“What are you so anxious about?” Shao Qing glanced at Liu Lin who was following them, then solemnly gazed at Yao Qi.
“…Nothing.” Yao Qi sighed and rubbed his aching temples, “What do you want to tell me?”
“Something’s not right with that guy, you better be more careful now.”
Shao Qing’s expression was calm, but there was obvious worry in his voice.
Taken aback, Yao Qi halted his pace, forgetting to move his legs for a moment. Fortunately, it only lasted for a second before he recovered. He pursed his lips, “Tell me about it.”
Shao Qing bulged his eyes, barely unable to hold back the itch to give Yao Qi a loud smack on the head.
“Are you stupid?!” He was starting to get annoyed as well, but lowered his voice once again, “Just look at that guy. Seriously, carefully, look at him now. Asap.”
Yao Qi frowned his brows and turned his head to look at the man walking far behind him.
Liu Lin had his hands in his pockets, looking flippant with his back slightly hunched. Seeing Yao Qi turning around to look at him, he grinned at Yao Qi, showing him a bright smile—although it made him look more like a ruffian.
Aside from the slight strain between his eyebrows and sluggish eyes, he appeared to be almost the same as usual. Yao Qi could understand the reason behind his current state. After all, he had been ignoring Liu Lin for several days. It was normal to feel a little awkward upon meeting someone you were clashing with.
Yao Qi turned back his head to look at Shao Qing with a trace of confusion and restlessness across his face.
Despite thinking that Liu Lin was behaving normally, he also felt that something wasn’t right. Something strange was going on, but he didn’t know what it was.
“…” Looking at Yao Qi’s expression, Shao Qing knew that his friend didn’t get his point. He really wanted to slap some sense into Yao Qi’s thick skull, but in the end, he settled for glaring at him in hopes he would quickly sober up, “Is Liu Lin a normal person?”
Was Liu Lin a normal person?
No.
Liu Lin was not a normal person.
Be it Shao Qing or himself, the moment they saw Liu Lin, they knew that this person was mentally unwell, that he was dangerous, and that he was not a normal person.
Liu Lin was a lunatic.
A lunatic who had the rationality to suppress his own madness.
All at once, Yao Qi realised why he was constantly feeling anxious.
Liu Lin was not a normal person, and to behave abnormally was the norm for him. But the current Liu Lin, who acted like an ‘ordinary’ and ‘normal’ person, was in fact being abnormal.
Seeing that Yao Qi finally understood what he meant, Shao Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
“He’s very abnormal now, you need to—” before Shao Qing could say ‘be careful’, Yao Qi had already dashed towards Liu Lin, “Hey! Ah-Qi!”
I haven’t finished speaking yet! Even if you want to neglect your friend to chase after your lover, the least you could do is to wait and listen until I finish what I have to say!
Shao Qing’s face was tangled. He reckoned Yao Qi wouldn’t turn back to see him off, so he shook his head and left after sorting out his mood. But in his mind, he had already beaten up Liu Lin countless times.
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A smile that made people feel as though their hearts had been warmed, just like before.
Liu Lin’s eyes—which had always looked dull for the past few days—flew wide open, staring at him full of disbelief. Yao Qi didn’t notice it before, but looking at it closely now, he found that Liu Lin’s eyes were bloodshot…
Yao Qi felt his heart tremble. In an instant, he understood why he never caught anyone in the act despite keenly feeling a presence staring at him. In fact, he had already known the answer long ago, but only now did he finally determine it to be true.
Spending the time to stare at him when he was truly asleep, and then retreating back into the bedoom when he was about to wake up—heh, should he call him silly, or stupid?
Right now, Yao Qi could feel nothing but heartache.
“I still haven’t figured out the reason you got angry,” There was no other emotion in Liu Lin’s voice, he was only stating the fact.
“It’s okay, I’ll tell you when we get home.” Yao Qi tightened his hold on Liu Lin’s hand.
He couldn’t bear to do it.
He couldn’t bear to push Liu Lin to this extent.
It was fine even if Liu Lin couldn’t figure it out. He could use another method to tell him, and the result would be the same.
The two of them did not continue talking and stayed silent for the rest of the way. When they were about to reach the apartment complex, Liu Lin suddenly stopped walking. Yao Qi tried to tug him, but he didn’t move.
“What’s wrong?” Right at the tail of the question, Yao Qi saw the corners of Liu Lin’s mouth moving. Then he heard a loud clack as the man clashed and gritted his teeth.
“Hey… The hell are you doing!? Have you lost your mind?? What are you trying to do, being so nice all of a sudden!??”
As if unable to wrap his mind around it, Liu Lin muttered the first syllable full of doubts, uttered so lightly it was almost inaudible. But like a dam that had been broken, the rest of his words burst out in shouts as he glared at Yao Qi with bloodshot eyes. He obviously had a handsome face, but it was now distorted to the point only ferocity remained, enough to scare off most people.
Yao Qi merely continued to look at him with a gentle smile, as if Liu Lin was also smiling back instead of lashing out at him.
Seeing Yao Qi’s unchanging expression, Liu Lin felt even more angry. But what hid under the cover of his anger was actually grievance. “What are you smiling for?! Do you think I’m laughable?”
If Yao Qi were to beat him up at this time, he probably wouldn’t have been so angry. He would’ve been obedient and acted like nothing had ever happened. Acted like a ‘normal’ Liu Lin.
Look, he had already become so attached to this man.
He hated dogs.
Because dogs were idiots who put their ‘owners’ on a pedestal. No matter how despicable, dogs would still consider their owners more important than themselves, as if they wouldn’t be able to live without them.
So infuriatingly stupid.
But now, he was no different from those dogs he loathed the most.
A dog who belonged to this man named ‘Yao Qi’.
He longed for who he was in the beginning.
He regretted not killing Yao Qi when he first met him.
He even began to despise himself—despise the Liu Lin who fell for Yao Qi.
He thought that if he didn’t like Yao Qi, he could just give out punishments whenever the man made him unhappy, like breaking his arm or giving him a good beating. Or he could even snap Yao Qi’s neck or dig out his heart when he felt like it—oh, right, Yao Qi’s eyes were very beautiful as well. He could put those eyeballs in his pocket and occasionally take them out to look at, until he lost interest in them.
Unlike how he was now.
—like a dog raised by Yao Qi.
Couldn’t fight back, couldn’t follow his own instincts, could only give in step by step just to make Yao Qi happy, and couldn’t do anything even if he was in pain.
Liu Lin was not used to showing his weak side to other people. If possible, he wanted Yao Qi to only see his strength.
So he was boiling with grievance.
Too late.
It was too late to think about other possibilities now.
He had already let Yao Qi put a collar on him.
That’s enough, he thought. Since Yao Qi already expressed his intention to reconcile, it would be unreasonable for him to continue losing his temper.
But Yao Qi neither reproached him for making a fuss on the street, nor did he hit him. He just looked at Liu Lin with a smile.
Humans were insatiable creatures. The more gentle Yao Qi was, the more aggrieved he felt, and so the anger that had cooled down was ignited once again.
Liu Lin’s voice was very loud, and even though it was at night, there were a lot of people out for a walk. After he shouted, everyone around them immediately looked their way.
“What are you looking at! If you wanna die just go slam yourself into the wall!” Annoyed by the stares as well as Yao Qi’s continued silence, Liu Lin fiercely roared at the crowd who was planning to watch the fun.
So those who had been blatantly staring were now sneakily peeking.
Yao Qi exhaled a sigh.
It was a very soft sigh, but hearing it made Liu Lin’s heart quiver—he even wanted to run away for a moment.
“Ah-Lin’s hands have gotten cold now, seems like it’s quite chilly out here.”
Only then did Liu Lin realise that Yao Qi had been holding his hand this entire time. Somehow feeling guilty, he tried to pull back, but Yao Qi’s grasp was too tight, and Liu Lin failed to pull out his hand.
After flipping Liu Lin’s hand so that his palm was facing upward, Yao Qi slapped his other hand down onto Liu Lin’s palm.
The slap wasn’t really light, but it wasn’t painful either.
His sudden action stunned Liu Lin.
“I never said you were laughable, so shouldn’t you be punished for randomly putting words in my mouth?” Yao Qi looked up at him.
“…” Liu Lin moved his lips, but no sound came out. Then, recalling something, he gazed back at Yao Qi with a mirthless smile. “Aren’t you ignoring me? Didn’t you fucking say you’d give me ‘time’ before I could answer your question?”
The questions came out very coarsely, as if they were forcibly squeezed past the gap of his teeth.
“You can’t just change your attitude whenever you please…” His free hand slid towards Yao Qi’s neck. Despite the softness with which the sentence was spoken, his grip gradually tightened with his words.
But when Yao Qi’s expression turned strained, Liu Lin let go of his throat, his own expression immediately falling, looking like he was about to cry at any moment.
Yao Qi raised his hand to rub Liu Lin’s hair before cupping the back of his head and pressing it down. Then he lifted up his face to kiss the man, taking the chance to nibble lightly on his lower lip.
Having tasted enough, Yao Qi tilted back his head, but just as their mouths were about to part, a hand grabbed him by the back of his head and pulled him back into the kiss.
Different from Yao Qi’s gentle and unsatisfyingly mild kiss, Liu Lin’s kiss had always been aggressive and plundering, especially when he was angry. Rather than calling it a kiss, it was more appropriate to say that he was venting. Fanatical and domineering, he kept sucking in the wetness of Yao Qi’s mouth.
Yao Qi narrowed his eyes—he originally intended to let Liu Lin do as he wanted, but the unbearably intense kiss made him change his mind.
He closed his eyes and began to fiercely plunder Liu Lin’s breath, snatching the initiative to lead.
The kiss only stopped when the two of them were almost out of breath, both of their lips now terribly red and swollen.
But Liu Lin had become quiet after that, his face expressionless, head lowered as if thinking about something.
“Are you feeling better now?” From his expression, Yao Qi could tell that his anger had basically subsided. He smiled, eyes curving into crescents.
“Yeah.” Liu Lin’s voice was still rather hoarse, and the volume was a little low. Afraid that Yao Qi wouldn’t be able to hear him, he nodded his head.
“Then let’s go home.”
“Okay.”
Hand in hand, their figures were cast onto the pavement under the light, their shadows melding, looking as though they had become one.
Small Theatre
Ah-Lin: I’m angry! I’m very very angry! I’ll bite you, believe it or not! *fiercely gnashing his teeth*
Xiao Qi: *rubbing his head* Good boy *kisses him* don’t be angry, okay?
Ah-Lin: *twitches his ears and quietens down*
T/n: Ah, Shao Qing, what would we ever do without you :’) For someone with supposedly high EQ, Yao Qi sure is very dense and slow about his own boyfriend’s mental state 🙈
Oh, those two~ (=^w^=)
Thank You for the new chapter (♡ ὅ ◡ ὅ )ʃ♡
They finally made up hahaha, thanks for reading 😊
Kissing it better…Pfft! Hahahaha! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
Liu Lin is too easy to please :’) thanks for reading 😊
Sometimes we know and still do it.