Ning Shu’s heart seemed to have stopped beating. He stared wide-eyed at the man before him.
He seemed like a stranger, the stern and imposing Lord Yan before him.
Li Yan just lowered his head, stared at him, and said in a low voice, “I don’t need an answer from you right now.” He paused, and continued, “Ningning, give me five years. If after five years, you haven’t fallen in love with me, I’ll let you go….”
A man’s warm breath blew against the young man’s skin.
Ning Shu felt unprecedented helplessness. Li Yan’s pair of dark and deep eyes stared at him, never leaving for a moment.
He couldn’t help but purse his lips and look away.
When she saw Li Yan’s bandaged hands, her heart suddenly felt like it was being covered by something, a dull ache.
The forgotten Li Che finally spoke, he interjected with a blank expression, a little awkwardly: “…Thank you for saving father.”
Li Yan retracted his gaze and exchanged a look with his son, coldly stating, “He is my lover, you don’t need to thank me.”
Li Che: “……. ”
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After treatment, Li Yan’s burns had healed considerably through surgery. However, the serious parts left some scars. Every time Ning Shu saw those scars, she felt her eyes burning with emotion.
He couldn’t help but reach out and open his mouth, saying: “…You don’t have to come save me.” Ning Shu said, “…I’m on the outside. If I’m lucky, I’ll be rescued soon.”
This sentence seemed to strike a nerve with Li Yan. The man reached out and grabbed him, his eyes dark and intense. “Ning Shu,” he said, “do you think I dare?”
Now that he thinks about it, he can’t control his emotions.
Li Yan tightly pulled the young man into his arms, his voice cold as he said: “Even if it’s seventy percent, I wouldn’t risk your life.”
Ning Shu was held tightly in his arms.
He was a little stunned, then started to remember the entanglement between them. At first, he and Li Yan had just agreed on a bed partner arrangement. Ning Shu couldn’t even say clearly what kind of feelings he had for Li Yan, he yearned for him, depended on him.
It’s undeniable that when she was pregnant, Ning Shu placed her complete trust in Li Yan.
What if there were no misunderstandings?
What will they become?
Ning Shu didn’t dare to think further, her ears were getting hot now, and she couldn’t help but gently push the man away. “Your injuries…”
Li Yan’s emotions settled, but there was a hint of something Ning Shu couldn’t understand.
For a while, he said, “You can question me, but you can’t question my feelings for you.”
Ning Shu gently pursed his lips, lowered his eyes, and then changed the subject: “Let me apply medicine to you.”
Li Yan has always had a great physique.
His abs were clearly defined, even the muscles had beautiful curves. He was strong and elastic, he had been pressed down on the bed by this body more than once.
A pretty, fair pair of feet kicked back on the bed.
Then, she was forced to cry by Li Yan, her whole body radiating ambiguity.
Li Yan did not refuse the young man’s request; he simply looked over.
Ning Shu felt a little flustered under his gaze and instinctively turned her eyes away. She then started helping him treat the wounds on his body. Although they had mostly healed, the doctor said that as long as she continued to apply medicine, it would reduce the scars significantly.
When the youth touched those scars, he seemed to be out of control emotionally. Ning Shu’s lips moved slightly; in fact, these wounds were much better than they had been initially, but there was still a slight bitterness in his eyes.
He was afraid that his expression would be seen through by Li Yan, so he could only nervously twitch his eyelashes.
But Ning Shu still couldn’t help but repeatedly glance over those scars, then reach out and gently touch them.
Li Yan’s face, however, was amiss. He suddenly grabbed the young man’s hand. Then those eyes, as deep and dark as obsidian, stared straight at him.
“What’s wrong?” Ning Shu noticed something was amiss.
Li Yan’s breath was a little heavy for a while, he looked at the young man. Like a python inch by inch wanting to devour him, his voice was a little hoarse and slowly said: “…don’t touch anymore.”
Ning Shu seemed to have understood something, and suddenly became a little embarrassed.
He is a little awkward.
Li Yan hadn’t touched him in a long time, maybe three or four months. Right now, the man was looking at him, his expression cold but his eyes were filled with desire.
Ning Shu hadn’t expected that, just by touching those scars, Li Yan would… react like this. He couldn’t help but glance at the other person’s hand.
Although it was already pretty good there, new skin has only recently started to grow.
Ning Shu hesitated for a moment, then spoke: “… Can you make it go away?”
Li Yan said nothing, just looked at him, his eyes deep.
Ning Shu also fell silent, he couldn’t possibly… have to help the other party solve their desire at this awkward juncture.
He opened his mouth, just about to tell Li Yan to give himself some space, when the other party reached out and pulled him over.
Ning Shu sat on the man’s thigh.
Li Yan held him like that, kissing his neck as if he were a pervert: “..Help me.”
Ning Shu couldn’t help but raise her eyes to look. After a while, he seemed to have compromised.
He looked towards that spot and was just about to move.
Li Yan, however, pressed him onto the bed with one hand, kissing him while saying, “This time, no hands.”
It took Ning Shu a while to understand what it meant to not use one’s hands.
Li Yan half-removed his clothes, Ning Shu was bare from the waist up. The crease of her hip was bumped again and tender, that large area was all red.
I don’t know how long it took, but Li Yan finally let him go.
” …This time, let’s not go in.”
….
When Ning Shu tidied her clothes, she realized her face was flushed.
Li Yan’s last question remains unanswered to this day.
He didn’t run away, he just took some time to think things through. Xiao Che was someone he couldn’t abandon, Ning Shu had become tethered to this world, and… he wasn’t completely without feelings for Li Yan.
Ning Shu slightly averted her gaze and said, “Let’s give it a try.”
Li Yan stopped.
Ning Shu hadn’t heard a response for a long time, so he couldn’t help but raise his eyes and look over. He found that the man was also staring at him, his eyes like a whirlpool. If one wasn’t careful, they would fall in and lose everything.
A man with a delicate and handsome face had his Adam’s apple bob slightly, while Ning Shu’s body hadn’t left the bed yet.
Then Li Yan leaned over, and the clothes that had just been tidied up were rumpled beyond repair.
It’s been a while since I last did this.
Ning Shu bit her lip, her eyes hazy as she gripped the muscles on Li Yan’s body: ” …I said I’d try, just try. Li Yan, if you’re not good to me, I…”
Li Yan suddenly bumped into the young man, looking at his disheveled appearance. Then he deeply kissed him: “No, I won’t give you that chance.”
….
When Ning Shu put his clothes back on, he felt a little ashamed. He remembered that he had promised Xiao Che to tell him a story.
But now, he and Li Yan had been wild for several hours.
If he didn’t really have the strength to stop, he would probably keep going indefinitely. He had a feeling that it was only a few months since he practiced abstinence, but Lǐ Yán’s performance seemed as if he had been abstinent for years.
Li Yan got out of bed and asked him where he was going.
Ning Shu said a little silently, “You forgot I’m supposed to accompany Xiao Che today.”
Li Yan paused, seeming to frown slightly. He said coldly: “He is already five years old. He doesn’t need you to sleep with him anymore. This will only foster a dependence on you.”
Ning Shu was taken aback.
He then thought that what Li Yan said made some sense, and he fastened the last button. Li Yan glanced at him, then suddenly reached around to embrace his body from behind.
Ning Shu hadn’t even had time to speak before Li Yan spoke up, “No need to wait until tomorrow, let’s start right now.”
He hesitated for a moment, then said uncertainly: “But I haven’t told Xiao Che yet.”
Li Yan stared at the youth’s neck, which was almost glowing white, his eyes becoming slightly deeper. Then he said: “I’ll go talk to him.”
Ning Shu thought it wasn’t good: “It’s still me….”
“He’ll eventually accept me as his father.” Li Yan interrupted his words, “Instead of always being under your wing.”
He said with a hint of displeasure, “It’s because…Little Che is hurt by…your cold attitude towards him back then, and it’s still the same now…”
Sometimes Ning Shu also felt that Li Yan might not love this child enough.
“No.” Li Yan said, his voice serious. “I’ve never been a father before, but I will try my best to be a good one.”
He paused for a moment, then said softly, “At least I won’t be like my father.”
Ning Shu suddenly became quiet. He remembered that Li Yan had not received paternal love when he was a child either.
For a time, my feelings are quite complicated.
…He finally conceded, ” …Xiaoche actually wants to get closer to you.”
….
Footsteps sounded outside the door, then gradually drew closer.
Li Che, who was originally lying in bed, stared intently at the direction of the door. With a creak, the door opened. His gaze slowly shifted upwards and landed on a handsome face that resembled his own.
Li Che glanced at the man’s back, but he didn’t see his father.
A man related to him coldly stated, “He won’t be coming today, you needn’t look.”
Li Che’s face was cold as he stared at the person in front of him: “Why?”
Li Yan looked at the little ghost in front of him, and said in a flat tone: “There’s no reason. From now on, you have to sleep alone.”
“What right do you have?” Li Che could no longer control his icy facade, clenching his fist and saying
“I started sleeping alone when I was two years old.” Li Yan said, his words light and airy as they shut him down.