extra ko-fi chapter for snow 
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“Why did you come down?” Lu Heyang took his backpack from the passenger seat and closed the door, “You could’ve just waited for me at home, it’s not safe outside.”
Xu Ze’s speech function was temporarily deactivated, so he simply nodded. Lu Heyang’s face seemed to have an invisible force that firmly pulled his gaze.
“Let’s go up.” Lu Heyang automatically raised his hand behind Xu Ze, but stopped midway and just patted Xu Ze’s back twice.
They remained silent on the way upstairs. Xu Ze’s hands hung by his sides, occasionally brushing against the back of Lu Heyang’s hand. Xu Ze felt like all his senses were concentrated on the hand that touched Lu Heyang, and only his beating heart remained in his body.
There were no lights in the hallway, and the entrance was dark. Normally, Xu Ze could fumble his way to open the door in the dark, but today, he couldn’t find the keyhole even after trying for a long time. Lu Heyang watched silently for half a minute, then turned on the flashlight on his phone and guided Xu Ze’s hand to insert the key into the lock.
“Don’t be nervous.” Lu Heyang’s voice sounded like he was laughing, “I’m not a bad guy.”
“…” Xu Ze quietly opened the door. He thought he should let Lu Heyang go in first, but Lu Heyang pushed him by his shoulder into the house and pulled the handle behind him to close the door.
As Lu Heyang was closing the door, he raised his hand to take off his cap. At the same time, Xu Ze turned around and took a step closer to reach out to hug him.
At that moment, Xu Ze suddenly understood the meaning of “defined relationship”.
It meant that he could put aside his worries and hesitations, ask and give hugs, and take the initiative without any qualms—he happened to be someone who desperately lacked such courage.
Lu Heyang was stunned for a split second before shutting the door. He removed his cap using one hand to toss it onto the nearby cabinet and placed his other hand on the side of Xu Ze’s neck. With his thumb beneath Xu Ze’s chin, he lifted his head and tenderly kissed the corner of his lips, all the while maintaining eye contact without saying a single word.
Xu Ze’s throat tightened under the gaze. He held his breath and moved forward to kiss Lu Heyang’s lower lip. It was still the same peck without much technique or order. Lu Heyang opened his mouth slightly and touched the tip of Xu Ze’s tongue. He could feel Xu Ze’s breath tremble and his grip tighten—Xu Ze hadn’t said a word since they met, but his gestures seemed to convey everything.
“I’ll borrow your bathroom to take a shower.” Xu Ze unconsciously tugged at the hem of Lu Heyang’s clothes, causing the collar almost to get stuck in his throat. They separated a little. Lu Heyang pulled the collar back into place and said, “I just took a quick shower after training and got on the plane, I want to wash up again.”
The kiss had been too short, Xu Ze licked the corner of his mouth and nodded. After a while, he said, “You got a haircut.”
The lights weren’t on in the living room, and Lu Heyang didn’t know how Xu Ze had noticed since it was just a small trim. He responded with an “Mn” and joked, “That’s why I wore the cap.”
Xu Ze wanted to say that even if he cut it short, he would still look good, but he only thought about it in his head. He let go of him and went into the bathroom to turn on the light. Lu Heyang took a change of clothes out of his backpack and casually asked as he went into the bathroom as well, “Have you taken a shower?”
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“I have.” Xu Ze turned on the brightest light as if he feared Lu Heyang might trip or bump into something. He stood by the sink to make room while he studied Lu Heyang’s face in the light, making every second count.
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During Xu Ze’s moment of confusion, Lu Heyang raised his hands to take off his clothes and said, “Then join me in the shower.”
Lu Heyang noticed from the mirror that the back of Xu Ze’s ears were red. By the time he took off his shirt, Xu Ze had already walked out the door and swiftly closed it.
Lu Heyang smiled, switching off the power-draining light and turning on a dimmer one. He picked up the shampoo from the countertop. It was in a soft plastic bottle that should be the one Xu Ze always used. He opened it and smelled the cheap scent. Oddly enough, it smelled good when applied to Xu Ze’s body—possibly because it blended with his pheromones.
Xu Ze remained motionless outside the bathroom for a long time, as if a rope connected to the door handle had looped around his neck and he was waiting for Lu Heyang to open the door and untie the knot.
It was only after realizing that he was acting perverted that he returned to his room.
The draft paper was laid out on the desk to ensure the four questions remained in front of him at all times as he anticipated Lu Heyang’s call later at night. Xu Ze sat down and began memorizing the questions. Although he usually memorized key points and texts smoothly and fast, he stumbled over these four short questions and couldn’t remember them no matter what. Xu Ze’s attention was clearly extremely disorientated, but he stubbornly insisted on memorizing them word for word.
Xu Ze was still struggling to concentrate when Lu Heyang walked in. When he heard the door open, he immediately pulled a stack of test papers on top of the draft to cover it and stood up.
“What are you looking at?” Lu Heyang came over while wiping his hair and sat down on the chair.
“…Test papers.”
“Test papers,” Lu Heyang repeated Xu Ze’s response and then placed his hand on the papers. Xu Ze’s shoulders tensed and he was ready to give in, but Lu Heyang didn’t lift the papers. Instead, he asked, “How can you lie to me?”
“Looking for a beating,” he looked up at Xu Ze, “Hold out your hand.”
Xu Ze extended his palm in front of Lu Heyang without any resistance. His heart started beating faster, not out of nervousness, but out of inexplicable anticipation.
However, Lu Heyang merely gave his hand a pat and then pulled him onto his lap.
“Didn’t I say before that if you want to know something, just ask me and I will answer you?” Lu Heyang caressed the hair on the back of Xu Ze’s head. It must have been just washed as it was cool and soft, flowing like water through his fingers—the cheapest shampoo could produce the best hair texture. This alpha was really easy to maintain.
“1.” Xu Ze hesitated for a moment before beginning to recite the questions from the draft, “You said the target isn’t him, then who is it?”
“A bodyguard. Tang Feiyi had a conflict with him, so he sent someone to kidnap that alpha from your side, hoping to lure him out.”
Xu Ze thought about it, his grandmother’s nursing home itself had good security and tight access control, so starting from his side was the easiest way for Tang Feiyi to succeed.
“Anything else?” Lu Heyang asked.
“2.” Xu Ze recited the text to a tee, “Are the bodyguards hired for me and grandma expensive? How much do they cost…”
When he reached this point, he realized that he had recited it wrong. The original text was, “Can you tell me how much they cost?” He had made a mistake. Thus, after finishing the sentence, he paused and added the original words uncertainly, “…can you tell?”
“Did you just learn to speak?” Lu Heyang’s fingertips slid down the back of Xu Ze’s neck, pressing down on his spine and lower back, “Where is the button to adjust the speech function?”
Xu Ze grabbed his hand and bowed his head to hide his embarrassment, but persisted, “Can you tell me?”
“Protecting you and your grandma is actually the least dangerous task for the bodyguards. Even if they’re idle, they still get paid, so it’s not an extra cost. You don’t need to worry about it.”
Xu Ze still had a slight frown on his face, so Lu Heyang changed the topic, “What else?”
“Oh…3.” Xu Ze paused, not because he couldn’t remember, but because he wasn’t sure if he could ask.
“Go on, finish your question and I’ll go to bed. I’m a little tired.” Lu Heyang rested his forehead on Xu Ze’s shoulder.
Xu Ze turned around and wrapped his arm around Lu Heyang’s waist. He smelled the same scent in Lu Heyang’s hair as his own, which oddly comforted him. He asked, “He Wei said that you don’t remember what happened when you were a child. Why?”
“Because I don’t remember.” Lu Heyang raised his head. He wasn’t particularly surprised by He Wei’s blabbermouth nature. “It may sound like nonsense, but I genuinely don’t remember. Even after looking into it, they couldn’t figure out why.”
“Mn.” Xu Ze nodded. The last question was, “How long until you come back?” Obviously, there was no need to ask.
“Is there more?”
“No.” After locking eyes with Lu Heyang for two seconds, Xu Ze looked away. Suddenly, he noticed that there seemed to be a bruise on the back of Lu Heyang’s shoulder, right beneath the collar.
He immediately came closer and lifted his collar. He asked with concern, “How did you get injured?”
“Didn’t you say you had nothing more to ask?” It was just a small bruise, hardly worth mentioning compared to the injuries Xu Ze had received during boxing before. Lu Heyang pulled Xu Ze’s hand down, “Training will always cause some injuries.”
Xu Ze remained silent, seemingly disagreeing with the statement, and continued to inspect Lu Heyang’s body to see if there were any other injuries.
“It should be blocked by the clothes.” Lu Heyang’s smile was faint and somewhat lazy, an unusual sight that indicated his fatigue.
—To Xu Ze, it was undoubtedly “Lu Heyang is tired”, rather than there might be some hidden meaning.
“Where?” Xu Ze’s expression was serious. His tone even carried a hint of coaxing, “Let me see, I’ll apply some ointment, and then you can go to bed.”
“Don’t look.” Lu Heyang leaned back in the chair and tried to persuade him.
The more he resisted, the more worried Xu Ze became. Xu Ze said, “I have to look.”
For some unknown reason, he ended up “looking” on the bed, and the first person to undress turned into Xu Ze. Lu Heyang lifted one of Xu Ze’s legs. His hand trailed slowly from the inner thigh to the calf. Finally, he held onto Xu Ze’s ankle and kissed it as he questioned, “Why are your legs so long?”
Xu Ze leaned back on the pillow to catch his breath, clutching the hem of Lu Heyang’s T-shirt in his hand as he was still thinking of seeing the injuries on his body.
“There are no other injuries, I’m not lying. Don’t be nervous.” Lu Heyang comforted him and put his hand on Xu Ze’s heart. It was beating fast. His breathing caused his slightly bulging chest muscles to move up and down with suppleness and strength.
“……” Xu Ze opened his mouth without making a sound. He took Lu Heyang’s hand and brought it to his mouth to kiss his fingertips.
Lu Heyang rubbed Xu Ze’s lips, then opened his hand and clasped Xu Ze’s neck.
He didn’t use any force, but Xu Ze’s breathing suddenly became rapid. Xu Ze partly closed his eyes as if water was about to flow out of them. He looked at Lu Heyang with an unfocused and blank gaze. The tip of his tongue was slightly protruding from between his lips, and he was flushed from his ears to his chest—an expression that would only appear when he reached climax.
Lu Heyang lowered his head and stared at Xu Ze’s face for a few seconds with his calm and contemplative eyes before eventually commenting, “You’ve picked up bad habits.”
Art for this chapter (slightly nsfw):
The pic is long so I’m not sure if it shows properly, you can also see the original post here.
The dialogue:
“Why are your legs so long?”
“There are no other injuries, I’m not lying. Don’t be nervous.”
“You’ve picked up bad habits.”
Damn the panels at the end are so 😳😳😳
Thank you for this chapter~ <3
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A beautiful art
Thank you for the chapter ☺️
Wow my fav chapter, a bit of an nsfw and an amazing art ❤️😍
Dayumm
Thanks for the chapter!!!
We need the manhua 😌
Exactly! I’m really hoping this artist will take it on 🥰
BAD HABIT INDEED