TSBIR Chapter 26
by VolareSong Yichen coldly chuckled, “Come here.”
Shen Xingyang felt puzzled but still walked over.
Song Yichen walked towards Shen Xingyang, continuing forward, making the distance between them closer and closer. Shen Xingyang felt a sense of oppression and unconsciously retreated backward.
“Is there anything I could do that you wouldn’t refuse?”
Shen Xingyang had already retreated to the corner of the wall, but Song Yichen was still moving forward until there was no distance between them at all, and he could even feel the other’s warmth.
Shen Xingyang didn’t speak, but the look in his eyes towards Song Yichen had already given the answer.
“Then what if I said I wanted to be with you?”
Song Yichen lowered his head, his lips almost touching the tip of Shen Xingyang’s nose. The hot breath hit Shen Xingyang’s face, causing him to feel a sense of nervousness.
Hearing this, Shen Xingyang looked at Song Yichen in disbelief, then chuckled softly, “What are you saying, Doctor Song? I should go back, you should rest early.”
He must have misheard. Song Yichen couldn’t even stand him, so how could he say he wanted to be together? He must have misheard.
Song Yichen stopped him from leaving, “You just need to tell me, would you refuse or not?”
Shen Xingyang knew that if he didn’t answer Song Yichen, he wouldn’t be able to leave, so he could only look at Song Yichen and shake his head.
“I wouldn’t.”
Sure enough, it was exactly the answer Song Yichen had imagined. Shen Xingyang was really something.
“Do you know what this answer means?”
Shen Xingyang looked at Song Yichen in confusion, meaning they would be together, would become lovers, and might even… spend the rest of their lives together.
Seeing that Shen Xingyang didn’t speak, Song Yichen raised his hand and touched Shen Xingyang’s lips, “It means that I will kiss you here every day, and like Yin Yan, I won’t care about your feelings.”
Song Yichen leaned close to Shen Xingyang’s earlobe, his voice soft but carrying endless pressure.
“I will also do this, reaching inside your clothes from the hem, stroking every inch of your skin.”
Song Yichen’s hand moved upward slowly, but his eyes remained fixed on Shen Xingyang, waiting for his reaction.
Finally, Shen Xingyang couldn’t bear it anymore, grabbed Song Yichen’s hand, his whole body tensed up, and his body was very stiff.
“Doctor Song.”
Shen Xingyang looked at Song Yichen with some grievance. He didn’t know why Song Yichen had to treat him like this. He didn’t know what he had done to make Song Yichen so disgusted with him, even to the point of humiliating him like this.
“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t refuse? Then how do you explain your behavior now?”
Song Yichen didn’t take his hand away, but he didn’t continue his previous actions either, just letting Shen Xingyang hold his hand.
“I… I don’t know, I’m sorry, I feel a little uncomfortable.”
Shen Xingyang’s voice was a little choked up, and he was almost forced to cry by Song Yichen.
He didn’t know why, but he felt so uncomfortable, as if a stone was pressing on his heart.
“If you don’t like it, then refuse me. Do you need me to teach you how to refuse others?”
Song Yichen still didn’t let Shen Xingyang go. He couldn’t let Shen Xingyang continue like this. He had to change Shen Xingyang’s behavior of being so obedient to him.
Shen Xingyang looked at Song Yichen, shaking his head, but couldn’t say a word of refusal.
Song Yichen pulled his hand out of Shen Xingyang’s hand and continued to caress Shen Xingyang, but he didn’t go too far, but for Shen Xingyang, it was all torment.
When Song Yichen was about to touch his chest, Shen Xingyang finally couldn’t bear it anymore and pushed Song Yichen away forcefully.
“No, I can’t do it.”
Shen Xingyang hurriedly wanted to leave. In the past, only Yin Yan would force him like this, but now Song Yichen was also treating him like this. He couldn’t accept it.
“Stop.”
Song Yichen called out to Shen Xingyang, who had already reached the door, and strode over.
Shen Xingyang clenched his fists, looking at Song Yichen with some grievance, “Doctor Song, you’re not lacking people around you, why do you have to make things so difficult for me.”
Shen Xingyang questioned Song Yichen, no longer in that obedient manner, even a little angry.
Song Yichen had already walked in front of Shen Xingyang, looked at his disheveled clothes, and helped him tidy them up.
“Shen Xingyang, are you uncomfortable? Is it more uncomfortable to refuse me, or to accept my actions towards you?”
Shen Xingyang didn’t speak, but the look in his eyes towards Song Yichen was somewhat resistant.
Song Yichen smiled, took a step back, and moved a little further away from Shen Xingyang, so that Shen Xingyang wouldn’t feel uncomfortable again.
“Shen Xingyang, refusing me isn’t that difficult. I’m not the kind of dictator who can’t listen to opposing opinions. If you’re allergic to shrimp, you can tell me loudly, and I won’t be angry. If you don’t like eggplant, you can also tell me directly that you don’t like it and ask me to have someone redo it for you, and I won’t think you’re troublesome. Also, if you don’t want to hear some of the things I say, you can also refute them, no matter what. I saved you, it was my choice, and I did it willingly. That’s not a reason for you to wrong yourself. If I saved you just to make you obey me, then I have many ways, and I wouldn’t choose this one. Not everyone likes others being so obedient to them.”
It was rare for Song Yichen to say so much, but every word fell into Shen Xingyang’s heart. He recalled everything he had done. He didn’t like it, he didn’t like being so obedient to others, so he also didn’t like Song Yichen, and he didn’t like Song Manor.
But in reality, from beginning to end, Song Yichen had never asked him to obey, nor had he forced him to do anything. He had drawn a cage himself and locked himself inside.
Perhaps Song Yichen was right, not everyone liked people who were so obedient to them. He had always been obediently following Song Yichen, but didn’t Song Yichen also dislike him?
“Shen Xingyang, you don’t owe anyone anything, you don’t need to put on this attitude towards anyone, don’t make yourself seem so cheap.”
Shen Xingyang looked at Song Yichen. This was the first time someone had said these words to him. He seemed to have been wrong from the beginning. He thought that being well-behaved and obedient was what everyone would like.
But thinking about it carefully, that’s not a person’s true self at all.
“I understand.”
Shen Xingyang nodded, looking at Song Yichen solemnly, not knowing what he was thinking about.
“If you want to repay my kindness, it’s not just through obedience. The last banquet your Shen family held, the piano piece you played was good, but there were too many people and it was too noisy, I didn’t hear it clearly. As your savior, can I ask you to play it again?”
Song Yichen’s words broke the tense atmosphere between the two, and it suddenly became normal again.
“Of course.”
Shen Xingyang smiled in relief, “There’s a piano where I live. If there’s a chance, I’ll definitely let you hear it again.”
“It’s settled then, so you owe me one, and as for everything else, we’ll call it even.”
Song Yichen’s tone was very gentle, completely different from his aggressive self just now. He relaxed completely, leaning lazily against the wall, with a smile on his face.
“Okay, we’ll call it even.”
Shen Xingyang only felt that his heart had never been so relaxed before. It felt like a stone that had been pressing on him had been suddenly removed, and his whole body felt incredibly light and happy.