Chapter 103#

The medicine contained sedative ingredients, so Yan Heqing fell asleep again as soon as he lay down.

Gradually feeling warm all over, his consciousness knew he was starting to have a fever, but he couldn’t open his eyes, so he sank into this warm feeling and fell into a deep sleep.

Lu Lin came back with the porridge. He cooked the brown sugar and yin rice porridge himself. Pushing the door open, he saw Yan Heqing’s chin buried in the quilt, sleeping peacefully, so he didn’t enter, closed the door, and left silently.

The weather turned cool today, with no sun, and there was a tendency for light rain. Lu Lin walked out of the house and sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, lost in thought.

Only now did he have time to think about Yan Heqing’s physical reaction last night.

There was green unfamiliarity and discomfort, but no stress reaction, and his muscles were relaxed. These reactions didn’t seem like someone who had trauma.

Could it be that he was wrong?

Or perhaps—

Something far more serious than physical harm.

A bitter taste welled up in Lu Lin’s mouth. Without seeing the whole picture, he already felt Yan Heqing’s bitterness.

How bitter must that person be?

The intimate contact last night made his thoughts clearer. His heartache for Yan Heqing was like the seabed he had dived into, endless.

“What are you thinking about so entranced?” Xie Yunjie saw Lu Lin at the door. He knocked on the courtyard door for a while, but Lu Lin didn’t react at all, so he couldn’t help pushing the door and entering.

Lu Lin put away his emotions, “Nothing.”

Xie Yunjie didn’t ask further and sat down beside him, “Stayed here last night?”

Intimate behavior between dating couples is normal, but for Lu Lin, he either doesn’t cross that line, or crosses it for a lifetime.

Xie Yunjie was shocked.

Although he knew Lu Lin’s special feelings for Yan Heqing, he didn’t expect Lu Lin to have already included Yan Heqing in his future.

But thinking about it carefully, it was so natural.

To make Lu Lin’s heart move, there was only one Yan Heqing in thirty years. Who else could it be if not him?

Xie Yunjie even felt that he wouldn’t be surprised to hear their wedding date in a few days. He then thought of another question, “Does Uncle know about this?”

Xie Yunjie had visited Lu Ruchan once. He wasn’t worried that she would object, but the old man of the Lu family would definitely object.

Lu Lin said lightly: “Ignore him.”

Xie Yunjie burst out laughing, “It has to be you.” He smiled, “What about children? Adopt in the future?”

Lu Lin had thought about this question. He had seen Yan Heqing’s attentiveness to children in the welfare home. Two men getting married, inability to reproduce was a practical and realistic problem.

From the moment he decided to take Yan Heqing to celebrate the New Year with Lu Ruchan, he hadn’t thought about having children. After getting along with Yan Heqing until now, he was even more firm in his idea. For the rest of his life, he just wanted to take good care of Yan Heqing.

But he would respect Yan Heqing’s thoughts.

“We’ll see.” He raised his hand to look at his watch. An hour had passed.

……

Yan Heqing woke up. The room was very quiet, and Lu Lin wasn’t there. He touched his forehead first; it was no longer hot. He had slept through the fever in his dream.

Getting out of bed to wash up, Yan Heqing only discovered the red spots on his neck when washing his face.

There were a few spots, not obvious, invisible unless looked at carefully.

His first thought was bug bites. Yesterday they went up the mountain, and the environment in the mountain was good, with various bugs.

But soon, intermittent images flashed through his mind.

In the dimly lit room, his eyelashes were wet with sweat. Lips hot enough to burn the skin lingered and slid down from the corner of his eye, finally stopping at his neck.

His neck was arched uncomfortably, and his hands uncontrollably grabbed Lu Lin’s back.

“Lu Lin…”

He heard himself making an unfamiliar sound.

Immediately followed by Lu Lin’s hoarse and low voice, “Be good, it won’t be uncomfortable soon.”

……

His pupils contracted suddenly. Yan Heqing lightly touched the red spots on his neck with his index finger. The skin temperature was even hotter than when he had a fever. These were hickeys.

Yan Heqing opened the room door and went out. A sweet aroma filled the living room. Lu Lin was reading on the sofa. Hearing the movement, he turned back immediately. Seeing Yan Heqing awake, he put down the book and got up, walked over and touched his forehead first, “Feeling better?”

Yan Heqing nodded, “Better.”

At this time, Lu Lin noticed that Yan Heqing had changed into a shirt. His eyebrows jumped slightly. He raised his hand to help him adjust the collar, completely covering those few red spots, and leaned into his ear with a smile, “Afraid of being seen?”

Yan Heqing didn’t know how to answer. He wasn’t afraid of being seen, but he always felt that those patches of skin were burning hot. He had no choice for a moment, so he changed into a collared shirt. But Lu Lin insisted on hearing the answer. He circled his waist with one hand, gently kissing the scar on his ear, his voice low and bewitching, “Tell me, are you afraid of being seen?”

The scars had obviously healed long ago, but being kissed by Lu Lin, his toes tucked in the slippers curled up unexpectedly sensitively. Yan Heqing had no choice but to stand on tiptoe and hug Lu Lin back, tucking his chin into his neck, his voice muffled, “I’m hungry.”

Lu Lin easily picked him up by the waist and went to the dining room. No matter how many times he held him, he would always be surprised by Yan Heqing’s weight. It was really too light. Walking to the dining table, he put Yan Heqing on the chair with a soft cushion, “I’ll go serve the porridge.”

Finally avoiding that question, Yan Heqing breathed a sigh of relief. He nodded, “A bit more.”

He smelled it; it was brown sugar porridge.

But he didn’t expect it to be brown sugar and yin rice porridge. Even the red dates were cut into fine shreds and boiled into the porridge, sticky, sweet and stringy. Yan Heqing might have been really hungry, as he finished a large bowl of brown sugar porridge quickly. Lu Lin served him another bowl.

This time Yan Heqing slowed down a bit. He swallowed the porridge and asked: “When are we leaving?”

Lu Lin watched him eat from the side, “We’ll leave after you rest for a while after eating.”

Yan Heqing didn’t speak anymore and finished the porridge quietly.

After resting for about an hour after eating, they set off.

Chu Ziyu and Xie Yunjie left first after lunch. Only the two of them were on the road. Getting into the car, another down soft cushion was added to the soft seat.

Yan Heqing sat down and fastened his seat belt. After pausing for a few seconds, he still took out his phone and turned it on.

Yesterday he turned it off in advance.

Just turned on, countless missed calls and messages popped up.

All from 3.3.

Lu Muchi squatted at Yan Heqing’s door for two days and two nights, without saying a word for two days.

He had a bad feeling.

But he didn’t want to think deeply about why a young man would stay out all night.

He found reasons for Yan Heqing: busy with studies, or going to work part-time.

Yan Heqing’s conditions were not good, so working part-time was too normal.

He dialed the switched-off number again and again, and sent messages again and again.

[Are you coming back?]

[Still not back?]

[Have you had dinner?]

[Even if making money, take care of your body. It’s morning, don’t forget to eat breakfast.]

[Don’t be angry anymore, I won’t force you to go for a checkup.]

……

[Yan Heqing, can I support you?]

……

Yan Heqing didn’t click open, deleting all with one click.

He was about to put down the phone when 3.3 called in again.

Lu Lin started the car and saw 3.3 on the screen from the corner of his eye.

3.3.

March 3rd?

Yan Heqing didn’t answer until the screen went dark.

This time it didn’t light up again.

Yan Heqing turned his face to look out the window. After a while, he suddenly spoke, “This person is my big creditor, I loathe him.”

Lu Lin’s eyes were deep, “Then solve him completely.”

Yan Heqing turned back to look at him, a few points of astonishment appearing on his face. Lu Lin suddenly smiled, restraining his sharpness, “I mean, legal means.”

He seemed to be chatting casually, “How many creditors do you have left?”

Yan Heqing withdrew his gaze, “Two.”

One Lu Muchi.

One… A coldness flashed in Yan Heqing’s eyes, Zhao Weifang.

Lu Lin changed the topic again, “Have you ever planned your future life?”

Yan Heqing’s heart jumped violently. He thought Lu Lin had discovered his biggest secret, until he realized that Lu Lin just asked a question normally.

Yan Heqing had planned.

Survive, study, study abroad, enter a research institute.

This was his plan for the future.

More detailed, it stopped at March 3rd of his 21st year.

Now everything was proceeding smoothly according to his plan, but at the same time he also discovered that the events in the original book, either advanced under his design or with minor changes, still happened.

Lin Fengzhi breaking into Lu Group to send things to Lu Lin changed from cake to tie.

This was not in his plan, but it happened just like in the original text.

So until he saw the sunrise on March 4th, he dared to be sure that he could live.

Yan Heqing curved the corners of his mouth, “Yes, studying.”

Lu Lin didn’t want this answer, “Besides studying, is family in your plan?” He stopped by the roadside, turning his head to look at Yan Heqing, “For example, children.”

Yan Heqing completely didn’t expect Lu Lin to ask this. He was stunned for two seconds, then shook his head, “Not in it.”

Lu Lin also noticed he was a bit anxious, “This question is a bit early for you.”

Yan Heqing was silent for a few seconds, “You want to raise a child?”

“If you count.” Lu Lin smiled, “I really want to raise one.”

Considering the age difference between him and Yan Heqing, counting Yan Heqing as a child wasn’t exactly wrong.

Yan Heqing understood. Lu Lin didn’t want to raise a child, but he would respect his thoughts.

Yan Heqing’s pupils suddenly flashed.

Is this discussing the future? Has Lu Lin already put him into his future?

His heart beat a little faster than usual, and Yan Heqing’s thoughts instantly became chaotic.

Too much and too complicated, the only thing he could be sure of was that he didn’t reject this possibility.

Even…

Yan Heqing heard his heartbeat. He let out a breath, “I don’t want children.”

But if there is a future, the corners of his mouth curved up. “I want to raise a dog.”

The return journey was during the day, and back to Lu Lin’s residence, it only took two hours. Lu Lin didn’t let him go back, “Your wound hasn’t healed, stay here for a few days.”

The wound he mentioned was naturally the one made last night. Initial adjustment, no matter how careful, it was inevitable to get hurt. Yan Heqing couldn’t calm down in the end, his earlobes red through. He didn’t reply and walked quickly back to the bedroom.

Lu Lin changed his office location to home. The next morning, Lu Lin personally sent Yan Heqing to school, but he didn’t go through the main gate. Using the excuse of checking the decoration, he entered from the family residential area to avoid meeting Lu Muchi.

Lu Lin probably guessed how Yan Heqing would take revenge on Lu Muchi, but since Yan Heqing didn’t mention it, he cooperated with him.

Before Yan Heqing got out of the car, Lu Lin asked him, “What do you want for dinner? We can eat something else today.”

Yan Heqing ordered two dishes. Lu Lin watched him leave, then got out of the car and went upstairs.

Yan Heqing had made a new key for him. Inserting it into the lock hole, Lu Lin opened the door and entered the house. The decoration was completely finished, only waiting for furniture and appliances to enter. The furniture was ordered, but the appliances and soft furnishings hadn’t been selected. Lu Lin took out his phone, planning to check his schedule and pick a time to take Yan Heqing shopping.

Just about to unlock, the screen lit up first.

A notification indicated a WeChat message from 52 Hertz.

Lu Lin felt slightly surprised. He and Yan Heqing had just separated. He swiped the screen and opened WeChat.

It was a transfer, the amount was 39150, without a remark. Immediately after, a message popped up.

[All cleared, Parent Lu.]

Followed by a salute emoji.

Lu Lin’s heart suddenly beat wildly.