DS Chapter 3

In fact, Chu Yi hadn’t gone far, but had been standing at the corner to calm his inner turmoil. Only after seeing Yu Lin step into the gate of the General’s Mansion with his own eyes did he show up.

God knows how much determination he had to make to resist not rubbing the person he cared about into his arms.

Chu Yi had just jumped down from the wall when a faint voice sounded from his side. Xiao Mianzhi came out from somewhere and said, “Your own residence, why are you climbing over the wall instead of going through the main gate?

Chu Yi looked behind him, didn’t see Yu Lin’s figure, chose to refuse to answer this embarrassing question, and instead asked, “Where is Qinglan?”

“I told him there were no guest rooms in the General’s Mansion, so I arranged for him to stay in your room.”

“…” Chu Yi pinched his brow, prepared to sleep in the study, “He is a prince, and also my Shixiong, what do you mean by arranging him in my room?”

Xiao Mianzhi wondered, “Didn’t you keep saying before that you wanted to persuade the king to propose marriage to Yu Country? Anyway, you said you were impotent just to get rid of the king’s arranged marriage, and it’s not like you really have a physical problem. Now that he’s in the General’s Mansion, you might as well wash the rice and cook the meal.”

“That’s too disrespectful to him.” Chu Yi decisively refused his friend’s suggestion without thinking, “If he’s down and out, I’ll protect him, if he’s sad, I’ll accompany him, if he wants to mess around, I can go along with him, but I can’t just have a moment of lust.” Chu Yi paused, his expression extremely serious, “He deserves to have the best things brought to him, not to be treated as a high-priced pet that I bought.”

Xiao Mianzhi was a little confused about what he wanted to do. After all, this kind of thing is a matter of mutual consent. Since you have feelings for him and he is interested, why do you have to wait until you get married?

The two of them walked through the cloister and saw Yu Lin standing in the garden looking up at a five-colored peach tree. According to Chu Yi’s instructions, Yu Lin was also the master of the General’s Mansion, and no one in the mansion dared to stop him, so it was natural that he could run into him anywhere.

Xiao Mianzhi elbowed Chu Yi, “I suddenly thought of a phrase that has been overused by those sour scholars.”

“What?”

“The face of a man and the peach blossoms complement each other like red.”

The branches of the peach tree were twisted and intertwined. Yu Lin heard the conversation and turned his head to look in their direction. A branch was slanted to the side of his face, and two or three peach blossoms were squeezed together on the branch, as if they were pinned to his temples. He smiled at Chu Yi, his smile even more brighter than the spring peach.

Chu Yi was dazzled by his smile and strode towards him.

Xiao Mianzhi wisely slipped away.

Yu Lin raised his hand to break off a peach blossom and stuffed it into his arm. He patted his hands and took two steps back, carefully sizing him up. His eyes curved into a smile, “My Shidi is still so handsome.”

It was the same in Yunmeng Ze before, whether it was flowers and willows, or autumn moon and red maple, Yu Lin always liked to give him some small things related to the season, and then praised him for his good looks.

You’re clearly more handsome. Both the young Chu Shaoze and the now General Chu Yi thought so.

Yu Lin pulled him up to the roof, sat on the eaves, swinging his legs, and asked with his chin propped up, “Shidi, there are many people at the auction who coveted my looks, what would you say, if I were…”

Chu Yi interrupted him and sat next to him, “No, even if I have to bankrupt myself, I will save you.”

Yu Lin “hmm”ed, letting him tie his wind-blown hair behind his ears, leaned on his shoulder, and said casually, “Only you, Shidi, have no improper thoughts about me.” As soon as he said this, Yu Lin clearly felt the hand around his shoulder slowly clench into a fist, and then loosen again.

When they were in Yunmeng Ze, Yu Lin often took Chu Yi to the roof, saying that they wanted to see the night view. But he was lazy, and would never stand if he could sit, and would never sit if he could lie down. In the end, he would lie on Chu Yi’s legs, looking at the boy’s soft chin, and fall asleep in his arms. When he woke up, he would have been sent back to his room.

Turning his head to look at Chu Yi’s profile, the boy from his memories had already grown into a man. At the auction, Yu Lin had glanced at him: the corners of his mouth were cold and tight, his sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes could not hide the hostility in them, and the aura around him was extremely terrifying. This version of Chu Yi was unfamiliar to him, but the moment he was gently held in his arms, Yu Lin realized that the boy he liked was still as gentle as ever at his core.

After dinner, Yu Lin asked him if he wanted to be served personally. Seeing Chu Yi’s defensive posture, he raised the corner of his lips and said with a smile that was not quite a smile, “Since my Shidi has bought me and put me in his own room, I won’t shirk any of the duties that a person in the room should do.”

“You know that’s not why I did it.”

Yu Lin stirred the soup in the bowl with some regret, “If it were anyone else, I would never agree. But if my Shidi wants it, I would be very willing to oblige, given our relationship.”

Chu Yi put down his jade chopsticks and looked at him with a complex expression, “I won’t force you to do anything you don’t want to do. You don’t have to demean yourself like this.”

Yu Lin sighed softly, “But Shidi, I have nothing but this body now. I really can’t think of any other way to repay you.”

Chu Yi seemed a bit of a headache, even though he thought Yu Lin’s idea of repaying him was problematic, he couldn’t bear to scold him, “……You don’t have to repay me.”

Yu Lin keenly sensed the slight displeasure in his voice, closed his mouth with a sullen expression, and got up to return to his room.

Chu Yi looked at the bowl of soup that had not been finished, reflecting on whether his tone was too harsh.

In this way, Yu Lin quieted down for several days and stopped saying strange things.

After all the Insects, the first spring thunder arrived as expected, and the rain fell on the banana leaves outside the window, making a rustling sound, covering up the faint footsteps.

The door of the study was pushed open, and Yu Lin stood at the door in a single garment. Another thunderbolt exploded in his ears, and the lightning illuminated the night sky as bright as day, also illuminating Yu Lin’s pale face. He seemed to shrink a little, hesitating to stand at the door, looking a bit pitiful, “Shidi, it’s thundering……”

Chu Yi hadn’t slept yet, he was sitting at the desk reading a military book. Hearing the sound, he looked up and saw, but his gaze fell on his delicate and clean feet. He quickly got up, walked quickly to Yu Lin, and picked him up horizontally, “Why aren’t you wearing shoes? Aren’t you cold?”

Chu Yi clearly remembered that every time it thundered, Yu Lin would come to him with his quilt, as if having someone with him would make him less afraid of the thunder that shattered the sky.

He put him on the bed, his large, dry hands wrapped around Yu Lin’s cold feet and rubbed them gently, helplessly saying, “The floor is so cold, aren’t you afraid of getting sick?”

Yu Lin took a moment to recover, his face looking a little better. He pulled his feet back and asked softly with his eyes downcast, “I saw King of Qi send someone to find you today, it seems to be because of me. Did I…cause you trouble?”

Chu Yi tucked him in, turned off the light, and lay down beside him without a care, “It’s no trouble, I just don’t trust anyone else with you.”

With the thunder, Yu Lin turned over and burrowed into his arms, “King of Qi has been wary of you for a long time, he might make a move on this matter.”

Chu Yi sneered, “That won’t happen, he doesn’t dare to touch me.”

Yu Lin reminded him with some worry, “Prince Min might make some small moves recently, you should be a little more careful.”

The unreserved trust softened Chu Yi’s heart, “You don’t really need to hint at me, your power has already infiltrated the Qi Kingdom. Aren’t you afraid that I will investigate and then root them out one by one?”

Yu Lin wrapped his arms around his waist and smiled, “It was prepared to protect you in the first place.” He gently placed his hand on Chu Yi’s wrist, secretly checked his pulse, found no problems, squinted his eyes, and changed the subject, “But Shidi, why do you say you are impotent?”

Chu Yi grabbed his wandering hand, his voice carrying a hint of restraint, “Prince Ning…please don’t move around.”

Yu Lin smiled with a raised eyebrow, and rubbed his knee against his legs, “Shidi, you clearly have feelings, why don’t you want to touch me?”

Chu Yi turned over, vaguely pressing him down, his expression indistinguishable in the dark, avoiding the question, “Aren’t you afraid of thunder?”

Yu Lin kissed his chin a little frivolously, “I’m not a child, what’s there to be afraid of thunder? I just want to take the opportunity to get close to you, Shidi.”

Chu Yi:……

His body suddenly felt light, and Yu Lin fumbled to light the lamp. Then he found that Chu Yi had left.

Yu Lin sat at the table and sighed. He really couldn’t understand why Chu Yi, who obviously liked him very much, refused to touch him.