Chapter 46 - If You Like

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Chu Yu was stuck standing against the wall, staring at him without moving an inch.

Lu Shi didn't ask why the lights were on in the middle of the night, why he put his school bag beside the pillow, nor did he ask why he was standing barefoot by the wall instead of lying on his bed.

He merely walked over and lay down on Chu Yu's bed. "Come, sleep."

The moment he saw Lu Shi, his heartbeat gradually stabilized. Chu Yu composed himself, jumped over on one foot, and lay down on the bed again.

Chu Yu tried to find something to say. "Were you sleeping just now?"

"No, I just took a shower and was doing a problem."

"Problem? Which subject?"

"Physics."

"Oh." Chu Yu's question and answer finished so he asked once more, "Was the problem difficult?"

"Not difficult."

Chu Yu still wanted to ask, but Lu Shi raised his hand to cover his eyes. "Time to sleep."

"Okay."

Chu Yu stumbled as he whispered, "Your hand... can you not move it away?"

"En."

Hearing Lu Shi's agreement, Chu Yu was anxious again. "Do you think I'm very bothersome today?"

He was a little afraid that Lu Shi would find him annoying.

"No."

At this time, a phone's vibration was heard.

Chu Yu propped up half of his body with his hand, and stretched out his head to look for it. "The phone's on the desk, it should be yours. Should I get it for you?"

"Lie down."

Lu Shi got up, stepped on the carpet barefoot, and grabbed the phone. However, he never pressed the answer button.

Chu Yu clutched the quilt. Seeing Lu Shi's tense profile lines become tenser, he couldn't help but say, "If you don't want to pick up the call, then just don't? Or how about I help you answer and say you're not here?"

"No need."

Lu Shi pressed 'answer' and placed the receiver near his ear.

They were close and the room was very quiet, so Chu Yu could vaguely hear a man talking. His voice's tone wasn't very good, as if he was accusing Lu Shi of not answering the phone two days ago.

Lu Shi wore loose black sweatpants and a gray T-shirt. He was indolent, with his left hand in his pocket and his eyes down, his expression void of any hints of fluctuation.

"Are you listening?"

Only then did Lu Shi speak. "Listening."

There was silence over the receiver for a while before it changed to a woman's voice.

Seeing Chu Yu's pricked ear with the word curiosity nearly written on his face, Lu Shi simply put it on speaker.

"Lu Shi, don't make trouble for your father. Because you didn't answer the phone these past two days, he was very worried about you."

As soon as Chu Yu heard the voice, he knew that it was Lu Shi's weird talking mother!

He hugged the quilt while thinking that their logic was very strange. Where had Lu Shi made trouble with his dad earlier?

Fang Weiyun continued, "Last time you promised your father that you would definitely return for your grandpa's birthday banquet. Your dad just wanted to ask when you will get home."

Lu Shi's tone was cold. "I'll be there directly at the venue of the birthday banquet."

Lu Shaochu's words were full of anger. "Are we asking for your life by telling you to come home? Arrive directly at the venue? You might as well not return at all!"

Lu Shi's tone was devoid of waves. "Really?"

It was obvious that he was just waiting for Lu Shaochu to agree, then he wouldn't come back at all.

"Lu Shi!"

The angry and anxious Lu Shaochu was persuaded by Fang Weiyun with a few words before he barely suppressed his temper. "Come to the event early. You're the only grandson. The guests will all be there, and if you aren't, how would that look?"

"I know."

"Who do you think you're talking to with that tone? You-"

"Shaochu, don't be fierce with the child. Let me speak." Fang Weiyun grabbed the phone and exhorted him with a gentle voice, "Lu Shi ah, don't argue with your dad. You're alone outside and mother can't take care of you. You have to take good care of yourself, you know? The weather's cold so wear more clothes. Don't be like mother, ill in bed and unable to get up. If you're sick, mother will feel so distressed, alright?"

Chu Yu felt this aunt had started saying strange things again, trying hard to give Lu Shi eye drops.

He was a bit worried that Lu Shi would get angry or sad, but when he carefully observed his expression, he found that the corner of Lu Shi's lips carried a ghost of a smile, and his eyes were entirely mockingly cold. His tone was indifferent. "Are you done?"

Fang Weiyun was startled. "Lu Shi, why are you talking to your mother like this? Are you in a bad mood? Have you been wronged outside?"

Chu Yu listened and watched from the side. He had the feeling that Lu Shi was passively watching a play with cold eyes.

Before Lu Shaochu could speak, Lu Shi opened his mouth and said, "I'm going to sleep." After speaking, he directly hung up the phone.

Throwing away the phone, Lu Shi asked Chu Yu, "Was it interesting?"

Chu Yu nodded. "It's very interesting. Your mother and her way of talking... is still weird."

Lu Shi lay down again, pulled the quilt, and satisfied Chu Yu's curiosity. "She's not my mother."

As expected.

Chu Yu nodded. "Yeah, it did sound like that."

Realizing that Lu Shi didn't want to talk anymore, Chu Yu didn't ask much. He quietly visualized a big drama in his head. He felt distressed for Lu Shi, who'd been squeezed out by his stepmother both implicitly and explicitly, and ultimately had to run away from home and become pitifully self-reliant.

"What are you thinking?"

Chu Yu confessed, "Thinking about your affairs."

Lu Shi raised his hand to cover Chu Yu's eyes. "Don't think about it, go to sleep."

Chu Yu obediently closed his eyes.

Chu Yu was awakened.

He felt fingertips touching his lips, which were somewhat itchy. The other party slowly slid along his lip line and finally stopped below his cupid's bow, moved down an inch, and then the fingertips directly entered into his mouth.

Then they pried open his teeth with a very light force that allowed no sign of refusal.

Chu Yu was surprised but didn't dare open his eyes.

He could feel Lu Shi's fingertips touching his tongue, as if teasing it, pressing it up and down. Soon, it wasn't satisfied with simply teasing anymore and pressed the soft and slippery inner wall of his mouth.

Chu Yu recalled the phone call Lu Shi had answered before going to bed and guessed in his heart that the current Lu Shi's emotions were probably a little abnormal.

He tried relaxing as much as possible. He didn't struggle, but rather loosely held Lu Shi's finger in his mouth, letting him do what he wanted.

Until Lu Shi pinched his earlobe with the fingers of his other hand and huskily said beside his ear, "Since you're awake, just bite down, then tell me if you like the taste of my blood."

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