Chapter 161: Organizing Thoughts

Shen Yu stood alone on the white jade steps beside the bathing pool. He picked up his clothes with one hand, his dark eyes filled with a tangled mass of emotions.

Wen Yu likes him...

There are so many people in the world, but Wen Yu actually likes him?

Shen Yu tightly grasped the fabric in his hand. The silky gold edge felt smooth and cool to the touch. He seemed to find it funny, bloodshot eyes turned red, and his lips moved with inexplicable sadness.

Of all the people in the world, Wen Yu just likes him.

Shen Yu lowered his eyes, smoothed out the wrinkled cloth in his hands, and turned to walk to the innermost part of the bathtub.

Wen Yu was still leaning against the jade stone, and the mist was floating, blurring his figure inside. Shen Yu walked slowly towards him, and the vague black shadow inside was motionless, calm and silent, like a rotten old tree.

Shen Yu walked inside against the mist. He came behind Wen Yu and saw that Wen Yu was still leaning against the jade stone in the same position as before, with his black hair spread on the sides of his face, covering his face, with only a small tip of his nose showing.

Shen Yu squatted down and said, "My lady, it's not good for you to soak in there for too long. I'll help you get dressed."

Wen Yu pretended not to hear anything. He sat on the edge of the bathtub without moving. After nearly a minute or two, he used the jade stone beside him to gain leverage and stood up.

Shen Yu wiped his body clean. Wen Yu didn't react much. He simply put on his underwear and picked up the crutch beside him.

Shen Yu just paused as he stretched out his arm. He saw Wen Yu limping past him, curling his fingertips twice and putting them back to his side.

It followed Shen Yu and looked down while processing data. It couldn't help but sighed: "Why are you all so dead?"

Shen Yu was a little absent-minded: "What about me?"

"Follow your heart."

Shen Yu: “…”

"You don't understand what it means to just live a simple life." Shen Yu looked at Wen Yu's back. He was thin and dressed in white. He looked similar to Shen Yu but also different.

Shen Yu lowered his eyes: "Wen Yu is different from the others."

"Hmm...what's different?" Gouqiu Tousheng has never been able to figure out the emotional entanglements between humans, and its huge database is full of useless garbage.

Shen Yu didn't know how to explain it to Gou Qie Tou Sheng, so he could only hint: "Wen Yu is the same as me, not just in appearance, but in everything. Do you know that?"

"I know. This affects the experience." Gouchu Toushen put down the purple card. After saying this, it re-organized the current situation and continued, "But you are not right. He is not as strong as you. He can't beat you in a fight."

"..." Shen Yu was silent for a moment, "That's not what I meant."

Gu Qie secretly scratched his head: "What do you mean?"

"Okay, stop talking to me. You're getting more and more biased." Shen Yu frowned and sighed, "Let me think about it myself."

Gouqiu Tuosheng unhappily put away the data card, and sneaked to the front, retracting all the purple light on his body: "Okay, then tell me when you have thought it through, so I can keep a record."

Shen Yu: “…”

He ignored her and tidied up the things beside the bathtub before walking out.

The inner hall was dark, and the windows were covered with thick cloth, so not much light could get in. The red candles in the inner hall had not yet been lit. Wen Yu went back and lay back on the bed. He wrapped himself in the quilt and pressed against the wall, his whole body buried in the darkness.

Shen Yu stood outside the pearl curtain. He looked inside through the almost non-existent barrier and only vaguely saw a protruding, thick black shadow inside.

"I'll take you back... there's a small yard..."

"…You are with me."

"Do you dare to bet with me on this round?"

...Does he dare?

Shen Yu felt a stinging pain in his eye sockets. He blinked and subconsciously clenched his fists so that his nails would prick the flesh under his skin.

The body he was reborn into was complete, normal, healthy, and uninjured. Those long-lost injuries no longer appeared in Shen Yu's current body, but they were still slowly growing in Wen Yu's body. In the future... he would become blind and lose an arm.

Shen Yu touched the roof of his mouth with the tip of his tongue. He let the emotions in his heart mix and ferment. His vision went from blurry to clear.

Does he dare to...bet another round?

A bloody taste emerged from Shen Yu's mouth. His teeth loosened slightly and his eyes trembled twice. The dark shadow inside still did not move. Shen Yu was silent for a moment, then lifted the bead curtain and walked over.

Wen Yu had not fallen asleep yet. He stared at the wall in front of him with his eyes closed, and his fingertips unconsciously stroked the golden mask on his face.

"My lady?"

Shen Yu's voice suddenly rang out from behind Wen Yu. Wen Yu's fingertips stopped moving, and his lips parted. His tone was the same as before: "What are you doing?"

"Empress, the medicine on your leg has not been applied yet." Shen Yu lit the red candle next to him. He stopped in front of Wen Yu's bed, looked at his figure and spoke.

Wen Yu didn't say anything else. He was silent for a while and then climbed up from the wall.

His expression was not good. He sat up, stretched out his legs, closed his eyes and acted impatient: "Hurry up, I want to sleep."

Shen Yu sat on the edge of the bed. He raised his eyes and looked at Wen Yu. Wen Yu had already turned her face to the inside, hiding her expression with her black hair.

"My queen, you don't want to say a word to me?" Shen Yu pushed up Wen Yu's trouser legs. He looked at his wound in the light of the candle beside him and slowly rubbed the purple and blue skin with his hands.

Wen Yu closed his eyes silently in the darkness. He seemed to be mocking himself. He just laughed and remained silent.

What else did he say to Shen Yu? He said so much alone in the bathtub, telling Shen Yu all his plans, but was rejected bluntly.

Wen Yu felt sad because Shen Yu had no feelings for him at all.

"You don't have to tell me anything irrelevant in the future." Wen Yu said in a bad tone. He felt the burning sensation in his ankles getting worse and worse, and continued, "You know how I feel about you, and I don't intend to hide it. If you want to stay well in Kunning Palace in the future, don't mess with me."

Shen Yu narrowed his eyes when he heard this. He applied medicine to Wen Yu's wound and bandaged it, then held his ankle with his hand: "My queen, I'm afraid I can't do this."

Wen Yu's body shuddered, and Shen Yu's palm moved up along the curve of his calf, pushing all of his right leg's underwear to his knees, and then continued to move upwards.

Wen Yu reached out and pressed Shen Yu's palm. He narrowed his eyes and a threatening look rose in his eyes: "Shen Yu, what are you doing?"

"Do what the queen hasn't finished before." Shen Yu pressed one knee on the edge of the bed. He ignored Wen Yu's objection, put his hand inside the underwear, and slowly pinched Wen Yu's thigh.

Wen Yu's body shuddered for a moment, his face was uncertain and his lips were tightly pursed, revealing a gloomy look.

"Shen Yu, do you think it's fun to play with me like this?" Wen Yu was not willing to be outdone. He pinched Shen Yu's neck and said sinisterly, "Don't think I dare not touch you."

Shen Yu curled his lips at him: "My lady, you don't believe me."

Wen Yu certainly wouldn't believe it. Shen Yu had been avoiding him in the bathtub not long ago, and now he was trying to climb into his bed. He definitely had bad intentions.

"My queen, I listened to everything you said to me, and I was thinking about it." Shen Yu did not feel threatened at all. Wen Yu was just pretending in front of him, and the force of pinching his neck was not as strong as the force Shen Yu used to pinch his thigh.

He moved closer to Wen Yu, his dark eyes met the other's trembling pupils directly: "Now I understand."

Wen Yu seemed to be choked and unable to speak. He looked at Shen Yu, and after a long while, his thin lips raised an uncertain arc: "What have you figured out?"

Shen Yu smiled speechlessly.

He had already climbed onto the bed without knowing when, his shadow covering his lower body. He did not hold back, but put his knees on both sides of Wen Yu's legs, and almost pressed his whole body on top of Wen Yu's body.

"What the queen thinks, is what I think." Shen Yu half closed his eyes, his breath mixed with Wen Yu's, and he gently kissed the cool lips of the person under him while their eyes were entangled.

At first it was just a light taste, but after several separations, the friction and heat became more and more intense.

Shen Yu bit Wen Yu's lower lip. He had no skills, but just touched it and then pushed his tongue deeper. Wen Yu groaned, and he hugged Shen Yu's neck, opened his teeth, and let Shen Yu's tongue tip easily enter.

"Shen Yu, I won't give you another chance. If you dare to lie to me, I'll skin you alive." Wen Yu panted in the gap between them. Half threatening and half compromising, he hugged Shen Yu and kissed his ear slowly, "Did you hear me?"

"My lady, I don't dare." Shen Yu rubbed the flesh at the root of Wen Yu's thigh and soothed her, "Don't be afraid. If anything happens, I will stand in front of you."

Wen Yu was stunned. He felt an inexplicable sourness on the tip of his nose and buried half of his face in Shen Yu's neck. "It was me who stood in front of you."

"Okay, you stand in front of me and I'll stand behind you." Shen Yu didn't say much to Wen Yu. He knew his own temper, and he also knew Wen Yu's temper. He used to... just refuse to be inferior to others.

Wen Yu was tense at first. His legs were restricted and he had difficulty moving. He was always suppressing himself and couldn't help frowning.

"...Take off my pants." Wen Yu tried several times to turn over but failed. He grabbed the bed sheet under him and couldn't help but speak.

Shen Yu pulled out his hand, rubbed his fingertips on the surface of the quilt, and took off all of Wen Yu's underwear.

"My lady, can you still move your legs?" Shen Yu pinched the inside of Wen Yu's calf. He said slowly, "If you can't, try another position."

Wen Yu bit the inside of his mouth, his eyes fixed on Shen Yu's neatly dressed body, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

He rolled his eyes slightly and said, "I can't move. I'm afraid I can't do it today."

"My queen just wanted to press on me, and I saw that your legs were moving very vigorously at that time." Shen Yu pinched Wen Yu's chin, and he lowered his head and kissed Wen Yu's lips, "Hurry up."

Wen Yu: “…”

Wen Yu's eyes flickered. He saw that Shen Yu had no intention of pitying him and letting him take the upper position. After a few seconds of stalemate, he turned half of his face to the side.

Bear with him for a while.

Shen Yu also took off his clothes. He held Wen Yu's waist, pinched his fingertips, and then turned his eyes to Wen Yu.