The Crematorium’s Scum Gong Gets to Clock Off After Being Replaced 119

Chapter 119: Titmouse 09

As he was working, he suddenly got a vegetative husband. What should he do?

At this moment, Gu Xiu was facing this dilemma. The vegetative person’s mother was still on the scene, wanting to be a witness for their marriage, and asking him to call him husband on the spot!

Seeing Gu Xiu in a daze, Lu Qingwu considerately found a way out for him. “Oh my, don’t be so embarrassed. Is it that you can’t say it in front of Mom?”

Gu Xiu touched his nose and grunted in agreement.

The misunderstandings were piling up, and it was really hard to explain them in a short time. He also had to hide his real identity to prevent the other party from kicking him out of the ward. In that case, he might as well go with the flow. Anyway, the guy lying on the hospital bed was originally his lover’s slice.

Lu Qingwu suddenly tugged at his sleeve and said with joy, “Look, Chenhan’s eyelids moved again!”

This time, Jin Chenhan’s eyelids trembled very obviously, and they trembled for several seconds, as if a person trapped in a nightmare was trying hard to resist the restraints, trying to wake up from that boundless and deep dream.

Unfortunately, in the end, it was still in vain.

Everything became as calm as a windless sea.

In just a few short minutes, Lu Qingwu didn’t know how many times she had been on an emotional roller coaster, one moment surprised, the next disappointed, and her whole person was visibly tired.

Gu Xiu couldn’t bear to see it and comforted her, “Mr. Jin will be able to wake up soon. Auntie, don’t worry too much.”

“Why are you still calling him Mr. Jin? Mom has already approved of your matter. Don’t be so distant,” Lu Qingwu corrected.

“Mmm…” Gu Xiu hesitated for two seconds, glanced at the person on the bed, and changed his words. “Chenhan.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Jin Chenhan’s eyelids twitched again.

Lu Qingwu’s hand, which was holding his arm, suddenly tightened, and she was so nervous that her breathing stopped.

Too high expectations would always bring too high disappointments. Gu Xiu didn’t want to deceive people either and said truthfully to Lu Qingwu, “This eyelid twitch is unconscious…”

But Lu Qingwu said, “He’s clearly reacting to your voice… how about you kiss him? A kiss might be more effective!”

Gu Xiu was a little troubled. It was fine to kiss his lover, but in front of an elder… it was a little embarrassing.

He hesitated for a while, and in Lu Qingwu’s scorching gaze, he cleared his throat and finally slowly leaned down, gently, aiming for the distinct corner of the man’s mouth.

He touched it and then quickly sprang back, like a kitten stealing a fish.

“It moved, it moved!” Lu Qingwu was so excited that her eyes were wet again. “Chenhan’s throat moved! He really is reacting to you…”

This time, Gu Xiu also saw it clearly. Jin Chenhan had clearly swallowed. He was close, and he had even heard a gurgling sound.

This reaction was indeed not like a normal vegetative person.

Gu Xiu carefully lifted a corner of the quilt to look inside. Not only had that physiological reaction not subsided, but it had become even more high-spirited.

Gu Xiu couldn’t help but stare at the man’s tightly closed eyes with suspicion.

As if he could sense his gaze, his lowered eyelashes trembled, and the hand by the quilt slowly moved, little by little, towards him.

“Hey?”

Gu Xiu stood up from his chair, took a step forward, and his thigh pressed against the side of the hospital bed.

Jin Chenhan tried his best to stretch his fingers, and this time he finally touched him, and then he grabbed him hard, along with his thigh and pant leg.

Gu Xiu subconsciously let out an “ah.”

Having received the sound stimulation, Jin Chenhan became even more energetic. The hand pushed its luck and continued to move up, and a purring sound came from his throat, like an excited beast.

Gu Xiu would never have thought that he would one day be sneak-attacked by an unconscious straw man and have a big mouthful of tofu eaten!

The feeling of his key part being touched made his whole body shiver, and then he sprang back as if he had been electrocuted, his little face red as he hid on the other side of the ward.

Lu Qingwu reacted from her shock and quickly walked to the hospital bed, and said with great excitement, “Chenhan, are you awake? Mom is here. Can you hear my voice?”

However, the hand that had just been playing a rogue on Gu Xiu had already relaxed and was limply hanging on the edge of the hospital bed, pale and bloodless, with prominent blue veins.

Lu Qingwu sighed with regret, then she looked at the young man who was as scared as a bird startled by the twang of a bowstring and quickly comforted him, “It’s fine, Xiuxiu. You don’t have to be afraid. It must be because he likes you so much that he reacted so strongly to you. If you come and accompany him more often and talk to him, he should be able to wake up soon.”

Then she enthusiastically pulled Gu Xiu over, her gaze as gentle and caring as a loving mother. “You’re still in school, and now Chenhan is in a coma. Is life a little tight for you? Here, you can have this card from Mom. Go and buy some snacks.”

As Lu Shichen’s adopted son, Gu Xiu was not short of money, but snacks, of course, the more the better.

So Gu Xiu smiled, and without any unnecessary refusal, he generously accepted the card. “Thank you, auntie.”

“What a good boy,” Lu Qingwu showed a kind smile again.

Gu Xiu scratched his hair, a little uncomfortable. He turned around, took his small crossbody bag, and took out his favorite snacks from inside to give to the woman. “Auntie, you can have some snacks.”

She had not expected to be fed and cared for by a junior. Lu Qingwu was stunned for a moment, and after a long while, she smiled and let out a light “mm.”

Bzz bzz bzz—

While the two generations were getting along harmoniously, the phone in Gu Xiu’s pocket rang.

He looked at the caller ID, Lu Shichen.

In that instant, Gu Xiu felt as if all his little bird feathers had stood on end. He quickly said goodbye to Lu Qingwu and hurried out to answer the phone.

As he walked out of the ward, he looked back three times with every step, for fear that Lu Qingwu would discover something. It wasn’t until he had passed a corner that he pressed “answer” before the call automatically hung up and called out in a low voice, “Ninth Uncle…”

At this time, in the ward, Lu Qingwu sat on the escort chair, looked at her unconscious son, and let out a long sigh. “No wonder you’ve always told me that you don’t like anyone.”

“Could it be that you’ve been interested in Lu Shichen’s adopted son for a long time?” Lu Qingwu thought. “The last time Lu Shichen brought this child out was three years ago. At that time, he was only 15, and his looks hadn’t fully developed. I looked at him for a long time just now, and I only recognized him after adding his name.”

Finally, she shook her head helplessly. “You’re really something, to have taken a fancy to an underage child.”

But this also seemed like something her son would do.

Now that he was in his thirties and still alone, the outside world rumored that he probably had a hidden illness, but he was still chaste. It turned out that he was waiting for a child to grow up.

“But Mom seems to be able to understand you too,” savoring the brief time she had spent with Gu Xiu just now, an exceptionally soft smile appeared on Lu Qingwu’s face. It was a family happiness that she had never enjoyed with her overly precocious son. She couldn’t help but chatter for a long time. “He’s very kind, very well-behaved, and very cute. He’s also been taught very well, simple and pure, cheerful and generous. It’s rare to see a child like this now.”

Realizing that she seemed to have praised someone else’s child too much, Lu Qingwu cleared her throat and changed the subject.

Speaking of which, she came from a side branch of the famous Lu family. In terms of seniority, Lu Shichen had to call her little aunt.

But in the face of business conflicts of interest, all blood ties and kindness had to give way, and businessmen were the most cold-blooded.

Besides, she had long since married into the Jin family, and her son’s surname was also Jin.

“It’s just that I don’t know why he’s here. I see that he’s quite attentive to you. But it’s also possible that he was instructed by Lu Shichen to be unfavorable to you,” Lu Qingwu murmured. “Hey, what a twisted fate… in any case, a person with a strong desire for control like Lu Shichen would never let his adopted son be with you.”

After saying a lot to herself, finally, Lu Qingwu stood up, and her eyes sharpened.

“But it’s fine. As long as he can wake you up, Mom can do anything.”

Recently, Gu Xiu had been conquering Chen Beichuan and Jin Chenhan at the same time, so busy that he wasn’t home all day, and Lu Shichen had finally noticed something was wrong.

That phone call came, and he didn’t say anything, just told him to go home.

Gu Xiu immediately and obediently took a taxi back. It wasn’t until he entered the house that he realized he had been tricked. Lu Shichen pushed up his cold and gleaming glasses, his eyes scrutinizing, and asked him, “Today is a weekday. Don’t you have classes?”

“Uh…” Gu Xiu’s black eyes flickered. “I only had one public class this afternoon. It was boring and watery, so I found someone to sign in for me.”

These words were quite thorough.

Lu Shichen was sitting on the sofa, looking up at him from below, but his posture was still majestic and extremely oppressive.

After looking for a long time and not seeing anything unusual on Gu Xiu’s face, Lu Shichen continued to ask, “I heard from Butler Tong that you’ve been leaving early and coming back late every day. Are you going to school, or are you playing outside with those friends of yours all day?”

Gu Xiu smiled, walked over, and sat down next to Lu Shichen.

This made Lu Shichen’s whole body stiffen, and his aura deflated. Only then did Gu Xiu smile and say, “Ninth Uncle, you’ve guessed wrong.”

Lu Shichen’s gaze flickered slightly. He looked at him from the side with restraint and let out a “huh?” to show his question.

Gu Xiu leaned over to pick up a dried fruit from the coffee table, put it in his mouth, chewed a few times, and said unhurriedly, “I get up every morning to go to school. Our first-year professional courses are all in the morning. There aren’t many classes in the afternoon, and they’re also quite watery, so I went to work outside.”

Lu Shichen was stunned.

Every word he spat out was completely different from the lazy and unruly nephew in his memory.

But his expression was natural, and his tone was open, without a trace of a lie.

After not getting a response for a long time, Gu Xiu’s bright black eyes turned and stared at the dazed man, asking him in a tone that was so intimate it was almost seductive, “What’s wrong? Ninth Uncle, you don’t believe me that much?”

Lu Shichen’s Adam’s apple rolled lightly, and he lowered his eyes. “No.”

Gu Xiu used the same old trick, took out his wallet, and showed his pitiful two hundred plus yuan, but his expression was so optimistic and cheerful that it was heartbreaking. “See! This is all the money I earned from working.”

“…Mm, that’s enough,” Lu Shichen was helpless for a moment and couldn’t help but say in a soft voice, “I don’t disbelieve you. You don’t have to prove yourself like this in front of me.”

Hearing this, Gu Xiu immediately raised a big smile, so bright it was dazzling.

While Lu Shichen was in a daze, he couldn’t help but pounce over and hug the other’s arm. “I knew it. Ninth Uncle, you’re the best to me.”

Lu Shichen was a little uncomfortable and deliberately pretended to be stern. “…Don’t act spoiled.”

Gu Xiu pressed against him and didn’t move, humming, “I’m not acting spoiled.”

The Lu Shichen of this world strictly abided by his elder’s identity, was cautious and self-restrained. No matter how he was physically entangled or verbally hinted at, he would always pretend to be confused.

But he had never reprimanded the young man with harsh words. It was probably half because of the unspeakable and shameful little thoughts hidden in his heart, which were secret but real; and the other half was that he couldn’t bear to hurt the young man’s fiery feelings, which were like the scorching sun.

Gu Xiu was not a person who would back down in the face of difficulties, not to mention that the person in front of him was his lover of several lifetimes.

Gu Xiu looked up and saw that Lu Shichen’s jawline was tense. He deliberately reached out to hook it and joked, “Ninth Uncle, why are you so reserved even at home?”

Lu Shichen didn’t even dare to look at him and only said in a hoarse voice, “Stop fooling around. Go back to your room.”

“Oh,” only then did Gu Xiu reluctantly let go, but he didn’t get up and said again, “Your button isn’t buttoned properly.”

Lu Shichen clearly and intentionally restrained his gaze and did not look at Gu Xiu, and he didn’t even look at his own button.

At this moment, his brain was like a city swept by a storm. All sorts of chaotic emotions rushed in, anger, guilt, a crush, struggle… they were intertwined and in a mess.

“Let me help you,” Gu Xiu eagerly went up.

Lu Shichen was still motionless, only his Adam’s apple rolled slightly. Gu Xiu curled his lips and directly unbuttoned the two buttons from his neck to his collarbone.

Only then did Lu Shichen wake up as if from a big dream and looked at the patch of skin that was exposed.

“Hehe, I was just kidding,” Gu Xiu said with a smile, and then he changed the subject. “Although I was just kidding, you can indeed relax a little at home, unbutton one or two buttons to get some air, or else it’s so stuffy.”

Lu Shichen’s deep gaze cautiously and carefully touched his smiling face. After a long while, he replied, “…Mm.”

Gu Xiu had worked three jobs in one go today, going back and forth between the protagonist gong, the protagonist shou, and the villain. He took a shower at night and fell into a deep sleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Logically, the luck he had absorbed recently should have been more than enough… but in the middle of the night, he was so pressed by the heavy quilt that he couldn’t breathe. He huffed and puffed and was exhausted from climbing. In the end, he had to chirp and call the main god, and with the help of the gray mist, he finally climbed out of the five-fingered mountain of the quilt.

The little bird with fluffy feathers raised its head and let out a long, frustrated cry. “Chirp!!”

The gray mist floated in front of him. After a few seconds of silence, it explained, 【Do you know about the law of diminishing returns? In that fantasy novel, the luck you, this little bird spirit, absorb follows this law. The first time you come into contact with a key character, you can absorb enough luck just by being near them. Gradually, you will need physical contact, and longer physical contact… until physical contact completely loses its effect.】

Gu Xiu: “Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp!!!!”

The main god was silent for a moment. He didn’t understand even with his mental energy, so he had to ask, 【What are you saying?】

Gu Xiu flapped his wings desperately, and all the bird feathers on his body stood on end. His chicken beak was wide open, and he barked wildly, “Chirp, chirp! Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp!!”

The main god was confused, but he had a vague gut feeling, as if he had been scolded.

He quickly searched the star network for the meaning of a bird’s fur standing on end and barking wildly. As expected, it meant anger.

So it wasn’t that his mental link had failed, but that Gu Xiu had not expressed any meaning at all, just a bunch of chirps, venting his anger.

The main god was helpless. He rubbed out a thin wisp of gray mist, like a finger, and gently rubbed the little bird’s cheek feathers.

As a result, the seemingly fat little tit was as light as a ball of cotton. It couldn’t withstand such a large force and was directly flipped over, falling on the bed.

“Chirp, chirp!?”

When he got up, he was even more excited, and his scolding seemed to be even dirtier. “Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp!!!”

The main god quickly stopped him. 【Stop calling. Your room has a surveillance camera.】

Gu Xiu was startled, and his feathers stood on end even more.

The main god tried his best to comfort him. 【I’ll help you clear this surveillance record. You calm down.】

The feathers on Gu Xiu’s body slowly returned to their original state, like a fluffy doll that had been sewn up after its cotton had burst out.

The main god easily invaded the system and erased the traces of the surveillance, and also turned off the camera, not forgetting to take credit. 【Fortunately, it was me who was with you this time. 007 doesn’t have this function.】

Gu Xiu: “Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp!” You still have the nerve to say it!

The main god was unknowingly influenced by the chattering and bickered with him. 【The small world became this chaotic because of you indirectly, not because of me.】

Gu Xiu: “Chirp—”

This time, the main god predicted in advance and sealed his little bird’s mouth with a gray mist. 【Be quiet. It’s two in the morning. Lu Shichen gets up at 6:30 sharp. You must turn back within four hours.】

Without the main god’s reminder, Gu Xiu also had to turn back into a human as soon as possible.

Currently, he was still pursuing Chen Beichuan. The two were not familiar enough, and it was easy to be exposed if he went to absorb Chen Beichuan’s luck. Jin Chenhan was in a coma, so it was good to absorb, but it was difficult to enter the hospital in the form of a little bird.

Right now, there was only one suitable object to absorb luck, and that was Lu Shichen, who was sleeping next door! The only problem was that this daddy-type got up too early. Gu Xiu had to go over immediately, and he couldn’t delay for a single second.

After the main god had helped him open the door, a white, glowing little bird’s head poked out from the crack of the door, carefully observing the quiet bedroom inside.

A human-shaped lump was on the bed, quiet and motionless, with steady breathing.

After confirming, Gu Xiu used his two nimble little bird’s claws, and his body swayed from side to side as he pattered over.

He was a human, after all, and was used to walking on two legs. Even as a bird, he was a ground chicken. He walked all the way to the side of the large bed, which was several times taller than him. He looked up at the out-of-reach height, then he spread his wings and nimbly flew up.

“Chirp!”

A steady landing!

He glanced at Lu Shichen’s calm sleeping face again. He was motionless, and his eyelids didn’t even twitch. He clearly hadn’t noticed the uninvited little fat bird.

The little fat bird became even bolder. He stepped on the quilt and walked over, and finally, with a hop, he came to the pillow.

Lu Shichen was not a vegetative person. He was afraid that the other would turn over in the middle of the night and crush him. The pillow was also more comfortable. It was next to the man’s hair, just like returning to a bird’s nest in a forest.

The little fat bird, with a round body, had nimble claws. It dug a few times and made a comfortable nest for itself.

“Chirp, chirp…”

The little fat bird nestled in, its eyes half-closed. He was so sleepy that he was listless, and he let out a string of soft chirps.

“Ninth Uncle… let me rub against you today.”

Gu Xiu didn’t know when he had fallen asleep. He had suddenly turned into a little bird in the middle of the night and had been startled awake. He had temporarily run to Lu Shichen’s bed to build a nest, which had consumed a lot of energy. When the sky was just getting bright, he was in his sweetest and deepest dream.

In his dream, he was holding a self-heating large throw pillow, with his favorite woody scent. He unconsciously held it tightly and even smacked his lips a few times in comfort.

Lu Shichen, on the other hand, was woken up by the heat.

The skin that was sticking to his was warm and smooth, a feeling he had never experienced before in his life.

He had never been so close to anyone. Even hugging was limited to his adopted son’s coquettishness these past few days, and that was with proper clothes on.

In a daze, he was convinced that he was still deep in a dream.

Out of an instinctive exploration, he unconsciously reached out his hand and touched the arm that was wrapped around his waist.

What his fingertips touched was the young man’s delicate skin, a touch as gentle as the softest spring breeze. His hand uncontrollably continued to roam, sliding over the young man’s waist, and then to his legs. Every inch of his skin was telling of the young man’s unique youthful vitality.

Until Gu Xiu let out a series of hums and grunts, with a hint of laziness and coquettishness.

It seemed that he was itchy from his touch, but not only did Gu Xiu not dodge, but he also clung to him even more, like a little cat rolling and rubbing wantonly on a scratching post, trying to relieve the discomfort all over his body.

A fake dream not only had a real touch, but also a real voice for the first time. Lu Shichen was full of doubts. He slowly opened his eyes, and in an instant, everything was full of sound and color.

The moment he saw the body that was entangled with him, he sobered up. His pupils quaked, and his heart was pounding wildly, the rhythm so fast that it broke through his body’s warning value, as if it were about to rush out of his throat and jump out of his chest in the next second.

Lu Shichen had never faced such a flustered moment in his life.

His rationality told him: immediately wake up the naked adopted son who had appeared in his bed and severely educate him on the serious mistake he had made.

But he opened his mouth, looked at the soundly sleeping Gu Xiu, and couldn’t say anything.

His eyes were also glued to the other’s skin and couldn’t be moved away.

Lu Shichen swallowed several times, but his throat became even drier, as if a nameless fire were burning.

Gu Xiu’s sleeping posture was not quiet. He soon found that his throw pillow was gone, so he used his hands and feet to rub on the bed. Lu Shichen, who hadn’t had time to get out of bed, was caught by him for the second time.

This time, Lu Shichen was awake, and he let him rub a few more times.

That nameless fire rushed all the way to his toes without any obstruction.

But Gu Xiu was still oblivious, sticky, and kept rubbing against Lu Shichen, several times rubbing against the part where the fire was the strongest.

Lu Shichen’s voice was low and hoarse, and he finally said, “Gu Xiu.”

“Mmm…” Gu Xiu’s eyelids trembled, but he couldn’t open them.

He didn’t know what sweet dream he was having, but he was smacking his lips and giggling.

Could he be dreaming of something delicious? Lu Shichen was in a daze for a moment when he suddenly heard him call out, “Ninth Uncle…”

Lu Shichen’s whole body stiffened.

But that was just a murmur. Gu Xiu did not wake up, and he was laughing while calling out, “Ninth Uncle… hehe.”

Lu Shichen had wanted to push away his over-the-line adopted son several times, but he couldn’t bear to.

In the end, he could only sigh helplessly. “Gu Xiu… you’re only 18, and you’re my adopted son. Do you know what you’re doing?”

“Mmm…”

Gu Xiu was still dreaming, humming, and although it was a murmur, it sounded extremely ambiguous.