After The Flower Of The High Mountain Meets The Rough Man Ⅱ Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Warmth

“Do it ten more times.” Shen Jixun said expressionlessly…

About half an hour later.

Their takeout finally arrived. Ji Shen went to open the door, his face flushed and his lips red, so he only reached out one hand to grab the food.

After bringing the takeout inside.

Shen Jixun had already used a tissue to wipe his legs clean.

His face was also flushed, tiny tears still clung to the corners of his eyes, and his bangs were damp and stuck to his forehead with sweat.

He got up and sat down at the dining table.

Ji Shen quickly took the takeout out and arranged it on the table.

He then went to the kitchen to get two sets of bowls and chopsticks.

Shen Jixun tucked the strands of hair that had fallen by his temples behind his ear and scooped up a spoonful of porridge to drink.

Then he said to Ji Shen, who was sitting opposite him, “Your technique is really poor. You should study hard later.”

The blush that had just faded from Ji Shen’s face immediately crept back up. His head buzzed with embarrassment, and he buried his head to explain, “I’m sorry… it’s my first time.”

Shen Jixun raised an eyebrow and nodded, “I know. That’s why I’m forgiving you for hurting me this time.”

Ji Shen’s forehead was practically drilling under the dining table. He mumbled a nod, “Thank you, Ge…”

Shen Jixun chuckled, “Hurry up and eat.”

Halfway through the meal, the doorbell rang again. Ji Shen looked at the closed door with some surprise. Shen Jixun said expressionlessly, “More takeout I ordered.”

Ji Shen asked, “Are there other dishes?”

“Just go get it and bring it in,” Shen Jixun said no more.

Ji Shen quickly got up to open the door and took the takeout.

The packaging was a yellow paper bag specifically used by pharmacies. Ji Shen opened the paper bag curiously, and what greeted his eyes were several large boxes of extra-large condoms and two bottles of lubricant.

Ji Shen’s head buzzed again, and a firework exploded in his mind, leaving him completely blank. The items in his hand became a hot potato—he couldn’t throw them away, but holding them felt scorching.

Shen Jixun looked at his eternally shocked expression and smiled, “Why are you standing there dumbfounded? Haven’t you seen those things before?”

Ji Shen finally snapped back to reality. He placed the items on the table, sat back in his original seat, and asked, “Why did you buy these, Ge…”

Shen Jixun spoke without restraint, “If I don’t buy them, are you planning to finish inside?”

“L-last night was an accident!” Ji Shen buried his head again, but accidentally knocked his head hard on the table, making his head ring.

The loud thud startled Shen Jixun. He sighed deeply and abruptly spat out two words: “Pathetic.”

Ji Shen covered his forehead and dared not speak.

He felt that he was always acting foolish in front of Shen Jixun. No wonder Shen Jixun didn’t like him—after all, who would like a clumsy idiot who was always messing up?!

After breakfast, Shen Jixun went back to his room to catch up on sleep.

Ji Shen cleaned the entire downstairs, changed the sofa covers, and washed them along with the sheets from last night.

And in the evening.

Shen Jixun seemed to have been very prescient.

The condoms and lubricant that arrived via takeout that morning were all put to use.

However, due to the madness of last night, Shen Jixun didn’t let Ji Shen go wild today.

After they were done, he kicked the person out. Ji Shen didn’t press the matter. He obediently went to the bathroom to get hot water, helped Shen Jixun wipe himself down thoroughly, and changed the sheets to new ones.

Shen Jixun held a tablet in one hand to look at documents, and a lady’s cigarette in the other, giving off the distinct feeling of a post-coital smoke.

After finishing up, Ji Shen also lay down on the bed.

“Do you have any plans for tomorrow? Are we going out on a date?” Shen Jixun didn’t look at him, asking while flipping through documents.

“I need to go to the hospital to see my mother tomorrow.” Ji Shen was delighted to hear about going out on a date, but he also knew he hadn’t visited his mother in the hospital for almost a week, so he had to go tomorrow no matter what.

Shen Jixun nodded, showing no displeasure. He said slowly, “I’ll go with you.”

“Really?” Ji Shen asked excitedly.

Shen Jixun replied, “I’m free anyway.”

Seeing that the cigarette in his hand was almost finished, Ji Shen brought over the ashtray from the bedside. Shen Jixun casually stubbed out the cigarette and dropped it in.

“Ge, you should smoke less. It’s not good to smoke too much,” Ji Shen said.

Ji Shen seemed to have hoped he would quit smoking more than once.

Shen Jixun suddenly realized.

He rarely smoked, usually only when under great stress or when extremely relaxed. He wasn’t addicted, so if Ji Shen wanted him to, quitting wouldn’t be a problem.

“Alright,” Shen Jixun agreed with a nod.

Ji Shen thought he had misheard. He hadn’t expected Shen Jixun to take his advice, so he excitedly said, “Then I’ll supervise you, Ge!”

Shen Jixun chuckled, teasing, “What if I really want to smoke?”

Ji Shen looked troubled and cautiously said, “You can hold back, right, Ge?”

“If I hold back, shouldn’t there be some kind of reward?” Shen Jixun bent his knee, and the quilt slipped from his waist, revealing a pair of long legs marked with traces. He was still wearing Ji Shen’s shirt, and the hem rode up with his movement…

Ji Shen looked away.

He hadn’t misheard, had he? Shen Jixun was asking him for a reward?

But he couldn’t give Shen Jixun anything.

Oh, he still had a healthy body. He knew Shen Jixun was very satisfied with his physique.

“Then, if you hold back once, Ge can… use, use your favorite… position…” Ji Shen’s voice grew softer and softer, and his head dropped lower and lower, but he managed to stammer out the complete sentence.

Saying that made him sound even more like a gigolo selling his body!

Upon hearing this, Shen Jixun immediately grabbed a brand new box of cigarettes from the bedside.

“Ten times first,” he then said expressionlessly.

There were exactly ten cigarettes inside.

Ji Shen suddenly lifted his head, “Ge!!”

Shen Jixun threw his head back and laughed heartily.

*

The next morning after breakfast, the two got into the car and went to the hospital.

Shen Jixun had arranged for Ji Shen’s Mother to stay in a VIP Room, with bodyguards rotating 24 hours a day at the door.

Having not seen Ji Shen and Shen Jixun for a while, Ji Mu seemed quite excited, pulling them to chat about many things.

Ji Shen also learned from the doctor that his mother’s health was much better than before, and she would be able to be discharged soon.

The two stayed until the afternoon before leaving the hospital together.

On the way back, Ji Shen told Shen Jixun everything the doctor had said to him, then sincerely said, “Ge, thank you!”

Shen Jixun drove, his expression neutral, “This was my promise to you in the first place. You don’t need to thank me.”

Ji Shen nodded, “Mhm! I know, but I still really want to thank you.”

Shen Jixun said, “If you really want to thank me, go home and practice your technique properly.”

He raised his right hand, forming a circle with his index finger and thumb, then placed it against his lips and stuck out his tongue.

Ji Shen felt like he was about to spontaneously combust from Shen Jixun’s words and actions. He raised his hand to cover his face, saying awkwardly, “Ge, please don’t say things and do things like that with a straight face.”

Shen Jixun realized he simply loved seeing that expression on Ji Shen.

Well, he admitted that teasing Ji Shen was truly amusing.

The two chatted intermittently on the road.

As the car turned into the residential complex, a figure suddenly darted out and blocked their way. Shen Jixun quickly slammed on the brakes, stopping the car mere inches from the person.

The man was also startled by the car stopping just inches away from him, and he stumbled back a few steps on shaky legs.

Upon seeing the man’s face, Shen Jixun’s expression darkened, and a look of cold indifference slowly surfaced on Ji Shen’s face as well.

The person blocking the car was the man Shen Jixun had been searching for for a long time: Ji Shen’s father, Ji Sheng.

Due to massive debts, Ji Sheng had been hiding very discreetly; even the specialists Shen Jixun hired couldn’t find him.

“Get out of the car! Ji Shen, you unfilial son, get out of the car!” Ji Sheng was short, with shifty, vulgar eyes and a sneaky appearance, bearing no resemblance to Ji Shen at all. His eye sockets were deeply sunken, his eyes cloudy, his face covered in wrinkles, and he wore shabby clothes.

He stared hatefully at the two people in the car.

Shen Jixun looked impatient. He casually unbuckled his seatbelt, preparing to get out of the car.

But Ji Shen reached out and pressed down on the back of his hand from the side. Ji Shen unbuckled his own seatbelt and said, “Ge, I’ll handle it.”

Since it was his own father, it wasn’t appropriate for Shen Jixun to intervene. He abandoned the idea of getting out of the car and instead sent a message to his assistant, asking him to bring a few people over.

Ji Shen got out of the car with a dark expression.

He walked up to Ji Sheng.

“Where have you been?” Ji Shen asked, looking down at the man in front of him.

Ji Sheng’s voice was sharp, “None of your business where I’ve been! Give me some money!”

Ji Shen’s expression was somewhat pained, but mostly disappointed in his biological father. He said, “I don’t have any money.”

Ji Sheng naturally didn’t believe him. He pointed at Shen Jixun in the car and said, “Stop lying to me! You’ve hooked up with a sugar daddy now, and you still don’t have money?”

Ji Shen frowned, “I said I don’t have any. All my money has gone to treating Mother’s illness and paying off your gambling debts.”

He then added, “Since you have time to bother me now, why don’t we go to the court together and finalize the divorce with Mother?”

Ji Sheng roared, “You unfilial son! How dare you tell me what to do!”

He slapped Ji Shen across the face, cursing, “I won’t divorce her! I’ll drag your mother down until she dies, and don’t think you can get away from me either! Now, give me the money!”

The slap Ji Shen received seemed habitual. He said expressionlessly, “This is the last time. If you ever lay a hand on Mother or me again, I won will not let you off.”

Ji Shen was already tall, and when he spoke to Ji Sheng with a cold, warning tone, it made Ji Sheng feel a sense of danger.

But he didn’t believe Ji Shen would actually hit him. After all, in his memory, even with all that muscle and height, Ji Shen had never resisted his fists.

“Do you dare hit me?” Ji Sheng asked with a mouthful of yellow teeth, looking quite smug.

Before Ji Shen could speak, his wrist was suddenly grabbed from behind and pulled back a few steps. Then, a figure stepped out beside him and stood in front of him. Before Ji Shen could even react, a crisp slap echoed in the air.

Shen Jixun, his face cold, fiercely slapped Ji Sheng.

The slap seemed to have been delivered with all his strength, knocking Ji Sheng directly to the ground. Ji Sheng covered the side of his face that Shen Jixun had struck and looked up at Shen Jixun in disbelief.

At the same time, two streams of blood slowly trickled from his nose.

Shen Jixun looked down at him, his eyes cold and sharp, “You mongrel, who told you to hit him?”

His tone carried a chilling coldness and anger.

He stood in front of Ji Shen, his expression aloof, looking completely like a protective, bristling kitten.

Ji Shen was also stunned.

He hadn’t expected that he, who was used to being slapped by his father, would one day be protected by someone other than his mother.