO
After a while, Lu Huan closed the door with his backhand, walked in and sat by the bed. He looked at Yu Baihan and spoke slowly.
“Our Baihan, is this affectionate enough?”
Yu Baihan rubbed against him shyly. “…it’s almost there.”
The two sat on the bed, and Yu Baihan chatted with Lu Huan while swiping his phone. Not long after chatting, a message from Qiao Yun popped up on his phone.
[Qiao Yun]: Have you rested, Bai Han?
He was sleeping in the afternoon, and he didn’t receive the video call from Qiao Yun. He told someone about his fever when he returned to the room, and Qiao Yun called him back right now.
Yu Baihan turned to Lu Huan and said, “I’ll call Aunt Yun.”
Lu Huan hummed, “Do I need to avoid it?”
what to say. Yu Baihan glanced at him reproachfully. Just before he opened his mouth to speak, he saw Lu Huan’s gaze fall on his lips, and he spoke first, “You’re unfamiliar, aren’t you?”
Yu Baihan closed his mouth and nodded.
Now Lu Huan can not only read minds, but also lips?
He bowed his head and made a video call to Qiao Yun.
The video was connected, and Qiao Yun’s worried face appeared on the screen. “How is it? Has the fever gone?”
Yu Baihan touched his forehead and said with uncertainty, “It should.”
Just as he was talking, a hand suddenly stretched out from the side and pushed his hand away. Covering his forehead with a wide palm, he checked his temperature and said, “It’s not that hot anymore.”
Lu Huan withdrew his hand after speaking.
On the opposite side of the video, Qiao Yun was stunned for a moment, then covered her lips, “Oh, Xiao Lu is beside you?”
Yu Baihan turned the phone to Lu Huan. “Come on, show a handsome face.”
“……”
Lu Huan greeted Qiao Yun, “Mrs. Huo.”
“Very good, very good, Xiao Lu will spend more time with Baihan.” Qiao Yun paused after finishing speaking, “Is it a problem with the sound effect? Why do you think Xiao Lu also has a nasal voice?”
Yu Baihan, “He also just had a cold.”
Qiao Yun, “…”
Probably because they were burning one after another, Qiao Yun couldn’t answer the conversation for several seconds. After a long while, she sighed clearly. “You must all be tired during this time? Lao Huo, come here—”
The video screen shook for a while, and then Huo Ming appeared in the video. Huo Ming was concerned at first, then looked at Lu Huan’s expression, and said, “Xiao Lu and I are going to have a few words alone.”
Lu Huan was silent for a second. “Okay.”
As he spoke, he picked up his phone and walked out of the bedroom.
A moment before the bedroom door closed, Yu Baihan faintly heard Huo Ming’s voice coming from the phone——
“It’s almost time to close the net.”
———
Lu Huan and Huo Ming talked outside for ten minutes.
Yu Baihan first took this professional book to read. After a while, the bedroom door was pushed open with a “click”, and he looked up to see Lu Huan walking in.
Lu Huan’s expression seemed to be a little more stable than before, and Mr. Huo’s phone call seemed to give him reassurance.
Yu Baihan also relaxed a little and patted the edge of the bed towards Lu Huan.
Lu Huan sat down with his mobile phone. “The call has not been hung up yet. Mrs. Huo wants to continue chatting with you for a while.”
Yu Baihan was holding a book in his hand. Seeing Lu Huan holding his mobile phone, he turned sideways and started talking to Qiao Yun in the video.
Lu Huan looked down.
Yu Baihan’s black and soft hair almost brushed his shoulder sockets, itching to touch it, he leaned back a little.
As soon as he leaned back, Yu Baihan turned his head and reached out to pull him back, “Lu Huan, don’t bring the camera so close, it will make my face look big.”
“…” Lu Huan looked at him for a few seconds.
Yu Baihan inexplicably read the unsatisfactory meaning in his eyes: There are so many demands on me as a mobile phone holder, don’t we Baihan look embarrassed?
He shyly pushed Lu Huan back, “Then you lean on it.”
On the other side, Qiao Yun laughed “crackingly” for a while.
After chatting for more than half an hour, the two sides were ready to hang up the phone.
Qiao Yun finally blurted, “By the way, don’t stay at home when you’re sick. Go out to get some fresh air and relax. Maybe you’ll recover faster.”
After hanging up the phone, Yu Baihan was a little moved by the words.
He took the mobile phone from Lu Huan, bowed his head, and searched for the health-preserving homestay.
Lu Huan’s voice came from behind. “I’ll ask someone to order it.”
Yu Bai turned his head bluntly! Surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said politely, “That’s a lot of trouble for Dr. Lu…”
“I want to live in the one with a courtyard. Why not go tomorrow?”
Lu Huan snorted, stretched out his hand, turned his approaching face away, took out his phone, and quickly arranged it.
…
After lunch at noon the next day, the two went out.
He didn’t take anyone with him when he went out. Fan Lin was Lu Huan’s special assistant, and he was still working for the company.
Lu Huan drove the car, and Yu Baihan sat in the passenger seat.
Looking at the open street scene outside the car window, he felt much more relaxed and happy. After watching for a while, he turned his head to look at the profile of Lu Huan next to him, feeling grateful, “Dr. Lu has worked hard and even driven me there.”
The private car was driving through a potholed road, and the smooth Maybach bumped a bit.
The car was quiet for a few seconds.
Lu Huan stared ahead, and there was no emotion in his voice. “Is this a new joke you came up with, Si Baihan.”
Yu Baihan, “?”
There was a sneer on the corner of Lu Huan’s mouth. “Who told you I won’t go?”
“……”
Hm???
Is Lu Huan going too?
Yu Bai moistened his dry lips, trying to make up for his mistake, “Why didn’t I see your luggage?”
“Everything you need is in the car.”
“Then I will recover from my illness, don’t you need to go to work in the company?” Is the president who didn’t go home for three days a hallucination?
Lu Huan glanced at him sideways, “Oh.”
Yu Baihan thought about it for a while, then clapped his hands and praised, “I know, our Command Lu always wants to create an illusion that we are not good in a good situation to confuse the enemy…”
“I can’t?” The voice was a little dangerous.
Yu Baihan emphasized, “It’s an illusion.” He beat it up, “Look at you, how sensitive are you?”
“……”
After more than an hour’s drive, the two arrived at their destination.
Lu Huan’s health homestay courtyard is at the foot of a mountain, which is a famous sanctuary for recuperation. The environment is quiet, and the air is fresh and rich in negative oxygen ions.
A separate courtyard has been reserved, and the two of them moved in directly with their bags.
The layout of the courtyard here is somewhat similar to that of Huo Ming’s house. It is a garden landscape in the atrium. The spacious Chinese-style guest room is facing the courtyard, surrounded by raised wooden corridors.
As soon as you walk into the courtyard, you will feel a sense of coolness.
Yu Baihan followed Lu Huan through the corridor and into the room.
The room is divided into two compartments, inside and outside. The outside is a place to drink tea and enjoy the scenery, and the inside is a bedroom for sleeping.
When the two entered the inner room, they saw two single beds, one on the left and one on the right.
Yu Baihan stopped walking, turned to look at Lu Huan, “It’s unfamiliar.”
“…” Lu Huan met his gloomy gaze and was silent for a few seconds before explaining, “Fan Lin ordered it.”
Yu Baihan’s eyes softened slightly. “Okay, forget it.”
After putting away their luggage, the two of them went out of the room.
Yu Baihan sat cross-legged on the small futon in the outer room, and a large area of deep and shallow green in the courtyard was reflected in his eyes, which subconsciously relaxed the tense nerves.
Lu Huan also sat beside him and looked up to the outside of the court.
Yu Baihan looked at him, and the other party’s deep eyebrows stretched out. Compared to the night when he stayed in the company, it was much less hazy.
While watching, Lu Huan suddenly turned his head to look over.
The two looked at each other at close range. Yu Baihan slammed into those dark eyes, paused for a few seconds, and then his eyes suddenly slid to Lu Huan’s thin red lips.
The touch of that two or three seconds was instantly aroused.
He unconsciously pursed his lower lip, then opened it slightly.
A hand was raised suddenly to cover his eyes, his vision was blocked, Yu Baihan stretched out his hand to grab Lu Huan’s wrist. “?”
After pawing twice, there was no movement, and there was no movement on the other side.
He just felt as if a gaze had fallen on his face—contained sharpness, wrapped in gentle heat, bringing a subtle tingling sensation like electric current.
Yu Baihan’s breathing became slightly disordered, “Lu Huan… electrotherapy?”
“……”
The hand covering his eyes was withdrawn.
Seeing the light again, Yu Baihan adjusted to the light, and saw that Lu Huan had gotten up and walked to the courtyard corridor.
The slender and backlit back reflects the lush vegetation, which is framed in the door frame, like a painting.
Yu Baihan touched his heart.
Caught off guard, he was attacking his aesthetic point again.
——
At three or four in the afternoon, the sky was overcast.
Clouds passed over the mountain, and suddenly it rained.
Lu Huan answered a phone call half an hour ago and then went back to the room for a video conference.
Yu Baihan sat outside the corridor.
The ground of the courtyard was wet, and the emerald green grass leaves were drooping, moist, and translucent by the drizzle.
The voice of Lu Huan’s speech came faintly and unhurriedly from behind, intertwined with the sound of the rain hitting the grass leaves outside the court, which was particularly soothing.
Yu Baihan leaned against the partition door, looking at the drizzle in front of the court.
The drizzle washed away the impetuousness in the midsummer air, and washed away the remaining decay and mud.
After the rain on the empty mountain, everything is as new as it is.
…
After sitting outside the corridor for an unknown amount of time, Yu Baihan gradually became sleepy, listening to the sound of rain.
He simply closed his eyes and closed his eyes to rest his mind.
In the bedroom behind, Lu Huan’s voice stopped. A few minutes later, the inner door was pushed open with a clatter, and footsteps came towards the outside.
Yu Baihan was about to open his eyes and sit up when a coat suddenly fell down and fell on him.
“……”
His eyes, which he was about to open, closed again without moving.
Lu Huan stood beside him and did not leave.
Yu Baihan closed his eyes and urged secretly: Should the sensible commander carry the radish back to the house and plant it?
After waiting for about ten seconds, the person beside him seemed to squat down, with a wrist around his back.
He fell down and leaned on Lu Huan’s shoulder.
Lu Huan paused, and called him, “Si Baihan.”
Yu Bai was as steady as an old radish, pretending to sleep to the end. He was silently waiting for Lu Huan to hug and carry him up, when a suppressed sigh suddenly fell in front of him.
The breath blows on the face, as if the straightforward sight is mixed.
Immediately afterwards, one hand pressed his lips and stroked them.
Yu Baihan almost opened his eyes! His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, he tried not to breathe, and trembled.
Fortunately, Lu Huan withdrew his hand the next moment.
The hand passed through the bend of his leg and hugged him.
Baihan, I think, if Lu Huan stopped restraining himself, you’d be crying in bed.
Also, did you know that looking at another person’s eyes, nose, and lips, in that sequence, multiple times, means that you like them and wanna kiss them? Also, also, the position of your feet and knees shows if you wanna be close to someone (pointing towards them) or leave (pointing away / towards the exit).
Ohhhh :0
Kiss kiss kiss! These two will be the death of me with how adorable they act around each other 🤭 slowly falling in love tropes are the best!
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Thanks for the chapter 💞
Thank you so much
kiss, kiss, fall in love ~ !
sorry this was supposed to be a comment
Just kiss please