The sound of Tu Baiwan being beaten came from behind.

After all, he was a scholar, and his only experience in battle was being beaten. He came out from the bushes wearing an old man's vest and red shorts, and hugged the bearded man's thighs. The bearded man thought he had met a pervert.

He was extremely ruthless.

Tu Baiwan grimaced in pain, his face wrinkled like a bitter melon. But he was willing to risk his life to get his piece of Xia Chi's cake, and he refused to let go like a piece of taffy.

The bearded man's fists and kicks rained down on him like a storm.

The outline of the X Club's main building gradually emerged from the shadows of the trees, its grayish-white walls gleaming with a cold light. Xia Chi's legs had long lost all feeling, and he mechanically moved forward, each step feeling like treading on cotton.

Jiang Nan lay on his back, his hot forehead pressed against the back of his neck, his breathing so light that it was almost imperceptible.

[Jiang Nan, hold on...]

Xia Chi clenched his teeth, and the smell of blood spread in his mouth.

[Hold on a little longer…]

【Manjie and Senya are just ahead. 】

Sweat dripped from his chin and hit the gravel road. He clamped Jiang Nan's knees tightly.

I'll take you home.

“Swish!”

A dark shadow passed between his feet, so fast that it almost left its shadow behind.

The hydrangea bushes by the roadside rustled, as if something was rustling through the base of the bushes, and then soon returned to calm.

Xia Chi felt a pair of evil eyes staring at him from under the leaves. He broke out in a cold sweat and raised his foot to speed up.

“Hehehe…hahahaha…”

A creepy laugh suddenly sounded behind him. He turned around abruptly, the shadows of the flowers swaying, and he could see nothing...

The sound of footsteps came from all directions, like some wet and sticky object hitting the ground.

Jiang Nan felt something on his back, his teeth were chattering, and his arms were twisting restlessly, as if he was trying to shake off something.

Xia Chi turned his head stiffly and met a nightmarish face at a very close distance - the head was only the size of an egg, but strangely had complete human facial features, the dark skin looked like it had been fished out of soy sauce, the eyes were disproportionately large, the black eyeballs almost filled the eye sockets, the pupils emitted a bloody light, and under the two black nostrils, a big mouth grinned excitedly.

"ah--!"

A scream pierced the air, Xia Chi's adrenaline surged, and he jumped up to try to shake off the monster, but the ghost face disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The flowers finally stopped swaying, and a deathly silence fell all around. Even the faint laughter had ceased abruptly. Only the wind swirled on the empty road, picking up a few scattered petals.

And his heavy breathing.

Looking around in confusion, Xia Chi couldn't find the guy's shadow. With sweat pouring down his forehead, he forced himself to stand up straight - he had to get out of here quickly!

My legs felt frozen.

He slowly lowered his head - the dark-skinned little devil was tightly holding his calf, his rotten cheek pressed against his skin, oozing sticky pus, and a strange "giggle" sound came from his throat.

The fishy breath sprayed on Xia Chi's legs, and the touched skin immediately turned dark purple.

There was a bloodthirsty excitement in the little ghost's eyes, and he opened his mouth and bit down.

The moment the severe pain exploded, it was like a red-hot sharp blade piercing into his bone marrow. Xia Chi felt that the whole world was distorted, and the numbness that followed was like a tide that flooded over him, devouring his consciousness inch by inch.

My hands started to become uncontrollable, as if all the bones and muscles had been pulled out.

Jiang Nan on his back slid down inch by inch and was about to hit the gravel road. Xia Chi endured the severe pain and retreated towards the dense hydrangea bush behind him. The moment Jiang Nan fell into the flowers, he also fell backwards.

The lush branches trembled, and he fell heavily into the sea of flowers, being dragged by the soft branches and leaves. Petals fluttered in the sky, like startled butterflies, and then fell gently, like a romantic funeral.

The venom raged in his blood vessels and his body began to lose consciousness. He vaguely felt Jiang Nan struggling not far away. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Xia Chi felt like he was dying.

"Well--"

Jiang Nan suddenly woke up from the impact of the fall.

He seemed to fall into the depths of a purple cloud.

The heavy branches of hydrangeas overflowed like a sea, their enormous clusters swaying gently in the wind, like countless unfinished dreams overlapping. A lavender mist drifted between the petals, and sunlight filtered through the gaps between the layers of blossoms, covering him like lace.

He tilted his head slightly, and a drop of dew dripped from the center of the flower, winding down his neck, as cold as a tear.

Jiang Nan slowly raised his upper body, and the branches beneath him made faint groans.

I was in a trance, thinking back to the long naps of my youth, waking up alone in the summer evening with the chirping of cicadas, with sweat stains still on the pillow, and the twilight slanting across the empty room.

That familiar, inexplicable anxiety and loneliness filled my heart, as if I had been abandoned by the whole world.

It was so quiet that you could hear the sound of petals falling to the ground.

For a moment, he thought he had come to another world without pain - until he saw the stiff figure through the flowers, and his hand tightly clasped around his, unable to separate.

He squinted his eyes and moved closer, pushing aside the swaying flower shadows, and finally saw the pale face clearly - beads of sweat condensed on the tip of the tall nose, a tear was about to fall at the corner of the red puppy eye, and the jawline was as beautiful as porcelain.

This person... He must have seen him somewhere.

[Jiang Nan, leave quickly!]

The man's body seemed to be frozen in ice, only his eyelashes were trembling violently and his eyes were filled with despair.

He didn't open his mouth, but his voice sounded like begging.

[Go to the nearby club, find Senya, or find someone to call the police. Hurry!]

What is he talking about?

Jiang Nan's gaze was glued to the pair of germanium-colored lips, which opened and closed with his breathing, like a rose trembling in the dark night.

He swallowed unconsciously, his Adam's apple rolling, and a ball of hot fire burned in his chest.

The subtle fragrance of the hydrangea suddenly became sweet, and he leaned forward as if possessed by a strange force.

The person lying in the flowers looked like an exquisite dessert wrapped in a gift box painted with flower petals - her pale skin was cream, her messy hair was melted caramel, and her lips, which kept emitting hot air, were clearly cherries soaked in honey wine.

The leaves rustled in his ears, and every breath he heard turned into a tiny hook, slowly tightening his desire.

This is too tempting, Jiang Nan thought vaguely, but his body was like a moth stuck in a spider web, sinking deeper and deeper into the tempting sweetness.

[Jiang Nan...Jiang Nan!]

The voice seemed to come from far away, trembling with moisture, as if she was about to burst into tears. [If you don't leave now...it will really be too late...]

But to Jiang Nan's ears, it sounded like a layer of sticky mist like honey, and inside were berries dried by the sun, which would ooze out juice with the slightest touch.

He vaguely felt that every word that person said seemed to be stirring up the desires in his heart.

My breathing became heavy without me noticing.

He unconsciously licked his dry lips, and his body had already leaned forward. The hydrangea trembled between them, casting a pale purple shadow.

It was too close, so close that I could see his suddenly contracted pupils, reflecting my own obsessed face.

The moment the kiss came, Xia Chi's breath got stuck in his throat. Jiang Nan's lips were burning hot, and they pressed down on him with irresistible force, like a wild animal marking its prey, hotly and brutally prying open his defenses.

“Ugh—!”

The exclamation was completely swallowed up. Jiang Nan's palm had clasped the back of his head without him knowing when, with scattered hair entangled between his fingers, holding him tightly in this sudden kiss.

He drove straight in, sweeping every inch of his mouth with a burning desire, as if to grab all his breath.

The hydrangeas were crushed between their tangled hems, their branches snapping.

Xia Chi's futile hands began to tremble - under the eyelashes so close to him, the pair of eyes that were always smiling were surging with a frightening possessiveness, mixed with a faint smell of blood, and every time she swallowed, she wanted to tear him apart and eat him into her stomach.

It wasn't until he felt a stinging pain at the corner of his lips that he realized Jiang Nan was actually biting him. The taste of rust spread between his lips and teeth, but the man refused to let go.

The pain and numbness made Xia Chi tremble all over, and he suddenly regained some rationality...

Crazy, crazy...

What kind of drug did they give you?

[Jiang Nan...]

【Do you know what you are doing? 】

Xia Chi's chest heaved violently like a drowning fish.

Jiang Nan paused, let go of him, and looked at his face curiously, like a person with amnesia trying hard to remember something.

"puff--"

He suddenly smiled cunningly, his mouth stretched into a grin, his eyes narrowed, and the dizzy, guilty joy on his face made him look lively, like a child who had tasted sweet rice wine.

"I heard it."

He murmured vaguely, his fingertips unconsciously stroking Xia Chi's hot earlobe.

Xia Chi was flattered by this ambiguous gesture.

What did you hear?

He was afraid that it was the bearded man's footsteps or the little devil's laughter.

"Shh..." Jiang Nan stared with his beautiful eyes, slowly raised his finger to his lips, and smiled at him strangely: "Do you listen?"

The wind blows by, and the branches sway gently.

There was no sound at all.

"Huh?" Jiang Nan frowned, leaned over and put his ear to Xia Chi's chest: "Why can't you hear it again?"

After struggling for a while, he suddenly straightened his upper body and stared at Xia Chi's lips with a malicious look and a hint of anger.

"Looks like we have to block this place off..."

Jiang Nan kissed him again.

[Help! What the hell is going on?!]

Xia Chi was in ecstasy, but he couldn't move and could only be at his mercy.

[Jiang Nan! Jiang Nan, you're crazy!]

[Has this mind regressed to an eight-year-old? ]

【Do you know what you are doing? ! 】

[You're going to quit the entertainment industry, right?]

【……】

I feel so tired.

[Forget it, it's not certain whether I can survive, why worry about it...]

【I'm going all out today.】

【I’m worried about the benefits...】

[Hmm…]

【……】

[Is the child so thirsty because he is holding it in?]

[I am truly blessed as the East Sea...]

[Hmm——]

[Jiang Nan, be gentler!!!]

Jiang Nan's movements suddenly became gentle, he relaxed his strength and turned to lingering licking, like a beast comforting its injured prey, carefully restrained, and with some humble flattery.

The faint smell of alcohol mixed with the moist scent of hydrangeas was so gentle that it made Ran's eyes swell.

Xia Chi's eyelashes trembled, and tears fell in big drops.

Actually, this ending is pretty good.

Those things he couldn't hold onto, couldn't keep, and would eventually leave, no longer needed to be feared—fate had shown a bit of mercy at the last moment. Jiang Nan's embrace was so warm, so warm that he mistakenly believed he was deeply loved.

[Jiang Nan...] He thought sadly.

Do you know who you are kissing?

The wind blew by, Jiang Nan raised his face, and suddenly tilted his head to rub the tip of Xia Chi's nose. This intimate little gesture made him giggle again, revealing two pointed fangs, but he looked like a naughty child.

"You are... Cheng Xilai..."

“…”

Xia Chi was a little amused and helpless.

[Does this count as knowing or not knowing? ]

Please forget my ugly appearance...

"wrong……"

Jiang Nan scratched his head again.

Xia Chi looked at him helplessly. This guy was obviously unconscious, but his eyes were exceptionally bright when he looked at him, and he spoke slowly and softly, unlike his usual serious tone.

"You are...Chu...Nanque..."