Chapter 29 Lucid Dream "Yes, you are a puppy"
Chapter.Twenty-ninth
Wen Jiangchu's breathing stagnated, and he met Shen Qiudu's dark eyes. His body slowly fell down, and he rested his chin on Shen Qiudu's shoulder. The breath he exhaled sprayed on his exposed skin, sticky and wet.
"I'm sorry Qiu Du, I didn't want to, but I couldn't help it."
"It just hurts a lot. The wound is really deep..."
As he spoke, Wen Jiangchu accurately grasped Chen Qiudu's wrist, which was hanging in the air, and tried to lead him to touch the wound. He even deliberately stroked his abdominal muscles and moved along the line bit by bit.
The rapidly heating atmosphere made Chen Qiudu blush. He angrily hit Wen Jiangchu's tense muscles lightly, reached out and pushed his shoulder, directly increasing the distance between them.
Then he threw the cotton swabs scattered on the bed in front of Wen Jiangchu, turned his head and whispered, "I see you're fine and still have the energy to say these words. Then just apply it yourself."
Wen Jiangchu's eyes locked onto Chen Qiudu, and he chuckled softly, his eyes filled with tenderness. "Okay, I'll listen to Qiudu."
He skillfully dipped a cotton swab in the ointment, lowered his eyes to the area that Chen Qiudu had just carefully applied, and pursed his lips.
It cannot be said that there is no skill at all, it can only be said that the ointment was not applied at all, and almost all of it was applied to places where there were no wounds.
"What are you looking at? Are you laughing at me?!"
Chen Qiudu's face darkened and he frowned slightly. He folded his hands over his chest and drooped the corners of his mouth. He felt like a rabbit whose tail had been stepped on.
Wen Jiangchu suppressed his laughter and quickly shook his head to explain, "How could that be? I just thought Qiu Du's method of applying medicine to people was so good, and I felt so lucky."
Chen Qiudu slowly lowered his head, letting his long hair fall down. He said nervously, "I've never applied medicine to anyone before. I got hurt while working, and I could only pick up the ointment and rub it on the wound. Otherwise, if I delay too long, my wages will be deducted. I don't have much wages to begin with, and I can't afford to have my wages deducted anymore..."
Wen Jiangchu just felt that he deserved to die. He had just wanted to tease Xia Shen Qiudu, but he didn't expect that it would involve such outdated memories.
He was a little at a loss, and hurriedly applied some medicine on the wound. After throwing away the cotton swab, he held Chen Qiudu's shoulder with one hand. Chen Qiudu raised his eyes in confusion, but saw Wen Jiangchu's other hand reaching out to the corner of his clothes without hesitation.
"Wen Jiangchu, what are you doing?!" Chen Qiudu instantly got furious and slapped Wen Jiangchu's hand away.
Wen Jiangchu looked at the red mark on the back of his hand and subconsciously raised it to his nose to smell it.
Mmm, it smells like trumpet creeper, really nice.
Just after a few seconds of smelling it, Chen Qiudu slapped him with a palm, slapping his hand away again, "Wen Jiangchu, are you an idiot?!"
Seeing that Chen Qiudu was really angry, Wen Jiangchu quickly came back to his senses and coaxed him softly: "I'm sorry Qiudu, I...I didn't mean it. I just wanted to see your wound. Didn't you say you were injured?"
"That was a while ago. It must have healed by now. Are you an idiot, Wen Jiangchu?"
Chen Qiudu glanced at Wen Jiangchu unhappily, but seeing that he was smiling even after being scolded, he continued, "Yes, it's idiot."
Wen Jiangchu carefully moved his body, silently shortening the distance between the two of them. When the scent of trumpet creeper at the tip of his nose became completely strong, he smacked his lips in satisfaction.
He lowered his eyes and saw Chen Qiudu took a roll of medical bandage and gently bandaged Wen Jiangchu. However, Wen Jiangchu's waist circumference was more than twice his, and Chen Qiudu looked obviously struggling.
Wen Jiangchu felt a little distressed, and imagined in his mind whether Chen Qiudu would be like this after he was accidentally injured while working to earn money in his youth, curled up in a corner alone, using cheap and not clean bandages, or even using cloth that was washed white to save money, biting the corner of his clothes, and wrapping the wound himself firmly until the blood stopped flowing and the pain and numbness that exceeded his limit numbed his nerves.
Just like a little wild cat abandoned on the roadside, it finds a shabby but rain-proof trash can alone on a rainy night and licks its wounds silently.
Wen Jiangchu felt a pang in his heart and took the bandage. The excessive heartache made Wen Jiangchu want to know more about Chen Qiudu, such as his past pain, the injustice he had experienced, and whether he had encountered anything special.
"So Qiu Du also bandaged his own wounds like this back then?"
"Yeah," Chen Qiudu said calmly, seemingly unconcerned. "Back then, the man was often away from home, only coming back when he ran out of money. I didn't want to trouble my mother and make him worry, so he would usually just find a random step where he was working and apply the medicine before returning home."
"What if you get hurt in hard-to-reach areas like the lower back?"
Wen Jiangchu's throat felt clogged, and he felt even more that Chen Qiudu was, well, too strong. His nose felt sore, and he hated his own past cowardice more and more. Tears fell unexpectedly, burning Chen Qiudu's skin.
When Chen Qiudu heard this question, his face froze at first, his eyes looked a little strange, and he avoided Wen Jiangchu's gaze guiltily.
He subconsciously wiped away Wen Jiangchu's tears with his hand and cleared his throat. "A coworker of mine helped me. We were so poor back then, so poor that as long as we could survive, gender attributes were already forgotten."
Wen Jiangchu's tears suddenly stopped, "Coworker...?"
Chen Qiudu nodded. "Well, I don't know his specific identity. I only know that he dropped out of school early like me to work. He seems to be a beta. Anyway, I've never heard of him having a estrus period. At that time, we basically didn't talk. We were only focused on making money. Sometimes he would help out when applying medicine or buying medicine."
"I still remember the time you picked me up after I ran away. It was the last day of our work term. He came to say goodbye to me, saying he had saved up some money and was going back to school. He said there was still a chance to go back, and asked if I wanted to go with him."
"So...how did you answer?"
Wen Jiangchu's breathing slowed, and the hand on Shen Qiudu's shoulder suddenly tightened. He was well aware that he was afraid, worried. He was afraid that his meddling would cause Shen Qiudu's life, which could have been improving, to plummet, and that he would be the last straw that broke Shen Qiudu's back.
Wen Jiangchu had never had this feeling before. Everything was in his own hands, and the world was just a chess game in his hands.
But when it comes to Chen Qiudu, a slight change in tone can make Wen Jiangchu fall into complete self-doubt.
Wen Jiangchu's tears flowed even more violently.
Chen Qiudu raised his eyes and quickly understood the emotional fluctuations hidden in Wen Jiangchu. He smiled helplessly and said, "Wen Jiangchu, stop crying. If you cry any more, this place will really become a small river."
"And I didn't agree to it. I was very wary of everyone at the time. I only applied the medicine once or twice because I had no other choice. To me, his words were like trying to lure me into a strange place and get my ass cut. How could I possibly believe that?"
So Chen Qiudu actually knew in his heart that someone like him who was born suspicious and didn't even trust himself needed to be possessed and loved the most.
What's more, the word "school" was too unfamiliar to Shen Qiudu. They were not qualified to attend public schools, and they could not afford the tuition fees of private schools, so Shen Qiudu was forced to drop out of school in his second year of high school, because from that year on, Shen Qiudu's private school tuition was completely monopolized by that man.
So before, he just wanted to live in peace, but now...
Chen Qiudu's gaze fell on the corners of Wen Jiangchu's eyes, which were red, and his lips curved down.
Now he seems a little greedy.
"Autumn Crossing..."
Wen Jiangchu's voice was mixed with a faint cry. His rough fingertips started from his shoulders and slid down gently, bit by bit, stroking his exposed delicate skin. He wagged his tail like a happy puppy and wanted to rub against Chen Qiudu.
Wen Jiangchu suddenly looked up as if he had thought of something, "Qiu Du, do you still want to go to school now?"
"I'm past school age now, so forget it."
"Then Qiu Du wants to intern at the company?"
Chen Qiudu looked at Wen Jiangchu in front of him as if he were a fool, "...If you are not afraid that I will make you lose 100 million in one day."
"It's okay." Wen Jiangchu rubbed Chen Qiudu's head, "I have enough money. I can afford to lose 100 million a day."
Judging from Wen Jiangchu's expression, he didn't seem to be lying. Furthermore, having experienced this before, Chen Qiudu subconsciously glanced at the door, fearing that he would just bring cash and force it on him.
Chen Qiudu changed the subject, "By the way, what happened with Xu Zhouye? And why did that man suddenly appear here?"
"In fact, I knew from the beginning that Xu Zhouye hated me. He even slandered me at all costs and wanted to kill me. But I endured it all because my mother told me to take good care of him before she died."
"Mom and Aunt Xu have always had a good relationship, but because of Dad, things became a little awkward. But Aunt Xu eventually came to terms with it. Unexpectedly, Uncle Xu was the one she cared about the most. He even went crazy and self-harmed, and even imprisoned Aunt Xu. This is what caused Aunt Xu to leave."
"Mom feels very ashamed and feels that she was partly responsible for what happened. After all, it was her suggestion that Dad help the Xu family. I never expected something like this to happen, which directly led to the collapse of the Xu family's relationships."
"So from then on, my mother told me to treat Xu Zhouye as my own brother and a member of the Wen family. She even called me into her room every day to report on Xu Zhouye's mental and health status and whether he had done anything wrong."
"So after they passed away, I didn't want my mother to worry in heaven, so I kept it to myself until I found out he had actually leaked the Wen family's company secrets to the Song family."
"In order to bring down the Wen family, they even teamed up with the Song family to sabotage the cooperation between me and the Qin family. That was the cooperation that Qin Mao valued most. In the end, it directly caused Qin Mao to lose billions."
"At that time, I knew that Xu Zhouye could no longer be kept, so I reached a cooperation with Qin Mao. He released your parents, and I personally delivered Xu Zhouye to him. As for what the final outcome of Xu Zhouye would be, I have no idea."
"But Qin Mao's methods have always been known to everyone."
Chen Qiudu raised his hand and touched Wen Jiangchu's wound, and suddenly remembered what Xu Zhouye had said before about Wen Jiangchu's parents.
"By the way, he had previously revealed to me, intentionally or unintentionally, the details of your parents' plane crash..."
"It's not him." Wen Jiangchu forced a smile, letting go of all his strength and letting himself be supported by Chen Qiudu's hand. "It has nothing to do with anyone. It really was an accident."
Wen Jiangchu completely exposed his weak side, tears silently sliding down his face. Chen Qiudu's body stiffened. He had never been good at comforting others, so he could only imitate the way Wen Jiangchu comforted himself before, tentatively patting his back and touching Wen Jiangchu's head.
It’s just that Wen Jiangchu’s hair was so soft that Chen Qiudu couldn’t stop his hand for a moment, and the way he touched it was really... messy.
Wen Jiangchu reluctantly raised his body, pressed against Shen Qiudu's forehead and shook it gently, saying indulgently: "Shen Qiudu, are you petting the dog?"
"Yes." Shen Qiudu immediately seized the opportunity to take advantage of the temperature.
"You're a puppy."
Before Wen Jiangchu could respond, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside by brute force.
Xue Shanke held the medicine in one hand and pinched his nose with the other, leaning against the door frame in a state of collapse. "Oh my god, are you guys going to take the medicine or not?!"
Chen Qiudu and Wen Jiangchu looked at each other silently, and then looked at Xue Shanke who had a bewildered look on his face.
Well, this is when the real dog comes.
Xue Shanke glanced away speechlessly. "By the way, Uncle Liang told you to come downstairs right now. It seems someone wants to discuss cooperation with the Wen family about building a public school in the slums. They're waiting in the living room right now."
"Also, Chen Qiudu, you come with us. After you drink the medicine, we will continue the treatment."
Chen Qiudu followed Wen Jiangchu downstairs, and was about to go to the treatment room with Xue Shanke on the other side when he was suddenly stopped.
"Chen Qiudu?"
Chen Qiudu looked back and saw that the man in his memory was actually standing in the living room in a suit, completely different from the image of the unknown and rough man in his impression. This world is still too small.
He quickly walked up to Shen Qiudu and asked in confusion, "Why are you here?"
"I..." Before Shen Qiudu could speak, Wen Jiangchu immediately protected him behind him. His face darkened and he spoke in a stern tone, "What are you doing? Aren't you here to discuss cooperation?"
The man looked Wen Jiangchu up and down, and as if he remembered something, he instantly became tough. He walked past him, ignoring Chen Qiudu's struggle, and directly grabbed his hand to protect him behind his back. He looked Wen Jiangchu in the eye, full of anger.
"I was also going to ask you what you were doing trapping Chen Qiudu here?! You peeping tom!"
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