Arc 4: Chapter 4
Although Lin Yuan always called Lu Ye husband, when he heard Lu Ye ask if he liked him, he suddenly became shy. He twisted and bashfully howled: Like~ Really like~
Lu Ye could kind of guess what this sound meant, but he wanted a sure answer. His lips curled as he whispered: "Lin Yuan, you haven't answered me yet, do you like me?"
Lin Yuan almost forgot he was a wolf and couldn’t be understood.
Under the watchful gaze of the young man, he used his claws to shyly point at the characters on the paper.
Like, I like you, I really like you.
Lu Ye understood Lin Yuan's answer very clearly now.
From all of his interactions with Lin Yuan until now, he could somewhat confidently conclude that this person named Lin Yuan was quite a simple person.
After saying this, Lin Yuan suddenly worried that he'd just met his husband today, would Lu Ye think he was expressing his feelings too hastily?
But he had already called the other person ‘husband’ and also confessed he liked him. He couldn’t take those words back.
Lin Yuan’s brain hurt from thinking and he rattled his head.
Lu Ye smiled lightly. His originally cold features softened with his smile and made him seem gentle. His gaze towards Lin Yuan undetectably held a little warmth, and a sense of amusement leaked through.
“What’s up now?” Lu Ye asked.
Lin Yuan sighed and sprawled on the floor. He thought for a long time before suddenly standing up and used his claws to excitedly point at some new characters.
Husband, I’m chasing you. I want to pursue you to be my husband, is that okay?
Even if he had to take many days or many months, he would definitely be able to chase his husband, Lin Yuan thought.
Lu Ye’s eyes imperceptibly darkened, like a forest at night hiding unseeable dangers and death.
“You want to chase me?”
The corners of the young man’s lips faintly curved up and he looked into the white wolf’s icy, clear blue eyes. It was looking at a piece of ice that seemed harshly cold on the outside, but would actually easily melt into water: “But right now you’re a wolf. Can you describe to me your human self?”
Lin Yuan interpreted that his husband agreed to being chased and hurriedly nodded.
After some time, Lu Yu’s mind constructed the image of a person’s blurry figure. A height of one meter and 82 centimeters, a slender form, black fluffy hair with a natural curl, pale skin, and a dimple on his left cheek.
According to Lin Yuan, he was pretty good looking, very handsome, although because Lu Ye had never seen him, he temporarily withheld his opinions. Knowing that Lin Yuan was his underclassman and close in age was also a big plus for Lu Ye.
Lu Ye slowly leaned closer to Lin Yuan. His alluring and deep eyes locked into Lin Yuan’s blue ones, hooking Lin Yuan closer to him.
“Lin Yuan, at the convenience store just now, actually I was really scared and helpless. I don’t know why they all didn’t like me. When the zombies first appeared and they didn’t have super powers, I even saved them. I didn’t expect that they would turn around and chase me away.”
Lu Ye's expression saddened and his voice weakened: “They said that because I was an ordinary person, I wouldn’t be able to survive in the apocalypse so they didn’t even want to give me a bottle of water. They said that giving resources to me would be wasting resources. But thankfully, you came.”
Lin Yuan’s anger immediately rose and barked and growled: That group of bad people! Really terrible!
Lin Yuan was too angry to notice Lu Ye’s green tea smell.
Lu Ye waited until Lin Yuan looked at him in heartache and then smiled: “I’m really thankful for your help. Since you like me, then we can try it out. I promise to do my best to like you too.”
Lin Yuan felt both heartache and anger. He wanted to rub against Lu Ye to comfort the other, but thinking of their unfamiliarity, he restrained himself and pointed to some characters: Husband, can I rub you?
Lu Ye pretended to hesitate: “Okay.”
Lin Yuan immediately got closer and carefully rubbed against Lu Ye’s face.
Don’t worry, husband, I’ll protect you.
Lu Ye felt the soft fur on his cheek that seemed to itch somewhere inside of him and suddenly thought that he probably didn’t need to pretend and scheme against this simple person. As long as he wanted, Lin Yuan would probably obediently follow.
After rubbing for a bit, Lin Yuan felt his power energy recover to normal levels and trotted over to the bathtub to continue to fill it with water.
Lu Ye was now a small white flower, someone who needed to be protected, while Lin Yuan himself was a dual power user, so he had to take care of Lu Ye. Since Lu Ye wanted to shower, then he would make sure he could.
An hour later, Lu Ye looked at the bathtub full of water with thoughtful eyes.
Since he already decided to rely on his underclassman and obtain his protection, there were some things that he shouldn’t avoid. The more he could have this person like him, turn like into love, turn love into obsession, the safer and more stable his survival would be.
He turned towards the white wolf and asked meaningfully: “Lin Yuan, do you want to take a bath with me?”
Lin Yuan almost thought he was having auditory hallucinations. He howled: What did you say?
Lu Ye seemed to be a lot more at ease around Lin Yuan now compared to before. He smiled and said: “You spent a lot of effort to fill the bathtub, so let’s bathe together. Moreover, I can help you wash your body.”
Of course, Lin Yuan had no reason to refuse. He happily rubbed against Lu Ye’s leg and softly awoo’ed in agreement.
Lu Ye stroked Lin Yuan’s head a few times and then went to get a change of clothes and a towel.
When he took off his clothes, Lin Yuan was originally looking, but the moment he saw the young man’s abdominal muscles, he hurriedly turned around with red ears and didn’t dare look any more.
Lin Yuan shyly stared at the wall and thought that his husband really wasn’t treating him as an outsider even though he hadn’t chased him yet.
Lu Ye silently observed Lin Yuan’s reaction and smiled. Although this person was very coquettish and called him husband intimately all the time, he was still too simple in terms of actions.
He left on his pair of tight underwear and sat on a stool: “I’ll wash first, and then help you wash.”
Lin Yuan nodded facing the wall and howled with red ears: … Okay…
Lu Ye squeezed out some pumps of shampoo and washed his hair, and then used a lot of body wash to clean his body. When he was done, he called out to the wolf butt facing him: “Lin Yuan, come over and I’ll wash you.”
Lin Yuan awkwardly turned around and closed his eyes while walking towards Lin Yuan. He used his sense of smell and hearing to stop accurately in front of the young man.
Lu Ye thought this scene looked quite funny and lightly chuckled. He poured buckets of water and wet Lin Yuan’s fur.
Then Lu Ye faced a new challenge. Should he use shampoo or body wash for Lin Yuan’s fur? Wait, can animals even use human products? Will these cause Lin Yuan to lose fur?
Lu Ye had never raised a pet, so he didn’t know what to do. In the end, he asked Lin Yuan.
Actually, Lin Yuan also didn’t know. But he felt that his body now was not exactly an animal’s or exactly a human’s, so it should be fine to use shampoo this once. He held up his paw and made an OK sign.
Lu Ye made a sound of acknowledgement and lathered shampoo all over the wolf’s fur. Soon, Lin Yuan’s entire body was covered in bubbles.
The smell of the shampoo was a little strong and Lin Yuan couldn’t help sneezing a few times, making the bubbles around him pop. But he felt a lot better after Lu Ye rinsed the shampoo away.
When they were done with washing, Lu Ye put on a set of clean clothes and wiped his wet hair carelessly. Then he took the stool into the living room and began to dry Lin Yuan’s fur.
Lin Yuan had already shaken out his body many times, but his fur was still dripping with water.
Lu Ye’s movements were gentle from the start to the end. In the middle, he fiddled with the ring hanging around Lin Yuan’s neck, which he noticed in the bath, and asked seemingly unintentionally: " Why are you wearing a ring around your neck?”
Lin Yuan never hid anything from Lu Ye and took out a bottle of spring water and pointed at the ring. He howled shortly: This is a ring with a space.
Lu Ye again understood Lin Yuan’s meaning for some inexplicable reason. He asked for certainty: “You mean that all of the resources are stored in your ring, and you don’t actually have a space power?”
Lin Yuan obediently nodded.
Lu Ye was stunned and his heartbeat became wild for a moment. His eyes deepened and like the dusking sky.
He didn’t understand how Lin Yuan could tell him such important information, with no hesitation, to him when they’d just met.
Just because he liked him?
Because he liked him, he would show him everything with no reservation.
Lu Ye used to not believe that there existed feelings this extreme, like a fire that consumed itself to warm the other person. But at this moment, he couldn't help but believe a little.
Lin Yuan was like that fire.
Lu Ye stared at the contradictory beast in front of him who looked ferocious and strong but had a personality that was soft and docile. In the depths of his dark eyes, there appeared a faint hint of softness. He gently wiped all over Lin Yuan’s body, like a beast marking another as his.
After some time had passed, Lu Ye’s cold lips moved silently: “Lin Yuan……”
Lin Yuan blinked and whined twice: En, husband~
Lu Ye's slender hand fell on the scruff of Lin Yuan's neck. His fingers stroked through the thick layer of fur and brushed over the wolf’s warm skin: "Lin Yuan, you have to remember what you said today. Remember that you like me, you must remember and never forget this sentence until you die."