Arc 8: Chapter 5
The slap resounded harshly in the bedroom.
Lin Yuan’s brain seemed to have paused, and the only thing he could register was his slightly numb hand.
Jin Ran’s head was skewed to the side. His messy dark hair covered his expression, and hid the gloominess in his eyes. His face throbbed with familiar pain, bringing back memories of the abuse he suffered from Lin Yuan’s hand.
The air around them seemed to be compressed, suffocating and oppressive. Only Lin Yuan’s small gasps sounded in the quiet room.
Lin Yuan’s heart felt squeezed until his sour and uncomfortable feelings overflowed, and his eyes slowly reddened. He didn’t want to let Jin Ran see him like this. Lin Yuan curled up behind his knees, letting tears cascade down his cheeks.
Jin Ran came back to his senses and turned his head back. He saw Lin Yuan shrunk like a ball, with only the dim ceiling light covering his thin body.
Was Lin Yuan… crying?
Wasn’t he just a little more forceful than usual, why was Lin Yuan crying?
What was there to even cry about?
Jin Ran felt irritable, but he inexplicably couldn’t pinpoint exactly what made him so angry. His dark eyes stared at Lin Yuan, trying to find the answer to violent emotions in his heart. After some time, he still approached the trembling teenager and roughly raised the other’s face.
Sure enough, the other’s face was wet with tears, with fair skin flushed pink like a dewy rose.
A few strands of hair framed his soft cheeks, and his eyes were hazy and blank from crying.
Jin Ran didn’t expect Lin Yuan would cry like this. He cried so delicately, pitiful and cute.
He wiped off a rolling tear with his finger and slowly raised it towards his own lips. The tip of his tongue tasted something salty.
Rationally, he made the little devil cry, which was good thing, but Jin Ran didn’t feel any happiness.
Jin Ran had to admit that tears were really useful. Lin Yuan cried so much he even regretted his own actions a little.
Jin Ran softened his movements and gently kissed the tears on Lin Yuan’s face. His whispering voice was almost coaxing: “Lin Yuan…”
As if a child who had finally found support, Lin Yuan sobbed and burrowed into Jin Ran’s arms, hugging the other tightly.
“Jin Ran…” Hearing the voice full of dependence and attachment, Jin Ran thought he had heard wrong.
“Jin Ran…” Lin Yuan’s face was buried in his neck, tears soaking Jin Ran’s shirt little by little.
Jin Ran didn’t move or say anything. He continued to hold Lin Yuan in his arms.
Lin Yuan cried until he was tired. Finally, he fell asleep peacefully in the arms of his favorite person.
Jin Ran checked that Lin Yuan was asleep, and then laid down on the bed together, covering them both with the blanket.
He reasoned to himself that it didn’t make sense to send Lin Yuan back. If an attendant saw them, Father Lin would find out their current relationship and that would cause a lot of trouble.
If someone told Jin Ran a month ago that he and this little devil would lie in the same bed hugging each other, he would’ve called them a psychopath. But life was really full of unexpected events, he actually kissed the little devil and helped him with his mouth…
So why did Lin Yuan cry?
Jin Ran stroked Lin Yuan’s hot and swollen eyelids, feeling confused.
The little devil never keeps his words, Jin Ran thought grumpily. He already used his mouth, but the little devil was unhappy to please him back, and even slapped him.
Jin Ran felt that Lin Yuan didn’t deserve to sleep on his bed. A bad child should be punished, Jin Ran thought, but he didn’t do anything.
Like this, Jin Ran’s mind was full of Lin Yuan, the bad child in his arms, and he slowly fell asleep.
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The next day, Lin Yuan woke up a little late. Because he was surrounded by the warm embrace that he missed, he couldn’t help but indulge and rubbed against the other sleepily.
Jin Ran had woken up a while ago. But Lin Yuan wrapped around him like an octopus, so he couldn’t get up.
Although Lin Yuan moved innocently, and a vigorous, young body couldn’t stand the teasing.
Seeing that Lin Yuan had woken up, Jin Ran peeled away Lin Yuan’s limbs and hurried to the bathroom.
Unhappy that his husband was gone, Lin Yuan followed Jin Ran into the bathroom like a puppy, making JIn Ran almost choke on air.
He blocked the door and frowned slightly: “Why are you coming in too?”
Lin Yuan didn’t know what to say for a moment. He really didn’t want to be separated from Jin Ran. He mumbled: “I- I just- I didn’t have nightmares last night. Anyways, why do you care, I just want to follow you.”
He directly pounced on Jin Ran, hanging on the other’s body: “Jin Ran, it feels good to hug you.”
Jin Ran subconsciously held Lin Yuan up by the waist. He blinked twice and then said awkwardly: “You- Nightmares? Do you often have nightmares?”
Lin Yuan nodded. The original Lin Yuan often had nightmares about the mountain village. Even after waking up, the despair he felt always chilled his bones, as if conveying that he could never escape.
Jin Ran had no idea. He stroked Lin Yuan’s fluffy hair and then said: “You can follow me, but let go for a second. Let me solve this first.”
Lin Yuan naturally felt the hot and hard thing. He hugged Jin Ran tighter and whispered: “Jin Ran, you kissed me too roughly last night. It hurt a lot so I did that, sorry.”
He looked up and noticed the teenager’s slightly swollen cheek and felt even worse: “I’m really sorry, does it hurt?”
Jin Ran sneered: “Why don’t you slap yourself and feel if it hurts or not?”
Lin Yuan turned his fair face to the side and closed his eyes, saying: “Then you slap me. Don’t be angry at me anymore.”
Jin Ran didn’t believe that the little devil would really be willing to get hit. Staring at Lin Yuan’s face, Jin Ran inexplicably felt that Lin Yuan wasn’t waiting to be beaten, he was more like asking for a kiss.
This strange feeling made Jin Ran uncomfortable. He raised his hand and patted Lin Yuan’s cheek and said: “Ok, I’ve hit you. I’m not angry anymore.”
Lin Yuan didn’t expect Jin Ran to be like this. He raised his hand and then slapped himself fiercely, a bright red handprint appearing on the side of his face.
Jin Ran grabbed his wrist and he questioned almost angrily: “What are you doing?”
Lin Yuan’s were clear. He blinked and said naturally: “Just like you said, I should slap myself to feel if it hurts.”
Jin Ran really didn’t understand the thought process of this little devil. The redness of Lin Yuan’s face was glaring and he felt inexplicably irritable. Jin Ran’s voice was low and depressed: “Whatever.”
Lin Yuan leaned closer and asked: “You’re not angry now?”
Jin Ran was a little helpless: “En, not angry.”
Lin Yuan smiled, and the dimples on his cheeks deepened. He looked down at Jin Ran’s energetic problem and said: “I’ll help you. Wait a minute, let me go back to my room and brush my teeth first.”
Jin Ran was stunned in place, while the teenager had already left. He picked up his toothbrush in disbelief. If Lin Yuan was serious, then they would likely be kissing later.
Jin Ran meticulously brushed his teeth and checked his breath. Just as he was washing his face, the bathroom door opened.
Lin Yuan was still wearing his white rabbit pajamas, and his bangs were slightly wet. He looked around the bathroom and then pointed to the bathtub: “You sit on the edge and I’ll help you.”
Jin Ran’s eyes deepened and obediently walked over and sat down.
Lin Yuan was about to kneel down when Jin Ran pulled him closer to his chest. Jin Ran gently rubbed the corners of Lin Yuan’s lips with his cool fingers, saying lowly: “I hurt you last night?”
“En!!” Lin Yuan nodded aggrievedly: “It really hurt.”
Well, it wasn’t just physical pain, but Lin Yuan couldn’t explain it.
Jin Ran’s Adam’s apple rolled as he looked at Lin Yuan’s plump lips. He whispered: “Then I’ll be gentle this time.”
He kissed Lin Yuan’s lips very lightly, and Lin Yuan slowly hugged his neck in response.
His tender lips were sucked and nibbled, and their tongues sweetly caressed each other, making this the most gentle kiss between them yet.
Pulling away with small gasps, Lin Yuan slowly knelt in between Jin Ran’s legs. Peeking up at Jin Ran’s expression, Lin Yuan pulled down the other’s pants.
In the midst of the chaos, Jin Ran's fingers ran through Lin Yuan’s soft hair, and he couldn’t help but press a few times. In response was Lin Yuan’s pitiful and muffled hum.
His other hand was like a snake coveting the temperature of Lin Yuan’s skin, sliding across Lin Yuan’s ears, neck, and collarbone. Jin Ran’s narrow and usually cold eyes were now pooling with desire.
The sun’s rays elongated in the room. Simultaneously, Lin Yuan was choked and Jin Ran gasped hoarsely. Lin Yuan coughed and then swallowed.
Shocked that Lin Yuan would do this, the fire in Jin Ran’s body that had just been extinguished almost ignited again.
He squatted down in front of Lin Yuan and scrubbed the other’s swollen lips: “Are you dumb? Is this something that should be swallowed?”
Lin Yuan looked at him innocently: “Don’t you like it?”
His husband obviously liked it the most.
Jin Ran suddenly felt that he underestimated this little devil. Unexpectedly, he was really seduced by Lin Yuan.