This Young Master got drunk and drugged at the same time QWQ
Translation Checker: jellypeaches (also co-translated the pre-edited version)
Editor: jellypeaches, Dobhsh, Special_K
Like a wild beast patrolling its territory, Lin Bozhou surveyed the whole room with ease, except what hid beneath the calm surface was a danger capable of tearing any prey to pieces.
And Meng Huan was the prey he locked on.
In this quiet atmosphere, Meng Huan was tense all over. He was so scared by the sudden appearance of Lin Bozhou that his soul left his body.
Before he could come to his senses, he heard the sound of kneeling and kowtowing.
“Greetings to Your Royal Highness.”
“Greetings to Your Royal Highness.”
Lu Nanxing and Xu Ruolin, who had just insulted Lin Bozhou energetically, lifted up their sleeves and knelt down, kowtowing to Lin Bozhou.
“…”
These fluent and skillful motions made Meng Huan’s heart thud as his lips twitched slightly.
Did they not agree that they’d be going against Lin Bozhou all together?
Lin Bozhou looked as if he had just noticed these insignificant people. He gazed down, sizing them up neither heavily nor lightly. “Which family do you kids come from?”
Xu Ruolin said, sweating cold buckets, “This junior is Xu Ruolin, the elder son of Xu Shu, the Zhenguan Marquis.”
Lu Nanxing’s voice was also stiff. “This student is the son of Lu Shi, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites.”
It was hard to tell if Lin Bozhou took in their words or not. The man lowered his eyes and hummed, as if even a glance from him was a reward. He said in a level tone, “Since you are madam’s friends, both of you rise.”
The two kowtowed again before crawling to their feet.
Dressed in his scarlet court uniform, Lin Bozhou looked very out of place in this cramped restaurant, especially when he was the only one standing straight while others hung their heads with cold sweat dripping down their necks. Xu Ruolin, in particular, had a wonderful mess on his face from his sweat mixing with his powder.
While Meng Huan tried to calm his frightened mood at the sudden sight of Lin Bozhou, his hand was tightly held in the palm of a cold hand. He turned his head and saw a hint of a smile on the corner of Lin Bozhou’s lip as he was led to sit down. “This Regent was in the cabinet dealing with internal affairs, but got to know that madam went out and ran into some friends and heard there was some discord, so this Regent came here especially to check on you.”
The ‘especially’ was said in neither a light nor forceful manner.
Obviously, Shan Xing had informed Lin Bozhou about Xu Ruolin sending him away.
Meng Huan felt like a canary choked at the throat. He sat down due to Lin’s Bozhou’s pull and stumbled out the words, “Just now, it was just the alcohol talking…”
Xu Ruolin knelt down again. “Replying to Your Royal Highness’s words, this junior got drunk and quarreled with the guest scholar accompanying madam earlier, and disturbed Your Royal Highness. I deserve to be punished.”
A brief silence.
Lin Bozhou focused his eyes on Meng Huan, as if he had not heard the other man. “Drunk?”
His lips curled down, and his voice was so faint that no one dared to breathe.
Whether other people knew it or not, Meng Huan clearly knew the reason he came to seek out Lu Nanxing. For inquiring about information, for escaping from the compound, and for passing on information, as well as the hatred and insults aimed freely at Lin Bozhou just moments ago.
Although the real reason was that he wanted to escape from the compound so as not to implicate himself in the future or get himself killed by the smallest misstep that might anger the man, being caught red-handed made this situation much more awkward.
The back of Meng Huan’s hand was cold as each word out of his mouth became quieter and quieter. “Please forgive me, Your Royal Highness.”
The youth in front of him had a very pale face, like a frightened rabbit. His ears were pressing close to his back, and he did not dare to say a word as he looked at the cup of wine.
Lin Bozhou faintly and imperceptibly pressed the tip of his tongue behind his teeth.
At first glance, he could tell the youth was not the main culprit. He was also too lazy to act fiercely with him, so he turned sideways to look at Lu Nanxing, intentionally or otherwise.
This was also the person who sent letters to Meng Huan, hinting at the youth to assassinate, pass information, and seduce him.
Seriously? This eighteen-year-old young fledgling, who still had his pin feathers?
Lin Bozhou lifted an unused cup and showed a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “Lu Nanxing, this Regent heard that you and Huan Huan are childhood friends? This Regent toasts you for taking care of Huan Huan for the past decade.”
He paused and said, “From now on, you can give him to this Regent and rest assured that he will be taken care of.”
Lu Nanxing held his cup stiffly, swallowed his saliva, and didn’t dare to speak. He stared at Lin Bozhou’s cup of wine with extraordinary fear, cold sweat dripping from him.
Lin Bozhou didn’t know that it was the cup Xu Ruolin had just drugged!
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“Mmm?” Lin Bozhou lowered his gaze.
“Your Royal Highness.” Meng Huan stood up.
“What’s wrong?” Lin Bozhou paused briefly.
Meng Huan snatched the wine cup from his hand, poured the contents down the pot of plant beside them, and said with cold sweat on his forehead, “This cup is not clean; I was just drinking from it, so it’s best to pour a fresh cup of wine for Your Royal Highness.”
He rinsed the cup several times, poured a new cup of wine, and put it in front of Lin Bozhou. “Your Royal Highness, drink this.”
“…”
Lin Bozhou’s eyes darkened slightly as he chuckled and drank the new wine in his cup in one go.
“The food here is good. Madam, try some.” Lin Bozhou put a piece of meat into Meng Huan’s bowl.
Meng Huan stiffly picked up the meat from his bowl.
Xu Ruolin and Lu Nanxing looked startled.
The Prince Regent himself came to this restaurant for Meng Huan. It could be seen that Meng Huan’s position in the man’s heart was important, far from what they had speculated.
As a young and vigorous young man, when Lu Nanxing heard Lin Bozhou saying ‘madam’ this and ‘madam’ that very intimately, as well as putting food in Meng Huan’s bowl, his face gradually showed resentment.
“Your Royal—”
There was a sudden, crisp sound from chopsticks being placed on a bowl. Then Xu Ruolin yanked Lu Nanxing’s clothes from under the table.
With a whoosh, Xu Ruolin stood up and said, “Your Royal Highness, these are all cold appetizers. How about this junior go request the owner to serve some new, hot dishes?”
Lin Bozhou glanced at him and said, with a plastic smile, “Go ahead.”
“Nanxing, follow me. You’re familiar with this place.”
Xu Ruolin quickly dragged Lu Nanxing away from the conversation.
Only Meng Huan and Lin Bozhou were left at the table, making the atmosphere much more stiff and cold. Meng Huan ate with his head down. There was only rice in his bowl, and since he didn’t have the courage to grab anything else, he hugged his bowl and shoved rice into his mouth without daring to make too much noise.
With the two men gone, he was the only one left. In order to not strike up any conversation with Lin Bozhou, he seemed to really enjoy eating plain white rice.
This evasive attitude made Lin Bozhou purse his lips and remain silent for a while.
He rushed here after receiving Shan Xing’s message from a brocade-clad guard. Originally, he didn’t want to interfere with Meng Huan’s outing. It was just that he heard Xu Ruolin was among the party, and according to Shan Xing, this Young Lord was the Zhenguan Marquis’s son, someone of high status who Shan Xing couldn’t handle, which was why he passed the message for Lin Bozhou to make this trip.
Lin Bozhou also didn’t know why he really left his official duties to make this trip, as if he were out of his mind.
The people in the restaurant were plotting something; Lin Bozhou was well aware of this, but he didn’t care much. There were just too many people who wanted him dead, and he didn’t have the time or the effort to eliminate them one by one.
Only with Meng Huan did he feel an inextinguishable fire inside.
Perhaps it was this appearance of tugging his ears back, because as long as Meng Huan behaved very naturally and openly, Lin Bozhou wouldn’t put much thought into it. But having come to understand the youth recently, it was clear Meng Huan was tucking his ears this way because he had just done many things that would have infuriated him.
But seeing how deathly scared the youth looked at the sight of him made it hard for Lin Bozhou to vent his anger, so he asked, “Are you happy to be out of the compound?”
Meng Huan replied, “I’m happy.”
Judging by the youth’s expression, though, he didn’t seem very happy.
When answering the question, Meng Huan stopped eating the tasteless white rice, hung his head, fixed his eyes in one location, and sat in a daze.
He seemed to be very obedient to him.
And also very distant.
This was the feeling that Meng Huan always gave off to Lin Bozhou.
Even if the youth was smiling so sweetly at him, the detachment in his eyes couldn’t be concealed.
Lin Bozhou softly gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice, “Are you angry with this Regent?”
Meng Huan looked up as a ripple of surprise flickered in his eyes. “…Your Royal Highness—”
“Are you angry because this Regent came to find you and disturbed your leisure time eating and chatting with your friends?”
Meng Huan shook his head, lowered his eyes, and returned to his lost appearance. “I’m not angry.”
So what if he was angry?
So what if he was not angry?
Lin Bozhou could pinch the life out of him with one finger, so being angry and not angry were both useless. He had long lost the freedom to show his feelings in front of the man.
The atmosphere sank into silence once more.
Somehow, Lin Bozhou felt a wave of impatience rushing through his blood, which made him feel unbearably frustrated.
Behind them, Xu Ruolin carried the food and wine in. “Your Royal Highness.”
He had smoothed Lu Nanxing’s ruffled feathers and now smiled flatteringly, “This is a fine wine that had been stored in the restaurant’s cellar for decades that the owner just dug out for Your Royal Highness to enjoy.”
Lin Bozhou lowered his eyes. “Put it down.”
Then Xu Ruolin lifted another cup and offered it to Meng Huan. “Madam, would you like a taste as well?”
Meng Huan accepted it and downed the alcohol in low spirits.
“Is it to madam’s taste?” Xu Ruolin seemed to be up to something from the look in his eyes as he picked up another jar of wine. “There is more.”
There was finally something other than plain rice to pass the awkwardness. Meng Huan took the jar and poured some into his cup. Then he took tiny sips with the intention of using the wine to dispel his sorrow.
He already had a low sense of security, and now he had to be mindful of his casual remarks just so Lin Bozhou wouldn’t catch him. To constantly live on the edge of the knife, it was hard to describe the violent panic that was stirring inside.
He was terrified—terrified of Lin Bozhou, very terrified.
Xu Ruolin turned the topic back to apologizing. “Your Royal Highness, this junior humiliated someone from Your Royal Highness’s compound in a drunken outburst today and is asking for Your Royal Highness’s forgiveness and mercy. I must come to your door for a proper apology another day.”
Lin Bozhou gave him a placid affirmative response. His attention wasn’t on him but on Meng Huan, who was taking small sips.
Meng Huan was inexperienced at drinking, but with how depressed he was feeling, he just toughed it out and drank the spicy-hot wine little by little. His eyes had been reddened by the stimulating scent.
Once he could see the bottom of the cup, the sadness in his brain also disappeared without a trace, replaced by a relaxing emptiness and an indescribable drowsiness that made his eyelids droop.
“Ah…”
Meng Huan closed his eyes and yawned, the smell of alcohol coming out of his mouth.
He rubbed his eyes, really enjoying this feeling.
Lin Bozhou got up and announced, “Let’s return to the compound.”
Xu Ruolin and Lu Nanxin stared at each other as Lin Bozhou left without looking back. Leading Meng Huan down the stairs step by step, he exited the restaurant.
Xu Ruolin picked up the cup that Meng Huan had finished, shook it, and put it back on the table. The light in his eyes faded.
–
Squatting by the street, Meng Huan’s head felt so dizzy that he couldn’t tell north from south.
In front of him stood the Prince Regent’s carriage. It was a luxurious and extravagant cart, with a silk dragon canopy shrouding the carriage and gold tassels hanging down. The eight tall horses were covered with majestic masks, and the whole cart was so fancy that even the wheels were inlaid with gold and jade.
“Wow…”
Meng Huan put his hands on his hips and exclaimed as if this was his first time seeing a carriage.
With a flushed face, he walked in a daze and reached out to touch the expensive carriage. “It’s so pretty.”
“……”
The coachman holding the stool looked at the Prince Regent in horror.
Lin Bozhou lowered his gaze and explained, “Madam is drunk. Help him into the carriage.”
“Understood.” The servant helped Meng Huan inside.
With his foot on the side step, Meng Huan dove headfirst into the carriage. The heavy feeling in his head suddenly intensified, sapping all the strength in his body and making him plunge forward.
Dong. The sound of something bumping into something.
“…” Lin Bozhou’s jaw was in pain from the collision. With great patience, he closed his eyes and caught the strong scent of alcohol coming from the side of Meng Huan’s neck. Without showing a single emotion on his face, he attempted to move Meng Huan to the seat beside him. “Huan Huan, sit properly.”
But when he hugged Meng Huan’s waist, the youth separated his legs very naturally, followed Lin Bozhou’s movements, and adjusted his posture to straddle the man’s legs. Now they were face-to-face, with Meng Huan looking like a child being held.
“…”
Lin Bozhou raised his eyes and called out, “Huan Huan.”
There was the power of authority behind that tone.
If Meng Huan was sober, he would immediately get the message that His Royal Highness didn’t like this posture and that he needed to change it.
However, at this time, when Lin Bozhou said that, Meng Huan made no movement.
He put his arms around Lin Bozhou’s neck. With his body relaxed and soft, he dully raised his unfocused and drunk eyes. They were also bright and watery.
He seemed to be processing who Lin Bozhou was.
After a moment, Meng Huan blurted out a single word. “Hubby.”
Lin Bozhou paused. “Mmm?”
Meng Huan seemed to find one working brain cell as he looked at Lin Bozhou’s familiar face. The one who gave him the deepest impression recently could only be the man in front of him.
Meng Huan confirmed, “You are my hubby.”
This word made his drunken voice sound sticky and soft. Although Lin Bozhou didn’t understand what this word was, he could roughly guess that it was a very intimate term of address.
“Hubby, hubby~”
Meng Huan persisted in calling Lin Bozhou this with his head tilted, as if he wouldn’t give up until he received a response.
The youth likes to mess around when drunk?
Lin Bozhou closed his eyes and gave a very simple response. “Yes, hubby is here.”
In his arms, Meng Huan became ecstatic at once as his eyes smiled along with his lips. “Sniff, sniff, I really have a hubby now! He is so handsome, sniff. This is exactly the same as in the novels…” Meng Huan was very excited, and even his voice was well-behaved and extremely sweet.
“…”
Not knowing what the youth was talking about, Lin Bozhou raised his hand and caressed his face to soothe him. “Huan Huan, be good. If you’re sleepy, you can take a nap in the carriage. It won’t take long to return to the compound.”
His fingers were cold, especially when touching Meng Huan’s burning face.
“Hubby’s body feels so cool…”
Meng Huan seemed very keen on getting close to anything that had a low temperature. With his head tilted, he gently rubbed his cheek against the back of Lin Bozhou’s slim hand.
The fingertip was both poking at him and feeling cool.
Like a kitten cleaning its fur, Meng Huan leaned closer and kissed the man on the chin, saying in a drunken slur, “Hubby…”
Lin Bozhou lowered his eyes, not saying a word.
The atmosphere reached the oddest it could be.
Pre-edited version:
“Hubby’s body feels so good…”
Meng Huan seemed to enjoy his body temperature very much. He turned his head and lightly rubbed his cheek against Lin Bozhou’s long slender fingers, looking very obedient. Though as he moved, his hot red lips also made contact with them.
Soft and plump, those alluring lips murmured, “So hot.”
Lin Bozhou’s eyes darkened slightly. Just as he was about to draw his hand back, he saw Meng Huan softly crack his lips open, turn his head, and suck the long finger pressed against his lips into his mouth.
—His knuckles were submerged in a moist, warm mouth.
Meng Huan thirstily, instinctively, albeit awkwardly, moved his soft tongue and licked his long and defined finger very erotically, coating it with saliva. Dragging out the sound, he called out, “Hubby…”
The atmosphere became strange to the extreme. Lin Bozhou lowered his eyes and didn’t speak.
Until that lewd movement could no longer be ignored.
The author has something to say:
I have already written five thousand words for the next chapter; it will be a big, fat one. When I claim His Royal Highness will do Huan-bao, I stay true to my words.
The translator has something to interrupt:
Teo: Going to TLDR the other part of the author’s note. Next chapter will be VIP and please support the author.
The translator has something to add:
Teo: After discussing with jellypeaches and Dobhsh, we agreed on putting in pre-edited version depends on the content and the difference between pre-edited and revised version. That I mean if it’s spicy parts that locked the chapter out and had to be remove, it will be included, but it’s a change in the story that the author revised, or if the edits were scattered in pieces and it’ll take too much time to pick out all the changes, then no, it will be left out.
So hot, Huan Huan, you’re a master of flirting!
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Shy shy shy.. but wants meat
Meng Huan needs better friends :/
Thanks for the finger-licking good update 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“He stared at Lin Boozhou’s cup of wine with extraordinary fear, cold sweat dripping from him.” Should be Lin Bozhou! I had a little laugh reading it as Boozhou though 🤣
Thanks, I fixed it owo;;
Ahhh Huan Huan is about to be eaten 😌😌
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Ohohoho way to provoke a sleeping tiger~~ 🤭
Ohoho~
Thank You for the new chapter -ω(´•ω•｀)♡ PS. I imagine how sad has to be a person’s life who need to read every novel to look for improper things and ruin everyone’s fun…
LMAO XD
LOL, Huan Huan…don’t regret it later
Thanks for the chapter!
I love how Huan Huan doesn’t trust Lin Bozhou, but does give his upmost trust to this pair of strangers, make it make sense lol
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
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