Chapter 10 The Aftermath of Dreams

Q: What should I do if I, as a straight man, dream about being raped by another man?

It was 3:33 in the morning, and it had been nearly 40 minutes since Qiao Shuyan had scared him awake. In the past 40 minutes, he first wanted to forget everything and go back to sleep, but because the sticky touch was really uncomfortable, he opened the quilt and found that he had taken off his shorts and underwear without knowing when, so he failed to fall asleep; then, he got up and changed into clean sheets and quilt covers, and threw the set of evidence that he had soiled into the corner of the bathroom, and continued to lie down and try to fall asleep, but fragments of the dream kept flashing in his mind, and there was a trend of gradually becoming real, so he failed to fall asleep again.

Now, Qiao Shuyan gave up on falling asleep and lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling and thinking about the above questions, but there was no answer.

So, the next morning, Qiao Shuyan forced himself to make breakfast for Liang Yu with two panda eyes. In order to avoid the embarrassment after seeing Liang Yu, he chose to go out for work an hour earlier.

Liang Yu got up and didn't see Qiao Shuyan. He felt strange, but then he saw a note on the dining table: Liang Yu, I have some urgent matters to deal with at work, please heat up your breakfast before eating.

The signature is "Qiao".

Qiao Shuyan's handwriting is just like him, elegant and upright, with a sunny aura.

After reading it, Liang Yu curled up the corners of his lips, and his fingers unconsciously stroked the two lines of words, as if he was touching Qiao Shuyan himself, making his heart beat slightly.

Let’s not talk about what happened to Liang Yu for now. Qiao Shuyan started working frantically as soon as he arrived at the company. His lazy mind yesterday was reignited by his dream last night. He really needed work to help him block out all the messy things.

Colleagues in the department were all surprised when they arrived at the hospital one after another, especially Sister Zhang who arrived the earliest. Usually, she was the "gatekeeper" of the department, and almost no one came earlier than her. But today, Qiao Shuyan, who arrived at the office on time every day, got there first. She couldn't help but ask, "Little... uh, Chief Qiao, why are you here so early today?"

Qiao Shuyan looked up at her and said, "I got up early today, so I came here first."

Seeing that he had a pair of panda eyes and looked unwell, Sister Zhang said, "Hey, you look so bad, are you sick? If not, make an appointment and let Director Li take a look."

"..." Qiao Shuyan said expressionlessly and without warmth: "I'm fine, Sister Zhang, let's go to the Personnel Department later. They haven't reported the budget for next year yet."

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Sister Zhang seemed to see a hint of resentment on his face. However, this young man has been sunny and cheerful since he joined the company. How could he suddenly become like this?

"Oh, okay, okay, then I'll wait for you to call me." Sister Zhang was a little surprised and didn't dare to say anything else. She just nodded in agreement.

Qiao Shuyan was in a very bad mood, perhaps even the worst mood he had been in for 26 years. And he didn't even know who to blame for this! After thinking about it, he felt that Qiao Shiyan was the culprit. However, thinking about his sister's face, and thinking about his record of N battles with her in the past 26 years, he felt that there was no need for him to go to her and humiliate himself.

Therefore, his mood became even worse.

Moreover, he was very sleepy, very sleepy, after all, he only slept for a few hours last night.

Then, his mood became even worse.

When it was almost time to get off work, Liang Yu suddenly sent a message. When Qiao Shuyan saw the message pop up on her phone, she was startled, thinking that Liang Yu had discovered something. But when she opened it, she saw that the other party just said that he got off work normally today and asked what he wanted to eat in the evening.

Qiao Shuyan held his phone in one hand and patted his chest with the other, feeling that he was simply sick. He opened the dialog box and typed a few words, but hesitated when he clicked the "send" button. He... was not ready to meet Liang Yu yet. After all, it was so embarrassing to have dinner with the other protagonist of his spring dream last night.

Do you want to work overtime?

However, after struggling from this morning till now, he has even collected the annual budget of the difficult personnel department. Now the overall financial budget for next year has also been basically prepared and is only waiting to be reported to the section chief. And if you hand over something to the section chief, there will be no response for at least two or three days.

Besides, him sitting in the office with nothing to do was also a mask of pain.

Moreover, if you have a wet dream and the other person in the dream is a man, you can’t share it with anyone!

Just as I was thinking about it, someone suddenly said, "Chief Qiao, the chief wants you to go to his office."

Qiao Shuyan was immersed in his own world, and was startled when someone called his name. He put his phone on the table, looked up and said "OK". Then, he put away his frown and went to the section chief's office.

The section chief asked him about the budget report preparation. Qiao Shuyan answered truthfully. The section chief was very satisfied and praised Qiao Shuyan, asking him to hand in the report today. Qiao Shuyan said it was no problem and then went back.

When he returned to his workstation and picked up his phone again, he found a new message, still from Liang Yu. Then, his pupils trembled——

Because Liang Yu sent a new message: Okay, see you later.

And this news came because he just replied to Liang Yu: Braised beef with rice?

Damn it! Qiao Shuyan collapsed. When did he send that message?

After more than an hour of psychological preparation, Qiao Shuyan successfully PUA himself to face the fact that he went home to have dinner with Liang Yu. After all - first, it was he who had the erotic dream, not Liang Yu; second, it was he who had a crush on Liang Yu, not the other party who had a crush on him; third, he still owed Liang Yu a lot of favors to repay!

In summary, how could he break his promise to Liang Yu because of his own problems! Wouldn't that be making a mistake again and again, and forcing his own problems on Liang Yu who had no idea about it? !

In short, after some precise self-brainwashing, Qiao Shuyan got off work on time, and then went to the supermarket with a guilty mood to buy some high-quality beef and went home to cook for Liang Yu.

When the meal was ready, Liang Yu just opened the door and came home. Qiao Shuyan brought the stewed beef to the table. He looked up and wanted to ask him to wash his hands and eat, but he had just taken off his coat and changed his shoes and went into the house. When he saw the face of the other person, he was speechless for a moment. The reason was that this face perfectly overlapped with the face in his dream last night, so that Qiao Shuyan's head was smoking and his tongue was tied. Thinking of the overly clear dream last night, he almost wanted to die right there.

Seeing his red face and hesitant look, Liang Yu frowned and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?" He walked up to the latter and stood still. Without waiting for an answer, he raised his hand and touched Qiao Shuyan's forehead, saying, "You seem to be a little hot. I'll go get the thermometer."

“……!!!” Qiao Shuyan watched him walk over with disdainful eyes, watched him raise his hand to touch his forehead with disdainful eyes, watched his caring expression with disdainful eyes, without saying a word. After opening the express package last night, he was petrified again on the spot.

Although Qiao Shuyan was petrified, his mind was working at high speed, thinking about what to do. He and Liang Yu might not be able to eat at the same table. He just couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart. When he saw his face, he would think of the dream. When he heard him speak, he would think of his seductive voice in the dream. Even when he saw his hands, he would think of... he couldn't think about it anymore!

Qiao Shuyan, Qiao Shuyan, have you become a pervert? Could it be that my elder sister is right about what she said, “coincidentally”?

Qiao Shuyan wanted to cry but had no tears. She questioned herself silently and didn't notice that Liang Yu had already returned with the thermometer.

When Liang Yu came back, Qiao Shuyan was still sitting at the table, so he stepped forward and patted him, "Shuyan, sit down first. I'll take your temperature."

Qiao Shuyan was startled, then hurriedly sat down and said, "I'm fine, I don't have a fever, I, I, I'm just a little tired."

Liang Yu said, "Let's take a measurement. In autumn and winter, the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors is large, and many people have colds and fevers." As he spoke, he took the thermometer out of the box and handed it to him, "This way of holding it in your hand is more accurate."

Who is such a good person who mistook blushing for a fever? However, Qiao Shuyan hadn't figured out how to explain it yet, so he had to bite the bullet and take the thermometer and put it under his armpit.

The time of taking the temperature was unprecedentedly long. Qiao Shuyan lowered his head and dared not look at Liang Yu, for fear that he would have some strange thoughts again when looking at him. However, he could only have wild thoughts with his head lowered, and had no idea how things had developed to this point.

Time seemed to be moving from the creation of the world by Pangu to modern society, second by second, as if it was running at 0.5 times the speed. The long wait was almost driving Qiao Shuyan crazy.

The room was very quiet, and Liang Yu was patiently waiting for the results of the thermometer, so when the thermometer beeped, Qiao Shuyan was startled again.

Liang Yu took the thermometer from under his arm and checked it carefully. "37.2℃, you really have a low fever."

"Ah?" Qiao Shuyan was confused, "How could that be?" Could it really be because he was blushing?

Liang Yu put away the thermometer and said, "Eat something first, and then go to bed and rest." Then he went to the kitchen and poured a cup of hot water and placed it in front of Qiao Shuyan.

Qiao Shuyan picked up the water cup and calmed down while drinking water. He thought, it's good that I have a fever. This way I don't have to face Liang Yu later. I can also feel at ease not to cook tomorrow, and then I don't have to eat at the same table with him. It's a good idea to think this way. Hey, it's a plan!

The mentality of a turtle with its head tucked in is fully demonstrated.

After learning that he had a fever, Qiao Shuyan began to feel groggy and his head started to ache. The appetite that had been whetted during cooking also disappeared, so he ate a few mouthfuls of rice and slipped back to the bedroom to rest.

As a person who loves cleanliness, he thought he should wash up before lying down. However, when he went to the bathroom, he found that the bed sheets and pillowcases thrown in last night had not been washed yet!!!

The blush crept up his handsome and fair cheeks again. Qiao Shuyan was very embarrassed and angry. He quickly brushed his teeth and washed his face, then ran to pick up the pile of evidence. Then he peeked at the bathroom door, but found that Liang Yu was still eating. If he went out to the balcony to wash clothes at this time, he would definitely be discovered by the other party. So he decided to put it back where it was and wait until Liang Yu went back to the room to sleep at night.

Afterwards, he returned to his bedroom and lay on the bed, feeling confused and bewildered. But perhaps because he was really sick, he felt groggy and soon fell asleep.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Qiao Shuyan felt someone calling him. He thought the voice sounded familiar, but he felt very sleepy and tired. His eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and he couldn't open them. He groaned uncomfortably and felt a little cold, so he grabbed the quilt tightly, but he was still cold. However, he still frowned and didn't close his eyes.

Suddenly, he felt himself forced to separate from the bed. His back felt even colder and he wanted to lie down, so he closed his eyes and unconsciously lay back, but he was unable to lie down. Instead, he felt a warm and strong support. He didn't know why, but he forced himself to open his eyes, and what he saw was Liang Yu's strong arms.

“???!!!” Qiao Shuyan instantly became much more sober, and then he saw Liang Yu’s angular jawline, Adam’s apple, and... clavicle?

Then he heard a strong heartbeat, obviously not his own.

What the hell?!

Qiao Shuyan mobilized almost all of his brain cells that were on strike, and after a few seconds of reaction, he finally realized that Liang Yu was holding him in his arms.

He stared at Liang Yu's face in disbelief, wondering how to start talking, when the latter just lowered his head to look at him.

The two looked at each other, the air froze for a moment, and neither of them spoke. But if Qiao Shuyan's head didn't hurt so much, and his body didn't feel so cold, his mind would be clearer, and he might have noticed that Liang Yu's face had turned suspiciously red.