Because of the few not-so-serious books that His Highness had gifted him some time ago, Shen would rush back to the courtyard after finishing his shift every day. After quickly washing up, he would light a lamp and start reading hard at his desk.
He was looking up "Shuowen Jiezi" with one hand and reading the illustrated book with the other. His face often turned red from reading, but he never felt sleepy.
Shen started late and couldn't read aloud, so he could only use this stupid method to remember. Sometimes he couldn't find it in the book, and he couldn't go to others to ask with this pornographic book, so he could only hide in the house and worry.
Lin Xie had been standing by the half-open window for a long time. He stood there silently, listening to the rustling sound of the pages of a book being turned. He inadvertently raised the corners of his lips, and a fleeting smile flashed between his eyebrows, which no one could catch.
He didn't go through the main door, but instead tiptoed through the window, and then quietly walked behind Shen Que.
"Okay," Lin Xie snatched the book from his hand from behind, picked it up and pretended to examine it, "How dare you secretly read such a vulgar and pornographic book behind my back."
He suddenly appeared and spoke, which almost frightened him to death. When he came to his senses, he stood up and tried to snatch the book from his hand.
Lin Xie deliberately held the book high and stood on tiptoe so that he couldn't reach it even if he jumped. Then he waited until his face turned red with anxiety, then he leaned down slightly and kissed his lips.
At the moment, Shen Que felt that he had bumped into something soft and cold. He was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening. He quickly pushed him away and took several steps back, avoiding him like a vicious dog.
"You've read almost half of this book and have seen so many obscene pictures," Lin Xie teased, with a half-smile, "Why are you shy about touching my lips? Are you pretending? Are you trying to imitate those whores' little songs..."
"Hmm..." He smiled deliberately, "Playing hard to get, right?"
Lin Xie really loved his speechless look, like a small herbivorous animal that could only have red eyes when angry, and even suppressed his grievances. His pitiful look was not visible, but instead made him more attractive.
"Do you want this book?" he asked.
Shen looked at him, then nodded slightly hesitantly.
Lin Xie then showed his malicious smile again: "Then come over here and kiss me. If I am happy, I will return the kiss to you."
Shen thought for a moment and decided that it would be more cost-effective to spend some money and buy a new one outside, so he pursed his lips and acted as if he was indifferent.
Lin Xie took a few steps forward calmly, looking down at him, like a wicked businessman, forcing him with both soft and hard tactics: "I'm not kidding. Tomorrow the prince will test you on your homework, and you won't even be able to take out your books. What are you going to do?"
His tone was light and gentle, like that of a close elder brother who was genuinely worried and concerned about him.
Shen became anxious again and wanted to punch him in the face. One punch might not be enough. He wanted to at least make him look bruised and blue. However, he only dared to think about it in his mind. He didn't dare to really show his fangs and claws.
He just thought too simply. At this time in the middle of the night, all the bookstores outside had closed down. Even if he had money, he probably wouldn't be able to buy the book. Besides, this book wasn't an ordinary one, so how could it be so easy to find?
"Just a kiss?" he finally gave in and asked in sign language.
Lin Xie smiled and said, "Ten kisses is fine. I don't mind you."
Shen really wanted to give him a cold look. This man was as thick-skinned as a city wall, so he asked him that question unnecessarily.
He walked forward slowly, and when he was close, he hesitantly raised his face, closed his eyes, and clumsily pressed his lips against Lin Xie's.
However, just when Shen was about to kiss his lips, Lin Xie suddenly took a step back, leaving him empty-handed.
Chen opened his eyes and looked at him with some confusion. Lin Xie was moved by his helpless look, but it was a faint feeling, like the breeze blowing through the treetops, causing the branches and leaves to tremble slightly, so inconspicuous.
"We just kissed, it would be tiresome if we kiss again," Lin Xie said with a teasing smile, "Keep it for a while, I will remember to ask you for it."
Shen was stared at by his smiling eyes and couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling. He didn't show it on his face, but he was thinking in his heart, how could this person be so bad? There might be no one worse than him in this world.
It wasn't enough to see him make a fool of himself once, she wanted to see it a second time, and she didn't want him to finish it immediately, she was deliberately leaving it to make him feel upset.
Lin Xie stopped teasing him and threw the book into his arms. He forced him to sit back in his seat and asked him curiously, "I heard that you asked the singer in Tingli Pavilion to remove the obscene things that day. Is that true?"
Shen, however, glared at him and said nothing.
What he asked was not an exaggeration. That day he had indeed asked the actors to gather around him and not let him leave. One pair of hands and one pair of feet were not enough for them to hold him, and his clothes were almost torn by them.
Looking at the group of children, Shen couldn't help but feel compassion. If they were born into a good family, they would have a life of luxury, but now they are stuck in this brothel, becoming rootless duckweed, with no one to love them and they can only be abused by others.
He felt distressed, but there was nothing he could do.
He finally got away that day and returned home. Somehow Shen Xiangzhi found out about it and he was severely scolded by him. However, Shen felt that his master's scolding was not bad and he accepted it.
He doesn't have that much ability. Since he can't become a Bodhisattva, it's better not to save anyone. If he saves one, others will hate him for it.
"I untied your entanglement so gently, but you wanted to fight with me," Lin Xie said, "When someone else pulled your entanglement, you were willing to give in."
Shen didn't know where he got so many nonsense from. He could bring up everything. Eight out of ten sentences were said to humiliate him, and the remaining two were to pave the way for what he said later.
Seeing that he was angry, Lin Xie smiled instead and admonished him like an elder: "Why aren't you studying? Don't you have an exam tomorrow? If you are so lazy, I will report it to the prince."
Shen couldn't guess how much truth and falsehood there was in his joke, and he was afraid even if it was just a casual threat.
"You continue to learn to read," Lin Xie said gently, "I promise not to disturb you."
Although Shen didn't believe his nonsense, he still opened the book obediently. He was slow in finding and recognizing words, and often turned the pages until he was sweating profusely before he could finish reading a line of words.
Lin Xie was already distracted. He had come here with great difficulty, not just to watch the little mute learn to read and write. Now that he saw that he read so slowly, he deliberately leaned over and put his hands on the edge of the table, so that his face was close to his.
"It's so slow for you to search word by word like this," Lin Xie tilted his head and looked at him with a smile, "I also went to school for a few years, why don't you come and ask me?"
Shen asked, but no one wanted to ask him. However, since the living "Shuowen Jiezi" was delivered to his door, there was no reason for him not to use it, so he raised his hand to point to the word that he could not find in the book.
"Encounter," Lin Xie whispered in his ear, "This is a chance encounter."
Shen nodded, and then stopped asking.
"That's all?" Lin Xie seemed to feel sorry for him and said in a pitying tone, "How long will it take you to fall asleep if you keep studying like this? Why don't I read to you?"
Shen did not agree, but he just read on himself. The extremely explicit words were read without blushing or beating his heart.
"Then she came out with the Vermillion Bird, holding the red trousers, and lifting her white feet..." Lin Xie recited a sentence, and then moved closer to him, forcing his evasive eyes to look directly into her burning gaze, "and the man's mind was dizzy."
"That's enough!" Shen blushed and raised his hand to gesture, "I'll see for myself!"
After reading obscene books for a few days, Shen always felt uncomfortable at night. His body felt strange, and his mind also felt strange. Sometimes he thought of His Highness, and sometimes he thought of Lin Xie's face.
And tonight, he seemed to finally understand what he really longed for. He was afraid that he had been ruined by the lecher in front of him and had become like the actors and prostitutes in the books, begging and begging for sex with men.
No, he doesn't want it.
He is not an actor, nor does he want to be a prostitute.
But Lin Xie didn't care about his resistance. He curled his lips and continued to read: "She smeared it with saliva, rubbed it up and down, and accepted it with affection. She didn't even notice that the seam was slightly torn."
He was too close, with almost his whole body pressed against him. Seeing that he was embarrassed and annoyed, she paused and put her lips on his earlobe, touching it deliberately.
It was not enough to just touch it, he had to wrap it in and then spit it out, causing the earlobe to be covered with water, sparkling brightly under the candlelight.
Shen couldn't help shaking and wanted to get up, but Lin Xie held his hand and pressed it against the edge of the table: "You haven't finished reading yet, why are you in such a hurry? You have to finish what you have to do. If you don't finish listening, what will happen tomorrow?"
So Shen had no choice but to listen to him patiently. His scalp tingled and an electric current ran up his spine, making him feel numb and itchy. He could hardly sit still.
But Lin Xie not only continued to read it, he also deliberately slowed down his tone and dragged out the words, deliberately not wanting to give him a quick death.
"The sun's peak goes straight in, and the encounter is more like the strings of a zither; the yin noon rushes in, and the unevenness is like the grains in the valley." [Note]
After reading this, he finally stopped. After forcing himself to sell, he naturally reached out to ask for a favor: "I love you so much, and I sympathize with your hard work in learning to read. I took the trouble to read a passage with you, but my love is not in vain. What do you want to repay me?"
As he spoke, Lin Xie sank down again, hugged him from behind, and reached out to unbutton his clothes.
Shen hurriedly grabbed his hand, his eyes red, he was confused, his sign language was also messy: "Not here."
Lin Xie clearly knew what he meant, but he still deliberately asked him: "If not here, then where are we going?"
But Shen pursed his lips and did not move his hands.
Lin Xie continued to unbutton his coat, but Chen became anxious and held onto his collar to prevent him from moving. Lin Xie was not annoyed, but just said, "You refuse to tell me where you are going. I am not a worm in your stomach."
"Couch," he saw Chen Que's lips moving, and he mouthed awkwardly, "Go to the couch."
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[Note] This is written by Bai Juyi's younger brother Bai Xingjian. He wrote a lot, so I don't dare to type the title. If you are interested, you can send it to me.
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