Chapter 18 Bad Intentions "Ashu, why did you suddenly turn around? ...
Xie Yushu almost fled into his room and slammed the door. He leaned against the door, feeling a little dazed. His heart was still beating fast because he was afraid of hearing Pei Yixue babbling nonsense again.
He took a deep breath, trying to calm his panic. After a while, he slowly walked to the coffee table, picked up the teapot, and poured boiled water into the white porcelain cup. The sound of water echoed in the silent room, gradually washing away the uneasiness in his heart.
However, at this moment, a faint cough broke the silence. Xie Yushu's hand trembled, and the water in the teapot almost spilled. He immediately stopped, held his breath, and listened carefully.
The coughing sound was indeed coming from Pei Yixue's room next door.
His heart suddenly tightened, and Pei Yixue's pale and weak face appeared in his mind.
Pei Yixue's physical condition is not good, and every cough may be a sign of worsening condition.
The coughing sounds coming from next door became more and more frequent, like an invisible thread, tugging at his heart.
Xie Yushu tightened his grip on the handle of the teapot. After hesitating for a moment, he finally decided to go and take a look.
Putting down the teacup, Xie Yushu walked to Pei Yixue's door, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door gently.
"Are you... okay?"
"Fortunately, how did Ah Shu get here?" Pei Yixue's weak voice came from inside the door.
Xie Yushu was silent for a moment, listening to the faint and rapid breathing sounds coming from inside the door. He felt inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart. He could tell that Pei Yixue was obviously deliberately concealing his condition.
This person usually appears to be very open-minded, but in fact he cares a lot about his condition and doesn't want others to see his fragile and miserable side. However, he is powerless because of this disease and this body.
Xie Yushu asked: "Are you... convenient now?"
"Um what?"
"My room has a leaking roof. I may need to stay here tonight."
Pei Yixue in the room almost laughed at this reason.
It was a five-story building, and their room was on the second floor. Where did the roof come from? And tonight, the moon was full and the sky was full of stars, so why was it raining?
However, if Xie Yushu said it was leaking, then it was leaking. Pei Yixue's purpose was just to get people to come and sleep together. As for whether it was raining outside or whether the roof was leaking, it was none of his business.
He responded to Xie Yushu's words and said, "It's my pleasure."
The door was pushed open, and Xie Yushu walked in with a large quilt in his arms. When their eyes met, Pei Yixue glanced at the quilt in the man's arms and had bad thoughts again.
The corner of his mouth curled up into a teasing smile, and he asked knowingly: "Is it really leaking?"
Xie Yushu blushed and said with his neck stiff, "...It's not raining outside, I'm just a little scared to sleep alone in the inn."
"Then..." Pei Yixue chuckled, patted the bed, and said lovingly: "Ashu, sleep with me tonight."
"No, no." Xie Yushu quickly looked down at the ground, "I'll just stay here for one night."
Pei Yixue's smile deepened, and her voice deliberately became a little coquettish, "The ground is cold, you will get sick."
"It's okay, I'm strong and won't get sick." After Xie Yushu said this, he began to spread the quilt on the ground, moving quickly and skillfully.
Looking at Xie Yushu's busy figure, Pei Yixue's eyes flashed with helplessness. He knew that it would be difficult to get Xie Yushu to agree to lie on the same bed with him, and he would not agree to let a sickly person like him sleep on the floor.
He picked up the spare quilt on the bed, squatted down and carefully spread it on the bedding that Xie Yushu had already spread out.
Meeting Xie Yushu's gaze, he smiled and said, "Make the bed thicker so it will be more comfortable to sleep."
"Yeah." Xie Yushu responded softly and lowered his head again. But while he was laying the mat on the floor, he would glance at Pei Yixue from time to time.
Pei Yixue smiled as he turned to look at Xie Yushu. His eyes were gentle and deep, as if he could see through everything in Xie Yushu's heart.
When the mat was almost ready, he stood up and untied his belt while whispering, "It's late, go to bed early."
Xie Yushu saw his belt half hanging around his waist, turned his head suddenly, and his ears turned red, "You... go to bed."
Seeing people fall into the trap he had dug as expected, Pei Yixue was so nervous that he could not speak clearly. His empty heart seemed to be filled with candies in an instant, sweet and satisfying.
He took off his outer robe, gently hung it on the hanger beside him, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and said softly: "Ashu misunderstood me."
He sat down beside the bed, supported his hands on the edge, and stared at Xie Yushu without blinking, as if he wanted to see a flower.
"Aren't you going to sleep yet?" Xie Yushu's hands were tightly clenched with the corner of the quilt.
"Ashu goes to sleep first."
"Okay." Xie Yushu lay down mechanically and pulled the quilt over his head.
Pei Yixue looked for a while. The person hiding under the quilt seemed to be breathing very slowly, as if he wanted to hide himself completely. He laughed in his heart, "Ashu won't take off his clothes?"
Hearing his words, Xie Yushu was stunned for a moment, and then slowly said: "...I sleep, I don't like to take off clothes."
Pei Yixue laughed softly, "So, shoes?"
Xie Yushu was silent for a while before speaking from under the quilt: "...I won't take it off either."
"Ashu's habits are very special." Pei Yixue stood up and continued to take off the layers of restraints on her body until only a thin white undershirt was left, and then she lay down on the bed.
The distance between him and Xie Yushu was not far, so close that he could even hear each other's breathing.
After an unknown amount of time, Pei Yixue turned her head to look at the bulge in the quilt under the bed and said softly, "Ashu, you know what? I really like being with you."
Xie Yushu did not answer, probably trying to avoid answering by pretending to sleep, but his suddenly erratic breathing betrayed him.
Xie Yushu didn't answer, and Pei Yixue didn't care. He didn't know what happened to him suddenly and why he blurted out this sentence.
He had been in this world for quite some time, and had met countless people. But besides Li, it seemed that the only person who really cared about his life or death was Xie Yushu.
It’s just that Li’s feelings for him are more derived from Pei Yixue in the original novel.
And Xie Yushu cares about him only because he is him.
In this world full of unknowns, having someone silently accompanying him and protecting him is extremely precious.
This is probably one of the main reasons why he is eager to catch Xie Yushu.
The room fell into silence, with only the sounds of the two people's breathing gently interweaving.
After a while, with a slight rustling sound, Xie Yushu's head popped out from under the quilt.
When their eyes met, Xie Yushu's pupils flashed with shock and panic. He probably didn't expect to bump into him head on.
Pei Yixue asked, "Ashu, are you still awake?"
"I, just woke up." Xie Yushu answered, his eyes unconsciously moving from Pei Yixue's face down.
When he moved to the chest and saw the white skin, Xie Yushu suddenly turned his back.
At this time, Pei Yixue was lying on her side on the bed, her black hair scattered on the pillow, her inner garment was not tied up properly, and a large part of her chest was exposed, revealing her infinite spring scenery.
Xie Yushu turned around. Although he could no longer see Pei Yixue's appearance as a top prostitute, the air seemed to be filled with Pei Yixue's scent and warmth, penetrating into his body.
An inexplicable feeling surged in his heart, and the tingling feeling made him feel a little overwhelmed. He closed his eyes, trying to calm his inner throbbing, but Pei Yixue's voice rang in his ears like a demonic sound: "Ashu, why did you suddenly turn around?"
Pei Yixue's voice was a bit teasing, a bit lazy, and a bit pure and innocent.
After being together for such a long time, Xie Yushu has also figured out Pei Yixue's personality. He knows that Pei Yixue was asking the question deliberately at this moment. This person must know why he suddenly turned around, but still asked the question despite knowing the answer.
But he couldn't resist the temptation, let alone get angry.
Since when, Pei Yixue seemed to have a magical power that made him unable to help but indulge in her.
He closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, unable to see or hear.
"Ashu?" Pei Yixue called his name.
He didn't answer, Pei Yixue continued to talk to herself: "Ashu was like that just now..." After a pause, "It's clear that he likes it."
Pei Yixue said as she opened her clothes a little more, "Ah Shu, are you sure you don't want to look at it again?"
"Bang bang!" Before Xie Yushu could react, the sound of someone slamming the door came out in an unromantic way.
Then came a familiar and annoying voice: "Hey! Sickly guy, I know you are in there, open the door!"
It turned out to be Chang Feng who had returned to Beijing.
"I'll go open the door." Xie Yushu seemed to have found a savior. He threw back the quilt and ran towards the door.
The moment the door opened, Chang Feng's smile instantly broke. He looked at Xie Yushu, then at Pei Yixue on the bed, and his words were not smooth.
"You guys...Ashu, you and him?"
"We don't have anything, don't spread rumors." Xie Yushu quickly denied, "His condition has become a little serious, I'm worried, so I'm sleeping here."
"Is the condition serious?" Chang Feng looked at Pei Yixue suspiciously, and then said to Xie Yushu, "That's unfortunate. I'll come to watch him and prevent him from dying. It would be inconvenient for Ah Shu to be here."
"Indeed there are some, thank you for your help, Mr. Chang." Xie Yushu glanced at Pei Yixue behind him, ignored the other's pitiful look, and walked to the next room.
The door of the next room closed quietly, and Chang Feng walked in briskly with a sly smile on his face.
"Stop pretending." Chang Feng's voice was particularly clear in the silent night. "I'm tired of seeing you look so sick. You always use this trick to win Ah Shu's sympathy. Can you come up with something new?"
Pei Yixue was in a bad mood at the moment and was too lazy to say anything. His messy hair and inner clothes, coupled with the sickly look he deliberately created, gave people the impression that he was about to die.
Chang Feng stared at him for a while, with suspicion and a bit of inquiry, and asked: "Hey, is the condition really serious? This time when I returned to Beijing, I specially recruited a few famous doctors. They may not be the best in the world, but at least they are more reliable than the old man in Liming Pharmacy. I wanted to take you to see a doctor tomorrow, but seeing how you look, I'm afraid you can't wait until tomorrow. I'll go and call them over now."
If you want to fool other doctors, you can't just rely on superb acting skills. If you wait for those famous doctors to come and treat you one after another, won't your trick be exposed?
"Cough cough..." Pei Yixue was anxious and couldn't breathe smoothly. She coughed repeatedly and waved her hand, "No need."
"Why not?" Chang Feng gritted his teeth and said, "If I don't cure your illness, I will always feel sullen. If you don't have this illness, I don't know how you can pretend to be weak in front of Ah Shu."
"I just took some medicine to suppress my symptoms, so they can't diagnose anything even if they want to." Pei Yixue was a little impatient, "You really have such confidence in the medical skills of those miracle doctors, come with me tomorrow to have a look, if you can really cure me, I will be very grateful."
"Humph, the old man at the Liming Pharmacy was able to keep you alive with medicine, so it's no problem for them to cure you."
"I hope so."
The moonlight shines on the window lattice, mottled and colorful.
Both people in the room were secretly calculating and competing in their minds.
Early the next morning, Chang Feng wanted to take people to see a doctor. Pei Yixue went to the Liming Pharmacy on the pretext of asking the miracle doctor first, got the cheating artifact, and then went to see those doctors with Chang Feng.
In a luxurious mansion, five famous doctors took turns to examine Pei Yixue's pulse.
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