Chapter 88#

The Disabled Big Shot’s Stepson#

It’s no exaggeration to say that after Lin Xiaodong finished this sentence, Lin Pei’s breathing even stopped for several seconds.

Lin Xiaodong thought his silence meant agreement, so he began to look down and take off his clothes. By the time Lin Pei reacted, the slender-limbed youth had already bared his upper body, wearing only a pair of thin shorts, and crawled into his arms.

The youth’s skin shimmered with a milky white luster under the moonlight filtering into the tree hole, and felt as smooth and tender as jelly to the touch. Lin Pei’s large hands stiffly held his waist, watching Lin Xiaodong curl up in his arms in an obedient and attached posture, leaning against his chest, and even looked up with a face full of concern and asked: “How’s this? Do you feel better?”

…It’s a bit too much.

In this posture, Lin Pei only needed to lower his head to touch the youth’s nose tip. Even if he wanted to touch those two soft and moist lips, it wouldn’t be difficult.

The square inch of space in the tree hole was narrow and cramped. Lin Pei lowered his eyes, staring from top to bottom at the person in his arms’ smooth forehead, pert nose bridge, and trembling eyelashes in the thin moonlight. He felt somewhat restless in the gradually heating atmosphere, and his breathing frequency also gradually increased.

At this difficult moment, Lin Xiaodong still had the audacity to press his cheek against his chest and said in a slightly surprised tone: “Your heart is beating so fast.”

Lin Pei’s fingers suddenly tightened, and his nails sank deep into his palms.

A few seconds later, the man let out a long breath as if in endurance, and slowly let go.

A burst of muffled laughter came from his arms.

“Old man,” Lin Xiaodong stretched out his arms, circling his neck, his voice carrying laughter, “you’re poking me.”

Lin Pei’s voice was hoarse: “You…”

The youth was like a cat lazily stretching its body in the sun. He didn’t care about Lin Pei’s endurance and mood at all, and independently twisted in the man’s arms, found a comfortable posture to lean on, and specifically reminded: “Don’t think too much, I’m just warming you up.”

Lin Pei took several deep breaths, closed his eyes, and only barely calmed his breathing after ten minutes.

“Don’t move around,” he held the waist of the person in his arms tightly, warning the other party in a low voice, “otherwise…”

“Otherwise what?”

Lin Xiaodong was composed; he didn’t believe the current Lin Pei could do anything to him.

“Otherwise I’ll spank you,” Lin Pei said flatly.

“…Damn, do you have no shame!” Lin Xiaodong’s body stiffened. For some reason, he remembered some painful memory, and he immediately became obedient, nestled in the man’s arms, not daring to move an inch.

Lin Pei finally let out a sigh of relief.

If he really moved his hand, he really didn’t know whether he was punishing Lin Xiaodong or punishing himself.

As time went by, the coldness of late night gradually spread from the forest.

Because of alertness and the faint pain coming from inside his body, Lin Pei kept awake until dawn. Lin Xiaodong, who was big-hearted in his arms, had already slept soundly. In a half-dream and half-awake state, he could still hear the youth murmuring in a daze: “Peel two more… mmm, want to eat more…”

He listened for a while before he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry finding out that Lin Xiaodong was talking about crabs.

He’s greedy for food.

Tonight they only ate some wild fruits in the woods, which Lin Xiaodong brought out from the team before. Such a bit of portion was of course far from enough for two grown men, so Lin Pei only moved a little bit, and most of the rest was given to Lin Xiaodong.

Lin Xiaodong didn’t decline either, because as the only one with action capability, if he fell, then both of them would be finished.

The strategy currently set by Lin Pei was to hide in the deep mountains first, because this mercenary team was obviously not well-equipped enough. Besides guns, the most basic night vision devices and infrared detectors were all not fully prepared. However, this probably also had the reason that they didn’t expect Lin Pei, a cripple, could actually slip away under their noses.

Before finding Lin Pei, they certainly wouldn’t give up easily.

But the police and the Lin family are not to be trifled with. No matter how unwilling the Fang family is, the time left for them is not much. Lin Pei estimated that in at most one day’s time, the subordinates left in the castle could bring people to find them.

Thinking of this, the expression Lin Pei watched the youth in his arms with couldn’t help but soften a few more points.

The man had already thought about a series of plans after returning to the castle.

Currently he’s not enough to expose the deep love hidden in his heart before the youth. Saying it out might make others feel absurd, but Lin Pei did think so—

If he were a healthy person, then tonight, he would have kissed Lin Xiaodong’s lips without hesitation;

But currently he is just a useless person sitting in a wheelchair, who can’t even stand up to hug his lover.

“One day,” Lin Pei murmured softly, reached out to brush away the broken hair in front of the youth’s forehead, his eyes gradually firm.

No matter how slim the probability of a miracle happening is, this time, he will stick to the end.

In the morning.

Hearing a dog barking from afar, Lin Xiaodong woke up instantly from his dream.

He exchanged a look with Lin Pei, who hadn’t slept all night, dressed quickly, slipped out of the tree hole and carefully explored for a while, finding no abnormalities.

“System, which side are these people from?” he asked with a solemn face.

If it were still that group of mercenaries… they would be really unlucky.

“It’s the search and rescue team, don’t worry,” the system said, “yesterday’s gunshots have already aroused the alertness of nearby villagers. They reported to the police before Lin Shanshan found the fellow villager’s home.”

“Great!”

Lin Xiaodong was overjoyed and couldn’t wait to go back and tell Lin Pei this good news. The man’s expression didn’t show much joy, but instead he was somewhat reluctant to leave that leaky tree hole, making Lin Xiaodong confused—what, not used to sleeping on the big bed in the castle?

“After returning,” he put the man on his back, took a breath, and suggested sincerely, “can you stop doing these messy selection competitions? I’m just here to make up the numbers, and have no interest in being your son at all.”

This was the first time Lin Xiaodong spoke so openly to Lin Pei face to face, but the man didn’t seem surprised by this.

“What a coincidence,” he gave a low laugh, “I don’t want you to be my son either.”

Lin Xiaodong was overjoyed: “Then can I go home?”

“Yeah.”

Hearing Lin Pei’s answer, Lin Xiaodong was stunned for a moment, thinking he had misheard: “No, what did you just say?”

“I said, you can go home.” Lin Pei repeated patiently.

The morning sun shone on the dew between the grass leaves, refracting a crystal-clear light.

Lin Xiaodong placed the man under the root of a large tree, looked down at Lin Pei, his expression somewhat puzzled and a bit dazed: “What you said… is true?”

“Reluctant to leave?” Lin Pei looked up at him, eyes smiling.

“That’s not it, I’d love to!” Lin Xiaodong said immediately, but then murmured softly, “Who knows if you’re lying to me again and want to cause trouble.”

“This time I really didn’t lie to you.” Lin Pei let out a sigh, “During this period I also found that although you indeed possess a certain leadership talent, you have no desire for power at all. This is very fatal for a leader, so no matter how I force you and train you, you’re not the material. Forced melons are not sweet; I still know this truth.”

“That’s true too…”

But Lin Xiaodong pondered that he had obtained a total of three Good Person Cards after coming to the castle, from Ye Shiyuan, Lin Shanshan, and Lin Qi respectively. There’s definitely another one here with Lin Pei, but if he leaves, won’t he be unable to get this one?

Could it be that he really has to go back and conquer his uncle and aunt?

Not to mention whether Lin Qi is currently dead or alive, just facing these two’s faces, Lin Xiaodong feels completely disgusted.

“Actually, it doesn’t have to be so fast,” he expressed to Lin Pei tactfully, “the food in the castle fits my appetite quite well, the people are also not bad, it doesn’t matter if I stay for a while more… as long as you don’t make me do physical tests again.”

But Lin Pei just smiled.

The sounds of the search and rescue team in the distance were getting closer and closer. The man turned his head to look in the direction the sound came from and closed his eyes tiredly.

“Are you uncomfortable?” Seeing him like this, Lin Xiaodong also didn’t care about bargaining, knelt down somewhat worriedly, reached out and touched Lin Pei’s forehead, “You have a fever!?”

“Xiaodong.”

Lin Pei suddenly grabbed his hand.

Lin Xiaodong instinctively gave an “en,” the end note being an upward-tending doubt.

The man opened his eyes, watched him quietly, and after a while, whispered: “Wait for me.”

Watching Lin Pei being put on a stretcher and sent to the hospital, Lin Xiaodong slowly stood up, his eyes also carrying a trace of doubt.

“What did he mean by what he just said?” he asked the system.

“Don’t know,” the system said, “maybe he’s telling you to be patient and wait for him to come back and deal with those attackers?”

But Lin Xiaodong always felt that the man seemed to have something more in his words, and the meaning he wanted to express was deeper. But before he could think clearly, the familiar face appearing in front of him made Lin Xiaodong’s eyes light up: “Mr. Ye! Are you okay?”

“Thanks to the Head of the Family, I put on body armor in advance and didn’t die.” Ye Shiyuan, who was leaning on a crutch and insisted on coming along with the search and rescue team, showed him a brilliant smile with eight teeth, but as a result, he suddenly affected the wound on his body and grimaced in pain, “Damn, those bastards, I’ll deal with them sooner or later!”

“You’d better rest well.” Lin Xiaodong went over to support him, saying helplessly.

“Wait a minute,” Ye Shiyuan looked at him with a face full of surprise, “why do you use honorifics for me but are so… disrespectful to the Head of the Family? He’s clearly considered your elder.” He originally wanted to say presumptuous, but in the end changed to a more tactful word.

“This…”

Lin Xiaodong thought for a while and smiled: “Probably because some people are always overthinking and don’t act like a respectful elder.”

Ye Shiyuan: ???