MLIAM Chapter 51
by VolareChapter 51: Who’s on Top? Considering how well we know each other, how about…
Yu Shuli’s smile vanished, angered by Tatar’s words.
After repeatedly questioning about Dong Siwen’s whereabouts and receiving Tatar’s clumsy “I don’t know,” he stormed off, cursing Wei Yan along with him, and returned to his room.
Wei Yan followed behind him, a smile playing on his lips, and closed the door.
“Why so angry? She was only speaking carelessly,” Wei Yan said with a smile.
Yu Shuli glared at him, “You’re happy, aren’t you? You think I’m as stupid as her too?”
“Where did you see that I was happy?” Wei Yan reached out and gently ruffled Yu Shuli’s hair. “Didn’t you say yourself that you’ve been in Quzhou for so long but haven’t had a chance to look around? It just so happens that we have time today.”
Only then did Yu Shuli remember that the Amuse-the-Moon Festival was only a few days away.
He shook his head, somewhat listlessly, “Dong Siwen hasn’t been found, Marquis Xunyang abandoned the city and disappeared, and Chou Dongshuo is hiding everywhere. I’m worried.”
The smile on Wei Yan’s face faded slightly, “I’ve asked Cang Xu to investigate.”
“Mm.” Yu Shuli sat down at the desk. “Let’s talk about strolling around later. The Second Prince will be arriving soon too. I don’t want to cause any unnecessary trouble.”
He flipped through past files, trying to discern any clues between the two cases.
Wei Yan slowly sat down beside him, holding a hand warmer and handing it to Yu Shuli, then told him some of his previous discoveries.
Yu Shuli refused the warmer, telling him to keep it himself. He turned his head to look at him, a hint of impatience in his expression, “Why are you still here? The doctor told you to rest more.”
“I’m fine,” Wei Yan explained. “The poison in my body didn’t happen in a day; it accumulated over time.” Seeing Yu Shuli’s worried look, Wei Yan added, “I’m aware of the situation. I control the amount of poison each time, so even though it looks scary when it flares up, it’s not as frightening as it seems. You can rest assured.”
Yu Shuli slammed the warmer on the table with a “bang,” frowning. “Are you saying that you were always prepared for each poisoning? You even willingly took the poison yourself?”
Wei Yan glanced at Yu Shuli, nodded, and slowly began to recount those old stories. “In the Tianyuan second year, the court was in chaos, and the old party was being purged. My father was loyal to His Majesty, and that year, he found many upright talents for His Majesty through the imperial examination. But it coincided with the eunuch party causing trouble and impeaching him. He was framed from many sides, accused of favoritism, forming cliques, and seeking personal gain. Under pressure from all sides, His Majesty agreed to convict him and sentenced him to death.”
Yu Shuli had never heard of this old story and was shocked speechless.
Wei Yan smiled self-deprecatingly, “It’s normal that you don’t know about this. After all, how many talents had to die to cover up such an absurd injustice? His Majesty knew it was a misunderstanding before executing my father, but at the time, the enemy was powerful, and he couldn’t protect my father. Before my father died, His Majesty went to see him. Out of guilt, His Majesty promised him that he would ensure my life would be free from worry.”
His voice was low and hoarse, each word seeming to be dragged down by a heavy heart. He sneered, “That’s the truth behind His Majesty’s kindness to me every time. Perhaps he was afraid that my father’s vengeful spirit would haunt him at night.”
Yu Shuli moved his lips. “Your father…”
Wei Yan closed his eyes. “Died from foolish loyalty.” His voice paused, “Before he died, he didn’t even shout ‘injustice.’ He clearly knew that he had become His Majesty’s pawn.”
“How ridiculous. He thought that by doing this, His Majesty would truly be grateful to him and would truly take care of our orphaned mother and son.”
The truth was, he didn’t.
Whether it was in the early years when Wei Yan suffered bullying from his clan, or later when Madam Wu was on the verge of death, the Emperor did not offer any help.
“Wei Yan…” Yu Shuli felt a little sad.
Wei Yan continued to ramble on, “My aunt entered the Palace after this incident. To protect our family.”
“A brand new hostage.” Wei Yan’s eyes were dim and empty. “She entered the Palace, but even sending some silver to take care of us became more difficult. His Majesty wanted to use her to turn me into my father’s image, to make me a sharp blade in his hand, a thick shield, to sacrifice myself for him, to go through fire and water for him.” His hands clenched into fists, his knuckles turning white from the force. “And I, even swallowing that poison I knew was there, had to be willing.”
Yu Shuli recalled the events of many years ago and suddenly asked, “So… the incident where you saved the Crown Prince when you were young… was it forced?”
“No,” Wei Yan shook his head. “When we were studying in The Imperial Library, the Crown Prince took a group of students to skip class and took us to play in the back mountain. That day was cold, and the Crown Prince wanted to have a snowball fight on the frozen river. The river surface was covered with thick ice, which a child couldn’t normally break. But that day was cold, and many people didn’t want to play. The Crown Prince singled me out to accompany him, asking me to make a hundred snowballs and take off my cotton coat, and carry the snow blocks to the center of the frozen river…” He chuckled softly, “Only because I had no one to make decisions for me at home, so no one would care even if I died outside.”
Hearing this, Yu Shuli clenched his sleeve, his heart aching fiercely.
“At that time, my family was really in trouble, and my aunt was not doing well either, so I dared not resist. I only remember that the day was especially cold, my body was burning hot, as if a strange fire instantly swept through my whole body. On the frozen river, there was a scene of laughter and noise, and everyone lost their sense of propriety in the commotion. The Crown Prince ran further and further away, so I secretly followed him, and taking advantage of his inattention, I used an ice pick to poke a hole in the ice under his feet, and he fell into the ice hole.”
“He didn’t know I did it and kept calling for help, but I didn’t respond. Only when everyone noticed did I jump down to save him. The water was bone-chillingly cold, and the Crown Prince, out of fear, tightly grabbed onto me, and in front of everyone, I held him up for half a day before pushing him ashore. This matter eventually reached His Majesty. Overnight, the Crown Prince was frightened and developed a high fever, but he was safe and sound. As for me, I narrowly escaped death.” Wei Yan closed his eyes. “However, it was a good gamble. After that, His Majesty finally began to pay attention to me out of guilt, and he also treated my aunt better.”
Yu Shuli sighed.
When Wei Yan was so young, he had to carefully plan in order to survive.
As for himself, when he was a teenager, he only knew how to fight crickets and quarrel with others.
His throat choked up, and he asked, “That poison…”
“Of course, His Majesty fed it to me,” Wei Yan smiled. “If not, how would I obediently listen? How could he trust me?”
Yu Shuli’s heart was filled with bitterness, both sadness and heartache.
“Wei Yan, you won’t be like your father,” Yu Shuli extended his hand, fingers pointing upwards, and vowed earnestly, “I will definitely protect you in the future.”
Wei Yan’s eyelashes trembled, “Ji An, have you ever thought that maybe I’m not as good as you think? Over the years, I’ve done a lot of bad things. I might really be a very bad person, the kind who deserves to die.”
Yu Shuli was stunned. “How could that be? That was all forced on you by His Majesty, it’s not like you wanted to do it yourself. And the people you killed were all heinous people. You were acting on behalf of heaven.”
He muttered, “Anyway… I know you’re a very good person.”
Wei Yan’s gaze shifted, his eyes fixed on Yu Shuli’s face. He moved closer as if possessed.
“I’m not good. I approached you, and I also have many motives.”
Yu Shuli tapped his cheek with his fingertip. “What motives could you have? Do you desire my body?”
“What if I said it was more than that?”
“Besides my beauty, which you don’t have, don’t you have everything else? What else could you want from me?”
Wei Yan was used to his narcissistic and nonsensical abilities, and laughed. “I want you to let me live.”
Yu Shuli was taken aback.
Only then did Wei Yan gently tap the tip of his nose. “Just kidding.”
Yu Shuli looked at him, simply walked over, and pressed his shoulders, not allowing him to escape. “Wei Yan, tell me the truth. In Quzhou, what exactly did you find out? How exactly did Chou Shuchun die?”
Wei Yan turned his head, unwilling to say. “Ji An, you don’t need to worry about this.”
Yu Shuli hated his pretentious expression the most, which made him want to disrupt his tranquility.
So he rubbed his head against Wei Yan’s palm, his breathing slow. “Xianqing.”
Wei Yan’s Adam’s apple moved. He felt the warm temperature in his palm, and was rarely a little uneasy and at a loss. “Ji An, stop messing around.”
“It’s not even okay to do this?” Yu Shuli sighed, with an expression of “I really can’t do anything with you.”
“How about this, I’ll kiss you, and you tell me the truth.” He blinked, and leaned in again. “This is a good deal, right?”
Seeming to have guessed that Wei Yan couldn’t resist him, Yu Shuli abandoned the previous weak discomfort and adapted to their married status even faster than Wei Yan.
Wei Yan’s breathing instantly became rapid, and his ears turned red. His voice was low and hoarse. “Do you know what you’re saying?”
“I know,” Yu Shuli smiled. “Isn’t it because someone dislikes me for being stupid and isn’t willing to tell me the reason? I can only use a beauty trap.”
Yu Shuli reached out and hooked Wei Yan’s palm, pulling him over like this, and kissed his cheek, refusing to be refused.
Wei Yan was caught off guard and was taken advantage of by him.
He opened his eyes wide, not knowing where to put his arms, and looked helplessly at Yu Shuli, with an expression of meeting a lecher.
His expression was even more exaggerated than when his mouth was kissed before.
The Wei Fox was still quite innocent.
It was the first time Yu Shuli had seen Wei Yan like this, and it was quite rare to see.
He smiled. “You’ve kissed me so many times. Are you unhappy because I’ve kissed you once or twice?”
Wei Yan took a step back and stood at the desk. “It’s not that I’m unhappy.”
Yu Shuli took two or three steps and forced him back, walking back to him. “Then why are you hiding?”
His watery eyes blinked and he leaned in again, continuing to tease fearlessly. “Could it be that you’re shy?”
Wei Yan’s slightly lowered eyelashes trembled, and then he suddenly curled his lips and leaned forward.
He suddenly raised his hand and pressed down on Yu Shuli’s wrist, pulling him directly into his arms. He lowered his eyes and looked at him, his Adam’s apple rolling. “Guess if I’m shy.”
Yu Shuli’s level of flirting was mediocre. As soon as he was flirted back, he was like a lion with ruffled fur. He suddenly escaped from Wei Yan’s arms. “I won’t guess!”
Wei Yan chuckled softly, “Come back and let me hug you for a while, and I’ll tell you.”
Yu Shuli glanced at him warily. “Really?”
“Of course, really.”
Yu Shuli approached again, half-believing.
This time, he was pulled directly over and his wrist was clasped behind his back.
Wei Yan’s warm lips pressed down forcefully, conquering territory.
Yu Shuli suddenly opened his eyes wide, glaring at him angrily.
Wei Yan smiled gleefully, his eyes full of laughter. He slightly loosened his lips and tongue to let Yu Shuli breathe, and then said, “Be good, close your eyes when kissing.”
Before Yu Shuli had time to take a few more breaths, he was pressed down again.
“What you did just now wasn’t a kiss,” Wei Yan’s fingers flowed over his wrist, affectionate and intimate. “This is.”
Hot breaths intertwined.
Yu Shuli gradually developed some other thoughts from the previous passive acceptance.
His wrists gradually broke free, and he turned to press Wei Yan down on the desk.
The positions of the two were reversed.
Wei Yan raised his eyes, smiled gently, and did not resist.
Yu Shuli should have left directly, but at this time, he was like a demon, leaned over and kissed him actively.
His emotions were out of control again.
His fingers pressed on Wei Yan’s lapel, making the other person’s neat clothes messily disordered. Wei Yan’s hands wrapped around his neck, his fingers gently wandering across his back.
Yu Shuli groaned softly, leaning down and biting Wei Yan’s lips.
“Not enough, give me more.” Wei Yan tilted his head slightly, his confused eyes filled with tears.
“It’s going to break,” Yu Shuli said softly.
“It’s okay, break it,” Wei Yan leaned over and pulled him down. “I just want to hurt for you.”
Yu Shuli was overwhelmed with emotion and almost bit down hard.
But thinking that the two of them would have to go out later, and considering Wei Yan’s body and dignity, he ultimately did not strike hard, only biting his tongue lightly twice.
Wei Yan’s eyes were already wet, and he was almost brought to tears by such a stimulus.
He suddenly hooked Yu Shuli’s neck, bringing his lips and tongue forward, wishing he could swallow him whole.
Unconsciously, the positions of the two were reversed again.
Wei Yan’s head was half-buried on Yu Shuli’s shoulder, rubbing against the warmth and scent on his body. He only felt dizzy and disoriented, even his breathing and heartbeat seemed to no longer belong to him.
The long-term intimacy made both of them unconsciously begin to react.
If this continued, there would be a fire at the city gate.
Yu Shuli’s expression suddenly changed, and he reluctantly and perfunctorily kissed Wei Yan a few last times, and then released him.
Wei Yan knew that this was his intention to end, and although he was not satisfied, he ultimately respected Yu Shuli’s opinion.
After the two’s breathing gradually calmed down, Yu Shuli pushed Wei Yan.
“Wei Yan.”
Wei Yan’s fingers slipped to Yu Shuli’s belt, with a lazy tone: “Hmm?”
Yu Shuli’s ears turned red, and he used his limited knowledge to popularize science to Wei Yan: “That… I don’t know if you’ve heard, but when men are together, they are divided into top and bottom.”
Hearing this, Wei Yan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled until his eyes bent.
He raised his eyebrows: “Hmm, so what?”
“That… I won’t bully you,” Yu Shuli said: “Originally, according to combat power, I must be on top.”
Wei Yan nodded obediently, not refuting.
Seeing this, Yu Shuli felt a little guilty.
Wei Yan was strong, and always unwilling to be inferior to others. Yu Shuli subconsciously thought that he would compete for the high and low in this matter.
He wanted to make Wei Yan take the initiative to retreat because the distribution of top and bottom was not good, but Wei Yan seemed a little too easy to talk to.
Yu Shuli then added: “But considering how well we know each other, how about we draw lots?”
Wei Yan asked: “How to draw?”
“Distinguish between long and short, the longer one is on top.”
Wei Yan tilted his head and smiled: “I have no objection. However… compared to the length of the lots…” His eyes stared at Yu Shuli, making his heart itchy, “My suggestion is, why not just take it out and compare the size and length? Isn’t that better?”
“Dirty pervert!” Yu Shuli’s face instantly turned red, and he punched Wei Yan in the waist.
Wei Yan laughed and stepped back: “Don’t hit me here.” He held Yu Shuli’s hand and kissed it, “I was hoping you’d leave some other marks on me.”
Yu Shuli’s expression was a little puzzled.
Wei Yan turned his neck to him, and the snow-white section fell on Yu Shuli’s lips.
“Bite it, the harder the better, I want to hurt for you.”