The rain hit the umbrella, making a light and muffled sound. Lu Heyang held the umbrella in one hand and the gift in the other, using only his lips to touch Xu Ze. Xu Ze had been in the rain for so long that his lips were cold, but that didn’t affect their softness—they were indeed the very kissable type.
Xu Ze only snapped out of his daze when he was painfully bitten. However, coming back to his senses didn’t matter much at this point. He still couldn’t piece together the entire sequence of events in his mind, but that didn’t seem to be the most important thing right now.
The reason didn’t matter, and the outcome didn’t matter. This had always been Xu Ze’s attitude in liking Lu Heyang. Even if Lu Heyang took three steps back the next second and said, “I just had too much to drink,” Xu Ze wouldn’t mind, he would just nod and say that it didn’t matter.
Xu Ze responded to the kiss clumsily and cluelessly—he thought he was responding, but in reality, he was too stiff to move. His hands dangled at his sides as he was unsure of where to put them, while his fingers subtly curled.
He was so nervous that breathing through his nose was no longer sufficient, so he had to part his lips. But Lu Heyang didn’t provide him with any oxygen. Instead, he kissed him even deeper, his tongue licking over Xu Ze’s lower lip and delving into his teeth. When Xu Ze’s tongue met Lu Heyang’s, his back tingled as if someone had run their fingers along his spine. He couldn’t help but raise his hands to grip Lu Heyang’s T-shirt. Leaning against the tree trunk, he felt the urge to rub a few times to relieve the itching coursing through his body.
Since the mouth is an inner part of the body, kissing could be considered a form of penetration. Xu Ze felt that his gasps had drowned out the sound of the rain. He squeezed his eyes shut and tentatively tangled his tongue with Lu Heyang’s, exchanging saliva mixed with rainwater and pheromones.
Lu Heyang kept his eyes open the whole time, looking closely at the raindrops sliding down the corners of Xu Ze’s eyes that were like tears.
He raised his head. Xu Ze opened his eyes as well, his expression resembling that of someone who had just jolted awake from a dream and was still attempting to grasp onto it.
This expression gave him a feeling of loneliness on the dark rainy night as if you could picture Xu Ze waking up alone in his empty house day after day, year after year, not knowing if he ever had good dreams. Lu Heyang wiped the rain off Xu Ze’s chin—or perhaps saliva, and then said, “Let’s go.”
Xu Ze’s eyes were blank. He unconsciously licked the corner of his mouth as he followed Lu Heyang to the sidewalk. They walked side by side to the car. Xu Ze stopped, intending to wait for Lu Heyang to get in the car before leaving. But Lu Heyang opened the passenger door and said, “Get in.”
“I’ll just go home by myself.” Xu Ze looked at Lu Heyang’s hand holding the umbrella and struggled to find the words, “It’s too late, you go back.”
“Get in.” Lu Heyang repeated curtly.
So Xu Ze got into the car. Lu Heyang didn’t drive forward but made a U-turn. Xu Ze sat stiffly in the front passenger seat, forgetting to fasten his seat belt and looking disoriented.
The whole drive was silent except for the patter of raindrops hitting the car. When they reached the front door, Xu Ze continued to be dazed for a second before slowly exiting the car and walking in with Lu Heyang.
The lights in the living room were bright. He Wei and Gu Yunchi were sitting on the sofa eating dessert. When they heard the door open, they turned around. They saw Xu Ze trailing behind Lu Heyang, soaked through like a drowned rat. He Wei was surprised, “Xu Ze?”
The housekeeper also came out of her room. Lu Heyang asked her to make a bowl of ginger soup and then took Xu Ze upstairs. He Wei’s eyes followed them until they entered the guest room. He Wei turned back and asked Gu Yunchi, “What’s going on? What’s all this about?”
Gu Yunchi glanced at him but couldn’t be bothered to answer.
“Take a bath. There are clean towels in the bathroom.” Lu Heyang turned on the hot water to fill the bathtub. “Stay in the room after you’re done.”
Not hearing a response, Lu Heyang turned back to see Xu Ze still standing by the door, looking dazed with his wet black bangs hanging over his forehead. His eyes quickly darted away when they made eye contact.
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Lu Heyang walked over, bent his right index finger, and lightly pressed it against Xu Ze’s swollen lower lip before asking him, “Did you hear me?”
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However, He Wei was a bit puzzled at the same time. Logically speaking, a person’s lips should be pale after being exposed to rain, but Xu Ze’s lips were not pale, they were even redder than usual.
Maybe it was because he fought in a match, He Wei thought, the redness must be caused by the injuries.
After ten minutes or so, the ginger soup was ready. Lu Heyang asked the housekeeper to go back to her room to rest and took the ginger soup to the guest room himself. The bathroom was quiet so Lu Heyang knocked on the door, “I put the ginger soup on the table, remember to drink it.”
Xu Ze replied with an “Mn”.
When Lu Heyang went downstairs again, He Wei looked expectant and asked, “Has Xu Ze finished washing? When will he come down?”
“He’s not coming down,” Lu Heyang said.
“?” He Wei was confused, “I specially left some dessert for him. What do you mean he’s not coming down? I want to chat with him.”
Lu Heyang looked out the floor-to-ceiling window, “The rain is about to stop.”
Gu Yunchi turned off the game, “He Wei, let’s go.”
“Huh?”
It was indeed getting late. He Wei struggled for a few seconds before leaving with Gu Yunchi. Lu Heyang went upstairs to his room. He was also soaked from the rain and needed to wash his hair and take a shower.
After blowing his hair until it was half dry, he turned off the hair dryer. He went to get something from the drawer, then opened the door and walked to the guest room.
He raised his hand to knock on the door. Soon the door opened, leaving a crack of about ten centimeters. Xu Ze was only wearing a bath towel around his lower body and stood behind the door somewhat cautiously. Lu Heyang had told him to stay in the room after washing, but in fact, the sentence was unnecessary because Xu Ze didn’t have any clothes to wear and could only stay in the room.
Xu Ze lowered his head and looked at Lu Heyang’s hand to see if he had brought any clothes for him. He looked like a wounded animal that had been captured and mistreated, observing people through the gaps in the cage with silent and cautious eyes.
There were no clothes in Lu Heyang’s hands. Xu Ze saw Lu Heyang’s hand on the doorknob pushing it inward, so he stepped back to make room. Lu Heyang didn’t say anything, and Xu Ze didn’t ask.
This was Lu Heyang’s home, and Xu Ze was ready to be told to leave. As long as Lu Heyang lent him some clothes to wear—or even if he didn’t, it was fine, he could go back in wet clothes.
Lu Heyang opened the door and walked in, closing the door behind him.
Xu Ze stood there with his hair still wet and his hands hanging down. In the middle of his lower lip, there was an obvious bite mark with a red bloodstain.
He felt that Lu Heyang was examining him with his usual calm eyes. He felt like a criminal under the gaze, as if he had to confess something like, “I’ve finished the ginger soup and washed the bowl, I should go back”. However, he had merely made a rough draft in his mind and hadn’t said it yet.
Just as he was about to speak, Lu Heyang lowered his head and leaned closer to him. Xu Ze thought he was going to say something, so he instinctively raised his head to listen. As he tilted his head up, the angle seemed to align perfectly for him to offer his lips to Lu Heyang—if Xu Ze had known that Lu Heyang was going to kiss him, he would not have had the courage to make this move.
Lu Heyang pushed him against the wall, pressing his bare back against it. Xu Ze shivered from the cold. He heard his breathing suddenly get heavier. Lu Heyang’s hand moved from his lower back up to the back of his neck and gripped it neither lightly nor heavily.
They kissed for a while with their lips touching. Lu Heyang raised his other hand and rubbed Xu Ze’s lips with his index finger, then slid it into his mouth and pressed down on his tongue. When Xu Ze realized to open his mouth, Lu Heyang withdrew his finger and deepened the kiss with their tongues intertwined.
Xu Ze’s wristband was still in the bathroom, and his pheromones were no longer under control. Xu Ze didn’t understand what kissing techniques were. He had no experience but it seemed like Lu Heyang didn’t need him to have any skills. Lu Heyang used the hand that had Xu Ze’s saliva on it to hold Xu Ze’s hip and press him against himself.
As they fell into bed, Xu Ze unconsciously wrapped his arms around Lu Heyang’s neck. Lu Heyang’s hand was on Xu Ze’s knee, and his palm was pushing up the edge of the towel. When his fingertips reached the top of Xu Ze’s thigh, Xu Ze shivered and opened his eyes, his face flushed with redness. His tongue was numb from the kiss, and his speech was slurred as he explained, “Underwear… I took it off while washing…”
Naturally, Lu Heyang was aware of that. He knelt down between Xu Ze’s legs, one hand supporting Xu Ze’s waist while the other remained under the towel. Xu Ze suddenly widened his eyes and couldn’t bear the psychological pressure of Lu Heyang helping him out while staring at him like that. Xu Ze struggled to sit up and uncharacteristically leaned in to kiss Lu Heyang—this way, Lu Heyang wouldn’t look at his face.
…
The towel slipped onto the bed and Xu Ze knelt flat down to bury his face in the pillow. His lower body was still trembling. Lu Heyang spread the liquid that had leaked from Xu Ze’s body to Xu Ze’s behind. Then he pulled up Xu Ze’s left hand and took out a wristband from his pocket—the wristband that Xu Ze had returned to him that he had picked up from the drawer before coming to the guest room.
He buckled the wristband on Xu Ze’s wrist. At this instant, Xu Ze had the illusion that what Lu Heyang had put on his wrist was not a wristband but a handcuff.
“I…” There was a profound sense of confusion in Xu Ze’s voice as if his mind had gone offline tonight. Xu Ze mumbled, “I’m an alpha.”
He said it softly, suspecting that Lu Heyang likely hadn’t heard. Lu Heyang lowered his eyes and adjusted his wristband to the highest setting. Then he leaned forward, ran his hand from Xu Ze’s back dimples to his neck, and pressed down. He finally replied, “I know.”
After that, he asked Xu Ze, “No condom, do you mind?”
Xu Ze’s face was buried in the pillow, and his ears and neck turned red. He shook his head, “It doesn’t matter, I won’t get pregnant.”
He was just stating the fact, nothing else. Alphas really couldn’t get pregnant, and he and Lu Heyang didn’t have to worry about other health concerns.
But unexpectedly, Lu Heyang leaned over and asked him, “Do you want to get pregnant?”
This sentence was nothing special, but it seemed like something that should not come out of Lu Heyang’s mouth. Xu Ze’s throat immediately tightened, and his whole body felt hot.
…
“Go take a shower.” Lu Heyang came out of the bathroom and lightly patted Xu Ze’s buttocks.
Xu Ze’s face was still buried in the pillow. He groped for the towel and covered his lower body. He said, “I’ll go later.”
“Can you wash by yourself?” Lu Heyang stood by the bed, fully dressed and looking fresh and decent, but he didn’t force Xu Ze. In a perfectly normal tone, he said, “You need to insert your fingers in or you won’t get it clean.”
Xu Ze shrunk his shoulders, only to let out an “mn” a few seconds later.
“Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?” Lu Heyang’s eyes slid from Xu Ze’s sweaty back to his pitiful butt, which was only half covered by the towel. Lu Heyang said, “I avoided all the places where you were injured.”
He had avoided them, so much so that the back of Xu Ze’s neck and waist, which were originally uninjured, still felt like they were being pinched.
“There’s no discomfort.”
“Then I’ll go back to my room,” Lu Heyang said.
Xu Ze hesitated for a moment and turned his head, showing half of his face. His voice carried a slight hoarseness as he whispered, “Happy birthday.”
He had ventured out to deliver a gift in the pouring rain, but he had to carefully weigh his words before saying “Happy birthday”. Lu Heyang stooped down, looking at Xu Ze’s damp eyelashes, and replied, “Got it.”
His fingers slipped into Xu Ze’s already half-dry hair, and he gave Xu Ze a quick kiss.
After leaving the guest room, Lu Heyang raised his eyes and discreetly glanced at the surveillance camera in the hallway. He had only done it once with Xu Ze, and from the time he entered the guest room until now, it was considered a normal amount of time; he hadn’t stayed excessively long.
Author’s note:
Ask Young Master Lu how bold he is…
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damn that was hot 🥵
AHHHHHHHHH and omggg the artttt is muah chef’s kiss
Thanks for the chapter!!!
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I don’t know if i can bear the angst seeing they are too sweet to each other 😭 this feels like calm before te storm 🦖
….this took me by surprise…..
He really had a ‘happy birthday’…..
Thank you for the chapter…
😳🥵 I guess Happy Birthday to Lu Heyang 🥳🎂 thank you for the chapter
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Definitely worth my tears. 👌🏼
THE DETAILS?!!! I NEED THE RECEIPT?!!!!!!!
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