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    Ye Qingyun was truly stunned, replying blankly, “…Huh?”

    Gu Shenyuan walked over silently. He stood by the bed, then half-crouched down, bringing himself closer to the lying Ye Qingyun.

    Gu Shenyuan’s voice was slightly husky, low and even more magnetic: “I checked the data. It says that doing this will help you and reduce the pain during labor.”

    Ye Qingyun: “But, this…”

    But he wasn’t actually pregnant?

    Gu Shenyuan continued, “I looked up professional techniques. It won’t make you uncomfortable.”

    Ye Qingyun: “Uh…”

    Massaging that area, it was clearly not the massaged part that would feel uncomfortable, but a certain un-massaged part, right?

    Did he really, truly have to let him massage it? How embarrassing would it be if he had a reaction? Gu Shenyuan was giving him a proper, serious massage, yet his mind was full of inappropriate thoughts?

    Gu Shenyuan watched Ye Qingyun’s reaction, lowering his eyes. The hand resting on the side of the bed couldn’t help but clench.

    That was right. Although Ye Qingyun liked him, his feelings probably hadn’t reached the point where he was willing to accept this level of touch.

    …He had been presumptuous, thinking that because Ye Qingyun was willing to wear the ring and accept his kisses, he would be willing to accept more intimate actions.

    Where did he get this confidence? Had the time they spent together recently made him complacent?

    Ye Qingyun: “?”

    What was wrong? Why did Gu Shenyuan suddenly look so sad? Just because he didn’t want the massage?

    Massage, he would let him massage the big one if he had to!

    “I didn’t say no! I was just nervous!” Ye Qingyun threw off the blanket and hit Gu Shenyuan. “You need my permission for something like this? Can’t you just take it by force! Aren’t you usually very capable of taking things by force?”

    Gu Shenyuan froze, raising his eyes to look at Ye Qingyun’s face.

    The lights weren’t on late at night, and the light was very dim. Even with Gu Shenyuan’s excellent eyesight, he could only notice the blush on Ye Qingyun’s face when he looked closely.

    Ye Qingyun was shy.

    …Ye Qingyun wasn’t unwilling.

    This thought exploded in Gu Shenyuan’s mind, making his whole body tremble.

    Ye Qingyun struck a pose with a look of heroic sacrifice, praying internally that he wouldn’t mess up later and embarrass the pure-minded Gu Shenyuan who was giving him a massage.

    Ye Qingyun made small talk to ease the tension: “Do you want to find a chair? Standing by the bed to massage will be tiring. Sitting down won’t be so tiring…”

    Before Ye Qingyun could finish, he saw Gu Shenyuan suddenly reach out and grab one of his ankles, pulling it aside to make his posture into a V-shape. Then, Gu Shenyuan flipped over and landed between his legs.

    …So he really was going to take it by force?

    This posture, with a person wedged between his legs, made Ye Qingyun’s scalp tingle. He felt that trying to close his legs was wrong, as it seemed like an invitation, and keeping them apart was even more wrong, and even more like an invitation.

    So Ye Qingyun could only lie there stiffly, practically as rigid as a stone.

    “Don’t be nervous,” Gu Shenyuan said.

    Ye Qingyun insisted, “I am not, not nervous.”

    Ye Qingyun regretted saying this sentence, which completely exposed his nervousness. He stared at the dark ceiling, hearing Gu Shenyuan sigh, and then pull up one of his hands.

    Soft kisses started from his palm. Gu Shenyuan’s kisses and breath brushed against his palm, bringing a ticklish sensation.

    Ye Qingyun instinctively wanted to pull away from the tickle, but he was held tightly, not allowed to escape even an inch.

    The kisses slowly moved from the palm to the base of the fingers, then to the gaps between the fingers, and the fingertips. Every inch of this hand was stained with Gu Shenyuan’s scent.

    The atmosphere was too gentle, and Ye Qingyun slowly relaxed.

    …Wait, hold on. His hand wasn’t just an ordinary hand right now; it was the hand that would cause pregnancy if touched!

    So Gu Shenyuan kissing his hand like this was equivalent to kissing his…

    Ye Qingyun felt his face instantly heat up, yet the strange thoughts in his mind wouldn’t stop.

    Gu Shenyuan noticed Ye Qingyun’s change, paused for a moment, then released Ye Qingyun’s hand and leaned down to kiss Ye Qingyun’s lips.

    This kiss wasn’t intense, but quite gentle. After being kissed for a while, Ye Qingyun gradually relaxed again.

    “Not nervous anymore, hmm?” Gu Shenyuan whispered. “Your physical condition is special right now, I won’t do anything.”

    Ye Qingyun mumbled a response, then heard Gu Shenyuan coaxing, “Be good, stick out your tongue.”

    Ye Qingyun complied and reached out to hug Gu Shenyuan’s neck, making the kiss gradually intensify.

    Gu Shenyuan’s kissing skills had improved exponentially through so many practical sessions. Ye Qingyun was no match for him, and in just a moment, Ye Qingyun was completely limp.

    As Ye Qingyun was kissing, he suddenly felt that something wasn’t quite right.

    He felt a bit cool on his body, as if he was directly exposed to the air without clothes helping to insulate him.

    Ye Qingyun reached out to touch himself and found that his shirt had vanished.

    Ye Qingyun was startled: “This is…”

    Gu Shenyuan kissed the corner of his mouth: “I need to start helping you with the massage.”

    Ye Qingyun mercilessly exposed Gu Shenyuan’s lie: “Normal massages clearly don’t require taking off clothes!”

    “How do you know?” Gu Shenyuan’s voice immediately deepened. “You’ve been for a massage? Where did you get massaged?”

    “You can be jealous about this too?” Ye Qingyun was dumbfounded. “I haven’t eaten pork, but haven’t I seen a pig run?”

    The low pressure around Gu Shenyuan finally eased. He explained, “Usually, it is as you say, but I checked the detailed information. The expert said—” Gu Shenyuan drew a line over Ye Qingyun’s heart area, “—you need a little extra stimulation.”

    What extra stimulation?

    Ye Qingyun was confused. Gu Shenyuan opened his terminal, pulled up the data he had researched, and projected it in front of Ye Qingyun.

    It was a rather long piece of information, but Ye Qingyun spotted the key point immediately.

    [Special male pregnancy care, prenatal assistance is very important. Using… to unblock can prevent the trouble of… obstruction after childbirth. Specialized soft tools are required, but if they are too expensive, you can also ask your lover to help with…]

    Ye Qingyun: “…???”

    What kind of ridiculous data was this?

    Was this really serious research material?

    Ye Qingyun reached up to cover his face, but even so, he couldn’t stop his entire face, earlobes, and neck from starting to burn.

    “Qingyun?” Gu Shenyuan asked softly. “Shall I help you?”

    Ye Qingyun was speechless for a long time, finally letting out a voice from between his fingers that sounded like he wanted to die from embarrassment: “…Don’t ask.”

    Ye Qingyun was mortified. He covered his face, hearing Gu Shenyuan chuckle softly, and then a gentle kiss landed on his uncovered chin.

    The kiss didn’t linger there but slowly moved downward, kissing past his jawline, over his Adam’s apple, and then…

    Ye Qingyun didn’t dare make a sound, afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would make some strange noise.

    His toes curled into the bedsheet, and his whole body felt numb and tingly. Ye Qingyun didn’t want Gu Shenyuan to notice his abnormality, so he simply placed his arm across his eyes, trying hard to regulate his breathing.

    Ye Qingyun’s mind was a mess, as if he was thinking of many things, yet nothing at all.

    Time seemed to pass for several hours, yet also only a few minutes. Ye Qingyun heard Gu Shenyuan’s breath return to his face. Gu Shenyuan rubbed against his cheek intimately: “Sweet.”

    “…You don’t need to tell me things like that,” Ye Qingyun’s voice was still slightly hoarse.

    Gu Shenyuan then said, “It looks a little… I’ll apply medicine for you.”

    Ye Qingyun didn’t speak, but his hand fumbled to grab Gu Shenyuan, preventing him from actually getting the medicine.

    What kind of joke was that? Getting medicine for this level of stimulation? Didn’t he have any dignity?

    Gu Shenyuan didn’t insist. He straightened up and said to Ye Qingyun, “If you don’t want to, then so be it. We’ll move on to the next area.”

    The next area?

    Wouldn’t that be…

    Ye Qingyun felt that today had been stimulating enough. If he was stimulated any further, he was afraid he really wouldn’t be okay, so he quickly refused: “No more, I—”

    Before he could finish, Ye Qingyun was lifted by Gu Shenyuan’s Ability and gently flipped over.

    “When you say no, you mean yes,” Gu Shenyuan said. “I understand.”

    Ye Qingyun: “You understand a—”

    Ye Qingyun couldn’t finish his sentence, as Gu Shenyuan lightly bit his nape. Gu Shenyuan gently ground his teeth against the skin of his neck. Ye Qingyun let out a low gasp, finally giving up the struggle and burying his face in the pillow.

    Gu Shenyuan kissed the clean, delicate skin on the back of his neck, his eyes filled with bone-deep fervor.

    Ye Qingyun hadn’t genuinely rejected him. When he went against Ye Qingyun’s wishes just now, he hadn’t felt any pain.

    Ye Qingyun… didn’t reject this kind of contact from him.

    This realization excited Gu Shenyuan. He even wanted to kiss all the way down from the nape, kissing Ye Qingyun’s entire body, leaving his mark on every inch of him.

    But he couldn’t. He wasn’t here to do that today.

    Gu Shenyuan exhaled softly, straightened up, and looked down at Ye Qingyun beneath him.

    Ye Qingyun’s entire back was presented before his eyes. This posture allowed him to clearly see the Tattoo on Ye Qingyun’s back. They grew wildly, red lines outlining the snowy white skin, forming a seductive picture.

    The red marks extended downward, then were obscured, stretching into places Gu Shenyuan couldn’t see.

    Gu Shenyuan had seen this Tattoo several times, basically memorizing its location and pattern, seeing every curve of it.

    …Wait, there was a small section of the Tattoo that he hadn’t been able to see completely.

    That section was near the tailbone, extending downward, obscured.

    He wanted to see it. He wanted to see every single line.

    “Qingyun?” Gu Shenyuan called softly, his voice tight.

    Some things he could force because Ye Qingyun was contradictory and thin-skinned, so he didn’t need to wait for consent.

    But this matter, he believed, was not within that scope.

    He clearly hadn’t yet earned the right to casually view the Tattoo in that location.

    Ye Qingyun clearly didn’t want to talk to him right now, only humming to indicate he had heard.

    Gu Shenyuan continued, “I want to… see the Tattoo.”

    Ye Qingyun found it strange: “Haven’t you seen it many times? You’re looking at it now, aren’t you?”

    “Not those,” Gu Shenyuan’s hand pressed on the area where the Tattoo was hidden, and he leaned down to whisper in Ye Qingyun’s ear, “I want to see the one here.”

    Ye Qingyun fell silent again.

    Gu Shenyuan waited in silence. No one spoke. A word flashed through his mind—pushing one’s luck.

    Was he pushing his luck too much? Ye Qingyun being willing to agree to his previous requests was already very generous; he should be content.

    Yet he still wanted to take another step, driven by his dark and shameful desire to find out everything.

    Ye Qingyun suddenly spoke: “Why aren’t you moving?”

    Gu Shenyuan: “…?”

    “You’re waiting for me to agree again, you…” Ye Qingyun angrily punched the pillow. “You’re hopeless!”

    Gu Shenyuan froze, his eyes gradually brightening.

    “I don’t agree!” Ye Qingyun buried his head in the quilt. “I’m going to sleep now. You are not allowed to touch me.”

    Gu Shenyuan wouldn’t listen to Ye Qingyun this time. He left a kiss above the Tattoo he wanted to see, then extended both hands.

    ————

    That night, Gu Shenyuan finally saw the complete version of the Tattoo. It was intensely vibrant, even more beautiful than he had imagined.

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