Lin Shen knew what he was saying was bold—borderline offensive, even to anyone else—but since it was Lu Chengxuan, he blurted it out without a second thought.
Getting interrupted while watching a little ‘movie’ was definitely not a pleasant feeling.
He hadn’t even thought Lu Chengxuan would come back when he went out to see someone off.
At this hour, hailing a taxi was tricky.
It was completely normal to swing by and rest at home on the way.
He was already too scared to care much anyway.
But a man’s lower body didn’t follow his thoughts.
Impulse sparked under stimulation was a flaw wired into the genes.
Not to mention, the human brain was the most unreasonable organ of all—once a certain kind of stimulus hit the right spot, desire could flare up in an instant.
Lin Shen didn’t even know what exactly made him say that line.
All he knew was, when it came to teasing Lu Chengxuan, he was in total command—smooth, effortless, like water flowing around rocks.
The atmosphere dropped into a sudden silence. You could hear a pin hit the floor.
Lu Chengxuan sat still, his expression calm and unchanged—but clearly, Lin Shen’s words, a mix of offense, provocation, flirtation, and even a kind of invitation, had thrown him off.
The word itself was just too direct.
So direct that he couldn’t respond immediately, only maintaining his composure while the two syllables echoed and bounced around in his mind.
Seeing the rare haze and blankness in Lu Chengxuan’s gaze, Lin Shen’s mischievous streak got a little thrill, and he lifted an eyebrow.
“So… didn’t think of saying anything yourself?”
As he spoke, Lin Shen’s gaze on Lu Chengxuan was almost painfully ‘rude,’ the kind that made anyone feel uneasy under scrutiny.
But the one being stared at didn’t seem to mind at all.
Because of that, Lin Shen felt almost free to push boundaries and offend with abandon. Seeing Lu Chengxuan silent, his arrogance grew bolder.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Lin Shen leaned back on the bed, propping his head with an arm, speaking slowly: “I’m a normally grown guy. Having some… needs is normal, right? Nothing wrong with thinking about it when there’s nothing else to do.”
Lu Chengxuan’s gaze darkened, his voice unusually calm:
“Normal. Not a crime.”
A smirk tugged at Lin Shen’s lips. He reached for the remote on the bedside table, aiming it at the projector above the bed. “Just so you know, my good buddy of twenty years is still standing. Watching a bit more shouldn’t affect your overtime, right?”
After he spoke, Lu Chengxuan didn’t respond immediately.
From a not-too-close, not-too-far distance, Lin Shen noticed him seemingly take a deep breath.
Lin Shen spent a couple of seconds wondering if he’d gone too far, but decided it was fine. He raised his wrist to hit the projector’s power button—only to have the action cut off half a second early.
“That would affect things. It’s noisy,” Lu Chengxuan said.
“Then never mind,” Lin Shen shrugged, completely unfazed. “I’ll check out the sports academy later—see if any guys with abs catch my eye.”
He didn’t seem surprised at all by this response. Tossing the remote aside, he lay back down, slid his arm into the covers, hesitated for a few seconds, and eventually gave up.
Anyway, just leaving Lu Chengxuan speechless was already satisfying.
He didn’t even need to actually… you know. Just talking had been enough fun.
Lin Shen flipped over into a more comfortable position, half-closing his eyes to drift off, when out of the corner of his eye he noticed a movement. Looking up, he saw Lu Chengxuan standing up from the desk.
Watching him step closer, Lin Shen’s brain short-circuited for a few seconds.
By the time Lu Chengxuan reached the bed, Lin Shen’s brain finally rebooted. He lifted the back of his head from the pillow and unconsciously clenched the blanket in his hand. “Wh-what are you—”
“Can’t hold it? Then watch,” Lu Chengxuan said in a low voice. “I can work overtime later.”
Lin Shen never imagined such explosive words would come from Lu Chengxuan’s mouth.
The two of them faced off, one above, one below.
Lu Chengxuan’s gaze made Lin Shen inexplicably nervous. He quickly looked away, raising his voice to cover it: “Crazy! Who just stands there watching someone do… that?”
Standing by the bed, Lu Chengxuan spoke with an utterly serious tone: “Don’t mess around outside. It’s unsafe with people you don’t know well.”
Lin Shen, who had just been so loose-tongued, instantly flushed bright red.
“Mind your own business!” he snapped, both angry and embarrassed. “I’m not stupid! If I’m going to… it’ll be with someone I know!”
Lu Chengxuan asked bluntly, without hesitation.
“Who?”
“I…”
Lin Shen stammered, unable to squeeze out a single word.
The position Lu Chengxuan stood in blocked the ceiling light, casting a shadow over Lin Shen lying on the bed. His dark eyes stayed locked on Lin Shen.
The slightly higher angle made Lin Shen feel a sudden, heavy pressure.
He swallowed hard and raised his voice: “Mind your own business!”
In the dim, quiet room, Lin Shen saw a strange, unreadable emotion flow through Lu Chengxuan’s eyes. A few seconds felt like an entire century.
“Don’t you want to know how it’s like with a face like this?”
When those two words left Lu Chengxuan’s mouth, Lin Shen felt every nerve in his brain cortex explode.
He froze, eyes wide in shock, completely losing the ability to speak.
Until Lu Chengxuan raised his hand and switched off the main light by the bed, plunging the room into darkness. Only the faint white glow of the computer monitor in the corner remained.
Lin Shen’s heart dropped like a stone in that instant.
His eyes quickly adjusted to the dim light, and through the faint screen glow, he saw Lu Chengxuan above him still staring in the darkness.
He didn’t move, as if waiting for a clear response.
Under the instinctive tension, Lin Shen’s eardrums buzzed briefly, his heart pounding wildly in his chest, his blood rushing hotter and faster through his body.
It had started as nothing more than talking trash, but whether Lu Chengxuan understood or not, he let the situation escalate like this.
Once he regained his remaining rationality, Lin Shen’s first thought was:
‘If we actually do this… what does it even mean?’
He felt like he had laid out a blank sheet of paper in front of Lu Chengxuan. Without asking or saying anything, Lu Chengxuan just signed it. If he chose to do the same, that signature became undeniable proof.
The signature on the paper represented mutual ‘agreement.’
The blankness meant there was no exact definition for what was happening.
Understanding this, Lin Shen acted without hesitation. He grabbed Lu Chengxuan by the collar and pulled him down. Lu Chengxuan didn’t seem surprised, leaning back onto the bed while propping himself up with his hands so his weight didn’t crush Lin Shen.
The kiss hit with a rush of heat and quick, shallow breaths.
After all these years of knowing him, Lin Shen had never felt Lu Chengxuan so restless, so urgent—so different from the brief loss of control during past kisses.
At this moment, Lu Chengxuan was completely untamed, free from any restraint or reason.
Realizing this, Lin Shen felt a new, electrifying thrill explode in his brain like fireworks across the sky.
His heartbeat had never been this wild. He responded nearly madly to the scorching kiss, soon losing control of his breathing, gasping so heavily that the air around them seemed to thicken with heat.
Their lips and teeth tangled, teasing and stroking with abandon.
The subtle, electric tingle from their lips sent sparks to every nerve ending.
Possessiveness and long-suppressed desires ignited like wildfire across the sheets, the intermittent, wet sounds between them stoking the most primal urges in their souls.
Lu Chengxuan’s practical experience and theoretical knowledge were practically zero.
This left him clueless about anything beyond the kiss.
Lin Shen, having seen it all, naturally let a mischievous idea rise in him.
Between gasps, he whispered a few words into Lu Chengxuan’s ear. Without hesitation, Lu Chengxuan obeyed instantly.
In that instant, Lin Shen’s scalp felt electrified.
The unprecedented sensation swept over him like being pulled into a deep, dark current.
He closed his eyes, overwhelmed. His mind flashed with white light, and for a moment, he imagined a massive glacier shattering and collapsing before him, plunging into the sea below.
Consciousness returned, and Lin Shen sharply noticed the sound of swallowing next to him.
His heart, just beginning to calm, surged again with heat.
In the darkness, Lin Shen found Lu Chengxuan’s face, cupped it in his hands, closed his eyes, and kissed him—ignoring the extra intensity that came with this kiss compared to the last one.
At least for today, all they could feel was each other.
It was clearly a spur-of-the-moment thing, yet everything seemed to fall into place perfectly, as if prearranged. Past promises, past titles and obsessions—they all melted away, irrelevant.
Nothing felt more real than being in the moment itself.
But just at the critical point, what should have flowed naturally hit an unexpected brake, one Lin Shen hadn’t anticipated.
This wasn’t a hotel; it was the company lounge.
Like going to battle requires weapons, filming an action scene requires props.
When both of them hit a bottleneck, restless and impatient, Lin Shen suddenly realized something crucial was missing. Without it, forcing things could land him in the hospital.
The tension stretched taut. Usually calm Lu Chengxuan’s eyes now flashed an unfamiliar impatience.
Having already enjoyed himself once, Lin Shen leaned against the headboard, scratching his head helplessly.
His conscience reminded him to be responsible.
He couldn’t just have fun and abandon responsibility afterward.
Feeling Lu Chengxuan’s nearly burning gaze, Lin Shen’s mouth went dry. After hesitating, he finally bit the bullet, steeling himself, and sat up on the bed.
“A little thirsty… I’ll drink some water to moisten my throat.”
Lu Chengxuan’s breathing was noticeably heavier than usual, but he also knew forcing it would hurt Lin Shen. He took a deep breath to calm himself and watched Lin Shen carefully.
Lin Shen was used to keeping water by the bed for midnight thirst.
But today, by bad luck, the last bottle of mineral water had been drunk while he had his late-night snack.
Water in the lounge and office was usually prepared by Deputy Manager Xiao Lin and placed in plain sight. Lin Shen didn’t know if there was a backup, so he searched blindly in the dark. When he came up empty, he opened the bedside drawer.
Sure enough, there were a few bottles of mineral water inside.
But he also saw something that shouldn’t have been there—yet somehow appeared at the perfect moment.
As Lin Shen pulled two boxes from the drawer and tossed them onto the bed, Lu Chengxuan’s eyes darkened. When he looked at Lin Shen again, confusion was written all over his face.
Lin Shen realized that if he didn’t explain this, his reputation would be ruined today along with his earlier ‘abs sports guy’ brag.
Without thinking, he opened his phone contacts.
After dialing, a groggy, half-asleep voice came through:
“What is it…”
Lin Shen panicked, blurting out: “What did you put in my bedside drawer? Tell me now!”
“Mineral water, basic medicine, band-aids, phone chargers, all the stuff you asked for, right?”
Lin Wangye first answered matter-of-factly, then after a pause as if suddenly remembering, said, “Ah… and there’s a pack of condoms with some lubricant. I bought them recently and put them in there.”
After this confirmation, Lin Shen let out a huge, relieved breath, as if he’d just proven his innocence in court. He exchanged a glance with Lu Chengxuan, then anxiously demanded:
“Why did you put this here?!”
“In my dream, when you were working late at your place the other night, Shi Yuan suddenly came back to give me a huge surprise. I was thrilled in the dream, but because those two things were missing, we didn’t… you know. If one day he really does show up with a surprise, it wouldn’t hurt to be prepared.”
Having been woken up, Lin Wangye grumbled with morning irritation:
“It doesn’t bother you, does it? And don’t wake me up in the middle of the night. Don’t lose it—I’ll need it.”
With that, the call was abruptly ended.
Lin Shen stared at the ‘beep… beep… beep’ tone for a moment, then silently tossed the phone aside. He picked up the lubricant, and since he’d never used it before, curiosity got the better of him. He twisted off the cap, squeezed some into his palm, and rubbed it between his hands.
“This… this is—ugh—”
Before he could finish, Lu Chengxuan grabbed his chin and silenced him with a kiss.
It was like an iceberg melting, collapsing into a towering wave.
A lone boat tossed in stormy seas, pushed higher and higher by wave after wave of surging water.
The imagery mirrored Lin Shen’s frozen, restrained heart finally being melted, his inner emotions unchained, flowing freely with the force of the moment.
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