Translator: funbililian. Editors: rubhyl, humu
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When Yuan Chen walked into the room, Jiang Fu was still in the same position he’d seen him in last night. Shrunken into a ball in the corner, his eyebrows furrowed slightly from his uncomfortable sleeping position, and there were still traces of tears in the corners of his eyes.
The moment he touched his dimple, Jiang Fu subconsciously pushed and kicked back, murmuring something in a trembling voice like he was stuck in a deep nightmare he couldn’t wake up from.
Yuan Chen’s face paled, and the original tentative hand immediately gripped Jiang Fu’s arm, cradling the man in his arms but was met with an even greater resistance, and Jiang Fu’s breathing quickened sharply, his sleepy eyes opened with a frightened thud.
Yuan Chen gently touched his face and whispered comfortingly.
“Chéng, it’s me.”
It took a couple of minutes before Jiang Fu finally calmed down and looked at him blankly for a while before his entire body put away its defenses and laid down in Yuan Chen’s arms, sniffling.
“Yuan Yuan… Wooooo… There’s something… There’s something strange here…”
Yuan Chen patiently ruffled his messy hair, looking unusually gentle.
“What kind of strange things, you can tell me.”
Jiang Fu buried himself deeper in Yuan Chen’s arms, just choking out a broken whisper, but he refused to say another word. Yuan Chen asked repeatedly for a long time but Jiang Fu tearfully grabbed Yuan Chen’s sleeve and begged.
“I don’t want to sleep on my own anymore, Yuan Yuan.”
Yuan Chen’s fingertips grazed the corners of Jiang Fu’s slightly downcast wet eyes while casting a deep look into his eyes.
“Well, you won’t be allowed to sleep on your own anymore.”
Jiang Fu was relieved at that, and hugged him stoically, refusing to let go, and after a moment, said.
“I’m hungry.”
“I’ll get the food in.”
Seeing that Yuan Chen was leaving, Jiang Fu nervously held him, looking dependent and stubborn.
“You’re not allowed to leave.”
Yuan Chen gently held his whitening knuckles, then clutched his hand in his palm, his face slightly softening.
“Then I’ll have them sent in.”
Jiang Fu nodded at that.
After Yuan Chen walked to the door and commanded the staff there to get food, he turned back. Jiang Fu was bored as he played with the corner of Yuan Chen’s lab coat, looking like a cute and cunning child.
Yuan Chen’s heart unexpectedly softened at the scene and he took the initiative to hold Jiang Fu’s fingers.
When Jiang Fu looked up at him, a tall shadow covered his eyes, and then his lips pressed down with wet burning heat.
“Professor Yuan, I heard that you have…”
The loud words came to an abrupt halt at the sight of the kissing, entwined and mingling duo. Zhou Zheng was stunned in shock, his face flushed and turned red. He was embarrassed, not even knowing where to put his hand.
The staff came over with a boxed lunch and asked Zhou Zheng, who was blocking the door, what was wrong.
Zhou Zheng had a hard time finding a chance to escape the sight of the duo, but was too embarrassed to run away, so he could only continue to stare at them as he stood at the door.
Yuan Chen accepted the boxed lunch and motioned for the staff to leave, then nodded his head at Zhou Zheng and said indifferently.
“Come in.”
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Zhou Zheng had no choice but to clamp his hands together and follow him in, and after standing like an elementary school student for a while, he couldn’t help but take the initiative to speak up.
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“Vjs ktja?”
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“Ktja sbe uesr…… sbe uesr……”
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“Are we considered to be dating now?”
Yuan Chen was piling meat from his boxed lunch into Jiang Fu’s boxed lunch, and after a partial kiss to Jiang Fu, he gave a nod.
Jiang Fu immediately quirked his eyebrow and grinned at the stunned Zhou Zheng.
“We’re dating, you can tell anyone if you want.”
With the advent of the apocalypse, the world was much more tolerant than before, and many of the homosexuals who fought side by side had become partners. But that was still only a minority after all. Zhou Zheng had never seen such openly gay people like them, not to mention that Jiang Fu had only been in this base for just three days.
His heart swelled with complicated emotions
How come he ended up getting entangled with Professor Yuan instead, when he was the one who rescued him?
He couldn’t tell if he was lamenting or jealous at that moment.
Suddenly, Yuan Chen’s extremely cold gaze stared at him, as if he was looking at some kind of insect that was not worthy of being placed in his eyes. The silent gaze was overflowing with mockery and warning, causing Zhou Zheng’s back to turn cold, and the S-ranked supernatural actually went weak with fear in front of the invisible killing machine.
His face slightly paled.
The moment the air in the room grew tense, Yuan Chen suddenly spoke out to break the delicate stalemate.
“What do you want from me?”
Zhou Zheng was suddenly relieved, a damp layer of cold sweat broke out in his palm. He dared not cast another glance at Jiang Fu as if he had been pardoned and pretended to cough before saying.
“It’s like this, I’ve heard that you’ve developed a potion that improves the abilities of supernaturals, is this true?”
Yuan Chen nodded.
“Yes.”
“That’s great!”
With extreme excitement, even the fear that Zhou Zhang had developed towards Yuan Chen was thrown away, his eyes brightened and he continued to eagerly pursue questioning.
“How long does such an agent work? How long will it take to produce one? Is there any material we can help gather?”
Yuan Chen’s face showed some impatience and he said coldly.
“The drug is still in its preliminary stage, so I’ll let you know when it’s officially confirmed.”
Zhou Zheng heard the displeasure in his tone, and his excitement was suddenly quenched with cold water. He laughed a few times dryly, knowingly.
“I’ll leave first then, there’s still some work over at the base, you guys take your time.”
After Jiang Fu was done eating, Yuan Chen wiped his lips with a tissue and then said seemingly unintentionally.
“Do you want to take a shower?”
Jiang Fu stiffened, the plant slime secreted by the vines last night had left dried traces on his body. Yuan Chen had been with him for so long, he should have seen it already.
After an uneasy glance at Yuan Chen, a faint blush of shame spread over Jiang Fu’s taut cheeks. He pursed his lips and nodded his head in a small way.
“Then don’t leave either, okay, just wait for me outside the door.”
Yuan Chen smiled.
“Okay.”
With the sound of the shower ringing in his ears, Yuan Chen sat on the edge of the bed staring in the direction of the washroom, as if he was peeking through the thin walls at the damp and tempting scene inside.
Jeez, should I join him at this time?
Dangerous thoughts flashed by, and he rubbed his knuckles. His calm look was disturbed with a lot of rambling thoughts.
After a while, the knuckles slowly curled up, trying to suppress the explicit desire that was about to break out of the cage.
He was going to set Jiang Fu down, but didn’t want to take advantage of him.
After sitting alone for half an hour, Jiang Fu pushed open the door to the washroom and came out, wearing a brand new isolation suit, his face was stained pale pink from the dense vapor, his eyes dark and wet.
Yuan Chen stared at his bare feet with a frown, pulling the man over into his arms and then bending down to wrap a white towel around his feet with a hint of scolding in his tone.
“Remember to wear socks later.”
Jiang Fu said with a scowl.
“No! I hate wearing socks.”
Yuan Chen gave him a look and didn’t say anything.
Jiang Fu lazily nestled in his arms, the water dripping from his hair soaked his clothes and also Yuan Chen’s shoulders, outlining the lean, smooth lines of his skin.
Yuan Chen caught Jiang Fu’s hands that drew circles on his chest, seeking his fingertips only to interlock his ten fingers, a low voice vibrating slightly from his chest, numbing Jiang Fu’s ears.
“How are your powers?”
“It’s not bad, it’s just very unstable, on and off.”
Jiang Fu was concentrating on squeezing Yuan Chen’s fingers again, having fun comparing the two hands together.
“The new potion will probably be out tomorrow, so you’ll try it then.”
Jiang Fu’s movement stilled. He stared at him in shock.
“Wow… Does this count as partial treatment because of our relationship*?”
T/N: 我这算不算近水楼台先得月-Jìn shuî lóu tái xiãn dé yuè – (idiom)the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first; to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
Yuan Chen lowered his head and wiped his wet hair, his light tone rippling.
“Naturally. I’m in charge of the chemicals I develop.”
The corners of Jiang Fu’s lips curled up, his dimples hollowed out in a curved line, and he hugged Yuan Chen’s neck, laughing jokingly.
“Then I’ll have to hurry up and hug you tightly as a golden thigh, so I can have whatever I want in the future.”
Yuan Chen lightly flicked his forehead and smiled slightly.
“That’s smart.”
In the evening Yuan Chen stayed as he had promised, and Jiang Fu rested on his chest, holding on to him like a wombat, his dark eyes flashing, and then he whispered.
“You’ve got to hold me tight, you can’t let anyone take me away from you.”
Yuan Chen’s arms tightened slightly, the space in his arms just enough to embed the young man’s body perfectly.
He lowered his head and kissed Jiang Fu’s forehead, giving him a soothing pat on the back.
“It’s okay, sleep.”
Jiang Fu closed his eyes reassuringly.
Jiang Fu had a dreamless and safe night, a night without nightmares, he was safe and sound.
When he woke up, Jiang Fu was pleasantly surprised, his eyes shining as he rubbed against Yuan Chen’s neck, happy.
“Yuan Yuan is awesome!”
Yuan Chen touched his head and smiled without speaking.
In the afternoon, Yuan Chen walked in with a roll of carpet, and Jiang Fu sat on the bed nibbling on an apple, curious as he watched Yuan Chen unroll the carpet and spread it on the clean floor.
The black carpet looked furry, and Jiang Fu couldn’t help but stretch out a foot to step on it, it was warm and ticklish to touch.
After laying it out in the room completely, Yuan Chen said with satisfaction.
“This way you’ll be fine without socks.”
Jiang Fu jumped off the bed and stepped on the carpet, his white feet were as fair as jade against the pure black background, shining compellingly.
He couldn’t help but walk around on the carpet, and Yuan Chen stood by the side without speaking, his focused gaze always staring at his feet. His slightly drooping eyes became hot, flashing with a trace of tyrannical desire for possession.
“It is beautiful.”
Jiang Fu turned his head, confused.
“What did you say?”
Yuan Chen lifted his eyes, his clear face calm, and shook his head gently.
“Nothing.”
He thought about it and walked over towards Jiang Fu, pulling out a syringe filled with blue liquid from his pocket.
“This is the first potion. You can try it.”
Jiang Fu took the syringe and looked at it carefully for a while, then held it up, gazing at the penetrating pale blue liquid under the bright incandescent light, and asked thoughtfully.
“Can it really improve supernormal abilities?”
Yuan Chen confirmed.
“Experiments have proven it works, and no side effects have been found so far.”
“Then how long does it take to produce one?”
“Half a month.”
Jiang Fu was stunned, pursing his lips and smiling.
“Every day in the apocalypse is extremely long. Would it be too wasteful for you to give me something so precious to use first?”
Yuan Chen laughed too. He reached out and touched Jiang Fu’s cheek, his tone gentle.
“No one is more important to me than you.”
Jiang Fu’s eyes moved slightly, then he raised a smile of amusement. He played with the syringe for a moment, then stuffed it into his pocket.
“I’ll take it then, but I don’t want to use it yet, let’s see the results of the training in seven days.”
Yuan Chen nodded.
“I’m glad you’re happy.”
Wait…so who is controlling that plant thing?!?!?!
Thanks for the chapter~
I’m pretty sure it’s the ML that’s controlling it.
Yes, it’s him
Yuan Chen is showing the effects from what happened in the previous world, huh 👀
Thanks for the chapter! 🙂
Yuan Chen psychological issues in this chapter is showing~
Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter
all he knows is how to be possessive. >->
thanks for the chapter <3