Chapter 30 He actually doesn't know how to do that.
Shen Beidao carefully pulled open Lin Yi's collar, and when the skin on the back of Lin Yi's neck was fully exposed, his brows furrowed tightly.
The allergic reaction covered more areas than I expected, from my ears to my shoulders, my once fair skin was now covered with tiny red rashes.
Some areas were slightly red from scratching, and there were a few scratches left by the owner.
"How did it get so serious?" Shen Beidao glanced at his watch; the hands pointed to 7 p.m. "Now, the only option to go to the hospital is the emergency room."
He was about to push open the car door and get into the driver's seat when he said that.
"No need." Lin Yi stopped him. "I've already seen a doctor and was prescribed some topical medication. The doctor said it might be an allergen in the hair dye. If it doesn't get better after applying the medication, I'll have to go for a follow-up appointment."
He awkwardly put his down jacket back on, zipping it up to his chin to cover the rash: "The doctor said not to scratch it, just bear with it, you..."
He nudged Chen Beidao's chest, his voice muffled by his collar, "Stay away from me, don't infect you."
Seeing Lin Yi's evasive gaze, Shen Beidao suddenly understood: "...Is that why you didn't come to see me?"
Lin Yi's eyelashes trembled, and he murmured, "That's why I refrained from chatting with you. Otherwise, if I went to your house, or if you found out, we would inevitably have physical contact... Don't I know you too well?"
He spoke the second half of the sentence very softly, but Shen Beidao heard it clearly.
Lin Yi: He seems respectable on the surface, but if we're locked up together, he'll definitely try to take advantage of me.
Shen Beidao was amused by him, leaned closer, and gently touched Lin Yi's burning earlobe with his fingertips: "In your heart, am I just someone who can't control my feelings and likes to do whatever I want to my boyfriend?"
"No." Lin Yi subconsciously shrank his neck when he was touched. "Sometimes when he gets wild, he's not even human."
"Then congratulations." Shen Beidao pressed his palm against the back of his head, his voice low, "You guessed right."
He lowered his head and kissed Lin Yi's lips.
It was just a light touch.
Lin Yi subconsciously closed his eyes, slightly pursed his lips, and prepared for a deeper entanglement...
Shen Beidao withdrew.
He looked down at Lin Yi, his eyes filled with a smile: "Baby, you're so sweet."
After saying that, he ignored Lin Yi and turned to open the side door of the car. "Let's go home first..."
This action instantly ignited Lin Yi's passion.
He grabbed Shen Beidao's hand, and then almost instinctively flipped over and sat on the other's lap, pressing Shen Beidao down on the back seat, and lowered his head to deepen the kiss.
Filled with the lingering longing that had been suppressed for so long, Lin Yi's hands tightly hooked around Shen Beidao's neck, his fingertips pressing hard, as if he wanted to pour all the longing he had felt these past few days into this kiss.
Shen Beidao was taken aback at first, then chuckled softly, grabbed Lin Yi's nape with his hand, and stepped forward to take the initiative.
Their kiss deepened, their breaths mingled, indistinguishable from one another, occasionally letting out a suppressed, moist soft sound.
Shen Beidao leaned in and slowly swept his hand over the sensitive area of Lin Yi's palate. Lin Yi let out a muffled whimper, his back tensed, and he gripped Shen Beidao's shirt collar tightly.
The temperature inside the carriage seemed to rise sharply as it witnessed their love.
A century later, Lin Yi slowly released his grip.
He cupped Shen Beidao's face in his hands, his breathing still a little rapid, but his eyes were unusually serious: "Actually, I've missed you for a long time."
He paused, then sincerely assured, "From now on, I will keep my distance from Chen Zhinan."
Shen Beidao's hands were still around his waist, but they tightened slightly upon hearing this: "Really?"
Are you asking about the first sentence or the second sentence?
Shen Beidao leaned closer: "Actually, I wanted to ask, where do you miss me right now?"
"Where?" Lin Yi frowned, vaguely recalling a small matter he had forgotten earlier. "Hmm?...Shouldn't I be asking you that?"
Lin Yi grabbed Shen Beidao's collar with both hands, his expression turning serious: "This art supply market is so remote, there's nothing around except art supplies, how did you find the paint shop at the very back of the left corner on the second floor and precisely run into me?"
Shen Beidao leaned back in the car and silently looked at Lin Yi: "Yi Yi, didn't you just say you missed me?"
"I don't want to think about it now!" Lin Yi grabbed his collar tightly. "Stop changing the subject. Did you put a tracking device on me?"
Shen Beidao: ...Is this a stress reaction for the little rabbit?
He thought about Lin Yi's past experiences.
"I just happened to be passing by and came in to buy some paper..." Shen Beidao remained calm and his heartbeat was steady.
"You live 30 kilometers away! What? Is there a disaster downstairs? All the toilet paper has been sold out?"
Shen Beidao's lips curled up: "It's A4 printing paper."
Lin Yi: "Where's the paper?"
Shen Beidao: "In the trunk."
Shen Beidao did indeed buy a stack of A4 paper downstairs when he passed by.
But he saw a fleeting disappointment in Lin Yi's eyes and knew that if he didn't tell the truth, the little guy would really get angry.
He confessed honestly: "I didn't put a tracking device on you. Zhang Zexuan told me you were here."
"Zhang Zexuan?" Lin Yi was taken aback, then frowned. "You know him?"
Shen Beidao succinctly described why Zhang Zexuan had come to him in a few sentences, and then explained, "However, I am still considering whether to issue a letter of understanding to Du Xiaoman."
Upon hearing Du Xiaoman's name, Lin Yi released his grip on Du Xiaoman's collar, sat back in his seat, and fell silent.
He never expected that Zhang Zexuan would bypass him and go directly to Shenbei Island.
Zhang Zexuan is now Xie Chun's assistant, and he hates Du Xiaoman so much... It's easy to guess who's behind this.
Shen Beidao noticed his unusual mood and didn't continue the topic. "Let's talk when we get back. I'm going to drive now."
The SUV drove smoothly away from the art supply store and stopped in the basement of the National Academy of Fine Arts twenty minutes later.
Lin Yi is currently working on his graduation project. The design works of his class are all created in the art studio, and after the finished products are completed, they will be taken to a fixed exhibition hall for exhibition.
Shen Beidao helped him move the heavy painting materials back to the designated location.
On his way upstairs, he encountered several of Lin Yi's classmates, who all curiously sized up the well-dressed, dignified stranger.
After moving their belongings, the two returned to the car.
Shen Beidao fastened his seatbelt and turned to look at Lin Yi: "Tomorrow is Monday, are you going to school?"
"Hmm." Lin Yi leaned back in his chair, his voice sounding a little tired. "My graduation project needs to be reviewed by my professor, so I've taken leave and won't be going to work this week. I'll be staying at school to work on my graduation project."
Shen Beidao nodded, paused for a few seconds, and then asked, "So, tonight, shall we go to your place or mine?"
He certainly understood what Shen Beidao meant.
But what's the point of going back to his own home?
It was empty, devoid of Shen Beidao's presence. After Shen Beidao left, when I missed him, his shadow was everywhere.
"Your place, right?" Lin Yi turned his face away, pretending to look at the night view outside the window, feeling a little embarrassed.
A barely perceptible smile appeared on Shen Beidao's lips.
The car's speed suddenly increased the next second.
I drove onto the elevated highway at 120 km/h, overtook other cars on an S-curve, and sprinted home.
......
Lin Yi had barely stepped into Shen Beidao's house when he was swept up in a hug around the waist.
"Hey! You..." His words were stuck in his throat.
Shen Beidao hugged him and quickly walked towards the bedroom.
Their kisses continued from the entryway to the bedside, so intense it was as if they wanted to make up for all the days they had been apart.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
They draw upon each other, as if trying to merge the other into themselves.
"Beep beep beep—"
The phone rang abruptly, shattering the ambiguous atmosphere in the room.
Shen Beidao reached for his phone, intending to hang up immediately, but after groping around on the bed for a while, he realized that his phone had fallen off the bed at some point.
Lin Yi nudged him: "You answer the phone first. It seems Professor Shen is a very busy person."
"Wait for me." Shen Beidao pinched his cheek, then had no choice but to get out of bed and pick up his phone from the floor.
He frowned when he saw the caller ID on the screen; it was a call he had no choice but to answer.
"I'll go out and answer that." He took his phone and walked out of the bedroom.
Lin Yi thought he would have to wait a long time, but after about a minute, the door was pushed open again.
At this moment, Lin Yi was facing away from the door, checking the allergy on the back of his neck in the dressing mirror. Hearing the sound, he quickly pulled up his turtleneck sweater.
Turning around, I saw Shen Beidao standing at the door.
"So fast?" Lin Yi was somewhat surprised.
"Hmm." Shen Beidao responded, her gaze falling on him.
That look in his eyes...
Lin Yi inexplicably felt a sense of danger.
Shen Beidao's eyes seemed to be burning with a dark fire, so intense that they almost set him on fire.
Lin Yi took a step back warily: "I haven't showered yet. I'll go take a shower first. I'm all sweaty after a long day."
"Hmm." Shen Beidao didn't say anything, turned around and went out again.
Lin Yi stood there, somewhat puzzled: Was I overthinking things? Did he not want to do *that* with me?
When I looked up, Professor Shen was back.
Holding two sets of bath towels and two sets of pajamas, her expression was as calm as if she were doing something serious: "Let's go take a shower."
"Who wants to take a bath with you?" Lin Yi resisted and took two steps back again.
"If you have an allergic reaction later, it's best not to get it in hot water. You should wipe it with cool water and apply medicine. If it's inconvenient for you to do it yourself, I can help you."
"I didn't ask for your help! My arm is fine, I can do it myself!"
"Is it not allowed?" Shen Beidao took a step closer, his voice lowering. "You don't trust me?"
Professor Shen, already feeling dejected, felt even more aggrieved: "I just brought you art supplies and told your classmates we were just friends..."
"Is it possible that friends can't help each other take a bath? Can't they help each other apply medicine? Or do you think I'm not suitable to be your friend?"
"No, not exactly." When Lin Yi heard him say that, Shen Beidao looked like a "backup plan" waiting for him to turn around, pleading with him to take another look.
However, on the other hand...
Is there any causal relationship between Shen Beidao's words?
He took the towel from Shen Beidao's hand, turned his back, and his ears turned bright red. "I didn't say I wouldn't let you help me; I said it's 'inconvenient'."
"Since you're so kind, let's shower together..."
"OK!"
He added sternly, "But! You're not allowed to take your underwear off!"
Shen Beidao was admiring Lin Yi's back view from top to bottom and bottom to top. No wonder so many girls were flirting with him while he was delivering materials. If I were a girl, I would also like someone with such a slim waist, long legs, and round bottom as this little rabbit...
"Did you hear that?!" Lin Yi suddenly turned around.
Shen Beidao's smug smile suddenly vanished, his eyes returning to a blank, lifeless gaze, as if he were looking at a dead cockroach on the ground: "I know, where did my little bunny go thinking?"
He bypassed Lin Yi and went straight to the bathroom in the bedroom.
Lin Yi stood there, scratching his head: ...Huh? Was he just laughing? Was he too tired today and his eyes were playing tricks on him?
Actually, Lin Yi's reason for not wanting to contact him was very simple: he just hadn't learned how to use the front to attack/zero. If he hurt Shen Beidao and was ridiculed for his poor technique, the good impression he made on the first occasion would be completely ruined.
Unfortunately, his VPN expired these past two days, and there are no "teaching websites" in China. He also couldn't possibly teach himself, so he had no choice but to put it aside for the time being.
Lin Yi had mentally prepared himself: as long as we're both wearing underwear, he shouldn't notice, right?
Lin Yi gritted his teeth and pushed open the bathroom door.
Then I froze.
Lin Yi rubbed his eyes: When did Shen Beidao's bathroom get such a big bathtub?
It was a brand new, round bathtub large enough to accommodate two people, made of white ceramic with delicate metal trim around the edges.
At this moment, Shen Beidao is bending down to scatter fresh rose petals into the water, which float on the surface and emit a faint fragrance.
Lin Yi took a few steps back, somewhat bewildered: "Heh... a newly installed bathtub? I hope it doesn't have formaldehyde? Maybe I shouldn't take a bath..."
However, it was too late.
Shen Beidao raised his head, looked at Lin Yi standing at the door, and gave a gentle smile: "Don't worry, I hired a professional to remove the formaldehyde. This bathtub is brand new, and it's been waiting for its owner... to come and use it."
The bathroom was filled with steam. Lin Yi stood in the warm yellow bathroom light, his face flushed, his skin glowing because of his dyed blonde hair.
He was only wearing a pair of pure white underwear, which was now damp and clung to his waist and hips, making his waist look narrow and thin, like a delicate porcelain doll.
—From Shen Beidao's perspective.
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Author's note: By the way, I update at 23:03 or 0:03!
It's been 11:03 PM almost every day lately, love you! [cat paw emoji]
Mini-theater:
Shen Beidao answered the phone: "Uncle, this is Xiao Bei. My dad asked me to send his regards to you. Um, do you have time to meet?"
"It might be next week. I'm currently traveling abroad, and there are still two countries on my itinerary that I haven't visited yet."
Shen Beidao: "Then you go ahead with your work. Contact me anytime when you return to Jiangzhou."
"Xiao Bei, is something urgent? You can tell me now. I can still arrange some minor things."
Shen Beidao: "It's not urgent, it's good news. We'll discuss it in detail when you get back."
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