Chapter 105 I Like You

The floor lamp in the living room was not turned off, and the warm light came from behind Jiang Xun, outlining the soft outline of the thin flannel home clothes.

He held the light yellow Taiyaki blanket in his arms and stood at the door hesitantly, stopping half a step away from the door. His light amber eyes sparkled in the warm dim light, and he looked at Chen Luan with some anticipation.

Like a large dog wagging its tail obediently waiting for permission.

The fingers swiping the tablet screen paused for a moment, and Chen Luan's eyes fell on the slightly pale face. After pausing for two seconds, he glanced at the waist and abdomen covered by the home clothes: "Your injury is not healed yet. What if you get hit..."

"But I missed you so much."

The alpha's light voice came in, and his eyes looked at Chen Luan intently and seriously: "I'll be careful, okay?"

There was a subtle quietness in the air.

Chen Luan's eyes flickered, thinking of how restless he was when he couldn't get any news from Jiang Xun, and how his heart twitched for a moment when he was treating his wound. The warm orange ball swayed furry across his chest, and he seemed to see the other person as a child, when he obediently let him treat the wound on his leg.

After a moment, a sigh came from the warm bedroom: "Come in."

In the dim light, the corners of the alpha's lips rose slightly, then quickly pursed.

He came in quietly with a blanket in his arms, placed the blanket at the end of the bed, and was about to go up when he was stopped by Chen Luan's voice.

"come over."

Chen Luan placed the tablet in his hand on the low cabinet beside him and waved towards Jiang Xun.

The light amber eyes blinked, and without asking any questions, she walked over obediently and stood in front of Chen Luan.

The home clothes were bought by Chen Luan. They were still in the furry and childish cute style. They were made of light yellow velvet and had a hood with big rabbit ears hanging down. Even the slippers on her feet were furry.

The alpha, which was much taller than Chen Luan at this time, stood in front of Chen Luan with a big furry body, looking at him seriously with his eyes lowered.

So Chen Luan's heart also became uneasy at this moment.

The fingers, which looked like a piece of warm jade in the light, gently touched the edge of the home clothes.

The alpha pursed his lips slightly and blinked rapidly.

The next second, the clothes were carefully lifted up.

Chen Luan tugged at the hem of his clothes and reached out to touch the bandage that hadn't gotten damp from the shower. "The wound isn't wet, is it?"

"No."

The alpha's slightly hoarse voice descended from above his head.

"On your back?"

Chen Luan said again: "Turn around."

“No.”

Jiang Xun turned around obediently.

"Sit down. I can't see."

"good."

The bed beside him sank slightly. With the light from the bedside lamp, Chen Luan's eyes fell on the alpha's back, which had beautiful lines and yet a sense of strength.

In addition to the latest bandaged wound, Jiang Xun also had some other old injuries on his body, all of which were left over from his time in the fleet over the years.

Chen Luan saw it when he was bandaging him.

The fleet's mission is dangerous.

Even Jiang Xun had to go home with scars all over his body.

This time it was a minor injury without infection, but what about next time?

How many times had he experienced injuries of this magnitude alone during the two years he was away?

A sour and slight tingling sensation spread up from his chest. Chen Luan's fingers gently stroked the old scar on his back, which was also quite long. His eyes also began to feel sore.

A sigh sounded in the space: "Does it hurt?"

Does it hurt when you get hurt?

...Over the years, when a person treats wounds,

Does it hurt?

The fingers that fell on the alpha's shoulder were held by a warm hand.

Jiang Xun, who was sitting on the bed with his back to Chen Luan, turned around with the sound of fabric rubbing against each other. He took Chen Luan's hand and put it against his face. He lowered his clear eyes and looked into Chen Luan's misty eyes. He shook his head gently.

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

The breathing of the two people intertwined in the small space as the alpha turned around.

The pair of light amber eyes that were so close to him curved upwards: "Are you feeling sorry for me, brother?"

Are you heartbroken?

Chen Luan looked into those gentle, smiling eyes, and a flicker of emotion appeared in his eyes.

It felt like a dove flapped its wings and bumped into my chest twice.

Bang,

Bang, bang,

Under the warm light, Chen Luan paused for a few seconds and suddenly curled the corners of his lips.

"yes."

What is there to not admit?

He watched him grow up with his own eyes, taught him how to shoot a gun and how to drive a mecha, and raised this child with his own hands.

Why can’t I feel sad?

The moment the words fell, that light word was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples in the warm air and disturbing the tranquility in those light amber eyes.

The hand holding Chen Luan's fingertips tightened slightly, and the unexpected frankness even made Jiang Xun stunned for a moment.

The warm smell belonging to Chen Luan, which was so close at hand, enveloped and overwhelmed him.

“…Chen Luan.”

Amid the sound of his melting heartbeat, Jiang Xun's Adam's apple rolled. He lowered his eyelids and his gaze fell on the slightly raised corners of Chen Luan's lips.

Breathe close.

But before he could get close, his shoulder was suddenly pushed away a little by the person in front of him.

Chen Luan suddenly looked away awkwardly, stepped back, and sat back down, picking up his tablet and opening it again. "...I still have some information to read, so I'll have to work overtime a little."

Her raven-feather eyelashes drooped, and her gray eyes stared at the screen without blinking: "If you're sleepy, take a rest first."

In the warm light, Chen Luan could clearly feel the warmth coming from Jiang Xun's palm on the hand he was holding.

Amid the sound of fabric rubbing against each other, Chen Luan felt the person next to him lying down next to him, and the temperature in the air rose slightly.

In his peripheral vision, Jiang Xun was lying beside him, holding his hand and pressing it against his face, looking at him intently and gently: "Okay."

But the sight was so burning that it was impossible to ignore.

Time flows quietly in the intertwined breathing of two people.

The only lights in the room came from the warm light of the bedside lamp and the occasional soft sound of fingertips tapping the screen.

Jiang Xun did not make a sound to disturb him. He just quietly watched Chen Luan's silhouette, which was reflected in the warm light, and his eyes followed Chen Luan's eyebrows and eyes.

Occasionally the eyebrows are slightly wrinkled, the lips are pursed, and the eyelashes flutter like butterfly wings under the light. The heartbeat begins to ferment and evaporate in the gaze, and the temperature around slowly rises.

Chen Luan's fingers slid slower and slower across the screen.

Jiang Xun's focused gaze was so strong that it gave the illusion that it had materialized into a warm current.

He even felt his ears getting hot.

After several attempts to ignore it, Chen Luan's fingers tightened around the edge of the tablet, and he turned his head to look at Jiang Xun: "You——"

He wanted to say, "Don't look at it."

It’s just that the alpha spoke before him.

"Chen Luan."

Those eyes that looked like gold under the light were staring into his eyes, and his name was uttered from his light-colored lips.

“…”

As if being scalded by the warmth in the alpha's eyes, Chen Luan slightly shifted his gaze back to the screen, his Adam's apple rolling uncontrollably: "What?"

The soft bed beside him sank, and warm fingers rubbed across his palm and embedded themselves between his fingers.

"Chen Luan."

He shouted again.

Chen Luan had to raise his eyes and turn his gaze back.

Their eyes met.

Amidst Chen Luan's heartbeat, which suddenly quickened, Alpha's serious voice fell into the quiet air:

"I like you."

“…”

The gray eyes blinked slightly, and the interlocked fingertips tightened slightly.

A sound burst out from my chest.

Bang, bang,

Bang bang——

"Chen Luan, I like you."

In a serious voice, Alpha followed Chen Luan's eyes and repeated it again.

Chen Luan suddenly lowered his eyes, avoiding Jiang Xun's increasingly scorching gaze, and pursed his lips: "...Hmm."

"knew."

But you can't hide your heartbeat.

The pulse being pulled cannot be hidden.

The words and data on the screen seemed like a book of heaven, incomprehensible and impossible to understand.

The only sounds in my eardrums were my own heartbeat and breathing.

Until the tablet in his hand was taken away.

Chen Luan's hands were suddenly empty, and when he raised his eyes, he met a pair of sparkling misty golden eyes.

"You've been looking at this page for a long time, brother."

A voice tinged with laughter drifted into his ears along with the warm air. A pair of arms wrapped around Chen Luan, and the scent of agarwood and agave surrounded him. "You clearly can't concentrate anymore, so why do you still want to keep watching?"

As the alpha's breath got closer and closer, Chen Luan subconsciously turned his head to avoid it, but his chin was gently pinched.

"Look at me, Chen Luan."

"What are you hiding from?"

Pheromones spread silently along the held wrist, and the warm fingertips gently caressed the inside of the wrist.

In their intertwined gazes, Jiang Xun stared into Chen Luan's eyes, and then his eyelashes drooped and his gaze fell on Chen Luan's light-colored lips.

The breaths approach and meet.

Stopped a short distance away and asked some questions.

Amid the sound of his pounding heart, Chen Luan tightened his fingers and lowered his eyes.

Like a silent consent.

Then the kiss that was hovering in the air finally fell.

Soft temptation,

Touch lightly,

Until they were lingering, but he was patient and not in a hurry to break in.

As our breaths gradually merged into one, our heartbeats began to rise.

The fingers clenched in the palm of my hand were stretched open, and the warm knuckles penetrated between the fingers and clenched tightly. The tense back was gently stroked as if to soothe it, and the warm palm finally rested on the back of my neck.

Until both of them began to breathe heavily.

The hand clasped behind his neck used a little force to pull Chen Luan closer. Jiang Xun put his arm around Chen Luan's waist, and with a tentative and inviting look, he held Chen Luan's breath again.

The lips were bitten lightly, and a warm breath came over.

Chen Luan's breathing choked, his Adam's apple rolled uncontrollably, and the pigeon trapped in his chest almost broke out. He heard the sound of flapping wings beside his ears.

The arms around his waist finally tightened, pressing him into the alpha's warm embrace, exploring in the gradually entangled and chaotic breaths, and evolving into a gentle yet powerful plunder.

The shadows swayed under the warm and dim light, and the evening breeze outside the window also swayed.

Only after all the air in his breath was snatched away did Chen Luan turn his head in his already unstable breathing, his voice a little hoarse: "...Okay, Jiang Xun, stop."

His heartbeat was so fast that it almost jumped out of his chest, and the rising temperature made the corners of his eyes turn red.

Jiang Xun, who was still trying to find her, stopped breathing obediently. He rested his forehead against Chen Luan's, their noses touching. His light golden eyes seemed to be misting over. "Chen Luan."

“…Chen Luan.”

Chen Luan adjusted his breathing and raised his eyes, and what came into view were a pair of shimmering light golden eyes that looked like snow melting in the spring breeze.

The eyes looked at him, curved upwards, and the voice was extremely hoarse:

"I like you so much."

In Chen Luan's eyes that instantly drooped, beside his burning ear, the alpha leaned close to Chen Luan's earlobe, gently kissed the red ear tip, and repeated:

"I like you so much."

Pulling him into the embrace, Chen Luan did not push away, allowing Jiang Xun to rub his chin affectionately into the crook of his neck.

Chests pressed against each other, heartbeats colliding with each other.

When Alpha was about to repeat it for the third time, Chen Luan, with his ears reddened, pursed his lips and covered Jiang Xun's lips: "...Okay, stop."

"I get it. No need to repeat it over and over again."

The scalding breath fell on the palm of his hand, and the burning temperature seemed to burn along the blood vessels to the heart.

Chen Luan's throat rolled and he lowered his eyes to avoid the pair of smiling eyes chasing him.

"…It's getting late, get some rest."

Jiang Xun took the hand and held it, then placed a light kiss on the back of the hand: "Okay."

After a pause, he continued, "I'm sorry to have worried you. My phone was broken during the evacuation, so I wasn't able to send you a message right away to let you know I was safe."

Chen Luan was stunned for half a second before he remembered what Jiang Xun wanted to say when he first got home.

But I was interrupted by my own worry about my injury.

In the warm glow, he sighed and raised his hand to ruffle Jiang Xun's hair: "I'm glad you're back."

None of it matters.

It's good to be back.

The lights went out.

Only the moonlight outside the window peeked out from the clouds and quietly climbed up to the foot of the bed through the gap in the curtains.

In the warm and quiet room, the breathing rose and fell. Alpha hugged Chen Luan from behind, his fingers lightly tapping on Chen Luan's wrist, and his arms tightened as if holding his heart.

A soft kiss fell on the top of the head in my arms:

"good evening."

Good night, brother.

Good night, my...Chen Luan.

The next morning, Chen Luan was awakened by the delicious smell of sweet porridge.

He pushed open the bedroom door dazedly in his slippers, and saw Jiang Xun sitting on the sofa with a tablet in his arms.

Seeing him come out, she immediately stood up and poured water for Chen Luan: "Good morning. Would you like some warm water first?"

“Hmm—”

Chen Luan half-closed his eyes, yawned, and wandered to the side of the coffee table: "No, you're still injured, I can do it myself."

But before my hand touched the cup of water, I heard the phone ringing from the tablet on the sofa.

"Who is it?"

"Nuisance call."

Jiang Xun picked up the tablet and hung it up neatly, his eyes calm. "My phone is broken, so I used the tablet to log into my social media accounts. I'll go out and buy a new one later."

At the same time, Jiang Ling, who was far away in the Hunter Special Forces dormitory, looked at the red words "The other party has rejected your call" on the screen and slowly narrowed his eyes.

In the historical message records, there are several new messages from just now.

【Jiang Xun: Still alive.】

[Jiang Xun: The mission is over. I just woke up at home.]

Jiang Xun: [Picture]

[Jiang Xun: I'm busy. We can talk this afternoon if you have anything else. ^-^]

The picture shows two hands with interlocked fingers.

It was exactly the same one that Jiang Ling had used to provoke Jiang Xun.