AWDC Chapter 71
by VolareThe room became even quieter, so quiet that they could hear each other’s breathing.
After a moment, Lin Xi finally spoke, “Whether or not you’ve slept with me, doesn’t the young master know in his heart?”
He still refused to acknowledge his identity, and even more unwilling to admit that the person behind it was Mu Chuang. Instead of answering his question, he threw the question back to him to think about himself, a rather clever response.
“Heh~” Mu Chuang was directly amused by his anger, “After all this, you still don’t want to admit it, do you?”
“Alright,” he suddenly stood up and continued, “I’m sleeping here tonight. If you don’t serve me well, see how I’ll deal with you.”
After he finished speaking, he went straight to the bed and brazenly took off his outer robe. His thin undergarment couldn’t hide his muscular body, which was extremely intimidating.
Lin Xi was startled and involuntarily thought of that time, a sharp pain in his heart. He felt that he wouldn’t be able to talk to this man calmly anymore.
He felt hatred in his heart, but more than that, it was bitterness and a warning to himself—
Never be fooled by this man’s current behavior. He might be influenced by the original owner of this body, or he might just be deliberately disgusting him.
In short, he wouldn’t really like him, nor would he abandon worldly customs to become that kind of person.
Even in this ancient time with more open attitudes towards homosexuality, he wouldn’t blindly follow the crowd and destroy his beliefs.
Faced with Mu Chuang’s rogue behavior, Lin Xi remained silent. He was sitting naked in the bathtub, afraid to get up and afraid to argue, lest the other party suddenly do something excessive.
“Why so quiet?” Mu Chuang threw his outer robe on the bed, turned around, and walked back to the bathtub with a sense of control, slowly squatting down and staring at Lin Xi’s face from the front. “Wasn’t your mouth quite tough? Are you scared now?”
He reached out a hand to stroke Lin Xi’s cheek, gently holding it, sliding down to his jaw, and stopping.
“Hmph~” A muffled laugh came from his nose. “If you’re scared, admit your mistake to your brother, and I promise not to mess around. Otherwise…”
He continued to laugh, his thumb caressing the other’s lips, “…then serve this young master well for the night, and maybe this young master will be happy and make you his official wife tomorrow.”
After he finished speaking, his eyes were cunning: You want to act, don’t you? Then I’ll play along with you. Don’t cry if you get bullied later.
Lin Xi lowered his eyes and remained silent, seemingly indifferent on the outside, but actually thinking about countermeasures.
The room was silent for another moment, and he finally spoke, “I’m hungry. Please ask the servants to get me something to eat, otherwise I’m afraid I won’t have the energy to serve you later.”
After he said this, he felt disgusted with himself, feeling that he had never been so shameless before.
“Hmph~” Mu Chuang chuckled again, slightly raising one corner of his lips, squinting at him playfully, “Alright, after you’re full, let’s see what excuses you’ll find.”
He actually knew that Lin Xi had eaten dinner, but thinking about his previous habit of having midnight snacks, he was happy to prepare something for him now.
He couldn’t wait for him to eat more, afraid that he would be hungry.
He withdrew his hand from his chin, then stood up and went out, ordering towards the courtyard, “Prepare a midnight snack for Young Master Lin, and be quick about it.”
Someone immediately agreed, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps, as the maid hurried to tell the cook.
Taking advantage of the brief moment he was out, Lin Xi quickly got out of the bathtub and put on some clothes.
But what he didn’t know was that Mu Chuang’s going to the courtyard to give instructions was intentional, to give him some space and not make him too embarrassed.
“You’re quite efficient.” After instructing the servants, Mu Chuang turned around and returned to the room. Seeing Lin Xi already dressed, he couldn’t help but tease, “You’ll have to take them off later anyway, why bother?”
He approached step by step with a teasing smile, forcing Lin Xi to retreat step by step until he stopped at the edge of the bed.
He thought Lin Xi would be embarrassed, but who knew he would suddenly say this, “Please help me pour out the water, young master. The bathtub is in the way here.”
Mu Chuang was stunned: What? You dare to order your brother around? Ordering me around is one thing, but asking me to pour out your bathwater? Aren’t you pretending to be ignorant? Would you dare to order the real Mu Chuang around like this?
He stared unblinkingly at the person in front of him who made him both angry and amused, and all his complaints turned into pampering at this moment.
“Alright,” he agreed with a smile, “No problem, is there anything else you need me to do? Tell me all at once, so as not to delay our business later.”
He deliberately emphasized the words “business,” and as soon as he said it, he saw Lin Xi’s face change… He bit his lip lightly, his small face pale, his forbearance stretched to the limit.
“Hehe~” Having put the person in such an embarrassing situation, Mu Chuang laughed triumphantly, took a step closer in a slightly annoying way, leaned down and tilted his head to look at his face, and continued to tease, “Why don’t you just admit it? I’ll give you another chance?”
“Hmph!” Lin Xi refused to compromise, raised his sleeve, and moved to another spot. The person behind him immediately cried out “Ah!” He had been brushed in the eyes by the other’s sleeve, but little did he know that the other person had done it on purpose.
“Serves you right for staring,” he muttered maliciously in his heart. “Don’t you find it dazzling to stare like that? Anyway, your eyes are already bad, I wouldn’t mind blinding you again.”
Despite his grumbling, his face was calm, and even when Mu Chuang recovered and came closer, he couldn’t see any unusual expression.
“Did you hit me on purpose?” A voice filled with suppressed emotion sounded in his ear. “You have quite a few tricks up your sleeve. Don’t think I’m really reluctant to punish you. Believe it or not, I’ll let you see…”
“Young master, the snacks are here.” Just then, Qiushui came in with two plates of pastries. She kept her head lowered and didn’t dare to look up. After placing the pastries on the table, she quickly retreated.
Mu Chuang stood up straight, a little displeased, and after the other party retreated, he resumed his smile.
“Aren’t you hungry? Eat.” His voice was a little hoarse, probably caused by suppressing some emotion. “Do you want me to feed you?”
“I have my own hands,” Lin Xi replied coldly, then sat down at the table somewhat awkwardly. In reality, he wasn’t very hungry.
But in order to avoid sleeping with someone, he was giving it his all.
He slowly picked up a piece of pastry, slowly brought it to his mouth, slowly bit off a small corner, and then slowly chewed, his whole performance was about delaying time.
“Eating like that, I’m afraid you’ll last until dawn.” Mu Chuang chuckled as he “crawled” over, gently supported himself on his shoulder with one hand, and then sat next to him. “If you really can’t do it, why don’t you eat yours, and I’ll do mine?”