Arc 1: Chapter 33
Huo Chen thought of the addicting taste last night and his heart and hands itched. He remembered how he held Lin Yuan’s thin and pale waist for a long time, and now there were blue and purple fingermarks.
Just the recollection of that scene made Huo Chen a little thirsty. He knew that his desire was not only instinctive, but came from his body, blood, and soul that were all clamoring for Lin Yuan.
“Probably……not.” Huo Chen’s voice was hoarse and deep and very pleasant to the ears: “......After the first time, you have to rest for a few days.”
Lin Yuan blinked incomprehensibly and wondered: “Why do I need to rest? We’re not rolling in the sheets during the day, isn’t that resting?”
Huo Chen’s hand that was on Lin Yuan’s waist touched somewhere lower and his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down. “Here…… needs to rest.”
Lin Yuan felt a little uncomfortable and couldn’t help moaning lightly. He belatedly realized what Huo Chen was doing and probably because the quilt was stuffy, Lin Yuan felt that his face was very hot and red.
He twisted his body shyly and whispered: “......It’s daytime now, you…… you take your fingers out……”
Huo Chen deliberately moved a little before slowly pulling out his fingers.
Lin Yuan blushed even harder, but he still wanted to be intimate with Huo Chen like last night. He said softly and clingy: “Can’t we do it again? You just do it gently.”
Huo Chen didn’t expect that his little partner would be so active about this matter and bowed down to kiss his slender neck and bit it before saying slowly: “No. Even if I’m gentle, Sui Sui will still feel pain. Wait until it doesn’t hurt anymore, then we’ll do it.”
Lin Yuan felt that it didn’t hurt much, but knowing that Huo Chen was doing it for his own good, he nodded obediently: “Ok.”
Then, he said with some anticipation: “Then when it doesn’t hurt anymore, can we do it three times a night? Can we, husband?”
Huo Chen stroked Lin Yuan’s fluffy hair and said gently: “Ok, three times.”
For the rest of the day, Lin Yuan became very confused because Huo Chen was treating him too well. He helped him dress, helped him wash his face, and even fed him porridge. He wiped his mouth, hugged him to accompany him to play games, and chatted with him.
Lin Yuan felt that he had become Huo Chen’s cherished treasure, and his whole heart softened like it was wrapped in sweet, warm honey.
At night, Lin Yuan lay in Huo Chen’s arms and looked up. The first thing he saw was the man’s neck, and his prominent Adam’s apple. It looked tempting when he swallowed, making people want to bite and lick.
Next was the man’s sharp chin, red lips, tall nose, and finally the man’s dark but extremely beautiful eyes.
He stared for a while, and couldn’t help calling out: “Huo Chen~”
Huo Chen was thinking about something, but when he heard the young man’s soft voice, he looked down: “Hm? What’s the matter, Sui Sui?”
They made eye contact, and Lin Yuan’s heart pounded uncontrollably and his temperature rose and seemed to burn him into a trance. For some reason he didn’t dare look at Huo Chen anymore. He hurriedly lowered his hand and picked at the buttons of Huo Chen’s pajamas.
“Well, today…… You were really nice to me. You helped me dress and fed me porridge. You weren’t like this before.”
Huo Chen pressed Lin Yuan under him with a soft smile and clasped their hands together.
“Does Sui Sui think that I didn’t treat you nicely before and want to settle accounts with me now?”
Huo Chen’s slender fingers fell on Lin Yuan’s ruddy swollen lips and rubbed it a few times. He asked meaningfully: “Then, Mr. Lin Yuan, how do you want to settle accounts with your husband?”
Lin Yuan’s heart was still beating wildly. He looked at the handsome face and whispered: “I don’t want to settle accounts with you. You were good to me before, but today was better.”
Huo Chen observed Lin Yuan’s well-behaved and soft appearance and leaned down to kiss him and said: “From now on I’ll be this good to you. No, actually even better than today.”
Lin Yuan heard this and found it hard to believe: “Better than today?”
What kind of treatment would that be?
“En, better than today.” Huo Chen promised.
Lin Yuan smiled happily and kissed Huo Chen: “Then I’ll also treat you better.”
Huo Chen didn’t say anything, but just looked at Lin Yuan, his reflection shining in his eyes.
This was his partner.
And the one treasure that belonged to him.
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Lin Yuan was in good health, and in a couple of days, he was hopping over to Huo’s building to deliver food to Huo Chen.
Him and Huo Chen became even more intimate, often just one kiss wasn’t enough. While Huo Chen was working, they couldn’t help looking at each other. When Huo Chen smiled at him, he was happy enough to laugh out loud.
After finishing lunch, Huo Chen brought Lin Yuan out of the company.
The car stopped in front of a building that Lin Yuan had never seen before. He asked: “Husband, where is this?”
Huo Chen’s face was paler than usual, making his lips redder in comparison. He reached out to hug Lin Yuan and his eyes unconsciously closed. He took a deep breath, and said in a low voice: “This is the psychological consulting place that I used to go to. I haven’t been here for a few years now, but now, I want to come. I think I should come here.”
At this time, Huo Chen was sitting in the driver's seat and Lin Yuan was in the passenger seat. Their hugging posture was uncomfortable, but Huo Chen and Lin Yuan hugged tightly.
Lin Yuan voiced softly: “Huo Chen, if you don’t want to go, then don’t go. I think you’re much better, and we can take our time. We have a lot, a lot of time.”
Huo Chen shook his head with difficulty, like a rusty machine: “No, I need to get better. I…… want to be with you like a normal person. Lin Yuan, when I hear that woman…… I want to treat her like a stranger. I really, really want to……”
Lin Yuan felt Huo Chen’s slight trembling and immediately kissed his cheek to comfort him. His hands didn’t stop patting the man’s thin back: “You can definitely get better. Huo Chen, I believe in you. We’ll be together forever……”
When Huo Chen entered the reception room, Lin Yuan also accompanied him. The doctor seeing them was the one who had been in charge of him before. He was a middle-aged man in his forties, elegant and easy-going.
The doctor asked Huo Chen some questions, and after learning his situation, he looked at the young man beside him in disbelief.
“Mr. Huo, according to your statements, the sleep medicine has no effect on you, but even without taking the medicine, you can still sleep for about three hours every day, which suggests that your condition is improving……”
Huo Chen made a sound of acknowledgement and turned to look at Lin Yuan and said: “Sui Sui, go out and wait for me first. I have something to say to the doctor.”
Lin Yuan nodded obediently: “Ok, then I’m going out. You hurry up ah.”
He stood up and politely waved to the doctor and said goodbye.
The doctor looked at his warm and bright smile and his lips curved: “So Mr. Huo decided to come back here because of that gentleman right? I remember you were unwilling to come before.”
When Huo Chen thought of Lin Yuan, his heart involuntarily softened: “Yes, I came here for him. Actually, I don’t care what I do to myself, in any case, I’ve always lived like this.”
“But I have him now. I can’t let myself pose any danger to my lover. Furthermore, my poor mental state is detrimental to my health, and I want to grow old with him like other husbands do. So I need to recover.”
When the doctor heard this, his relaxed look turned solemn.
The doctor said: “Mr. Huo, your thoughts are still dangerous. While I’m glad you’ve found motivation to live, it is too dangerous to attach everything to one person. If something happens to that gentleman, it will be a fatal blow to you. At that time, you will probably…….”
“I’ll probably lose the will to live and kill myself right?” Huo Chen continued the doctor’s sentence. After saying these words, he had felt an indescribable pleasure rise from the bottom of his heart.
Having life and death depend on one another, he liked this ending.
The doctor guessed early on that Huo Chen would go crazy sooner or later. He refused treatment and his thoughts were extremely paranoid. He didn’t carry a trace of hope for the future and couldn’t find any motivation to live. He lived like a machine whose button was turned on. Today, the doctor felt that he was soberly crazy.
However, there was no other solution to Huo Chen’s mental state.
A patient that was at the end of the road caught his only life-saving straw. It wasn’t surprising that he would be so desperate.
The doctor talked to him for a while, and Huo Chen listened carefully. He gradually came up with some ideas in his heart.
Leaving the consultation room, Huo Chen drove Lin Yuan to the mall. Lin Yuan thought they were going to shop and looked forward to it, but Huo Chen took him to a store for women’s clothing.
Lin Yuan was puzzled: “Huo Chen, this place sells women’s clothes. Are you buying clothes to give to others?”
Huo Chen shook his head: “No.” He looked up at the name of the store. The three words were white and shining, but he felt he could smell something bloody and decaying.
Huo Chen only glanced for a moment, and then looked down at Lin Yuan with his eyes full of tenderness: “Sui Sui, I want to cure my illness. So we should start with the easiest method. She liked this brand of nightdresses the most. In my memories, she always wore a red nightdress.”
“If I want to get better, I need to face her.”
He must make himself healthy.