Chapter 29 The Infinite Boss Invites You to "Eat the Melon" 29. (Two-in-One)...
Ten minutes later, Lu Yu squatted on the toilet, his face serious, and opened the search engine on his phone.
What could be the reason why my partner refuses intimacy after our first time having sex?
"The technique is too poor, next one."
[My technique is good, but after our first time in bed, my partner refuses to have any further intimacy. What could be the reason?]
"Poor technical skills and low credibility, next."
Lu Yu: "..."
Thinking the problem might be with the search terms, Lu Yu changed his approach: [After our first time in bed, my partner seemed afraid of me. Some people said I was too fierce, which triggered her resistance. Is that the reason?]
"Too fierce? How fierce? Post a video of the two of you and see what you're made of."
Lu Yu: "..."
Such a serious topic, why are you still bothering me!
Unwilling to give up, he carefully chose his words: "How can I tell if my partner is satisfied with our sex life?"
"I'll keep bothering you."
"Can't get out of bed."
"Shyly yet enthusiastically planning the next time..."
Lu Yu: "..."
Lu Yu felt like his heart was filled with lead, and he was having trouble breathing.
He wiped his face and typed out a new message with a heavy heart: "Is a harmonious sex life really that important?"
Before the search engine and numerous relationship advice posts could even reply, the gossip-eating system couldn't resist popping up first: [Host, you don't need to search for this question. This system isn't human, but it knows that harmonious sex lives are very important to you humans, and disharmonious couples have a very high breakup rate.]
Lu Yu glanced at the projection: "Even if things aren't harmonious, Yan Zhi won't break up with me. Sexual activity is just a part of our relationship, something that adds to the enjoyment, not something indispensable."
He was still very confident in their relationship, but... could it really be because he was too fierce?
Lu Yu frowned, digging out the intimate scenes from last night from his mind, studying them frame by frame. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it really was true.
For example, when he was imprisoned, the young man struggled and accused him of being a monster. Later, when the purification officially began, he cried and screamed, shouting many things like "Don't do this," "I can't take it," "I'm scared," "Please," "It really won't work, I'll die." In the last two or three times, at the crucial moment, he even bit him, pushed him, and kicked him, as if he wanted to tear him apart or strangle him...
These are certainly expressions of comfort and pleasure when the two people are in harmony during their exercise. But if you look at it from another angle, it could also be described as... a resistance caused by excessive intensity?
Could it be that Yan Zhi's 'fear' and 'don't want' are true?
Lu Yu felt a sinking feeling in his heart, yet he was also somewhat skeptical. He felt that there seemed to be no problem with this line of reasoning, but at the same time, there seemed to be problems everywhere.
"Let's test the waters again," Lu Yu thought to himself.
Just then, the porridge was ready, and Pei Yanzhi called him to eat.
Lu Yu agreed, washed his hands, and came out of the bathroom. Under Pei Yanzhi's direction, he went to the refrigerator and got pickled vegetables, braised eggs, and sauce. The two sat down around the dining table and ate a meal that was neither breakfast nor lunch.
Lu Yu peeled an egg for Pei Yanzhi, glancing at his features as he casually asked, "Are you sure you don't need purification for now? Speaking of which, Yanzhi, do you know how my purification power works? Well, let's call it a working principle, it's actually..."
In a few words, Lu Yu explained the essence of the purifying power.
He emphasized that although absorbing pollution would cause him some damage, he would be fine once his divine essence was complete. Moreover, he had a large amount of purification capacity available. Unless he, with his incomplete divine essence fragments, was required to purify the entire Hedong Province today, there would be no unexpected events.
The reason Lu Yu said all this was because he suspected that Pei Yanzhi saw the pollution that overflowed when he fainted and guessed that purification would harm him, so he chose this excuse to refuse purification.
But why is the purification period set at one week? If purification is done after one week, won't Pei Yanzhi be worried? Or does that mean he won't need purification anymore by then?
From this perspective, this line of speculation seems somewhat illogical.
"So your fainting last night was related to this..."
Pei Yanzhi paused in his porridge-drinking motion and looked over with concern.
Pei Yanzhi did not avoid the topic or pretend nothing was wrong, and Lu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "It has nothing to do with this. It's just what I said before, mainly the issue of working overtime and staying up late."
Upon hearing this, Pei Yanzhi's worry subsided slightly, and he smiled jokingly: "It seems that the power of working overtime and staying up late is much greater than pollution. Fortunately, after the fusion of the divine fragments, your physical and mental abilities have become even more extraordinary, otherwise I would have wiped these two things out of your life."
Lu Yu laughed too: "It's easy to apply when you're staying up late, just keep me company. How can you apply it when you're working overtime?"
His words and actions were natural, and his expression was unchanged. It seemed that Yan Zhi did not suspect this.
Pei Yanzhi raised an eyebrow and said coldly, "Assassinate your boss."
“Okay, I’ll send you his home address in a bit,” Lu Yu said seriously.
Pei Yanzhi glanced at him and pretended to step on him. Lu Yu did not dodge, but Pei Yanzhi did not step on him either. He just wiggled his jade-like ankle.
Lu Yu's gaze paused slightly.
“Oh, right,” he said, placing the peeled hard-boiled egg on Pei Yanzhi’s plate, then casually asked, “I forgot to ask you last night, was what I made… comfortable?”
Pei Yanzhi seemed surprised by Lu Yu's sudden question. The chopsticks he was using to pick up the braised egg trembled slightly before he slowly raised his eyelids to look at Lu Yu. After a moment of silence, he sighed, "It's... very torturous."
Unable to break free, unable to stop, speechless and lost, soulless, only wishing to sink into bliss and die in the present moment—what could be more torment than this?
“But I like it very much,” he said.
He was afraid of losing control, but who wouldn't like that feeling?
Torture and pleasure.
In the past, Lu Yu would have absolutely believed that Pei Yanzhi's words were a genuine expression of extreme pleasure, but now, he had some doubts. Could it be that the former truly meant what it said, suffering greatly, while the latter was just a way of comforting him to prevent him from overthinking?
After a moment's hesitation, Lu Yu pressed further: "How torturous, how much do you enjoy it?"
Pei Yanzhi glanced at the blinding sunlight streaming through the living room's floor-to-ceiling windows.
In broad daylight, under the clear sky, to discuss this? How come he didn't realize Lu Yu was so awful? Will he continue to do this through the floor-to-ceiling windows in broad daylight...?
Pei Yanzhi twirled his chopsticks and shoved the braised egg into Lu Yu's mouth.
“It’s been too long, I’ve forgotten,” Pei Yanzhi replied casually, his eyes glistening. “Next time, you can ask in bed.”
Lu Yu took the braised egg, took a bite, and felt his teeth tighten.
“Oh right,” Pei Yanzhi suddenly remembered something and said, “My teammates won’t be coming tonight. I don’t know the details of your fainting spell and I’m not in the mood for this, so let’s cancel tonight’s dinner and reschedule for another day. They work as game boosters on Blue Star, so their hours are fairly flexible.”
Lu Yu paused in his action of peeling the second braised egg.
“Anything is fine,” he said, looking at Pei Yanzhi. “So, what shall we eat tonight?”
Pei Yanzhi thought for a moment: "Let's have hot pot. How about we go to the supermarket in the evening and buy some groceries?"
"good."
Lu Yu readily agreed; enjoying hot pot with the person he liked was the life he longed for.
The two seemed to enjoy their meal in a harmonious and intimate manner, but they didn't even touch each other's fingers once throughout the entire meal.
After the meal, Lu Yu sent Pei Yanzhi into the bedroom to take a nap, while he cleared the table and went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.
The moment the master bedroom door closed in front of Pei Yanzhi, his expression faltered, his smile vanished, and he became utterly melancholy.
That was close.
Pei Yanzhi let out a breath.
Lu Yu was truly incredibly clever. It seemed he had already sensed something and suspected that Lu Yu's claim of "suspending purification to stabilize pollution" was fabricated to prevent the purification process from succeeding. To this end, Lu Yu pretended not to know anything while actually coming up with a seemingly reasonable explanation to persuade Lu Yu.
If it weren't for the fact that the mad scientist and the great prophet had conducted in-depth research on pollution and had made no wrong predictions to date, Pei Yanzhi would have actually been persuaded.
However, Lu Yu's explanation of "a large purification quota" only sounds reasonable at first glance. Upon closer examination, it has loopholes—if this is true, how do you explain fainting last night?
Could a powerful SSS-level dungeon boss really have fainted due to working overtime and the impact of digesting the divine fragments that were originally his own?
Pei Yanzhi was so concerned last night that he thought about it, but after calming down, he realized that it was unlikely.
Lu Yu was also confused, and he actually came up with such a reason to explain.
“I can’t believe it,” Pei Yanzhi sighed inwardly, “He loves me too much, and he completely disregards himself for me…”
Lu Yu deserves the best love, and Pei Yanzhi doesn't know if he can give it, but he hopes that what he offers will at least not cause harm. After all, he's not without options; it's just that before, he thought he had a better solution.
Pei Yanzhi washed his face and lay down on the bed.
Lu Yu's probing will not end here.
And it is precisely at times like these that he must hold firm. Otherwise, if he were to openly admit that he knows everything, does not want Lu Yu to bear such uncontrollable risks, and does not intend to continue purification but instead wants to fuse with forbidden objects and forcibly suppress them, Lu Yu would certainly be unwilling, and he would absolutely not want him to suffer or get hurt.
Both of them mean well for each other, but this leads to too many conflicts and troubles. In severe cases, it might even lead to... a breakup?
Pei Yanzhi absolutely did not want this to happen.
"If things stay stable for the next day or two, he shouldn't have such strong suspicions anymore."
Pei Yanzhi buried his face in the pillow and closed his eyes: "Wait another week..."
In the kitchen, Lu Yu also looked gloomy.
If before this second test, Lu Yu only believed the system's extreme ferocity by 20%, then now, after the test, that 20% has risen to 40%.
But one or two tests don't really mean anything; what if it's just a misunderstanding?
After much deliberation, Lu Yu decided to test the waters one more time, just to be on the safe side.
In the evening, the two went out to the supermarket. When paying, Lu Yu deliberately took two boxes of new products labeled "extra thick and extra large" in front of Pei Yanzhi.
Although he didn't know whether thickening the thing was a good thing or a bad thing, it was helpful for him to test the waters.
Pei Yanzhi noticed his movement, raised an eyebrow slightly, leaned closer, and lowered his voice, saying, "Actually, if I really wanted to, I could also use spatial power..."
Lu Yu: "..."
That's not necessary.
Lu Yu knew that Pei Yanzhi's spatial power was invisible. If he used it as Pei Yanzhi suggested, the scene of them going to bed tonight would likely be the two of them standing a distance apart, engaging in some kind of activity with the air, and looking completely intoxicated.
Just thinking about it is a bit scary.
Lu Yu shook off the strange thoughts in his head, picked up the bag and walked out, replying in the same low voice, "That's not what I meant. Although my purification power hasn't been unlocked to the point of active use, I can control the passive effects. As long as there's an object in between, I can control it from purifying other things through that object. When we get back, we don't need to take off our clothes; we can just wear this on the only part of our body that needs to be exposed."
"Of course, if you don't really want to, I can wait a week, but I noticed your underwear seemed a little damp when you woke up from your afternoon nap..."
Lu Yu said it half-truthfully.
Pei Yanzhi paused, his heart pounding with excitement.
But... is Lu Yu's statement believable? Could it be another test, an attempt to trick him into continuing the purification process?
If, while the demons are locked in a fierce battle, Lu Yu suddenly tears something off, performs a deep purification, and then captures him, leaving him no way to escape...
"No, let's not." Pei Yanzhi said.
He wavered for a moment, but still refused Lu Yu's temptation.
He had no doubt about Lu Yu's love for him and his unwavering desire to purify the pollution for him ever since Lu Yu revealed the secret of purification to him at the music festival.
This unwavering belief has led to the current skepticism towards Lu Yu's words.
He didn't want to gamble with Lu Yu's safety, even if the probability of something going wrong was only one in ten million, and the rest were all good, he still didn't dare to, and was unwilling to.
Even without purification, just intimate contact, I was still rejected.
Lu Yu's heart sank as well.
He lowered his eyes.
After the two left the supermarket, on their way to the parking lot, Pei Yanzhi walked beside him, tilting his head slightly, as if observing or admiring the city's twilight street scene. Strands of hair on his shoulders and neck slid to the side with his movements, vaguely revealing the bite marks that his collar couldn't hide.
And if we're talking about marks, there are even more beneath the collar.
Lu Yu's gaze deepened slightly, tinged with a hint of guilt.
He seems to have gone a bit too far.
Later, once Pei Yanzhi has recovered, he will definitely be gentle. If he still can't control himself, then he'll tie himself up beforehand...
"Lu Yu".
Pei Yanzhi suddenly called out to him.
Lu Yu snapped out of his reverie and realized that the two had arrived at the parking lot, and Pei Yanzhi was opening the trunk.
Seeing this, Lu Yu put everything he was holding inside and reached out to take Pei Yanzhi's car keys. Pei Yanzhi hooked the car keys with his index finger and swung them gently, but didn't throw them.
Lu Yu looked at him, puzzled.
Pei Yanzhi smiled, reached out and opened the back door, bent down and lifted his legs, and climbed in first in an extremely unusual way.
People who have tasted meat are completely different from those who haven't, and Lu Yu reacted almost instantly.
Has Pei Yanzhi changed his mind?
Lu Yu's heart raced.
He followed them inside.
The front seat had been fully reclined, and Pei Yanzhi leaned against the car window, looking at him in the dim light, her eyes moist and sticky.
Lu Yu paused, realizing Pei Yanzhi's longing for him.
Pei Yanzhi's original plan was to completely refrain from sexual activity for the next week and deal with it later. But now it seemed he had overestimated himself. The erotic dream during his afternoon nap and the thrill he felt just now had given him a deeper understanding of his own desires. He didn't know if Lu Yu could handle it, but he certainly couldn't.
Perhaps they all need to satisfy their cravings.
"I want to see you... my husband."
The nickname he had only used in bed was uttered, triggering certain images that invaded Lu Yu's mind, causing his breath to hit a sudden heaviness.
Lu Yu understood Pei Yanzhi's meaning.
His fingers, which he used to hold a pen and type on a keyboard for years, slowly rose and pressed against his collar.
The button was moved, twisted inward, and opened.
One after another, the man's long, slender hand moved slowly and steadily, tracing down from his Adam's apple to his chest and then across his lower abdomen.
Lu Yu took off his shirt and unbuckled his belt.
Throughout the entire process, his dark eyes remained fixed on Pei Yanzhi, calm and gloomy, without any sense of oppression, yet like a heavy shackle pressing Pei Yanzhi to the spot.
For a fleeting moment, Pei Yanzhi felt as if that hand wasn't unbuttoning Lu Yu's clothes, but his own. He was clearly fully dressed, yet it felt as if he had nothing left.
Finally, Lu Yu finished, his only remaining feature being a pair of silver-rimmed glasses hanging from his nose, making him look refined and handsome.
Is it pretty?
Lu Yu's eyes looked even deeper behind his glasses.
Pei Yanzhi's gaze shifted downwards, paused, and then, as if burned, turned away in a panic.
“It’s not good-looking,” he said deliberately, “too fierce.”
Lu Yu's mind, which had been clouded by Pei Yanzhi, suddenly cleared, and his burning body temperature instantly cooled.
Oh right, Yan Zhi...
However, before Lu Yuzhen could even form any cold thoughts, Pei Yanzhi approached him.
He stopped a dozen centimeters away, not even a fraction of a second from Lu Yu.
"Lu Yu, look at me."
He spoke softly, his mouth slightly open, revealing his bright red lips and tongue.
This distance is neither too far nor too near. Not so far as to bump into each other, but not so far as to have absolutely no chance of doing so. It's a distance that's neither too close nor too distant, ambiguous and difficult to discern.
Lu Yu could almost feel Pei Yanzhi's breath, which made his muscles tense up and his whole body almost stiff.
Pei Yanzhi lowered his head slightly.
He seemed to be doing something, yet he clearly wasn't doing anything. He didn't even use spatial powers; he simply stood at a distance, lifting his thin, red eyelids to look at Lu Yu.
Lu Yu was practically driven mad by the torment.
It was so close, he could have touched it with just a slight reach. But he couldn't. He gripped the seat tightly, as if held in place by thin air, the veins on the back of his hands bulging.
But Pei Yanzhi still suddenly stepped back, as if afraid of being hit.
They stayed in the car for an unknown amount of time.
When everything calmed down, Lu Yu was so stiff that his body was numb, while Pei Yanzhi slumped to the side, his single-layered clothes still neat, but no longer clean.
His face was covered by Lu Yu's shirt, and his breathing was still slightly rapid.
"Are you alright?"
Lu Yufu leaned closer to look at him.
This is the closest the two have been to each other since they got inside the car.
They did a lot of things, but they never even touched each other the whole time.
"Your shirt... you probably can't wear it anymore." Pei Yanzhi released his teeth from Lu Yu's shirt, his lips trembling slightly as the button brushed against them.
"It's nothing," Lu Yu said.
Pei Yanzhi straightened up, his eyes sparkling as he glanced at Lu Yu: "Something's up, I'm worried you'll get arrested by the traffic police. Just wear mine for now."
As he spoke, he reached into his spatial storage and took out spare clothes, one set for himself and the other for Lu Yu.
It's really only good enough for now; it's a bit too small.
Lu Yu put on Pei Yanzhi's T-shirt, looked down at himself, and felt that his pectoral muscles had never been so full and conspicuous.
On the drive back, Lu Yu pondered Pei Yanzhi's gaze and his reaction in the car. He realized that Pei Yanzhi's reluctance to come again might not be about physical intimacy, but rather about deeper physical contact. Several times earlier, Pei Yanzhi had almost lost control and crossed the line, licking and kissing him.
“Yan Zhi’s reaction to this isn’t fear or resistance, but rather discomfort,” Lu Yu pondered. “A week is probably time for him to adjust and recover, especially since it looked a bit swollen there just now. It’s simple not to say it directly; he may seem bold, but he actually possesses a strong sense of reserve typical of Easterners. They’re Easterners on Venus…”
"Since he needs time, I should give him time."
Lu Yu wasn't sure if he was right to think this way. Something still seemed off. But when it came to matters of the heart, even the most brilliant and capable person would find something strange.
Lu Yu had thought things through on the way, but when Pei Yanzhi walked into the guest room with his pillow and said with a smile that they would sleep in separate rooms for the next week, Lu Yu still couldn't control himself.
"Was it because I was too rough last night? You couldn't handle it and wanted to take a break?" Lu Yu changed his wording and asked more directly. "My needs in that area aren't that strong. We won't do it tonight, and I won't try to put it in while you're asleep. I just want to hold you while we sleep..."
Pei Yanzhi was stunned, somewhat unable to connect with Lu Yu's thought process.
"What are you talking about?" He chuckled, not taking Lu Yu's words seriously. "Alright, stop thinking about it and go to sleep. You stayed up too late last night, so go to bed early tonight. Love you."
Pei Yanzhi also wanted Lu Yu to hold him while he slept, preferably without any clothes on, so that the two of them could be completely close together and possess each other, but now... that's not possible.
Pei Yanzhi used his spatial powers to push Lu Yu into the master bedroom.
At 11 p.m., all the lights in Pei Yanzhi's new house were turned off, and all was quiet.
Lu Yu lay on the bed, staring straight at the ceiling.
Last night, there were two people in this bed, inseparable and full of tenderness; tonight, however, he is left alone, lonely and cold...
The "Gossip System": [Host, you've set the air conditioner to 18 degrees and aren't even covered by a blanket. Are you trying to catch a cold and use this as a ploy to sow discord with Pei Yanzhi? This system must remind you that with your upgraded physical condition, this is already very difficult to accomplish.]
Lu Yu: "..."
He came in looking completely lost and didn't even notice how many degrees he had pressed.
With a sigh, Lu Yu picked up the air conditioner remote and set it to the normal temperature of 26 degrees Celsius.
“System, do you think it’s possible that what Yan Zhi said is true, that his pollution needs to be stabilized and cannot evolve for the time being, and that my perception of his pollution is wrong because we are not from the same planet…” Lu Yu said.
The Gossip System: [Does the host believe Pei Yanzhi's statement, or do they believe this system is the greatest and most powerful system in the entire universe?]
Lu Yu: "..."
The "Gossip System": [Aside from Smiling Game, the host is the most knowledgeable about game corruption, without exception. The host's perception is infallible. Furthermore, although the host and Pei Yanzhi are not from the same planet, they are both human, and there is no reproductive isolation or other differences.]
Lu Yu: "..."
What do you mean by emphasizing reproductive isolation?
Lu Yu was speechless at the gossip system that couldn't even understand this melon.
He knew, of course, that Pei Yanzhi's statement was not quite right, but aside from his guess about the bed problem and Pei Yanzhi's own words about the stability issue, the other speculations were even less tenable.
If it's not the latter, then it can only be the former.
"Many people prefer to regulate their own behavior in bed and are reluctant to talk about it, for fear of arousing their partner's suspicions..." Lu Yu's mind was in a mess.
He sighed, "Actually, even if we can't sleep together anymore, let alone wait a week, it doesn't matter. Yanzhi and I can have a platonic relationship. These things don't matter. It's just that the purification of pollution can't stop. It's been a week since I got the first fragment. The arrival of the second fragment won't be too late. It needs to be more stable."
"Yanzhi still doesn't trust my self-control enough. It's just intimate contact; I can control myself and won't do what I did last night..."
The Gossip System: [Host, if you believe your own words, why not just take them directly to Pei Yanzhi and say them?]
Lu Yu: "...I don't really believe it that much."
The gossip-eating system: [...]
Lu Yu cleared his throat: "Mainly, Yan Zhi's personality isn't that frank. Of course, I like that about him. Like a tightly biting oyster, you need to patiently pry it open little by little to see the unparalleled pearl inside... Sorry, I've gone off on a tangent."
"In short, based on my understanding of him, if I continue to probe or directly tell him these things, he will definitely know that I have doubts about this, and then force himself to do it with me again in order to prove that I am not a problem."
The gossip-eating system was puzzled: 【Why?】
“Because he likes me,” Lu Yu said. “As long as he still likes me, he doesn’t want me to suffer any grievances or be hurt. But I don’t want him to suffer any grievances or be hurt either.”
The gossip-eating system didn't understand, but it still followed up with the question: "So, if you don't want to say it directly, what do you plan to do, host?"
“I don’t know,” Lu Yu sighed again, speaking the truth. “Let’s wait a week, as Yan Zhi suggests.” He had never dealt with this kind of thing before and had absolutely no experience.
"It's just about cleaning up the pollution..."
Lu Yu hesitated.
Just as he said, he was worried about the impending crisis and Pei Yanzhi's unstable condition. Although it might be a case of concern making him lose his mind, no matter how much the pollution had lessened for Pei Yanzhi, he hoped he would be better and safer.
The Gossip System: [If open methods don't work, host, you can try purifying secretly. The timing is perfect; Pei Yanzhi is already fast asleep.]
Lu Yu glanced at the projection: "Yan Zhi is definitely very alert, and he will definitely use spatial power to defend himself. He woke up as soon as I got close, so there was no sneaking around..."
The Gossip System: [The host's special ability "Copying" from when he was a player has been restored. Although the copied abilities are mostly incomplete and unusable, you can still find a few to use to keep Pei Yanzhi from waking up and to get close to him to purify him, right?]
Lu Yu: "...This isn't good. I feel weird, like I'm some kind of pervert."
Five minutes later.
A man's silhouette, darker and more profound than the night itself, appeared beside the guest bedroom bed.
The gossip-eating system: [...]
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Author's Note: *This is an extra chapter for the combined two-part update, so it's being posted half a day earlier. The usual posting time remains the same. [kissing emoji]
Pei Yanzhi: Lu Yu loves me too much, but I can't let him hurt himself.
Lu Yu: Yan Zhi loves me too much, but I can't let him force himself.
The "melon-eating system" (or "melon-eating system"): It has a long mouth, but its arguments are completely nonsensical.
Sometime not long after.
Lu Yu squatted in the corner, seriously taking notes: Yan Zhi loves me, but her disbelief is purely due to being misled and getting stuck on trivial matters. She's innocent, but will be sentenced to life imprisonment for love. The gossip system misled me, but it also offered a good suggestion, so it barely counts as making amends. As for the mad scientist, the great prophet, the company boss who made me work fourteen days in a row, and the god fragments that attacked me the moment I got out of bed of all times—all of them! Extremely severe punishment! (Just kidding!)
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